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Saber's expression didn't change when Mitsuru opened the door and greeted him. "Going okay, I suppose." He didn't want to say too much about Rohan had told him, just in case Mitsuru didn't know about it. "Is Opheliah around? I need to...well, I wass told she was sick earlier. Just wanted to check up on her." While checking her, he'd also ask a few questions.

Saber nodded his thanks and walked inside, wondering if he really should have come or not. He trusted her, didn't he? Plus, Rohan said they just walked together. Maybe the guy had just taken her home? But then why not let Rohan take her? He shrugged mentally and walked upstairs, taking in another deep breath before knocking on Opheliah's door.

Raising a brow, Saber simply shook his head. Now or never, right? "Sorry to disappoint Opheliah but I'm not your brother. Do I still have to go away?" He decided to at least try not to be so serious about this. Nothing worse than starting off a conversation on a much too serious tone.

Not expecting her to rush out suddenly and cling to him, Saber toppled backwards against the wall. He heard her sobs and sighed. So something was wrong but how to go about finding out what? "Uh...love, how about we go inside your room and talk." He guided her back inside, not wanting to bring the whole household inside the hallway to find out what was going on. "Opheliah...why are you crying? Did something happen?"

She nodded, still keeping an arm around his waist and her head laid on his shoulder. She sat down on the bed, hands shaking,a nd began, in a shaky, tremulous voice,

"I was, I was ou hanging out with Ro, and I got sake, and I had too much. And I get so stupid when I'm drunk and I saw Liam . . . . err, Liji . . .Shiam . . . I saw him, and he was talking to Lena, and he was talkign o me, and I got so mad, and Rohan was gone when I looked, and he wanted to walk me home,a nd I kissed him and he came inside and we were kissing, and, and . . . Saber, I'm so sorry! All I could think about was hw much I love you and how horrible I felt and how I shouldn't have been doing it, but I couldn't help it, and, and . . . . !"

She choked off the rest f her wrds with a great sob, collapsing on his shoulder again, still less than half sober.

Saber listened in silence, unsure of what to say. He had felt his heart twist when she said that she'd kissed then guy, worse when it was more than once. He wouldn't have cared so much if Opheliah was just another lover but she was more. She loved him and he loved her in return. That was supposed to mean something, right? Or were those three little words just thrown around now-a-days? He didn't know if he should be mad at her or at the guy or both of them. What about himself? Had he done something wrong to make her fall into the other guy's arms?

Saber just stood there, eyes darkering behind his messy hair. He just didn't know what to say at the moment. It would probably come out wrong, whatever it would have been.

She watched him, a complete mess. Her hair hung down around her face, tangled from the woods and runnign her hand back half through it to get it out of her face. Her eyes were tearstained and turned down as she sat back, feeling his anxiety and uncertainty, and esecially his pain, acutely, seeign them clearly, which made things pang all the more. She pulled her knees under her chin and wrapped her arms aroun them, murmuring,s oftly, thickly,

"If you didn't want to stay anymore, I would understand. I don't have the right to ask you to stay, so I won't. I'll only say that I've only ever regretted one decision this much in my life, and even if you can forgive me somehow, I don't know how I'll be able to forgive myself. I'm sorry."