Roxanne
Roxanne watched her brother speak to Kara in amusement. She always knew he was hopeless when it came to anything involving flirting or emotions.
“He’s hopeless.” She sighed
“Who’s hopeless?” Inej asked curiously
“Hm? Oh sorry did I say that out loud?” Roxanne asked
“Yes you did now who's hopeless?”
“My dear older brother.”
“They only just met it’s not like he’ll be able to tell now
“He has that dumb look in his eyes again.”
“Give it time they just met.”
“I suppose you're right Ms wraith.”
“Probably now tell me the truth, were you really kicked out?” Inej stated
“Yes we were. What made you think otherwise?” Roxanne asked
“Were you really? Or did you just run away?”
“Run away? Why would you think that?” The young girl asked, starting to play with her hair, a nervous habit she picked up from her mother.
“Because you don’t seem like you’ve been on the streets very long. And I’m not going to say anything or ask about it. I just want to know if you ran away.” inej said with concern
“Me and my brother ran away about a day ago…” Rox confessed
“I see. Well feel free to stay at my house.”
“Really? You’d allow that?”
“Of course I would. I’m not going to say no to a kid that needs help.”
“Thank you so much.” She said before adding “You hear that Josiah? You can stay with your crush!”
“He’s not my crush Roxanne!” Josiah blushed due to embarrassment
Roxanne snickered as Kara simply looked at them confused. Roxanne doubted he knew what the term meant, being raised by Kaz and all. She also noticed Josiah starting to walk away from Kara.
“Kara do you know what a crush is?” Roxanne asked
“Yes I do.” Kara said confused as to why Roxanne is asking
“Huh. I didn’t expect that, what with you dad and all.”
“Just because he’s my dad and I’m not allowed outside that doesn’t mean I don’t know what a crush is.”
“Well kids, would you look at that we’re back home.” Inej said opening the door before adding “Kaz your sons back and we have company so get your dumbass down here!”
“Alright alright.”
As Kaz came down the stairs Roxanne noticed that kara kept his gaze towards the ground, not wanting to look up at his father.
‘Does his father hurt him as well?’ she thought
As Kaz walked down the stairs he looked at both of the kids and said “no.”
Inej looked confused, “No? What on earth do you mean no?”
“I mean they can’t stay.”
“And why can’t they Kaz?”
“Because there are Pekkas kids. He could be up to something.” Kaz said eying the kids suspiciously
Roxanne noticed that Josiah flinched at the name. She knew her brother always hated being associated with his father.
“Sir we’re both runaways. We want nothing to do with our father.” Roxanne stated
“Oh do you now?”
“No we really don’t.” Josiah said quietly, flinching again when Kaz turned to him
Kaz stared at them for a few moments. Josiah looked like he was withering under his glare. But after a few moments he finally said “fine but if I catch any strange behavior you're out.”
“Thank you so much you won’t regret it.” The two of them said in unison.
“Mhm. You also have to follow all the rules the others follow.”
“And what are those?” Roxanne asked curiously
Kaz then explained the rules the other kids have to follow. When he was done he walked back up from where he came.
Only when he was gone did kara finally avert his gaze from the floor.
“I thought the two of you looked familiar.” Kara said
“How do you know what our dad looks like?”
“My dad talks. A lot.”
“I see but you never saw him?”
“I saw him once when I was younger.”
“Ok. Do you want help making food Miss?”
“No it’s alright. Kara why don’t you show the two of them where they’re staying.”
“Ok mom. Now follow me midgets.” Kara said waving his hand
The two siblings exchanged glances and once Josiah nodded they both followed.
Kara then took them on a quick tour and showed them to their rooms.
“Thank you for being so kind to us.” Josiah said glancing at him
“Your welcome I’ll be in my room if you need me. That openning won’t stay too long after dinner however.”
“What do you mean?” Roxanne asked curiously
“I have things I need to get done.” Kara lied smoothly
“I thought your dad didn’t let you out much.”
“He doesn’t.”
They both looked at him curiously. Before either of them could comment they heard someone down the hall.
“Kara where the hell are you?! Why is all of my stuff burned!” The voice called.
It was clearly female
“I’m right here and I didn’t burn anything!”
“Then who else could have done it!” At this a young girl came into view.
She looked about the same age as kara only shorter
“Have you asked Luna about it?! Just because I cause chaos ‘everywhere’ I go that doesn’t mean I burned your things!”
“Uh huh your so- Who’s this? Is this your boyfriend?” The girl asked eying Josiah suspiciously
“No he’s not my boyfriend. I just met him today. They will be staying here for a while.”
“Your gay?” Josiah asked, causing roxanne to grimace at the slight disgust that crept into his voice
“I don’t know why does it matter?” Kara asked, some hurt showing in his eyes
Roxanne cut in before he could say anything.
“Our father never approved of gay people so you’ll have to excuse him.”
“I see. And being gay or liking the same gender i never wrong. There isn’t anything wrong with it. It just means that they like the same gender love is who you like and you shouldn’t be judged for it.” Kara said
Josiah bit his lip and looked down
“Your Pekkas kids right?” Selena asked
“Yes we are. Is that going to be an issue?”
“So long as you're not jackasses I don’t see why it would be a problem.”
Roxanne nodded glancing at her brother
“I'll be back. I have to go take care of something.” Kara said after checking his phone. He then put his phone back in his pocket and walked away.
They all nodded in response.
“Did Kara show you around?” Selina asked them
“Yeah he did. Where did he run off to?” Roxanne asked
“I’m not sure it depends on who texted him.” Selina responded
“Who typically contacts him?”
“Our parents and his friends.”
“He has friends?” Roxanne asked
“Yes he does.”
“Huh. Didn’t take him for the type.”
“Our parents are friends with a few people and we usually hang around with them.”
“We see.”
“Do you have any other questions?”
“Not that I know of.” Roxanne said glancing at her brother
“Alright my room is across the hall if you need me.” Silena said walking to her room
As soon as she was out of ear shot Roxane turned to her brother.
“Why on earth would you say that?”
“Because I can’t control how i've felt for years because of always being told it’s wrong.” Josiah snapped
Roxanne put her hands up in a sign of surrender
“And stop bugging me about having a ‘crush’ or I will kill you.”
“Josiah, it's nothing to be embarrassed by.” Roxanne said with an eyeroll
“I’m not embarrassed about it, I just don’t like him.”
“Yeah sure.”
“It's the truth.” Josiah said as he started walking away to his new room