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Amanda listened, watching the man and judging him, his posture, his every word. Things went bad, things got a little better, then they got worse and here they were. "You sound sincere and honest."

TImothy nodded. "Mother everything he's saying is true. I have medication for my pain to prove it."

"Well now," Rachel said before Amanda could snap something rude "Lunch is in the kitchen and it's almost done. I'm glad you both are safe, really. It means a lot to me. And thank you, Daren, for taking good care of him. Until then, help me set the table, all right?"

Amanda wasn't pleased, not at all. Why did Rachel keep on interfering? This man had made nothing but mistakes the past two days and Rachel expected her to keep quiet? "My poor baby." Amanda said as Timothy sat down, kissing his head. "Aomine has been just awful to you."

Timothy shook his head. "He's doing his best, Mother. it was my own mistake I... I thought he was Andrew for a moment."

"What did he do to you?!"

"He accused me of lying." Amanda looked confused at this. She wouldn't understand why this was bad for him so he kissed her cheek. "I'm fine, Mother, trust me." and the table was soon set, Rachel filling their plates with steak strips and what appeared to be slop but it was really a flour and water mixed n with partially mashed potatoes, peas and carrots.

"this will fill everyone right up. I added lots of salt for flavor. Didn't have any shrimp." She explained, placing the meat strips on top of the bland colored food.

"It's fine, Mom." but at the notice of no cranberry juice he thought. "apple juice is fine, Aomine. You get to sit across from Mother."

"It's fine." Timothy said. "I don't eat it much."

"Nonsense, he loves seafood." Rachel said, "but we only ate it on special ocassions so it's like a treat to him."

the man blushed, silencing himself with the food.

Amanda was doing exactly what Aomine suspected, staring at him. But she was timing his bites carefully before swinging her foto directly into his shin, hoping he'd bit onto the fork. Never a fun feeling. she took another bite and caught Rachel's look, looking away like she'd done nothing.

"Let me help!" Timothy said, standing as well. "I can't get used to walking if I don't walk." he said with a smile. "We'll be in the kitchen."

"have fun you two." Rachel said with a smile, waiting for their backs to be turned before shooting a glare at Amanda. "That is rude."

"He's just fine."

"His knuckles were white as snow."

"He's tan, his knuckles just turn yellow."

"I could dry." He offered, but Aomine did know where everything was so he obediently washed the dishes, rinsing the food particles and cleaning it with the soft part of the sponge. "Mom is the great cook. Mother likes to pretend she can cook but she's not very good at it." he explained, placing another dish on the rack. "But we don't need to get seafood if you don't want too. Seafood is really expensive you know. Especially lobster tail." and tried to remember the last time he had lobster tail. Timothy was rather positive it was around the time he graduated high school. The one and only time he ever had lobster tail. "But I didn't think you liked it, Aomine. You were eating sort of slow.

Amanda gave a squeak as three sharp claws dug into her skin before removing themselves. She looked under the table angrily, the cat in Rachel's lap. "Rachel!"

"You deserved it." the woman said, lightly scratching at the cat with her nails. "You were abusing Aomine all through lunch."

"I suppose that's true, but I thought you were supposed to eat slowly so your stomach could process when it's full?" and placed the last dish on the rack and turned the water off, drying his hands and the counter around the sink. "Lobster tail is really expensive but it's so delicious and juicy and ugh. Oh my goodness my mouth is watering just thinking about it." he said. But the option to go to Red Lobster? "Aomine, it's really expensive, lobster tail. You don't need to apologize for my outcry this morning. Trust me, you're fine." and pat his shoulder with less awkwardness than with Taki. "And, and I'm going to try using your first name from now on." and looked at the man, gaining the courage to say it. "D-D-Daren! Daren! Daren! Daren! D-Daren Aomine!"

Rachel heard TImothy frequently repeat the officer's name, continuing to give love and affection to the cat. "They're becoming friendlier."

"They're not having sex."

"That's not what I said, Amanda."

"Oh, uh, you're welcome." he said, accepting and returning the hug before letting go. "Y-You can call me Timothy as well since I'm calling you by your first name, Ao-Daren! Th-That's what normal people do! Wh-Who take care of each other and are kind of friends, right?" That is what they did? And everyone was offering a first name that it seemed sort of weird not to call them by it if they called each other by it. "Yes please, I'd like some ice cream."

"Us too!" Rachel called.

The man suddenly became as red as his hair, realizing his parents could hear him. "Th-They'd like ice cream too."

"Tim?" He stared at the completely unheard of name before nodding, not really sure why Aomine would ignore his full name. "Tim is fine if you'd like that." and helped the man by bringing the bowls and spoons.

"How thoughtful of you." Rachel said, taking the cookie dough for her and Amanda, pouring it. Lucky for Aomine for having this flavor, Amanda might be nicer.

"Pumpkin pie flavored?" Timothy asked, looking at the carton before looking over at the ingredients. His eyes landed on the calories and he was sure he felt his heart implode. All that for just that much ice cream? he looked at his mothers who had enough for more than one serving and decided to swallow his small fear of gaining weight (another thanks to Andrew for that) and made his own bowl.