[color=f49ac2]“Maybe you should be a chef.”[/color] Iris teased gently as he answered her question, happy in the fact they could just tease and joke with one another like they did. [color=f49ac2]“Though I’m not sure you could cook if you tried.”[/color] Chuckling as she teased him a little further, her own skills weren’t as great at cooking, but she knew she could at least rummage up something passable to eat. Not like her friend Maisie who could turn scraps into something great, her pies were the best and she was sure if that girl had access to ingredients like the Capital, she could make quite the cook of herself. 

[color=f49ac2]“Oh, of course you have.”[/color] Iris smirked at his own proclamation when it came to billiards and how he could easily win in his sleep. [color=f49ac2]“Quite the statement, I do hope that when it comes to it you lose just so I can wipe that smirk off of your face. Who knows? I could have [i]beginners’[/i] luck and win.”[/color] Puffing out her chest proudly like she even had a chance of winning at that kind of game, it was still just playful fun that was a damn site better than dwelling on whatever negative thoughts that festered away in the back of her mind. 

Hearing his tone become a little more serious she looked up at his suggestion of just talking, sure that didn’t seem so bad if talking just meant harmless chit chat like they had been doing. Teasing and winding each other up with the TV on in the background sounded quite nice. They hadn’t really had a chance to just idly talk to one another without anyone else being around them and it did pose a good opportunity to get to know him even more as there still a lot she didn’t know about him and she knew she’d love to learn it. Though at the mention of catching up on how she had been doing after everything had happen did make her falter, the smile fading rather quickly as she scrambled for her words trying to deflect. 

[color=f49ac2]“O-Oh, well. I’m fine. You know me.”[/color] Offering a hint of a forced smile as she avoided his gaze not wanting to even touch on her own barrage of emotions knowing that was a huge can of worms that did not need to be opened. [color=f49ac2]“It’s been a bit intense lately for the both of us I’m sure, enough about that though. How about you? How are you doing?”[/color] Changing the subject onto him rather than herself and what she was going through, plus she would rather help him as she knew he was going through some tough things right now. Cas had run away from home, run from his father who was willing to put him into a mental institute just because he had believed in her saving his life. 

[color=f49ac2]“It must be hard with your father, he’s the only family you have left right?”[/color] Iris wanted to confirm that was the case, she didn’t know of any other relatives of his as he didn’t mention it. Not that she could remember.