Aleksei couldn't help but find it a bit weird and endearing that she called them mother and father. He'd only people of real privileged backgrounds call their parents by their official titles. He never really got that kind of vibe from Layla before but, there you have it. He'd always just called his parents mom and dad. Though there were a few times he went for ma and pa. And that's full circle - from the most civilized way you could refer to your parents to the most uncivilized, hillbilly way you could name them. "I like the way you sound. I think it's strong enough to be noticed but light enough to sound... " He wanted to say something like dainty but he refrained. "And nice." He finished up, a little lamely.
"Oh you'd be surprised." He replied, with a daring kind of grin and a laugh. "But I wont try, because Casey would probably kick my ass if I did." Which was true. Casey would probably literally wreck him if he messed anything of Casey's up. They were hardly friends to begin with - they were totally bros now, of course, in the kind of making fun of each other but with caring kind of way. When Aleksei first got here, though, Casey hadn't always been so... nice? to him. Nice was hardly the word for it now but they were roommates. They got along well enough at this point. Layla pulled two cans of Pink Lemonade out of her bag like freaking magic and Aleksei lit up again, smiling brightly. "I love this stuff. I mean the can is super hippie but the drink is amazing."
He went ahead and grabbed a cookie - one of the ones she said were traditional, the Egypt cookies, and they were great. He went ahead and had another one before he went back to popcorn, washing it all down with the pink lemonade. Hell, even if this turned out to be nothing he kind of won with the whole getting pink lemonade and cookies thing, that was a real clear plus to him. Except now she was talking about how every had secrets and bad things they had done they have to repent for and he looked at her, clearly a bit concerned.
"I can't see you, at all, being someone who has to repent for anything. You're the nicest, sweetest, most morally upheld person I've ever met."