She was in the hospital, having nearly died and having lost her 7 month baby. He wouldn't go and see her because he couldn't show her any weakness. I'm sorry to be so critical, but this dude is several members short of a quorum. A person would have to be hard-wired this way in order to be so divorced from normal human emotion.
This is really cute and I'd love to see where it's going. Pity it hasn't been updated for four years. One can always hope.