Too angry with what Shirogane said, Gaku can barely sleep that night. He tosses and turns all night. Everything Shirogane told him keeps hovering inside his head.

"You are late, Gaku." Kakeru whispers into Gaku's ear.

"Stop whispering into my ear, that tickles. But how many times have I told you not to call me Gaku?" Gaku murmurs.

"But you tell me to call me whatever I want when there are only two of us, remember?" Kakeru replies.

"Ok, I did say that. But what are you doing in my bedroom?" Gaku gets surprised.

"Waking you up. To think again, this is the first time I do this."

"Yeah, normally I'm the one to wake you up. What time is it?"

"Almost noon." Kakeru smiles.

"What? Why don't you wake me up earlier?" Gaku sits up, still murmuring.

Kakeru laughs. "Can you really get up if I wake you up earlier?"

"Yeah, you've got the point." Gaku lowers his voice, not to let the other man know he's pissed off.

"After what happened last night, I know you must be too angry to sleep. You may act tough, but you are really vulnerable inside. What Silver said must burden and hurt you a lot. I know that you just want to know more about him because you care for him and consider him as your family, but you know, it's hard for him too."

"How can it be hard for him? We haven't done anything wrong, right?"

"No, we haven't. But he still feels guilty for what he's done to us."

"But we haven't blamed him for anything!"

"You don't need to blame him to make him feel uncomfortable around us. The crimes he committed, the pains he inflicted on us,… everything is now haunting him, making him unable to get close to us. He might be afraid that he will hurt us again."

"But… I'm just trying to help him." Gaku contradicts.

"Your intention is good, but your way of doing things is… well… not really good."

"How… can you say that? Are you siding with him?"

"I'm always on your side. It's just that this time, you were a little bit carried away. Just give him some time to reconsider, I think he'll understand!" Kakeru smiles.

"That ice cube will never understand. He will hate me and I will hate him no matter what. You will see." Gaku gets angry.

"You are just as stubborn as usual. Now, get out off bed yourself or I'll do it?" Kakeru teases.

"I can do it myself!" Gaku murmurs with an angry voice.

"Ok, I'll wait for you outside. Make your bed and get dressed. Hurry up or I'm gonna help you get dressed myself." Kakeru laughs.

"You…"

Kakeru's still laughing all his way out of Gaku's bedroom, leaving the other man blushing.