[He shakes his head slowly, trying to appear menacing and it's not exactly working for him. Still, Mochi's happy as can be and Hiro's just shoving the cat a little so his fat butt isn't sprawled all over his lap.]

Yeah, sure. At least Zwei likes me enough. Just be careful, I already told you Mochi will probably keep you here for hours if you let him.

[Uh huh. Sure. "Mochi." But he grins and he sits up, carefully getting off the couch and shuffling forward to set up the game system and the game.] I'm glad you've got some experience losing though. It'll make me feel less bad when I beat you.

[This is fine. They're going to just be in for a nice afternoon of quasi-cuddling in a blanket-nest with video games and pizza and pretend nothing else is wrong. And in a way, nothing is wrong. The knot in his chest's loosened a bit and having Ruby here to rely on makes it easier to breathe. So he flops back on the couch and hands her a controller.]

Tadashi and I are both recovering, but we should bug them again about a match between the four of us. I'm just saying.