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"You could also give some sort of forewarning before going nude in front of us, yunno."
Austin hopped down from his bed, then pulled cameron out of the room with him so he could close the door and leave Kia to do as she would.
"Silly, silly Kia..I wonder."
Austin sighed, thinking about random tidbits and events that might've occurred within his absence.

Austin waited a few minutes to wait until Kia gave the clear for him to enter, then re-entered his room.
"Dinner is ready, Kia."
Austin left his brother in his room to go set up dining mats and napkins in the bar-table in the kitchen, moving stools to comfortable positions.
HE would return a moment later to his room to retrieve his brother, and take him to the table.
"Dinner is served~"
He smiled lightly as he seated cameron at one of the stools in the kitchen, then took a seat of his own. He'd made beef stew, the way his father'd taught him.

Austin smiled as he served Kia a nice portion of beef stew, then followed up by serving his brother some as well. He then served himself, and took his place next to his brother.
"I hope i did decent. Please, do tell me if there's anything that needs improving."
Austin smiled, then took a fork and began to eat some of his food.

Austin smiled slightly.
"You're welcome."
Austin proceeded to polish off a plate, then sighed. He picked up his brother's plate, then his own, and washed them in the sink so that he could palce them in the dishwasher.
"You done?"

"Thank you, it's nice to hear you enjoyed it."
Austin smiled as he continued on to wash the dishes. HE placed drty utensils in the dishwasher, then washed his hands before walking off to take a shower of his own. After a few minutes, he slipped into his room quietly in a towel himself, and changed into a pair of underwear and jeans. HE dried off his hair, then crawled up and into bed. He Stared at teh ceiling silently, thinking about other..things.

"Thanks, but.."
Austin sighed lightly. The truth of all truths about his family would rear it's ugly head right now.
"It's more hell than it is heaven. My father can be an absolute a** about the smallest things. My mom has to look to me for reassurance that she isn't doing wrong when my father is yelling at her. My brother adds tension to everyone's daily schedule..and more than that. Since I left for tenshi, everything's changed because my father no longer has a right hand man available at every given moment. Nobody to help him cook, garden, clean up, build, or train with. I hate to brag, but i'm basically his right arm. I mean, sure; he has my mom. But I'm more seasoned in terms of overall familiarity..."
Austin sighed. Everything he'd just stated had no real...composure. the facts had no linking, and they were all just muddled up. This would show how sensitive a topic his family was, because it would remain obvious that austin chose the words he spoke very carefully; as to where the above statement was just sort of..sputtered out.

Austin listened to Kia. Her words were true, and they helped calm his slight unease.
He took note of Kia's wording around the phrase 'at least', and made the proper course of reasoning to gather that Kia didn't have a family of her own. Which would explain just about everything; The awkward replies to whole-hearted gestures, kindness from a stranger...They made sense. To receive kindness when your entire life you hadn't. from someone you didn't even know, no less. That was definitely going to be an awkward thought.

"..thank you, Kia."
Austin wished that he could hug Kia. It wouldn't be to flirt, or anything along those lines; but what Kia'd just done could only be thanked with a whole-hearted hug. But...With ten feet seperating them, and Kia's small relationship as a new friend with him in the way, he was sure it'd probably be misconstrued as an act of love or somesuch similar happenstance.