[Even when HiMERU gives his permission, Niki still feels stuck. He doesn't actually like hesitating, but he so loathes the idea of causing trouble for others in any way that he can't actually help himself. That's the hardest part about this, really, that it feels like it's more for himself than anyone else... But he remembers the things Kaname told him and he thinks maybe that isn't entirely true. Maybe... no, it might not be just for himself.

Even then, he doesn't even really know what he wants from HiMERU in this situation, because he's not sure there's anything he can do about it, either, but...

But hesitating isn't getting him anywhere. So, okay. He needs to start somewhere.]

Um, well, you know, he probably doesn't remember it, but I'm pretty used to Rinne-kun coming home late and all~. He's always been that way. [He still worried, of course, but he was used to it, so he'd kind of just put up with it, like he did with everything else.] The thing is, he's been gone for a really long time now, and I haven't heard a word from him at all. Not a single annoying text or voicemail. ...it's weird. It's not like him.