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Oh...is that it...?
"...So..." Mika said, after a moment of silece "...you can say, that you are... worried about him?"
Thogh wonder, exactly how much worried...

Mika sealed his lips in a soft smile. It stung, a lot. Stupid Gabe.
"I also woder that... Maybe it was because I also don't know him for that long. Even though I would be glad to help." He shook his head slowly, again looking in Gabe's eyes. "And if you really didn't want him at your place, you could've sent him to hospital when he was sick, or to a hotel or something when he was better. There are cheap ones, and he does have a job now." Mika shrugged his shoulders, still smiling. "You weren't his guardian or anything, and yet you still took care of him. That's pretty nice of you."

"So what if he wasn't?" Mika just laughed. "If you called the hospital, saying that you found a heavily sick person in the park, and have no idea where he lives, they would take him in. He should be insured, so there wouldn't be any bills to pay. And if he really bothered you that much, him asking to stay wouldn't make a difference. So please stop making excuses."
He sighed after that, and just shook his head. Where's the cocoa when you need it? "...excuse me for my rudeness. I'm just trying to understand this whole situation. Ailein's been very happy with staying at your place, and being his friend, I just want to know if he shouldn't be worried instead." Hopefully the cocoa will arrive soon. He hated it whan he had nothing to do with his hands. But taking a pencil out, or something, would mean that he lost. And he's not going to loose. At all.

"What Ailein told me about you is one thing, But I wanted to make sure myself. And as much as you might deny it, a normal person wouldn't do so much for someone they just met, and don't really like." Mika straightened himself on his chair, fixing his position a bit. He thought about adding something more, but then he noticed Ailein coming back, so he kept silent.

"Oh..." Mika's smile momentally got more sincere and happy as Ailein showed up. Finally, he didn't want to stay with that...that guy here!
"...just a little bit of...talking. And thank you for the cocoa, Ailein."

"O-of co-course M-Mika..." He nestled himself down in his seat and sipped at his well cooled cocoa. "I-I'm g-glad we-we're all to-together! Di-did w-w-we can go g-g-get lu-lunch if yo-you gu-guys wa-want. I could pa-pay for it!" He grinned obviously not seeing the battle between the two.

"Oh M-Mika! I go-got be-better at sk-sketching!" He passed Mika the book discreetly under the table. It was filled with tons of gestures of a male doing household things and a few detailed sketches of Gabe and Mika himself. Of course Morag seemed to be in there at random. "B-better?"

Ailein giggled and rubbed his head before taking back the book. "T-T-thanks M-Mika! I w-w-won't qui-quit I pr-promise! Oh that r-reminds me! I fin-finally have a ph-phrase for E-Elaine! Th-That means I can st-start ba-battling soon! Go-gotta g-g-get her cl-clothes th-though..."

Gabriel watched the exchange quietly, wile draining the last of his cocoa. He glanced at his watch, rested his chin on a palm, and gazed out of a window, oblivious to all else.