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[She doesn't mind it at all. Once it's done, she starts to dig in though. Grabbing a fry and devouring it in two big bites.]

Well, yes. I think that he likes it, in his own way. Provided it's gentle ribbing and not anything serious, anyway.

[She's just making sure, because he's also weirdly sensitive.]

I trust you, really. But as Vice President I do have to make sure, you know.

[... Momo's ability to devour will always be fascinating and humbling. Maybe, like, 20% attractive.
Jiro's just gonna pick at her own fries a little, though, eating like a bird as she always does.]

Yeah, I know. Don't worry, I'm not like... Bakugou.
I'm no bully.

[Which is wrong and incorrect, she's most definitely a bully. Honestly, just the way she treats Kaminari is enough to make that call.
But Momo loves her anyway, maybe??]

You're right, anyhow; I kinda think he just likes the attention.
Honestly, if I wasn't here to tease him, someone way meaner would end up taking that spot, right?

Well, probably not.

[She goes for two fries this time. Chomp, chomp.]

See, he knows you're joking. With Bakugou, or those other people, he might actually be hurt.

I know you know this, but he's a sweet boy with his heart in the right place.

[The absolute right place.]

[Stunning... Momo truly is a work of art. A masterpiece.]

Honestly, I'd kinda argue that aside from you, I'm the one who knows that best.
At least with the Iida here, anyway.

[That's followed by a short pause before her face scrunches up a bit like she's just realized what she said, and... decides to shut herself up before saying anything stupid by finally cracking into that milkshake.
With her little wolf ears going back and everything.
Yup.]

Is there another Iida?

[She asks, idly.

Is this a clone situation?]

[- Jiro can't help sputtering a bit with that question, and - much like a dog that's been caught doing something it shouldn't - ends up looking away with her ears still pinned against her hair.]

W-well, I mean... I keep thinking about how there are different timelines and universes and stuff, you know. I can't say I really understand it as deep as you probably do? Since I really only know this stuff from sci-fi movies and whatever.
But like, when people show up here, there's no guarantee they're from the same version of your world that you are.

And because me'n Iida went through that other world together, that means we're really different from any other Iida or Jiro this world could've grabbed, right?
So we're more like... we're the Iida and Jiro here instead of the Iida and Jiro back home.

[She is absolutely not gonna admit that this could actually be a clone situation thanks to how that other world worked.
That's more like, third date material.

But now she's gonna pause for a moment, just to play with her straw.]

... I don't mean to make this all depressing or anything, though; I didn't really mean to say that out loud.

I...guess...?

[Momo takes all of that in quietly, because, while it is strange, and weird, and a little depressing...it's important to think about this too.

She hadn't actually thought a lot about this.]

Time and space don't really, necessarily, work that way though, you know. It's not like in the movies. Our timelines are irrevocably altered by being here, pulled from home. So I'm not the Momo that you'd have known in your own time either.

[This isn't really a conversation she expected to get into...]

I'd need more information to really determine how things work, regarding our specific circumstances.

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[It's not exactly a conversation she meant to get started!! But maybe good date things are things like discussing the consequences of the multiple universe theory converging in one space, leading to you and all your friends possibly coming from multiple versions of your world rather than all coming from the same one.
Or something like that.

Either way, Jiro gives it all a surprisingly blasé shrug.]

I'll be honest, I kinda already came to terms with that. The Midoriya here isn't the same one that was back there with us, and he's the first one I met when showing up here.
But I've been trying to think of it, like...

Just 'cause we all might be from different timelines, doesn't mean we're not ourselves at the base, right?
I mean, even if it was something super messed up - like, I dunno... this world cloned us or something instead of actually grabbing us, we'd still be us at the base.

Right?

[jiro stop this was a cute and fun date where you guys were being CUTE AND FUN]

Yes.

[Momo's answer is quick and immediate, and while she may not have been thinking about this as much as Jiro had, it's fine because she feels she has enough of a grasp of the situation to speak on it. And also, she really, solidly feels this is the right answer.]

It doesn't matter if we're clones, because at the core we have our memories and formative experiences. Those memories and formative experiences are what shape our psyche, and thus make us who we are. I know there might be a big of a disconnect between 'did my body physically do this' and 'I remember it' but at the root of it, does it really matter if we physically experienced something or not, if it's still a part of who we are?

[Momo holds up a finger.]

That's a rhetorical question, by the way. No. the answer is no. It does not matter. Clone or not, you're Jiro and I'm Momo.

[Jiro ends up startling back a bit with how serious and resolute Momo is about this, even though she'd tried to toss that around as casually as possible --

Only to end up looking away, reaching up to twirl one of her jacks around a finger.]

W-well, I mean... the whole idea was pretty theoretical to start with...

[Her face is turning pink and her tail's curling up onto the seat with her, so it's easy to say, no, it's not as theoretical as she's trying to pass it off as.]

... But it's good to know you feel that way, Yaomomo. I wouldn't want anything to change how we are, you know?

[One more pause, as she looks at Momo again - though more just out of the side of her eye than really turning her face back again.]

Could you... I mean, you don't have to if it might be weird.
But could you start callin' me, y'know...

Kyoka?

[Momo had some small inkling that it might be bothering Jiro, and her reaction sort of confirms this. Good to know. Good to know too, that she was able to at least get her thoughts off of it. She's a little strange and naive about people, but she's far from unobservant and completely inept at reading them.

The request is...perhaps...a little startling though, and it brings her to a screeching halt.
That is a bit intimate...]

Kyoka?I don't mind, but, are you completely certain?

[ - Damn. Hearing that there's uncertainty at all in Momo's voice makes the biggest block of ice just plummet down into Jiro's stomach.
She ends up looking even further away like there's something super interesting on the other side of the restaurant, reaching up to grab both of her jacks and tug on them like the drawstrings on a hoodie.]

Well, yeah - I mean, I'm always calling you "Yaomomo", right? I... I know that's the whole class's nickname for you, but it's still a nickname...
So I've been thinking for the last couple of days, it's only right if I... let you use, y'know...

[Her given name?

She's backpedaling pretty hard, though. Normally, she wouldn't be - normally, a question like that would probably get the same, flat "Yeah?" that Jiro had given her earlier.
But right now, with her Moonblessings, she's still not sure when something she's doing is too much or not. Even with Momo saying she doesn't mind, part of her's worried that maybe it's too soon for something like that, or maybe it's too clingy for Momo, or maybe asking at all is weird...]

[Momo shakes her head and actually reaches across to grab Jiro's hand, holding it tightly in hers. She reorients herself so there's no way Jiro can avoid looking at her, and nods.]

Kyoka. I don't mind. And I don't mind Yaomomo, or just Momo, you know? I just...wanted to be sure that I'm the one you want to hear your name that way from. Because that's...it's...

[her cheeks burn a little too, but in a good way, her eyes taking on a bubbly glint.]

...it's so romantic...!

R... romantic...?

[It's said almost like Jiro's never heard the word before. And yet her own face is starting to turn a bright shade of pink to match, her face getting its usual comically wobbly expression that it does when she's feeling something a bit too big for her.

And after a moment, she reaches up to cover Momo's hand with her own.]

I -
Yeah, I do...! You know that I'd never ask for something I didn't want, right?
You're the only one I wanna hear saying my name like that.

I'd like that. And I like hearing that.

[She sounds...much...much more excited! And grins, leaning down to kiss the tops of Jiro's fingers.]

I like hearing that a lot, Kyoka.

[And, of course, Jiro's jacks flinch up into little arcs with that kiss to her hand.
She's not even trying to hide the way her face pulls up into a goofy, wavering sort of smile, either.]

I do too...! But, does that mean, you know -
Do you want me to switch off from calling you "Yaomomo"?

I mean, I've always thought it was pretty cute, but y'know...

Mmm...

[Momo leans forward, a somewhat devilish grin finally making it's way to her face.]

No, call me Yaomomo in public. But when we're...closer, and doing things? Momo. That would be nice.

[Also one less syllable.]

[She blinks a bit, seeing that grin on Momo's face - and, of course, there's a part of her that's instantly, instantly attracted to it, too.
But still, seeing her get all impish like that...

Jiro gives her a little nod, her tail starting to wag a bit in her chair.]

Yeah, I can do that. ... But can I ask why?
That feels pretty specific, y'know...

I mean, it's not bad, just like... specific.

Because...I mean...

[She blushes, looking down at her hands...]

Yaomomo's cute. But...I think it'd be romantic...if you said my name when we were...you know...

[...Alone.]

[Romantic... she said it again, huh. It's probably unsurprising that the thought of it's getting Jiro's face to turn a little extra pink as well, honestly.
But it's matched up with her ears perking forward and that tail going a little faster, too.
So it's safe to say she likes the idea.]

Then... yeah, I can definitely do that. If that's what you want me to do, Yaomomo.

[One short pause, with some thought -]

... You can handle my name however you want, of course. Like, if you think there'd be a way to use it that you feel is... y'know.
Romantic?

Yeah. It is.

[She laughs sweetly, glad to have made that tail wag. This whole 'dating' thing was easier than she'd expected, honestly.]

...And I'll do that, Kyoka. I promise I will be as romantic as I can.

[That's what she wants, after all.]

[That just gets Jiro to laugh to match, though hers is more of a warm hum than anything else.]

You don't need to be as romantic as you can. Just as romantic as you naturally are.

[That's only like, 2% meant as a flirt.
Maybe 3%.]

That's...not very romantic...

[Momo laughs though, and stuffs another fry into her mouth.

She's so, so sexy.]

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