Meeting Ben ~ AU

[mitochondriaaya]

It was Thursday. Thursday of the first week of summer (as far as public school was concerned), so Ben had shown up at her house at nine. An hour poking through recipes and the dynamic duo had blitzed the local market for things they didn't have. They were snuggly back in Aya's apartment before eleven.

Ben's role was simple. He tended to cut up veggies for each dish as she needed them, then wander off to play a few games. Aya would wander over to join him while things cooked. It was a comfortable, routine Thursday.

Except this Thursday had Aya excited, and worried, and numerous other bubbly emotions that kept her from settling down too well. "Relax, Aya." the nine year old flopped over the back of the couch grinned "You're just cooking, it's not like it's romantic or anything!"

Aya laughed and tossed a spoon at the boy. Which of course had Ben ducking back behind the cover of the cushions and starting in on the "Aya and Dil-an sittin in a tree..."

"I'm going to give you so much hell when you start dating, Ben." Aya promised, setting aside what she'd been working on to pick up a throw pillow and smack Ben.

Pillow fights were entirely optional on Thursdays.

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[sliceitwithwind]

Dilan knocks before entering (even with a guest pass it's just polite) and beelines to give Aya a kiss before turning to Ben, "Hi, I'm Dilan. Hook this up, would you? And be careful, it's a prototype."

Shaaaaaaaaameless man.

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya had been getting ready to smack Ben, but kisses were incredibly distracting. And as game motivated as Ben could be? Well, he couldn't give up such a nice opening, so with a triumphant laugh he smacked a pillow into Aya's side then gave Dilan a thumbs up "Thanks man! Prototype huh? Sure, here..." he happily traded his couch pillow for the system.

[sliceitwithwind]

Dilan grins and leans back into the kiss for good measure. When Aya is well and truly greeted he informs Ben, "I brought three games, but you have to make note of any bugs you find."

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya found herself up on tiptoe and wrapping an arm around his neck for good measure. Luckily for her, Ben didn't catch that part this time around. Ben was...

...well, the setup was simple. But.

But.

"You've got to be kidding me! You want me to write reports on games?! Dude, I have two weeks until summer classes start, I get to not do homework!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Note, Ben." Dilan says with a snort, "You write a note, I go find it, I write the actual report. Yours can be as short as froze, level 17."

His arms are around Aya's waist, helping her stay up. Mmm. Aya.

[mitochondriaaya]

Ben tilted his head to the side and thought that one over, then nodded. "Alright, that's fair." as long as it wasn't actually, you know, work, he'd do fine. His notes would even be a little more detailed than requested! "Aya I'm going to grab some paper from the..."

...

"Whoa! Aya, you know how to kiss?! So, you guys are really like dating?" Aya laughed and broke off the kissing to toss a pillow at the boy. "Looks that way?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Dude, if you cause me to stop getting kisses I am so dangling you out of a window." Dilan says, loosing one arm from around Aya's waist but hanging on with the other.

[mitochondriaaya]

Ben eyed Dilan a moment, then broke out in a grin "Aya's windows don't open." he offered helpfully. Then he pointedly shifted his attention to Aya "He's not a pod person! Way to go!"

Aya couldn't make up her mind between blushing and grinning...and maybe giggling. She ended up doing pretty much all three. Luckily she hid her face in her hand?

[sliceitwithwind]

"You're light, I could carry you somewhere windows open." Dilan points out, squeezing Aya more closely.

[mitochondriaaya]

"And I'd scream. A lot! I bet you only get halfway through the hall before people are calling the cops!" Ben laughed, trotting down the short hallway to duck into a room and grab paper.

"And I'd get very annoyed if my day home turned into a crime scene." Aya teased, tugging his head down for another quick kiss before swaying free to go stir stuff on the stove.

[sliceitwithwind]

"Aya is the cops." Dilan points out, grinning and letting go so that he can sit down and take up the other controller.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Aya is the off duty cops." Aya called from her kitchen. "And I'll dangle you both if you do anything to change that today."

"What?!" Ben laughed, trotting back in with a small notepad "He started it! It's not my fault he started out the day here with threats to a nine year old!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Actually I started out with a game system and kisses." Dilan points out, sprawled on the couch.

[mitochondriaaya]

>>"I'm six foot three, have more letters after my name than many people have in their names, work directly for Ansem, and can put my fist through a wooden wall." Dilan points out, "People don't tease me about much of anything."<<

"Whoa..." Ben eyed Dilan again. He was doing that a lot tonight! "Like, solid wood or...that splintery stuff? I bet I could kick a hole in the splintery stuff. But yeah, that's a really good way not to get teased, so you</i. can get away with it..." Aya...well, Aya crossed her arms across Dilan's back and just kind of giggled with her head down for a few minutes.

[sliceitwithwind]

"Oak." Dilan says without moving. "I also had a best friend who was really, really violent."

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya got herself under control enough to work on his other shoulder and slowly up towards his neck. The occasional giggle kept escaping though.

"Can you show me?" was Ben's first question of course. "I mean, i can use my allowance and get some wood and you could totally just punch it!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"If your dad doesn't mind, I can take you to the gym with me." Dilan says, laughing very slightly, "Aya, are you mocking me?"

[mitochondriaaya]

"He won't mind!" Ben grinned and bounced on the couch. It'd be like watching a kungfu movie!!

"Nope." Aya laughed, unrepentant. "Just being amused. Very amused."

[sliceitwithwind]

Dilan makes another happy sound and shakes his head.

[mitochondriaaya]

"What can I say?" Aya laughed, tickling the back of his neck for a moment "Two of my favorite people are getting along!"

"Hey, he's cool." Ben pointed out "You can keep him around and bring him t stuff!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Sweet, one of the major permissions." Dilan laughs, softly.

[mitochondriaaya]

"And probably the easiest." Aya countered. "Danny will be the real bear to bring around I think..."

Ben nodded solemnly "Yeah, Dad worries a lot."

[sliceitwithwind]

"I'm willing to work on it. Whatever I have to do." Dilan says simply.

[mitochondriaaya]

"Good to hear!" Aya grinned and fiddled with the ends of Dilan's dreads. Finger break again! "Sorry, gonna take a few minutes of break."

Ben grinned and switched movies again. Ninjas this time. "That's good. You can cook!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Bah." he says, "You could go get something from the fridge and put it together."