[Sighing softly, he still nodded, despite her not being able to see it.]

Unfortunately I believe so. I no longer see his name on the contacts and, well, he's not one to be gone from the apartment for this long without good reason.

I see..

[ If he listened closely, he could hear traces of tears. ]

I-I just hope we returned home safe and sound..

[He couldn't help but feel bad.]

...I'm sure he did. At least, that's what my experience was. One just... returned back from the same point they left and it was like nothing at all had happened.

...are you okay?

Really?

[ That's when her voice lit up a bit. ]

Oh yeah I'm fine, don't worry about me okay? I was just worried over Korea. That silly goose, always wanting to claim people..

He did have a tendency to do that to everyone, didn't he.

Yeah but even so, it made me laugh a lot.

It did tend to brighten days. [In that odd sort of way. It was annoying, sure, but he still hadn't really minded many things.]