[That actually panics Rean for a minute. Coming home to an empty house when he's gotten so used to Crow's dumb greeting is alarming. More so when he doesn't find a note. All kinds of scenarios frolic through his head, from revenge kidnappings to Crow leaving on his own. His heart wrenches, and he sits at the table after checking the house a second time for a sleeping or dead body.

Breathe.

He forces himself to calm down. All these scenarios are ridiculous. Crow probably went out shopping or something.

Feeling both ridiculously overprotective and still worried, Rean calls Crow's ARCUS, silently praying with every ring that the next one will be replaced with Crow's voice.]