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"Huh?" Pierce asked as the two of them walked down the hallway, an eyebrow raised towards the murmur that had left Austin's mouth. The jaguar was busy trying not to read too much into the word that had seemed to slip out of the cougar's mouth without him realizing. "Oh. I'm thinking about what we're going to do at the party cause I assume you're not into drinking gam-" McKinney blinks slowly, coming to a realization. "You're not talking to me, are you? Having an inner conversation?"

Following the cougar into his dorm room, he was about to say something when Austin disappeared behind the bathroom door- voice quiet as he excused himself. "Alright..." The jaguar trailed off, running his gaze around the room while he stood in the center of it. It was certainly different than his own; full of action posters and sports trophies. Jerseys of famous sports players hung on the walls. The whole room smelled of the cougar, a light and airy scent compared to his own heavy, dominating one.

After a few minutes, McKinney couldn't stop himself but knocking on the bathroom door lightly. "Everything okay in there? You decide on an outfit?"