Rowan, for her part, was very much looking forward to hanging out with Akio again. She loved spending time with him, and apart from spending a little time together at the dance, she felt like she hadn't really had the opportunity to talk to him. There were things that she needed to talk to him about, and get his advice on, and she wanted very much to hear about what had been going on with him.

Akio knew at this point to head around to the kitchen door when he came over, and that's right where Rowan was. She was in the process of getting out a pair of mugs and moving them to the table where cream and sugar already were when she heard both the knock, and her name.

"It's open!" She called brightly, not trusting herself to put the mugs down quickly. It was a good thing that she was a witch. Everything she dropped and broke could be fairly easily repaired that way. "Come on in!" She finished setting the mugs down - carefully - and turned to greet her friend properly.