[ sometimes he feels as if the loneliness that he's felt for so long has only recently been surfaced now that he knows what companionship feels like. for a while after he had been picked up by the Express, Dan Heng enjoyed his own solitude. Welt and Himeko were both very supportive of his needs, never pressing, but being present when they needed him.

then came March, babbling, full of energy as if she were experiencing the world for the first time. it was a different sort of feeling to have someone who cared enough to be in his space. after that, Caelus, who, like March, quite liked being in his space. however, Caelus came with a certain level of understand of sharing nightmares and the feeling of something else in your head with you. perhaps they all came from some place similar, wandered alone, then found one another.

so, when Caelus offers to bunk with him, Dan Heng welcomes the company in his own, muted way. it's also nice to have his company be wanted, as well as want the company, even if Caelus is, well, the way he is. Dan Heng has only taken a little bit of getting to know him to find all of eccentricities rather endearing.

he leaves the door open because he's busy tagging something in the data bank, figuring that Caelus can let himself in whenever he decides to head over. March is in her room, which is between the two of them, and he idly wonders if he can trust Caelus to make it without alerting her, but he's just going to have to ... deal with it (and try not to think about it). he has a distraction: he has to prepare to store all the information that Caelus wants to add about hot yaoi, after all. ]

You don't have to knock.

[ he says without looking up. ]