Kuroba. At first, the name doesn't sound familiar to his ears, his head lifting as a look of confusion passed over the proxy's face. He's grown so used to addressing the male as Kaito that he had nearly forgotten the other name that he went by, not to mention the fact that exhaustion pulled at his every limb, trying to lull him back into darkness. Ever since he got a lance firmly through the chest, he's been lapsing in and out of sleep, his body desperately attempting to catch up and mend the damage that had been done to him by Uriel. Obviously that had been pretty distracting for the lion, but that didn't mean that he had just forgotten about Kaito. No, he definitely remembered the other, he just hadn't really had a chance to interact with the other much since he had welcomed him back into the group. Once the gears in Aurum's head were spinning, the male shaking off the cobwebs of sleep from his mind, he seemed to remember who was asking to come in. Stretching out a wing, Aurum rumbled from the bed he was in, wanting to get up but knowing full well that probably wouldn't end well, "Yeah, you can come in... the door's open. I'd let you in myself, but I can't really get off the bed right now." It felt lazy, making Kaito let himself into the house, but... Aurum really couldn't help it. Even as he just put his chin back down on the cushioned surface of his bed, sleep was calling to him seductively, although he held fast, flattening his ears to his head and letting out a soft huff of air in frustration. Aurum had always absolutely hated being injured, not only because of the pain and annoyances it brought with it, but because of the fact that it meant he couldn't really go out freely and enjoy himself. He was already beginning to feel isolated and trapped, the urge to pace around the room fighting it out with the urge to just collapse into a deep sleep again. He also didn't want to make people come to see him for companionship, so he supposed that he was very lucky that Kaito had decided to come on his own, like a very sweet saving grace about the whole unpleasant situation.

Aurum really didn't enjoy people pitying him. Never had, and never would. Even as he saw the look in Kaito's eyes when he stepped inside, Aurum winced a little bit, a sigh leaving him. He knew the wound looked pretty bad right now, all messily bandaged up and still very much in the process of healing while he slept, but he still never enjoyed worrying others. Wings shifting upon his back, Aurum quickly shook his head, eager to change the subject as he rumbled, "No, no, don't worry, you're not bothering me. Things get pretty boring around here when I can't do much more than just sit and read, you know?" It wasn't that he didn't enjoy reading – it was, in fact, one of his favorite pastimes – but when you were injured and it was one of the only things you could do constantly? It got the slightest bit old pretty quickly. Upon seeing the board games that Kaito had brought with him, Aurum perked up a little in interest, curiosity filling the proxy. Slowly but surely the male moved down from his bed, speaking slowly as he moved to inspect the games, "Huh. I wouldn't mind playing something... I've never really played any board games before though, so I'd have to learn the rules."

When Kaito's eyes flicked across the slightly messy bandages that covered his chest... well, Aurum tried his best not to wince. He was fone, really. It wasn't that bad of a wound, and it didn't need that much fussing over. Sure, it ached a bit, and the whole scene after it had first happened had been pretty fucking scary, but he was doing better now... he didn't need help. Forcing a smile onto his muzzle, the lion shook his head before rumbling softly, his voice warm even through the grogginess that pulled at his fur, "Ah... I'm alright. This is far from the first time I've been injured... not to mention everyone I've already got fussing over me. Roy is a mess after everything that happened, not to mention Selby's visits..." He looked down at the ground thoughtfully for a moment before shaking his head, a soft chuckle leaving him. He looked up again when a game was placed in front of him, blinking at the name of it. Battleship. As he listened to the rules Kaito laid out Aurum noted that it sounded like a war game, albeit quite the simple one. Reaching out with large paws, the proxy pulled his pieces towards him, saying as he surveyed the board full of possible places to put them, "I see... I'm assuming this is supposed to be some kind of psychological game, to not let your opponent figure out where your ships are?" He had played games similar to this back when he had been a cub and he and Poet needed something to do together, but they were hardly this advanced, and usually just involved sketching lines and symbols in the dirt.

Uncomfortable and then right back to smiling. Not exactly an uncommon occurence for Aurum, who always tended to put other's comfort before his own. In this case, however, he just didn't want to dwell on the unpleasant emotions, having had far more than enough of that in recent times. Just lying on the ground nearly dying while listening to his son sobbing for him to survive was enough to meet his "suffering" meter for a lifetime. Taking a deep breath, the proxy looked over the board of ships for a long moment before he finally spoke, "Hmm... B5, then?" Despite having been around Kaito for a little while now, and having gotten to like the kid well enough, it wasn't as if Aurum knew how the other thought when it came to war games like this. So, for now he was going in blindly, trying to tell where ships might be strategically hidden away.

Aurum's tail flicked absently behind him as he focused on the game, a faint smile appearing on his face when he heard Kaito. Shaking his head, ths lion rumbled softly to the other, "I'm afraid not. E5?" As he awaited the other's answer, he allowed his eyes to rake slowly over the board in front of him, his head tilting thoughtfully to one side, "Hmm... have you played games like these often?" He found himself curious, considering he didn't know that much about Kaito yet. He seemed like a good kid at heart, but Aurim knew very little about the male's past, or who he really was.