#Dana is aggro bc this convo got Way Too Close To Discussing Their Underwear In Front Of The Cute Cyborg

[bionic-5]

Wrote this based on a Discord convo.

Dana is my half-Catian OC, Nate belongs to @dancing-coyote !

"They're called FLIP FLOPS!" Dana yelled.

"Nu uh, thongs!" Mariner shot back from her bunk.

"Guys, you're both right," Boimler brandished a PADD at them. "A thong is a strip of fabric or leather, the shoes have one that goes between your toes, the underwear goes...y'know. In the gluteal cle-"

"Between ya cheeks! Might as well call it butt floss." Mariner's comment got a snort from Tendi who broke down in a fit of giggling along with Rutherford.

"Or ass string." Boimler added.

"Oh does that qualify Dana's tail as a thong then?" Mariner cackled. Dana's ears flipped back and Rutherford went quiet while Tendi continued to giggle.

"No, shut up or I will END you." They growled. Before Mariner could retort, Boimler yelped as the vent next to him snapped open in a blur of turquoise hair.

"GOD NATE WHAT THE HELL?! Do you ALWAYS have to...skulk like that??"

"Nah, s'just more fun that way. Just popping in to add that Dana's tail is not a thong." The computer engineer said matter of factly.

"Thank yo-"

"...'Cos it doesn't go all the way around. Doesn't cover a damn th-"

"NATE I AM GOING TO TIE YOU TO THE WARP CORE YOU LITTLE WEASEL!!" Dana jumped up and made a dive for the vent, but Nate slammed it shut before they got there, leaving only a retreating cackle emanating from the vent as she scuttled out of reach.

"Damn Dana no need to declare war, jeez where'd that come from?" Mariner asked as she jumped down from her bunk.

Dana froze where they were crouched on the floor.

"Uh...I just...don't like my tail being the butt of jokes!" They snapped.

"Yeah, Mariner...it's more like the butt floss of jokes." Boimler punctuated his comment with finger guns.

"Says the guy who wore a frickin budgie smuggler last time we went swimming!" Dana snapped back.

"It's more streamlined!"

Tendi laughed along with them for a moment before she noticed that Rutherford was oddly silent.

"Rutherford?"

"Huh, what?" He started as he seemed to come back to the present.

"You alright? You seemed kinda lost there for a second." He stared at her for a beat before laughing nervously.

"Haha yeah...you...might say that."