[ It's a few weeks after the whole Shigeru-goes-all-Jekyll-and-Hyde incident, and Cisco hasn't been... avoiding him, exactly. It's not that the two of them saw each other all that regularly. But there had been a few times, when Cisco had seen him here and there, where before he would have called out to get his attention, say hello, when it just... seemed easier not to say anything.
He'd justified it to himself, said that the both of them would be grateful for a little space, that he is taking precautions to let the awkwardness pass. But he knew, even as he thought that, that it wasn't entirely the truth. He was nervous, now at the thought of being around Shigeru, and he didn't want to admit it to himself, much less to let the other man see. Cisco remembers how much it had seemed to relieve Shigeru, when he first mentioned his powers, that Cisco wasn't all that scared by him. Now, well. It's a different story.
But that can only go on for so long, especially when Cisco has been following up on his offer to make Shigeru a device that will block his powers. He's done as much work as he possibly can without actually testing the prototype, however. So one day, out of the blue, he texts: ]
hey, shigeru think you could drop by my workshop sometime tomorrow or the day after? i've got a prototype power dampener and i wanna test it out, see how well it holds up
🐙 shigeru
He'd justified it to himself, said that the both of them would be grateful for a little space, that he is taking precautions to let the awkwardness pass. But he knew, even as he thought that, that it wasn't entirely the truth. He was nervous, now at the thought of being around Shigeru, and he didn't want to admit it to himself, much less to let the other man see. Cisco remembers how much it had seemed to relieve Shigeru, when he first mentioned his powers, that Cisco wasn't all that scared by him. Now, well. It's a different story.
But that can only go on for so long, especially when Cisco has been following up on his offer to make Shigeru a device that will block his powers. He's done as much work as he possibly can without actually testing the prototype, however. So one day, out of the blue, he texts: ]
hey, shigeru
think you could drop by my workshop sometime tomorrow or the day after?
i've got a prototype power dampener and i wanna test it out, see how well it holds up