Ben sighed and shook his head.

"...He would have made another gay joke." Ben informed.

Haru blinked at him. "A joke about...?"

"My 'staring'." Ben replied dryly.

"Oh... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned it," Haru whispered. "I just... I am wondering why you are keep looking at me..."

"What else am I going to look at?" Ben shrugged. "I tend to look at the people I talk to."

"Oh... perhaps it is a culture difference," Haru commented, looking away once more.

"Why don't you ever look at the people you talk to?" Ben asked.

"My father taught me not to," Haru admitted, playing with the edge of his long, soaked sleeves.

Ben remembered suddenly that they were both soaked and freezing. He piked up the blanket that Wyatt used when he visited and moved closer to Haru- draping it around the both of them.

Haru looked up at him in surprise, his cheeks flushing again, wet waves sticking to them and dark eyes seeming to sparkle the same way they had in-game... though they were blue in game.

Ben liked them brown, more.

"...Now you stare and you have nothing to say." Ben frowned.

"I'm sorry!" Haru squeaked, wincing and lowering his eyes.

"You're odd." Ben said- putting an arm around Haru.

Haru's breath caught in surprise, his entire face blushing. "A-ano..."

"I'm cold." Ben explained.

"Aa..." Haru whispered, before he went silent again, staring down at his lap.

"...You're warm." Ben said, nestling down with Haru more.

Haru's cheeks turned red. "I... feel very cold."

"Apparently not as cold as I am." Ben informed.

Reaching up, Haru placed his wrist against Ben's forehead. "You are quite warm..."

"Huh?" Ben blinked. "...My forehead?"

"I think you may be very with fever," Haru commented.

"I cannot be...I'm not acting like I'm feverish." Ben replied as he leaned against Haru.

"Fever...ish..." Haru tested the word for a moment. "Aa, I could be wrong... my own body warmth could be throwing it off..."

"Right." Ben nodded. "I'm just...really...tired."

He seemed to be fading fast all of the sudden.

"Ben?" Haru asked, sounding a little worried.

Ben slumped over and landed softly on the mattress- his eyes closed and a deep blush over his features.

Trying to remain calm, Haru reached over and pressed the 'call nurse' button.

--

"Hey, the servers are going down all over." Chris informed. "He's just moving from server to server looking for Uke and shutting them down...most of the players have already logged out and I've been checking the news for accidents of fatalities."

"He's not logging them out through actual log out procedures," Kris sighed, brushing their daughter's hair as she wiggled. "Haru said that he didn't see a log out screen before hitting the floor... he's going to cause something like what happened to him."

"But that doesn't seem to be his intent...he's just wandering around looking for Uke and his...his overly emotional state is causing all the digital errors." Chris concluded.

"So what, we need to send Wyatt back into there?" Kris asked, turning to look at her husband. "Is it even safe for him to be in there with... whatever they made Nick into?"

"I wasn't saying that." Chris put up his hands. "You know...it doesn't have to be Wyatt...anyone can log into that account."

"Pin is an NPC," Kris snorted. "He'll check the DNA log and know its not Wyatt. I think we need to let Wyatt choose, since he is older then both of us and perfectly capable of deciding for himself."

"What the hell then?" Chris threw his hands up. "I mean, can we really put him at potential risk?"

"Like I said... he's an adult, he should be able to choose for himself," She sighed. "Call Haru back... I'm sure he's met Wyatt already and he's probably still there."

Chris sighed and tapped his earpiece- hearing it dial automatically.

"I don't like this." He said.

After a few moments, Haru picked up. "Hello?"

"Hey Arashi, is Ukeru available?" Chris asked.

"...It is odd being called that offline," Haru admitted, before handing over the phone.

"Hello?" Wyatt asked in confusion.