"This is so beautiful... How did you manage this?" Rumi asks, her hand carefully tracing the edges of the high-quality prosthetic arm in front of her. "It looks... Expensive."

That's the understatement of the century.

Ever since Rumi lost her limbs in the war, she's been switching between prosthetics like pairs of shoes. None of them fit quite right.

So you decided to take things into your own hands. You've been meeting with professionals, consulting with the U.A support students (they don't charge for meetings, and are more skilled than they're given credit for), and saving money.

All to buy your beautiful girlfriend a prosthetic she would keep.

And she will, because this arm is tailored for her. It's colored with everything-resistant paint to match her hero costume, ingrained with technology that makes it almost identical to a biological arm, made of of metal so high quality it's basically indestructible.

It cost a fortune to make, which is where the problem lies.

The problem is you're poor, Rumi knows that. You have always lived in poverty, working multiple jobs to make ends meet, cutting corners and saving every penny, a large contrast to her wealth from being a hero.

It took you months to save enough money for a prosthetic arm for her, you've picked up more shifts, skimped on meals and hobbies, and hardcore saved money.

All in secret from her, hidden with clever excuses for tiredness and absence.

After all, she can't know what you went through— and are still going through— to have been able to afford that arm. She'd want to pay you back.

That would take away the meaning of the word 'gift' from the arm.

But Rumi isn't stupid, and even though you think you've hidden everything perfectly, she knows. She's not happy, but she also knows confronting you would just humiliate you, even though she thinks there's nothing embarrassing about being poor. You've always been insecure about it.

So she'll have to be more subtle.

"I'm sure it'll fit like a glove, sweetheart..." She says softly. "I'll also have my agent wire you money as a thank you, how much did it cost?"