thinking out loud

She gave him a small smile, her lips curling gently at the sides.

“Ah, hi— I’m Natsume.” She said with a light chuckle. “Alexei—- huh? Is that foreign?”

What a simple question— Surely, she could do better! And yet, her mind was coming to a blank. Well, this social butterfly was seemingly missing her wings. What now?

"Yes...it's foreign! I am from Russia, in fact. Alexei Ivanovich Glazkov, full name—  but yeah...it's better if you only use Alex!"

Then, that particular question was asked, and Alexei laughed - him, contaminated? Well, that just couldn't be, of course! They were in a safe space, after all...although, he still worried.

He really didn’t want to wake up…it all hurt - the smell of oxidized metal invaded his nose and his back ached, it was all wrong. He tried to stand up, but he couldn’t. It was all terrifying, and horrid…he didn’t even know what the person was talking about! But…he couldn’t move. Alexei felt his eyes watering, as he just couldn’t move…all he could do, was hear the voice of the woman…and then, the security guards - he didn’t want them to put him to sleep, not at all…but he couldn’t fight couldn’t he? It was only a matter of…ti…me… sleep.

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…His pillow has very comfortable, was it not? He just really wanted to sleep forever in it…but that one voice…has always been pressuring him. He groaned, and slowly looked at the TV. Oh…it’s that woman…from the bus…that took him… and didn’t give him a good pillow. Alexei crossed his legs and looked at the TV in anticipation.

"Perhaps this will be interesting…hello…Miss. Momoku!"

He listened with attention, but then his smile turned into a frown…EMD? He had obviously heard of that but…had it really gone that far? He thought it was…done for…but not. So, they were doing this for their good? He didn’t even want to know — he was just glad he was doing okay. Alexei played with his fingers, slowly listening to the broadcast…and then it came to an end, nice!

"Thank you very much, Ms. Momoku! I’ll be sure to be happy, alright?"

He leaped out of his bed, made sure he looked his best and headed towards the cafeteria, just to calm down about the entire situation and reflect…but turns out, there wasn’t many peace there - he did catch a girl that didn’t have anyone to talk to so, he headed over there with no absolute consideration.