He laughs that haunting little chuckle, stepping out of his shoes. "I wish I could say so. No, the plants came with the apartment, and no matter what I inflict on them, they just don't die."

But he's excited to show the place to Ren. It's a nice apartment, despite it not being the one his father assigned him—or perhaps because of that; it had always been a little awkward. "Come on. The couch is this way."