No matter how repeatedly he heard someone call for his name, Way was too frightened to even open his eyes. His heartbeat finally started slowing down after he felt a soft hand move his sweaty hair from his forehead. When he opened his eyes, he found a preoccupied Pete looking after him, while Charlie was rushing to the room with a towel and a bowl of water.

"Wh... what happened?" Way asked perplexed as he realized that the Charlie that was standing right behind Pete couldn't be the same Charlie that assaulted him a moment earlier. Pete took the towel and put it into the bowl, then he turned to Way and kept smiling, it was clear that he didn't want to smile at all, but he was doing it just to make sure that Way could be as calm as possible.

"I heard you scream in your sleep, so I rushed here. Charlie arrived soon after that" Pete replied. Way thanked Pete for his kind behavior, but then he couldn't help but glare at Charlie, knowing that nothing like that would have happened if he hadn't insisted so much on absorbing his power. Charlie looked down, pretending to be too focused on helping Pete to even notice anything else, but after a while, Charlie finally said something.

"I'm sorry, Way... I heard you called me... I suppose I was the one who..."

"Yes, you were... but it was just a nightmare after all, it isn't your fault" Way replied, still feeling exhausted after that nightmare. A part of Way didn't believe his own words, he thought that it was actually Charlie's fault if he had such an experience, but he knew that he had to thank him too for being out of Tony's facility and so he didn't feel like blaming him more. Charlie nodded and turned back to Pete, he told him that he was going to get more water and left the room.

The following morning, everyone cheered extremely loudly as they saw Way come downstairs for breakfast. Considering that he felt very lonely for months, seeing all those people just happy to see him only made his heart burst with joy. Everybody sat down at the table and things seemed to be pretty normal. Way wondered if the news of what happened that night already spread among the guests of the house, but soon a gesture made him realize what was going on.

Charlie reached out to take something from a plate near the center of the table, Kim was doing the same, but he was on the other end of the table. Babe saw them and picked the plate, then handed it to Kim. Charlie was sitting right next to Babe, so it was impossible to believe that Babe didn't notice that his boyfriend was trying to take the plate.

Kim thanked him and picked a piece of fruit, then as he noticed the growing tension between Charlie and Babe, he put on a fake smile and tried to hand the plate to Charlie.

"Thanks Kim..." Charlie said, trying to be polite. He picked a piece of fruit just like him, ate it and then stood up to leave. Babe was now clearly annoyed and everyone else at the table was feeling increasingly uncomfortable.

"You don't have to be so childish" Babe said.

"I just feel full..." Charlie responded. Jeff looked at the plate of his brother, fearing that it could be a complete lie, but then he noticed that Charlie actually managed to eat enough. He couldn't know that Charlie was going to the toilet as he the urge to throw up became more and more pressing.