Let they are.

It takes a bit to get a hang of the controls, and there are some tricks to some of the levels that Anthony needs Kaede to show him how to get past, but they can pass some more time like this.

And eventually it is dinnertime!

Ooh! … What are they getting.

Shrimp with pumpkin!

Interesting combination! He tries it with nonzero gusto.

Kaede's stepmom and young brother are also present. They are not extremely curious about Anthony beyond small pleasantries but Jonathan does talk a lot and is in fact more outgoing than Samantha.

He tries to be pleasant back, eating slowly as he does so, but fails slightly at being non-awkward.

And eventually dinner evolves into dessert (chocolate fudge cake) which evolves into Anthony having to go.

His mom appears to pick him up. She introduces herself to Takuma and his wife.

Anthony loiters a bit, not knowing whether or not to risk a hug. "I'll message you later?" he says.

"Yeah. See you later, Anthony." And he does hug him. Manly hugs. So heterosexual.

As friends. Both male. Both clearly heterosexual. So platonic.

Anthony detaches after what is hopefully a non-noteworthy amount of time, and then he and his mom go to their car and leave.

Takuma is pleased with this turn of events. He is even more pleased that his son seems to have decided to stay male for the rest of the year, and is gleefully ignorant of how dysphoria affects him.

She hates her father so much.

After Anthony visits one more time Kaede's allowed to visit him. And it's on a girl day (because she does have a little bit of control over this with enough advance warning) so she packs girl clothes into her backpack and as soon as she gets to his place and Takuma's gone she changes.

Anthony pulls a bit of a face.

"How are you holding up?"

"Much better now, although it's not like the physical part of the dysphoria is fixable."

He frowns and moves to hug her.

Yes please so much hug.

They can hug for some time, then.

Anthony does eventually ask, "So what do you want to do today?"

"I don't know, I guess you can show me around?"

"I guess you haven't seen much of the house yet," he shrugs. "Well – not that it's large – but, still."

"Still," she agrees.

"Well – my room," he says, gesturing at the space around them. He then gestures to the door. "Over into the hallway?"

"Yeah sure!"

Out to the hallway they go! "That one's my parents' room." Point. "Bathroom." Another point. "Spare room." More point.