Dear forum,

my companion is Cait and I got her friend quest recently (go to Vault 95...) but I didn't start yet.

Some play hours ago when I got the quest I already had Cait at "Cait idolizes you" and I had the dialogue options:

FLIRT which was yellow and failed

and

ROMANCE which was yellow too and failed too

Until now I played several hours and had the message "Cait likes that" very, very often but the dialogue options FLIRT or ROMANCE do not show up again.

Do I have to do the friend quest now to have a new FLIRT dialogue option?

Thanks

If you failed the romance check you should get it again after a while, try dissmising her to a settlment and travel around for few days/quests with somebody else by the time you get back and talk to her the romance option should pop again.

Most of the flirting is pointless anyway as you can't romance her until you finish her quest.....be ready for some charisma checks though so if your charisma is at like 1 or 2 you might want to get some bonuses going from clothes or forget about it. Also note that power armor neutralizes clothing charisma bonuses. I'm getting charisma bonus of +5 fro reginald's suit, glasses and hat and then I had the bright idea that if I paint a power armor to give me a charisma bonus I would then be at +6.......hahahahaha nope.....that reduced me to +1 from the armor and that's it as my clothes bonus no longer counted.

Thanks for your answers....

I have charisma at 7 or 8 and Ladykiller on 2 - should be enough for next FLIRT dialogue

ok, then I have to try to dismiss her for a little bit and retry

but what if it does not return? Or is there an exact date when the dialogue returns?

Not sure exactly about timing but you will have to option to romance again if you completed her quest or immediately upon completion of her quest. Here's a hint though: you can save during dialogue and upon reload you will be exactly at the same point so save before hitting the charisma check and reload if you fail.