"Oh...so that's what happened huh?"

To say the rest of the day had gone by smoothly would have been a lie. As it turns out, nearly killing someone in public wasn't such a good idea after all. Especially when it was a CPU that nearly killed that person to begin with.

Now, it wouldn't be so bad if Vert had a legitimate reason to do it. Underling didn't exactly have the cleanest track record, and while punching a 5 year old girl in the stomach out of annoyance wasn't the best course of action, it certainly wasn't deserving of FIFTY CONSECUTIVE BLOWS TO UNDERLING'S TORSO AND HEAD WITH HER LANCE. Followed by Green Heart dragging her to Goddess knows where and doing...rather UNPLEASANT things to her.

Needless to say, word got out pretty quick.

Yes the normally calm and collected CPU's reputation had taken a hard blow. As such her Shares started decreasing. This brought us to Vert talking with Chika about the matter.

"Yes, there were witnesses...unfortunately..." Vert felt like giving herself a good smack on the head, but doing that wouldn't help any. She screwed up, BIG time.

Chika, who had heard about what happened via Chirper, could only sigh. Normally she would side with Vert whenever an issue like this presented itself, but...

"My dearest, in all fairness you did...overreact..." She just couldn't do that this time. She wasn't very fond of Verna sure, and what Underling was deserving of SOME punishment, but Vert had went too far.

Vert groaned. "How is Underling's condition?"

"She has a cracked skull, multiple cuts and bruises on her body, and a broken leg." Chika informed. Vert bit her lip.

"Would it help if I apologized?"

"Maybe, things are looking pretty grim darling. I would do whatever I can."

Vert nodded. "And what about Verna?"

"About that..." Chika suddenly found the wall on her right very interesting. Vert raised an eyebrow. "Lady Blanc sorta...took her."

"..." Vert's eye twitched, just about to lose it but reeled back at the last second. She didn't want to lash out a second time, especially not at Chika of all people. "Would you care to tell me why?"

Chika resisted the urge to sigh in relief, and faced her beloved again. "It had something to do with her sisters and 'poison.' She didn't really specify, since she was here for a good ten seconds."

"Oh." Vert immediately understood the reason for Blanc's visit, and slumped in her seat. Her Shares were dropping and she was down an adorable and certainly huggable little sister for the time being.

She may as well go apologize to Underling, if that would help any. That was what Verna was most likely doing with the twins anyway.

-O-

"Man, being sick SUCKS..."

That was initially what Ram had been saying for the last few days. Ever since the sleepover, the twins of Lowee had been suffering from a bad case of upset stomachs. The first day was HORRIBLE, so bad that they didn't leave the toilets for a good couple of hours because they were puking so much in it. And while they didn't have the urge to vomit anymore, their tummies still hurt quite a lot. Ram had just finished complaining about it to no one but her sister (who was being an absolute soldier through it all) and had finally sighed dramatically and collapsed on her oversized bed she shared with Rom. They were in their room, dressed in nightwear and keeping emergency buckets in case they needed to puke again. Mina had gone out of her way to make the two as comfortable as possible through their ordeal, which helped a LITTLE, but it did nothing to help their stomachs.

"I-It's not so bad sis..." Rom tried to look at the best in their situation. They got to play video games and watch T.V. all day, Mina was taking really good care of them, she was spending a lot more time with Ram, and Blanc was even spending more time with THEM! That was an ultra plus in Rom's book!

"It's all that blonde dummy's fault!" Ram whined. "If she didn't make us eat that dumb bag of spoiled Doritos, we wouldn't be sick!"

"B-But didn't WE eat them...voluntarily...?" Rom pointed out.

"Not the point! Oww..." Ram felt a pang of pain in her stomach again, and rubbed it gently. "D-Dummy Verna..."

Rom sighed. Since she clearly wasn't going to change her sisters mindset, she instead focused on the cartoon on the screen in front of them.

"Oh girls, you have a visitor..." The voice of their older sister suddenly intruded the twins room. Their heads turned to find Blanc and...Verna. Who of which had a bit of a disheartened expression on her face. She also had a bag in her hands. Ram rolled her eyes in annoyance, but Rom was happy to see Verna again. Even though she kinda poisoned them, she didn't MEAN it. Verna seemed like a nice girl, albeit a bit naive (one of the reasons why they were sick to begin with) but that was part of her charm.

"Go on, I'll be working if you need me..." Blanc pushed the tiny blonde in, and closed the door. The three were now alone.

"Hm, what are YOU doing here?" Rom asked indignantly. Verna winced.

"W-Well, I wanted to say sorry...f-for making you guys sick..." Verna approached the big bed rather shyly. She acted like they were going to smite her if she so much as blinked at them wrong. Ram huffed and looked away from her, Rom offered her a soft smile.

"I-It's ok...what's in the bag?" The more innocent twin asked curiously. Ram raised an eyebrow and looked at the bag.

"What, are you gonna try and poison us again?" Ram immediately accused. Verna's eyes widened.

"W-Wha-? No! U-Uh..." Verna reached into the bag and pulled out two bottles. They looked like soda, but- "I-I bought you some Ginger Ale...I heard it was good for your tummies..."

Rom was willing to try anything to make her stomach ache go away, but Ram was still wary as they took the bottles. The drinks LOOKED normal enough, but so did those Doritos...

"They taste just like soda..." Said Verna.

Rom was the first to take a sip, with a hesitant Ram watching her for any signs of poisoning or sickness or whatever, she was READY to wring Verna's neck if she did anything bad to Rom. She was READY to-

"It tastes good..." Sit there wide eyed as Rom finished drinking. No poisoning, no vomiting, no sickness. She looked fine, well fine being miserable, but she didn't look MORE miserable at least. "It's really good, and my tummy is feeling better. Try it sis..."

Both Rom and Verna looked at Ram expectantly. Lowee's youngest looked at the can, then at the puppy dog eyed duo in front of her. She sighed.

'Here goes nothing...' Ram thought to herself as she took a sip. After a few seconds...

"Huh, well...I-It doesn't taste TERRIBLE..." Ram muttered. She didn't know what to expect when she drank the "soda", but she wasn't expecting her tummy to actually feel a little better. It was like some...magical make-you-feel-better potion! That's the conclusion she jumped to anyway. "T-Thanks...I guess..."

Verna smiled when she saw Ram's blushing face. Rom patted on the empty spot left of her.

"C'mon, why don't you sit with us? There's more than enough room..." Rom's adorable invitation was something Verna could not refuse. She climbed on the bed and sat herself right between the twins. Unlike her rambunctious sister, Rom was willing to forgive and forget. Ram puffed her cheeks in annoyance and looked away from Verna. Rom rolled her eyes.

"Nice bed...super comfy..." Verna bounced on the mattress a few times. It was like being on a cloud, or a big fluffy towel that just came out of the dryer.

"Hey, only me an' Rom get to jump on the bed!" Ram tackled the blonde down once again, pinning her down on the mattress. "You have no right..."

"Ok pushy..." Said Verna sarcastically. The older girl let the blonde go, an exasperated expression on her face.

"I-I'm not pushy! I just don't want you messin' up the bed!" Ram was quick to make up excuses.

"Riiiight..." Said Verna dismissively. Ram's eye twitched.

"C'mon, don't fight..." Rom pleaded.

"It's not my fault, your sisters being mean!"

"I-I AM NOT!" Ram cried. "Oww..."

Ram held her stomach, her face scrunching up in pain as she laid down. "Dumb tummy ache..."

"Y-You shouldn't get so worked up when you're sick sis..." Said Rom with worry.

"Really sorry...here..." To show her apologies, Verna lifted Ram's nightdress halfway and rubbed her stomach. The brunette jolted from the contact.

"W-W-What are you doing!?" Ram asked in shock.

"I wanna make you feel better..." Verna replied, oblivious to the embarrassment she was causing Ram right now.

"Aww, that's so nice..." Said Rom smiling. The blushing Ram just mumbled and accepted the abuse that was Verna's belly rub. Truly a cruel fate.

"Again, I-I'm really sorry..."

"Stop saying sorry dummy, we already forgave you!" Said a bashful Ram.

"R-Right, sorr-uh..." Verna trailed off, her cheeks tinted red as Ram sighed. Rom wrapped her arm around Verna.

"It's ok Verna, we know you didn't mean it..." Rom gave the younger girl a reassuring smile. "You're cool...to me anyway." Rom glanced at Ram, who pouted at her in response, but didn't look at Verna. "Ram can be a little stubborn, but she's a good girl..."

"...hmph..."

Rom rolled her eyes. Again.

Verna, touched by Rom's affection, gave the adorable brunette a hug.

"You're so nice..." Said Verna wistfully. Rom blushed a bit.

"T-Thanks..."

Verna had ended up sleeping over that night. She had used Rom as her replacement hug pillow since she didn't bring hers, leaving Ram feeling bitter since SHE used Rom as a hug pillow. So for the rest of the night, Ram stirred in her sleep as she attempted to grasp at a body that wasn't there. Rom and Verna were perfectly fine though.

"D-Dummy Verna..." Ram mumbled in her sleep as she continued to stir.