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Jaden shook his head vigourously.

"No! No, no!" he insisted.

"...though your hair IS lovely." he told her.

"It has amazing volume and colour to it." he complimented her.

"Seriously, it's really nice, despite the frizz." he went on.

'...and complete lack of care for it, but with her life, understandable...' he then thought.

Jaden gently grabbed her hair, and softly ran his hands on it, and his fingers through it. He made 'mmhmm' and 'hmm' noises periodically, as he did this for about a minute, before letting go.

"I know JUST what to get you!" he declared proudly.

"..." he then paused, and seemed to realise what all he had said and done.

"...sorry if that was... creepy." he apologised.

"I just... really care about hair." he admitted.

"When you use the bathroom here... you'll... you'll see that's obvious..." he mumbled.

"...." Jaden was silent for a moment as she said what she did.

"Frizz control?" he asked.

"But what about conditioning? Scalp massaging? Deep cleansing? Root strengthening? Revitalising? pH balance?" he asked her further.

He then squinted his eyes, and Desiree swore he was judging her... more than her eye 'judged' others.

"Hmmmm." he mumbled.

"Sorry if this seems a bit forward or weird, but... mind if I feel your hair?" he asked. "Like, just get a feel for a bit of it?" he clarified. "I want to try and figure out what's best for you." he said.

And right now, the only thing that was stopping him from sounding like some creepy stalker... was how genuinely passionate he sounded about this, and how oblivious he was to how passionate he sounded.

"I go to bed at midnight, and I'm up at 6." Jaden told her.

"...usually." he then mumbled. "I don't need much sleep. 6 hours tends to be more than enough." he said further. "So yeah, midnight tends be my usual, but it's 6 hours until I wake up." he stated.

"And that leaves me fresh as a daisy." he laughed.

"Right, speaking hair and such..." he went on.

"I'm... I've kinda got a thing about people using my shampoo and conditioner and products and such..." he admitted. "What kinda stuff do YOU use in your hair? I can pick it up for you so you'll have it here." he offered.

Jaden's face turned red, almost immediately.

"I-I-I..." he stuttered, before slapping himself.

"Right, dress code." he said.

"Undershirt and boxer shorts are the bare minimum." he told her.

"Beyond that, whatever makes you comfortable." he continued.

"Hell, lounge all day in sleep pants." he chuckled.

"Rules?" Jaden asked.

"Uhhhhh... don't hog the bathroom, try not to make too much noise after 11pm... downstairs neighbours and all... if you use something up, let me know and I'll put it on the grocery list..." he listed off.

"Don't leave stuff lying around..." he went on.

"And don't touch any of my swords." he then said.

"Or... the ones I keep in this apartment, anyway." he clarified.

"Good." Jaden replied.

"Right, my wifi is 'VorpalBlade'." he then told her. "Password is 'Thinking_with_P0rtals.'..." he said further.

"If you need that written down, lemme know." he went on.

"For now, until you get more comfortable here, you can sleep on the couch." he went on.

"I'll bring a pillow and blanket out for you." he said.

"Feel free to have whatever you want, whenever you want it."

Jaden smiled as well.

"...this world is filled with coldness and cruelty, and an awful lot of apathy." he told her. "It's the least I can do to try and help those that deserve it." he reasoned, making his way to the couch and sitting down in it.

"The fob and key I will be able to get tomorrow." he said. "I'll do it first thing in the morning." he said further.

"A mana exemption can take upwards of 2 weeks. 1 week at the fastest." he lamented.

"Security will have us jumping through a few hoops, but Mom should be able to help us get it in the quickest time possible." he assured her.

"...well, that's news to me, admittedly." Jaden said.

"Guess it's good to know for the future." he sighed.

"Anyway, as long as you're not hurt or anything." he reasoned.

"For now, just... well... try and get comfortable." he said further.

"I have my own laundry facilities, so you can use those, and... well, feel free to explore the place." he continued.

"I'll work on having your mana exempted so you can teleport right in, as well as give you an extra key and fob for the front door and this apartment."

Jaden looked over towards Desiree, saw what she was doing, and cursed.

"Damn it all." he said.

"Of all things, it had to be the 'lose your lunch' side-effect." he growled.

"Should have waited longer after eating." he went on.

"Well, seems what you ate earlier was all for nothing. So feel free to raid my shelves and fridge when you inevitably get hungry soon." he told her, before looking to the portal that was still there.

"Stupid thing." he hissed at it, before closing it in an almost violent gesture.

"Very well then." Jaden said.

They then stepped behind the dumpster area, and he placed a portal on the wall.

"This will lead right to my den." he told her.

"When you emerge, you'll feel like you have a MASSIVE stomach cramp, but my couch will be right there." he warned. "Feel free to just collapse onto it if you need to." he stated.

"I'll follow right after, and close the portal after."

Jaden nodded in response.

"Very well, then." he said.

With that, the two of them left her apartment, with her locking the door behind her, and they made their way outside. At the dumpsters, Jaden threw the garbage into them, and looked at her.

"I did not bring my vehicle here, regrettably." he informed her.

"We can either use my portals, which I've warned about their effects, or I'll call a cab service." he said.

"You have any sort of say?" he asked.

"Ah, right." Jaden said.

"You'll be thankful to know I have NO fish or seafood or anything in my apartment." he told her.

"I normally don't eat it anyway, but I felt you should know that you won't accidentally come across any. Or shouldn't anyway." he said further.

He then made his way to the trash bags, tied them off, and made his way back to Desiree with them in tow.

"Once you have your laptop, we'll leave the building and I'll drop these into the nearby dumpster. Then we'll make tracks for my own place." he informed her.

"You have a new script, yes, but do you want to hit up a pharmacy before we head back?" he asked.

"Laptop is over there." Jaden said, gesturing to a small pile of stuff that he'd placed aside. The laptop in question rested atop it, and looked to be all right, as far as she could tell.

"And get whatever clothing you feel you need or want." he told her.

"This place is almost finished getting cleaned, anyway." he added.

"All that's left is to toss the garbage." he finished, gesturing to two trash bags in her kitchen area.

"You can sift through if you like. The left one is used rags and cleaning supplies, the right one is broken... well... everything I found that was broken beyond repair."