Momoko's Apartment, El Paso, Texas, Tuesday Night

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime finished the last bite of fish and leaned back in his chair with a satisfied sigh. "That was pretty good," he told his dinner companion with a smile. "I didn't know you could fry fish so well." Not to mention the salad. Which hadn't been anything special, but had been very nice.

He took a moment to just appreciate it, then looked across the table. "So... you want dessert now, or do you need to digest first?" He'd brought a cake. Too big for two people, honestly, but he rather suspected that, given Momoko, that wouldn't really be a problem. Either they'd eat it all tonight, or she'd have some for later.

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[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime let out a sigh. "Sadly, no. It's actually made of styrofoam. But it will look nice on the table!"

[heromaniac]

"Eh?" It was a fake? She tried not to look too disappointed as she set the plates down. "Oh. Yes. It will! Is it mine to keep? Thank you."

SADNESS

[weldedtomyspine]

Somehow, Jaime managed to keep a straight face while he retrieved one of the plates and began to cut a slice of cake for Momoko. A Momoko-sized slice.

[heromaniac]

"Jaime!" She reached out to stop his hand. "Why are you cutting it up? I can use it as a paperweight or something! Promise!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"You'd use delicious cake as a paperweight?" Jaime asked, turning to look at her with sad, sad eyes.

That were totally dancing in amusement.

[heromaniac]

Wait...

"Jaime, you are so mean." And he now had a nose smeared with whipped cream topping.

[weldedtomyspine]

"Hey, I can't believe you actually bought that! Who makes styrofoam cake?" Seriously!

[heromaniac]

"Lots of people! Well, maybe not Styrofoam." Momoko tugged the plate full of cake from his hands with a pout. "Haven't you seen them in stores? There's even jewelry designed to look like food."

[weldedtomyspine]

"And you think I'd go to all the trouble to find one?" Come on, Momoko. Have some faith!

[heromaniac]

The look she gave him indicated exactly of what faith she was capable

[weldedtomyspine]

"Well, if you don't want the cake, I can take it back..."

[heromaniac]

"Oh no you don't. My cake!" Momoko pulled her plate away and reached for a fork. "Unless this tiny piece is yours and I get to cut my own slice?" Her idea of a Momoko-sized piece and Jaime's idea of a Momoko-sized piece were close but not exactly the same.

[weldedtomyspine]

"Eat your cake," Jaime said, rolling his eyes and laughing. "Then we'll see if you can have more."

[heromaniac]

He got a kiss for that.

Momoko carried her plate of cake and returned to the low table she used for, well, for anything that needed to be on a table. She didn't have room for multiple pieces of furniture. She didn't have more than a room, after all!

There was, however, room to sit beside her, if he wanted.

"So you were telling me about your friend Alex's latest adventure?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh, right." Jaime grinned as he settled himself right up against her, and then reached out to steal a bit of whipped cream with his finger.

"So," he said, after licking it off, "right after he found the baby rhino..."

[heromaniac]

"Hey! You have your own!" She made to stab at him with her fork. "And it was an elephant during dinner. Are you making this story up?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Of course I'm not making it up!" Jaime lied. "He found a baby elephant and a baby rhino."

[heromaniac]

Momoko gave him a stern look and then gave in to that cute look of denial he had going. "Fine." She shifted to again lean against him and attacked her cake. "But I am totally going to ask questions from now on."

[weldedtomyspine]

"I'm pretty sure that's cheating," Jaime pointed out.

[heromaniac]

"Only if you're not telling the truth!" It was totally cheating and she knew it. "I told you all about my work day and now you ry to tell me a fake adventure."

She let her shoulders sag. "Talk about cheating!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Talk about cheating?" Jaime repeated. "I thought you wanted to hear this story..."

[heromaniac]

"I do! You're the one not telling me!" If they went back in time, they'd be naturals at vaudeville. "Hurry or I'll run out of cake."

[weldedtomyspine]

"If that's an attempt to get me to reveal that I brought a second one, sorry. No dice."

[heromaniac]

Reeeeally Jaime? Look into Momoko's eyes and say that there isn't more cake.

[weldedtomyspine]

"Momoko, I made you a cake. An entire cake! You're just being greedy." He reached out and poked her playfully in the ribs.