Gale glanced away from Sayuri. He didn't want to be called a pervert, considering he was sitting in the same room as a girl in her underwear. What would his father say, he wondered for a moment.

What Sayuri said didn't make sense. Gale was a guy.

"I'm a guy. And it's troublesome every time it happens. It doesn't happen to all of us... I think," mumbled Gale. The words felt harder to come out. Gale almost thought he was lying, but how could he? He knew he was a guy.