When his eyes registered that it was, in fact, his sister, he let out a very soft and slow sigh of relief. Her hand on his shoulder relaxed him, and his shoulder dropped a bit. The grip on the bat loosened, which caused him to drop it like some hot potato or something. “I’m so sorry, Marie. I should know by now that it’s okay here.” He said, kicking the bat further from them, His lips curled into a small smile when she mentioned his music, and complimented it. “Oh, stop.” His cheeks turned a light shade of pink from embarrassment, “I didn’t realize I was playing so loud. That was stupid of me. What if you weren’t you? I would have alerted the entire house that someone was here, and then what?” He shook his head at himself, disappointed in the fact that he could be so careless with his safety but, more importantly, his sister’s safety. He made a mental note to only play when the house was with other people and also to play a little less loudly, though that part would be hard as he could not control the volume of his piano.
“Also, missy, where have you been hiding?” He asked, scrunching his face at her in an attempt to look angry, and he even brought a finger up to wag but ended up just booping her nose instead. “I’ve missed you. I ran into Toulouse, so I admit that he kept me from worrying too much, but, well, you know Toulouse. He doesn’t talk much about stuff like we do, and it kind of…I made it a little awkward.”
Marie wrinkled her nose at his touch. There were only so many people who were actually allowed to get close enough to her to do that and Berli was at the top of that list. “Don’t be like that. I never want you to play quietly. Because you are censoring yourself that way and that is not okay with me.” She knew he wasn’t going to listen to her, so she had to made a mental note of listening to him play later. “And Thomas is normally around, so I’m not worried.....Not here. Edgar....” she stopped herself. She didn’t want to upset him and she didn’t want to actually upset herself, which would happen whether she wanted to admit that or not.
“Anyways...I’ve been out. I have a life, thank you.”Honestly she really wasn’t doing much. Trying to work every now and then, hang out with Lottie and or Nolan...sometimes Maddox.....Mostly shopping. Wow. Her life really was boring. “I was out shopping earlier. And I got us cute things. Did you wanna see?” She batted her eyes at him. “You’re going to love this new hoodie. It really makes your eyes pop.”