Disclaimer: I don't own Love Hina. The rights belong to Ken Akamatsu.
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December 31, 1999. Near midnight. The eve of a new year.
"Is everyone ready?" Mitsune asked as she left the inn. She found the other Hinata-sou residents milling around outside. She exhaled a little, a small cloud leaving her mouth to indicate how cold it was.
"Keitaro-sempai is still not here yet," Shinobu quietly volunteered.
"Yeah, where is that dork?" Sarah demanded loudly.
"Sorry, sorry," the one in question said as he left the inn soon afterwards with a sheepish grin on his face. "I couldn't find my wallet," he quickly said.
Several of the other girls sighed.
Keitaro quickly looked at the assembled group. Naru, Mitsune, Shinobu, Su, Mutsumi, Aunt Haruka, Motoko...
"Hey," he called out just before everyone could leave, "I think we're missing someone."
The other girls and one woman looked around in confusion. "Who?" Naru finally asked.
"Where's Sarah?"
"Are you blind? I'm right here four-eyes!"
Keitaro froze, then readjusted his glasses before he looked again. "Oh, haha. Sorry Sarah, I didn't recognize you in that kimono."
However, Sarah was less than amused with Keitaro's fumbling behavior this time. And she soon revealed that she was still wearing boots under all of the formal wear when she kicked him in the head.
"You dork!" she screamed at him before she ran off.
Everyone else was just as confused as the floored injured boy.
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Sarah is a tomboy. If you see her in a dress, she was probably forced into it, right? No way she could have special feelings for Keitaro, right?
...but she had spent a lot of time asking around for something nice to wear so that she could impress a certain someone.
Most of the other girls were just as surprised to see Sara in a dress. However, unlike Keitaro, they had time to get used to it.