God, okay. Even knowing Ben isn't gone - even knowing there's no way he hallucinated any of this - he has to kind of stop as Ben fades to nothing next to him. Take a deep breath, try not to cry. He can't wipe at his face with Orhihime in his arms, and he'd rather not get her shirt wet here.

So he braces himself instead, and carefully heads back downstairs. It's about then that he realizes he doesn't know what room she's in? That. Hmm. His room has a spare bed, of course, since he still doesn't have a roommate? It's probably weird to take a girl to his room while she's unconscious like this. But given the alternative is leaving her in the common room ... yeah. Okay. Back to his room, then. He'll lay her down onto the spare bed carefully, then retreat to his own. It's been such an agonizingly long night. He'll watch her for a moment, to make sure she's all right, but before long he's slumped awkwardly on his own bed, fast asleep.