Welcome to Gaia! ::

As his sister voiced her suspicions of his fishy story, Alrik could feel his mouth quickly growing dry. Of course she didn't believe him - she was, by far, the smarter of the two of them so it went without saying that he suspected that she'd be...suspecting of him.

Yet, despite her obvious curiosity remaining unsated, she didn't push further. The blonde girl was even fairly dismissive, leaving him to believe that maybe, just maybe, she considered him to be adult enough to make his own decisions in life.

Ha! If only she knew of the other brilliant plans he'd concocted…

Sitting up straight and tall, the irritated expression on his face melted away into excitement - was Penny really going to cooperate and help???

“Well like...I really want to impress her. Make her feel special, y’know? But I don't even know the first thing when it comes to….well, talking to girls.”

Normally, he'd blush at a statement like that, but this was Penny. He could tell his sister almost anything without fearing repercussions.

……..almost.

"I..."

His eyebrows furrowed. He didn't know. Conversation with Cass had lasted nearly half of an hour, but most of it had been consumed with him blabbering on about video games and life in general. Well, and the distraction of her holding his hand nearly the entire time - that had taken up a lot of his focus as well.

"She likes... dancing." Another shrug of the shoulder, hand toying with the growing fray in the knee of his jeans. "I know she's got her own unique style - knows a few gaming terms, but I don't know if her appreciation is anything like, uh, mine."

Okay, so maybe he didn't know Cass as well as he'd thought. But that didn't stop him from wanting to know her better. She was outgoing, she liked video games and she was hot - did he really need to know anything else to know he wanted to impress her?

"I sent her a couple texts, but it hasn't amounted to much more than a couple of hey's and how are you's."

There surely had to be something he could do to impress her. "I just don't want to offer to take her to something lame and have her, y'know, disappointed and stuff."

"Yeah, okay."

Sliding off the couch, he stood to stretch as his brain mulled over Penny's suggestions. The arcade sounded way more fun than dancing did, but which one would Cass prefer? Should he give her the choice?

Eh. He'd figure it out later; his newest dilemma involved the growling going on in his stomach. Top priorities for a young man, after all, especially now that he'd gotten this super serious conversation over with.

Moving to pass by where he sat, his hip bumped her shoulder gently as he glanced down at his older sibling. "Wanna grab some food or something? I'll even let you read me one of your new stories, if you want."

The fact he was willing to be subjected to potential smut said the world of how Alrik Rey thought of his older sister - regardless of whether or not she seemed to care for his choice in girls.

Because really, at the end of the day it didn't matter - Penny'd always be his favorite one.