“You know what, now that you’ve spoken it into existence, it will probably happen. Maybe I’ll just focus on shaping the bow and painting it, then you can attach it. That way there’s little risk of me breaking it.”

Gokudera follows and they spend a long enough time -probably longer than they should because hobbies- at the store. He happily pays for most of it, because it was his idea apparently to customize the ship to begin with, and the walk back is easy. He’s looking through the bag so he can come up with a game plan for what to take out and set up first, constructing a little mental checklist while Zuko lets them back into the room.