As much as Aya disliked the idea of communal showers, it wasn't enough for him to refuse a chance to clean himself up after the few hours in greenhouse yesterday, not to mention night shift which made him feel dirty even if only in spirit.

Breakfast had been quite the different experience, somewhat unnerving even. Despite the fact that Schwarz wasn't the mortal enemy, sitting at the same table, eating breakfast with Crawford wasn't what Aya considered normal thing to do. And when the nurse had come to pick him up, for a moment he had thought he had seen a familiar face yet again, framed with raven hair. Maybe he finally was flipping over the border to insanity, imagining his dead teammates around him.

Needless to say, seeing Ken alone at the showers was a relief. He made his way to the vacant shower head next to Ken with steps that could have been hurried if Aya wouldn't have been guarding his own actions closely. He wasn't as much bothered by the idea of being naked around punch of guys as the idea of having to close his eyes while in their presence while rinsing away the shampoo.

"Hn." It was supposed to serve as a greeting and perhaps even an inquiry after Ken's health, but he didn't assume Ken would understand.