pidge_out | Victory Road IC Inbox

no te lo cuento porque es secreto

[He's such a dick. But he'll tell her if she really wants to know. It's not actually confidential information.]

well now that you've reverted to spanish i HAVE to know

i had it made
i had pictures of the lions on my phone since forever so all i did was steal the starmiebucks logo and paid a guy to smash them together

dude seriously?

all that just for a mug?

it was easy
dude did it in like two days

you know this all still feels like you're buttering me up to ask for some major favor, right?

nope
no favor
i don't want anything from you or shiro

[Except for them not to toss him away when they don't need him anymore but boy, is Lance not saying THAT out loud.]

i'm shocked :P

[There's a very brief pause before her next text, because naturally Pidge has to fill her new mug up with coffee. And then-]

thanks, Lance. this is really great

w o w rude
first a thief, now someone with ulterior motives
see if i ever get you a christmas gift now!

[Goodness. You get a girl a Porygon and she side-eyes you. :P]

you're welcome
also i don't know if you noticed but there's a straw cap thing so you don't accidentally spill your drink on your tech
if it doesn't work, let me know so i can get it redone

it's just that you've been really into the gift-giving lately! when did you decide to be the household santa claus?

[She only side-eyes him because these are super legitimately nice, thoughtful gifts and it makes her feel like she's missing something.]

i noticed! seriously this is really great and i love it. you're officially off the hook for the next 3 disasters you cause ;D

no reason
i just saw things and i got them
i got keith one too but i can't give it to him
i still don't know what to get matt though

[Which is a little bit of a lie. He does get the things without thinking of much aside from "This person will like this.", but after the gifts are handed over, thanks are given in return, Lance is left alone with the thought that maybe this is the only way he is useful in the house. Shiro won't let him give money towards the house funds and he doesn't know anything about tech to the level Pidge does to help her tinker with things. So money is the only option he has left. Buying tangible items that hopefully have them saying "Oh hey, Lance got me this. He gives good gifts. Maybe we can keep him around for that if nothing else."

So yes, Pidge is missing something but it's not her fault if Lance never airs his feelings. She ain't psychic.]

only 3? i was thinking that was worth at least 5 disasters!

you also had things specially made

[Which is... super sweet. It's the kind of thing she knows to expect from Hunk, but this is Lance, and... She really does feel bad to have so little to give in return.]

i think matt's happy as long as you keep him caffeinated when he goes to work

and it definitely would've been worth 5 if you'd hidden the best coffee from your shop inside

well i made myself one too so it's really not that big of a deal

[And it shouldn't be, but deep down it is. And Lance hates himself a little for it.]

i tried, but my shift manager is being a dick and not letting us take home the bags that are close to expiring anymore
i could dig them out of the dumpster but who wants dumpster coffee

[She will get to the bottom of this one day, Lance. Mark her words.]

did you really try to?! you know i was kidding, right??

why wouldn't i?
what's the use of a cup if you don't have coffee to put in it
besides, if i bring the good stuff there's no way anybody else would bring that shack crap here

probably because that's technically stealing from your store? i mean you shouldn't waste coffee either, but you know what i mean

what shack crap?

i was gonna pay for it, pidge
it's not stealing if i give them money for it
jeez oh ye of little faith

there's this guy who runs a coffee shop out of a train car he fixed up and it looks like shit and he keeps parking it in front of every starmiebucks he can find and stealing our customers

isn't the good stuff expensive?! you're already getting custom mugs for everyone!

oh

should we vandalize his train car, then?

employee discounts comes through once again!

nah. vandalizing it would just make it more alluring
it looks like shit already so probably won't even make a difference you can see

you're truly a model employee

ok fine, no vandalizing, but we could sabotage it. if it's a train car then it's on a track, and i could probably put together something that'll control it remotely and make it go to the middle of nowhere

pidge, i swear it's magic
it's a train car but it's not on a track
like i don't know how it works but he just rolls around in it like it's a regular car

even better! i could totally create some kind of remote control system for a thing that functions like a car

s w e e t
maybe if he shows up tomorrow i'll text you to come and check out his claptrap of a coffeeshop
i'm telling you, pidge
i'm surprised the health department hasn't shut it down

perfect. let me know. :D

so wait, he just drives it around and parks it in front of cafes to steal customers??

any starmiebucks he can find, he's out there
it's harassment, i tell ya!

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