Can I just say, and I'm just being honest...

[Edwardo Piet]

Quite a few, apparently

Shaaaaaaaaw. Nymph, looky here. When I work Christmas or New Year and it's time to go home, everyone begins to hug before going home. You know what I do? I hide in the restroom until everyone is gone. I always request my birthday off, so nobody can hug me. When I see my mom and dad after months of not seeing them, I give them my usual and awkward three pats in the back hug. I'm famous for awkward hugs. See, hugs make me anxious and tense. I get very stiff. Lately I have really felt like I've missed out. I guess it took a wonderful hug to make me notice that some hugs can be very comforting. I don't always hug, but when I do, it's because humans need each other sometimes. You'll see me once in a while here at AF offer someone a virtual non-awkward hug. I'm not just saying it. I mean that hug. In person, I'd step out of my comfort zone for that hug, and I'm sure it wouldn't be awkward, except for the beat in my chest shouting out that this is definitely not something I do often. When my life is complicated and I struggle to breathe, I come home half the week to an empty house. I love my solitude, but it can get strangely empty sometimes. To know that someone out there would hug me if they could, well, that's not uncomfortable. I appreciate the hell out of it. I spent ten years living under the same roof with a human who never ever hugged. Ever. Non-hugger trained, I must admit that knowing a hug is available even when I'm this fucked up and tangled version of a human, well, that's brick-heart warming. Yeah, hugs are strange. Sometimes they're strangely welcome.  

You know what I love about you Ivy? You really openly speak your mind. You just let it all out, unfiltered.

* Edwardo Piet hugs you

[Jello]

I love hugs

I love both hugs and Jellies.

Wobble! 

[Edwardo Piet]

Love for all.

[The Valkyrie]

Love for all.

Want to kill only a few of you.

That counts, right?

[Thumpalumpacus]

I think y'all need to test this unusual reaction to hugging, with me.

That's fine. 
You will be timed, though.

I don't hate hugs. They just disrupt my equilibrium. Staying collected has served me well, in life....at least, I think it has.
Others disagree.

I assume that's why I'm occasionally a victim of the 'ol ambush hug attack.

I have to admit -- this is the first time I've ever heard of a woman wanting a guy to be quick!

[J a c k]

CIJS...
You haven't made noise this time. I saw you and I'm sure you saw me. I'm sure. Plus, a month in small town is like an open field. What's different this time? I should be happy. I should be relieved. Maybe you're done. I'm not happy, though. I feel like it's suspicious. I feel paranoid. I feel that you have something up your sleeve. I don't like it. It sounds ridiculous, but I rather know that you're being your usual horrible self, than not know what's going to happen next. Wtf! My mind will explode. I feel like I'm losing my mind not knowing what you're thinking. I know I wanted you to disappear, but now that you have, fuck! Is that it? After all these fucken years of impeding the skin to heal, years of mind fuck, all of a sudden you've had your fill? I don't buy it. What's next? Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. Right now... I think I hate you. More than anything and anyone. Get the fuck out of my mind with your mind fuck and jump off a bridge or something.


CIJS...
Ever wanted to scream on a mountain top? I get that feeling here. It feels so good.

CIJS...
Stop knocking. When you text me what I'm doing and I say I'm enjoying silence, I mean it. I don't even listen to music in those precious moments. I really want to sit there in complete silence and listen to my thoughts. I know you want to hang out and I love you, dude, but I need space. I don't like visits. I know that sounds awful, but if I want to hang out, let's go catch a movie, or have a drink. Just... I treasure my alone time at my man cave. Don't knock when I say I don't want you to. I'm not kidding. Heh. Sorry, buddy. Here. Have a cookie. Cookies help.

[Edwardo Piet]

Love for all.

Want to kill only a few of you.

That counts, right?

Go for it. I haz a shell.

[The Valkyrie]

Want to kill only a few of you.

That counts, right?

Go for it. I haz a shell.

And a soft under belly.

[Edwardo Piet]

Yes please. I'll probably like it, to your amazement.

[Excited Penguin]

CIJSAIJBH,

I wouldn't mind talking to you again if you wanted. You'd have to want it too. I'd have to know you wanted. Simply because I wouldn't want to impose. And also because I literally can't right now.

I believe there's no harm in trying to be friends, right?