Kurumi had been keeping an eye on Selina and Adam out of the corner of her eye hoping for some sort of hint that would allow her to go over and give Adam the special fortune cookie she had made. She had written THAT word in it, but she still wasn’t sure she knew what it meant.

Kurumi thought that in turning 13 she would understand the world more, but now she was feeling she understood it even less.

Her left hand played with the fortune cookie she longed to give to Adam while her right one continued to hold onto a little piece of Salander for comfort. Perhaps if she shut her eyes this time, everything would go away and she would wake up in her bed realizing that this all was just a terrible nightmare.

Then, there was an explosion next to her as Selina slammed her hands down on the table and began shouting at Adam. Kurumi’s head snapped around and she took a step forward as the desire to run to Adam and comfort him. Perhaps even drag Selina back and try to have the two work out their differences…

However, the words that Adam had said…

…there’s no point to it...

…they stabbed her in whatever wasn’t broken of her little lion heart and she whimpered softly before turning her head and burying it in Salander’s arm.