I smiled as I watched her face light up.<strong>"Well, I'm here for the same reasons as you, so I'm afraid we won't be going shopping today. We've both got our orders to get this experiment underway, so I guess we'll both have to just grit and bear it,"</strong>I say, leaving an inflection in a way to make it feel like we're both in this together, hopefully she'll be more open if she sees it that way.<strong>"I promise, we'll do some shopping after all these tests are through,"</strong>I add with another smile as I quickly look her over.<br/><br/>She pushed her chest out, I almost laugh at how cute it is, her trying her hardest to grow up so fast. And yet this majorly adult situation has her apparently stopped dead in her tracks. Well, she's always said she's wanted me, I wonder if she's really up for it now that it just might happen.<strong>"Ritsuko's here, I think she was wanting to start soon. Don't worry, I'll be right there with you. Shall we?"</strong>I lean down and offer out my hand.