After what seemed like knocking on her door for the umpteenth time, Reno barged into Elena's room. Just as he did so, the blonde walked out of the bathroom, towel wrapped around her, hair and body wet.

Naturally, they both blushed furiously. It didn't take long for Elena to find her EMR. It also didn't take long for Reno to find the door.

He stood there for a long while, back keeping the door firmly shut. His breath was quick and when he looked across at a mirror (it was across the hallway), he was still flushed pink. On the other side, he could hear Elena cursing like a sailor, which put a shaky grin on his lips. Next he heard a crash, and guessed Elena had broken the lamp in her room, or at least the light bulb. He hastily retreated to his own room.

Elena sat on her bed and put her head in her hands, whimpering for a few minutes. After a while, she realized the most sensible thing to do was get dressed, before Rude (or Reno again) decided to "check up" on her.

For what seemed like hours, the hotel was quiet. Rude looked up from his book after a while, pondering the silence. Most likely, Reno would have gone to a nearby café to get caffeine…but what about Elena? Either sleep or seeing friends and family. He finally got up and opened the door. Walking into the hallway, he saw Reno quickly close his door. Rude raised his eyebrows, then looked around, making sure it was safe. Knowing that redhead, he had a prank hidden somewhere. Cautiously, Rude went to Reno's door and opened it.

"'LENA IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, I SWEAR!" Reno yelled, holding up his EMR defensively. When he saw it was his bald friend, he turned red again.

Rude sighed. "Reno, what'd you do to Elena?"

The redhead shuffled a while, looking quite embarrassed. "Was the Rookie's fault, really. Didn't lock her door…"

His friend's eyebrows shot up immediately. "Reno, seriously. What'd you do?" Very worried now, he walked out and knocked on Elena's door. "Elena? Are you…okay?"

"NO, NOW GO AWAY!" she screamed back, kicking the door.

Rude rested his hand on the doorknob.

Reno poked his head out, and widened his eyes in alarm. "I wouldn't do that," he warned.

"And why not?"

"You don't wanna know…"

"Reno, just tell me what you did and I'll leave."

Tentatively, Reno walked over and whispered something in Rude's ear. He bit his lip and waited for his friend to scold him.

Rude groaned, shaking his head. "You truly are an idiot."

Elena opened her door, growling faintly when she saw the redhead. "I'm going to kill you, you know."

Reno yelped and ran into his room, slamming the door behind him.

That seemed to relax the blonde woman, so Rude eased up too. For the first time, he noticed papers in Elena's hand. "What're those for? Elena!" he rebuked as she hid them. "You're on vacation!"

She looked up pleadingly. "Please, Rude?"

"No. No paperwork."

"It doesn't seem fair to Tseng, though." The woman muttered, casting her gaze downward.

Rude sighed and looked around. "Okay, fine. But you have to hide them from Reno! If he sees you doing this stuff, he'll whack you with the EMR."

Elena sighed with relief, walking back into her room. When the door closed, she smirked. "Foolish little Rude..." she murmured, eyeing the papers. They weren't, of course, reports. How stupid did he think her?

Sitting back down, she began to type more on her computer, stopping every few minutes to re-read what she'd written so far. 'Boy, is he in for a surprise…' she thought, fingers working furiously.