they might be goblins [botch]

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> Hal Dionne.


Hal was going to die.

He was most certainly at the end of his wits. After having very low marks on his classes the previous exams for missing class because he was not mentally prepared to do so. So now he was in a pinch and he needed to do everything to keep his grades up. Fortunately, it wasn't all to hard to find a tutor to help him out,

Now all that he has to do is try to keep up and do what he can to catch up to the lessons. Hal was on his way back to his dorm room, just in time to meet his tutor. He hopes he doesn't have to put up with the kind of bullshit he's had with upperclassmen. It occurred to him how he never got along with those people.

He stopped at the door noticing the absence of any guests around which he easily brushed off as them being late. But as soon as he slipped the key to the doorknob, he knew something was wrong. There was no click. The door had been unlocked.

A sense of dread filled him because he was sure he'd locked the door when he left. Slowly, he pushed the door open. When the door finally was opened wide, his eyes feel on Dorito who was sitting comfortably at the sofa. His eyes crinkled up in confusing.

"What?"

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Before Hal could react in anyway, Dorito had spoken up and made her way to where he'd stood. But while she was doing that, Hal's thoughts filled with a hell ton of questions about his tutor; although were mainly focused on how she got in while he'd always made sure the door was securely locked. And by the looks of it, Dorito has already had her way with the furniture now that it was rearranged ever so slightly, but enough for him to notice.

Hal was almost too distracted with his own thoughts but as soon as his eyes landed on the jar of sweets that almost looked a little too much like bait, his attention snapped back to the intruder-- er, his tutor, who'd already made her way to the whiteboard. Hal opened his mouth slightly, preparing a list of things he was about to rant about but couldn't even tell where he should start. Instead, he just closed it again, and pondered just for a moment to collect his thoughts.

"Okay, first of all, I don't know how you got in. Second, I just got here; can I at least get some rest before this?" When Hal thought about it, he was actually pretty tired already and having to think of how his tutor got there without him knowing.

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Hal wasn't aptly sure what form of alarm he should have. Worry? Panic? A breach in security? Confusion? It was hard to put when he was feeling a mix of everything right now. Although maybe it was the part about breaching security. After all that was almost always his main concern when he was with his family.

"And I was just going to do introductions for today, don't worry."

Admittedly, he was on edge as Dorito casually made her way around his room but hearing that made him relax juuuuust a little bit. Although, seeing as she was making her way to him, he couldn't bring his guard down.

"But, if you really want to get into bed..." It didn't register immediately. "...We can skip right to the sex-ed portion of the tutoring."

Wait.

Shit.

Hal's reaction was nearly just as delayed as when his brain processed Doritos proposal. Hal twisted around and took a step back. His expression was all too easy to read: his face was red all over that even the tip of his ears went red, even though he was hiding the one Dorito had whispered to with both his hands. For anyone who actually find it amusing to tease people, Hal was giving the very expression they'd ask.

"I d-d-didn't mean that!!" he screached, his voice cracked and words tripped. Oh my god, it was going to be like his last roommate again, wasn't it. Hal tried his best to compose himself to manage to speak without faltering, "A-anyway," and failing either way, "Y-you're really not supposed to barge into people's rooms like that."

Hal himself was missing the entire point.

Hal just stood there, dumbfounded as Dorito broke down into laughter. A part of him offended but mostly worried because it now occurred to him that he could have gotten someone else he knew to tutor him. Dorito was a complete stranger and... yeah, he didn't know what else she could do.

"Well, I'll have you know I didn't barge in at all." Her tone was a mix of playfully mocking and matter-of-fact. "I have permission to enter here as though I were faculty, albeit at specific times."

Hal opened his mouth, about to counter her argument but she sort of had a point. He closed his mouth. No, but still, even if she did get permission from the front desk, this was his dorm room. "I don't think it works just like that..." he muttered quietly. It was for him to decide too, right? Like, yeah sure, Hal can't just go and drag in people here for no reason but he was pretty sure people can't just go in room unless like... they were going to get assigned to the same room.

While, Hal contemplated about this, he almost failed to notice the goblin walking up to him up until she spoke up. Hal had a frown on his face. She was bribing him, he knew that. He could tell. Honestly though, he could think of it as more than a bribe but a motivator and things could work. Man, he was doing a lot of self-talk today.

Hal raised his chin a little and walked past Dorito as he made his way to the desk she had set up. ""O-okay, I don't have qualms about that." he didn't look at her and just plopped down on his seat arms crossed and a pout still fixed on his face.

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