Dustin...trusted Reni. More than he had let her know. He trusted her quite a bit. She was like almost three fourths of the way through his trust bubble. He didn't know how to show her. He looked down. He trusted her. He didn't know her family other than Marina. Marina scared him. She had hurt him and drank his blood. Touched him...horrible touches. She should know by now it was hard for him to trust others. Especially those he knew nothing about nor had ever met. He bit down on her lower lip. He couldn't tell her...that he liked her. That the liking was as a bit more than friends. If he told her...and messed up...he would lose the only one who truly cared about him. He would lose the one person who meant anything to him. That scared him more than anything in the world. His developing feelings towards Reni as more than close friends...scared him. So he said nothing about them.<br/><br/>He looked down. Fingering his chain on his pants. Listening to her as she spoke. Paling a bit. King? Queen? He knew nothing of proper edicate before royalty. He sighed a bit. She was probably right but...he was human. He looked at her. He listened to what she said. It was that important to her. He could tell. It was very important to her to leave the blades here. He did not know how to show trust in people he had never met but...he knew how to show he trusted Reni. He looked down ashamedly. He flinched like she verbally slapped him when she began to snap. Turning into a statue and getting a vacant look in his eyes. His eyes turning hollow and lifeless. He whimpered a bit as she walked out of the room.<br/><br/>A tear trailed down his cheek as she snapped at him a second time. He made her mad. She probably hated him now. He wasn't trying to upset her. He really wasn't. He just had always had some sort of protection on him. His blades were his sense of security. "I'm...I'm sorry..." He whispered even though she was already gone. He sat there staring vacantly at the floor for a few minutes. Then stood and wiped his tears away. Applying his black eye shadow. Then the black lipstick. Painting his nails black with quick drying nail polish. He stared down at the ground. He walked silently out of the room. Putting the blades away and made it so Reni would know he had left them. Maybe...maybe she would forgive him. Maybe she wouldn't be mad at him for screwing up.<br/><br/>He had to have screwed up. She snapped at him. Not just once but twice. He whimpered a bit and looked down like a beaten puppy. He didn't look up or say anything to anyone. Not that he did very often. He had only wanted to know if it was important to her. Yet that seemed to piss her off. Since it had been that important to her...when she answered the question...he would respect that it was that important and leave them. Yet...then she snapped at him. He looked down. His hands just laying at his sides. His eyes filled with shame and fear and sorrow. He just stared at the ground even as he walked outside.<br/><br/>He walked to where the car was. His expression blank. He didn't look up. He just stared down. "They in the room...all of them. Cuz it was important to you...I just wanted to know if it was that important to you." He whispered in a meek and timid voice. "I...can't trust people I don't know..." he started out. "Yet...I trust you a lot so...I give them...the benefit of the doubt. For you." He didn't look up. He just stared down. "I'm sorry...I'm sorry. Please...please forgive me. I'm sorry Reni...I was...scared." He said in a pleading and fearful voice. "Please...don't hate me...please...I'm sorry..." He whispered. Not looking at her. He bit his lower lip then let it go.<br/><br/>"I left them...cuz it was important to you that I did. That...was my decision. Even though...I feel unable to protect myself. Out of respect for you...I left them." He was whispering. Yet afraid he'd make her even madder.