So... D.Va's arrival was obviously unfortunate in a lot of ways, timing-wise, since King was double amnesiac and didn't really understand shit and could not approach a new teammate the way he would have wanted to (ie, informative and helpful). So he just got competitive and played video games with her, obviously!
But that might now have happened quite the way it did if he DID have his memories and was taking things much more solemnly/seriously, so it was sort of an early bit of bonding/"same hat" that they might not have gotten right out the door otherwise. AND the fact that he was amnesiac at the time means her arrival wasn't overshadowed by Mori's departure for him, nor does he associate her arrival with Mori being taken away. Which is also fortunate.
And then he got his memory back and felt like he could "re-meet" her properly, which he did by.... immediately seeing a memory of her dying, impulse buying a motorcycle to do suicidally dangerous shit with her to make her feel better, nearly die, and then lay in a subway tunnel bonding about death. And like... idk man but that's A Lot. You probably don't walk away from an experience that formative with just a casual relationship with someone? She definitely shot way up in trust that day alone.
But it's one thing to just consider her a confidant/someone similar to him with some shared views and experiences, and another for her to consistently be there for him - which she has been. She's gone above and beyond for him in so many ways, probably more than most other people, even? In ways big and small. Any time he stumbles it seems like she's immediately there, or when he's stressed she can tell and offers to help him blow off steam. They're just very similar and on a wavelength that works for them, and he's hoping he's providing her even a fraction of the support she's providing him, and would basically do anything for her at this point. She's definitely the teammate he feels closest to behind Hiryuu, and she shot up there QUICK.
And ALL OF THAT ABOVE is why he's been okay with the less platonic things - because normally he would shut it down out of disinterest, but he has such an emotional bond with D.Va that kissing kind of feels like an extension of that? They both enjoy it and it makes them happy and he can see how much it makes HER happy, in particular, and he loves that there's something he can do to get that reaction from her.
That said, he's still not sure what went on with D.Va and Yugi that one night, because she couldn't quite articulate to him what she wanted that they didn't already have? He thought he might have gotten the gist, but she was cagey enough about it that he was like ?? hmmm. Especially compared to how confident and decisive she was about the earlier "hey let's be on casual makeout terms" portion. So for now he's just resolved to... continue as they had been before and just seeing what happens and being there for her. Whatever happens happens!! As long she's happy he's happy.
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So... D.Va's arrival was obviously unfortunate in a lot of ways, timing-wise, since King was double amnesiac and didn't really understand shit and could not approach a new teammate the way he would have wanted to (ie, informative and helpful). So he just got competitive and played video games with her, obviously!
But that might now have happened quite the way it did if he DID have his memories and was taking things much more solemnly/seriously, so it was sort of an early bit of bonding/"same hat" that they might not have gotten right out the door otherwise. AND the fact that he was amnesiac at the time means her arrival wasn't overshadowed by Mori's departure for him, nor does he associate her arrival with Mori being taken away. Which is also fortunate.
And then he got his memory back and felt like he could "re-meet" her properly, which he did by.... immediately seeing a memory of her dying, impulse buying a motorcycle to do suicidally dangerous shit with her to make her feel better, nearly die, and then lay in a subway tunnel bonding about death. And like... idk man but that's A Lot. You probably don't walk away from an experience that formative with just a casual relationship with someone? She definitely shot way up in trust that day alone.
But it's one thing to just consider her a confidant/someone similar to him with some shared views and experiences, and another for her to consistently be there for him - which she has been. She's gone above and beyond for him in so many ways, probably more than most other people, even? In ways big and small. Any time he stumbles it seems like she's immediately there, or when he's stressed she can tell and offers to help him blow off steam. They're just very similar and on a wavelength that works for them, and he's hoping he's providing her even a fraction of the support she's providing him, and would basically do anything for her at this point. She's definitely the teammate he feels closest to behind Hiryuu, and she shot up there QUICK.
And ALL OF THAT ABOVE is why he's been okay with the less platonic things - because normally he would shut it down out of disinterest, but he has such an emotional bond with D.Va that kissing kind of feels like an extension of that? They both enjoy it and it makes them happy and he can see how much it makes HER happy, in particular, and he loves that there's something he can do to get that reaction from her.
That said, he's still not sure what went on with D.Va and Yugi that one night, because she couldn't quite articulate to him what she wanted that they didn't already have? He thought he might have gotten the gist, but she was cagey enough about it that he was like ?? hmmm. Especially compared to how confident and decisive she was about the earlier "hey let's be on casual makeout terms" portion. So for now he's just resolved to... continue as they had been before and just seeing what happens and being there for her. Whatever happens happens!! As long she's happy he's happy.
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