"Alright, well, I'm gonna go and pick up Akari for school. Don't miss me!" Kyouko teased.

Yutaka frowned. "I won't." The two parted ways, Kyouko headed towards Akari's house and Yutaka to his own school. While Kyouko and Akari went to an all-girl's school, Yutaka went to an all-boy's. Being surrounded by guys all day, it gave Yutaka a break when he'd hang out with Kyouko and Akari. In fact, he thought that they were kinda cute.

As Yutaka walked along the sidewalk, he noticed a girl with brown hair ahead trip on a crack and fall onto the ground. He walked forward and offered a hand. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah," she grunted, taking his hand. "G-guh!" her face turned pink upon seeing the one who helped her's face. She straightened up and yanked her hand away. "T-thank you."

"No problem," he smiled back. 'Wow, what a cute-looking girl,' Yutaka thought. "Should I walk you to school?"

"I, um... sure." The girl bent down to pick up her bag and walked alongside the dark-haired stranger. Yutaka put his hands in his pockets and tried to make conversation.

"So... what's your name?"

"Kihara Sayumi."

"Cool. I'm Funami Yutaka."

"Ah... I see." Sayumi tried to cover her face, but Yutaka could see that her ears were bright red. 'Oh no. I helped this girl and now she's probably thinking "this guy is totally into me!" or something.'

'This guy is totally into me...'

"You go to Nanamori Middle School?"

"Yeah. How about you?"

"Yatsubayashi Junior High. It's an all-boy's school."

"Yatsubayashi? Isn't that... in the opposite direction?" Yutaka stopped in his tracks.

'Damn.' "Sorry, I gotta run." Yutaka smiled apologetically then turned around and sprinted at lightning speed to his school. Regardless, he still arrived late for school. When he slid open the door the classroom, everyone stared at him, the teacher giving him a serious glare. Yutaka panted. 'Right... not the best way to start the school year.'


"I totally messed up my introduction!" Akari cried. "Now everyone thinks I'm weird!"

"Ahh, it's okay, Akarin!" Kyouko threw her arm around Akari's shoulders and held her close. "If it makes you feel any better, I always thought you were weird."

"Waahh?!" Akari cried. Yutaka rolled his eyes.

"Are you trying to cheer her up or what?" The three lounged about in the tea room outside of Nanamori campus, so Yutaka had to sneak his way in without getting caught. It was a good meeting place for Yutaka and Kyouko since the two had no way of interacting with each other during classes. Now they had Akari join them.

"Can we talk about something less embarrassing?" Akari asked.

"Like what?"

"Something exciting! Since, you know, I'm in middle school now... and my middle school life should be exciting so..."

"Hmm..." Kyouko sat beside Yutaka, who was a holding a book, and reached into his pants to cup his balls. "Like this exciting?" Yutaka's eyes widened and he turned around and slapped her.

Yutaka help up his fist. "Pervert."

"Y-Yutaka-kun... so tsundere..." she touched her face, a hand mark becoming visible. "So then, what should we talk about that's exciting?"

Yutaka grabbed a pillow and hugged it close to his chest. "This might seem typical but... what about love?"

"Love?"

"Do you like someone, Akari?" Yutaka asked.

"Hmm... well, I love Yutaka-kun and Kyouko-chan!"

"O-oh... thanks."

"How about you?"

"There isn't really anyone in particular."

"What about Kyouko-chan?"

"I love myself the most."

"How surprising," Yutaka said. "Anyway, there was actually this girl I met this morning."

"Who?"

"She goes to your school, judging by her uniform. She had long, brown hair and eyes. Her name was Kihara Sayumi."

"Hmm... I don't think I've heard her name before. You like her?"

"Actually, I'm pretty sure she likes me. She got all flustered just talking to me."

"Do you think she's cute?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Ohh, Yutaka-kun, don't tell me you've fallen for someone other than me! But even if you like me, don't get your hopes up... no one can beat my love for Mirakurun." Just as she said those words, the door to the tea room slid open and a girl with pink, Mirakurun-esque hair with a club registration form clutched in her hands appeared.

"Excuse me... My name is Yoshikawa Chinatsu. Um... well... I'd like to join the your club!"

Yutaka already knew what was going to happen next. Kyouko gasped. "Mirakurun!?"

"E-EHH?! What's a boy doing here?!"

"Ah," Kyouko realized how weird this must've been, a boy being present in the club room at an all-girl's school. "This is Funami Yutaka. He's from Yatsubayashi Junior High."

"Pleased to meet you," he greeted.

"Gross!"

"Huh?"

"Boys are so gross! I'm just here to join the Tea Club!"

"Tea Club?"

"What?"

"Isn't this the tea room?" Chinatsu went further inside and stopped at the table. "May I sit?"

"Yeah," Yutaka replied. Chinatsu went ahead and sat down and presented her registration form to them.

"Isn't this the Tea Club room?"

"Ah, well, according to Kyouko, the Tea Club was disbanded."

"Disbanded? Why?"

"It didn't have enough members," Yutaka explained.

"Oh... so then what club is this?"

"Um..." Right... Kyouko didn't even register for a club. And even if she did... she wouldn't have enough members, either.

"The Amusement Club!" Kyouko exclaimed.

"What club only as two members?" Yutaka asked.

"Ah well..." Kyouko scratched the back of her head. "Mirakurun!" she turned towards her and hugged her tightly. Chinatsu yelped and tried to escape, but her grasp was too strong. Yutaka got behind her and knocked the back of her head, making her stop.

"Don't scare her away."

"Yutaka-kun..."

"Don't worry about her, Chinatsu. I'll protect you."

"Yu... Yutaka senpai!" Chinatsu's eyes filled with stars and she felt herself become infinitely happy. The opposite door slid open, interrupting her thoughts, and the Student Council Vice President and her friend entered.

"TOSHINOU KYOUKO!"

"Eh?"

"What is he still doing here?! How many times am I going to have to tell you that this is an all girl's school and boys like him aren't allowed?!"

"W-wait, how did you even know I was here?"

Ayano blushed furiously, turning red from head to toe. Chitose giggled. "T-that's not relevant! Just make sure he goes back to his own school! And you, Toshinou Kyouko, you can't use this club room without permission!"

"Well... I don't know..." Kyouko lay back on the flooring and closed her eyes. "I'm too tired. How about you carry me out of here?"

Ayano blushed further. "O-of course I won't! Idiot!"

'My presence...' Akari thought, 'what happened to it?!'

...

Yutaka rang the doorbell to Akari's house a few times before the door opened to someone he initially thought to be her, but upon further examination, looked to be her older sister.

"Hey, is Akari here?" he asked.

"Ah, yes, you must be her friend! Yes, she's in her room right now." Akane stepped back to make room for Yutaka to enter. She shut the door and before Yutaka could go farther inside, she grabbed his shoulder and held him in place with a grip made of steel. She leaned in close to him and her face darkened despite maintaining her frightening smile. "Try anything with my precious imouto, and I'll make sure you regret it."

Yutaka felt himself get a little cold. "Oh, um... okay."

The dark aura surrounding Akane disappeared and she released his shoulder. "Okay then! I'm going to go do some manga shopping, so I'm just gonna leave you two here for the time being!" She opened the door again and headed out, but not before giving Yutaka one last glance. "Remember what I said, okay?" The door closed and Yutaka shivered before going to Akari's room.

"Akari?" he called, slowly opening her door.

Yutaka blushed upon seeing Akari in only her underwear. "Yutaka-kun!"

"Akari! Ah, I, sorry!" He shut it closed and leaned against the wall. 'So that's what they look like...' he thought. After a minute or so, Akari opened the door, this time fully clothed.

"Sorry, Yutaka-kun, I didn't think you'd come by today."

"Ahaha, it's okay..."

"Where's Kyouko-chan?"

"She's at my apartment, unconscious. She got bored trying to get me to do something fun even though I was studying, so she ate all my rum raisin until she passed out. I decided I'd come over, if that's okay."

"Oh. Well at least this means I get more screentime."

"You know, I just noticed something, but... Akari, you don't seem to have any presence at all."

"Well it's not my fault! I was supposed to be the main protagonist but for some reason Kyouko-chan ending up taking my place!"

"Don't worry about it too much, Akari. If it means anything to you, I think you're a lot less annoying than Kyouko, at least."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

Akari blushed. "Is that all?"

"Well, I think you're also cute... and really pretty."

"T-thanks, Yutaka-kun." She fidgeted with her fingers before saying, "I think you're really cool, too!"

They didn't say anything for a while after that. 'Okay, this is getting really awkward... I kind of wish Kyouko was here, just so she could change the mood or something.'

"Yutaka-kun."

"Hm?"

Akari got on her tip-toes and kissed his cheek.

"Eh? Akari-chan?"

"Yutaka-kun, do you want to have sex with me?"

"E-eh?!" Yutaka rubbed the back of his head nervously and blushed slightly. "Akari, why are you asking that?"

"Don't you want to? This is something friends do with each other, right? That's what Chinatsu-chan taught me. Was she lying to me?!"

'Chinatsu-chan?' "I'm pretty sure friends don't have sex with each other. Normal friends, anyway. Besides, aren't we kinda young for this?"

"Huh?! But aren't we at that age where we should be experimenting with the opposite sex?!" Akari asked, becoming desperate.

"I don't know, Akari... this sort of thing is kind of..." Akari circled her arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips this time. She was quite inexperienced, as expected, but she did manage to get some tongue in there. Yutaka couldn't lie... he was getting a bit hard to the idea... but Akane's words echoed in his mind:

'Try anything with my precious imouto, and I'll make sure you regret it.' Yutaka came to his senses and gently pushed Akari back. She looked confused.

"Yutaka-kun?"

"Sorry, Akari, but we shouldn't do this. It's not that I don't like you or anything, but this seems like a mistake."

"O-oh... okay."

Yutaka coughed. "So, do you need any help with your homework?" 'Geez... why don't I have any guy friends?'