Penthouse One/Ex Friends with Benefits

*Bloody Alex.* He was in the lounge area, relaxed on one of the chairs, the moon shining down on him through one of the windows and he glared at it. Three am in the morning. Usually he was asleep but a little twerp ran out of pills that he could steal. Sighing, he snatched the flicker for the T.V.

Kye Hanbyeol

Zero was always awake at this time. In fact, he tends to wake up at three A.M. if he goes to sleep early—early as in 1 A.M. Technically no one is allowed out of the Penthouse building until morning but he had gotten away with a late night ride on Bullseye. He was returning to the dorm now, opening the door silently and slipping inside. He was heading to his room when he heard the noise of the television from the living room. *Who's up at this time?*

Will Deneris

Nothing. There were monster truck rallies. Naked woman. Advertisements. Bad reality. Who'd have thought t.v would be crap at 3 am in the morning. His ears picked up the sound of the door but he ignored it.

Kye Hanbyeol

He walked down the hall, spotting the light of TV immediately. He stood at the entryway of the living room now, noticing Will. He didn't speak or really make a move to leave or sit down.

Will Deneris

He tilted his head to eye Zero with a raised eyebrow, the light of the screen dancing across his face, "you can sit down if you want. I don't bite."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Funny," he muttered. He didn't move though, instead turned his head towards the television. "Why are you watching soap operas at three A.M?"

Will Deneris

"I have a soft spot for the dramatics," he replied, turning back to the T.V, "I mean, come on, Angela's dealing with a broken heart. Her husband, see, cheated on her with his thought-dead wife from a decade ago. Really puts my life in perspective."

Kye Hanbyeol

He blinked, slightly irked. It'd been awhile so he wasn't used to Will as much as before. "You mean it puts your lack of proper social skills in perspective," he corrected him. "Why are you awake at three A.M. in the first place?"

Will Deneris

"I've been told that I should be an insomniac plagued by nightmares so I'm trying it out for size," he said, "I'm not sure if I like it. It's too quiet."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Alex ran out of pills," he simply stated, before sitting down next to Will, staring at the TV screen indifferently.

Will Deneris

He made a face, turning to stare at Zero, "what?" He asked, "what does that have to do with anything?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"Just confirming facts," he hummed, continuing to stare at the TV.

Will Deneris

"No," he said, shaking his face, "more like: when did Alex even takes pills, why would she need to and why, on Earth, would that affect me?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"She needs them for sleep, you steal them because you can't sleep, and if she runs out you can't sleep." He leaned against the armrest.

Will Deneris

"Okay first off, how would I even steal them? Brooklyn's in there as well. Can you imagine trying to sneak in there and out every day with Brooklyn in there. She can probably smell your cologne. And two, wouldn't that mean..Alex is currently not sleeping?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"You steal them when neither of them is around, and yes, Alex is not sleeping."

Will Deneris

He rolled his eyes, turning back to the T.V, "whatever, just keep it to yourself," he muttered, "what are you even doing out? Thought your whole life was in that room."

Kye Hanbyeol

He shifted, pressing his lips together. "I went out to ride Bullseye for a couple of hours. What have you been doing since nine?"

Will Deneris

"Nothing really," he replied, shrugging, "reading, eating, games. Slept a few hours. Nothing interesting."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Will," he started, sitting up and looking at the other boy. "Do you want to go swim?"

Will Deneris

He stopped, turning to raise an eyebrow at him, "kinky," he said but shrugged, standing up, "but sure, might be fun."

Kye Hanbyeol

"You're very strange Will," he muttered, standing up as well. "Get your swim trunks and meet me by the door."

Will Deneris

"Don't bother," he replied, standing up, turning the box off, "lets just go. Not like we haven't seen each other naked before."

Kye Hanbyeol

"William Deneris," he muttered under his breath before approaching the door.

Will Deneris

He followed with a devilish grin, swinging the door open for them.

Kye Hanbyeol

He elbowed Will in the back, urging him to walk ahead.

Will Deneris

He shifted but picked up his pace, "picky."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Shut it and keep walking," he ordered, closing the door behind them as silently as possible.

Will Deneris

"The next thing you know you'll have a gun to my back," he muttered, "we're going to the pool, yeah? Not going to some basement where you can kill me?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"This building doesn't have a basement," he pointed out blatantly. "And if I wanted to kill you I wouldn't have waited until a detective came along and the secretary decided it was a good idea to put him in our dorm."

Will Deneris

"Why don't you just kill him?" He suggested, pausing to let Zero meet his side, "it'd be simpler."

Kye Hanbyeol

He shifted, looking away from Will. "I've done enough of that."

Will Deneris

"Have you developed a moral conscious? Please tell me you haven't."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I've always had a moral conscious," he hissed back. "It just never spoke at the right times."

Will Deneris

"I've always had a soul," he shot back, "it just never appears at the right time."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Maybe, but I think you'll remain heartless unless human emotion can be installed into people through surgery?"

Will Deneris

"Ha! Not true," he shot back, "maybe you're not that special to have the privilege of seeing me emotional."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I don't think I want that privilege," he murmured, turning around the corner and heading downstairs, steadily picking up his pace to leave Will behind him.

Will Deneris

HE easily kept up, "you know, for someone who suggested we go out together, you're awfully very surly. I feel like I'm dragging you out somewhere."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I'm the one leading," he reminded the other, opening the door to the outside and stepping outside without waiting for him. The pool was next to the Penthouses, but it was sort of walk there. A walk in the open made Zero feel slightly uneasy but it's not like Jude was watching him through his window.... or was he?

Will Deneris

"Doesn't diminish my point," he muttered before pulling off his shirt as he entered the pool area.

Kye Hanbyeol

The pool water reflected beams of moonlight back at Zero, showing he and Will's reflection. He stared at it for a second... the reflection lost its glasses and grinned sinisterly, seemingly taunting its owner. He squeezed his eyes shut and sat down, and when he opened his eyes the reflection was back to normal.

Will Deneris

"You....okay?" He asked, looking down at him.

Kye Hanbyeol

"I—" his voice faltered. The last time he told Will something he gave him an insensitive comment, he decided it was better not to say anything. "I'm fine."

Will Deneris

He paused to stare at him, "there's an Earthen saying that goes something like "fine is the biggest lie of all" or some shit like that."

Kye Hanbyeol

"And your point is?" he asked, picking at the laces of his converses.

Will Deneris

He hesitated before shaking his head, "absolutely nothing," he muttered, unbuttoning his pants.

Kye Hanbyeol

He shifted away before removing his converses, and later his socks. He slipped his glasses off, shutting his eyes closed at the minor pain it brought. He shrugged his shirt off, folding it and placing it down beside the pool. He took his jeans off too and folded them as well, placing them on top of the shirt, and then setting his glasses and shoes on top of it. He sat down again and rested his head on his hand, waiting for Will to finish.

Will Deneris

He wasn't the type to fold anything and threw his clothes onto a pile, discarding his underwear with it, wading into the pool, he eventually dived, coming back out to look at Zero, raising an eyebrow, pushing his wet hair out of his eyes, "coming?"

Kye Hanbyeol

He rolled his eyes. *Show off.* He slipped his underwear off and dived in as well, coming up seconds afterward. The water was cool and rejuvenating, he almost smiled.

Will Deneris

"You can smile, you know, I won't judge," he pointed out, watching Zero, the moonlight dancing across his skin.

Kye Hanbyeol

He turned his head to look at him, the happy glint in his eye faded. "That's not why I didn't smile."

Will Deneris

"You never smile," he replied tilting his head, "seriously, you can do whatever around me. Jack off, smile, laugh, hell, you can play the bloody flute (I hate the flute), it's whatever."

Kye Hanbyeol

He gave a blank stare like usual. "I don't smile because there's rarely anything to smile about." He slipped underwater again and swam to the bottom, wondering how long he could hold his breath.

Will Deneris

He frowned before tilting back to float, gazing up at the sky.

Kye Hanbyeol

After a good three minutes, Zero was ready to come back up again for air. He broke the surface once again, exhaling and pushing his hair out of his eyes. That's when the migraine stuck. Suddenly he stiffened, hiding his face in his hands as he silently urged the pain to stop and he sunk back into the water.

Will Deneris

After a second, he dove forward, wrapping his hands around Zero's to drag him back up, swimming to the ledge.

Kye Hanbyeol

He began mumbling something about a demon, squeezing his eyes shut and trying to propel himself out of Will's hold, his limbs swinging around wildly as he protested.

Will Deneris

He winced everytime the kid hit him but he still pushed him out of the water. The idea of having Zero drown on him and have to explain that to Brooklyn did not sound quite appealing as one might think. "Oi," he grumbled, snapping his fingers at him, "snap out of it."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Let go of me!" he grumbled. punching Will in the stomach and sitting up. He pushed his hair out of his eyes again and groaned from the pain of the carnivorous headache.

Will Deneris

He pushed himself back into the water, scowling at the boy, "you know, if you're not feeling well, going swimming was a real shit idea."

Kye Hanbyeol

He pressed his lips together, not in the mood for a shitty lecture from Will. "This was completely unexpected," he growled back. "I had no anticipation of this."

Will Deneris

"You did when you were getting undressed," he pointed out.

Kye Hanbyeol

"That... That was different. There wasn't any pain there," he muttered, looking away. His face heated slightly.

Will Deneris

"Still," he muttered, "it's not like this is the first time."

Kye Hanbyeol

"And how would you know?" he remarked.

Will Deneris

"I heard about what happened at the Sea Garden the other day," he pointed out.

Kye Hanbyeol

He grit his teeth. "Who told you?"

Will Deneris

"Might have been Brooklyn, might have been Alex, maybe Judas, who knows and who cares?"

Kye Hanbyeol

He snorted at the sound of Jude's name. "I'm going to start doing that. Calling Jude, Judas. It's going to drive him insane."

Will Deneris

"Considering the connot-" he stopped, "though, neither of you probably get the name "Judas" unless the bible is a thing here."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I know about Earthen things, dumbass," he retorted. "And yes, the bible exists here. It's an alternate dimension for a reason. But most mythologies with multiple gods do not exist mainly because we have magic. But with the Christianity/Jewish/Islam standpoint, you can easily believe God gave us these powers for the greater good and did not intend for us to shed blood and what not with them." He shifted, hugging his knees to his chest. "That's... that's kind of why I'm suspicious about Jude. I mean, names aren't everything... but his name is literally Judas. If that doesn't foreshadow some type of betrayal..."

Will Deneris

"Still think you should kill him, have the irony of him being killed by point zero," he said jokingly.

Kye Hanbyeol

He narrowed his eyes and huffed. "I told you, that type of life is behind me. I'm not doing that anymore. I will *never* do that anymore."

Will Deneris

"You sound like a drug addict to be honest, I will never do drugs again. That life is behind me."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I forgot how fucking *annoying* you were. Even Jude doesn't top this level of stupidity."

Will Deneris

"Oh pish posh," he replied waving his hand, flicking water at him.

Kye Hanbyeol

He slipped his foot into the water and splashed Will in response.

Will Deneris

HE turned his head as the water his cheek and he turned back to him with a small grin, muttering a spell that shot a blast of water towards the other boy.

Kye Hanbyeol

He shifted out of target range and dived back into the water, creating a splash in itself.

Will Deneris

He dived backwards, breaking the water in order to avoid the splash and shoved himself further down.

Kye Hanbyeol

He surfaced, not for air, but just because he could. "Come out, come out, wherever you are Deneris!" he called out, despite the fact that he could clearly see Will's figure underwater.

Will Deneris

HE eventually did surface, grinning at the other boy, the droplets spilling down his bone structure, "I know you can see me."

Kye Hanbyeol

A smile flickered across his lips for a second. "That's the fun of it."

Will Deneris

"Ha! I saw that! You smiled! I got you to smile! Ha!"

Kye Hanbyeol

He raised an eyebrow. "Lies. Do you have a picture to prove it?"

Will Deneris

"Sure," he pointed to the security camera, "i could hack into that?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"...You are so extra."

Will Deneris

"You still smiled."

Kye Hanbyeol

"And you better hack into that later. School board is going to kill us if they see this."

Will Deneris

He tilted his head, "why? You'd think they'd love the sight of my ass."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I don't fucking care. For fuck's sake, Judas the 'Ace Detective' could be looking at this and the last thing I need is him unsublty interrogating me."

Will Deneris

"It's a camera, not a recorder," he pointed out, "why on Earth would he interrogate you over a 3 am dip? Unless, of course, he's not interrogating your mouth..."

Kye Hanbyeol

His cheeks flamed at the thought... That sounded oddly appealing though... making out with Jude... Stop that, pay attention. "The cameras record sound too. Plus you bluntly mentioned 'Point Zero' out loud, dumbass."

Will Deneris

"Alright, alright, I'll delete that ten second clip."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Delete the whole thing!" he protested, splashing Will.

Will Deneris

"I don't know man, might send it to Brooklyn, maybe I'll spread it through the black market," he said, wading backwards.

Kye Hanbyeol

"William Deneris, I swear you will be my last target if you don't delete the whole thing!"

Will Deneris

He scoffed, "what happened to those morals?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"They don't apply to you, you're still fair game," he remarked.

Will Deneris

"We both know I'm a better fighter than you so I wish you luck in trying to kill me."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Will. That was one time. *One* and you weren't supposed to attack me anyway," he pointed out. "I've bet you dozens of times and you know it. I do admit you have a skill that I do not, the ability to talk yourself out of difficult situations. But I'm particularly stubborn and I will cut you if you do not delete that."

Will Deneris

"You've beaten me once, I beat you all the other times," he shot back, "fix your memory. And fine, fine, I will. Just not now."

Kye Hanbyeol

"No you haven't!" he shot back. "Fix *your* memory! If anything none of us is superior by a wide margin. There, happy? And you better do it before morning or I swear."

Will Deneris

"You're right-we win the same amount and fine, oh fine," he replied, running a hand through his hair, "you're so dramatic. I was going to delete it anyway."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I was just making sure," he scoffed. "And you should take a look in a mirror if you think *I'm* dramatic."

Will Deneris

"No mirrors around here, unless you count the water's reflection..."

Kye Hanbyeol

He rolled his eyes and dived back into the water.

Will Deneris

He turned back to float, staring up at the sky in silence.

Kye Hanbyeol

There were some odd things Zero had seen in his time, but the even weirder one was where his reflection suddenly appeared out of *nowhere* and decided to strangle him. He gripped at imaginary arms tugging him down, slowly losing air and losing focus as bubbles left his lips.

Will Deneris

After a moment with no Zero popping up, he twisted to see Zero sinking. "Bloody hell," he mumbled before diving in to wrap his hands around Zero's waist. Pulling him out of the water, he once again dragged him back to the edge. "Come on, get dressed."

Kye Hanbyeol

He had passed out from lack of air now, and a large intake of water.

Will Deneris

"Ah, crap," he muttered, pushing Zero onto his back, "don't make me do mouth to mouth," he pleaded, beginning to thump on his chest a few times.

Kye Hanbyeol

After the third time Zero began to cough, hyperventilating and spitting out water before sitting up and rubbing his eyes. "*Damnit*," he whispered to himself. "L-Let's go back."

Will Deneris

"Might be a good idea," he said, rocking back slightly, and for a moment he actually did look concerned but it was quickly gone. "Need help...like, dressing?"

Kye Hanbyeol

He sighed, standing and padding over to his clothes. "I can do that part myself."

Will Deneris

"Thank god, i don't dressing people," he replied, pulling on his own clothes.

Kye Hanbyeol

He ignored the other boy and shrugged off his clothes, making a note to change when he got back. Being wet plus wearing drying clothes equaled discomfort.

Will Deneris

"You don't know what this is all about, do you?" HE asked, not bothering to put his shirt on.

Kye Hanbyeol

He brushed his wet bangs back and turned to look at Will. "What do you mean?"

Will Deneris

"With the whole headaches and shit."

Kye Hanbyeol

He remained silent, not giving an answer. He had his own theories, there was the doctors' theories, Jude's conspiracies... It wasn't a matter of who was right, it was a matter of who's answers he trusted the most. "...Maybe."

Will Deneris

"And you're not going to tell me, are you?" He asked, walking out of the pool area.

Kye Hanbyeol

"I do," he hummed, following Will. "I'm just not particularly sure I have the right solution for it."

Will Deneris

"What do you mean?"

Kye Hanbyeol

He shrugged, walking past him. "Let's just say there's only two answers to my problem and they aren't very cheerful ones."

Will Deneris

"I guessed one of them, didn't I?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"Hm, guessed what?" he questioned innocently.

Will Deneris

"Cancer part."

Kye Hanbyeol

He bit back a snappy reply and simply nodded. "Do you want to guess the other one...?"

Will Deneris

"Not really, you'll probably snap at me like you did last time."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I can't make promises... but I'd genuinely like to hear your opinion."

Will Deneris

"Well, you get migraines, colds, and...you seem to be hallucinating a little bit."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I've been hallucinating for three weeks now, anything else I already know?"

Will Deneris

"Kind of sounds like that TDC shit."

Kye Hanbyeol

Argh, first Jude, now Will. If he had the Dreamscape Curse he was going to decide that on his own, even if it was staring him in the face and knew it. He always knew it, he just hated it when people told him. As if ridiculing him for being oblivious despite the fact that he always knew, just didn't have a particular wish to keep going so he let it pass by and pretend it was something that could be fixed with surgery or migraine medicine and pain-easing spells. "..."

Will Deneris

"See what I mean?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"What?" he quipped. "I don't understand what you're implying."

Will Deneris

"I said if I told you my theory, you'll get snappy with me."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I wasn't snapping at you," he corrected. "I didn't even say anything."

Will Deneris

"I could feel the annoyance waving off you."

Kye Hanbyeol

"The annoyance waving off me...?" he droned. "Whatever do you mean?"

Will Deneris

"Like an aura."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I have an aura of annoyance...? How interesting."

Will Deneris

HE rolled his eyes, "like I'm talking to a brick wall."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I apologize, I don't tend to act very friendly towards dramatic assholes. Not my talent, unfortunately."

Will Deneris

"Then why are you here?" He asked, turning to frown at him.

Kye Hanbyeol

"Because I wanted to swim, you weren't assuming things several minutes ago."

Will Deneris

He rolled his eyes, "yeah, whatever."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Your mood changes often," he noted.

Will Deneris

"Have to have emotions to have moods, y'know."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I'm aware. Why are you telling me this?"

Will Deneris

"You just said my mood changes?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"I know. But your comment was uncalled for."

Will Deneris

"I can't have mood swings if I don't have emotions."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I never implied you didn't have emotions, though."

Will Deneris

"Yeah but, I did."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Nice to know..." he droned, looking away.

Will Deneris

He finally reached the dorm, pushing the door open, hoping neither of their presence were missed. It'd be an awkward conversation why they were both dripping wet in dry clothes.

Kye Hanbyeol

He entered after Will, observing their surroundings. Fortunately, no one was around so Zero made a beeline for his room to change.

Will Deneris

He sauntered at a casual pace to his own room, finding no hurry, it's not like any of the others were going to wander out anytime soon, and began to dry off, changing into track suit pants and a large shirt that hung down to his thighs.

Kye Hanbyeol

Meanwhile, Zero changed into a large comfy t-shirt and a pair of pajama paints. He didn't wear pajamas often, preferring to sleep in his normal clothes since he doesn't sleep long. He returned to the living room and flipped the TV on.

Will Deneris

"Back to soap operas?" He asked as he walked back out, 'great!"

Kye Hanbyeol

"We're watching cartoons," he grunted. He was curled up on the couch, wrapping his arms around his legs, hugging them to his chest.

Will Deneris

He sighed, throwing himself onto the couch next to him, "if you insist. Really wanted to know if Agatha was going to keep the baby though."

Kye Hanbyeol

"She does," he revealed. He's watched reruns of the show before since his father liked it.

Will Deneris

"You watch it too? Fuck yeah! We can watch it together now, great."

Kye Hanbyeol

"Please... don't make me suffer through that a third time," he muttered under his breath, hogging the remote.

Will Deneris

He pouted, widening his eyes in a puppy dog look, "please, please, please."

Kye Hanbyeol

He cringed, looking away. "Your puppy dog eyes need work, Deneris."

Will Deneris

"Come on, I've been waiting all week to binge it, you gotta let me watch it."

Kye Hanbyeol

"You can watch reruns online," he argued.

Will Deneris

"Screens small and the speakers crap," he shot back, "you can go watch cartoons online, I've waited all week, come on."

Kye Hanbyeol

"The cartoons aren't HD online," he mumbled. "Fine. But only *one* episode. After that I get to watch cartoons."

Will Deneris

He gave him a smug grin, reaching back, "sure," he replied,

Kye Hanbyeol

He glared at the other and changed the channel back, sticking his tongue out in defiance.

Will Deneris

His eyes were to busy watching the screen to notice the tongue and he settled back.

Kye Hanbyeol

"I hate you so much," he mumbled. "I hate this stupid show. I hate that I can't sleep like a normal human being. I hate that Agatha takes a whole entire episode to decide whether or not to keep the damn baby."

Will Deneris

"Ever tried the pills?" HE asked, "and of course she does, it has to be dramatic."

Kye Hanbyeol

"No. I don't trust artificial medicine forcing my body to sleep. It's creepy, and I find it rather unhealthy. And for 80% of the episode they focus on her and the baby or whatever. I actually wanted to see Frederick propose to Sam, but they postponed it, *again*."

Will Deneris

"Marriage is such a scam, not like new life is," Will mused, "I can't say I'm disappointed at the priorities."

Kye Hanbyeol

He didn't respond, mainly because he didn't agree, but also because he wasn't in the mood to argue with the imbecile.

Will Deneris

He watched the show play out with a level of concentration unusual for Will.

Kye Hanbyeol

Despite having seen the show three times already, he watched anyway, restraining himself from all the cringe he forgot existed in this series.

Will Deneris

Eventually the show ended, and he stretched, "there watch your cartoons," he said.

Kye Hanbyeol

He rolled his eyes and changed the channel again, still hogging the remote to himself.

Will Deneris

He pushed himself off the couch, "well, if I have to suffer cause Alex forgot to amp her prescription, then I'm going to see if she's awake and make her suffer with me."

Kye Hanbyeol

His immediately latched his hand onto Will's wrist and tugged him back to the couch. "Don't, you'll wake up Brooke. Then she'll kill you and yell at me."

Will Deneris

"Why would Brooklyn yell at you if I woke her up?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"Because I'm awake at 4:30 A.M. in the morning and you know how she is about my sleep schedule," he grumbled.

Will Deneris

He rolled his eyes, settling back into the couch, "you'd think after four years, she'd have gotten over it."

Kye Hanbyeol

He shifted, staring at Will, confused. "I haven't known her for that long though."

Will Deneris

He paused, "oh, really? I have," he said before shrugging, "thought you did as well. Guess not."

Kye Hanbyeol

"I'm not even sure we've ever met before I left the Enchantress. I only remember meeting her at my father's residence."

Will Deneris

"Guess she was just the dead one people talked about," he said, "to you that is."

Kye Hanbyeol

"What are you talking about?" He remarked.

Will Deneris

"Eh, don't worry," he said waving his hand, "what cartoon even is this?"

Kye Hanbyeol

"You know that's not going to cut it. Answer my question," he shot back.

Will Deneris

He stared at the other kid with a frown, "I was talking about that conversation we had. The first one. Where we talked about the random zero dying."

Kye Hanbyeol

The memory of their restaurant conversation three years ago resurfaced and he shifted. "I never said that the previous Zero died. Just that she disappeared. And I'm right, she did leave. Just not for the reason everyone gossiped about."

Will Deneris

"No kidding," he said, "this cartoons kind of boring. Lets go back to the soap opera."

Kye Hanbyeol

"No," he almost protested but instead forced a shrug, restrained a scowl and changed the channel.

Will Deneris

He grinned, "great!" he said, "much better."

Kye Hanbyeol

His eye twitched, gripping the remote as he was forced to watch this crappy show again. *If only Will would go to-* A migraine hit and he froze, his vision spinning.

Will Deneris

He leant forward, resting his chin on his knuckles, not noticing Zero, now engrossed in the show.

Kye Hanbyeol

And then he began to lean forward. The remote fell from his hand as his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he collapsed on the floor.

Will Deneris

His eyes widened as he heard the thud, and his head snapped to the side, "oh shit," he muttered, "*Brooklyn!*" he yelled, before lurching forward to flip Zero over, onto his back. He didn't know if Brooklyn was awake but if Alex was awake then she could probably wake Brooklyn up. Unless she's deaf. Will wouldn't be surprised.

Brooklyn C.

Likewise, Brooke was up in a flash. She was already a light sleeper and had been stuck in the middle of a nightmare anyway. She tossed her blankets off her legs and jumped from the bed, dashing across the room across and out the door to the lounge. She spotted Will and Zero immediately and was by Zero's side. "What happened?" She demanded.

Will Deneris

"Dunno...just collapsed," he said, flicking Zero in the cheek, "been doing it all night, too."

Brooklyn C.

"*All night?*" She hissed. "How long have you two been *awake*?" She began checking his pulse and breathing, and then pressed the back of her hand to his forehead, yanking it back seconds later. "He's burning up... You said he's been collapsing all night? We should call the hospital."

Will Deneris

"Neither of us could sleep," he said simply before pulling out his HC, calling the hospital.

Brooklyn C.

"Tell them to bring an ambulance to Dorm One immediately..." She glanced down the hallway, biting her lip. Should she wake Alex...? No, she needs to sleep. She'll just leave a note. Wait, what if she's already awake? Maybe...? Fine, it doesn't matter, she'll wake Alex. But it Alex wake up and the lights are on and people are talking... won't everyone else notice? And there is no way in hell she was going to sit in a waiting room with Jude Aster. Fine, fine, let him come if he wants to. She can't leave Alex here by herself anyway. Let the whole damn dorm show up if they really feel like it. "I'm going to go get Alex," she said, standing up.

Will Deneris

He glanced up at her raising an eyebrow, "god forbid you're away from her for a couple of hours, how you two latched onto each other so fast, I'll never know," he said, rather sarcastically before changing his attention to the call. "Yeah...need an ambulance...penthouse one, IIYM. Know where that is...great."

Brooklyn C.

She rolled her eyes in response and went back to the bedroom where she flicked the lights on. "Alex, get your shoes on and whatever else you need, quick. We're going to the hospital."

Alex Bellrose

She was half asleep, having been woken up by Will's yell and Brooklyn's abrupt disappearance, and moaned, only half registering what Brooklyn was saying-until 'hospital' came up and she lifted her head to eye the girl, "huh?" She said before shifting up, "is Will hurt?"

Brooklyn C.

She gave her a look that translated to, *What universe do you live in?* "Of course not. Zero collapsed so we're taking him to the hospital."

Alex Bellrose

She blinked before slipping out of the bed, grabbing clothes and slipped into them and was brushing past her in under a minute. "Right," she said, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, before pausing as her mind registered what Brooklyn had said, and turned to stare at her with wide eyes, "wait-what? Why'd he collapse?"

Brooklyn C.

"If we knew, we wouldn't have called an ambulance," she sighed, moving to change into more appropriate shorts and tug on some boots. "Let's go."

Alex Bellrose

She disappeared into the lounge room, looking back periodically for Brooklyn, in hopes she was following.

Will Deneris

He had stepped back for the paramedics and glanced at Jude, warily, "he collapsed," Will said eventually, "not sure why."

Brooklyn C.

Brooke stepped in from the kitchen, shrugging on a coat and holding a back filled with snacks. "You coming, Will?" she asked, hinting at going to the hospital.

Will Deneris

He watched Zero be carried away on the stretcher and glanced at Brooklyn, "it's not like I'm going to be sleeping, so sure."

Brooklyn C.

She nodded, acknowledging it. While she wanted to ignore Jude, she knew he was going to say something anyway if she didn't. "You coming too, detective?"

Alex Bellrose

Her fingers were busy tapping at her thigh. Were they usually so long? Where did Jude even get a coat? As the paramedics carried Zero, she decided to just leave them behind and follow them.

Brooklyn C.

"Aight, let's go." She followed the remaining paramedics exiting and caught up with Alex, with she directed a reprimanding glare at for leaving without the rest of them.

Alex Bellrose

She elected to ignore the glare because she didn't regret a thing and followed the people down the stairs without a word.

Will Deneris

He glanced towards Jude and winked before following Brooklyn and Alex, throwing his keys up and down.

Brooklyn C.

When they reached the ambulance, one of the paramedics said only three people could ride in the ambulance due to having to use a smaller ambulance. Brooke had claimed in after the warning and stared at others like *If you wanna get in, get in.*

Will Deneris

He grabbed Alex's hair and tugged her back, shoving himself into the ambulance, "have fun walking, twerp," he said, leaning over to gesture for Jude to come in.

Alex Bellrose

She yelped, a sharp pain shooting through her scalp where her hair was pulled and stumbled back. Recovering, she frowned at Will before leaning back in her heels. "Whatever," she muttered.

Brooklyn C.

She growled and shoved Will out of the way before outstretching her hand for Alex. "C'mon."

Alex Bellrose

She slipped her hand into Brooklyn's, slipping past Will and into the van, taking the space that was left for her and soon the doors slammed shut.

Alex Bellrose

As they pulled into the hospital, Alex leant back as the people carried Zero out, glancing towards Brooklyn deciding not to go off on her own like before.

Brooklyn C.

Brooklyn jumped down from the ambulance, keeping a reserved expression on her face as a mental restraint to keep herself from running after the paramedics, pestering them if Zero was okay. "You two go ahead, I'll wait for Will."

Alex Bellrose

She walked with Jude, looking back to Brooklyn once or twice, but soon lost sight of her as they entered the hospital. Being directed to a waiting room, she tapped at her thigh, not really wanting to sit down.