[Goddamnit he'd never say no, mask or not, most of the time doesn't even say no if he doesn't give a damn about the person and his expression is edging toward a genuinely upset sort of irritation until she looks at him. It doesn't leave, but it doesn't get worse as she goes on and a slight curiosity filters in, just tiny twitches of his mouth and narrowing of his eyes. He kind of tilts his head and kind of ducks it, both movements a little too slight for them to be bashful - more like he's literally trying to see what she's saying with a better angle.
After a moment he realizes he's half-staring at her while he sorts through his thoughts and focuses, slightly, one thumb rubbing over her hand like it'll reassure her while he chooses where to start with that.]
I - [Huff.] Didn't wanna be around anyone. Kinda. Only wanted to...
[He trails off and shrugs with the shoulder not attached to the hand gripping her. Only wanted to be around the people his mask showed him.]
Got real damn paranoid about everyone - [Not else, because that lumps her in with the everyone else and that's not true and he already told her that. And also because they weren't real, and she is] - here.
[A beat where he tries to explain, but showing is always easier and the next moment has him pulling out his tiny bottle of pills. Though he doesn't let go of the bottle. Just holds it up.]
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After a moment he realizes he's half-staring at her while he sorts through his thoughts and focuses, slightly, one thumb rubbing over her hand like it'll reassure her while he chooses where to start with that.]
I - [Huff.] Didn't wanna be around anyone. Kinda. Only wanted to...
[He trails off and shrugs with the shoulder not attached to the hand gripping her. Only wanted to be around the people his mask showed him.]
Got real damn paranoid about everyone - [Not else, because that lumps her in with the everyone else and that's not true and he already told her that. And also because they weren't real, and she is] - here.
[A beat where he tries to explain, but showing is always easier and the next moment has him pulling out his tiny bottle of pills. Though he doesn't let go of the bottle. Just holds it up.]