love the idea of mira being initially against keeping derpy and sussie on the grounds of them not knowing what they are, but being outvoted by rumi (whose grown exceptionally fond of them) and zoey (who thinks they’re so fucking charming).
and mira eventually goes to zoey in particular (bc whatever yeah sure of course RUMI is fond of them, she knew them for longer than mira did but why is zoey so charmed by them, other her being zoey who loves everyone and is such a sweetheart it makes miras heart hurt sometimes thinking about the ways in which world has hurt her and the more she thinks about the more it already makes sense but STILL) and asks her whats so charming about their new weird spirit animals. and zoey stares at her like “babe. derpy is just rumi, but as a big blue tiger.”
and mira would argue but then she thinks about derpy, and the quiet, polite way he picks up things he knocks down, and the way he stares with his big, dumbass smile, and the noises he makes when you pet him in just the right spot, and how just stretches out on top of them no matter how inconvenient it is to have him there, and the way clings to them when they try to get up, and how much he loves to nap.
and then she thinks about rumi, and how shes always been so quiet and polite, and how she has that big, dumbass smile she pulls out whenever she’s really excited about something, and the noises she makes when they scratch or massage or rub just the right spot, and how she loves to nap atop them no matter how inconvenient it is (the inconvenience never really mattered to mira or zoey, her bridging the gap any time she would before the idol awards always felt like a win to them, and now that she’s doing it more, the idea of holding their girlfriend couldn’t be anything further from an inconvenience to them), and the way she clings to them when they try to get up (they were always way more reluctant to do that before, because those instances were fewer and further between, but now they have the security of knowing they’ll get to have rumi in their lap again soon, they’ll even get to hold her in bed), and how (now that she’s loosened up and isnt so deadset on achieving the golden honmoon, and is taking better care of herself) she’s developed a love of napping.
hell, they even stretch out in the same way and yawn similarly
and she realizes that zoey’s right.
“but,” she stutters out, “how are you so fond of the bird?”
and zoey laughs and drags her down for a kiss (very pleasant) and then says “because, jagiya, hes just like you” (unpleasant)
and then zoey laughs again when mira and sussie, whose been beefing with mira since he arrived and who was in the room with them just hanging out, both let out identical squawks of indignation and storm (or fly) away at the exact same time because theyre both so offended
