Don't let anybody get in your way

<div align=center>William shrugged, and yawned. "Nap." He answered lazily, tilting his head back and closing his eyes, he realized Gabe was only trying to keep up conversation now, he wondered why, it was obvious Gabe was used to more interesting people to talk to, Bill realized. He lifted a hand to his head to realize that his hat had fallen off, he blinked, glancing down to where it had fallen. He couldn't reach. "Oh no." He groaned, clapping his hands to his ears and frowning, though that really didn't help at all. The creeping feeling that came with sensing other people's minds overtook him, and he frowned. He tensed up suddenly and groaned, glancing to a girl that was walking with her friend, smiling brightly and laughing animatedly, though her thoughts suggested she thought the friend was anything but fun to be around.

"Ah." He whimpered, and dropped his head between his knees. There were too many people here, and it made his head hurt. "One second... I... Oh dear.. I'm sorry.." He leaned down and fumbled across the ground the little foil hat, but it was gone from where it had been a few moments ago, he presumed it had been picked up by the wind, dammit. He placed a hand on Gabe's upper arm, and the other on his own forehead, "there are a lot of people here..."</div>

<div align=center>William shook his head, "don't.. Don't trouble yourself." He stammered, groaning softly and shaking his head again, he didn't like people to trouble themselves for him, no matter how much he needed them to. Is that hat important? It was important, he supposed, for his sanity at least. "Keeps.. Stuff out." He mumbled, struggling immensely to concentrate on the conversation. He was being distracted by everything suddenly going on around him, though not that Gabe could gather that. He could feel Gabe's innate need to know. Humans were like that, they liked to know things that were currently unknown to them, William was a very curious person himself. His head was beginning to throb, usually it wouldn't have come on this fast but there was a lot of people here.

His grip on the other man's increased a little and he whimpered, "I'm sorry this doesn't usually happen," he mumbled, biting down on his lower lip. It was a little like a lot of people shouting at him at once, which naturally, would give someone a headache. His grip tightened again, ow. Bill laughed softly to himself, either trying to reassure himself he was completely fine, or Gabe, he didn't like people to worry about him. "I play guitar if that's anything?" He murmured, evidently a little confused between the man's thoughts and what he was actually saying.</div>

<div align=center>"A.. A little like that," William answered, frowning a little, "it's complicated." At least, most people he'd tried to explain it to had been confused, then again they had never been here. He would have bet good money on the idea that he certainly wasn't the only person here who could hear thoughts, of course he wasn't, and the thought made him feel a little better about himself, he'd always thought there was something wrong with him, it was nice to know that there wasn't. He laughed, he'd never played for anyone, and it wasn't likely he was going to start now, "I'm not that... Not that good." He shrugged, shaking his head. Bill didn't like the thought of playing for someone.

"I guess you could call it Telepathy," he muttered, quietly, as if embarrassed of the fact, then again a lot of people didn't like the fact he could pry into their inner most thoughts, and he could, he was just too good hearted to do so, there were some things that people weren't meant to hear, so he liked to leave people to themselves most of the time, of course, he couldn't control hearing active thoughts at the moment, which was why he wore that stupid little hat all the time.</div>

<div align=center>William squeaked, and dropped his head between his knees again, "ow." He tensed up a little, and gritted his teeth together, "can I... Just...?" He mumbled something to himself, and took a breath, steadying himself and focusing himself. It took a moment for everything to fade out, and it was a welcome relief, he felt strange for doing this, though he was sure he could beg for Gabe's forgiveness a little later, "just don't think about something you don't want me to hear for a moment." William mumbled, massaging his temples softly. This would make him sleepy, no doubt, but William was always sleepy, it wouldn't really make a difference to him, he thought. Besides, if he did fall asleep here he didn't have a doubt that Gabe could carry him back to his dorm, Bill didn't weigh very much.

Sorry. He frowned a little, "it's difficult to talk to you with everyone shouting at once."[/i] Concentrating on one person was a little more difficult than leaving yourself open to everybody, but it was far less painful for William, he hadn't learned how to block people out yet, he supposed that was why he was here, and he supposed it was useful for him to be here. "I'm not going to find out your deepest secrets or take control of you or whatever, don't worry."</div>

<div align=center>William's frown deepened, he could feel Gabe's discomfort, and he didn't like it. Sorry. He repeated, unthinkingly placing a hand on his knee, "I promise I won't do anything.. It's just... It's so noisy otherwise, kinda hurts." The older boy's presence offered him a source of comfort for some reason, he was so laid back that William couldn't help but feel relaxed around him, perhaps not at first, but now, it was different now. "I could just go somewhere else if you liked," he offered, cocking an eyebrow at him, if it makes you uncomfortable. He realized a second later he was still touching Gabe, and pulled away, offering an apology to him.

He could feel the effects of what he was doing taking place already, he was feeling lethargic all of a sudden, and he could feel a rather large yawn coming on. It happened quickly, it was just another thing he hadn't perfected yet. Bill wondered why Gabe was quite so surprised by the way he could do this, he was pretty sure there was at least one person that could do it as well. Maybe they just hadn't tried to speak to him like this, I don't even know what he can do. He told himself, it's probably stronger than this.</div>