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[lowres]

[OMG Ken.

Nadia peers at him, offering a hand to help him up.] Are you all right?

[orangehoodie]

[He'll take it. He rubs his hip where he landed, nodding.] I think so.

Thanks.

[lowres]

[When he's back up, she smiles at Susan politely, thanking her for the ride.]

[orangehoodie]

[Susan will smile back and tell them she can handle making dinner, but is there anything Nadia is allergic to? She called Ken's father so he'll know to expect her.]

[lowres]

[She shakes her head!!! But she can help! She's learning to cook.]

[orangehoodie]

[Susan is not going to say no to a helper. She'll shoo Ken off to go shower because she knows he hasn't yet, and will show Nadia to the kitchen. Is Nadia familiar with it?]

[lowres]

[She's seen it, but she doesn't know very well.]

[orangehoodie]

[Then it'll be an adventure. Let's see what's in the fridge.]

[lowres]

[She will find what she can! And she will enjoy spending time with Susan. She calls her Miss Susan and asks things about Ken if Susan might know them.]

[orangehoodie]

[She absolutely adores Nadia and loves the "Miss," and she will answer as many questions as she can but she also explains that she and Ken didn't really talk until about Eastertime, since he usually kept to himself so much before that.]

[lowres]

Ken did not speak to me for much longer, but he seemed very shy... We almost weren't friends. I am afraid I'm a little too... excitable.

[orangehoodie]

[She nods understandingly. She was convinced for years, herself, that Ken didn't like her because she was too excited and loud the first time they met. Now he keeps up mostly and she knows how to control herself too.

He's a good kid, she says sagely.]

[lowres]

He's my very best friend. [She nods once. Pauses. Older female that isn't her mom... who's pretty nice.]

I think he kissed me.

[orangehoodie]

[She looks up from the vegetable drawer in the fridge. Nadia thinks?]

[lowres]

Well... he did.

[orangehoodie]

[... He didn't ask first?]

[lowres]

[She isn't angry! Please don't be upset with him 8(]

[orangehoodie]

[he still shouldn't... Susan sighs. Did he just kiss you?]

[lowres]

[She nods!!! It's okay though. It just stood out because she's never been kissed by anybody before.]

[orangehoodie]

[As she starts cutting the vegetables after throwing some chicken in a bowl of hot water to thaw, she asks if Ken said anything when he kissed Nadia?]

[lowres]

He said he wanted me to stay with him... [She'll wash what vegetables are left to wash.]

[orangehoodie]

[Susan looks very thoughtful. Then she peers at Nia.

She tells him that she didn't speak to Ken until very recently, but she's actually known about Mr Amada and Ken for quite a few years. She saw them a lot because when he was younger, Mr Amada will pick Ken up from school and let him stay at work until it was time for them to go home. Susan was in the same department so she saw them often. Ken would come to work every day of the school week because he didn't want any babysitters and even when a classmate invited him over, he didn't want to make his dad have to go pick him up. He always looked really lonely when Mr Amada had to attend a meeting and he would sit and do his homework in his dad's chair but he never, ever complained or asked him not to go.

She washes her hands, dries them, and leans so she's at eye-level with Nadia and brushes some of her hair out of her face. Ken never used to talk to anybody about himself, let alone about any friends. But now he talks about you all the time.]

[lowres]

[Nadia blushes and her eyes drop to the floor. She looks pleased, though. genuinely pleased that he talks about her and considers her a friend.] He is my precious friend. And he is a very good person! He has never spent time with me just because my father is who he is... So I will make sure he is happy no matter what! [She looks so determined when she says that.]

[orangehoodie]

[Susan's glad to hear that. For both of them. But she's still very serious as she asks Nia if she understands how Ken feels with that kiss, and if she is going to give him an answer.]

[lowres]

I care about him very much... But he seems embarrassed. I don't want to make him uncomfortable with my own feelings.