Sage snorted in response to the girls claim, though the grin on his face didn't waver at all. At least, until the girl stole the chicken strips back and he gave her a fake pout. "Well you love this nightmare," he proclaimed, though really it was all a big joke, and he knew that. He also knew that if he so pleased, he could definitely be someone's nightmare. But he obviously loved the girl, so that wasn't any kind of issue here. He squealed when she tossed flour at him, and Amber sneezed as she popped her head up to look over the table, chicken hanging from her jaw before she licked it off. They were now both covered in flour, which sage found rather amusing. Though, he'd have to wash the cat off at some point, as well as himself.....he doubted Mari wanted flour in her bed, so he supposed he'd take a shower if that's what needed to do to sleep with the girl. Maybe he'd get her to join him, too.

The girl hummed slightly in response as she started clear up a little bit before filling the plates up. She turned back to him with a grin. "I suppose so do... I haven't a clue why, though," she teased softly before quickly making up a small slad with some cucumber and lettuce and some grated carrots and chucking it on the side of the plate. She couldn't help but be a little bit amused when the cat poked her head up with the chicken, kind of calling Sage out for stealing the chicken strips. The boy must have been starving if he couldn't wait an extra five minutes to eat. She went to brush the little animal off just a little bit before then ruffling Sages hair, which then meant flower pretty much puffed up everywhere. "Dinners ready," she hummed lightly. "Do you want to make the cake now or later?" She asked with a slightly cocked head.

Sage chuckled slightly and then hummed in thought before shrugging. "we may as well make it while I'm a mess," he hummed in a rather amused manner. "We can eat chicken while it bakes and then we can eat it right out of the oven," he chirped. He giggled lightly when flower puffed up everywhere and then got a mischievous grin on his face and lept at the girl, wrapping his arms around the girl and planting a kiss on her lips, fully intending to get flour all over her while doing so.

"That's fine," the girl hummed lightly before going to pick up a clean bowl and a spoon. Sage would probably have to do more with this... to be honest, it was probably just a subconscious thing that she didn't think she could bake, which would have made her baking worse... either way, she didn't want to completely mess the cake up, so he was gonna have to help. She placed the bowl on the side, only just catching the boys playful grin. She wasn't quite sure what he was planning, not until he kept at her. She let out a kind of squeal when he wrapped his arms around her, but couldn't help her laugh, nor the blush that covered her cheeks at his kiss. He was tipping flour everywhere, which was making a little bit of a mess, but really she didn't mind... she was just amused by the act.

Sage leaned back after the kids and patted the girls cheeks with his hands, leaving even more flour in her face, his grin growing wider. "There. Now you're messy too," he giggled happily. Really, there was no rhyme or reason to his actions, he just assumed it would be really funny. "You should have heard your squeal," he giggled. "You sounded almost like Amber when she finds a mouse bigger than her own body," he hummed in a rather amused manner. The kitchen, and all of them really, was covered with flour....they'd definitely have to bathe later. Maybe, hopefully, he could get Mari to bathe with him....it might be fun. Amber would need her own bath, though.

The girl blinked at him once or twice, just kind of staring at him once he'd patted her cheeks. Now there were flour hand prints on her cheeks... if you were to see her from a distance you would have probably thought she were some kind of mime. She just stared at him for about a minute before chuckling. "Why?" She asked with a bit of a laugh. There wasn't much more behind her question, not other than her simple 'why.' She felt her blush thicken when he teased her little squeal. "I couldn't help it! You lept at me! What was I supposed to do?" She squeaked out with a bit of a laugh, still very amused. She then put a little bit of flower on the boys nose before leaning up to press a slightly deeper kiss to his lips. She pulled away after a moment with a bit of a huff. "You're lucky I love you," she huffed before going to get more stuff out for this cake... she kind of wanted to get this done quickly so that they could eat. She really was hungry now.

Sage giggled and shrugged in response to the girls question. "Why not,* he chirped, releasing the girl so she could keep cooking their food...he was hungry so he did want that to get done as soon as possible. He gave the girl a wide grin and shrug before chuckling lightly and reaching down to pick up amber, who was pawing at his leg, obviously jealous at the fact that Mari was getting more attention than she was.

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She rolled her eyes at him after a moment and shook her head before going to make the cake mix up. "Because now I'm a mess!" she complained with a bit of a chuckle before poking his side. "I'm gonna have to get everything washed now," she huffed after a moment. She soon got the cake mix sorted and shoved it in the oven. She heated the strips up a little bit so that they were nice to eat then shoved the plate in front of Sage with a bit of a huff. She then rested her now floury shin on his shoulder and wrapped her arms around his waist. "I'm gonna need you to watch the oven or it'll go wrong," she mused lightly before going to sit down next to him. They ate pretty fast considering they were both hungry, and Mari went to wash off the dishes before grabbing the cake out... it was pretty big, and it did admittedly look pretty good. Three could share it out later... but she did want to eat and get cleaned off first. She cut a slice for each of them and handed Sage a small bowl. "It's good!" She chirped after her first little bite, very excited to see that something she'd baked had turned out sort of okay.

Sage chuckled slightly and shrugged in response to the girl. "You started it," he chirped, giving the girl a wide grin. They ate relitively quickly, though the chicken was good.....but he was really looking forward to the cake. He nodded happily after taking a bite of cake and trying it, and was more that happy to shove the rest in his mouth as well. They cleaned up afterwards, and it went quick enough. Once they'd cleaned up and gotten everything settled, a grunted and picked amber up. "I'm gonna wrestle her into a bath and then we can bathe," he hummed. "Feel free to join me," he purred, giving the girl a wink before bouncing out the door, cat in arms.

Mari helped clean up a little bit, though seemed a lot spritelier now that she had a bit of food in her. To be honest, she was more happy about the fact that the food came out alright than anything... she was fully expecting it to be awful, really. She gave a slightly amused chuckle when he said he was going to wrestle the cat into a bath. The little thing was still all floury, and because she was dark just seemed to make it more obvious she was covered in powder. The girll then seemed to blush awfully at his next comment... or, rather, she blushed at the way he said it. "Gladly," she hummed lightly to the boy before just king of following him a long, a little bit dumbfounded that he'd even asked.