Aaaayyyy, 15 for Kasumi, Kaidan and Io'ken? :D
15. What do they do when one of them is sad? How do they comfort each other?
Ooh gonna hit me with some feels then huh? That’s ok, I’m happy to answer this!
Kaidan: If either of the girls is sad or hurting, Kaidan is very attentive and he encourages talking about things a lot. Io is particularly quiet with her feelings, but he’s usually able to get her to open up and discuss what’s going on very well. Kasumi retreats to be alone when she’s feeling off, basically it’s her protection against the world. She won’t put on her suit, but she’ll hide away in her room. He goes out of his way to just sit with her until she feels better. Since he’s much bigger than the both of them, they will usually end up curled up in his lap.
Io’ken: Io is the best/worst at making the others feel better. This has a lot to do with her difficulties processing emotions herself. In the end, she doubts if she’s helping, but to them, the fact that she’s so sweet and bumbling in her attempt makes it SO much better. With Kaidan, she’ll try to make his favorite meal or really bad-for-you comfort food. His favorite meal is usually burnt, but it ends up making him smile anyway. Io’ken will cuddle Kasumi, no talking, no words, and this usually ends up with Kasumi crying into her shoulder and eventually just telling her what’s the matter. This is very similar to how they bond in ME2 over Keiji/Kaidan so it’s familiar and nice and takes them both back to that time.She almost NEVER EVER sings in front of them, but they know she sings and it she ever did it for them, it would be the best gift of healing she could give them.Kasumi: (I’m saving her for last because lbh, she’s the cutest!) Kasumi goes into full on help mode - hot tea, homemade ramen, cuddles, cuddles, cuddles, smooches, smooches! She’s also INCREDIBLY observant so she actively tries to prevent down turns in mood if she can. She’s silly and will joke with either of them, but not in a “turn that frown upside down way” but more in her non-sequitur chain-of-thought observations that make them giggle because they are ridiculous yet entirely spot-on.If all else fails: it’s Fleet and Flotilla marathons with Io and long walks in the woods (if there are any nearby!) with Kaidan. If that’s not an option, she’ll do ballet for Kaidan because he loves watching her dance.
Thank you for asking and sorry this is so long! I can’t help it when I talk about them.
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