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Benji didn't really know what to say to Michi as she stepped into the house. It was the same, but it had a foreign feeling to it just the same. She couldn't shake the weird feeling that took her over, reminding her that when she went upstairs, there would be no ducking into Kia's room to bug her for a few minutes before she hit up Izzy's room. She would have to go straight up there.

She was glad that the older woman didn't press her for much though, and she hadn't tried to go for her throat, which was one-up from her wife. But that strange feeling still hung in between them, and Ben was glad for a quick escape up the stairs. "Thanks," she finally managed to get out, hesitating at the bottom step. "You too."

With that, she disappeared upstairs in a hurry of feet thumping, hesitating once more as she reached the landing at the top. She looked down the hall, finding it the same up here as well. Every door was the same, everybody had their room. She imagined they'd all be the same inside if she took a quick look. Using every bit of willpower, she forced herself to keep walking past Kia's door, heading upstairs to the third floor instead where Iz's room was located. If it had been a year before, or even few months before, Ben wasn't sure she would have had the power to just walk by her girlfriend's room like that and not go inside. Even if she knew it would hurt her to see in the end. She still wasn't sure she could make it downstairs later without at least checking.

When she reached Izzy's door finally, Benji waited outside for just a second, before turning the knob and pushing it open with her shoulders, poking her head inside in a sad attempt to mimic old times. "Anybody home?" she asked, her voice just a bit hoarse.