"Hey, Yosuke?"

Hearing his name, the young man turned around.

"What's up, Seta?" Yosuke questioned. He eyed his friend, who was leaning against a wall, apparently tired. They had spent what felt like hours searching the T.V. world for you without luck.

When Souji remained silent, Yosuke looked at him more closely. Souji's eyes were half-closed and he was staring at his feet, while the toes of his right foot traced circles on the floor. There was a light blush tingeing his normally pale complexion. Whatever he was trying to say was stuck in his throat. Yosuke knew that Souji was always pretty quiet, but this was a different sort of silence.

Yosuke sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He had never known Souji to be like this. He was worried about his friend, that maybe the recent events had been affecting him more than he had let on. The brown-haired man strode across the room and placed his hand lightly on the other's shoulder. Yosuke could feel Souji shaking.

"Seta.. what is it? If there's something wrong, I'm here." Yosuke started a bit when Souji moved into his touch, and even more when Souji rested his forehead on his friend's chest. All Yosuke could see at this point was the silver tone of Souji's hair. He felt his cheeks heating up, but stiffened when the shorter man started talking.

"Yosuke, I.. Ahh, nevermind. I can't say it. We should keep searching for _{y/n}_." Souji mentally slapped himself for being so weak. But it wasn't like what he wanted to say would change anything anyways; or at least, that's what he thought. Souji moved as though to step away from Yosuke, but stopped when he felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around his frame. Startled, he looked up.

"I'm sure _{y/n}_ isn't in any danger, or Teddie would have warned us. You're obviously keyed up about something. Tell me." Even though Yosuke's face was turned, Souji could still tell that his friend cared. "So, Seta? You gonna come clean soon?"

"W-well, it's just.. I-I think.." Souji's words were still barely passing his lips, and Yosuke had had enough. He pressed his mouth against Souji's in an attempt to shut him up. "I-mph!"

Yosuke felt the smaller man relax in his arms, and he silently congratulated himself on calming Souji down. That's when he realized what he was doing and caught up with his actions. He gently pried the silver-haired boy off of him, and blushed even harder. Souji noticed that Yosuke's breath was coming faster than it usually did, that his own heart was pounding. The two distanced themselves, unable to meet the others' eyes. Yosuke was the first to break the silence.

"Where'd that bear wander off to, anyway?"