9.

Koh didn't end up walking in on her out of the bath. Or soaking wet. Or… anything his stupid bisexual brain could think of from their brief cohabitation together.

… Urgh that sounded creepy.

He did however, find her upside down in her computer chair, tail twitching and ears free of the hat bunched up on the floor. "Yo," she said, not looking up. "You smell like soot."

"I'm apparently a phoenix person, it's better than nothing." He grinned and took a seat on the nearest stool. "Is that working for you?"

Sayo snorted. "Yes, the blood rushing to my brain is fixing my autism."

"...That has nothing to do with understanding the book Sayo."

She rolled her eyes. "How do you know, Mister Genius? Where's your degree?"

"In Engineering." He raised an eyebrow, daring her to go on. "But I get you. It's still not that."

"Don't be an ass."

"Why be one, when I can have one?"

Sayo paused. "... I'm not dignifying that with a response."

"Probably shouldn't."

They settled into silence. Koh swiped a book and started to read. Or pretend read. This one was in god damn Latin. He hated Latin. So he wasn't getting out of this, especially since there was only so long Yuki could wheedle Phascomon to let her play on the DigiFarms - aka steal eggs.

So he took a deep breath and let it out. She noticed but did not react.

"I'm sorry."