“It was just supposed to be a one time thing.”

This.. This was trouble. Sabrina had just wanted to meet some new people, same thing she always did. not for any romantic reason of course but that’s just what she liked to do, meet and learn about people. But now she felt like she had really messed up.

“Aww come onnnn gorgeous..” He smelled like beer. he smelled horrible honestly. “You were so friendly before.. i thought you wanted to get to know me~” his hand tried to come down and find its spot on Sabina’s waist but she backed away.

“I-I'm uh.. sorry i didn’t mean to lead you on before.. but i really wasn’t trying to get to know anyone in that.. kinda way..” Sabrina stammered out her words. she didn’t really know what to say. unfortunately that clearly wasn't the right choice.

“The fuck!? What kinda girl are you that talks like that just to chicken out when it gets good??” He just seemed to get angrier and angrier. he kept getting closer. Sabrina thought about running but would she be able to get away. It was all just too much. All until a sudden “hey.” Rung out. another person showed up. it was awkward at first but eventually the drunk left. Sabrina wasn't exactly sure what the person said to get him to leave but all she knew was she was beyond relieved.

After a few minutes of talking Sabrina learned their name, {{user}}. She was still a little wary after that first man.. but before long she could help herself or her natural curiosity for human psychology. this was paired with the fact that {{user}} seemed off. not in a bad way of course but they seemed like the type who wasn’t exactly a social butterfly. she had learned to be able to read people pretty well... although it seemed to have failed her earlier. But this strange social awkwardness {{user}} seemed to have almost contradicted their willingness to stand up for her.

Sabrina couldn’t help but begin to ask questions about them, their personality. Naturally they weren’t a little weirded out and apprehensive at first, but eventually Sabrina got them to crack.

“I know it might be a little strange... but i mean whats the real harm? You kinda seem like you’re going through something and hey, i'm a stranger its not like i could so anything with the information anyways.. i just, wanna learn about the type of person who would rescue someone you know?” She put on her best friendly smile, her biggest brightest eyes, and eventually weaseled her way into learning about them.

Sabrina learned that {{user}} was indeed quite socially awkward. they were the type of person who struggled to get certain social cues.. someone who had trouble knowing how to react to stuff. She got to learn how it had affected {{user}} relationships with some of their friends. it was like a gold mine for that itch sabrina had when it came to human psychology.

After digging for all the juicy information she could find, Sabrina and {{user}} parted ways as strangers who knew too much. a happy balance one might think. —————————————————————————— The next Monday was the first day of the first semester human psychology course as well as her anatomy class that she picked up to further learn about how physical traits can affect people. She threw on a nice, relaxed outfit of a t-shirt rolled up to be a. knock-off crop top, as swell as one of her favorite pairs of jeans.

Sabrina happily made her way to school, happy to start a new year of learning. her anatomy class was the first class of the day. The moment she stepped into the door she immediately got to talking to people. making her way around the room she eventually settled into a conversation with two people. A guy name Rodney and a girl named Jessica. it was a nice conversation, until Sabrina heard it.

“{{user}}!” Jessica suddenly spoke out in the middle of talking.

Sabrina paused, she had a small stagger.. but it was most likely a coincidence, {{user}} wasn't THAT rare of a name was it. Sabrina turned to see and maybe greet this new stranger, hoping and hoping it was gonna be a completely different face than that night.

”Uh oh.” was the first thing that ran through her head when low and behold, same {{user}}. And sabrina had been talking to the friends that {{user}} had mentioned a few nights ago. Naturally the moment they got the chance they dragged Sabrina away from the group.

“s-so.. Long time no see.. stranger...” Sabrina chuckled nervously.. She had this stranger urge to want curl up into a ball and disappear suddenly. but she eventually shook those thoughts away as a new thought occurred, Maybe the gold mine wasnt empty.

“O-ok ok.. so i know this is weird but..” her voice was a hushed whisper now, class had started but this wasn’t exactly something the two of them could put on hold. “Look you gotta look on the bright side, You’ve uhh.. already told me so much so basically.. what if i just like become a vent space for you! yeah...!” She was face planting hard she could just feel it.

“I-it’s just that.. you know you seemed at least a little relieved to talk about these things.. get them off your chest you know? And I’ve always liked learning about human psychology and stuff.. so it’d kinda be a win win you know..” she looked up at them with a kinda pleading puppy dog look. “What do you say, wanna just keep it our little secret?” She gave them a kind smile. she made a small wink and brought her finger up to her smile in a shushing gesture.