"Not a problem," Genos waved his hand dismissively "It's the least I could do," reaching for the door and opening it, the cyborg placed a hand on Lashes' shoulder "We are the ones intruding, after all,"

Frowning slightly, the raven haired blizzard group member nodded reluctantly "If you say so,"

"Don't you want to bring mister caped baldy along?" Lashes suggested, earning him a brisk head-shake from the cyborg.

"Make him interact with miss Blizzard as much as you can," patting Lashes on the shoulder and giving him a reassuring thumbs up, the cyborg turned around to leave.

"Wait!" Lashes exclaimed and quickly shouted inside of the building. Genos turned around and raised an eyebrow curiously, crossing his arms.

The cyborg tilted his head slightly when Lashes looked to be discussing something violently with someone inside of the building "Just help him with the groceries, okay?"

"I, uh, but-" rubbing at his temples at the reaction, Lashes pushed Lily outside "Just help Genos out for a while, okay?"

Lashes closed the door in front of Lily's face, making her squeak in disbelief. Clearing his throat, the cyborg smiled slightly "Shall we go?"

Stiffening slightly at the sound of his voice, Lily turned around and smiled nervously "O-okay,"

Arriving at the nearest farmer's market, Lily couldn't help herself from being fidgety around the cyborg. Stealing glances at him from time to time, the petite girl didn't notice that he had golden eyes before.

Genos did most of the talking and bargaining, and apparently, he was well known around the supermarket.

"Oh, mister Genos!" a middle-aged woman who ran the vegetable stall waved at the blond cyborg "Ah, miss Nakamura!" Genos smiled, turning towards the stall.

"You aren't with Saitama today," miss Nakamura smiled "The usual?" reaching for a plastic bag from under the stall, she stopped mid-way when Genos had shook his head.

"I am in need of a large amount of cabbages," the cyborg smiled, earning him a nod from the woman "Ah, alright! How many?"

Furrowing his brows a bit, the cyborg tapped at his chin "Around six would suffice," nodding at the cyborg, the stall owner took a large plastic bag and filled it with six large cabbages.

"That'd be 820-yen, dearie," furrowing his brows slightly, the cyborg made calculations in his mind "Perhaps there was a miscalculation, but wouldn't it be-"

Pushing the bag to his chest, miss Nakamura smiled "You're a valued customer, it's fine~" Genos smiled before bowing "Many thanks,"

Taking out his wallet and paying for the goods, the cyborg smiled "Thanks again, miss Nakamura," smiling back at the robotic hero, the middle-aged woman turned to look at Lily "Oh? Planning on making dinner with your girlfriend?"

Curiously looking at Lily, Genos was about to retort but was cut off when his companion had voiced her denial "B-boyfriend? N-no!" shaking her head violently and pursing her lips, Lily felt blood rise to her cheeks "I-I'm just helping him out!"

Furrowing her brows slightly, a sad sigh escaped miss Nakamura's lips "That's too bad," shrugging, the middle-aged woman shook her head "You two would look adorable as a couple,"

Lily pursed her lips even further, wanting the ground to come and eat her up right then and there "Ah, thanks again miss Nakamura," Genos smiled whilst bowing.

"Yes, yes, anytime mister Genos," she waved them off, giving a quick wink in Lily's direction.

Everything else went on smoothly after that. They bought the last of the items on their list and left the farmer's market, emerging into the more entertainment-centered street.

Colorful stalls surrounded the two, some accompanied by large glaring lights and others pumping out loud music. Various colorful and eye catching knickknacks littered the top of the stalls.

Toys and masks hung from the ceiling, and various stuffed animals lined the back portion of certain stalls. A large and pink stuffed bear caught Lily's eye, and she couldn't help but go towards the stall that housed it.

Its eyes were black beads that shone brilliantly at the lone lamp that illuminated the stall "Ah, hello young lady," an elderly man smiled, his bushy eyebrows covering his eyes "What could I get you?"

Lily's eyes sparkled at the stuffed bear "Ahh, Pink-san, hmm?" the old man turned around to look at the pink bear "You've got quite the eye, young lady," taking the bear from the top of the shelf, the old man placed it on top the counter.

Taking it into her arms and squealing in delight, Lily buried her face into the ridiculously fluffy fur of the stuffed animal "Ah, Lily!" Genos halted behind her "There you are,"

"Did you want that?" the cyborg asked curiously, making the small female freeze in place "A-ah," she quickly placed the bear on the counter "I-I'm sorry, sir!" she bowed at the elderly stall owner.

"It's quite alright, young lady," the old man smiled, taking the bear to return it to its previous place in the shelf. Gripping slightly at the elderly man's hand, Genos smiled "I'd like to buy that,"

Hugging the bear tightly, Lily suddenly turned towards Genos "I'm so sorry!" she bit at her lower lip, beating herself up over how she technically forced the cyborg to buy her the stuffed bear.

"It's quite alright," Genos smiled, bringing all the groceries to give Lily the freedom to play with her new toy. The small female pouted a bit, earning a chuckle from Genos when he had seen her make such a face.

"It's fine," knocking at the door to the Blizzard headquarters, the cyborg nodded "My salary leaves me with a large surplus of money that I frankly don't know what to spend on,"

"I'm glad that I was able to spend it on something that you're enjoying," Lashes opened the door and animatedly greeted Genos, taking a few bags from the cyborg.

"What is that?" Lashes asked incredulously at Lily "Ah, I bought that for her," the cyborg smiled as he entered the building.

"She didn't bother you too much, right?" Lashes furrowed his brows exasperatedly, taking another bag of vegetables from Genos.

"No, no, she was quite the help," the cyborg smiled, making his way towards the kitchen.

Lashes groaned "Unbelievable! I told you to help him with groceries; not go on a date with him!" the raven haired man stormed towards the kitchen, his apologies to Genos could be heard from the living room.

"D-date?" Lily felt her face heat up. Going out alone with Genos. Genos buying her a present. It all made sense.

Getting a glimpse of the smile that Genos gave her earlier, Lily ran up the stairs and rushed towards her room, slamming the door behind her and burying her face into her pillow.

Merry Christmas, guys.

I apologize for the delay. And I also apologize for the lack of Saibuki/Futama (however you call it) in this one.

I wanted to experiment on Genos; and, well, this happened.

The main story will be continued in the next one, so be sure to come back!