my name is nathaniel

and i'm fuckin' exhausted

[nate-is-exhausted]

Learning French. Figure I might as well do something with myself while I'm here.

[disorientxd-deactivated20141108]

"Y’know," She began nonchalantly as her fingers pinched the next page of the book in her hands and turned it. She had spent the morning in the library trying to find the right story to capture her attention for some time, but now her interest was elsewhere. "You’re like the fourth person to come in here, turn right back around and walk out that door. What is it?" Gaze flickers up and now she’s fixated on the stranger in the room. "Is it because I’m new? Do I smell?”

[nate-is-exhausted]

A derisive snort escaped unbidden from delicate nostrils; the adolescent's hand quickly raising in front of his face, slender fingers outstretched, as if intending to catch the offending sound before it could reach the girl's ears—even as Nathaniel wondered why he bothered. True, it wasn't fair for him to scorn her, stranger though she was; so far, she'd proved to be the only one with the guts to mention aloud the proverbial elephant in the room. But he hadn't gave a shit in so long and for him to finally be giving one now .. wait, no. Still didn't give a shit.

Smiling without humor, he retreated back into himself without providing any answers whatsoever.