It didn't take long for Wilson to hunt House down.

"House!"

House flinched, momentarily glad he was alone and no one saw his moment of panic at the sound of Wilson's voice. Wilson blew into his office with an interesting look on his face and stood, once again, with his hands on his hips.

"Explain."

"Well you see, Jimmy, when mommies and daddies love each other very much sometimes they decide to make a baby. Now sometimes that baby isn't quite right in the head, but that's okay we love you anyway."

"No, explain about you and Taub."

"We've already established that he's a weirdo, what else is there to explain?"

"Why are you flirting!?"

Hmm, now that was a good question. Why was House flirting with Taub? It could be because he liked to see grown men squirm in annoyance, but Taub had yet to show signs of annoyance. It could also be that House simply liked Taub in that special ways that caused so many men to pledge undying allegiance in the form of "I do." But by that same token, did he really believe that he, of all people, had a loving attraction for the strange creature named Taub?

House realized he had been quiet for too long and slapped together a response.

"Why, Jimmy, are you jealous?"

"No!" Well, he certainly looked jealous. "Why are you flirting with each other?"

House blinked. "With each other?"

"Yeah, you flirt to him, he flirts back, you both ask everyone you know awkward questions, then the flirting commences again. Why are you both acting so strangely?"

House took a moment to consider.

His moment up, he started to actually think about what Wilson said.

House didn't have any idea what to do with himself. He wasn't used to having actual emotions for people, loving or otherwise. Sure, he was good at faking hatred but he rarely actually felt the emotions he so readily emulated.

He frowned a bit more. But then, Taub was apparently flirting with him. It had been a while since a non-female entity had come on to him, or since any entity had come on to him, so it had completely gone over his head. But if Wilson had noticed it, it must have been either extremely obvious or heart wrenchingly subtle. House was leaning towards the obvious.

"House?"

"I need to check on my patient." House rose from his seat.

"You haven't got a patient."

"Well, I need to go find one then. Don't worry, the plot hole will open near me soon enough and deliver a fresh new unknown disease," House said sarcastically.

House practically ran from his office and this time, Wilson didn't follow.