If you had told Agatha that her first time in the UK would be spent in a marine life centre, she would have laughed in your face. However, that’s where she currently finds herself. It's not her fault she's down bad for her girlfriend, as the kids say she's “whipped.” So, if Rio wanted to travel to soggy, cold London for the marine life centre’s Shark Week event, then who was she to deny her?
The younger woman had gone on and on about all the different activities they could do, slowly driving Agatha crazy but she put up with it because she loved Rio even when she was being obsessive about the most random things. This is still odd to her since she hates everyone else who's ever walked the planet, heck if aliens are real then she hates them too. It's not her fault everyone who breathes is a brain-dead moron who seems to make it their mission to bore her to death or make her want to commit manslaughter. But Rio was different, she seemed to make her heart start beating for the first time, it’s like she had been colour blind only able to see the world in dark shades until Rios's presence had brought colour into the world.
That is why the older woman finds herself sitting in an extremely uncomfortable blue plastic fold-up chair in the middle of the aquarium for their “Q&A” section with a marine biologist. However, it's turned into her girlfriend info-dumping on the crowd, completely stealing the spotlight from the expert. Agatha expects nothing less from her.
“Also did you know there has never been a confirmed sighting of a great white shark in English waters, I mean sure there have been several potential legit claims, but none have been verified. Two sightings were supposedly in Scotland, which is crazy considering the water there would normally be too cold but during the time-“ Rio said rambling.
“Honey, I think you’re supposed to be asking questions not running the Q and A,” the older brunette said gently, trying to calm down her excitable partner.
“Thank you miss, now if anyone else has any actual questions?” a tall sad frail man who was a supposed ‘specialist’ pipped up.
“This is so not fair, hes not even telling us interesting facts just basic stuff everyone knows. Who doesn’t know that sharks' teeth produce their equivalent to toothpaste naturally, like duh I know that already genius.” the biology teacher mumbled sliding down in her chair like a sulking child who just received a lecture from their parents.
“Yeah no, not everyone got a bohner for sharks like you darling,” Agatha responded rolling her eyes, while receiving some glares from parents who sat around them, like she gave a shit.
“ugh I only have bohners for you my love, I can’t help it that sharks are so cool.”
The rest of the day the pair dug for shark tooth fossils (which Agatha was pretty sure were fake but didn’t have the heart to share her thoughts with her girlfriend after seeing her excitement and that adorable goofy smile, so she kept it to herself and pretended to enjoy the activity as much as the former did). Next on the itinerary was the UK's only 360-degree ocean tunnel, which according to Rio it was “super cool and the best experience of her life” but to Agatha, it was literally just a big piece of glass. Don’t get her wrong she didn’t hate the experience in fact the complete opposite she loved how happy it made her girlfriend, the way she physically glowed when she was in her element. It was so stunning so inspiring, Agatha was sure that Rio would inspire thousands of talented artists to create masterpieces, timeless pieces of art that would be hung in museums all over the world and be sold for a crazy amount of money some would even earn in their entire life of working.
So yeah maybe this was the best vacation Agathas ever had.