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When his eyes widened, so did hers. Her hands came in front of her in a defensive gesture to his reaction. "I apologize if that was too personal of a question. I mean, I'm single." A bitter tone graced her last statement. "I just want to know if there's going to be someone significant around all the time... You know, possibly mooching in my eyes..." Her gaze pleaded with him not to be offended by the question, as while it may be personal, it was reasonable enough for her.

His answer to the next question didn't really surprise her, but she simply nodded and smiled. While she wasn't a big drinker, Tourma definitely would be dragging this poor boy out dancing if he ended up as a roommate. She figured telling him this might scare him off, so she made sure to not mention it.

"So anyways... Do you have any questions for me?" Tourma cocked her head slightly to the side as she made a small motion for another drink to an employee walking by before pulling her full attention back to Ken. "Oh crap, I'm being rude... Did you want something to drink? ...It's on me."

The employee, upon hearing this, paused and walked back to the two of them.

The employee nodded and disappeared behind the counter.

"Okay that's great!" She said with obvious relief, relaxing somewhat in her chair. "So since I don't think you're crazy and going to kill me, do you want to follow me to the house and check it out?"

Hopefully this would be an okay idea. As of right now, she already liked the guy as a not scary stalker and someone that was her age. Granted, she hadn't met his sister yet, but at least he had made a good impression so far.

"It's a great place, but it's an odd drive getting there. Which makes it awesome for peace and quiet, actually." She laughed, smiling broader when her coffee appeared in a to-go cup. After thanking the employee, Tourma turned back to Ken. "So what do you say?"

"Great!" She exclaimed, standing up and motioning for him to go ahead of her. "I just need to pay my bill and I'll meet you outside."

The mention of his car issues seemed to get her more excited. "And if you want, I could take a look at your car when we get there. I'm more equipped to repair it there." Tourma clapped her hands together and beamed before picking up her helmet off the table.

"Just give me a second and I'll meet you by my bike outside." Once he went on his way outside, Tourma paid her bill and then made her way to her motorcycle.

Bundled tightly in her jacket and with a scarf tied in a way to help cover her neck from the bite of the wind when she rode. She returned the wave and then pulled her helmet on while straddling her bike. A quick turn of the key and the engine sprung to life.

She pulled out and maneuvered in front of Ken's car. He was right about the car being on the fritz, because the noises that were coming from it made her cringe. The poor thing needed a helping hand at the very least.

The drive, once out of the city traffic, went quickly, and before they knew it, Tourma had pulled her to the side. She motioned him to pull into the garage.

"If it's okay with you," she began when he eventually got out of his car, "I need to go inside to warm up a bit, but then I can check your car out. From the way it sounds, it needs a breather anyways." A smile came to her lips, and she opened the door to inside and ushered him in politely.

The door opened into a short hall and then the kitchen, where she peeled off her coat and tossed it over the back of a kitchen chair. "So this is obviously the kitchen..."

What a lame introduction. Looking around, she at least was proud of the fact that the kitchen was clean. Possibly because of the recent move of her family left just her in use of the kitchen. More than likely, it was Dari actually cleaning up after himself. "Um... We have a dishwasher, and all the essentials."

Eying the pantry cabinet on the way to the living room, Tourmaline was suddenly struck with a thought. "Do you or your sister have any food allergies or dietary restrictions? If you do move in, I'd want to make sure not to involuntarily kill you guys..."

A Vanna White motion introduced the very homey living room that showed the wear and tear of raising a family of many active children, including a centaur. "One of these days, I think I'll make it a project to replace the carpet..." The thought was spoken out loud to break the silence. How else was she to spice up a house tour without telling her whole life history.

After all, she wasn't really a tour guide or much of a customer service type of person.

"And the master bedroom is upstairs, which is where I guess I'll be moving into now that it's free, and then there's a walkway slash hallway to the rest of the bedrooms. If you follow me, I'll show you to the available rooms."

In other words, her explosion of a room was going to remain hidden.

"Well that's a relief," she concurred while leading him upstairs and through the house. "Meat." Her eyes shifted to glance at his reaction before further clarifying, "I'm a vegetarian."

Passing through the main hallway, Tourma skipped the closed door to her room before opening what was previously Cody's room. The bare furniture remained, but all sense of personality had disappeared with his belongings. Upon walking in, she ran her thumb along a few stickers that remained on the lightswitch panel before she actually flicked it on.

"Well, there are three about this size on the second floor, and two downstairs. There's a second set of stairs at the far end of the hallway. Oh, and I'll be putting the furniture in storage if you and your sister like." Tourma kept out of the way so that Kendall could take a good look, making a mental note to look into storage units and to get Bing and Dari to help her do heavy lifting.

Ken instantly received points for not outwardly showing a negative reaction to her vegetarianism. Once upon a time her parents had attempted to steer her away from that choice, and it had been really stressful. She didn't need another setting like that to occur.

With him seeming pleased with the bedroom, Tourma was relieved to hear that her assumptions were correct. "That's good to hear. Is there anything else you'd like to see?"

She didn't say it, but she remained excited that the ad had apparently worked out so well. Now all she had to do was meet his sister, and if the two were anything alike, they might as well sign the lease right now.

Speaking of the lease, she had to get in contact with the lawyer to finish writing up the leases.

"I'd show you the property, but it's getting dark." Tourma leaned back on her heels, shifting weight back and forth to a tune in her head.