He was mildly terrified of the look she gave him and tentatively let go of her arms and wrapped them around her. "I know, I know." He murmured. He wasn't that fond of murder but he also wasn't fond of Elena. "Hey, lets ..not murder anyone right now." He whispered, mostly attempting to keep the terrified look off his face. Elena made a defeated hmph and ran off. Rome came up from behind Keith. R "You okay?" She'd seen him stumble from the kick.

She mumbled something that did not sound at ALL like agreement, leaning into him and sighing for a brief moment. "I've gotta go check on Rae." She pulled away from him and walked over to the edge of the dancefloor to find her siblings.

Keith shook his head, as though to clear it. K "Yeah. Yeah, Im fine. She couldve hit me in a place that hurts more, so." He stood and ran a hand over his shin, before turning around. K "Im gonna go make sure Asta doesn't kill Hair Brain or Pretty Boy. I'll be back." He gave her a wink and limped off through the crowd to find his sister kneeling beside Rae, running her fingers over the little girl's arm. Keith sped up. K "Hey, How are you doin, Rae-Rae?" He grinned and kneeled beside her, giving Asta a look. Rae blinked up at him and smiled, her big green eyes looking watery.

Ethan looked on as she moved off, Leon and his father looked at him so confusedly. He narrowed his eyes. Rome slipped off into the crowd. Slowly the people began filling the area back up and the music started back up. Ethan moved out from the crowd's way and followed Rome. Both sat down at a table out of the way, Ethan's hands were shaking.

Rae sniffled and stared up at him. R "I'll be okay. Fitz and Biana promised to steal me some more c-" Fitz laughed and span Rae around nervously, his dark hair swishing as he did so. Fitz tossed his dark hair and grinned. F "Kids, yknow the deal."Biana grabbed Rae and tickled her, causing her to giggle. B "Don't you have a boyfriend to go occupy yourself? You got all dressed up and everything. And you, too, Keith! After ALL that gel you put in your hair." Fitz cackled. F "Thats my big bro."

Rome looked at Ethan across the table. He looked back, tilting his head faintly. A slight concern expression on his face. Slowly pulling the corners of her mouth back in a grin at him. Ethan frowned amusedly at her. R "Who knew my baby brother was gonna be fought over?" She sipped her wine all lady-like. Both sitting at a table, wondering what now. "Who knew my old sister was gonna be so sought after?" He teased.

Keith practically had to drag Asta back to the table. She sighed just dramatically enough for it to be sarcastic, collapsing gracefully into her chair and laying her head on Ethan's shoulder without a drop of hesitation. Keith settled beside Rome while being as far away from Ethan as he possibly could, glancing at Rome. He was, however, close enough to grab her hand and hold it inconspicuously under the table while Ethan was distracted, which he did. Asta had calmed down, but she certainly wasnt letting it go. "How can she possibly have the nerve to touch my sister? MY sister? While you were dancing with her. What KIND of PERSON does that? And then she had the guts to make it seem like it was about YOU! What is her problem? Does she not know a lost cause when she sees it?" After her little rhetorical question rant, which she had crossed her arms and sat up for, she looked at him with alarm. "It is a lost cause, right?"

Ethan put an arm up over her shoulders as she sat down. He narrowed his eyes, she seemed far tamer now. He relaxed slightly into her, laying a glare on Keith till Asta distracted him with talking. He quietly looked at her, attentive. "I would say so," He said cautiously. Adjusting slightly.

Rome looked down at Keith's hand, hesitant, but she let him. Giggling slightly. R "Coward."

Asta nodded and settled into his side, laying her head back down on his shoulder. "Not extremely enthusiastic but I will take it." She moved her hand to grab the one he had wrapped around her, and rested the other on his leg. Keith grinned at her. K "Call it whatever you want, but I am not getting squished today." He scooched closer to her while Ethan was distracted by his murderous sister, until he sat closer to her than he was sure Ethan would have liked. But either way, her rubbed the back of Rome's hand with his thumb and tried not to fake gag at his sister, seeing as that was getting pretty close to hypocrisy.

Hehe I want Rome to do something that makes Ethan wanna kill Keith so Asta kisses him for distraction and shooes Keith and Rome off- then much rar Alex fight thing))

Ethan let her nestle in, which was oddly comfortable. "I'm just not particularly keen on murder even if it is rightful." He said cautiously, taking her hand and squeezing it, looking down at her with most of his attention. Rome giggled at Keith softly. R "E would decide that but we can hope, mister risky." She smiled at him, looking down at his hand. He seemed to like her, but she was unsure. He'd barely been there a week. She had never been much for boy crazy, unlike Elena.

(get mildly friendzoned haha suck it Keith))