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Keya grins after the fist bumping, looking at the two of them and noticing how Ruben @Thatannoyinggod is indeed the more eager one to order. He looked over at Lucy @Icarian Dreams as she tells him to order something for her, which gives him an idea and simply looks over to him as well, before shouting "Same here, Ruuuuuubes!" He waved his hand in the air in case Ruben looked back, then gives him a thumbs up. He believes that Ruben knows what he's doing when he's ordering. In the middle of his waving, Keya gets dragged away by Lucy but he willingly helped by using his legs to walk. He sat down next to Lucy, closing his eyes and crossing his hands, having a big smile on his proud feminine face as he raises his legs, placing one on the other and shamelessly moves them on the table that was in front of the very comfortable couch. Doing this didn't seem to be a problem at all, because nobody looked at them in a weird way, and no staff really came up and said that it was rude or impolite. It also didn't say anywhere that one shouldn't place their legs on the table for relaxation. After getting into a relaxing pose, he simply used Lucy's shoulder as a pillow, secretly hoping that she wouldn't have any issues with that and with his very shiny and clean sneakers-clad feet being on the edge of the table. At this point, he does things in a slower way, to avoid being yelled at by Lucy again, and to avoid startling her. He even gave her a few glances before he did anything, just to make sure he won't be in a pickle. Weird enough, his wings and his huge tail are somehow not in the way and aren't making him uncomfortable as he sits that way. In fact, his wings are neatly closed up and pressed against the back of the comfortable couch like it's not even there, and his tail... Well, his tail was long enough to go from his rear up to the back of the couch, it even going past behind Lucy's head, which one might think is uncomfortable if one were to place their head on it, but really his tail is like a pillow. It may look scaly and hard, but it's actually like a cushion. His tail is only hardened when he's in his true dragon form, or when he's overly excited, as seen previously back in class when he got pardoned by Lucy. He sighed, feeling really relaxed. If Ruben doesn't come fast with that food, Keya might even fall asleep! Okay, that's not true... But it does look that way!!

Oh, the pain...

As Ruben asked them what they think, Keya just simply looked at it and gave him a thumbs up, letting out a sigh as he continued to walk forward. While sighing, a little bit of fire came out of his mouth, simply appearing bummed out, temporarily. When Ruben bumped him in the arm, he didn't even look at him. Telling someone "no sad" isn't going to turn the frown upside down, just like that. That's like telling a depressed person to not be depressed! He did listen to whatever he had to say about the tavern, and glanced over to the bottle opener with raised brows, but he didn't really pay much mind to it. Keya thinks about the situation, knowing that it's not that big of a deal for sure, but he still got affected by it. He seems to be really sensitive when it comes to his close friends being upset, and there's not much anyone can really do about that. Turning his head toward Lucy as she speaks, very interested in hearing what she has to say. Suddenly, one could see his pupils widening and a genuine smile appearing on his face. His green-scaled ears also seem to perk up. For a moment, he looks over to Ruben, then back at Lucy. He puts the palm of one of his hands on his own chest. "Phew.." His big tail began to move around like a happy cat's tail again, the aura of positivity that was lost is slowly coming back again, and they would all be able to feel it. He closes his eyes and shows his pearly whites while smiling, using a hand to scratch the back of his head, a typical move that nervous people do. "I'm sorry, Lucy. For, you know... Being so sensitive." He says sheepishly, still not being as loud as usual just yet, and for once he didn't even use her cute nickname that he gave her. That probably means he's serious. It also seems like he's being sorry for something that he doesn't really have control over. Since the trio was now in Coffin Delights, they didn't have to walk any further. Keya kept his wings closed since he didn't want to knock anything or anyone out. He stepped closer to Lucy, in order to attempt to give her a hug which lasted for about 5 to 10 seconds, if she accepted. Once he let go and leaned back, she would be able to look at his face, that suddenly had a determined and proud expression on it once more, finally. He looked over to Ruben with a smirk, then back at Lucy. He kept looking back and forth as he said "And now, who's ready for some sweets?!" He said with his booming loud voice, raising a hand which he formed into a fist, pointing it towards the two, probably waiting for a simultaneous trio fist bump. Coffin Delights was big, but it still made one or two customers look over to Keya, since he was being loud. It's clear that Keya is at his happiest point when he's allowed to be himself. And this unique happiness of Keya's is something that is way too contagious.

Ahem, before you people bury my request, I'll quickly quote it again so nobody forgets it!!!!!

No! But you were the one that told me that he seems difficult to approach.

My mysterious human 3rd year student known as Raúl is free, if anyone wants to interact with him. And Salvatore is, too, but at this point I'd like to think he's a special side character.

As he looked at her being upset at him again, he widened his eyes at her and decided to remain silent, looking really guilty again. It's clear by now that Keya's biggest weakness is someone dear to him being mad at him, even if it's for a short amount of time. Surely she would've learned this by now, even if she forgets about it really quick, he looks into her eyes as his pupils slightly shake and his expression of real shock this time. His expressions instantly make a U-turn as she asks that question out loud, seeming to be fine now, but he doesn't exactly smile like he always does when he's happy. He raises a hand to scratch his own cheek, but grins at the thought. "I will keep that a secret, and you will never know the answer!" He chuckles, in a fake evil way. He sighs, dropping the act and has no response to the things she says to Ruben after that, crossing his arms and yet again moping about how Lucy sounded annoyed at him again, even if she forgot it easily. If they were to look at him, he had a guilty look on his face like before, looking forwards and mostly watching where he steps, but that's about it. As Lucy felt before, whenever Keya was in her room or is around her, the mood went from nothing to positive in a heartbeat, but right now that feeling stopped. Keya stays silent for now as he follows his two friends, trying his best to forget about it.

Keya had not responded to Lucy's @Icarian Dreams remarks about dragon types, letting out a sigh and shaking his head. She will never understand the differences! Once she pulled him away from almost hitting someone, he looked at her sheepishly and let out a nervous chuckle, feeling sorry about being a nuisance. Despite being obnoxious and stupid sometimes, he still has his heart, right where it belongs! He appreciated the small cushion she made for his chin, smiling. When she jumped up from being spooked by Ruben @Thatannoyinggod, Keya didn't exactly react the same way, but the way half of his face got impaled into her, his mouth was slightly agape. As she lowered herself and Keya finally was allowed to breathe again, he had a comical expression of shock on his face. He turned around to face both Ruben and Lucy, as his mouth was still agape, something gooey, shiny and emerald colored was sticking out of it. Opening his mouth a bit more, he reaches into it to take out what seems to be slime girl residue, and a mouthful at that. Sporting that Really now...? expression again, he takes that slime residue that looked like it belonged to Lucy and placed it gently on her arm, guessing that it will just be sucked right back in. "And that was my second daily dose of Lucy. Tasty as always~, but I came here for sweets!" He tells her teasingly, winking at her. He looks over to Ruben, waving at him. "Good to see you, Rubes!" Then he went on to put his hands shaped in fists on his own hips, still seeming proud. Looking back at Lucy and raising a brow at her question, he responds. "Yeah, it is quite hot in here, now that you mention it. I'm not even wearing anything below this shirt, and I still feel it." He even proves it by grabbing onto the dark magenta button-up shirt to lift it, revealing his... oddly feminine and smooth stomach (see reference picture) that everyone already knows how it looks like.

Keya grinned at her in response to her reaction again, but it soon turned into a regular smile as he crossed his arms. "I'm not a drake! Drakes don't have wings!" He opens up his own wings and flaps them once to be a bit up front. He turns around and starts walking in front of her, but he was walking backwards, in sync with her. Good thing he didn't bump into anything or anyone. "Get it right, slimy girl!" He said and closed his eyes, mockingly but jokingly sticking out his long tongue at her. "Bleeeeh!" Indeed, his tongue was really long. It must be good to feel it, although Lucy probably knows this already..... The dragon boy turned around again and let himself fall a little bit behind after he had retracted his long tongue, only so that he would be walking next to her once more. He then leaned towards her, resting his chin a bit on her shoulder as he looked at her phone screen to see what she types, retrieving her head as she's done. He sighs. "Darn, I guess we won't get all the sweets..." But he puts that booming smile right back on his pretty, feminine face, not minding at all that Ruben's joining them. After all, that's the only reason he's here, to have a nice meetup at Coffin Delights with his dear friends. Oh, and did I mention? He looked damn proud, as always.

Keya chuckles at her, not responding to the first question on purpose but waits until he gets to her second remark, about the lamp. Teasingly, he turns towards her, a cheeky grin on his face. "Oh yeah? Give me back the gift I gave you today, and I'll get you an ordinary lamp instead! Sounds like a good trade?!" He watched her reaction after he said that, being real proud of himself, as he always is. He was also loud in public, but he doesn't seem to really care about what others think. When the topic switched back to being about Ruben, he shrugs, thinking again. "Hmmm... He definitely can't be where we came from, because I haven't seen him around when I came back from my adventure... I'm sure he's somewhere around in the mall. We will run into him. If not, his loss!" He slides closer to her as they continue to walk, bumping shoulders with the slime girl. With a joking tone, he whispered at her. "We will get all the sweets!" Then, he let out a fake evil laugh, moving away a little bit so that it doesn't seem like they're stuck together, or something.

He thinks for a moment before actually answering her, still smiling at her dearly. "Perhaps that is because it was my first experience. I felt a unique sense of pleasure inside me, as you mentioned I would. Truth be told, I quite liked it, madame Bella. I hope that isn't unusual for me to say, me being a lowly human." He says, looking into her gaze and placing his hands back into his coat's pockets. "Besides. I'm offering again because I'm a gentleman, and as I said before, I wouldn't keep a lady like yourself starving at a restaurant." He says, not giving off a joker's aura at all, in fact. After that, he realizes something and takes a look at the grandfather clock that resides in the dining room. "It appears that I have something to take care of elsewhere. It was much pleasure to talk to you, madame Bella. Au revoir, ma chère." He takes a step back, so he has more space, raising an arm and performing a bow in front of her as he put his arm over his stomach. The air gets colder and windy again as he suddenly starts to disappear particle by particle, from head to toe. The windy air moves Bella's skirt that she was presumably wearing, but not so much as to reveal anything at all. It probably happened that way because while he was invisible, he moved past her. Just like that, the very strange human known as Raúl is gone, for now.

You could just add the name of the club in the title of the OOC threads, and then things will be resolved easily.

Well, that's confusing. Following people on this site will most certainly 100% accidentally direct me into a different club. "OOC talk." is the name of this club's OOC thread as well, and so is that of Tales of Valnis. Darn.

Raúl returned the smile at her, his mood and aura as normal and relaxed as always. "I did not experience pain." He says, as he gently extends his hand, trying to grab a hold of one of hers if possible with very slow movements to bend down and give the top of her hand a gentleman's kiss, while his other hand was now behind his back. This way he shows even more signs of being a real lady's man. After he's done, he lets go of her hand and looks at her with his usual serious smirk, straightening himself. "After that one fine evening spent in a high class restaurant in the future, whenever that will be, how about I give you some more? That way you don't have to be there just for the scent of food. What say you, madame Bella?" He awaits her response to his generous offer, wanting her to feel good whenever they go out together. There's still no proper day and time set, but that's no issue, as he was talking about the possible future.

Keya, the draconic feminine boy with an adorable face had sported a rather baggy attire. He was wearing a dark magenta high-collared buttoned-up shirt, with nothing below it, as well as a pair of baggy blue jeans. On his feet were sneakers that were made especially for dragonmorphs, so that they could fit, but it didn't look any different from the sneakers that humans wear. Walking beside Lucy @Icarian Dreams in a proud manner, his hands in his jeans' pockets, he occasionally looked at her once she spoke, him responding with his usual jokey and positive attitude. A few times he couldn't help but to look over at Lucy's attire, looks and expressions, taking a mental note of how his act of kindness back in her dorm room really upped her mood. Whenever she smiled at him, he smiled back with a little tilt of his head. He hears what she has to say, listening closely. He widened his eyes a bit, but let her finish all the way, not commenting on the "spending money online" part. "A while, huh? I could've sworn you're not an introvert, Lulu!" He grins at her, taking out a green-scaled hand to place a finger on his chin, which seems to be his trademark thinking expression as he looks off somewhere, before looking back at her. "It's seriously the second best place to hang out at, first one being your room." He smirks at his own comment about her room before continuing. "There's just so much things you can do at a mall, and so much sweets you can eat!" He said that last line in a teasing way, trying to make her think that with all the options available in the mall, she's indeed in for a treat.

Watching her come even closer and letting her do whatever she has to do, Raúl looks up and over her head at somewhere random, still the usual expression on him. He still was relaxed and he wouldn't have been able to notice the mirror image either way since he wasn't quite paying attention to what's happening down there. When she got close enough, that's when he closed his eyes and very gently placed his hands on her waist, as a form of helping to keep things stable. He only held her for the amount of time it lasted. Once he felt the slight pain sting from her bite, he remained calm, probably because it felt just like being vaccinated by a syringe, or simply donating blood. A very faint "Mh..." is heard from his closed mouth, but it wasn't a moan to show that he feels the pleasure, it was more like a reaction to something he didn't expect, although she did explain that this procedure involves a certain positive feeling. No matter, he still looked at ease. He then took a deep breath, a very slight streak of blush appearing on his face below his eyes from the feeling, but he remains calm. Soon enough, the streak disappears and he lets go of her, fluttering his eyes open as he continues to look above her at somewhere random, gathering his thoughts. Due to this unique sensation and the lick on his mark, he now has goosebumps all over his body for a short amount of time, but everything returns to normal after the deed was done. He slid back on his feet a bit, only so he could get just a little bit of distance, but he still was relatively close to her. He looks down into her eyes, raising a hand to place it on where his wound was, moving his neck in a circular fashion. He then rubs the spot for a moment, before putting his hands back in his coat's pockets. "I feel fine." He responds, calmly. "This certainly was a unique sensation. What about you, madame Bella?" He smirks like before, with half-closed eyes, curious at whether she appreciated the small "test donation" or not.

His bodily reactions were relaxed. His tone of voice was gentle. His mood was in a calm state, free mind with more focus put on the real world. His breathing was slow and calm, just like his mood. His overall state was that of a relaxed human being, like he knows what he's getting himself into. Whatever may be the case, it did seem like he just gave his consent to something that he never thought he'd get himself into, yet he doesn't seem to really care about it either. He returns the soft smile as she agrees, he, too, stepping closer to her. Since he's indeed taller than her, he looked down into her gaze. "I give my consent, madame Bella. And, I understand. I will show no struggle." He understands that he mustn't struggle. It seems that out of every aspect of his body, the only skin that are really exposed are around his neck, a typical place that vampires use to drink blood from. It was well exposed, too, but if she wanted to properly reach it, he may have to bend down a little bit. His hands were still in his pockets, showing no sign of struggle or restraint, letting her look over him. Up close, since she was so keen on scents, she would be able to smell a manly perfume on him. He takes a deep sigh and momentarily closes his eyes as well, still looking at her after he reopened them, being as relaxed as ever.

While explaining her things and she does that with her breasts, his only reaction was a slight pause in his words as he looked at them. He looked up at her in the eyes with a slight streak of blush on his face, as well as a Really now...? look on his face, but it wasn't anything serious, it was more like he enjoyed the sight and wanted to move on from it swiftly, otherwise he would get too attached. After all, Lucy knows what he's like when he gets teased way too much into doing the action, but since Keya isn't a pervert, it actually takes a lot of sexual teasing to get him going on. He looked at her wink and resumed explaining, while grinning a bit more. Listening to her responding to his explanation, he closes his eyes and sighs as she formulates her first remark, letting out a chuckle as the streak of blush reappears again. "I will take that as a compliment thank you very much little miss bouncy girl!" He grins at her again as he mocks her with that, saying it all in one sentence, moving onto the next topic. He simply nodded in understanding that she understood, then eyed her as she mocked a pose and turned into a slime-dragon offspring. He looked over her in that dragon pose of hers, crossing his arms, eyeing her intently with a raised brow and a continuous smirk. "Oh yes, definitely! But I prefer if you stayed yourself. One loud and obnoxious dragon is more than enough, wouldn't you agree, Lulu?" He leaned closer and used his elbow to bump it against her shoulder a couple of times while winking. But as she laughed, he couldn't help but join her in it, almost falling on his ass from it. When she collects herself, he nods, agreeing that they shouldn't keep Ruben waiting. He watched her, as stated previously, not being much of a pervert, but once she bent down and he was still staring her way, he thoroughly examined her bubbly ass with his eyes without as much as a little bit of shame, and smirked at her in a suggestive way, taking a step closer since they are about to leave anyway. By the time she looked back at him, he was still smirking, signaling her with the looks in his eyes that indeed he saw something nice. "...Yes, ma'am!" He exclaims after she snapped him out of the cheeky trance with her question, following her. They step out of the dorm room and Lucy locks the door, making their way to the mall. [ Scene continues at the Sunveil Mall! ]

Hearing Bella's cute giggles is something that Raúl quite enjoys. It proves him that she's a nice lady and means no harm. He thinks she's easily amused thanks to his charming attitude. He still gives off a friendly aura, in case she decided to check for some reason. "A lovely sensation, you say?" He closes his eyes and faces the ground for a moment, still smirking like her. He looks up a moment later after having reopened his eyes. "The thought of that intrigues me, quite. Would you be fine with me asking you to demonstrate it, madame Bella? Or... Perhaps is it not the right time?" He asks her politely, even stepping closer yet again to her. It appears that the distance between them would be around a meter and a half, his hands still in his coat's pockets. With him staring into her gaze like that, he barely blinks. It's as if he's trying to experiment Bella's limits, to what she will and what she won't do.

Raúl waited until she further explained, being silent the whole while, but he sure was listening and intently eyeing her. He raises a brow after listening to her "weird reaction" when it comes to tasting food, grinning. "That doesn't sound too pleasing, but at least the scent is there." He adds, agreeing with her in that regard. He steps closer to her again just once, having a similar sort of smirk on his face as her. Something about this conversation between a gentleman and a lady is really pleasing, to the both of them, it seems. "About feeding on that red life essence... Would you say something like that hurts a lot, madame Bella? I assume not, if you are gentle. But... One can never be too sure." He continues to speak in a gentle tone but purposely putting emphasis on certain words and mysterious pauses between sentences. He does this all while he looks into her eyes. "If you answer me, maybe I could help you ease your appetite. After all, I don't want a lady like yourself starving at a restaurant." He said the word "restaurant" with a spot-on French accent, adding even more fanciness to his posh and mysterious personality. He's a real ladykiller. The only accessory he's missing is a fedora, which wouldn't even suit him so well.

He notices her mixed reactions but does not comment on it, seeming to understand the troubles she has to go through to indeed do feed on the blood of live creatures. While replying to him, he did notice that she stepped closer, but thought nothing of it as he trusts Bella. In fact, Raúl himself stands up from his sitting posture, using light wind magic to push the chair back where it belongs. He took a step closer to as well, keeping his hands in his coat's pockets, speaking with the same posh tone, except having a fake concerned tone mixed with it. "You do it on the willing? Who would dare do such a thing? It seems so dangerous, madame Bella..." He smirks at her, not being afraid of her despite what she is. Since he stepped closer, she would be able to sense his lively and innocent blood even more. And, to make things even more tense, he had stepped closer once more when the topic switched, looking down from his tall posture into her eyes, still smiling and still having his eyes half-closed and relaxed. He's close, but still at a relatively safe distance. Any ordinary human would definitely be a bit more scared to approach such a person who secretly lusts after blood. He doesn't step any closer though and listens to her question. He thinks for a moment, looking off to the side. "Now that you mention it, I am not so sure. Blood may be your primary source of vitamin income, but surely that doesn't mean your taste buds on your tongue are nonexistent. Do correct me if I'm wrong, madame Bella."

Keya felt good that things are swiftly back on track. He smiled in return to her. He couldn't help but to look at her for a while, this time not in a mysterious way, but the usual way he always does. A dork indeed he always was, but the positivity he had in him was unique and had a great feeling to it. Even in Lyncus' parties, along with the others he enjoyed whatever crazy events transpired there, but Keya being Keya, he still emitted his positivity and managed to crack jokes even during intimate moments, making the party ten times more fun for everyone. All in all, he was just a fun guy to have around. Maybe sometimes too loud, maybe sometimes too dorky, maybe sometimes too soft, but he never failed in being a good friend to anyone. Lucy is someone he always stood close to, and the gift he gave her today just proves this even more. Either way, his eyes focus back onto hers. He remembers that one time she ate too much sugar, as everyone heard about her condition in class. Just thinking about it makes him chuckle a little bit, but he still felt bad at what happened to Lucy that one day. "It's okay, Lulu, just don't go crazy over it, or anything! We don't exactly want to scare Ruben away!" He playfully winks back at her as he jokes about it, letting out a joyous laughter. He really is enjoying these small conversations with her. Dropping the smile a little bit and raising a brow on his cute feminine face to listen to whatever she has to ask of him, only to reform his smile again at the end of it. Seeming proud and confident again, he raises a finger and makes a cheeky but serious "explaining time" face as he looks at her. Sometimes whenever he explains things, it goes on for ages, but most of the times people actually learn something new from them. But sometimes it's a waste of time. Either way, he doesn't care and explains it! "Just like they're different types of sliiiiimes...." Putting a lot of emphasis on the word "slime", he looks over her body and face with an eye, bearing a grin on his own face. "...There are different types of dragons as well! While indeed I am your run-of-the-mill dragon, known otherwise as... well... dragon, there are hornless and horned variants. Hornless ones are more common, while horned ones, or... As I like to call them... Horny ones... They are rare." He chuckles at his own joke again. After that, he puts the same finger he raised on his own chin, looking extremely cute with his thinking pose as he looks off at the ceiling, swaying his upper body side to side in a positive and cheerful manner. "Horned ones may be rare, but they're no different than us. They're just horned dragons, period. Hope that answer satisfies you, m'lady!" As he said that last sentence, he bowed before her and grinned at her one last time before he awaited her answer. He was quite ready to leave, by the way, and if she had to dress up or anything in order to go and meet with Ruben at the mall, he would stay there as he didn't feel like it's an issue to watch, unless he was actually told to look away. He's not a pervert to get enjoyment out of something simple such as "undressing."

Listening to her explain her appetite, he still had a smile as he raised a brow, not really phasing him. "Blood? Then that means you're either a werewolf or a vampire, but judging by your skin tone, overall appearance and charming attitude..." He looks over her as he said that, perceiving every inch of her body. "...It must be the latter, madame Bella." He rolls his eyes and looks off to the side where the food is being made, having a smirk on his face. She doesn't need to tell him what she directly is in order for him to understand, after all a common human only knows that vampires, werewolves and perhaps certain insects drink blood, so it was not a difficult guess at all, but it was still a guess. "I assume you wouldn't procure such red life essence from a lowly human being such as myself, would you, madame Bella?" He asks, letting out a sigh and dropping the smirk as he continued to look away for just a moment, but ended up looking back at her, in her eyes, forming a smile again. It seems that he enjoys talking to Bella, and he is quite friendly to her, always smiling and using gentle words with a gentle tone. Upon hearing her boast about the fact that everyone will fall in line once she becomes part of staff, he lets out a gentle chuckle. "Now, that's what I like to see." After that, he adds sarcastically, in a posh manner, still giving off a friendly aura because he was obviously joking with this next line: "Fortunately for me, I will graduate and I won't get to face the wrath of madame Bella."

He smiles at her, appreciating the respect that they give each other. Him and her seem to be along the well mannered students out there, while others are lazy troublemakers. He has nothing more to say on the first topic, other than a reassuring look in his eyes. Seeing as she considers his offer, he lightly nods in response. "You will find it very intriguing, madame Bella. The food there may be within your tastes, if we head to the right place, that is." He reaches into his coat's pockets to retrieve a small piece of paper that was cut out already, as well as a pen, writing down a few numbers which appear to be his cellphone number. Then he uses light wind magic to fly the piece of paper over there on the table where she is. "My number, if you have considered my offer. If not, be that any other matter, you are free to contact me, madame Bella." Lightly smirking at her, leaning back against the back of the chair that was in front of him instead of behind him, with crossed arms and resting his chin atop of them. Leading her on with encouragement, he responds to her determination of why she wants to be a teacher. "With your help, I'm sure this place will not go down those ways." Keeping the eye contact, he adds something to it in a rather cold tone. "Although with some of these newer students, and yourself still being a mere student, I'm afraid it keeps on going downhill."

Looking at the person before him, he blinks a few times. "Oh, hello, sir." He muttered out in response before looking over to the door and the title of it. Being the first time he explores this area, he thankfully didn't see the other version of it. He raised a brow at him once he asked that, taking a mental note in his mind that he is the counselor. "Talk..? Uhm, well.. I definitely was nervous and all, but since then I have made a few monster friends... I'm definitely not as nervous as then, but I still am nervous about certain ones, I guess..." He says, raising a hand to scratch the back of his head, storing away his notebook and pen into his pockets.