Dorm Hall, Saturday, 6:30 PM
Interacting with @Kyrisse "Fine by me, then," Hangyeol says, satisfied. After all, cleaning somebody else's clothes is kind of... weird. Not that Hangyeol would mind, but she might.
It's not surprising that she gets his name a bit wrong, though. Korean names are generally weird--not difficult, but hard to keep straight sometimes. As are any names, really, that you aren't familiar with. And Hangyeol is as unfamiliar as it comes.
"The trick is to say it really fast," he suggests, smile growing a little wider at Sasha's awkward-yet-sincere attempt at saying it correctly.
"Good try, though. And yeah, I'm from Jinju. In Korea." Not somewhere she would know.And here Hangyeol comes to a standstill. A small but noticeable shockwave leaves him just a bit more rigid, smile momentarily slipping before he re-adjusts himself.
Ah.
He's not good at this.
It has been far too long since Hangyeol last tried to do this...
friendly thing, and last time it ended terribly. People are not his forte; not since he was little. Since then, he has lived alone, in solitude and darkness and whatnot, until his decision to move. And doesn't it seem a little strange to go around accepting the friend requests if people you barely know? Or is that how it's usually done...?
But Sasha's not dangerous. Not at all. In fact, she's rather harmless. But you never know.
In the midst of a small mental breakdown, Hangyeol's sharp ears catch the sounds of a scream--which, by the way, doesn't help with the whole staying-calm thing. Instead, his heartbeat spikes for a moment before he zeroes in on the source and notices Lilly has already begun to investigate the situation. Then, he decides this could be a good place to bail--er,
excuse himself--from the conversation to help Lilly out with whatever happened upstairs. Also because he is more than a bit paranoid and that conversation from earlier is still unnerving.
"Sorry, I'll have to take a rain check on this one," he apologizes, half regretful and half relived to have such a convenient opportunity to get away.
"Did you hear that scream? I think the RA might need some help. I'm very sorry, it was nice to have met you!" With that, Hangyeol exits, stage right, towards where Lilly is climbing up the stairs--oh, and somebody else, too.
Splendid.