[Of all people he expected to pass through this weekend, he certainly didn't think Ai would be one of them-- after all, with her performance at the festival, he figured she would have been too busy prepping or relaxing afterwards to pay them a visit. And, honestly? He was fine with that-- after that disaster of an Excursion, he was smarting too much emotionally to want to talk to anybody about it, her included. After all of his big talk back in the Dream Sphere, he went and got two people seriously hurt, one of which who was his new Trainee. How could he look her in the eye after that? He wasn't sure if she already knew the full details, given how high up in the DU she was, but...
Her admonishment leaves him flushed and somehow even more sulky, and he pointedly avoids her gaze as he readjusts his mask a little.]
I-I'm fine. [And, if on some ironic cue, another coughing fit takes hold, though it's thankfully less intense than the last one-- not that it helps his defense any.] I don't... I don't have a fever or anything, and it's not like I'm doing much here, anyway.
[Which is probably more reason for him to go back to his room, honestly, but he'd spent enough time there since the incident that he just needed a change of scenery to try to get his mind off of things. (Not that it was really working at this point, unfortunately]
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Her admonishment leaves him flushed and somehow even more sulky, and he pointedly avoids her gaze as he readjusts his mask a little.]
I-I'm fine. [And, if on some ironic cue, another coughing fit takes hold, though it's thankfully less intense than the last one-- not that it helps his defense any.] I don't... I don't have a fever or anything, and it's not like I'm doing much here, anyway.
[Which is probably more reason for him to go back to his room, honestly, but he'd spent enough time there since the incident that he just needed a change of scenery to try to get his mind off of things. (Not that it was really working at this point, unfortunately]