Monsters? These are my children -Ben (o/o with lisapickle)

(IT'S OKAY DARLING I LOVE YOU)

Dio nodded, smiling to himself. "No, darling, no apologies. This is the most delightful evening I've had in… a while. I look forward to many more of your messes." he planted a light kiss on her cheek and tilted his hat to her as he slipped through the door into the darkness and pulled out his phone to call his carriage driver.

Miki let Cage go and stepped back. "Oh. Sorry. I just got excited. He brought sushi so he definitely needs to try our ice cream."

Silver rolled her eyes. "Guys, we want him to come back, not run away screaming." she leaned across the table and grabbed Dio's plate too.

Miki turned to survey her sister. "You want him to come back? I thought you didn't like him cuz he was new."

Silver froze, fork halfway to her mouth and a roll in her other hand. Miki frowned at Ben. "What was what?"

Silver finished eating her bite and put her fork down. "Ben. You're the one who almost blew up."
Miki took a deep breath, doubting how smart her sister was at the moment. "For the record: ditching us in the basement with no warning when you have a super important guest over: not smart. You know how we are, Ben. Also; that went really well? The worst part was you having your freak out blow up thing. I think Cage and Silver and Gabriel and Kissa were actually pretty well behaved. No one broke anything or hurt anyone and Dio thinks we're pretty cool. I think our biggest problem right now is that." she finished, pointing toward Violet and her rapidly draining bottle of wine.

Miki pressed her lips together, glaring back at him. She stalked around the table and grabbed Violet's bottle away from her, handing it off to Cage.
"Yeah. Sure. We barely know this man. So you're gonna go burn the house down and show him exactly how easily triggered you are. Because that's not putting yourself in danger. Or us. Yep. Totally safe."
Silver carefully piled all her food onto one plate and eased her chair back, trying to sneak out of the room without being noticed. Miki snapped her fingers at her without taking her eyes off Ben.
"Sil. Go find Gabe and Kiss." she ordered. "Cage. Clear the table please." To Ben she said, "No. Don't you blame this on us. Cage and Silver wouldn't have come flying up here if you hadn't been about to set something on fire."

Miki's lips pressed together tighter, the whole lower half of her face pinched. She snatched up Violet's wine glass and headed toward the kitchen. "Ben. Take your drunk wife to bed. You can finish yelling at us in the morning."

Silver set her plate on the kitchen island, glancing between Cage and the dining room doorway. "Did you see Gabriel or Kissa?" she whispered to Cage.

Silver jumped and darted into the living room. "Kissa? Gabriel? Oh, dang it." she scrambled over the furniture, trying to feel around in every conceivable space they could be.

Miki came into the kitchen and set Violet's cup in the sink, watching her sister's frantic search with a blank expression. After a moment she sighed and turned the hot water on, rinsing the dishes off before putting them in the dishwasher.

"Guys!" Silver hissed, standing in the middle of the living room. "Ben's gonna kill us all. We need to be quiet and go to bed. Where are you?" She put her hand out and walked around, feeling the air again.

Silver's eyes widened as they suddenly appears and she saw the blood trailing down Gabriel's arm. "What were you doing??" She whispered. "What were you fighting about?" She took Gabriel's arm and and gently turned it toward the light. "Dang it, Kissa! What did you do this for?"

Silver started and glanced up at Kissa, then took a deep breath and looked away.
Don't rise to her bait. Don't rise to her bait. I can go to bed in like five minutes and everything will be fine.
Ignoring Kissa, she looked up at Gabriel and gently tugged on his shirt. "Come on. Let's get your arm cleaned up."

"'Ey!" Miki snapped from the kitchen. She pointed toward Kissa. "You. Bed. Now."
Silver sucked in another deep breath and shut the bathroom door behind them, leaning against it for a moment before opening her eyes and grabbing a first aid kit from the cabinet.
"I'm okay. It's okay. I'm fine. We'll be okay." She whispered to herself under her breath.

Silver blinked at him for a moment before sitting down on the closed toilet. "I… but… why did she bite you? What were you fighting about?"

Miki glared at the space Kissa had been in and turned back to her pile of dishes.

Silver watched him clean his arm, seeing his changing thoughts on his face but unable to read them. She sighed again and dropped her head into her hands.
Why did Ben bring Dio here if he thought he was dangerous? I thought if Ben let him come here he was safe.
"What do you think of Dio?" She finally asked outloud.

"Gabriel…" Silver said, looking up at him through her hair falling in her face. She felt his pulse speed up. In the enclosed space of the bathroom, she could sense him better than usual. She sighed and stood up, coming to stand beside him (on his uninjured side) and wrapped her arms around his waist. Cuz you and Kiss totally weren't fighting over anything related to Dio. She rested her forehead on his shoulder. "Gabe."

Silver let out a growling sigh as she felt him grow stiff, emanating more a chill than usual. "Gabriel." she said again, looking up at him. His face was completely blank, and he barely even blinked as he stared at the wall. "Gabe." she hissed. When he still didn't respond, she bit his shoulder, just hard enough for him to feel her teeth, but not hard enough to hurt. Much.

"Don't…" she waved her hand in the air, searching for words. "Stop… stressing. You are stressing, I can tell, and you just… hole up inside yourself and stress yourself until you freak out. Please…" she sighed. "Either stop it, or talk to me."