Kiddie AU - Aya's living on the couch.

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"She's WHAT?!" Elcy, it turned out, could roar. Much like a lion...only louder, if her son was to be believed, "Braig! Why didn't you tell me this earlier? We have spare rooms!"

"Mom...I..."

"We," Dilan broke in, "we didn't think..."

"I am very disappointed in the two of you. You are going to march right over there, young man," that was with a pointed finger at her son, "and grab that poor girl's things and bring them back here. You," at Dilan, "are going to get the larger of the spare rooms set up for her. I am going to go shopping. What's Aya's favourite colour?"

"Sky blue." said Braig, already grabbing his coat and heading out. He did not, nobody argued with his mom when she was that angry.

"Sky blue. Fine. Dilan, call Yinsi and let him know Aya is moving in with us."

"...Yes'm." Dilan mumbled, the last thing Braig heard before the door closed.

It didn't take long for him to get over to Aya's house...Aya's...old...house. "Hey! Ayay! You here?"

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"Uh huh. And turtles." Dilan said mildly, "Mom said I could do fun things."

Braig hovered around between the two of them until Aya was passing him things, then set the table. "Looks good, Dilan."

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"Cool! Can you do moogles?" She asked, poking one of the finished pieces but not eating it. She knew better! And there were forks, and knives, and spoons and napkins and...what else for Braig? Plates were up high as were the cups.

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"Probably." he said slowly, "The bobbles'll be hard." but he bent his knife to the task, trying to do little carrot Moogles."

Braig patted her head and got the things that were up high, "I got it, Aya. Napkins?"

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"Cause you're awesome!" Aya chirped, probably to both of them. For moogles AND plates! "I can get napkins!" And she could even fold them while she waited.

They wanted baby origami napkins right?

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Dilan was still cutting things when the napkins were folded, and completely intent on what he was doing.

Braig, however, said; "I didn't know you did origami, Aya. You should teach me sometime."

[mitochondriaaya]

"I only do some." She shrugged. "I know a little and I forgot some." She offered the crane to Braig to set beside a plate. "I can do cranes, hats, and sometimes frogs."

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"I don't know any." Braig said, "Teach me frogs." Because frogs are cool. "After dinner." he said when Dilan gave them a dirty look. Nothing is to interfere with food.

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"Okay!" She'd do her best! Frogs were harder than cranes after all, they had to hop. And sometimes she got the legs wrong. "After dinner, we will find some paper! Because paper towels aren't the best."

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"Sure. I can cut some into squares." he glanced at his mother, who nodded serenely. Braig was allowed to use scissors, Dilan was allowed, Aya...was not yet allowed.

Dilan finished, frowning, "The Moogles aren't very good. I'll have to keep practising, but I'm out of carrots."

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"Squares help!" she agreed happily. "It means you don't have to rip any parts off cause they got in the way." And no, Aya was not allowed scissor (except safety scissors in class) and she understood that!

"They're great!" Aya giggled, poked a chunky moogle and then hugged Dilan. "Thanks for trying!"

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Dilan hugged her back, smiling, and then held her chair. "Come on."

Braig started to sit down as well, when the door opened again. Yinsi came in, staggering under a box. "I still don't understand what a dollhouse emergency could possibly be." he said mildly, "Aya, I believe this is for you."

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Aya's response was "Uh...I'm sorry?" Because, well, she had no idea there was an emergency? "Braig packed me."

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"Don't blame yourself. I'm sure Braig did an excellent job of packing for you. We'll get this in your room after dinner."

Even Yinsi bows before Dilan's it is food time look.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Um, yes. And I didn't know he was going to." At all. Aya HAD NO WARNING except for Braig showing up! "I'm sorry was it heavy?" She asked this as they were sitting down to dinner of course.

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"It's more awkward than heavy." Yinsi assured her.

"Mom didn't give me much warning either." Braig said, Dilan nodding, "We had forgotten to tell her that you were on the couch."

Elcy just looked...like she'd finally gotten herself a daughter.

[mitochondriaaya]

"It's a comfy couch." She sniffed. "Just the right size too!" So there!

"Next time we need like, alarms or something."

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"You'll do better living here." Elcy said firmly, "Braig told me that he has a friend of your father's coming in to help him out, and this way you can just concentrate on growing up healthy."

[mitochondriaaya]

"Yeah, we went through some pictures and found Nevada. He said I was his goddaughter or something on the phone." Because it was a loud phone and she could hear things!

"He says he's coming soon."

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"Which is good." Elcy dished up for Aya and Dilan, letting Braig and her husband dish up for themselves.

It was a kid-friendly meal, mac'n'cheese with a salad for all of them, a couple of hamburger patties for Dilan, fruit salad for the others.

"It'll be good, Aya." Braig promised.

[mitochondriaaya]

Yay! Mac an' cheese was a great food as far as Aya was concerned! She could probably eat her weight in it if she tried. "He sounded kind of angry," Aya shrugged. Do you think my dad remembered to eat?"

And yes, maybe. "We'll have fun!"

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"Do you want me to check later?" Elcy asked, tilting her head.

"Yeah, we will." that was both of the boys, a little out of sync.

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"Um, yeah, if you can?" Aya asked, looking down at her plate. "He gets home late sometimes."

But hey, the boys were there. She flashed them a smile.

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"That's fine, sweetie." Elcy promised, "I don't sleep as much as Braig does."

"Nobody sleeps as much as Braig does." Dilan mumbled from around his burgers. Braig swatted him for that.

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"Thank you!" Aya chirped and flopped sideways to lean against the nearest boy. "Braig is lazy."

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"Heeyyyyy." Braig complained, "I, like, totally packed you up and helped you hang things today."