To say that Vega was persistent is stating the obvious. She begged Wei to have her over for dinner, though their plates of salad mostly accomplished telling Vega why he was so thin.
However, she cornered him in the kitchen, telling Wei about how she reached level seven as a self-employed Alchemist. He always enjoyed hearing about someone who worked anywhere close to as hard as he did.
As for Vega’s conspiracies, it came as a pleasant surprise to him. Wei was rather pleased to see that someone agreed with him that maybe Dr. Curious had knowledge of extraterrestrials that he was hiding from the public.
Perhaps the friendship worked out after all.
The household made a bit of money off Harwood’s sculpting and Eva’s painting, but the three were living in little more than a shell. Eva hoped for a bit of a reprieve after drinking one of the skill boosters that Vega bought. She felt ready to paint a portrait.
But most of all, she missed Shamus. They weren’t the closest couple even when living together, but Eva’s new home with Vega separated them even further. Now that the brunt of her duties were done, Eva wanted to rekindle their romance.
Perhaps she wasn’t the most romantic person, but Eva had trouble rejecting some flowers from her husband.
In fact, she forgot how nice it was to be close with him again. She married Shamus, after all, and with everything considered, he was the best person she knew.
The bedroom was unfinished, and the unpainted walls appalled the both of them, but Eva had some ideas.
“I know it sounds odd coming from me, but how about a little present?” she asked him.
“And we still never did this back home.”
For Eva, she had slightly different ideas from Shamus. Or they were the same. The two of them were getting older, and she always wanted a family. While it was quite late, and the two of them would likely be mistaken for the little Drudge’s grandparents, Eva felt that it was the right time for a nooboo. Vega wouldn’t mind at all.
“Please be in there,” Eva grumbled a touch after it was all over.
Though she developed some very disturbing habits soon after. It was a shame that the family couldn’t afford a shower.
Vega gave Wei another call. She heard that he had a rather nice car that she could pawn so they could afford a shower, and maybe wallpaper too.
It was a dinner date, at the diner because the household was still too poor to eat at the Bistro. Vega set it up on the pretense of it being a friendly outing, but the both of them knew that she had something else in mind.
“It’s so nice to have a friend like you,” said Vega as she drew in Wei for a hug.
“Let’s not kid ourselves-”
“Fine then. Wanna hear my life story?”
Thankfully for Vega, Wei also liked a bit of stargazing. “See that star up there? I was named for that,” she said. It was one of the brightest stars in the sky, after all.
And by sunrise, her charms about stargazing and names worked. Vega was no longer single.