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Once he was Lucien again and he had Sumi settled he stepped out of the alley to wait on Arin. He took a deep breath, air leaving him in a puff of cold fog, as the proper temperature finally settled back around him. He hadn't felt it as much as Arsinoe but now it was down right freezing.

"God you'd think I'd be used to the cold by now." He stuffed his hands into his coat pockets to try to keep them warm. "Come on, there's still two blocks and I'm going to turn into a popsicle."

"Maybe I should have let you keep hold of Sumi. He'd probably keep you warmer than that coat." It looked like when Arin had gone out he hadn't expected to be outside much in the clothes he was wearing. "Someone forget to check the weather before they left the house?"

He raised a brow slightly as he headed back toward his flat expecting Arin to follow.

"Even if he doesn't he's also fuzzy so there's that." It was why his favorite winter coat had a fuzzy collar. He hadn't worn that one out that evening since it wasn't snowing but it did wonders to keep his neck and ears warm. "Also thanks for the reminder that I'm still incapable of putting on muscle."

"Lucien usually holds me anyway even if I can stay warm." The kitten pipped up. "My feet get cold and I'm not putting on those weird cat shoes."

"Trust me. I'm still mostly just bone and gristle." He smirked slightly as he shook his head. "Promise that the clothes are deceiving. I'm still just as boney and lanky as I was then, because we all know I was. I just put on a bit of fat." Mostly because he'd been eating heavier foods but none of it was really muscle. Not that he counted anyway.

He did laugh a bit at the second comment. "Something like that. The cat found me though so I'm not sure that he didn't get me. That's pretty much how it's gone so far though."

"She takes after her mom." He nodded. "everyone else is more like me though the men seem to get it worse. Putting that down to basic biology." Women usually had more meant on them anyway. "All the pictures I've seen of various family members have most of us being skin and bones unless it's from Cordy's mom's side of everything."

Sometimes there was no overcoming biology either which was probably why no matter what he did he couldn't really put on muscle.

"I graduated." He nodded after a moment. "I didn't find out about all of the stuff until I was on the plane back home. Cordy had asked me to come back without telling me why and I thought something had happened to her parents."

"Losing your parents isn't something anyone wants to do." He knew from experience. That was something he never wanted Cordy to have to deal with so he was in agreement distancing herself was for the best. Even if it probably didn't feel like it.

They were finally at his building though and he headed past the small gate up toward the door. "In here. Will be warmer once we're inside and then it's just up the elevator."

"On that end there's also the fact that some parents suck at it and you're under no obligation to like or love them." He put his code into the door so they could head inside and once he was in held the door open for Arin. "I'm up on the fourth floor if you want to grab the elevator."

He wanted to check the mailbox real quick since they were down there and figured the other man could at least get the elevator to come down while he did.

"The mother hening was probably trying to make sure I didn't do anything and less about you."

He checked his mail, throwing out a couple pieces of junk, before heading over to the elevator just as it chimed and the doors open. They both slid into the elevator and he pressed the button for his floor.

Sumi hopped off his shoulder and sat down between them after stretching. Since they were in the building and the floor wasn't as cold the kitten didn't feel as bad walking himself the rest of the way back to the apartment.