[Gallagher]

His mouth agape, the blond looked from Sia to Gabriel and back again more than once before he managed to come up with something to say. "I still don't get it. Why's it so bad in the first place?"

"It's not," the other young man muttered as he rose from his own seat. If he was intimidated by the show of seriousness and anger, it didn't show in his even expression. "However, that doesn't matter. And neither does the fact that your little bird here can't understand the concept of sarcasm."

"Hey! What the hell's with you!?"

The two-toned young man gained his own faint blush when he felt the touch at his waist. Still, a smile lingered on his lips at the lack of distance between them, his hold on her light enough to allow her to pull away on her own. When she did just that, he released her hand, keeping his arm at her shoulders should she fall again. "Come on... Let's get something in that stomach of yours. I'm sure that'll help you feel better, yeah-?"