Art only had time to slightly open his mouth to gladly accept Indigo until Jess cut him off, adding in that she was just joking, Art just pouted before smiling again. He looked to Chris eagerly, "Yeah Chris! Tell us how much fun animals are!" Art gently put the little tiger cub back into the pouch where Chris had taken it from, not quite wanting to stop playing with the adorable little animals but feeling he should give his friends his full attention. Art practically jumped through the roof as Quin willingly agreed to getting a pet, so long it wasn't a dog. "Aww, but how cute would a little puppy be!" Art gushed but didn't push the topic though, already knowing of Quin's dislike for dogs. He frowned slightly as said boyfriend moved away from him to start moving boxes, soon laughing lightly at Quin's mistake, turning back to Chris before he could get a quip in towards Quincey. Art nodded, trying to put on a serious face to go along with Chris's professional sounding voice but unable to wipe the grin off of his face at the very prospect of having a cuddly animal of his very own. "Right, all that responsibility stuff, I got that down, sure. But wouldn't a little kitten be so cute!" He smiled, laughing a little at Chris's joke, "Well last time I checked, the only fish you could cuddle is a dolphin.... We should get a dolphin!" Art paused for a second, seeing the flaw in his logic, "Oh wait, I'm not a great swimmer so maybe that'd be a bad idea..." he laughed a little, turning and practically running towards Quin, pulling him into a hug, "Oh, a kitten would be so cute! Thank you thank you thank you!" He grinned, reaching up and kissing him regardless of the fact that his friends there there.
Effy laughed softly at Mara's suggestion to fire one of them, "No I don't think I'd be able to do that." she smiled softly, shaking her head shortly, blushing as Amara pointed out that Effy was a horrible liar. Steph already knew that she was a bad liar but it was a bit embarrassing when it was pointed out to her. Maybe she would work on her poker face when she had the time... No, she really did hate to lie to anyone, she didn't feel the need to learn how to. Mara quickly pulled Effy out of her thoughts at the compliment, her blush darkening as she squished her face. Of course she was speechless when ever Mara complimented her, or at most very awkward. "Um, thank you?" she muttered, "Well, I wouldn't say you're the only lucky one." Effy tried to compliment her as well, but just ended up embarrassing herself even more, looking away from Mara to unsuccessfully hide her blush. She turned back to her as she mentioned going back to their friends. Stephanie didn't quite want to go back to her friends just yet, it wasn't that she didn't enjoy their company, she just enjoyed the times that she and Amara were alone a bit more. "No!" Effy cursed herself as she reacted too quickly, pausing for a moment, "I mean, we don't have to go back just yet, and of course the other's might be a little disappointed if we don't show up with a cake." Steph reached up to wrap her arms around Mara's neck, hesitating for a moment before kissing her cheek lightly, a small smile on her face, "What do you want to talk about until the cake is done. Besides my eyes." She added the last part with a blush, though still content in the slight hug she had Amara in.