Sigh, Reno. You even had to step in to ruin Zack's daydreams, didn't you? Why did you hate him so much anyway?

Zack heaved a sigh - Man oh man - and shook his head there in his mind's eye. But he didn't protest. He understood that when Ino said it was time to go, there wasn't much he could say to keep her there. And once she went, there would come the overwhelming quiet, and he really did need a quiet night. Hojo had been pushing them hard, and there had been a few times there when Zack had almost, almost stopped fighting to hang on.

You should go, then, he replied softly. Go do the Turk thing. Think about going to Homecoming. I'll still be here when it's all said and done.

And if he wasn't, the only person he was really lying to right now was himself, after all.