[color=violet]"..."[/color] [color=gold][b]*knock knock*[/b][/color] [color=violet]"..."[/color] [color=gold][b]*knock-*[/b][/color] [color=violet]"Aaah, what do you want?! Go away!"[/color][hr][center][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/DmG8Zcc.png[/IMG] [i]-Naomi's Free Time Events: 1-[/i][/center][hr] Naomi jumped up while on her bed, lashing out after tolerating the [i]incessant knocking[/i] at her door for far too long. She tossed her pillow at it, a soft thud resounding on contact. It was silent for a few moments until a voice responded from the other side. "Can I come in now?" it asked, disregarding Naomi's state almost entirely. The voice was very soft and feminine- one of the other female students if she had to guess. [color=violet]"No! Go away!"[/color] the linguist shouted in response. "Why?" a confused reply came. Naomi blinked twice. 'Why,' they asked. Wasn't it obvious?! Naomi didn't want to deal with any of them! All those guys do is just fight, fight and fight some more... it was the same yesterday, too! If she opened the door now, whoever was on the other end would probably just look to drag her into all of it as well. "Are you scared? You shouldn't be scared, I think. Nobody's going to harm you. I don't want to do it either." The linguist blinked in disbelief once more, baffled by the reply. Carefully she slid her legs back over the side of the bed. Slowly but surely Naomi approached the door, but didn't open or unlock it yet. She just held her hand against the frame. [color=violet]"Why are you here?"[/color] she asked. "I don't really like the others, either." Gosh, why was this other girl so vague all the time?! Naomi wanted to turn around and jump back on her bed, but she had a feeling that the knocking would just resume the moment this other person didn't get another reply. Naomi unlocked the door and opened it ever so slightly, peering through the crack. The girl on the other side was really short. Her hair looked to be slightly messy and the pair of glasses on her nose was slightly off-center. Naomi didn't really recognize her, but she hadn't really paid much attention to the other students to begin with. The short girl didn't bother looking through the crack, instead keeping her gaze fixated right in front of her. "You opened the door... does that mean you trust me now?" she asked nonchalantly. [color=violet]"No it doesn't!"[/color] Naomi replied. "Yeah, that makes sense. I'm not going to force you to trust me." This girl was so weird! Her answers were both honest and vague, leaving the linguist to wonder what it meant. The small girl really did seem harmless, though... so Naomi stepped back and opened the door further. [color=violet]"It was annoying to talk to you like that... but you're not coming inside! I just wanted to see your face properly,"[/color] the linguist clarified. The eyes of the other girl lazily turned in their sockets once the door opened, giving Naomi the feeling like they were looking past her rather than at her. "Your room... is the same as the others," the small girl said before finally looking up and meeting Naomi's own gaze. "I don't think staying here is any safer than anywhere else. I think the thief could pick the lock pretty easily." [color=violet]"Wha-!"[/color] Naomi was taken back by the sudden declaration and took a step back, furrowing her brow and nearly slamming the door shut then and there. [color=violet]"What do you know?! I'm not scared of them! I don't have any reason to!"[/color] she lashed out. "Ah, really? Okay then... I was worried you were," the short girl replied again. Naomi crossed her arms. [color=violet]"Worried? Why be worried about me? I don't even know you,"[/color] the linguist growled to the small girl. "Oh... you don't? I'm Ayu Usui. Isn't there a profile of me in your student PDA?" she replied. Naomi looked to her right, to a small drawer located next to the door. She'd thrown the device there after locking the door behind her, so she picked it back up again and scrolled through. Just as Ayu said, there was a profile right there detailing everything about the girl. She didn't have a talent, though... [color=violet]"You still didn't answer my question,"[/color] Naomi reminded Ayu. "Oh, why I was worried? Well... I just wanted to reassure you, I suppose. No real reason needed." And with those words, Ayu turned around and hopped off the steps to Naomi's cabin. The latter was briefly stunned by the display, but then called out towards the retreating figure once the light shock wore off. [color=violet]"H-Hey! Where are you going?!"[/color] "Somewhere else," Ayu replied without breaking her stride. Naomi puffed up her chest. [color=violet]"Fine! Just leave then,"[/color] she shouted back and slammed the door shut, before turning around and leaning back against it. Her heart was throbbing out of her chest from the encounter. [color=1386EC](Why is everyone here so crazy!? Why was she so calm?! I don't get any of this!! ... Was she... really worried about me?)[/color] [center][b][color=AFEEEE]Naomi and Ayu grew a little closer today![/color][/b][/center]