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Various members of the family sit scattered around the living room, when Ray slams the door open and marches over to Norman.
“I’ve had enough of this, I can’t keep walking on eggshells around you! So just out with it what have I done to upset you?”
Norman groans in exhaustion and leans back against the sofa.
“Nothing! What is wrong with you?”
Ray scowls at Norman accusingly.
“Yes you are, Emma told me as much!”
Norman turns to look at Emma, who sighs in his general direction.
“You guys had that fight the other week, remember? You were telling me how annoyed you were?”
Norman looks completely clueless for a moment, before...
“Emma, do you mean... Monday before last? When we were fighting about a TV show? Were you even listening when I told you about what happened?”
Ray blinks at Emma, looking at her like she’s grown a second head.
“Are you telling me that’s what I’ve been stressing about?”
Emma bites her lip.
“I’m sorry! In my defence, you know I tend to blow things out of proportion.”
In the next breath Yuugo finds himself physically separating the two teenagers, while Norman watches on, looking remarkably unsurprised by this turn of events.
“Right, stop it, stop it, stop it! Now if one of you kills the other I’m going to have to fill out a lot of paperwork, so go to your rooms.”
Emma quickly runs out of the room while Ray glares after her.
The latter starts to leave, only for Yuugo to hold onto his arm still.
“Not yet, we’re gonna wait until Emma’s safely in her room so you don’t kill her.”
At the sound of a bedroom door closing, Yuugo releases Ray who turns to storm out the door, stopping to quickly glance back at Norman.
“So everything’s fine, and Emma’s just stupid?”
Norman nods, laughing to himself.
“As usual.”
Yuugo swears he can actually see the tension leak out of the teen, before he heads upstairs.
Norman looks at Yuugo and rolls his eyes.
“Those idiots could make a spectacle out of anything if they put their minds to it.”
Yuugo nods.
“Be glad you’re not their... adult person.”
Norman snorts and Yuugo tries to remind himself what he likes about any of these kids.