The Deck - Sunday afternoon

[heromaniac]

Momoko was determined to make up for all the hours she had spent indoors watching that AWESOME new sentai series, and the radio this morning had left her with no illusions that this was 'one of those weekends', which promised much entertainment. So she set up the sun umbrella to keep any rain off of her, and was sitting on the deck with a ton of snacks (and even some she was willing to share), a camera with a fresh memory card, a spare memory card, and a folder full of legal citations and arguments she'd pulled from the web.

Look, she was still worried about that judge getting away with stuff, okay? Maybe it wouldn't all be usable, but it was at least some ideas, right? She was trying to be a responsible legal... person. Sure she didn't have to be at work until Monday, but Justice didn't take days off!

...

Okay, so she also had a bag full of used manga beside her, too.

So when there wasn't someone visiting or being crazy within zoom range, Momoko was alternating between legal papers and a volume of Wan Pīsu... and hoping the pirates in this series got more interesting. And cute. Bleah.


(Open deck is open!)

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[heromaniac]

"Hey," Momoko poked his cheek, slightly concerned. "You're supposed to say something silly. Like, maybe we could get my boyfriend to fall for your girlfriend or something. Oooh! You could offer to roast me those marshmallows!"

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime recovered with a grin. "Hey, now there's an idea!" He poked her back.

[heromaniac]

Yay, he was back! She... worried when he suddenly stopped smiling like that.

"Which? There was two, you know."

[weldedtomyspine]

"The one I just had on my own," he teased.

[heromaniac]

Now that was more like it.

"Eh?" She gave him an eager look. "Is it a good idea? Really? Tell me!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"It's a really good, really secret idea."

[heromaniac]

"Oh! Can you trust me with a really secret idea? I mean, I totally know I can trust me, but you have amnesia!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"That's exactly my problem. You might secretly be a spy!"

[heromaniac]

"Well," she chided, "if I wasn't a spy in secret, I totally wouldn't be a good spy, would I?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Yes, but it means I just can't trust you." Jaime sighed very, very dramatically.

[heromaniac]

"But what if I'm secretly not a spy?" She prompted, adding a note of hopefulness to her voice. "Maybe I'm pretending to be a spy so that I don't blow my cover of not being one! Then you could trust me!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"But I can't take that risk!" Jaime declared tragically.

[heromaniac]

"Then..." she pouted a moment, then gave him a sad look. "Then it's totally not an awesome enough idea and you have to think of a better one."

[weldedtomyspine]

"I don't know if I can..."

It was a very awesome idea, after all.

[heromaniac]

Momoko patted his cheek. "I totally believe in you."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Well... what's in it for me?" Jaime teased.

[heromaniac]

She bit back a laugh and tried her best to play off an innocent face. "Me?"

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime pretty much melted at that. The charade fell away and he just reached out and tugged Momoko into his lap.

Hopefully she wouldn't mind.

"I really, really like the sound of that, he murmured next to her ear.

[heromaniac]

She totally didn't mind. As he could possibly tell by the snuggling. and the giggling. "You're awesome, you know. I'd totally never really trade you in."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Even for someone who cooked more often?" he asked, tightening his arms slightly and settling his chin on top of her head.

[heromaniac]

"Why would I give up the whole awesome package for just one bonus?" Momoko tightened her own grip, hugging him as well as just getting more comfortably closer. "That's what it is, you know, just a bonus."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Are you saying my cooking is just a bonus?" Jaime didn't really fake insult very well.

He settled back slightly and shrugged. "I don't know about a 'whole awesome package', but I'm glad you're willing to stick with me."

Which only made that conversation he'd promised to have all the harder.

[heromaniac]

"It's been over a year now; I'm totally stuck. Sorry." Momoko gave a small, satisfied chuckle as she settled in.

[weldedtomyspine]

"Gee. That's too bad."

And, yes, Jaime sounded soooo disappointed.

[heromaniac]

"Hmm. You don't sound very sympathetic."