Welcome to Gaia! ::

“From the UK” Arian said quietly as he helped himself to a little bit more of the khao soy, eating a bit more of the noodles before adding. “From the South West of England” maybe that explained his accent, at least partly , the rest the result of the terms spent at the public school he had gone to. “Things seem less laid back here, bigger too.” Outside of the occasional visits to London – which had always seemed crazy busy – Arian had grown up away from the hustle of the city. “And people in this country drive on the opposite side of the road.” That had been difficult to get used to – looking right when he should have been looking left and vice-versa.

“Cousin” Arian corrected quietly, before adding. “I can probably trade you a dessert sometime if you like” admitting, “My cousin and I both have sweet teeth, so we usually have some sort of sweet baked treat around.” Picking at his now empty plate, he looked at Connor “Where should I put this?" Then as it didn’t seem polite to just skip out given that his neighbour had just provided him with a meal, he added “I can help with the washing up if you like.” Not that the dark-haired teen was necessarily expecting the other to take him up on the offer, but felt he should make it anyway.

Stacking his neatly at the indicated spot on the counter, Arian nodded at Connor “Sure, I’ll drop a dessert round sometime.” Maybe something to do with chocolate – like a cake – it was pretty hard to go wrong with chocolate.

With the plate stacked and Connor’s confirmation that he didn’t need help with the dishes, there wasn’t any real reason for Arian to stay, so with a “Thanks again for the meal” he let himself out and headed back down a floor. With the music turned down Saffy was bound to be in a better mood – that is if she was still awake, although knowing his cousin she was probably taking to opportunity to get acquainted with the land of nod.

As for Arian, there was some school homework that would not write itself waiting for him that would take up the good part of an hour and perhaps a brownie or two to munch on while he while he did so.