Open Finished Evening Rendezvous

Hal narrowed his eyes at the girl as she noted about his reaction. He would really at hostile if she had pulled something at him; he didn't think he would be scared since from how he sees things, she looked petty harmless. Minus the possibility of her being some overpowered something.

Hal didn't have a reason to move from where he sat but watched and listened to the girl as she paced about. 'I would never have thought that others would want to be out here at night' she said. He scoffed. "I would say the same thing to you." he said, "I go here to clear my head. That's pretty much just it." he said' trying to be casual.

'Have you ever seen a wolf before?' she asked suddenly. Hal cocked his head to the side to hide the fact that he had just flinched from having to think of getting to see a wolf up close. He already had a cheetah in his face, he didn't want a wolf that close either.

"No and I would prefer not to." He said, keeping his nightmares at bay.

Hal barely saw the girl's frown from his peripheral view. All he knew is that he was not looking forward to meeting any more animals that could potentially harm him. 'What? Are you really that scared?' she taunted. Hal let out anther scoff — although this time, it was almost stifled having been caught.

"I'm not scared." he said, rolling his eyes to keep up his act. "Who even said that? I just hate animals." he lied. He chose to glance at the girl after he had said that and immediately regretted doing so when he caught the figure of a wolf from a distance. He felt relief when it turned away.

As she continued to talk, Hal couldn't help but roll his eyes again. Hal didn't much like cities either, but he wouldn't really call it 'sick'. "It's called a civilization with economic progress." he mused aloud, probably just enough for the girl to hear. Hal didn't so much regret actually saying it out loud.

Hal didn't ever want to admit t but the threat would have been enough to actually get him to actually admit he was really afraid. But he was not one who would just take back his own words. He could try to find a way around it, but never would he actually admit how afraid he was.

"This and that are different things." Hal retorted. "If a pack of wolves actually cornered me, then that's really something to worry about. Wolves don't just go cornering random things if they don't have plans for it." he said, matter-of-factly. A wolf lurking around his immediate area was one thing, but a pack was a problem.

'You really shouldn't have said you hate animals.' Hal let out another stifled scoff, partly laughing at himself because he feels like he had just made a wrong move. He managed not to say anything to make it worse.

As she went on about her dislike for cities, he only looked at her before responding, "Then naturally, that's your problem. I don't like cities either. It's too noisy and crowded for comfort, but you don't see me complaining."

As much as Hal didn't want to face it, he knew the fact that he was starting to get frightened. It could have been banter, but he certainly felt threatened knowing this girl could call out a pack of wolves with a snap of a finger. It didn't sit well with him. His bad mood now slowly getting replaced by fear.

Hal opened his mouth to speak but managed to stop himself from making things worse for himself again. He lets out a sigh in defeat. He let her laugh at him. He wasn't really sure what was supposed to be funny but he didn't want to think about it. The more he did, the more he was likely to bring trouble for himself.

'Should we just start over or do you hate me already?' The question rung in his head. "I don't hate you." He responded almost immediately. He thought for a moment before speaking again. "I don't hate anyone." he turned his head towards the girl before looking away just as quickly. She probably wasn't that horrible of a person. Maybe it was just because he didn't greet her properly and he picked a nerve or something.

"I was just in a bad mood. ...Sorry."

Hal let the silence settle for a moment. He let his words sink in for her. 'A bad mood?' she echoed. Hal didn't have to say anything else. As far as the truth goes, he overreacted around Shinji by the end of their conversation. What Shinji might have implied irritated him. But mostly, it made Hal upset with himself for acting so angered. He knew he shouldn't have.

'You don't hate me?' She spoke again. 'Why not? I'm not a likeable person, you know.' the girl continued. Hal looked up at her and tried to read her expression. She wasn't pulling his leg. She really did mean it. As if it was an impression she had accepted.

At least it seemed that way to Hal. "On whose standard?" replied Hal. Continuing without hesitation, he added: "I don't take others' opinions. I'm my own judge. " A beat. "And just because you're not likeable, that doesn't mean you're easy to hate."