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Well, she’s not much for conversation now is she? Adrienne thought as he followed the strange girl through the halls of the apartment building. Although he was fairly certain she didn’t really have any ill intentions towards him, her complete silence the entire walk here didn’t inspire too much confidence. She wanted something from him, that much was clear. She had to, no one simply asked if you would like to come live with them, especially not if they lived in a place like this. Well, it wasn’t as if he had any other options, his parents wouldn’t take him back again and he wasn’t exactly keen on living at The Bar.
“This is my room”
Adrienne perked up as his- what would she be now? Hostess? Savior? Warren? - finally spoke up again.
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It was almost unnerving. Although, a small voice sneered in his head, you don’t have much right to call other people unnerving.
“Adrienne.” He mumbled slightly, watching her stride across the room to a small cupboard. He heard her take a breath to begin talking again and swiftly cut her off, not being able the bear the question any longer. “And I am sorry if I am being rude but could you please tell me; why did you invite me to live here?”
She turned back to look at him, mild confusion on her face. “Why wouldn’t I? Is that not normal?”
“Errm… no, not exactly.”
“… I’m not entirely sure why I decided to invite you here. I suppose I was thinking that, um, it would be better for two women to live together as opposed to trying to live alone?”
He forced himself not to cringe. Of course, it was inventible, it had happened every day of his life and of course she didn’t know and hadn’t meant to harm him by it, unlike certain others, but it still hurt him nonetheless. It hurt him because of the simple fact he was not a woman. Despite what he had always been told, despite his body, despite everything, he had always known he was not female. And every time anyone implied he was he wished for nothing more than to simply crawl out of his skin in disgust.
“That is very kind of you.” But she didn’t know, and he had no intentions of telling her and risk losing his home again because of it. He slowly made his way to a chair near to the small,

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