It was the day after he had gone on his glowstick run to the officers of the Negaverse. A few days since Christmas. Since...that. He didn't feel any better. In fact he felt about ten times worse. For a while he had managed to lie to himself, build that fragile world in his mind where everything was okay, everything would always be okay. Unfortunately this time he just couldn't keep up appearances.

s**t had gone down. Things were broken, lost for who knows how long. It was quite possible they'd never be right again, and while in his mind he desperately needed to hear that everything was FINE and just like it was before. It...just wasn't.

The one thing Demetri Wright couldn't handle was his vision of the world being shattered before his very eyes. From a young age he had learned to retreat into his imagination-created world to save his REAL self from utterly breaking at everything. His parents messy divorce and general lack of care of him had started it, and ever since it had been his defense mechanism. When it was taken away from him it left one confused kid who had no earthly idea how to handle what was really going on.

He was Demetri Wright. He was awesome! Everyone loved him!

So why was it that the ones he -loved- ended up hurting him the most whether they intended to or not?...

The blonde had to run, run from his thoughts and feelings and the crushing weight of it all. He had to do SOMETHING until he regained control and could build his perfect world again. Set everything right. Then he'd be back, and everything really -would- be okay. He told himself this about fifty times as he bustled around his room making preparations.

To Cordelia Carden he placed one phonecall. A simple message of a trip out of town and he'd call when he got back. Basically, don't worry about me...I'll be fine.

To Zee he placed a text message of "See you around" and nothing further. He couldn't lie to Zee about being out of town, because there was always that chance they'd run into each other, and the lies would just make it worse, right? It wasn't much, but it DID let Zee know without lying.

To Heather he left a note. He needed time to sort through some things. Don't worry about him! He'd be back! Oh...and by the way: Please feed the fish.

Otherwise his sudden disappearance was unannounced. His wallet was gone, but his cellphone was left behind with Heather's note. His backpack also seemed to be missing, but not much packed away in it. Demetri Wright was gone, and who knew just -what- he was up to?