Kyra

"Sweet young men need to be smooched by their parents. If I don't, they'll take away my mom license."

- Kyra embarrassing Cove in front of the protagonist

Kyra is a character in Our Life: Beginnings & Always. She is the mother of Cove. She first appears at the beginning of Step 2.

Appearance
Kyra has light green hair that gradually becomes the same color as Cove's hair at the tips, ocean blue eyes along with a light tan skin tone and a sun tattoo on her chest. They described her as young-looking and really pretty the first time the protagonist saw her. However, she seemed short for an adult according to their judgement.

In Step 2, she wears a white tube top, a see-through cardigan with a tropical design, denim shorts and a belt wrapped around her waist, along with a couple of assorted bracelets. She has manicured nails. During Step 3, she wears a purple sweater, light blue pants, and a different set of bracelets.

Personality
Kyra can often be described as a cheerful and optimistic person. She’s not afraid to openly display her affection for Cove, often embarrassing him in front of the protagonist with her actions. She’s prone to teasing her son and the main character especially if Cove has a crush on them depending on if the players choose the crush level option. Kyra also displays her maturity when deflecting the protagonists questions regarding her personal life such as her reasons for divorcing Cliff or if she’s in a new relationship. This maturity appears yet again when she allows Cove to choose when he wanted to confront his dad about how he felt displeased with his bad habit of springing unexpected surprises on him known as “Cliffords Surprise.” She is also visibly unamused by this predicament as it is hinted this isn’t the first time she was subjected to her ex husband’s unwelcome surprises.

She’s also shown to have an easy going parenting approach to Cove, exemplified when she doesn’t scold him or the protagonist after they walked in the house drenched from an unexpected Sun Shower, whereas the protagonist’s moms would’ve reacted more negatively. However, this does not mean she will approve of or go along with anything such as her voicing her disapproval of Cliff offering the protagonist money in Step 1 or showing concern upon discovering Cove’s attempts of running away in Step 1. Both cases only occur if the player chooses to reveal these secrets in Step 2.

Despite her charming and endearing personality, she is not without her faults. Kyra is shown to often be impulsive and thoughtless which is displayed when she takes Cove and the protagonist on a spur of the moment drive in “Escapades” and takes them to a cinema to watch a horror movie without considering their preferences. This can end in the protagonist running out of the cinema in fear if the player chooses to do so or with Cove voicing his discomfort. Kyra apologizes by purchasing food for them. Cove may have gotten these traits from her.

She still retains most of her personality traits in Step 3, especially with her affectionate nature with her son and to an extent, the protagonist.

Cove
Cove is Kyra's son. Kyra often teases Cove, though this is her way of showing affection. She often dotes on him and calls him her baby. She also likes showing her love through physical affection like squeezing Cove's cheeks, tapping the end of his nose, or ruffling his hair. She deeply cares for him; keeping his room clean in her apartment and making sure he eats well.

At the start of Step 2, she was confused by Cove's frustration with her surprise visit instigated by his father. She offers to go back and let him visit her instead, showing her understanding side whenever he's upset. Kyra often makes sure that the memories she makes with her son are unforgettable. As such, she grabs opportunities that will help them bond more like their impromptu movie-viewing in "Escapade".

Cove also takes after her habit of purchasing multiple items off of menus in order to mix and match each food upon consumption. The earliest hint of this is shown when he mixed his cake and ice cream in a soup slurry during Miranda’s birthday party. This also happened when Cove ate both his Crepe and smoothie at the same time in “Hangout”, and when he ordered everything on the desert menu in “Late Night Shifts” so that he could mix them.

Cliff
Cliff was formerly married to Kyra. Although divorced, they retain a good relationship as friends with Kyra staying at the Holdens as a guest to visit Cove during Step 2 as one of Cliff's surprises to his son. She playfully teases him sometimes but also reprimands him whenever he does something that displeases her and Cove, like with his aforementioned habit of making surprises without the knowledge of other people.

Main Character
Kyra is also shown to be friendly towards the main protagonist and shows a high level of interest in them due to Cove not giving too much details about them to his mom. She mentions that Cove often speaks fondly of the protagonist whenever he visits her, and will resort to teasing him if he has a crush on them by stating that they look cute together. She even takes a surprise picture of them both during their trip to the National RedWood Park.

She is thankful to the protagonist for keeping her son company for all these years.

If the protagonist is dating Cove in Step 3, they can greet her as “Mom 3” during a phone call with Cove, resulting in him immediately regretting to put his phone on speaker due to his embarrassment.

Pamela & Noelani
Kyra is on friendly terms with both moms as she is eager to be good neighbors with them even during her temporary visit. Both Pamela and Noelani show that they trust her with taking the protagonist out to dine, go to the mall, and even go for a drive as long as they return on time.

Kyra and Pamela share a specific sense of humor that both the protagonist and Cove do not understand. They are shown to joke around with each other and be playful.

Noelani is very considerate to Kyra and feels sorry when everyone goes out to eat outside on the day before her arrival. Both her and Pamela promise to take her out to a restaurant again with the others when Kyra arrives from Nevada.

Trivia

 * It was mentioned in one of GB Patch's tumblr posts that Cliff was nineteen and Kyra was eighteen when Cove was born.
 * Kyra's sexuality is straight.