Hawaii- Saturday

[throughaphase]

Last week had been really rough, and this week had been a test in not just bolting for a while because dealing with it was too hard. And while that hadn't been fun, Kitty was glad she hadn't just gone to Chicago for the week or whatever, because now she got a long weekend away with Clint. And it felt like a reward instead of running away. Whether she learned anything from this remained to be seen, but for now, it was good.

Besides, nothing bad could happen on a beach in Hawaii outside of volcanoes and Syfy movies. It just wasn't allowed.

"I don't remember whose idea this was," Kitty said from where she was happily laying, "so I just decided we're both geniuses for it."


[For the other genius!]

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[so_hawkward]

That got a smile out of Clint, and he finally tilted his head towards her. "It's definitely been better than I expected."

[throughaphase]

"So it wouldn't be completely bad of me to say that I'm selfishly really glad I've gotten you for more than a few months?" she said.

[so_hawkward]

"I don't think that's selfish at all. There's nothing selfish about wanting to be around me," Clint said with a smirk. "I'm glad it's been more than a few months too."

[throughaphase]

"That's because being with me is nothing but fun," Kitty laughed, knowing that was an exaggeration at least some of the time.

[so_hawkward]

"Being with you is an awful lot of fun," Clint agreed. "I hope being with me is fun too."

[throughaphase]

"I do try to get as much time as possible with you," Kitty pointed out. "That's one of the reasons. One of the many." If she'd started off flattering, she might as well keep it up.

[so_hawkward]

Clint certainly wasn't going to complain about being flattered. "Then all the extra time's been worth it. And I'm not in a hurry to go either." SHIELD could come up with their own reasons for that.

[throughaphase]

"It's probably a little sad how happy it makes me whenever I hear you say that," Kitty admitted.

[so_hawkward]

"I don't think it's sad. I think it's nice you like to hear it, and I think it means we're doing stuff right," Clint insisted.

[throughaphase]

"Seriously, we deserve gold stars for this," Kitty decided. They even got through an actual, legitimate, week-long crisis without fighting.

[so_hawkward]

Or fleeing, on Clint's part! "I think Hawaii's a pretty bright gold star. So is getting tan."

[throughaphase]

"So is getting you shirtless."

Because that was so difficult normally.

[so_hawkward]

"And you in a bikini," Clint pointed out. "We're both very much winning right now."

[throughaphase]

"I'm glad we did things this way," Kitty said, and offered her hand for a high five.

[so_hawkward]

Clint laughed and high fived her, then leaned in for a kiss. It was his version of celebrating themselves.

[throughaphase]

Kitty kissed him back, maybe a moment longer than necessary. "I like your way of doing this better."