The rest of Hoseok's day goes by the same as every day. Classes all morning and into the afternoon and work all evening into the night. His thoughts had been fixated all day on the hybrid. Going over and over in his head the different scenarios and things he would say to him, to convince him that the adoption center is better than being on the streets all alone. After work he passes by the alley with the hybrid in it, he stops and listens. He can't hear anything coming from the darkness and he has no light to see by. He wants to check if the hybrid is still there and ate the food he'd given him earlier today. He'll need to check in the morning. Back in his apartment, he eats some food from the restaurant he works at. And saves half of it to drop off tomorrow to the hybrid. He rehearses his speech he wants to give as well, saying the words confidently and as if he really believes them. When Hoseok walks down the alley in the morning he already has his latest offering of food along with water. He wants to appear friendly and puts on his best smile. The last thing he would want to do is scare the hybrid into running off when he already has a decent little hiding spot to keep him safe. As he approaches the hybrid's hiding spot, Hoseok's upset to find that the hybrid isn't there, although the cardboard and rags remain. He looks up and down the alleyway trying to find any clue to where he could be, but nothing seems out of the ordinary. Hoseok sighs and sets down the food in the makeshift bed just in case he returns. He then looks around again stalling in the hope that the hybrid will turn the corner in the next moment. He goes to the other end of the alleyway, but seeing nothing he's forced to backtrack. Taking off for morning class he glances once more at the food as he passes by. It bothers him that the boy is gone during the day. It's not safe for him to be out right now a hybrid without an owner or collar is illegal and regardless, people will harass hybrids that have collars and are allowed to go to places by themselves, let alone a single young hybrid with no collar. After work, Hoseok asks his manager to borrow a flashlight explaining that he lost his apartment key in the morning and would need the light to search for it on his way home. But not to worry because he does have a spare, but thinks it's best to find it tonight before any more time goes by. He gives him one easily, saying he didn't need to explain why he needed it, as long as he returns it in working order. Hoseok feels a little bad that he lied, but 'Hey I'm looking in the dark at night for a homeless hybrid whom I don't even know, that I have never spoken to, seems like it might not go over well Hybrids might be just regular pets for some people, but the reason they were created and are still bred is for sexual reasons, which Hoseok doesn't want anyone to think he's looking for in this hybrid. He's just genuinely worried about the hybrid and feels compelled to help him. Though the ownership of a hybrid itself isn't suspect because plenty of people do just have them as exotic pets. But he doesn't want people to assume anything like that.