4.3 - Everyone likes Rai
"Sxena?" Jaxine calls out.
"Mhm? Yeah? What'd you want?" Sxena doesn't look up from her phone, but still kindly answers to Jaxine.
"Where'd Verli go?" Jaxine sounds small.
"She went shopping, remember? It's her turn to grocery shop today." Sxena speaks softly and gently.
"Huh" Jaxine seems to have forgotten, as she cocks her head sideways and scratches her head.
"Did you forget?" Sxena smiles softly while speaking.
"Yeah.. I thought she somehow disappeared" Jaxine smiles back at Sxena, but with a wider, and more bright smile.
"Does this mean that it's my turn to cook?" Lillie's voice noticeably falters, making Rai perk up and look at Lillie with questioning eyes.
"Yeah, but I can cook if you want me to" Ty speaks up from her spot on the couch.
"No no it's fine, thanks for the offer though"
"You sure?"
"Mhm" Lillie gets up and walks over to Rai, sitting down next to him.
"Okay then" Ty nods and doesn't press her any further. However, Ty stares at Lillie, studying her worriedly.
All the other members notice it as well, and they all look at Lillie worriedly yet softly.
"Hey guys! Was Rai a good boy?" Isolde walks in to the living room.
"Ra was good!" Rai's attention goes to his sister immediately, smiling happily.
"Oh? Was my little angel good?" Isolde returns Rai's happy smile, and drops down to his level.
"Mhm! Good!" Rai giggles while talking, making Lillie smiling softly to herself.
"Does my baby deserve a little snack?" Isolde pinches Rai's chubby cheeks, playing around with them.
"Hey, hey, hey, no sugary snacks" Lillie cuts into Isolde's question.
"Yes, but that's from after lunch, key word being after, not before lunch" Isolde smirks.
"Luch?" Rai looks confused, not understanding much of what's being said by the people talking over his head.
"Found a loophole did you?" Lillie retorts back.
"Lop?" Rai tries to get hold of Isolde, which only results in him slapping her knee. Although, it did work, because Isolde pays attention to him immediately.
"Lo-op-ho-le" Isolde enunciates each part of the word.
"Lopho?" Rai tries to say it, but fails adorably.
"Close enough" Isolde shrugs.
"Yums?"
"I want to give you yums baby, but this mean sister says no" Isolde says with a exaggerated pout.
"Liy mean?" Rai doesn't look convinced, cocking his head to the side adorably.
"She's being mean right now"
"Liy no mean" Rai frowns and shakes his head.
"No? You don't think Liy is being mean?" Isolde points to Lillie to specify who she's talking about.
"No meanie"
"But she said no snacks for you" Isolde makes a shocked face, gasping loudly.
"Wha? Liy say?" Rai's eyes start watering and he turns to Lillie with a heartbroken face.
"Mhm baby, I'm sorry the mean sister said no." Isolde also looks up at Lillie.
Lillie doesn't respond, eyes flitting from the puppy-eyed Kyi siblings to the other members, her eyes asking for help. The members are just watching the whole exchange, wondering who'll give in first.
"This isn't fair! Eight versus one?" Lillie whines, pouts and crosses her arms.
"Ah! Rai's still a baby, so he doesn't count" Isolde raises a hand directly in front of Lillie's face, blocking her view. Lillie takes hold of the hand in front of her, and intertwines their fingers together.
"No baba" Rai says, while trying to grab the pair of intertwined hands above him.
"Okay, eight versus one then" Lillie drags her hand downwards so that Rai can hold it, taking Isolde's hand down as well.
"You're horribly outnumbered'
"No shit sherlock"
"Kitten."
"Oh- I'm sorry, please don't retain that" Lillie sounds panicky.
"Sher?"
"Oh thank god, I said sherlock baby" Lillie untangles her hand from Isolde's and pats down Rai's hair.
"Sherlock, honey boy. It's a movie, a detective movie"
"Movi!"
"You wanna watch a movie?"
"Yums!"
"Mhm, I almost forgot about that. I'll text Lili right now" Isolde looks at Lillie, who takes out her phone and texts Verli, who's already left for the store.
"Lili!"
"Yes, baby boy, did you notice that she wasn't here?"
"Yums?"
"She'll come back with yums baby"
"Movi?"
"Maybe baby boy, do you want to watch a movie? Do you have one that you want to watch?"
"Loi?"
"You want to see Aloi?"
"Loi an Mae an Angy an Sen an" Rai points to each member as he tries to say their stage names. First pointing to Isolde, then Lillie, Jaxine, and lastly, Sxena. He's pointing to Ty but he can't seem to remember her name, making him frustrated. He shakes his little fists up and down in the air.
"You want help angel?" Isolde kindly asks her little brother, catching his fists before he hurts himself.
"an Ra!" Rai smiles widely and points to Ty, who gives him a gentle smile back.
"You're right! Can you keep going?"
"Mhm! Ramn an Beu an Ee" Rai's finger moves on from Ty to Brea to Cy then finally to the door.
"I'm so proud of you! You can show Lili when she comes back home, then maybe she'll give you yums my little baby boy"
"Movi"
"What? Ah, yeah, we were talking about movies weren't we? What movie do you want to watch?"
"Loi an Mae"
"That's not a movie baby. that's the names of two people"
"Loi an Maei movi"
"Oh you meant the movie we were in? You wanna watch it?"
"Mhm!"
"Baby, do you want to see the movie or the show? The movie is with the dolls, and the show is the one with Toni. You know Toni? You met him before."
"Ton?"
"Toni, he stayed with us before"
"Kno Ton!"
"You do? That's good baby. So you want to watch the doll movie or Solari?"
"Soli?"
"Solari is the show with Toni honey boy"
"Mhm! Ton sho"
"You've never watched it before though, won't you be scared of it?"
"'M okay!"
"What'd you think Nana?" Isolde suddenly looks up at Sxena.
"What? Me?"
"Yeah! Everyone says that you're the mom of the group!"
"And you seem to be the only one to make logical choices." Ty says, while rolling her eyes.
"Do you want to watch it very much Rai?"
"Mhm! Movi!"
Kitten? Don't we have to go?
"Well, I don't see why not"
Yeah we do
"Can we start watching now?"
Can we leave now? Would we be early?
"Sure, can you set it up, Brea?"
No, just on time
"Yeah"