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Artie had actually gotten one of those "Bigger on the inside" room box so his apartment is bigger on the insider. It has enough space where all 20 of his wolves could roam around in it and not get in the way of each other.
One of the studies houses his computer equipment and such, while the other one houses his collection of books.

Artie had been on one of his two computers doing some minor hacking and checking of things when he heard knocking on his door. Blinking a bit, he stood up and headed to the front door, "I wonder who it is.." He muttered curiously as he put his hand on the doorknob and opened the door, "Hello..?" He asked as he looked at Noelle and blinked a bit, "A-Ah.. N-Noelle.. Nice to see y-you again.." He said with a light smile as he opened the door wider to let her come in. He was a bit surprised to see her, but it wasn't like he was unhappy about her coming over. Once she had come inside, he snapped his fingers and all of his wolves hopped out of his shadow and nodded to her in greeting, he had done this since he knew she had come over to visit his wolves. "H-How are y-you, and w-would you like a drink..?" He asked her curiously as he started to wander towards the kitchen. It was clear that his apartment was much bigger on the insider than it was on the outside, but he had only done this so there would be enough space for his wolves to roam around as well.

"Ah!" Artie grunted a bit when she had patted him hard in the back, "N-No problem." He replied with a smile as he rubbed his back a bit and nodded a bit as she stated that she had fallen asleep on the roof. He watched as she ran over to the wolves and started to pet the playfully, the wolves in return were wagging their tails as some circled around her curiously and nudged her playfully. Smiling a bit, Artie went to the door of the kitchen and looked over at Noelle, "I-Is there anything you w-want t-to drink, Noelle..? I-I have ginger ale, iced tea, coffee, and cola." He asked her curiously since he was feeling thirsty himself, and wanted to be polite.

"Alright.." Artie replied with a nod and another light smile as he entered into the kitchen and started to prepare a pot of coffee. '..It's been a while since I've made anything for somebody other than myself..' He thought to himself as he got two coffee mugs as well as a small bowl of sugar with a small spoon in it. While he did have his wolves, they actually don't eat food, but for that he had usually a large appetite and assumed that he and the wolves essentially shared the nutrients in the food that he ate. His father was almost never home to begin with because of work, so he was used to cooking for himself. As for his mother, he had actually never met her as she had died shortly after giving birth to him. Just as he went over to the fridge to get milk, he felt a sharp pang in his chest, which caused him to cough lightly. But, this didn't go unnoticed, all twenty of his wolves turned at the exact same time towards the kitchen door and Alpha quickly ran to Artie's bedroom and ran out carrying something that looked like a medication bottle and went into the kitchen. "Ah, thanks Alpha.." He said with a light pained smile as he opened it and swallowed one of the pills and the pain slowly subsided, which let him breathe easily again. Alpha looked rather satisfied as he trotted out of the kitchen and back to the group that huddled up by Noelle, they all had looked rather relieved as they looked back at her again. Soon enough, Artie had exited the kitchen with two cups of coffee before running back in and getting the bowl of sugar and the carton of milk. "H-Here you go~." He said with a smile like nothing had ever happened.

Artie carefully put two spoonfuls of sugar and a bit of milk into his cup of coffee before drinking a bit of it. It was at that point that he noticed Noelle's stare of noticeable concern towards him, it was then when she asked if he was okay. "A-Ah.. Y-Yeah.. I'm alright.. I've been t-this way for eleven y-years. It doesn't h-happen often, a-and I am pretty used to it..." He replied with a kind smile, though there was noticeable sadness behind that smile as it was a memory he didn't like to think about. The pain he felt was mainly an aftereffect of the large scar on his torso which is the actual basis of his fear of women, but of course this was something he didn't like to talk about even though he still had to take medication for the last eleven years of his life. "So.. no n-need to worry... A-Anyway, how is t-the coffee..?" He asked her curiously with a bit happier smile as he tried to change the topic as one of his wolves nudged the boy a bit and started to pet him gently.

Artie smiled a bit when she said the coffee was good, though he thought he saw a tear for a moment before she had covered it up. "T-That's good, I've had plenty of practice m-making it f-for w-when my d-dad would come h-home from his b-business trips." He explained a bit as his dad was a person who enjoyed drinking coffee but was generally too lazy to make it himself. "I-It's fine.. Everyone h-here likes you, a-and it's nice to have company over..." He replied to her politeness before taking another sip of his coffee. Theta wandered over to Noelle's side and nudged her playfully as his tail wagged a bit before looking over at Artie as he was drinking some more of his coffee and let out a series of growls. The following reaction was Artie coughing a bit on the coffee and turning a bit red in the face, "T-That's n-not something y-you should say!" He said quickly, clearly embarrassed by what the wolf had said and the wolf seemed to let out light growls that sounded a bit like teasing laughs.

Artie's face only got a bit redder from embarrassment when she suddenly put her palm on his forehead. "N-No! I-I'm fine!" He replied quickly, clearly embarrassed still as he moved his head away from her reach, still blushing a bit. "D-Don't w-worry, it's n-not a fever.." He assured her with a smile, but what Theta had said to him was making him really self-conscious now, especially since this was the first time he had ever invited a girl over. He was having conflicting feelings, one was the normal scared and uncomfortable feelings he usually had around girls, then was this other strange feeling he had never felt before, and was confused about.

"I-It's fine..!" Artie replied, trying to reassure her about it, he knew she was just worried about him. But, what had happened next caught him off guard. She had became upbeat again before stating that she had an idea as she got up and went towards Artie's side, Artie because of his fear tried to quickly get away, but quickly caught by his arm and was pulled out of his chair as she looked him in the eyes before stating that she would help him with his fear, "...Eh..?" He replied, completely dumbfounded. He had been completely caught off guard by this and started to blush lightly again and tried to pull his arm free, "I-I s-s-see, c-can I h-have my arm back?" He asked as he tried to pull away, but it was clear she was stronger than him because of her demon side.