"...thanks. I've no interest, but thanks." Did he ever have interest. Hartley couldn't take his eyes off Axel, so he finally just decided to stop acting as if he'd never talked to someone before and just smile at him. He could pretend that this was just another guy from his school. Not that any of the guys in his school, looked like that. Or moved like that. Luckily.

"I like to excel at everything I do. So far, I have." So he couldn't get rid of the blush, but at least he could act as if he had confidence. "...I don't usually have people in my room. It's not very interesting."