He's not actually sure where Asher's rooms are, but he follows Ben, walks next to Kaleva. 

"Hey! Ben!" Asher says. "How did you know I was making breakfast?"

"Lucky guess."

"I have James son of Milo over so it'll be a little tight."

"Somehow I'm skeptical."

"I can stand up if there aren't enough chairs. Hi, James." 

James, a thin and gangly boy with glasses who's in all honors classes with Kaleva and Asher, waves. 

Nobody ever invites Kaleva to spend the night and... study? Probably they were studying?

"I went with a simple breakfast today," Asher says, "because I wasn't expecting three additional people. Cajun hashbrowns, scrambled eggs, toast, and beignets." 

"Not sure simple is the word I'd use. — it looks great, thank you." 

It was sort of unclear to Kaleva whether he was going to eat his feelings or be too upset to eat, and then he saw the hashbrowns cooked with bell peppers and onions and sausage and it became very obvious that the answer was the first. 

He starts shoveling food into his mouth.

Asher kisses James affectionately on the top of the head and says, "Eat, you're too thin."

James laughs. He's much more relaxed than he is in class. "You always say that."

"It's always true!"

That's..... strange but sweet. He eats. The food is very, very good. 

Asher and James talk about class. They're both oddly smiley, and they keep touching each other. 

This is pretty normal for Asher!

Ben barely touches his food, but it's comforting to experience the normality.

"You should eat," he says softly to Ben. 

"I'm not really hungry."

This is why Ben experiences love and Kaleva does not.

Asher looks concerned. 

"...James, you should probably go."

"I know. You should eat anyway." 

James gives Asher a very significant look and then goes. 

"...Who do I need to kill?"

"My dad."

"...That's slightly complicated. What did he do?"

He takes Ben's hand and squeezes it and lets go.