"Gah!" Ryan was taken by surprise when Kat suddenly dragged him over to the others, almost dropping his precious homemade cake in the processes. He felt a jolt of pain in his heart as he watched his meisters hugging all the other boys, but he bit the metaphorical bullet and hid his pain

[i]They're trying to take her away from us! Kill them, kill them all!!![/i]

What!? No, that's just silly.

[i]Why do they need [b]her[/b] hugs!? They all have families of their very own. Kat is all we have! Without her, we'd be all alone again![/i]

Well yeah, but that's like saying a meteor crashing down on Death City would kill everyone; just because it's true, doesn't mean it's going to happen.

Shrugging off that bothersome voice in his head, Ryan shyly waved at the others