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Alex was getting ready to go in to work, and since he had left his work clothes in his room the afternoon before instead of changing at Yin's place, he had found himself back in his incredibly messy dorm, pulling off the clothes from the night before and throwing them on the floor before going into his closet and pulling out the appropriate attire. He'd just managed to finish buttoning up the vest over top of his shirt when a knock came at the door, and before he could even wonder who in jack's name might be stopping in, a Danny's voice rang out.

Frowning a little to himself, he reached into his closet and pulled out a black tie, before taking a couple of shuffling steps forward and pulling open the door. The room beyond Alex was a disgusting mess, bones and garbage and clothes littering the floor, and the smell was probably atrocious.

"Hello, Danny!" He said, offering her a warm smile, even as his eyes flicked down towards her tail. A lot of his pets had come to investigate who was at the door, probably hoping for more food handouts, but upon seeing the fire demon, many of them fled back into their nests of rubbish.

Undead creatures could sense the fiery danger, perhaps, or maybe they were just shy.

"No, Yin isn't here. He doesn't really like it down here very much. Too cold for him." He explained, while pulling the tie around the collar of his shirt and tying it up, adjusting it appropriately. "Do you need help finding him? He's probably at the gym or out jogging." Not that Alexander really had time to go on a weremantis hunt, but if it was some kind of emergency...

Alex was a little taken aback, pausing as he bent down to retrieve his shoes from his closet floor and blinking at the ghoul. Had he hogged Yin for the whole of prom? But..but he had gone off dancing with his friends and left Yin to his own devices! Well, Danny didn't really sound like she was angry with him, so maybe she was kidding around.

Wait, what had Alex done with him the whole time? It seemed like they had done barely anything at prom at all. One dance, a picture, some food. Oh, and a confession of love. That had been a little embarrassing.

"Weee, uhhh..." He struggled to answer her question, grabbing a hold of his shoes now and straightening back up before moving out into the hallway and closing the door behind him.

"Well we danced, and we ate some food...we had a picture taken, and then I guess we just...left and went back to his room for the night." He was probably leaving that last part wide open for Danny to make any assumptions that she wished without even realizing it.

"It was fun." He agreed with an easy smile, assuming that she still meant prom and not anything that happened afterwards, because afterwards had been decidedly not fun at all.

Her question took him by surprise, and he was just about to open his mouth and tell her that they were absolutely fine, when she continued on, and his mouth snapped shut, and then he just stared at her.

Why. Why, Danny. Alex had been in such a good mood.

"We hold hands." He finally muttered, his tone slightly defensive. As for the kissing, well no, she wouldn't have ever seen that, and likely never would.

Is that weird?

"I--I don't think Yin would like me talking about this..." That was only partially true. It was Alex who didn't really want to talk about it. He didn't see how talking about it could possibly help.

"But ya, no, Yin doesn't like to do things in public. It uh..it upsets him." Because that totally explained the sheer lack of anything happening behind closed doors as well.

Pain? Well, mental pain perhaps, but certainly nothing physical. "Oh no, don't worry, Danny, I think it's only when I do it that he feels uncomfortable." Though honestly it was a little bit upsetting for Alex to see that the demon ghoul could get away with all those things in public when he couldn't. Only a tiny bit though, not enough for him to actually make a big deal out of it. He and Yin had already talked about it once, anyways, so he understood why things were different for them.

"Just uh..maybe back off a tiny bit? Just in case I'm wrong." Okay, maybe he would use this to his advantage and say something. Nothing wrong with that, nope.

Subject change time? Sure why not! "So how are you and Rikki doing, then? Everything okay with you two?" Not a big leap from current topic of conversation, but at least he was trying to take the focus off of him and Yin as he slowly began to shuffle away from his dorm room.

"That's great! Well, not the part about Rikki's mom. That kind of sucks." Alex knew all too well the feeling associated with dealing with an unimpressed parent. His own mom gave him grief over his inability to act responsibly when it came to money.

"I could probably help him with studying, if he needs it." Why not? He was already helping another student get caught up! That idea completely died in his mind, however, when Danny went back to questions about Yin. Oh she was worried about him? How nice and thoughtful of her

"You really don't....there's nothing to worry about!" He might have sounded slightly exasperated at this point.

"Look, okay, we don't kiss." Except for the one time Yin had let him, then that had been it. "We hardly do anything. Sometimes he'll hug me, and more often he will let me hold his hand though I know he doesn't really like it most of the time and...." Oh s**t, no! Was he actually talking about this?

"And I just....well, it's okay because I understand. He wants to just...take things slow." Painfully slow. But even that didn't really explain why Yin didn't enjoy the few things that they did do, and Alex didn't really think he could explain it if he was asked.

Anyways, there it was. He'd opened up....sort of. You happy now, Danny?

"I knew what I was getting into when I agreed to be his bonded, and he knows what's expected of him as a boilfriend." Alex decided to leave out the part where he often wondered why Yin had agreed to it when most of it seemed to make him uncomfortable at best.

"It's not sad. It's just..." What was it? Was there even a word to describe it? Alex's hands found their way into his pockets as he shuffled along. "He makes me happy, and I think I make him happy, regardless.

"No, that's not the part that makes me sad. The only thing that makes me sad is the thought that...he'll just never have the same feelings for me that I have for him." Again, Alex was beginning to feel incredibly awkward even having this conversation.

"Of course I'd still like him. I still like him now, don't I?" He forced himself to smile, even of this stupid conversation had just dredged up some depressing thoughts.

She was...She was laughing at him! And while he stopped his steady slow shuffle to just stop and stare at her, the words she spoke...well, they actually made a lot of sense. Love advice from Danny could make sense. Who would have seen that one coming?

He grimaced away from the hit on his shoulder, even if it hadnt really hurt that much. "I'm not that dumb." he grumbled, mostly to himself as he lifted his hand up to rub at said shoulder, before offering the ghoul a pretty large smile. It would have been a lie to say what she had just said to him hadn't lifted his spirits in a much needed way.

"Thanks, Danny." He said, "I think I may have needed that. And I plan on sticking with him, so don't worry about that either."

He then paused for a moment, mulling over this latest bit of information before laughing himself. "He tried to eat Princess Eva? No way!" He just...really could not believe that. Yin really did love that rabo more then anything.