The effect was instantaneous. Hakuba found himself looking down at a pair of icy blue eyes glaring at him in shock as Zechs's expression filled with horror. For a moment, he was expecting to find himself looking up at the barrel of a gun, but it didn't happened.Between one second and the next, the shadow of madness was gone, but the detective saw the emotions that the blank mas was been hiding.

Hakuba felt like hitting his head against the wall. Damn.

Damn it all.

Damn the war, and the exorcist, and the Noah.

"I should apologize.I usually don't touch people if they don't want me too." He sighed, running a hand through his hair, smoothing down the tussled strands.

"I should apologize.I usually don't touch people if they don't want me to." He sighed, running a hand through his hair, smoothing down the tussled strands. With all the tension, the sorrow and the lack of sleep Zechs was probably on the edge. Trying to convince him to change his mind about Zero when he was like this would be unproductive. Hakuba choose another option then.

"I will help you with the Zero program." Hakuba informed him, an idea already forming on his mind. "I will need a computer and a lot of coffee, for both, because I will need your assistance, Zechs."

Hakuba gave him a soft smile, and pointed to the kitchen. "I will do the coffee, please can you take care of the computer?"The younger man didn't waited for and answer and desapeared in the kitchen.