Cul woke up the next morning, blushing when she remembered what happened the night before.

Moving carefully to not wake Gumi, the red-head stood up and stretched, then flinched, remembering she was still in her clothes instead of her pajamas.

After changing into something more comfortable, she quietly walked downstairs, into the kitchen, only to be met by Piko and Nigaito talking quietly.

As Cul walked by to go to the fridge, the two young boys stared at her. She opened the door, leaned down to get a tomatoe, stood back up and closed the fridge, and then turned around to see the wide, young eyes eyeing her.

"…What?" Cul said while nibbling on her favourite food.

"Is it true?" Piko asks, slowly.

"Uh… is what true?"

"Is it true you love Gumi?" Nigaito interrupts.

Cul turned a bright red and her eyes widened. The two teenagers kept looking at her. After a few minutes, she finally said, "Wh-what's it to you?"

Piko and Nigaito shrug.

"If you love her, why were you crying?" The white-haired boy questioned.

Cul paused. She didn't quite know how to explain her feelings to teenagers. Male teenagers, at that.

"Well… I just didn't know if she'd love me back, I guess," she mumbled, taking another bite of her tomatoe.

Piko and Nigaito looked at each other, and the green boy was about to say something when Len walked in.

"Hey Piko, hey Nigaito!" Len said cheerfully, and he turned around, puzzled, when he saw that the couple was staring at something behind him. He turned pale when he saw Cul. "O-Oh… H-Hi, C-C-Cul…" The young boy stuttered.

Cul threw her hands in the air.

"Why is everyone acting so strange? And Piko, Nigaito, how did you know what I said, how I was crying?" She leaped forward and grabbed Piko by the collar of his shirt, forcing him to stand up. "Were you spying?"

At that, Nigaito jumped up and slapped Cul's hand – hard – and yelled at her, "Let go of him, Cul! Why are you always so mean to everyone? Goddamnit, it's so infuriating!"

Cul let go of Piko when the littlest Shion brother slapped her, and winced when he yelled.

She could feel herself on the verge of tears, but she stopped herself and instead just walked out of the kitchen, tomatoe in hand.

When she reached the staircase, Luka was looking at her with wide eyes, pajamas still on, hair a mess.

"Cul? Is everything… okay?" The pinkette asked, concerned.

"Boys are just idiots…" She mumbled.

To Cul's surprise, Luka hugged her.

"No, he was just trying to stand up for himself… and if you were wondering, it wasn't only him. Me, Kaito, Len, Miku, Rin, and Nigaito all heard what happened."

Cul just stood there, and made a fist. Pretty soon, the tomatoe in her hand was nothing but juice.

Luka pulled away when she felt something cold against her leg and looked down, seeing Cul's hand and her own leg.

Luka gulped, and then took a step back.

"You need to calm down, hon," was all Luka said before going into the bathroom to wash off her leg.

But Cul was on a road far from calm. And she doubted she was ever going back.