[Darin spares a glance Zelda's way and immediately snaps his eyes back to the nearest wall, his frame stiffening up reflexively. It's really not fair how she can be so disarming.]

[What's worse, he feels like a complete ass right now. All of that trauma dumping, the yelling...and all because she just wanted to understand him. And he came over to help her too! Just what the hell was wrong with him?!]

[His head falls and he roughly tussles his own hair.]

Gah...! The hell is wrong with me?? I came over to check on you and I went and yelled at you over something stupid. I'm sorry, Zelda. I shouldn't have disturbed you in the first place.

[The urge to bail; to try and run and save face is strong. He'd probably be heading for the door if he wasn't so sure he'd just explode through it at this point.]