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Olly sat at the diningroom table nervously. He had just gotten home from a day at class when Kami had explained that she had set up a
'playdate' for him. Obviously something with play involved, but he was still a little nervous. Kami had said that the little cheetah hybrid would be coming over to play, and he fidgetted, wondering what she would be like.

Kami waited patiently, reading a magazine in the livingroom nearby. Mew had seemed like a nice person over the phone, so she wasn't worried much at all. They would be here any minute now...

Kami lived in the big housing complex that was located near the D-corp buildings. She had chosen to do so so that the drives to and from school would not be so horribly long for Oliver and herself. Plus, it was closer to many of the other children and she figured that would benefit them as well. It was still a little plain, since she was still setting up, but she had made sure to decorate Olly's room at least, for his comfort and happiness.

She looked up at the knock, and smiled. "That must be them!" she said, and rose to move to the door, opening it and smiling widely. "Hello there, you're right on time!" Kami smiled warmly at mew, then down at Sahra as she opened the door wide. "Please come in!"

Kami smiled a bit. "Aaw. No need to be shy...Olly is right in here...Olly! Our guests are here." she called softly.

The little boy wandered in, looking quite nervous indeed. He gazed up at Sahra, and managed a sheepish little smile, waving a little bit. She didn't seem so bad. She didn't look scary at all...more like a big kitty. "Hello..." he said, clasping his hands behind his back. He gulped, and tried to banish his shyness. She was here to play, wasn't she? "Wanna go play?" he asked softly, little ears drooped.

Olly nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, play! There's lotsa stuff we can do in my room." he said, trying his best to be friendly. He turned to start for his room, but stopped to make sure she would follow. "It's this way!" he said, motioning to her with his hand.

Good job, Olly... Kami though, feeling proud inside. She knew it was hard for her little one to open up to people, but he seemed to have breached that difficulty. She watched him show Sahra out, and smiled to Mew. "She's a real cutie!"

Olly smiled and led her to his room. It was a nice room, cozy and decorated in blues and yellows. In the corner stood a small chest, a few stufed toys protruding from it. He had more though, even a few board games stashed in his closet. "So....what would you like to do?" he asked, his voice a little shy again.

Kami chuckled, and sat for a moment at the kitchen table. "Would you like to take a seat? How about a drink, or lunch, perhaps?" she offered. It was a little early, but she offered it anyway, not wanting to seem like a bad host.

He smirked at the suggestion. "Good idea!" he said, and waddled over to his closet, shoving the door open. It was neat and tidy, mostly because of their recent moving-in. A few more toys could be seen in one corner, and in the other, 3 or 4 games stacked upon eachother. Oliver had played them with Kami since they had arrived, on evenings after he had completed his homework and a short study session. He felt fairly confident about playing without his mother's help. "Lessee...we got...Checkers, chinese checkers...CandyLand...aaaand...Connect Four." he said, having to turn his head to see the last title.

Kami smiled, and got up, retrieving a couple of glasses. "What would you like? We have milk, juice...some soda..." she glanced toward the back of the fridge. Only a lone bottle of 7-up. She didn't want her youngster to grow up on that stuff, and so provided him with a wide array of fruit juices instead.

Oliver giggled a little, and pulled out checkers. "This one's sorta easy. Do you know how to play?" he asked, sitting down in front of her and pulling the cover from the box, and withdrawing the fold-out black-and-red checkerboard. He made his own games a lot too, but usually only when Kami wanted to read or had to do something without him. But he really did enjoy board games, even though Kami often beat him.

Kami smiled, and grabbed a carton of apple cider. "Juice it is." She said, and filled a couple of glasses with drink, setting one in front of Mew. "It's always better for you anyway. I don't like the thought of Olly getting hooked on soda." she said, smirking as she took a sip. Milk, she thought, was alright. Olly seemed to like it, if only for breakfast, occasionally.

Olly let out another small laugh. "Here, you can be red, and I'll be black!" he said, deviding up the small round playing pieces. "See, you have to try and get the other player's playing pieces by jumping over them." He explained as best he could, showing her where to set up her pieces. He didn't know exactly how to explain the game, but hopefully she would learn through playing. It wasn't all that hard, afterall.

Kami smiled lightly as she drank as well. "No problem. And yeah, they really can." She said, feeling a little sheepish. She liked a soda every once in a while, when no one was looking. "I guess not." she said with a chuckle, enjoying the sweet cider.