Chapter 25

Tony sighs, looking down for a second before frantic eyes were directed at her. "The printer. I don't know where is it."

She almost facepalms. "Only that?"

"Well, yeah. I'm pretty sure I've got one, but searching for it will be the problem."

"Maybe Pepper knows where it is," she says, amusement filling her tone. "After all, she's the one in charge of you."

"Why does it sound like she's my owner or something…?" he mumbles.

She raises both hands. "Hey, you said it. Not me."

"Har har." He rolls his eyes before scratching a cheek. "You know what? We could do both."

"Both?"

"Yeah, the printing thing and working on your new moves. We would just need Pepper's help."

She raises an eyebrow. "You mean asking Pepper to help search while you have fun with watching my powers at work?"

Now, Tony is the one raising both hands, a smirk curling his lips. "Hey, you were the one who said it."

She rolls her eyes, taking one last spoonful of food before standing up. "You know what? Sure, why not. But we're going to do something nice for Pepper afterward, though."

Tony does a small fist bump and grabs the plates to the kitchen.

"You will not be as excited when I use you for my moves that deal status effect damage."

"Oh! Like 'Attract'?"

She looks at him from the corner of her eye. "Why do you sound so excited at hearing that? If I'm not mistaken, you were down for the count after I used it."

"Yeah, yeah." He waves his hand as if she was talking of some minor thing. "By the way, can you use your attacks while being in human form?"

She tilted her head. "I don't know."

That seems to make him even more excited. "Let's try it, then."

"Here?" she asks, as they still are in the kitchen. She was going to clean the dishes first, but Tony seems to be impatient as he's glaring at the dirty dishes, as if they were going to clean themselves by the power of his glare.

"Yeah. Use one of the status effect moves. Just… try to not cause too much damage, okay?"

"Well…" she trails off as she washes, her movements slowing down as she does so. Tony seems to become even more aggravated by it.

"Come on, it'll be fun."

"For you," she grumbles, before deciding to use the safest one. She gives him her best puppy eyes and tries to activate 'Baby Doll Eyes' which is one of Linoone's moves.

He blinks at her, seemingly waiting. "Okaaay…?"

It seems to not be working, but she can feel something going on inside of her, so tries to put more power into the move. Tony looks at her in curiosity for one second longer before opening his mouth to say something, but then he stops and almost stumbles on nothing.

It works!

Though she tries for puppy dog eyes, by the end it's more of a glare.

She smiles and can help but ask, "How do you feel?"

"A little weak whenever I think of attacking you…"

She tilts her head with narrowed eyes. "Why were you thinking of attacking me?"

"Hey, you were the one giving me those eyes, not me!"

Maybe she was glaring harsher than intended?

Oh well.

Still, she grins because it works! It's harder to do, true. Also, not as powerful as she is sure the move can be, but still works.

So, she cleans the dishes with more gusto than before, ignoring Tony as he taps his foot with his arms crossed. He already called Pepper for help, so he's now just waiting.

She kind of wants to go slower, if only to aggravate him, but she's a merciful Mew.

"If you helped, I would have been faster at this," she says when she's done.

Tony blinks at her, his gaze going from the clean dishes to her. "You could have used the washing machine, too."

"For just two plates?"

He shrugs, cocking his head to the side. "Why not?"

She's about to say how she doesn't want to spend that much money on the energy bill, but then remembers who she's talking to: a rich genius.

She shuts her mouth. "You know what? Better remind me next time."

He raises an amused eyebrow. And to be more of an a-hole, he adds, "I've got this place running on clean energy."

"Oh, shut up!" She stomps towards the lab. "Didn't you want me to use my new powers?"

"Yup! But let's try them on your human form, as they seem to be weaker that way. When I've got all the equipment ready, we can use your normal form."

She stops walking, one foot hovering above the stairs. She looks down at her outfit, which consists of Tony's old t-shirt on top of underwear, which she still thinks it's weird how fitting it is. "I should wear some better clothes then."

"Hm? What's wrong with what are you wearing?"

She gives him a deadpan look. Obviously, for him, it would be normal; he was a playboy, after all. And for a short time, she's okay with wearing it too. She can cook and eat in these clothes. After all, Tony was gone for most of her cooking time and while eating, there was a table covering her. However, she doesn't think she can be a longer time wearing it. She's going to feel embarrassed sooner rather than later. Also, she doesn't want Pepper to misunderstand when she comes.

"I won't even try to do any exercise wearing just this."

He looks disappointed, the pervert. Luckily, Pepper is not here to see his playboy ways remaining. He shrugs. "Okay, okay. Jarvis bought enough female clothes for you to make different outfits."

"Awesome! I'll go and take a look."

"Not alone, you won't," he says, firm. "I know how you women work and how long it'll take you to dress if I leave you alone."

She wants to bite at his sexist comment, but squints at him instead. "How many clothes did you buy?"

"Jarvis did," he says immediately, before pausing and coughing. "And yeah, maybe a bit too much."

She rolls her eyes. "So it's your fault if I take too long, then."

"Jarvis was—"

He interrupts him by motioning him to accompany her. "No matter, let's go together if it would make you happy."

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