A sigh escaped his lips as he glanced towards the hallway in which he remained in, hating the fact that he was all alone, once again. It seemed that nowadays, people preferred drifting off in their own land, and Nate found it rather annoying, having to endure all the boredom without any other companion to entertain him. No matter how much he tried to search for the word fun in boredom, this time, he didn't seem to find it in the least bit, and that scared him somewhat, for boredom was never something that he could have tolerated easily. Especially with those thoughts that always run through his mind, with everything that had happened within life, it was quite hard not to remember the past, which was utterly haunting towards him. Most of the time, he'd merely ignore it, and act like nothing was wrong, though he knew much better than that. Someday, he might even just... break, if that's the exact word for it. But no - he couldn't. This was Nate Vanleer for goodness' sake, meaning that seeing him with anything other than a smile was really impossible. Nate... he was Nate. As stupid as that sounds, it actually did make sense towards him. Nate was happy, wasn't he? Just perfectly joyful, even though many people did hate him because of that. He still hated the fact that he knew this wouldn't last... not for long, for life always stabbed someone in the back whether they liked it or not. Sooner or later, it would be Nate's turn to face such consequences of running away from his fear and his past.

He preferred later rather than sooner, for then... it'll take a much longer time than he wanted. He removed his leaning figure from the wall, and started walking down the hallway to an unknown destination, just wanting to bring back the forgotten fun in those few moments. A smile framed his lips, though his insides were aching with boredom, and he didn't like it in the least bit. Where was everyone when you needed them? As he stepped into the courtyard, the fresh breeze greeted him, as the smile turned into a childish grin, attempting to glance around for anyone, though he couldn't quite spot someone he knew. His feet carried him through the courtyard, merely enjoying the feeling of it and nothing more. As he nearly bumped into someone, Nate stopped himself and still had that grin, for he knew that 'bumping into someone randomly' was quite typical of him, but then again, it never did hurt anyone before, did it? Nate was quite clumsy, and this was no surprise to state the truth. "Sorry 'bout that. he stated in his slight scottish accent, as he glanced at the figure, raising his eyebrow for he didn't seem to recognize whom she was, though introduced himself first, still grinning rather childishly. "I'm Nate, by the way. He knew that the fact that he was stating his name was rather lame, but he couldn't find anything else to say, not when his boredom was slightly subsiding slowly.