[Sorry, Ruby, Hiro…actually knows exactly what he's doing for once. It's with a startling sort of clarity that he's able to navigate this conversation with some sense of calmness despite the fact his heart rate's skyrocketing at the idea of her calling him on any wayward intentions. Or whatever.]
Some of us didn't have a lot of friends, remember? [There's a teasing little lilt to his tone.] Figured it was probably better to give you a heads up than just be like "hey you're one of my favorite people to spend time with and I want to hang out with you when we both have free time." [Though there's that, too. Eheh. Anyway.] But the same goes for you when you're off house arrest. You know Tadashi, I don't think he'd care if you came over whenever. We don't have a corgi, but we have a cat. [Wait does Ruby like cats? Why doesn't he know that? Suddenly he's talking too much and he's just going to stop now.]
[He knows exactly what he's doing and he's still doing it...that's terrible. Hiro slow your roll. You're making her heart skip a beat here, she wasn't prepared. Especially when he just carries on, like "hey you're one of my favorite people" like--who allowed that?
It's just a mutter, almost poutingly--]
Not fair, totally not fair!
[And then, louder:]
I like cats. Cats are good. I definitely want to meet your cat. What's his name? Is he a chubby cat? Chubby cats are cute.
[At least she's equally motormouth when she's nervous like this.]
[He hears the mumbling and just fixed her with a perplexed little look before deciding it's better not to ask. She's sick. Maybe she has feverish symptoms anyway without the fever.]
His name's Mochi and he's almost as big as Zwei. [Okay maybe not that big.] We've had him since I was little. I was taking him around yesterday to visit some people. Come over some time, he'll probably be nicer to you than he is to me.
I don't think I'm wrong, but in this case it's because he's always nicer to other people. Mochi likes me and he likes his rocket boots, but sometimes I think he's affectionate with other people just to try and prove a point.
[Hiro, he's a cat. Still, he's not sure what to say to that because the idea of Ruby paying specific attention to him still always makes his heart jump a bit and there's a slight grin.] I think I'd be pretty offended if you were only there mostly to visit my cat, but…deal. [He rolls his eyes.] Probably should focus on you getting better though.
Why do you think he's fat? [Mochi gets spoiled by all of the Hamadas. Still, there's something nice about knowing he's having a direct impact on her but he can't quite meet her eyes on that. It's great and embarrassing and wonderful and confusing and why can't everything be as simple as tic-tac-toe. Seriously.]
In that case I'll have to keep coming back until you get better. [Or until the ghosts show up and fuck everything up.] ...if Yang lets me.
[She sure does know. Yang probably knows more than the two of them do themselves and it's something Hiro's vaguely aware of without quite touching on the real subject. Still. They're not running around the colony like they're prone to doing, so this totally counts as resting.]
This is sorta why I'm glad I never had an older sister. I can deal with Tadashi being a huge nerd but I draw the line at weird. Did you ask her what's up?
...riiight. Got it. [He's definitely not going to ask about the weird things. Instead, he's assessing their game board before filling in one more square.] I win. Sorry. [He's not sorry at all. But it's better to do that and move past the weird stuff than dwell on it, he thinks.]
[He ends up laughing, turning the page in his notebook and making an even bigger game grid for them.] All right, all right. We'll do best two out of three.
[If this is how he's going to spend his afternoon? Then so be it. He can deal with this.]
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Some of us didn't have a lot of friends, remember? [There's a teasing little lilt to his tone.] Figured it was probably better to give you a heads up than just be like "hey you're one of my favorite people to spend time with and I want to hang out with you when we both have free time." [Though there's that, too. Eheh. Anyway.] But the same goes for you when you're off house arrest. You know Tadashi, I don't think he'd care if you came over whenever. We don't have a corgi, but we have a cat. [Wait does Ruby like cats? Why doesn't he know that? Suddenly he's talking too much and he's just going to stop now.]
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It's just a mutter, almost poutingly--]
Not fair, totally not fair!
[And then, louder:]
I like cats. Cats are good. I definitely want to meet your cat. What's his name? Is he a chubby cat? Chubby cats are cute.
[At least she's equally motormouth when she's nervous like this.]
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His name's Mochi and he's almost as big as Zwei. [Okay maybe not that big.] We've had him since I was little. I was taking him around yesterday to visit some people. Come over some time, he'll probably be nicer to you than he is to me.
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[Just saying.
... ... he might be right about it, too.]
But okay, it's a deal. I'll come over so I can visit your cat. And you. Mostly you? But also Mochi.
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[Hiro, he's a cat. Still, he's not sure what to say to that because the idea of Ruby paying specific attention to him still always makes his heart jump a bit and there's a slight grin.] I think I'd be pretty offended if you were only there mostly to visit my cat, but…deal. [He rolls his eyes.] Probably should focus on you getting better though.
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[Ruby has totally done this with Zwei because she's Ruby.
She smiles at that, though, and completely pleased and contented expression. Honestly? That's not even a concern for her.]
I am getting better. I'm feeling a little better already, just from you coming over.
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In that case I'll have to keep coming back until you get better. [Or until the ghosts show up and fuck everything up.] ...if Yang lets me.
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Why wouldn't Yang let you?
[??????]
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[She says, as they play tic-tac-toe and chatter and definitely don't particularly go out of their way to rest.]
She's been kind of weird lately sometimes.
[She knows, Ruby. She knows.]
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This is sorta why I'm glad I never had an older sister. I can deal with Tadashi being a huge nerd but I draw the line at weird. Did you ask her what's up?
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[Hiro. Crushes. Weird things.]
--weird things. It's better to leave it alone I think. She'll go back to being Yang-y soon enough.
[Sage nod. DON'T ASK.]
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Heyyyy--hey wait a second!
[...HMPH.]
I want a rematch!
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[If this is how he's going to spend his afternoon? Then so be it. He can deal with this.]