Welcome to Gaia! ::

She soon returned with a straw which she placed into his drink before picking up the fork and repeated the process of feeding him. She didn't tell him to say 'aahh' every time, but she did say it occasionally so he of course replied with an 'aahh' as he took the meat off the fork. When he had gotten halfway through the food, she asked if he was thirsty, "Ah, y-yeah.. thanks." He replied with a nod as he drank the drink from the straw. His feeling of fear had for the most part subsided with how kindly she was treating him, it also helped that he kind of enjoyed being taken care of for the first time. It was then he also made a thought which caused him to pale a bit as well, what about if he needed to use the bathroom. This caused him to blush in embarrassment and swear to himself that he would hold it in for the next two days, he hoped he could pull that off. "U-Umm.. the food is really good, thank you Korosu.." He said to her with a kind smile, doing his best to hold back his stutter as he spoke to her.

Artie smiled lightly as she took away the tray, "A-Alright, I will do s-so.." He replied with a nod. He watched as she then left the room, leaving the boy alone in the seated position, which was more comfortable for him at the current moment. He breathed a sigh of relief, still having a light blush on his face from the earlier embarrassment, it seemed she was helping a bit with his fear without her even realizing it, which was good for him. "Since I'll be here for two days anyway, I may as well try my best to set my goal to be able to talk to her without stuttering.." He said to himself as he leaned his head back against the headboard and looked to the ceiling, "I really hate this fear..." He stated with frown before sighing a bit, feeling a bit bored and began to think what he could do with his reduced stamina and physical strength.

Artie turned his head towards the door of the bedroom, "Y-Yeah." He replied with a nod as she approached the bed and patted his head before seating herself on the edge of the bed. It seemed she liked patting him on the head, but it wasn't like he disliked it, in honesty he did kinda like being pat on the head. He smiled lightly as he waited for her to speak, but once she did speak, his smile became rather stiff especially after she put her scarf on the bed. It seemed her scarf was sentient, but that was besides the point it was the fact that he would most likely need help that embarrassed him causing his face to blush a bit. "U-Umm.. I-I see.. T-Thanks for your consideration t-then.. F-Fortunately I don't need to use the b-bathroom at the current moment, but I will ask for Xo's h-help s-should I n-need to.." He replied with a wry smile as he was still blushing a bit from embarrassment.

"All right.." Artie replied with a light nod as he watched her move the scarf to the shelf next to the bed. He blinked a bit at her next words and then her nervous laugh which only confused him more. He wondered what she meant by tightness, but he shrugged it off. "Aha.. I-I see.. I-I think I can handle a-a bit o-of tightness.. I h-have been t-through much w-worse." He replied with a kind smile as he thought about the scar on his chest for a moment before focusing back on Korosu. "S-So, no n-need to worry a-about me for t-that." He added, trying to alleviate her worry a little bit.

Artie was rather relieved when Korosu didn't ask him about what other things he had been though, since for him it was the worst day of his life. He smiled lightly when she asked if he needed anything as she started to rock back and forth on her heels. He wasn't really sure what to ask since this was his first time being taken care of. After her rocking had stopped and she further said not to be afraid to ask and that she was here to help. "A-Ah.. w-well.. I guess s-something to drink then.. I-I am p-pretty thirsty.." He said with a kind smile as he looked her in the eyes. While he was still rather uncomfortable around her, he was starting to have a bit of an easier time talking with her, which wasn't a bad feeling.

Artie blinked a bit when he saw that she had zoned out a for a moment before she had snapped out of it and leaving the room. "She's acting weird?" He muttered curiously as he tilted his head. She had been acting much differently when they had met in the park, but now it was almost like she was a different person, and even he didn't really understand why. His thoughts went toward trying to figure out why she was acting this way. She soon had returned with a cup of water with a straw, which she gave to him, and put down a plate of crackers by Xo, stating it was just in case he got hungry later. "A-All right." He replied with a light smile of his own to her. It was then he thought to ask her about earlier, "B-But, are y-you okay..? You z-zoned out a-a bit earlier.." He asked her with a light worried tone as he looked her in the eyes thinking he might be troubling her too much after all.

"Ah.. I-I see.." Artie replied with a light nod as she laughed nervously before ruffling his hair, she really liked touching his head, didn't she. "O-Okay, I-I'll do my b-best." He replied with a light smile and a light nod and drank a bit of the water using the straw. He tilted his head a bit when he saw her playing with her fingers before she said she was going to head back downstairs unless he needed something. "A-Ah, n-no.. I-I think I-I am good f-for the moment.. T-Thank you though." He replied with a kind smile before he drank a bit more from the water carefully. But, he couldn't help but feel her attitude towards him seems to become weirdly sweeter and sweeter every time she leaves and comes back, he still did not really understand why.

"A-All right then." Artie replied with a nod. The next few hours for him were spent for the most part sitting on the bed as he had been the whole time with Korosu coming in and out a bunch of times and get him things if he were to request it. But, he could easily tell that compared to a few hours earlier, Korosu was way sweeter towards him, giggled more, though she did also start apologizing a lot, and even more recently whenever she'd look in his eyes and end up blushing for some reason at a rate of 3 times out of 5. Rather, he had a fairly good idea on what was going on, but he could only hope that he was wrong. He blinked a bit when she entered the room already apologizing to him, "Y-You don't need to apologize... y-you're more than w-welcome to enter the room without worry of bothering m-me.. It is your h-home a-after all." Artie said to her before she could close the door. Another thing that had happened the last few hours was that his stuttering, for the most part, and reduced greatly whenever he spoke her, which made him kind of happy. He looked at the closed door for a moment before his stomach growled a bit, besides the steak earlier, for the most part he had eaten only those graham crackers and water, so he was pretty hungry, but he also felt bad to have to bother her about it, so he ignored it for the time being.