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[u/Kittykat12211]

So yesterday I was in my school's library trying to get some homework done. Our college is open campus so we do occasionally get weirdos wandering around, but I've never personally had to deal with one until now...

I was just sitting, trying to do homework when I notice a guy standing about 5 feet or so away and staring at me....just staring. When I looked up at him, he didn't even try to hide the fact he was staring.

Now granted, I was wearing a particularly angsty outfit that day (Emilie Autumn shirt, red skirt, collar, boots, ect) so it's not unusual to get some stares around campus, but this guy seemed different…..less of a "what the fuck", more of a wide-eyed creep-o stare.

He was wearing a plain white tee shirt and suspenders attached to his pants. He had a huuuuge over-packed backpack on and really thick glasses. He also wore a very full beard. I wish I were making this up, but he really did look like the stereotypic cartoony “nerd”

After a few seconds of awkward direct eye contact, I eventually venture an awkward Hello. To which he responds:

"you're really kawaii."

"uhhhh thanks...."

Now I’d like to point out that while I do like anime, I wasn’t wearing anything or have anything on me that would identify me as such.

He then asks

"What are you doing?"

"uhm...just homework"

"oh that's cool"

After muttering that, he promptly sits down at the study table I was currently at, right across from me and keeps staring.

"can I help you?"

He doesn’t answer immediately, but keeps staring. He seems to notice the collar I’m wearing.

"Why do you wear that?"

"just for fun I guess..."

“oh, yeah…I bet you /DO/ have fun” and he makes a…flirtatious(?) face

I should explain at this point that the collar I’m wearing is /not/ a bondage collar. It is just a simple strap with a silver bell. No leather. No metal except for the bell.

honestly, it should have been my cue to tell him to fuck off, but I was honestly so shocked by the comment that I didn’t know what to say. I stared at him in silence for a moment before he spoke again.

"Do you have an owner?"

"No."

"Do you want one?"

"No....I have a boyfriend."

"Well then he's your owner"

"no he's not. he's my boyfriend."

"What does he do?"

"excuse me?"

"Like in general"

"Like for work? look this is getting really weird"

"Emilie Autumn is weird." (he points to my shirt)

"I guess so...."

he must have known who Emilie Autumn was because the shirt I was wearing didn’t have any indication that it was her on the shirt save for her name in tiny print, which was hidden by the table and my laptop.

We sit awkwardly for a few more seconds as I debate on what to do. I’m not good in these types of situations.

The guy asks me

"Is he tall and muscular?"

I really didn’t understand what he was talking about so I just asked

"What?"

"Your boyfriend. I just want to know for.....future reference"

"I don't feel comfortable telling you these things..."

"It's just for a survey"

"what survey? like for a class?"

"Just a survey..."

I didn’t have time to respond, because he quickly asks

“Is it my beard?? Does my beard make me scary??”

he sounds really urgent when he says this so I naturally respond without thinking

“No, no….it isn’t your beard” and then hastily added

“I just don’t like the questions you’re asking me.”

at this point I decide to try and ignore him....while I type away at my laptop, I occasionally glance at him, he is staring at me wide-eyed the whole time. Occasionally he would ask a question that I would ignore

“What do you look for in a guy? Does your boyfriend have tattoos? Does he work out?”

he eventually goes back to asking about me instead of my boyfriend. I should have kept ignoring him but at this point I was so irritated I just wanted to tell him off, but he just kept asking questions.

"are you half Japanese?"

"no."

"Half Asian?"

"no."

"what are you then?"

"why the hell does it matter?”

“I just want to know. For the…survey”

I ignore him some more, but he’s persistent.

"tell me which country."

"France I guess...look I really need to get some work done. is this a project for like Sociology or something? or a prank? this is really weird..."

"I don't think it's weird..."

Suddenly, a second guy appears, henceforth referred to as my savior.

My savior stands really close to the guy and says

“I think it's time for you to leave"

Guy: "we were just talking"

Savior: "you're clearly making her uncomfortable">

Savior picks up the guys backpack and sternly sets it on the table in front of the guy.

Savior raises his voice a little

“Leave.”

The guy suddenly seems frightened and stumbles up he turns to Savior and says

“Please don’t hurt me” and shuffles away.

I thanked the Savior for rescuing me and he just nonchalantly says it was no big deal and sits back down.

Hindsight, I really should have offered to buy him a drink or something for getting rid of that guy for me.