After the events of Best Served Hot, Rody takes the time to finally focus on himself after losing everything. In the process, he distances from others and ends up isolating himself. Recovery and self-improvement isn't a linear journey, and he often finds himself drinking alone in his apartment.

Allen, taking notice of this, doesn't allow Rody to get too distant from him. Taking the time to visit Rody every few days (never going a week without seeing him), Allen takes care of Rody's apartment when it gets to a new low. Rody is aware of this, but he doesn't pay it any mind. He's determined to work on himself, after all.

However, little by little, Rody realizes how intertwined Allen has become in his life after what's happened. He buys him groceries (but never beer), makes sure he's eaten something, and is always there during particularly bad hangovers. When had he become such a constant?

Rody can't move on from Manon, and he's always been a little scared of Allen because of the things he says. But it wouldn't be so bad to lean on someone, at least a little, right? Rody isn't in love with Allen, not in the way he loved Manon or any partner before. He doesn't put Allen on a pedastal and worship him, but he's grown attached. After killing someone, losing everything, Rody doesn't want to lose Allen. Not after everything that's happened.

Allen struggles to figure out Rody, and that's what made him so enamored in the first place. His initial impression of Rody was that he was a genuine and clumsy guy, an earnest person with a passionate heart. Allen has never been able to relate to such a person. A seemingly polar-opposite of himself, Rody becomes a sort of ideal for Allen. He wants to be honest like Rody, and thinks that Rody can be the person to fix and change him.

After the events of Best Served Hot, Allen witnesses Rody's spiral into depression and the many ups and downs of his self-improvement and recovery journey. Watching someone he looked up to and obsessed over crumble and break down only furthers his obsession with Rody. Can such a person claw their way back up to normalcy?

His career in private investigation (and a few drunken confessions from Rody) leads Allen to the truth of what happened on that fiery night. In order to protect him, Allen ties up the loose ends that would incriminate Rody.

Allen is curious, watching over Rody and taking the role of a passive protector. He doesn't do much to help Rody, he buys him groceries so he can survive, picks up the trash that litters the apartment, and listens to his sob stories and drunk rambles. He wants to see if Rody rises from the ashes of what he's done, or if he'll drown himself in his guilt and regret.