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((Have to go help with dinner, I'll bbl.))

"Alright, time to go home you too. I think that's enough excitement for one day." Van said as he picked the kids up, one in each arm before walking back home.

((Ah yes...I forgot how awesome my aunt is and how hopeless my dad is. If it weren't for my aunt, my dad probably would have mistakenly served us mostly raw chicken. The whole thing was pretty hilarious, but I'll spare you the lengthy details unless you want the whole thing. xd ))

"Uh, could you get the door hon? My hands are kinda full..." Van said with a chuckle as they neared their home.

Kai glanced at Larai, wondering how his sister was doing after everything that happened.

((Okay, so my dad already had the whole chicken cooking in the oven when my aunt got home, and things were going fine until he suddenly asks me "So how much longer does this thing need to cook for?" and me and my aunt both give him this dumbfounded look of 'you mean you DON'T KNOW??' So we go get a cook book to try and figure it out, and it's got cooking times by weight, so we ask my dad how heavy the chicken is. To which he responds with "I don't know, a couple pounds?" My aunt and I both mentally face/palm before setting the oven to the sort of middle temperature from the list and hope things work. My dad then thinks it's done some time later (when it really wasn't) despite my aunt continually saying "What are you talking about?? It still looks albino!" so my dad put the chicken back in the oven for a while, took it out again later, this time claiming doneness with more success. Until we cut into the mostly done chicken to find a big pink spot in the middle. My aunt just said we'd eat around it and then we all agreed that my dad is never allowed to cook dinner here ever again. At least not chicken at any rate. xd ))

"Alright, hugs? Kisses? If anyone needs more love and comfort, now's the time to say it." Van said as he set the kids down once they got inside. He figured they'd talk with Larai about what she did later once she'd calmed down more.

((There were also times when my uncle tried to get involved and help, but he usually wound up just sort of standing there or blundering about and not really helping. Seeing this reminded me of like a blundering husbands' cooking show somehow. So one of two things often happened: my aunt would get involved to prevent them from doing something stupid or fix something, or my aunt and I would stand off to the side talking amongst ourselves and making fun of the guys' inability to cook. XDD It's probably my favorite part of coming down here, my awesome aunt who's always on my side, and my fun uncle. biggrin ))

After Kai hugged his parents as well, he looked down at his feet, occasionally glancing up at his parents. "Um, try not to be too harsh on Larai...She was really just doing what she thought was right..." he said before running off somewhere as well.