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]

"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.

[heromaniac]

Momoko giggled and leaned away from the poke. "I am! I can't help it! I like awesome things."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Mhmm," Jaime hummed as his finger chased after her, poking again.

[heromaniac]

"Eeep!" She wasn't expecting another poke! "Jaime! Quit that!" Her protests were totally undermined by the giggling.

[weldedtomyspine]

Oh, yeah. That was going to work.

As long as what she wanted was more poking!

Poke, poke, poke!

[heromaniac]

"Eeek!" Scoot giggle scoot "Jaime!" She was going to lose her cake in a minute, the way she was bending to avoid him

[weldedtomyspine]

"Don't drop that cake," Jaime warned, still poking.

[heromaniac]

"I'll drop it in your lap!" eeek! "Not fair! You're supposed to be telling me" giggle "A story!!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"I'm trying to tell it to you," no he wasn't, "but you keep giggling!" That part was true, at least.

[heromaniac]

"You're making me!" She protested... barely. "I'm just trying to eat cake and listen to you talk."

[weldedtomyspine]

"And criticizing my storytelling," Jaime pointed out. While continuing to poke her. "And giggling!"

[heromaniac]

"Not...!" Okay, that last one hit her funny spot and she doubled over against him, finally, laughing... and dropping her cake.

[weldedtomyspine]

For a moment, Jaime was kind of horrified by how she might react to that, but she was just too adorable with that expression on her face, so he gave up on pretending to be doing anything else but diving directly on her and tickling her with both hands.

[heromaniac]

"Nooooo! Aaaahhahhahaha Not....... ahahaha... Fai ahahaha!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"What?" Jaime asked, starting to laugh himself as he overbalanced and sent both of them tumbling to the floor. "What did you say?"

He was totally not going to stop tickling her.

[heromaniac]

"Caaaaake!" She couldn't breathe Jaime!

[weldedtomyspine]

"No cake?" Jaime repeated, a bit breathless himself with the effort of continuing to tickle her.