[It's okay! <3 <3]
He nodded readily, relieved that she hadn't said no or pushed the door shut in his face. He was just very down in the dumps lately and Shock had always been able to make him laugh, so he thought of her immediately when he needed a friend.
"Are you okay?" Noah asked with concern, peering at her with worried gray eyes. "You're not sick, are you? You look really tired." He touched her hair again with the ends of his fingers, almost fussily. He'd be very distraught if he knew of the troubles Shock was having, and seeing her distant and quiet like this was so uncharacteristic that it was worrisome.
He walked alongside her, heading toward the doors that would lead them out to the grounds, his sunglasses on top of his head just in case the sun was still too bright outside.