Fourth Floor Common Room; Saturday Evening [ 04/11 ].

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

It had happened to them at least twice already, so neither Teddy nor Chad were very surprised to find their after-prom morning interrupted by a very familiar face.

But there was at least something new this time around. Orden, after all, had yet to meet Galliano.

Chad would feel sorry for the cat if he hadn't already known the cat was a masochist and probably loved all the attention that he was getting from the half-Skrull spawn.

The little family had relocated down to the common room, looking to find some dinner.

"So what are we making?"


[[ so very, very open! Chad and Teddy and Orden will love to feed more mouths, too! ]]

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[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"Something with tomatoes," Teddy said, watching Galliano stay limp and happy in Orden's grip. That cat just wasn't right.

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Ice cream!"

Really, why did Papa even ask? Orden bet Galliano liked ice cream, too, as he growled into petting and rolling the giant cat onto his back.

"And steak. Maybe hamburgers. And nachos."

Orden was a growing boy, here.

"You can have tomatoes on those."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"I think hamburgers sound good," Chad offered. "And ice cream for desert, maybe."

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

"No nachos until you let Galliano down," Teddy added.

Hey, this was the third time they saw the kid. This was so old hat, it was just sad.

[weetinyreyes.livejournal.com]

A laughing little girl came running in, her cheeks red, her fingers dirty.

"Hi!"

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Orden smiled at the little girl and gave her a wave. "You're just in time for dinner!"

[weetinyreyes.livejournal.com]

"Oooh! What's you fixing? Chicken? I likes chicken! I'm Annie Claire!"

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Hamburgers," Orden said with a nod. "And ice cream. Later. And I'm Orden. It's nice to meet you, Annie Claire."

He gave a little bow, as much as one could bow when they were holding onto a giant cat. He had been paying attention in all his etiquette classes.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Hey, there, little guy," Chad said kindly to the little girl. "You hungry?"

[weetinyreyes.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you's big!" she exclaimed, tilting her head way back to look up at him. "I'm hungry this much!" she said, spreading her arms wide.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Whoa," Chad said. "That's a pretty big hunger, too! What's your name, sweetie?"

[kurosaki-swarm.livejournal.com]

Isae was exploring! Because she was nine and didn't have to stick around and Okaasan had said it was okay as long as she didn't leave the building.

"Uncle Chad!" she squealed excitedly. "Okaasan and Otousan didn't say you were here!"

Ino had been a bit busy. And this Chad wasn't Ichigo's Chad--not that Ino would've really paid attention to that.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

There was a bit of a pause, because there was someone calling him Uncle Chad and using Japanese titles, which made it a little easier to narrow it down...

...and consider the hair...

...oh, wow.

"Uh, surprise?" he tried, a bit weakly, and tried a smile, but it was a Chad smile, so you'd have to be looking really closely. "You hungry?"

[kurosaki-swarm.livejournal.com]

She bounced over to him, clearly expecting a hug. "A biiiiig one! Did you go through a portal too? Ken takes a portal everyday, you know, and Masaki's going to when she's older! And, yes, please I'm hungry."

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

This might take some thinking. Once Chad figured out how to best get down to the kid's level for a hug, he said, "Different kind of portal, maybe. Portals are really complicated. Do you like hamburgers?"

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Orden waved at the girl. "You know my Papa?"

[kurosaki-swarm.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" she said, grinning. "And uh huh, Uncle Chad's Otousan's friend! Okaasan's too, of course, but he talks to Otousan more."

Mostly because Okaasan wasn't around as much as her dad was.

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Coooooooool!" That only made Orden's grin bigger. "If our dads are friends, that means we should be friends, too."

...wow, Orden was so not wasting any time with this one.

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

Peach hadn't had much luck yet today; he'd gone by Ronan's room, but he wasn't there, and Carmela wasn't even in the directory anymore, and so he'd gone outside to look around but hadn't seen anyone he recognised, and so he'd finally come back to the dorms to look again but gotten tired on his way up and stopped on the fourth floor instead.

"Hi!" he said, as he wandered into the common room. "Anyone seen my dad around?"

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"I haven't seen any dads except my own," Orden said, nodding toward Teddy and Chad cooking dinner. "Sorry."

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

"Oh, okay." Peach may have pouted a bit. "I'll find him later, then. I'm Peach!"

[senorhulko.livejournal.com]

"Like the fruit?" asked Orden, slightly incredulous.

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

"Well, who's your dad?"

[nolan-kidlets.livejournal.com]

Peach beamed at the big tall man. "Ronan! And I'm Peach. And Carmela's my mom, but I don't think she's here anymore. The TV in the lobby said she graji- gradu- left!"

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad gave a small smile back. "I know Ronan," he said. "I haven't seen him today, though, Peach, but maybe he'll show up. We're making dinner if you want any."