if everything was plain to see

 "Are you his boyfriend?" The guy next door asked Louie when he brought the rent. Of course, he was very apologetic. At least Naia had gotten on at a company that provided daycare and Chai had found work at a restaurant. 

"Oh, no," Louie blushed at the question. "Chewy lives with me and my girlfriend," Louie told him, he didn't think Chewy was seeing anyone lately. 

"I see," Chai nodded with a toothy grin. Finally, Louie invited him in and got him a bottle of water.

Chai wondered if they were too noisy. The baby Daisy didn't like the move. "She's up a lot during the night." He told him Naia could sleep through anything.

"Oh, is she yours?"

"Just a guardian," he winced. "Sometimes, I feel I'm not doing enough."

"But you've been taking care of her," Louie thought that had to count for something.

"I need to be working," he said he wasn't any more than a noodle cook. "At least, I can learn more at the restaurant," Chai told him it was up and coming. 

"I hope it works out for you," Louie told him Chewy might be between jobs himself soon too. It was that reason why he was renting out his grandmother's home that she'd left him.

"Maybe he could work at the restaurant," Chai said they were in need of waiters.

"Oh, I dunno, if Chewy could stoop that low," Louie smiled, but who knows, "You should let him know."

Louie had a feeling Chewy would say NO if he were to mention the opportunity, but coming from Chai he might react differently.