Of course Felix was aware that his family was going to be fostering a kid. Not because they cared for whatever unloved parentless urchin would be staying here, heavens no. But he was aware his parents had decided to do that. Of course Felix was told of practically everything, because he was important. Perhaps Teddy may have heard about it being discussed, but not once did it cross his mind that his brother might have known more than he did about just who would be arriving.
Maybe he could have noticed it in the way Teddy actually seemed excited about this, somewhat. Definitely a lot more cheerful, and happy today, annoyingly enough. It was actually sort of odd how optimistic about this he was when he didn’t even know what kind of kid would be living with them. Right?
But he didn’t particularly care enough to put much thought into how his brother was acting. Teddy was not important enough for that. …Then it appeared his fleeting questions were answered as soon as he saw Chara walk through the door. He couldn’t even bother to pretend hiding his utter disgust and shock when he saw her. “ You? ” Was all he really said. Ugh. He felt sick.
Chara was being more diplomatic than usual, as obvious by how she gave Felix a patient smile and an innocent-sounding half-laugh- putting up an act for the adults. “yeah, I’ll admit this is the first time I’ve had foster siblings too! let alone someone from class.” there were adults in the room, the foster guardians were in the room. potential parents were in the room, she needed to put on a good face. “Who’d have thought we’d go from the same morning time to the same home?”
In her defense, she hadn’t realized that the people who’d visited in her old foster home were the twin’s parents. seh hadn’t known exactly where she was going- but had told Ted her homes were changing, though they’d said her school was likely going to stay the same. she hadn’t connected the last names- she never did remember last names for kids. after all, kids were the equals. you call them by name, last names were for respecting adults.
however, after that diplomatic reply to felix’s aghast accusatory ‘you, she’d turned to teddy, the polite smile growing into something much more genuine. “I’m thankful for the opportunity to stay here, however!” the hand not holding her bag raised a little, waving some fingers at Teddy. this could be really fun, living with Teddy. surely she and Felix could avoid eachother and as such avoid making any scenes... right? he was so obsessed with his image, after all.
