The Bear and the Cat. [ONGOING]

"Thanks." Maria said managing only that as her feet left the floor. "Fine, I'll calm down. I just want to be the one with you, not dream Maria." Wiggling a bit to get back on the ground, she smiles up at Imperia before stepping away. "I could cook, if you like? I think I'm fairly good with a frying pan, if I do say so myself."

"I don't really mind, was just going to reheat some food, but then swapped my mind to have some popcorn!" Laughing, she rubs the back of her head as the popping only just starts to escape the microwave, though stating rather sarcastically, "Though if you are trying that while you are still dreaming, no stopping if you wake up~"

"Geez, I'm awake!" Maria squeaked, her lips pouting and her ears sticking up straight. "Forget about that already. It's embarrassing! I'll cook breakfast, just sit your little butt down somewhere. Get Milly too, I think she's still aslee... er... turned off." She said as she walked over the the fridge, peering inside at the various ingredients, her rear sticking out higher than her head. Getting back up, her arms laden with eggs, bacon, sausages, and a pair of tomatoes, she walks over to the counter and sets the ingredients down, immediately getting to work, the smell of fried eggs permeating the air.

"Make sure to get my popcorn!" Going to sit down after planting a kiss on her cheek, she eyes Maria with a small smile before moving over to Milly, stating idly "You can activate fully any time you want." As she keeps watching the bear faunus, or rather her hind, she starts speaking in a hushed tone with the Android, Maria not hearing them even with her Faunus hearing.

Spotting Imperia ogling her through a reflection in a knife blade, Maria blushes slightly but doesn't react. Skillfully working at the counter, she comes up with a fairly sized breakfast, her portion slightly bigger than Imperia's. Leaving the cleaning up for later, she walks to Imperia and sets down the plates, goes back for glasses, a pitcher of water, and utensils, before coming back to the table. "Food is served." She said as she unsteadily sets down the silverware, the pitcher balanced between her chest and the crook of her elbow, both glasses held in one hand.

Yelping as she has no doubt Maria heard Imperia compliment her rear as she walked over, Imperia coughs heavily, trying to hide the blush, she takes up a fork and starts eating already, Stating between bites, "T-Thank you for the food." she better not of heard, I am dead, so dead.

Setting all the things down, Maria takes her seat and  fills the two glasses with water and hands one to Imperia. "Here." She said, keeping her eye on the plate as she slides on to Imperia's side of the table. Slowly, she begins to eat in silence, methodically slicing up the food before taking a few tentative bites. A few bites later though, she stops, the fork of bacon halfway to her mouth. "Also. I l-like your butt too." She said, taking the bite and smiling.

Turning as red as the tomatoes they were eating. Stuttering out incoherently, she just spears one of the sausages and eats it whole, chewing as she uses it to calm herself. Her sudden rush of blood disappearing as she finishes, she lets out a small cough into her hand before speaking, "W-Well... Thank you? N-Now... I would comment on my favorite parts, though we are eating.." At that, Milisendis looks as if she was going to speak, before the whirring of her reactor slows down, Imperia glaring at her from the side.

Giggling at Imperia, the bear faunus eats the rest of her meal slowly, giving the nub on the end of a sausage a visible lick or two, before biting it. I can see why she does it now, this is pretty fun! She thought to herself, smiling to herself as she chewed. "Now now Imperia, we're at the table." She said, waving her finger at the cat faunus, giving her best 'angry mom' look.

Blinking, she shifts over to sit next to Maria, bringing her plate with her as she spears another one of the sausages offering it to her companion, "I know I know. I mean, I could but I wouldn't anyway." While her fork was preoccupied, she stealthily user her hands to grab some bacon, pretending to cough but in actuality using the motion to cover her quick theft.

Maria takes a bite of the offering, delight obvious on her face, a faint squeal coming from within her. However, the theft is quite obvious as it is literally right under Maria's nose. With a quick motion, Maria's hand clamps down on Imperia's. "Imperia, you sneaky kitty." She said as she brought her hand to her mouth, taking the bacon in one bite, giving Imperia's finger a playful bite as well, her tongue lightly passing over it, before she lets go. I wonder who'll burn out first though. Maria thought as she felt blood slowly start flowing towards her cheeks.

Leaning forwards, she laughs at her blushing, she leans forwards and goes to eat the other side of the bacon, saying through gritted teeth, the bacon being slowly but surely lost to her advance, "So. When are you going to move on from trying to seduce me? As it is working very well." Hands going to take Maria's, she closes her eyes, unsure if to continue eating or try and kiss her, even if bacon would interfere.

Maria bites down hard on the meat, cutting off from Imperia's piece. "W-w-who said anything about seducing?" She said, finally at her breaking point. Quickly turning away, she goes back to her meal, shoveling a few forkfuls of breakfast into her mouth. Almost choking for a moment, she takes a big drink of water before calming down slightly. Regaining her composure, she faces Imperia, hints of redness still in her cheeks. "I think I should l-leave you hanging just for your n-naughty behavior." She said as she put a finger to Imperia's forehead and gently pushed her face away from her's.

Imperia frowns and moves her head further than it was pushed, shifting away and starting to eat her food in silence, deciding not to reply to Maria and focus on her food, becoming more refined once more, and spending much longer chewing and not just swallowing it near whole.

Maria blinks a few times, simply sitting there, watching her eat. She took it seriously. Maria thought, horrified as they sat there in silence. I thought she'd... Without another word, Maria bites her lip, trying to stop it from quivering but failing, before she gets back to eating. Slowly, she finishes her meal, not really tasting anything as she blinked back the stinging behind her eyes.

Finishing her food in the continued silence, Imperia places her knife and fork down on the plate next to each other, waiting Maria to finish without speaking a word, though not even looking at the Bear Faunus to her side.

"Here, let me get that for you." Maria said, leaning over the stack Imperia's plate on top of hers. Quickly moving to the sink, she begins washing the dishes, keeping her to back to Imperia so she couldn't see her lips shaking into a frown. "S-so, how'd you l-like it?" She asked, eager to end the growing awkward silence.

Frowning at the washing being done by Maria, she sighs and gets up, starting to clean the table. Deciding to speak, it is the same as usual for her, not having lost any emotion from before she grew quiet, "It was excellent, thank you. Though... You still forgot about the popcorn, now what is Milly going to eat? I mean, she can't eat anything, but she could at least pretend to while I eat them right from under her hands."

"Right. The popcorn. Yeah." Maria said, sadness and the lack of her usual energy apparent in her voice. Popping open the microwave, she pulls out the bag, now only mildly warm. Finding a bowl, she fills it and walks over to Imperia, holding it in both hands. I gotta fix this somehow. She thought as she stared down at the food in her hands.

"Say Imperia, you want to watch a movie or something?"

Nodding slightly, she looks up at Maria, rubbing the back of her head, "Can do, I mean, I don't have anywhere to watch them down here, but could go upstairs to watch them. Should have some new ones in, you can choose, of course." Getting up afterwards, she takes the popcorn and places it down, spinning to grab Maria by the back and kiss her heavily, eyes closed as she tries to keep going as long as possible.

Surprised at Imperia's sudden change in attitude, she pauses for a moment before returning the kiss with just as much force, her hands running through Imperia's hair and up and down her back. A few seconds later, though it seemed like hours, Maria pulls away, panting heavily and somewhat out of breath. Brushing the hair from her face, she giggles coyly, looking up at Imperia. "Ahem. So... you still in the mood for a movie?" She said, giggling slightly. Thanks Imperia.

"Now that you are in a better mood? Yes. More than ever." Laughing, she checks the time quickly, "Let's see... Yeah, we are the only ones in right now. So let's go up and watch that movie!" Picking up the popcorn, she tries to hide her own lack of breath. Then walking to Milly, she gives her a gentle slap on the back of the head, "Wake up, we are moving." Getting a response almost immediately, the whirring picking up pace.

"Imperia, don't be mean to her." Maria said, hugging Imperia's arm, the heavy rise and fall of her chest still very apparent. Falling in step beside her, she nuzzles her head against Imperia's shoulder, her ears flapping against it every so often. "Also, I'm glad you're in a better mood too. I thought I'd messed up back there. I was just t-trying to to s-s-seduce you but I think I over acted." She added, nervously.

Laughing, she stops and places her other arm around Maria, bringing her close in to her, "You don't need to seduce me, as I will follow your words as if they were my own. So stop thinking you messed up. Just try to be more direct. You act like a suspicious mother at times." With that, she rubs Maria's back for a few seconds before letting go of the hug and continuing on.

"Yeah well you look like you have fun when you do it to me so I thought I'd give it a try." She said, giggling coyly. "To be fair, I was kinda good at it until you I messed up." Maria added, nervously tracing a finger up Imperia's chest, her ears going off at an amazing speed. For a split second, her ears go stiff though at the mention of the word 'mother', however, they quickly go back to twitching every few seconds against Imperia's shoulder. "So, movie. Lead the way."

Either not noticing or not taking it to mean anything when they go stiff, she quickly escorts them to the large, cinema like room with a large projector. In the corner would be stacks of movies and shows, all placed alphabetically. Choosing an animated film what just came out, she laughs and offers it to Maria, "Want to watch this? I mean, you can choose one if you want, I don't really mind."

"Ooooooh." She said as she examined the cover. "I've been meaning to watch this." Quickly putting the disk in and sitting next to Imperia and pulling up the armrest so she could get closer to her, Maria leans her head on Imperia's shoulder as the movie starts.