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Artie smiled back a bit as she called him strange, which was pretty true in a sense. But, he tensed up a bit when she suddenly leaned forward and pressed her head against his chest, which caused his heart to beat faster. "U-Um.. I won't run... no matter how embarrassed I am..! I.. like you after all.." He replied as he blushed a bit more as he looked at her, but he didn't run from her. His wolves were all peeking around the corner, watching the pair with great interest in their eyes, but were all silent so that they wouldn't disturb the moment between them.

Artie could feel a light wetness on his chest and could feel her clenching her fist against his shirt on the empty side of his chest. He listened as she spoke about her last name and about the principle that ha found her and how she had killed a child out of anger and confusion and how she had nightmares. She then suddenly looked him in the eyes and asked if he really wanted to trust a murderer. He had some noticeable worry in his eyes and after a moment, he slowly wrapped his arms around her and hugged her gently, "Even so.. I'll trust you. You truly regret what you did.. and it isn't like you made killing your hobby... While what you did wasn't a good thing, it doesn't mean that you're automatically a bad person.. Every person has something they.. don't want to talk about.. even I'm no exception to that.." He said in a kind tone as he hugged her a bit more and smiled gently. "So.. I will still trust you, and it won't change how I think of you.." He finished with another light smile as he looked her in the eyes.

Artie couldn't help but smile gently when he heard her reply, "Well, I've only been afraid of women..most of my life.. So.. If such a time ever comes..where your fears seem to be coming true... I will stop you from hurting anyone, so you don't have to...feel that sadness again.." He replied with another kind smile as he hugged her a little bit more before looking at her properly again. "..Okay..?" He asked her curiously with a light smile. He really already considered her a precious friend, especially how she had just opened up to him.

Artie could only smile wryly at that comment, "That's.. just who I am, I guess..." He replied honestly with as he slowly released her from the hug and blushed a fair bit. "Do.. you feel better?" He asked her curiously as he smiled gently at her. From his view, it seemed like that she felt better now, but still felt like asking. His wolves meanwhile were still watching with great interest, silently cheering on the pair and waiting for more interesting things to happen. They were pretty glad that their master managed to find the one person that would look good together with him.

"No problem!" Artie replied with a kind smile to her thanks, glad that she was feeling better know. But, her next words caught him off guard and piqued the attention of all the wolves who watched intently from around the corner, "Love..? I don't think that...would be too bad though..I think I'd be happy about it.." He replied honestly without much hesitation as he smiled a bit, blushing a fair bit more at that point as he looked away fairly shyly. He finally had a vague understanding of that weird feeling he had been feeling for a while now, though it was pretty vague still.

Artie blinked a bit when looked back at her only to see her turn back to face him and say his name rather quietly, "..Noelle?" He replied curiously as she walked over to him again and looked at him closely. With such an intense stare she had been giving him, he couldn't help blush a bit more. As he looked back at her, thoughts like 'she smells nice' and 'she has beautiful eyes' went through his head, which caused him to blush a fair bit more.

"Ah!" Artie yelped a bit when she suddenly hit his arm harder than she did earlier before she crossed her arms and asked if it hurt. "Well.. it stung when you hit it.. but it doesn't exactly hurt, it's more sore than painful..." He replied honestly as he tilted his head a bit and rubbed his arm gently, wondering why she had done that. He wasn't even mad, just curious on what had brought that on, though she may have had her own reasons for doing so.

Artie had been completely knocked off guard with Noelle's next action as she stepped towards him and suddenly gave him a kiss on the lips, causing his face to go bright red. His thoughts were in complete disarray as he tried to get his mind straight on what had just happened, the whole time had a blank look on his blushing face. Blinking a bit as he looked at her when she said that she should let him and his arm rest tonight blushing more as he looked at her, "A-Ah.. Yeah.. I hope you sleep well! I hope you come over again soon..!" He replied quickly as he smiled quite a bit as well, but clearly embarrassed because of the blush across his face.