...Yeah, actually. I think I checked it at work the next morning. But...I mean, it always goes up after we...we mess around — [His fumble here sounds flustered, not ashamed.] — but never that much.

[It's nice to relax against Alucard. Let someone else be your strength, he'd said. It's easy when it's Alucard; he knows full well he's more than strong enough for the both of them.

But something still nags at him, flitting around in his mind demanding attention, and it takes him a little while before he works out what it is.]

...Someone told you that. "A cold spot in the room." Those aren't your words — you say it like you heard it from someone else.