Kieren tries to ignore Sirius' look when Simon gets brought up, mainly because he doesn't really want to get into any of this right now, not with his family right here and everything going so well. He resolutely tells himself that he's not going to worry about that, pleased when his Mum ends up being a bit forward and shifts the topic.
"This Darrow, is it a decent place?" Sue asks, like she's off guard and just trying to play along.
"It's not so bad," Kieren jumps in, compelled to make sure this isn't so bad. "I mean, we get money for living there, sort of like a stipend. I'm going to art school," he says, glancing from his parents to Jem and then back, heart beating wildly. "I finally get to do what I've wanted to for ages."
"That's amazing, Kier," his dad says, clapping him on the shoulder. "Maybe when you're done with school, you'll come back to us, just like this? Won't you?"
Kieren glances to Sirius worriedly, not entirely sure how this works, because he doesn't want to abandon his family for anything in the world, not after doing it once, but on the other hand, he also doesn't want to do that to Sirius. How could he? To someone he loves?
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"This Darrow, is it a decent place?" Sue asks, like she's off guard and just trying to play along.
"It's not so bad," Kieren jumps in, compelled to make sure this isn't so bad. "I mean, we get money for living there, sort of like a stipend. I'm going to art school," he says, glancing from his parents to Jem and then back, heart beating wildly. "I finally get to do what I've wanted to for ages."
"That's amazing, Kier," his dad says, clapping him on the shoulder. "Maybe when you're done with school, you'll come back to us, just like this? Won't you?"
Kieren glances to Sirius worriedly, not entirely sure how this works, because he doesn't want to abandon his family for anything in the world, not after doing it once, but on the other hand, he also doesn't want to do that to Sirius. How could he? To someone he loves?