[Unknown Planet]; Dimension FH-001; Friday Afternoon [11/06].

[somethingwithturquoise]

There were a lot of things Summer appreciated the hell out of about her current relationship, and the fact that she could just shoot Barry a text that said Hey you wanna go check out some rando planet with me? and have it met with a resounding Fuck yeah! in response was definitely up there at the top of the list.

Because she was feeling a little bored, they hadn't really made time for an actual date in a little while, and the itch to do a little planet hopping was under her skin with how quiet the last week had been. Besides, as she explained, she knew there had to be something good on this planet, because she'd noticed it popping up on the portal gun logs when she was mining data from Rick's dimension and planetary databases. Which meant there had to be something pretty good there if Rick was spending so much time there. Did she know what made it so worth his while? Nope! Maybe there were some sort of mega energy crystals that Barry could use for some new inventions. Maybe there were some dope ass aliens there that really knew how to party. Maybe it was blackjack and hookers! Maybe it was overrun by violent monsters and it was the best place to really get your fighting rocks off or maybe it was home to the best french fries in the entire multiverse. Summer had no idea, and that was the point! It was high time they went and found out what the fuss was about on this particular planet.

Summer had geared up and loaded up the ship, ready for pretty much anything, but she was not ready for the glorious sight that hit them once they landed on the soft sandy beach of a large lake, surrounded by a golden field, lush plants, and gracefully looming mountains and steppes and flowing rivers, tranquil lakes.

"Holy shit," she said eloquently. "This place totally beats the pants off of Venzenulon 9..."

The scenery couldn't just be it, but, man...it was a pretty good start!

[[ for that one guy! ]]

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[badassprodigy]

"Oh. Fuck," Barry groaned. "Right."

He moved to enter the spaceship with a chagrined look on his face. "I always have the worst fucking timing with this."

And then he sighed.

"And I know this is absolutely fucking horrible but I really want some fucking tacos. I am a horrible fucking person."

[somethingwithturquoise]

"You really, really aren't," said Summer, with conviction. Just as much for her as it was for him, especially as the little dread in the back of her mind couldn't help begin to second-guess everything about that awkward timing.

"You're fucking great, Barry." Too great, really... "And tacos actually do sound amazing right now."

There was, however, a slight hesitation.

"But definitely not Zebrulon. We really weren't kidding about the diahhrea, and I think we've dealt with enough flaming assholes for one day."

[badassprodigy]

“Who the fuck wants-“

He shook his head. “Nope. Not even going to dignify that with a response. He’s got fucking issues.”

Going into the portalocity app he pulled up some dimensional coordinates. “If you want tacos? I got the place for it in my world. It’s a taco truck in Baja. You want to go?”

[somethingwithturquoise]

"That sounds nice," Summer said, giving Barry a faint smile, but it gave way into a sigh, a roll of her eyes"and normal. And it'll be good to get to a dimension where it's at least statistically improbable any of my family members will just show up."

There was faint scoff, another sigh, and once that was purged out of her system, another glance toward Barry, this one apologetic.

"Sorry about all..." She gestured vaguely, "...that."

[badassprodigy]

Barry smiled. A very warm smile as he reached out to take her hand. “You have nothing to apologize for. He’s an asshole. That’s not your fault and out of your control.”

He gave her hand a squeeze. “And it certainly doesn’t change my feelings about you.”

[somethingwithturquoise]

"You'd be a pretty big asshole yourself if it did," Summer pointed out, her grin going just a little bit smug because she pretty much called it that he'd hit her with a nothing to apologize for line for all that.

[badassprodigy]

"Well. I never said I wasn't an asshole," Barry joked. "I'm just an asshole who happens to need a fuck ton of tacos."

Barry and Summer then spent the next half hour navigating Portalocity portals and bantering until they got to a nice spot in Baja.

With excellent tacos.

A beautiful sunset.

And absolutely no diarrhea.