That evening, Sen did exactly what he said he would. Umeko, whether he liked it or not, stayed with him. She brought him something to eat or to drink every once in a while, but ended up eating or drinking it all up herself.
Bedtime had passed a few hours ago, but Sen, even when half awake, was still searching, and Umeko couldn't help staring at him, as if hoping this will end soon.
"Hope I'm not keeping you awake!" a familiar voice spoke to her.
Umeko got spooked, but recognized that accent immediately. She turned around to see her favorite westerner: "Wells!"
"Good evening, Umeko."
"What are you doing here?"
"Well... Since they don't call me 'Detective of the moonlight' for nothing, I'm supposed to be asking you that same question."
"Oh!" Umeko was a little overtaken by this, "Well, Sen-chan is trying to see whether he can help some friend of his, and..."
"I know all about that android." Wells interrupted, "I know what Sen's doing here. But I want to know what YOU are doing here."
Clearly, Wells just asked her a question to which she didn't know any answer, so he asked again: "Come on! It's an easy question. Why are you here?"
Umeko was hesitant: "I... I er..."
"Can't leave his side, can you!?" Wells snickered.
Umeko was spooked, but tried to sound surprised: "What do you mean?"
"Please, Umeko!" Wells didn't sound like he was begging though, "You can try to fool your team, you can fool yourself, but you can't fool me. It's pretty obvious to everyone just how you feel for him."
Umeko turned her head to Sen. This time, his head was lying on the computer's keyboard. She couldn't help feeling sorry for him. But at the same time, only then she realized just how obvious she was acting.
"If only he'd spend so much time with me as he is spending time on her." she moaned.
"Once he's finished with this, I'm sure he will."
Umeko didn't feel that way: "I'm not sure whether it ever will. He's not even suppo..."
"I know." Wells interrupted her, "Want me to speed things up a little?"
Umeko sounded happier than ever: "If you could do that..."
"Say nothing more!" Wells interrupted her for the last time, as he finally entered the room.