Welcome to Gaia! ::

"A-Ah!" Artie yelped a bit as he was pulled out of the dining area and into the hallway, listening to every word she spoke. Apparently she wanted to repay his kindness and had finally released his hurting arm, but just as he was about to reject her offer, she looked at him with fierce eyes and stated that he would have to spend more time with her. "E-Eh..? W-What d-do you mean..?" He asked feeling unsure about this, but he doubted he'd be able to get out of this situation. That, and it looked like his wolves weren't going to help him on this as they were only watching with interest in their red eyes and made sounds that sounded similar to snickering, clearly they were enjoying this.

Artie could only start fidgeting at her sudden forwardness, and had started to look around. "B-B-But t-t-that's h-h-h-hard.." He replied quickly, his stuttering having increased. He quickly tensed up as he heard her stern voice and he stiffly looked her in the eyes. He quickly started to move away backwards from her, "I-I-I d-d-dunno i-if this i-is a good i-idea.." He said before walking into a wall, his back pressed against it. "Ah.." He sounded out, when he realized he was stuck between a wall and a girl.

"I-I k-know t-tha.." Artie paused mid sentence when she suddenly pinned the poor boy against the wall, causing him to have an even more terrified expression as he had no idea what was going to happen at this point. He was silent for a moment before he noticed she hadn't done anything else to him before she spoke again, "I-I-I see.. o-okay... I-I'll t-trust you..." He replied with a light nod as he blushed lightly, it was that weird feeling again that he felt alongside his fear though it felt similar to how he felt when he sees interesting complex lines of code whenever he hacks, but it was still different from that. "O-Okay...s-s-so, w-what next..?" He asked her as he looked her into her eyes, finally willing to go along with it although he was still squirming a bit to get free.

Artie blinked a bit as she continued to stare at him silently before she spoke again with beet red face, her request was for him to say her name while looking straight at her. Her reason was that he hadn't called her by her name yet, 'Wait.. I did.. two times..' He thought to himself, clearly remembering that he said her name when he greeted her when she arrived and when he asked her what she wanted to drink. But, he didn't mention it and nodded slowly, blushing a bit more. "O-Okay..." He agreed and tried to calm himself down. "N-Noelle... N-Noelle.....Noelle.." He said her name a few times, stuttering each time except for the third time he had said her name. "Noelle.." He said as he looked at her with a kind smile as he blushed a bit still.

Artie blinked a bit when he saw her face turn bright red before she hit him in the arm and yelled out at him and releasing him from the wall. He thought for a moment that he had done something wrong as he rubbed his arm gently. But, he had been proven wrong when she thanked him suddenly which caused him to smile again gently as he blushed and took a bit of a deep breathe. "..You're welcome, Noelle.." He replied, doing his best not to stutter as he said that and smiled a bit. He could feel his own heart pounding quite rapidly, and it was a nice feeling.

Artie blinked a bit when she said that he wasn't stuttering before she suddenly burst out laughing, causing him to tilt his head a bit. "I.. see.." He replied, clearly confused. Was being honest a bad thing, he wondered as he looked away for a moment before looking back at her to see her sincere smile, causing him to smile back kindly. "Is.. it really that interesting?" He asked curiously as he looked her in the eyes, but he was actually trying really hard not to stutter despite there were some slight pauses when he spoke.

Artie watched as she walked up to him again and grinned at him as she called people liars and how he was too kind for his own good and that she could be a liar and questioned why he trusted her. "..Why? Isn't obvious..? You became such good friends with my wolves and you're even helping me with my fear..!" He stated to her without any hesitation as he was blushing a bit with a bright and kind smile. He really was too kind for his own good, but that was the kind of person that he was.