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Orlando genuinely smiled seeing the girl's reaction toward Koala. It still surprised him how girls differed from one another. Guys didn't really have so much variety in them like girls did. So yeah, he had could talk to girls now without being weird but that didn't mean they didn't baffle him still. He could never be sure of their reactions. They were unpredictable.
Oh? She had a cat? He nodded at what she said. "Perhaps. Just remind me to never bring Koala near .." he looked from the dog to the girl who owned a cat. "..Tabs. Like most dogs, Koala isn't really fond of cats. Like really really not fond of them." That sort of saddened him, perhaps this girl would refuse to chat with him because his of dog's possible hatred toward her cat. Sigh. So sad.
The girl's next question embarrassed him a little. Of course. Why Koala? Even his own mum had asked him that. "I .. uh .. never have been that good with names. Named my hamster .. Mr. Hamster" he said, mentally still feeling proud of the genius that it was to name a hamster: Mr Hamster. "And Koala .. well my best friend, the one who gave Koala to me .. well sorta .. " How embarrassing. WHY was he blabbing about this. SHUT IT, RENALDI. " .. thinks of me as a Koala .. so I just named him Koala?" Too late.
Head, go meet the nearest wall now!
Ryden tickled the little crup and chuckled as he rolled around on her lap. Koala... She was kind of warming up to it.
"Of course. Tabs isn't that fond of dogs - or crups, for that matter - either. It's just something that built into their systems, I guess," she nodded, and moved her head a little closer to the dog, cooing at it.
Yes, Ryden Di Marco cooed occasionally. Get over it.
Looking up when there seemed to be a little stretch of silence, she frowned as the owner of Koala began his stammering story. The more he talked, the higher the brunette's eyebrows went until the good go no further. Ryden burst out laughing, partially because of the boy's tale but mostly because of his stricken expression at having told it. If he had told her that WITHOUT the dog being in her lap, she'd have teased the boy mercilessly into the Hospital Wing.
As it were, she felt a little bad to make fun of the Koala. As in the boy. HEHE.
"My cat's a tabby and I named him exactly that - Tabby. I call him Tabs for simplicity's sake so you're not alone in the world, trust me," she finally said and held out her hand, fisted. FIST!BUMB, KOALA BOY.
Of course, her two owls that she shared with Bridget had marvelous names, but she'd let that go for now.