Hiding. Yeah. He was hiding. He rubbed his face, looking away from the others. "Can we not?" He didn't want to deal with this. It was bad enough Klaus was here and dealing with this he didn't want to take their aggression because Ben didn't want to be seen.

He should have text. He should have done something. He knows that. He just.... wasn't thinking. He wanted to talk to Klaus alone, but he was upset at him too.

"I'm sorry, okay? I should have said something." He didn't want to talk to anyone. He should have been there for Klaus. Should have done more. Should have been there to try to prevent it. His argument had caused this in some way. He should have...

"Sorry." He mumbled again.