[Actually, it's not a gasp, it's him hissing xiaotizaizi under his breath, and then gasping, huffing and staring wide-eyed at Neil with his best Not As Planned face.
He very slowly pulls the wet hair out of his face and looks up.
Yep. It really is his sister screaming at him from the second story.
And that is definitely his trash can lying all over the sidewalk in a big puddle of icy water.
He glares at the bin for a second, then breathes in very carefully through his nose, calling his sister a son of a rabbit under his breath in chinese again.
Times like this, he wishes his parents had actually bothered to teach them more Chinese and hadn't just used it as adult language to speak amongst themselves and with their aunt.
He looks up at his sister yelling and shrieking and throwing a fit from the second floor.]
Mei-Meiiiiii. Don't waste water. That comes out of our utilities bill.
[Don't get mad, Kai. Don't get mad...
Where does she get off, though? She's kind of touched a nerve, though.]
[3/?]
xiaotizaizi under his breath, and then gasping, huffing and staring wide-eyed at Neil with his best Not As Planned face.
He very slowly pulls the wet hair out of his face and looks up.
Yep. It really is his sister screaming at him from the second story.
And that is definitely his trash can lying all over the sidewalk in a big puddle of icy water.
He glares at the bin for a second, then breathes in very carefully through his nose, calling his sister a son of a rabbit under his breath in chinese again.
Times like this, he wishes his parents had actually bothered to teach them more Chinese and hadn't just used it as adult language to speak amongst themselves and with their aunt.
He looks up at his sister yelling and shrieking and throwing a fit from the second floor.]
Mei-Meiiiiii. Don't waste water. That comes out of our utilities bill.
[Don't get mad, Kai. Don't get mad...
Where does she get off, though?
She's kind of touched a nerve, though.]