Room 324, Monday After Classes

[vanillajello]

Apparently, going to high school classes was hard work.

Or Kate and her kids shared a gene for being lazy.

Either way, after Japanese Etiquette and Tradition, they'd headed back to Kate's room. Now, Dani was sprawled on the floor with a stack of his mother's kid-friendliest manga, and Vivienne had claimed the laptop for important research. Or so she said.

And Kate was keeping up a conversation, being all sneaky about finding out more about the way things worked were the kids were from. Not really asking questions, but kind of nudging the kids towards the subjects she was curious about.

She was pretty sure that Vivienne was on to her, and that Dani was barely listening. But, whatever. They had a big bag of candy. All was good.

[ooc: Open door, open post! Can't we keep the kids forever?]

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[therewaslife]

Bod had, thankfully, remained child free this weekend. Considering his upbringing, he was fairly certain that allowing him to care for anyone young would be a disaster.

Still, that didn't mean he couldn't take a trip two floors down and check on someone who did have children. If he would have been thinking, he would have brought food with him. As it was, he didn't and was left knocking on the door frame quietly and smiling in.

[vanillajello]

Three pairs of eyes looked up at him at the knock.

Dani, on the floor, opened his mouth to say something, but Kate, who was sitting on the bed, shot him a look, and he muttered "Nevermind, and went back to his reading.

"Hi," Kate smiled back at Bod, then.

"Hello," said Vivienne from the chair by the desk, eyeing the new arrival. "Who are you?"

[therewaslife]

Oh, there was two of them now. Bod was actually momentarily speechless, trying to find his words and really, really thankful that he'd been spared.

"I'm just Bod," he said, staying where he was because this was a little...well, he didn't quite have the word. "I live upstairs. I was just stopping by to say hullo. So. Hullo."

Right.

[atreides-heirs.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Vivienne said again. "I'm Vivienne. Are you a friend of Mommy's?"

"He's the guy who talks funny," Dani informed her.

"The knight?"

"Not the knight, the knight was cool. The boyfriend."

And now Vivienne was kind of squinting at Bod, rather thoughtful. Meanwhile, Kate shook her head. "Kids, stop it. Yes, Bod, there was another one."

[therewaslife]

"I'm not her boyfriend," Bod said automatically, wincing. "I do talk funny, yes, but that's just because I'm from another country. And no, I'm not a knight. Knights haven't been around in my time for quite awhile."

He took a breath, fairly certain he'd gotten most of their questions decently answered. "So, you've had a busy weekend. Lucky you."

[vanillajello]

"Mmm, busy me." Kate wasn't going to say anything about how uttery exhausting it had been, not in front of the children. Especially with Vivienne watching them like that, all curious.

Dani, of course, had gone back to ignoring them all.

"Luckily it turns out I'm good at parenting with candy, though," she remarked, holding out the bag in his general direction. "Want some?"

Not that he was being lured into the room or anything.

[therewaslife]

"Mmm. I don't know," he said, staying where he was for the moment, just to be stubborn. "Will it give me excessive energy and make it difficult for me to sleep?"

[vanillajello]

"If you eat too much, sure," Kate replied, a little amused. "But I can totally watch out for you for that. I'm not gonna let you OD."

[therewaslife]

"If I get a stomachache," he said, taking a hesitant step or two inside, "I'm going to blame you so I hope you're prepared for that."

[vanillajello]

"I just had two alternative universe kids show up from out of nowhere," she pointed out with a snicker. "I think I can handle a guy complaining about a stomachache."

"Mommy has a point," Vivienne remarked, finally turning around to pay attention to the computer instead of them.

[therewaslife]

"Yes, she does," Bod agreed, nodding and wandering a little closer. "And, luckily, I think I've a stronger stomach than I'm letting on. I shouldn't need any looking after. You won't end up with three children, so to speak."

[vanillajello]

"God, I would so send you up to your room with no dessert if you tried pulling any crap like that on me, anyway," Kate teased. "Don't think I wouldn't."

[therewaslife]

"You have dessert?" he asked, amused as he came and stopped beside her. "Or are you just leading me on?"

[liliceflakes.livejournal.com]

So there had been... well, not exactly cookies, but definitely sugar, thus a very bouncy Aurore who made her way back to her daddy's room.

"Oh!" she exclaimed, upon seeing people here. "...Hello?" she added, a bit guardedly.

[vanillajello]

Dani's response was a predictable "...Oh, it's you."

Vivienne gave him a look, and made sure to sound very polite as she greeted the other girl back. "Hello."

And Kate offered a smile and a "Hi, you're Bobby's, right?"

[liliceflakes.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Aurore nodded, sticking her tongue out at Dani. "He's my Daddy! Who're you?"

[vanillajello]

Dani continued to be unimpressed.

"I'm Kate, your Daddy's roommate," Kate said. "And these are Dani and Vivienne. And you are?"

[liliceflakes.livejournal.com]

"'lo! It's very nice to meet you." Aurore said, with pointed nods at both Vivienne and Kate. "I," she continued, going over to Bobby's bed and scrambling up on it. "Am Aurore."

[vanillajello]

"Nice to meet you too, Aurore," Kate said, while Dani rolled his eyes and went back to his reading. "And can I ask you who your Mommy is?"

[liliceflakes.livejournal.com]

"No," and yup, out came the bitchface. "I do not have a mommy 'cause I don't need one."

[atreides-heirs.livejournal.com]

Kate had raised a brow and was about to say something, but this time it was Vivienne who cut her off.

"Do you have another Daddy, then?"

[liliceflakes.livejournal.com]

And bitchface to grin in .02 seconds! At least someone got it. "I have a Papa," she shared, nodding.

[vanillajello]

Kate's eyes went wide for a moment. Oh-kay. Didn't see that one coming.

Vivienne didn't seem quite as surprised. "Mommy says I might get a cousin with two daddies someday."

[liliceflakes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Bobby totally didn't see it coming either. "Really? Are they gonna make 'em with science? That's how Mononc Hank helped me get made!"

[vanillajello]

"I'm not sure," Vivienne said, frowning. "Mommy?"

"I... think adoption is more likely."