Recap / How I Met Your Mother (And How I Met Your Father) Despair Arc Chapter Two: Makoto Gets a Roommate?!

Despair Arc Chapter Two: Makoto Gets a Roommate?!

Original Release: September 16, 2020 (Fanfiction.net), September 17, 2020 (AO3)

Summary

Fearful for Makoto's safety, Kyoko swallows her pride and apologizes to her Father so she can ask a favor of him. What request will she make to help protect Makoto?

Tropes

• Call-Back: Kyoko briefly mentions the last two times she was in Jin's office while she apologizes to him.
• Children Are Innocent: Kiki expresses her confusion over Taka's freak out over Makoto and Kyoko living together since, to her, it's only natural for two people who love each other to want to snuggle together.
• Comical Overreacting: After hearing about Makoto and Kyoko living in the same room together, as well as that Jin approved of it, Taka freaks out over it so much that he faints.
  Taka: Wha…but…but…nothing makes sense anymore!!!
• Motivated by Fear: Kyoko admits to Makoto that the reason she's moving into his dorm room is because she fears for his safety.
  Makoto: Ano…Kyoko…don’t think I’m ungrateful or anything…but why did you want to move in with me? I know we shared a bed for a couple weeks when we were at my house, but we haven’t even been dating for half a year. It just seems…I don’t know, like we’re rushing things a little?
  Kyoko: I apologize for putting you in this position Makoto…but I…I want to make sure I can protect you…
  Makoto: What do you mean, Kyoko? We’re safe in here, remember? That’s why we agreed to stay in the school…
  Kyoko: We don’t know that! We don’t know for sure, Makoto. What if something happens to you and I’m not there? What if that fall you took was down a flight of stairs and you got a concussion? What if those riots manage to cut through the iron plates and door and flood the school? Maybe I’m being irrational here, but I…I don’t want to chance losing you, Makoto!
  Makoto: Kyoko…
  Kyoko: So…if I at least could see with my own eyes that I was waking up next to you every morning…it’d do a lot to give me some peace of mind. I know that this is happening really fast, but…please…
• Shout-Out: Makoto's briefly mentioned playing Super Mario Sunshine.