help me -- private / hazel

[tori]

The sound of Hazel yelping in surprise and jolting on her bed made Alex flinch, immediately regretting his decision, but he stayed in place only because turning tail and running would have been even weirder than the approach. "S-sorry! It's Alex!" He let out a wheeze himself, feeling insecurity crawling up his spine. No, no he could do this. He could...socialize.

The door was open she said, and he checked to find it indeed was open, leaving him awkwardly standing in the doorway. Part of him wanted to check and see if she was okay, but the other part told him it was rude to go barging into someone's room unless they were passed out or dying, two things he wished he was right about now. He took a deep breath, chewing on the inside of his cheek while he struggled at the same time to find the words he wanted. "You don't mind if I just kinda....talk to you, right?" Right off the bat he felt intrusive and annoying, and he blew a stray strand of hair away from his line of vision. He rubbed his arm, leaning up against the door frame, failing to hold eye contact. "It's weird, so you can kick me out if you want, but everyone else is either gone or acting really, really off." He frowned, crossing his arms to feel more secure. "And your existence is comforting." But he didn't say that, that would be weird. He wondered though, he wanted to know what it was about her. Or at the very least, he wanted to not have that wall of not knowing her as well as he'd like to.

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