Tora had missed whatever had Jocelyn momentarily surprised. too lost in his own thoughts. Why was the princess allowing him to come to her home? Joking aside he had been called cute, but that didn't warrant being invited over, she clearly wasn't doing so out of desire for him. The notion she had of him having some drama to deal with technically wasn't wrong, but her thought as to what that drama was exactly was. He couldn't well explain to her what had him so worked up, not without being sent to a ward for being clinically nuts. What's more, now that he'd been around a while there was something bothering him about that Miss Dominique. He really couldn't place it, but something didn't sit well with Tora about that woman. It was like she knew more than she let on and was waiting, but waiting for what? Part of him almost felt he should confront her later and demand answers, just to make sure Jocelyn wasn't in any immediate danger. Hm... Though if he was wrong and she was totally innocent then he'd be in an awful lot of trouble. 

Just what was the deal with Jocelyn's aunt anyways? She made the woman sound like a total pain in the ass, Tora was sure she couldn't be that bad. He would find out soon enough, they were just approaching the princess' house now. They had barely pulled into the driveway when a woman approached them, probably the infamous aunt in question. Watching with a hint of curiosity as she embraced Jocelyn he still didn't quite know to make of her. She seemed nice, if a touch too eccentric. She wasn't too bad until she suddenly tried to come at him with a hug, making Tora recoil in surprise. Blinking as Jocelyn stopped her aunt he breathed a sigh of relief, not very keen on having that woman anywhere near him. Seeing the princess duck inside he hoped to do the same, unfortunately being stopped along the way. Chuckling uncertainly while being questioned Tora looked back at the woman, smiling meekly as he rubbed at the back of his neck. "I uh... Well you see..." Jesus, was this woman for real? Thankfully Aidan saw fit to intervene, cutting the overexcited woman off and giving him a window to escape. Nodding gratefully Tora rushed up the stairs, not so much as glancing back lest he warrant more questions.

"I swear... I felt like that woman was going to hug the crap out of my soul..." Tora complained, shutting Jocelyn's door behind him. "Is that seriously how she's always like? The woman seems nuts!" Hell, she didn't really even know who he was! Sure there was no reason to think he might do something badly, but who was that friendly to a total stranger? Christ, if the lady knew just who she was talking to she wouldn't have been half as keen to allow him inside, let alone anywhere near her niece. At least Aidan had been kind enough to distract her, he'd have to remember to thank the guy later. Dropping his bag onto the floor by the door Tora stuffed his hands into his pockets, leaning against the wall and sighing exasperatedly. "Don't get me wrong, she seems like. But I feel like I'm getting the world's kindest interrogation from her, and it's just weird... Is she going to do that at dinner too?" He had thought about pulling the 'We're dating' card tonight just to tick off Jocelyn, but with all the nonsense he was likely going to have to deal with already he didn't want to add onto that. "So... Why did you bring me here? Are you my keeper or something now?"