His blue eyes wandered around the room as he cleared his throat in awkwardness for what seemed like the umpteenth time tonight.
Everyone's eyes unconsciously settled on him as he was the only odd one out.
In fact, they couldn't help it. He was different from them all, with his broad shoulders and thick muscles and his tanned skin.
He was different and they couldn't help but stare at him.
Then he felt a squeeze on his palm and he looked at her to see a small smile on her face, encouraging him, and just with that, he felt at ease.
After Xavier had woken up from his nap, he found Tashina still in the same spot she was, watching him.
It was like she hadn't moved an inch for the past hours he had been asleep. Proof was that his head was tangled and relatively resembled a bird's nest, which meant that she had been running her hand through it all this time.
