It's Not Girl Scouts [Seiji]

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

Pandora stood in front of Seiji's door after a few slight knocks and a text message to his phone. She didn't have any reason to be here considering that it was around 1AM and she was pretty sure that Seiji could either be asleep or awake doing god knows what. The first day of classes were just around the corner, two days to be exact and she knew that she still had preparation to be done. This would be her last year of college if she played her cards right and the fashion and design program wouldn't allow just anyone to graduate. She had portfolios and work that had to be done throughout the year and even though she knew this, she still managed to get side tracked all summer long. Darn those procrastination skills, they never helped out in the long run. 

So now she was here, just standing here with a mixture of white acadamia nut cookies and regular chocolate chip cookies in tupperware. Pandora was currently running off of one and a half hour of sleep and only because she couldn't sleep. She had been stressing about her last year of college so much that anxiety and stress got the best of her. The last time she found herself relaxed and stress free was during her Auction Date with Seiji and since then she hadn't gotten the time to hang out with him. So during her sleepless day, she decided to bake tons of cookies, some for her roommates and herself and some for Seiji. The first day that they met, she remembered a promise she made to him about baking or cooking for him... she just hoped he didn't mind the late night intrusion. 

The golden barbie continued to stand outside his door with her golden locks up in a messy bun, a oversize shirt, sweat pants and colorful socks and her face looking as natural as ever without makeup. Ugh, I hope I don't scare him off. I have enough bags under my eyes to hold a shopping spree. She was a bit worried if he'd answer or better yet, un-phased by the fact that she was showing up this late. Actually, she was mostly worried about if he'd like the cookies or not. They weren't girl scout cookies but hopefully they were just as good. 

Her Look

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji had actually been asleep for once at this very early hour in the morning when most probably should have been already asleep with trying to get their bodies used to waking up for school again. It was just a few days ago that Seiji had lost a bet to Sapphire and had to go to the spa and hair salon. The bet was so unfair and he should have known he was going to lose but he made the bet anyways and lost. To a snake. He had to get his hair all cut and got like the whole full spa treatment. He had the money for it and it had been very realizing so he didn't have any real regrets on it. He did regret a little was getting the whole new wardrobe, only because the clothing was pretty much what he normally would wear just with small changes in the design and it was certainly a little bit pricier.

Not that any of that mattered at the moment since Seiji was currently lost in dream land. His upper half of his body on the bed while the lower half was on the floor. He was just in a pair of red boxers since he didn't ever really sleep in a shirt, with Ghost lying over his legs. The snakes knew better than to join their master in his bed, but there was no rule against them sleeping on him so when Ghost spotted his master only half making it to his bed after doing some late night study he took advantage of the situation and the warmth. Seiji didn't even hear the knocking at the door but all of his snakes did. Leevi, Akiko, and Sapphire remaining in their tanks but Ghost wrapped the end of his body around Seiji's ankle and basically pulled him enough to cause Seiji to fall the rest of the way out of his bed.

"Hmm?" Seiji quickly mumbled soon after hitting the floor. Rubbing his face and pushing his newly cut hair back some. Ghost informing him that someone was knocking at the door as the snake already slithered out of the room. "Coming!" Seiji spoke up loud enough in hopes the person would hear, still working on waking up as he made his way to the door, not even thinking to put a shirt on. "Oh, Pandora. Hello. Oh, are you okay?" Seiji asked, concern in his voice because it was late at night. He was already stepping out of the way so she could come in, his eyes following to look at the cookies. Ghost already moving his four foot body closer to Pandora to say hello and be petted.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

A loud thud sound caused her to scrunch her face in confusion, wondering what the noise was all about. She moved her ear closer to the door only to see if she could hear footsteps... which she could and also Seiji saying that he was on his way to the door. Pandora stepped back a bit as her hazel eyes looked straight ahead until she saw Seiji open the door. He looked sleepy, groggy even, and this is where she felt bad for waking him up but at the same time she was glad that he came to the door. Feeling her face getting hot from his lack of clothing, her eyes lit up at the sight of him. He looked different, well it was the good kind of different. The hair on his head and face was different, styled... well bed head styled now but it still looked good, he looked good.

"Oh, Pandora. Hello. Oh, are you okay?" She soon snapped out of it and took a few steps into his dorm. Her big hazel eyes looking sympathetic up at him, "I-I'm sorry for waking you up." Looking down, she smiled at Ghost and finger waved at him before petting him. He was new to her but she figured if the rest of Seiji's snakes were anything like Akiko, they would be friendly enough to let her touch them. Pan looked back up at Seiji and offered him the tupperware full of cookies, "I'm fine- I couldn't sleep, so I ended up baking tons of cookies and thought I should bring you some." 

Rubbing the back of her neck, she smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, I know... Who bakes cookies in the middle of the night? Silly me, of course." Insomnia got the best of her and she didn't want to say it but she'd rather deal with it around Seiji. "I should let you get back to sleep."

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji didn't even notice that Pandora was looking him over and his latest 'upgrade' after his whole loss of a bet. He still did not even realize that he was standing in front of her in just his boxers. He just blinked sleepily, but his worry for if Pandora was okay was causing him to wake up a bit more. Rubbing at his eyes and letting out a yawn as he worked on getting himself fully awake so he could be attentive and ready to act at a moment’s notice if Pan indeed needed his help in any way. He just started to smile a little as she looked at him with those amazingly beautiful eyes of hers and apologize. Seiji's mind distracted for a moment, wondering if her eye color was because of her mutation or if she got it from her mother or father. "Oh, don't worry about it. Ghost actually was the one to wake me up and I was not fully in my bed so it was good that I was awakened." Seiji assured her since every time he fell asleep on the floor he would feel it in the morning and it was not a good feeling.

Ghost's end of his body; his tail, wagged as Pandora bent down and pet him. The snake more than pleased that she didn't even hesitate about it and he was more than pleased to get the chance to meet the human female that Akiko talked so much about. "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that you were not able to sleep. Maybe having some tea would help." Seiji said as he moved over to the common area to already work on getting some tea but paused as his mind registered that she had baked cookies. He could not help but to chuckle a little at the fact that she had made cookies at such a time, but they were cookies. He could not help but to blush a little as she had bought some for him, which he thought was insanely nice of her. "Thank you. That actually means a lot. You remembered your promise from when we first met." Seiji said as he just smiled at her, feeling more awake now. "So milk instead of tea then? Warm milk?" Seiji asked, knowing that warm milk was also helpful with getting some sleep and would also be great with cookies.

He shook his head at her concern and worry over the whole fact of baking at the time that she had. He didn't mind it at all and he actually frowned a little when she said she should let him get back to sleep. He was up now. "Well...I'm up now so if you wanted to hang out and eat those cookies until you started to feel sleepy, I would enjoy the company." Seiji informed her with Ghost head nodding in agreement since he could not speak. "Oh, this is Ghost and he said it good to finally meet you." Seiji pointed out and then scratched his chest. A blush spreading across his face as he felt his bare skin under his nails, realizing now that he was shirtless. Shirtless and in front of Pandora.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

She took a deep breath as she smiled, glad that he didn't mind her waking up but at the same time she still felt a bit guilty. Pandora always felt that she was somewhat a selfish person who didn't know how to be alone. It was like she always needed to have someone around her to feel comfortable and apparently Seiji was this someone. Remembering side comments from others about how she always needed some sort of attention and company. Which wasn't always true... it wasn't. Or at least Pan didn't think it was true. She wasn't sure what it was but she could in her own company if she wanted to...

He mentioned tea and then warm milk, she nodded softly, "That would be great and it's no problem, really. I try to keep my promises but milk is just fine." He wanted her company? Well that was always a good thing, right? Smiling, she looked around the room before looking back down at where Ghost was. Why would she be looking anywhere but down for a snake? No idea, but she did. "Aaaww, it's nice to finally meet you as well." Her attention drawing back to Seiji. There was something about Seiji that made Pandora feel uncomfortable and she wasn't too sure if it was in a good or a bad way... "You look really good by the way. I-I mean for just waking up, you know. I really like the new look."

The golden skinned girl shrugged and smiled innocently, gesturing towards him. "It fits you." Being all flustered and blushing around Seiji was new for her.

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji really didn’t have a problem with people waking him up if they were seeking out his company in anyways. It made him feel wanted and it certainly made him pleased that someone would want to come to him when they were feeling distress of any nature. Friends were supposed to be there for you no matter what; so no matter how late it was, Seiji was always going to be up for being there for his friends when they wanted him. It was better to be wanted then avoided like he had been when he was a little kid and for a few years growing up. “Milks it is then.” Seiji said as he moved to get out mugs so he could at least warm the milk up a little. Already pulling out the milk right after having the mugs out, glancing over at Pandora who was giving Ghost the attention the dog trapped in a snake’s body loved oh so much. Ghost’s tail wagging back and forth as he looked up at Pandora, nuzzling his head against her foot and a little bit of her leg.

The awkward feeling of realizing that he was shirtless just got worse as Pandora committed on how he looked really good. Liking his new look. Seiji most certainly was bushing, bad. The red color not just being on his face but starting to spread over the rest of his body as his mouth opened up. “Thank you so much for the compliment. I lost a bet to Sapphire and had to get a new style to my body as well as my wardrobe. I uh didn’t mean to answer the door without a shirt; I just tend to fall asleep without a shirt on. I get pretty warm so just sleep in my boxers almost every night. Still I should have put a shirt on. I’m so sorry.” Seiji went on a full speed ramble, his words almost running together as he practically bolted into his bed room. Avoiding stepping on Ghost without difficulty as he dashed into his room and over to his drawer to get out a black tank top and slipped it on. Taking a deep breath and working on calming himself down as he exited his room and went back to the common area kitchen.

“Warm milk, right.” Seiji said after clearing his throat and went back to pouring the milk into the mugs and putting them into the microwave to heat them up quickly. “Umm…we can hang out in my room if you like. I have a TV and some movies if you wanted to like do something while we ate cookies. Or we could hang out here if you are more comfortable with that.” Seiji then suggested while he waited for the milk to heat up.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

Since the day that they met, Seiji had always been very kind to her. They never really talked about how they saw each other but from her understanding, they were becoming good friends. Just the fact that he asked if she was okay the moment she appeared at his door, it showed how much he cared. Or at least Pandora felt as if he cared. 

Her eyes followed Seiji as he started getting the milk read. Feeling Ghost nuzzle his head against her foot, she looked down and smiled at him before looking back up at Seiji. She smiled softly, as a brow raised. "You're welcome and it's okay, you're at home, you should be as comfortable as you'd like." A bet? Pandora was a fan if both Seiji's old and new look, it was really his personality that won her over but the new look was an added plus. She was going to assure him that he didn't have to apologize but when Seiji quickly ran off to put on clothes, she giggled. It didn't bother her nor did she mind, obviously. She was sure no other female would.

Nodding as she smiled and watched him come back. Her voice became softer as she held the Tupperware full of cookies close to her chest, "Umm, sure. I wouldn't mind watching TV with you..." Apparently he didn't mind either seeing how he came up with the idea. It wasn't like she was in jeans or outerwear, she had on oversize pajamas so she would be fine with sitting on his bed. 

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji was kind to all, just a little more so to those that he knew better and counted as his friends. If some stranger came knocking at his door then there would have been no way that he would have invited them inside. Unless it was a student who was perhaps crying and seeking his help as the side effect specialist. even if it was way past his office hours, if someone really needed him then he would help. Yet if it was just something like with Pandora, then they had to at least be his friends for him to be willing to stay awake and hand out with them. So Pandora thinking that Seiji cared about her would have been the right assumption on the matter since he cared for his fellow college student a lot. "Thank you, but you are my guest and as a host you are supposed to make sure your guest is comfortable." Seiji pointed out when he returned with the tank top on and handle the whole milk situation.

Ghost having been satisfied with the attention he got from Pandora headed back into Seiji's room to tell all the other snakes what was going on since they were all asking and starting to peek out of their tanks. You guys make too big of a deal over me having guest. Seiji pointed out to his snakes in their heads and got a whole lot of comments at once that it caused him to wince. That had been a bad idea to talk to them all at once, knowing they would likely do the same but it was too late to prevent that small moment of pain that he went through. He noticed that Pandora was speaking lower now and worried if she was not feeling well. If that was the case then he didn't want to give her warm milk and possibly make things worse. He smiled at her when she said sure to the whole watching TV with him.

"Wonderful. You can just go ahead and sit on my bed if you like. The snakes should all still be in the tanks so you should not have to worry about stepping on any of them." Seiji informed her as he careful took the warmed up milk out of the microwave and carried it to his bedroom. Thankful that he had not awakened up his other roommates, but he had yet to really run into any of his roommates yet. They were probably just busy, at least that was just what Seiji told himself. Using his foot to carefully move a small table closer to the bed and setting the mugs of warmed milk on it. All the snakes were indeed in their tanks, but all had their heads peeking out and outright staring at Pandora. "I have movies too, or you could pretty much watch anything on TV if you like. I have cable." Seiji offered as he turned on the TV and held out the remote to Pandora.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

It was kind of him to consider her comfort, it really was but Pandora didn't really feel awkward or bothered around a shirtless Seiji. If anything, it made her face flush and she was sure her heartbeat had quickened up for a second but that was the worst of it. It would just have to be some getting used to, feeling like a little school girl around a really attractive guy. She would just have to make sure that he didn't notice her blushing, even with a shirt on. 

"Wonderful. You can just go ahead and sit on my bed if you like. The snakes should all still be in the tanks so you should not have to worry about stepping on any of them." She smiled, "Kay." Accidentally stepping on his snakes would've been the worst, so she was glad that they were off the floor. She had no idea what she would've done if she had accidentally stepped on Akiko or something. Pan stepped into his room and she was pretty impressed. She crawled on his bed with her socks and sat towards the left side of the bed so he could simply sit next to her, instead of her sitting on the right and him having to climb over her or something. "You know, for a guy your room is pretty freakin' neat. You must have girls over to impress, huh?" She giggled, only joking as she opened the lid from the tupperware of cookies and placed them in between her and Seiji. 

Pan wasn't too sure if Seiji was the type but he didn't seem like it. Not that she would judge him if he was or anything like that. She just wanted to tease him. "Cable is fine, I tend to stay awake longer when a show is on compared to a movie. I don't know what it is but movies always make me fall asleep faster." She then pointed to the floor after gratefully taking the remote from him, "Is the boxed tape to ward off evil demons from coming to your bed or something?" She smirked, wanting to hear his answer. 

Pandora then thought about teleporting one of the mugs to her but then remembered what happens when she uses her powers when tired. Last thing she needed was to teleport outside or accidentally teleport one of his snakes to her instead. 

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji had no idea of what he was making Pandora feel or think about since such thoughts didn't really cross his mind unless something was happening to him or it was very obvious. Since he was distracted with making the warm milk and trying to make sure that Pandora was alright he did not really notice. He was a very firm believer that he was pretty much just the ideal friend and that was all he was ever going to be to anyone. Did not matter if they were male or female, that was just how he saw things, and he had reason to back up all of his reason on such matters. Not that he was thinking about any of that as he made his way into his room after Pandora. Getting the whole table set up and setting the drinks down before wondering if he should sit down on the floor or not. When he went to other peoples rooms he tended to sit down on the floor, but he was in his room.

She would probably feel bad if I sat on the floor. Seiji thought to himself as he debated the matter. Blocking out his snakes completely because what they were suggesting would just make him blush bad and possibly faint. Pandora seemed nice and comfy on the bed and after ruffling his hair a little bit he moved over to sit down on the bed next to her. With enough room between them to put the cookies in between and then still some room. He didn't want to make Pandora uncomfortable with sitting on his bed with him after all. Seiji did start to blush however at Pandora's comment, which he of course knew she was teasing, but it still made him blush. "It gets pretty messy when I'm working on something but mostly my office has been taking the brute of the book mess. I uh...you are the second girl to be in my room actually so..." Seiji's voice dropped off as he ruffled his hair once more, going to grab some cookies when Pandora set them between them and opened them up.

They smelled so good that he actually had sort of shoved one all the way into his mouth, making him not be able to talk at first. He just nodded when she picked cable as he covered his mouth. Not wanting her to see his lack of manner with consuming the cookies but he could not help it. Sometimes he just felt really hungry and just shoved things into his mouth, much like a snake. "I thought the goal was to get you sleepy so you fall asleep. Not to keep you up." Seiji pointed out with a small chuckle, wanting to go with the viewing option that would help Pandora sleep. Plus once she fell asleep he could easily take her back to her room unless she wanted to stay here. He doubted the latter, but the option was there. He ruffled his hair as he picked up the warm milk and took a sip at it, at Pandora's question. "My snakes used to have a habit of sneaking into my bed, so I ordered them to never cross the tape line." Seiji admitted and that was pretty much all there was to the reason why he had tape one his floor around his bed.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

She flipped through the channels as Seiji sat on the bed. Around this time there weren't any good shows on, mostly infomercial and a few pastors here and there preaching about something. Well there were always re-runs of past shows on other channels but once she stopped at a channel that showed police officers chasing after idiots, she put the remote down. Cops, was it? This show was always funny and entertaining. Looking over to Seiji, Pan now wondered what his room looked like... and better yet, who the first girl was. 

"Oh..." She simply stated as she grabbed a cookie and held it with her mouth as she reached to grab her own mug of milk from the table. It wasn't like she was jealous or anything, Seiji was a friendly and nice person, he was also attractive... She was sure plenty girls were bound to be around him, probably girls even prettier than her.

Taking a bite of the cookie, she giggled. "I know, I know. I doubt I'll end up staying up for long with how tired I am but if I fall asleep and you need me out, just wake me up." Her face brightened as she watched him stuff a cookie in his face. She would ask if he liked her cookies but the answer was written all in his actions. "I'm glad you like the cookies." Pan eyed the tank before her attention went back to Seiji as she drank some more warm milk. 

"What's wrong with them wanting to sleep with you?" She was curious. Pan knew that she wouldn't be able to sleep with something slithering all over her body all night but Seiji was all about snakes... and that was his ability... to manipulate snakes. She thought he'd be comfortable with the idea. 

[Seiji Lockard]

Sure it was a super big deal for Seiji when he had his first girl over in his room, but it was not really like a super achievement. He was twenty-four years old and to not end up with a girl in his room all the time was just sad really. Not in the sad crying sort of way, but the sad; what was wrong with him kind of way. Things had greatly changed then, and he would say for the better. He now had more friends than he had ever had in his life. It was certainly interesting that most of them were females but after his multiple studies on the mutant gene, he was pretty confident that mutations were just more likely to appear in females since the gene was found in the X chromosomes and girls had two of them. "Yup, but you are the second one so there is that." Seiji pointed out as if that was some sort of achievement but just looked down and went back to eating the cookies and sipping on his milk.

I don't know what to say. I was sleeping. Seiji told his snakes as they complained about him not being smooth at all. "If you want to you could stay the night. I mean like if you wanted to you could take my bed and I set up something on the floor for myself. Or I could carry you back to your room if you want. I'm sure I can carry you with ease with the times I have to carry around Ghost." Seiji said with a small chuckle. Ghost letting out a hiss because he didn't think he was that heavy, but thinking on it he was pretty heavy with being made of all muscle after all. He started to blush more when she pointed out that she was happy that he liked the cookies. His mouth currently full so he could not say anything so just ended up nodding at her and smiling a little. Washing down the cookies in his mouth with some milk to clear up his mouth sooner so he could speak.

"They are delicious, thank you for making them." Seiji said as he grinned at her for a moment before messing with his hair again at her question. "I don't want to have to worry about rolling on one of them in my sleep. Plus they like to go where it is really warm and..." Seiji cleared his throat for a moment, blushing even more. "The warmest part of people’s bodies tend to be their centers...and since Akiko is small...it’s just best if they stay out of my bed. Plus the oils on their skin are different then our and sometimes can be bad for their skin." Seiji started to speak really fast towards the end, fully red by now and feeling hot. Hot to the point that he removed his shirt again and took a deep breath and just shoved more cookies into his mouth.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

"Yup, but you are the second one so there is that." Pan simply continued eating at the current cookie in her hand as she looked at the television. She was sure Seiji hadn't meant it how he said it but could you blame her for feeling weird about it? He pretty much worded it as if she should feel special that she was another chick that got to be in his room. Pandora didn't say much of anything about it, so she just faked a smile as she continued to watch TV.

Even though she could feel her eyelids getting heavier, she tried keeping herself together just for the next few minutes. "I wouldn't want you to have to sleep on the floor or have to carry me. That would be so rude of me." She didn't really want Seiji having to sacrifice his space or his time doing those things. "I won't mind if you just woke me up. I'm sure I could just orb out or something. That way you can have your bed and won't have to worry about carrying me anywhere." 

She did, however stop herself short from saying anything else as her brows raised in amusement. "Now I kinda don't blame you for having restrictions." But then Seiji took his shirt off again and Pandora stared at him, finishing the rest of her cookie and covering her mouth. "Seij, are you okay?" Pan wasn't bothered that his shirt was off she was just close to laughing at the sudden loss of comfort he had and the fact that his face was now red. Hopefully he was going to be okay. She placed a free hand gently on the side of his face just to feel if he was warm.

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji honestly didn’t mean it in terms of her feeling special for being the second girl in his room, and just meant it in a way that he just didn’t get guest over in general. Sure he probably should have said that but as usual he was overthinking things and probably should have just stayed silent. Yes, not saying anything sometimes was the best option for him when he was overthinking and worked up because he was embarrassed or what have you. Seiji was good at least knowing when something was up with someone, well really in terms of those he knew well enough. He figured he knew Pandora enough in terms of being able to tell her real beautiful smile from a fake was; which was still pretty, but he could still tell it was fake. This is why I don’t have people over in my bedroom. Seiji thought to himself with a mental sigh. There was just something about being in his bedroom that just made him all the more sensitive to simple things that just got him super embarrassed.

“I don’t think it would be rude at all. You are my guest so I should make accommodations for you if you decided to stay over. Plus the goal is for you to fall asleep so I would not want to wake you to get you to leave because by the time you return to your room you could no longer be sleepy. Even worse if you say just used your power while sleepy, something bad could happen.” Seiji pointed out, his whole Side-Effect Specialist side kicking in a little more as he brought up her power towards the end. He thought for a moment, debating the matter and figured he could handle it since he handled it before. “You could also just sleep in my bed with me. Not like with with me but as in we both just share the bed if you don’t want me on the floor. Body height would also help with you sleeping if you are the kind of person who likes to be warm when they are sleep. Plus if we just keep back to back it should not be a big deal. Not that I would like try anything because I’m not that kind of guy and you can trust me. If you want to, that is. I’m sorry, ignore me. I’m rambling and probably making things weird for you. I’m so sorry.” Seiji indeed rambled there, speaking fast and ruffling his hair.

He closed his eyes for a moment, just nodding his head when Pandora seemed to understand what he was getting at with his whole rules with his snakes. He could tell them what to do and they were all bounded with him so they would obey him without a shadow of a doubt but it was hard to use terms of forever with them since they perceived time a little differently then humans did. So telling them to not cross the tape on the floor was easier for them to understand to not sneak into his bed. He took his shirt off because he was feeling warm and again it was just sort of a habit for him to end up doing when he got in his room; specifically on his bed. “Oh, me? I’m fine! Just feeling a little bit warm with thinking about certain things and having a pretty girl in my room. Women, you are not a girl. Well you are a girl yes, but you are mature so that makes you a woman and…” Seiji started to ramble again but went completely still when he felt Pandora touch the side of his cheek. It basically was like he was robot that had shut down as soon as his face had been touched.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

She would just feel wrong with letting anyone sleep anywhere but their bed for her. Yes, the plan was to get her to fall asleep but at the same time she was tired, her eyes had bags under them, but she couldn't fall asleep. Well at least not yet, anyway. Pandora had officially gone twenty-four hours without sleep and for some odd strange reason her body was getting used to it but she didn't want to bother Seiji if she couldn't fall asleep. Or at least she would try just so he wasn't worried about her or anything. Maybe being around him would help with it? Who knows. The Side Effect Specialist was right about her powers. Whenever she got scared, upset, tired, or had a nightmare she ended up either teleporting somewhere random or teleporting stuff around accidentally. Which was extremely dangerous to herself seeing how she couldn't easily teleport others by themselves. 

Seiji was rambling again but Pandora didn't mind it, she was actually used to it by now and that was part of what made him special, unique. It seemed like his brain worked at a thousand miles per hour daily and letting that all out kind of surprised Pandora. It interested her, it allowed her to know what he was thinking right there and then and she loved that. Looking to her side, she looked up at him and smiled sleepily as her voice became softer. "I'd rather have you stay by my side... if you don't mind. I think... it might help and if not, I'm sure I can force myself asleep. I've done it before." She slightly shook her head, "You don't need to apologize, I'm not like weirded out or anything. Actually, I think it's cute when you ramble." 

He called her pretty and it made her smile regardless of the fact that she felt and looked like tired hag. He was trying to correct himself but when he suddenly stopped talking from her touch, she quickly took her hand back as she smiled sheepishly. "Sorry..." He probably stopped because he didn't want her touching his face. Some people didn't like that, so maybe he was no different.