*is long overdue for an update* yes yes i know. But hear me out x.x I got drafted into compulsory attendance in the army so i havent had any time for myself for the past few months! Really apologise if this isnt up to par with my style or any standard i set before this! x.x

"Adam." she was being uncharacteristically tactful.

"Spit it out. Don't sugar coat anything" he pulled his shirt back on.

"Are you sure you wish to continue down this path? Will you not be filled with regrets?"

"Eve." he got closer to his associate. "The only regret I will ever have, is being too weak to save the people that I love."

"As you wish." she handed him a printout. "The code has spread faster and faster throughout your body. I suspect it to be due to the new Lost Code you absorbed"

"Tch. 4 months huh?" he threw the paper in the air, beckoning for his dynamos to raze it before it touched the ground.

"What will you do?"

"The same as always." he smirked, heading through the door.

"Adam. You may come to regret not treasuring the time you have right now."

"I know." he whispered, as he closed the door behind him.

"The beach!" Rena screamed, before she tossed her bags onto Raven and dashing away.

"We have to check in first!" he yelled after the rapidly vanishing figure.

"I don't think it's any use now." Chung laughed as he strode over to help with the bags.

"I swear. That girl will be the death of me one day." he gladly unloaded some of the baggage into Chung's waiting arms.

The albino sighed to himself before slipping away.

"Add, I believe I told you before that we are a team. And teams stick together." Elesis held on to his hoodie.

"I'm just off to take a leak. Would you like to accompany me, miss leader?" he smirked as the redhead let go as she blushed furiously.

"W-Well! J-just d-don't take so long!" she stammered.

"Sis! You are getting bullied by him again!" Elsword complained.

"Shut it brat. It's already good enough I agreed to join you instead of staying in my lab where everything is." he snapped, before turning on his heel and stalking off in the direction of the nearby toilet.

"Let him be." their group advisor on this trip, Vanessa smiled. "He is socialising and coping in his own way."

They sighed and proceeded to check into the hotel they were to be living in for that stay.

The injector hissed as it embedded its needle into his flesh. He felt his insides scream, but he persevered and held on until all the liquid was emptied into his system.

Tossing the empty casing into the air, he snapped his fingers, commanding his dynamos to reconstruct the metal for further storage, turning it back into a small cylinder of metal in the palm of his hand.

"7...8… 9… huh?" he counted the remaining doses he had left. "Twice a day should be enough. I even have an extra as backup."

"Hey, Add? We are deciding room placings! Would you please come out?" Chung called from behind the door.

Add prayed silently that the blondie hadn't heard him, and slipped the small case of doses back into the hidden compartment of his belt and flushed the toilet just to reassure Chung that he was about to leave.

"Now then, now that our last person has arrived, we can start deciding." Raven noticed the two guys leaving the toilet.

"Right. I want to be with Elly!" Rena grabbed Elesis from behind and rested her chin on her shoulder.

"Can I request that Raven, you look after Els?" Elesis sighed, as the bundle of green hair happily attached itself to her cheek.

"Then I shall bunk with Add then?" Chung asked.

"Rejected. I want a room to myself." the albino quickly rejected the idea.

"Why do you need an entire room to yourself? Aren't you just being selfish?" Elsword huffed.

"Then I guess Mr Princess here can forego his sleep." he jerked his thumb towards the blonde.

Everyone knew that Chung liked to follow his schedule, and at its centre was a 'early to bed,early to rise' mechanism. It would not end well, considering Add's late night tendencies.

"I will bunk with Eve then. It would be good to have those servants around again." he said nonchalantly when no one could come up with a good idea.

"E-E-EVE?" Elesis was the first at the table to burst out, her head turning red as a tomato.

To everyone's surprise, Eve nodded her approval. "I do not see why everyone is making such a fuss. Me and Adam used to sleep together when we were still partners."

"S-S-Sleep together?" Elesis was just about to faint when Add stepped in to correct the statement.

"Slept together, in the SAME ROOM on SEPARATE beds. Get a grip, idiot. Do I really seem like that sort of guy?" he held on to the girl's head and flicked her forehead.

After the shock of that subsided, Ara spoke up. "So… I shall bunk with Aisha then?"

"I'm fine with that." the purple mage nodded as well.

"I suppose it is settled then. You have an hour to unpack and I will see you here in an hour's time." Raven distributed the keys and helped Rena drag the nearly unconscious redhead to her room.

"Done." he opened up the mechanical box contains his various tools.

"Oberon, Ophelia." the girl too, waved for her servants to unpack her things for her.

"A new toy,I see." he eyed the nasod maid.

"Yes. I used what was left of that Lost Code floating around that tablet to build a new AI from scratch. Apparently, it had a strong maternal instinct and thus I decided to house it in a more fitting vassal."

"Huh. Interesting. Maybe I should take her apart one day." his left eye glinted.

"You will do no such thing." she raised a hand defensively.

"Keke... Shame. It seemed like such a good piece of work." he set down his items and approached the door.

"Remember to reach the lobby in 42 minutes and 23 seconds." she said.

"Tsk. Got it." he opened the door but didn't move.

"Is there something you still require, Adam?"

"Thanks. You agreed because you knew about that, didn't you?"

"It seems that Miss Elesis has changed you for the better." the girl knew better than to shoot down the boy's ego. It was very much a part of him as his insanity, heck, she sometimes wondered if it was the only part human about him.

"Oh really? Why do you think so?"

"The Adam from a year ago would not have said such kind words to anyone. Nor would he utter that word." she gave him a polite smile.

"Tch. Guess I really have become an idiot like her." he returned a grin, before closing the door.

~Meanwhile in the girls room~

"Aww Elly, are you jelly?~" Rena cooed.

"Definitely not! I'm perfectly fine with Add and Eve s-s-sleeping t-together!" she threw her clothes on the bed and plopped herself on it.

"So you are jealous!" Rena laughed.

"It's not like I had any say in the matter." she poured, curling up in a fetal position.

"Then do you want to have a look at what they are doing?" Rena's eyes glinted.

"N-no?" she was having an internal struggle between her morals and her curiosity.

"Don't think it, just feel it!" she dragged the redhead out of the room.

"R-Rena!"

But they had just arrived when the door to their room opened.

"Is there something you still require, Adam?" Eve's voice floated over.

"Thanks. You agreed because you knew about that, didn't you?" A tuft of white hair was barely visible from behind the doorframe.

"It seems that Miss Elesis has changed you for the better."

"Oh really? Why do you think so?" his voice sounded as if he was intrigued.

"The Adam from a year ago would not have said such kind words to anyone. Nor would he utter that word." she gave him a polite smile.

"Tch. Guess I really have become an idiot like her." he closed the door and sighed before walking away.

"What was that all about?" Rena pondered.

"I have no idea either." Elesis wondered aloud.

"Crap! We lost him!" Rena snapped her fingers. "Do you know where he would go?"

Elesis shook her head in response.

"Who is this 'he' that you are talking about?" a familiar voice sounded out behind them.

"K-Kyah!" they both screamed out at once.

"I'd wager this was your idea, Rena." the toned boy focused on her.

"Ehehe. No harm done right? R-R-Raven? GOTTAGOELLYBYESEEYA" Rena backed away before taking off at full speed.

"Not so fast!" he took off after her, seeking vengeance and leaving Elesis alone with her thoughts.

She knocked on the door, wanting to find out for herself what Add was referring to.

"Miss Elesis, I assume? Do come in, the door will be unlocked shortly." the curt voice came from behind the door, followed by the sound of the lock being pulled back.

"Eve?" she stuck her head in, and was greeted by a maid who led her into the room.

"Sit. I'm sure you have many questions. I will try my best to answer them." she motioned for another chair.

"If you wouldn't mind…"

Here's to hoping that people still read this haha *laughs self into a corner*