Sunday late afternoon/evening, Moobyland

[heromaniac]

Dinner was apparently going to be American today. Kids' preference. And after a tour of the island, they'd also asked for it to be at Fast Eddies. Jaime had vetoed it immediately, insisting on something more substantial than nachos and soda for dinner. Del had agreed and apparently not just because Jaime had said it. Alex had rolled his eyes and stubbed his toe into the ground, but didn't push. He did when Momoko requested Cafe Fina, though. Apparently they ate at family restaurants like that in Tokyo City all the time.

"So, what? Mooby Land?" Momoko had suggested as a joke.

...

"I am totally getting an extra shake for this," she muttered a few minutes later to Jaime as they carried the trays of Mooby Meals to the table where the kids were waiting.



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[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime snorted. "Like you weren't going to anyway?"

[heromaniac]

She snorted back. "I mean a third one. To wash down the grease. It's your fault, too, you know. I used to like Moobyland."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Hey! How is this my fault?"

[heromaniac]

"Because you got me used to real hamburgers," she hefted her full tray. "Now I eat these and don't think they're as tasty. Even at home we don't eat fast food much." Not burgers, at least. Stands and food trucks were totally different.

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime laughed. "Okay. I promise to stop making you eat good food."

[momokodomo]

Del looked up as they approached. She'd been staring out the window watching the people go past. It was such a different view from the any she'd witnessed in her few years on the island.

She gave a small smile at the conversation this Momo was having with Chichiue. It was actually a little familiar: Momo didn't always eat properly and was often scolded. Seeing it happen now made her feel a little more comfortable. She glanced over to see what Alex's reaction was.

[momokodomo]

Alex was just rolling his eyes, but he looked a lot more relaxed than he had the day before.

He leaned over toward her, keeping his voice soft. "What do you want to eat?" he asked.

[momokodomo]

Her smile became a lot more sincere when she was with Alex. "Will Chichiue let me have Nuggets?" She really wanted to try them.

[momokodomo]

That had Alex glancing over at Jaime. "I get the feeling that there's almost nothing he'd say no to. I mean, he's probably going to let her have all those milkshakes."

[momokodomo]

Really? She didn't say it aloud but Del's eyes widened, so Alex probably 'heard' it. Alex was a great big brother that way. "Can I have one?"

[momokodomo]

"Just ask," Alex advised. "He'll definitely say yes." If only to be fair.

[momokodomo]

That had Del's smile fading again. Sure it was Chichiue, but... it wasn't really him. She fiddled with the place-mat in front of her.

[weldedtomyspine]

The fiddling drew Jaime's attention away from Momoko. "What's up?" he asked Del with a gentle grin.

[momokodomo]

Del continued to fiddle. "Nuggets, please, Chichiue?"

A nudge from Alex got a mumbled, "shake?" out of her, too.

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime snorted. "I don't see why not." He leaned over slightly, lowering his face toward hers. "But only one, okay?"

[momokodomo]

Del couldn't help the pout. Her eyes gave a quick glance up at the Momo who he'd just promised more to, then fell back to the table. She picked up her crayon and worked on the placemat maze.

[weldedtomyspine]

He spotted that. It made him smile slightly and lean in to speak quietly to Del. "You're not going to get super-duper cranky like she would, are you?"

[momokodomo]

Del shook her head. Her sugar wasn't that low; she just wanted more than one.

(And she didn't like Chichiue treating this other Momo so special.)

[weldedtomyspine]

Sorry, Del. You were just going to have to get used to it. At least until you went home.

"Anything else?"

[momokodomo]

The crayon stopped moving for a moment as a thought occurred to her... her head still bent, she looked up at him through her eyelashes.

[weldedtomyspine]

He cocked his head and looked down at her.

"Hmm?"

[momokodomo]

"May I..." Her crayon twirled a circle. "Sit with you?"

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime smiled and slid over to make room. "Sure thing."

[heromaniac]

Momoko tried to keep her face still as she watched the little girl slowly and deliberately climb down from her seat and carefully avoid Momoko to get to the seat.

Of course that meant that Momoko had to sit next to... "I guess that means we get to be seat buddies. Right, Alex?" She smiled at him gently.

[momokodomo]

"Yeah." He didn't, quite, sigh about it.

[heromaniac]

At least he didn't move to take up the whole seat by himself?

She sat down and started handing out the drinks, ignoring how Del was smiling as she leaned against Jaime and coloured. "Did you want nuggets too? You look like a BigMoo guy to me."

[momokodomo]

Alex eyed her, clearly unimpressed. Who was she to be telling him what he wanted to eat?

(He had been planning on getting a BigMoo. Now he had to reconsider.)

[heromaniac]

That look meant she'd done it AGAIN.

Ugh. How to fix this?

"I think you should get the ClukBurger, though. It's healthier and you're still a growing boy."

[momokodomo]

Alex continued to be unimpressed.

"I'll have a number one combo," he told Jaime. You know. The BigMoo.

[heromaniac]

Momoko was getting frustrated, as evidenced by the strain of her smile. She just... had no idea what to do.

She tried a different subject: "So you and Jaime hang out a lot? That must be fun. Is he better at Japanese in your world than he is here?"

[b-town-girls.livejournal.com]

"You dated Aunt Karla?" Sila demanded incredulously as she and Leda entered the restaurant.

When Rain had called Leda, Leda had yelped, and the next thing the girl knew, her younger mother was leaping out of a portal and glomping her.

And after finding out that in the past year her daughter had gone through her first heartbreak she'd insisted on taking her for junkfood.

"I never told you that?" Leda signed.

"No! Hi Aunt Momoko!" Rain waved, spotting her. "Did you know about this?"

[heromaniac]

"Hiii!" Momoko stepped away from her group and came over to give slightly subdued hugs to Leda and then Rain. "Did I know what?"

[b-town-girls.livejournal.com]

"Apparently future me never told Rain that Karla and I used to date." Leda said. And now she wondered if her future daughter knew that she and Wiseguy used to date as well.

"Are you okay?" Rain asked. Aunt Momo was hardly ever subdued.

[heromaniac]

"Of course!" Momoko totally lied to her future niece. Though she was fully aware that she would tell Leda the truth later, she didn't need to burden Rain with anything. "And did I know they dated? Hmm. I can't remember. But why is it so surprising?"

[b-town-girls.livejournal.com]

Leda would totally be following up.

Rain did the sign language version of opening your mouth to say something, and then realizing you had no idea what to say, so shutting it again.

Why was it so surprising? It wasn't like she didn't know her mother had had a love life before Rain's dad had come along. She'd met Sila's mother after all.

"I don't know." she admitted finally. "I guess it just never occurred to me, so...surprise."

Leda ruffled her hair. "Our lives are weird, kid."