There are many times that couples begin to start holding hands without even realizing that they're holding hands until someone informs them, which was definitely the case with Karen Tendou and Keita Amano because neither of them were aware that they were holding hands at first. The first time anyone actually saw them holding hands was when Aguri just happened to be walking down the hallway of the school one day as mid-terms were slowly approaching and saw Amano walking out of his classroom to meet with Tendou, who was currently leaning against the wall just outside the door.

"Hey, Tendou" Amano said, smiling at his girlfriend, "You ready?"

"Yeah, so where do you want to go study?" Tendou asked, smiling as she did her trademark head-tilting, "I'd offer to go to my place, but my parents don't like the idea of me having my boyfriend in the house all alone..."

"That's no problem, we can go to my place" Amano said, "Once we got our studies done, we can play that new 'Myth' game that I just picked up yesterday!"

Aguri just stood there and smirked as she watched her two friends talking and being happy, but then her reality was suddenly shocked as she watched the two of them leave and saw Amano's hand just reach over and intertwine itself within Tendou's hand like it was meant to be there. Aguri just stood there and watched the sight as several sweatdrops fell down her face and her entire body seemed to tremble in shock at the sight that she had just witnessed before she suddenly took off down the hallway and into the classroom that Amano had just left to find her own boyfriend, Tasuku Uehara currently sleeping at his desk as she slammed her hands down onto the desk, startling him out of his sleep.

"WHO, WHA-" Uehara exclaimed loudly before looking up to see his girlfriend, "Aguri?"

"Tendou and Amano!" Aguri said, as he began to shake Uehara, "When did it happen?!"

"What?" Uehara asked, still groggy from his nap, "Did Amano do something to make Tendou angry?"

No, just-" Aguri began, before stopping and dragging Uehara out from his desk to the window, "Look!"

Uehara looked out the window towards where Aguri was pointing to see Tendou and Amano walking out towards the school gates while chatting with each other and he kept watching until they turned past the gate and walking behind the walls so he could no longer see them before turning towards Aguri who was still standing there with her eyes fixated out of the window.

"You see it now?" Aguri asked

"You woke me up to see Tendou and Amano leaving?" Uehara said, grumbling, "They're going off to study for mid-terms, which is something you need to be doing as well."

"No, that's not what I was pointing at!" Aguri said, "They were holding hands!"

"...and?" Uehara asked, "A lot of couples hold hands..."

"That's not the point!" Aguri said, "Didn't you notice how casual they were?"

"Casual?" Uehara asked, confused

"They were holding hands all the way from the classroom to the school entrance and probably off to wherever they're going!" Aguri said, waving her arms frantically, "It's like they've been dating for years and don't even notice it anymore!"

"I highly doubt that, Aguri..." Uehara said, shaking his head, "Tendou still gets extremely worked up if there's even the slightest hint that Amano's been talking with another girl."

"Yeah, that's true..." Aguri said, before a sudden evil smirk came over her face, "Oh, Tasuku~"

"W-what?" Uehara asked, a bit nervous

A few hours later

'I can't believe I got dragged into this...' Uehara thought as he was now sitting around a coffee table within Amano's home where he and Aguri were now studying with Amano and Tendou for their midterms as well, but there was clearly maliciousness in the air as it was clear to see the evil purple aura flowing off of Tendou as she was now having to give up her alone time with Amano since Aguri called Amano and practically begged him to let her and Uehara come study with them as well.

"Thanks again for letting us study with you guys" Aguri said, "Tasuku and I would've had a hard time focusing if it was just the two of us"

"It's not that big of a deal..." Amano said, before realizing what he said and immediately refusing to look over at Tendou

"Y-y-yeah" Tendou said, as her eye began to twitch and the purple aura around her began to get darker, "The m-more t-th-the m-m-merrier!"

'yeah, Tendou's pissed...' Uehara thought before snapping out of it as Aguri stood up

"Mind if I use your bathroom, Amano?" Aguri asked

"uh, sure" Amano said, "just down the hall and to the left"

"Thanks" Aguri said, as she walked off toward the direction of the bathroom and left Amano, Tendou and Uehara to themselves, "I'll be back"

"okay, we'll just be here" Amano said, before sighing and looking at Tendou, "Tendou, please calm down..."

"Wha-" Tendou exclaimed, her aura of unhappiness fading away instantly, "I-I'm fine, honestly!"

"I'm really sorry about this..." Uehara said, as both Tendou and Amano looked at him "She just decided to do this after seeing you two holding hands after school today..."

"Huh?" Amano asked, confused

"We were holding hands?" Tendou asked, surprised, "I don't remember us holding hands..."

"Aguri said that the two of you were holding hands after Amamo left the classroom and all the way till she couldn't see you after leaving the school gate and I did see you two holding hands at the gate as well" Uehara said, "She said the two of you were doing it so calmly and casually that it was like you two had been doing it for so long you no longer noticed it..."

"Seriously?" Amano said, surprised "I don't even remember holding hands with Tendou today..."

"Same here" Tendou said, "Are you sure it was us?"

"Yeah, it wa-" Uehara began before he suddenly noticed Tendou's right hand and Amano's left hand were down next to each other and decided to test Aguri's theory, "look down at your hands that are closest to each other."

"Huh?" both of them exclaimed, confused before looking down and suddenly freaking out a bit as the two of them saw that their hands were intertwined with each other, which caused the two of them to pull apart quickly amd turn away from each other, blushing madly at the suddenly realization that they had been holding hands.

"I knew it!" Uehara said, snickering a bit, "You were holding hands without even realizing it!"

"I-I guess we were..." Tendou said, embarassed at this discovery, "Were we holding hands all the way here?"

"I-I don't know?!" Amano said, freaking out a bit

"I've heard about things like this, it's when couples begin to start feeling real comfortable around each other that they do things instinctively..." Uehara said, "It just goes to show you that you two are really moving forward as a couple"

"I guess so" Tendou said, only to be surprised when she felt Amano's hand grab hers once again, "Gah! Amano!"

"I-Is it that big of a shocker that Tendou and I hold hands?" Amano asked, as a sudden rush of courage ran through him, "Isn't holding hands something that couples do or did things change?"

"N-no, couples still hold hands" Uehara said

"then, why's it such a big deal that I was holding my girlfriend's hand?" Amano asked

"I guess...Aguri was just shocked that you two were doing it so openly" Uehara said, "You two always seemed so...nervous around each other"

"..I like holding her hand" Amano said quietly enough that neither Tendou or Uehara heard him, "Is that so bad?"

"Huh?" Uehara asked

"Amano, what did you say?" Tendou asked

"I said I like holding my girlfriends hand!" Amano declared loudly, "Is that so bad?!"

"N-No, there's nothing wrong with it!" Uehara said, defensively

"I-I-I-I-I" Tendou just kept repeating herself for about a minute before finally finishing her statement as well, "I l-like holding Amano's hand as well!"

"..okay, good to know, I guess?" Uehara said, sighing, "You don't have to shout that to the world, though..."

"R-right..." Amano said, as he rubbed the back of his head

"Man, she's taking her sweet time in there" Uehara said, as he looked down the hallway, "I half expected Aguri to be waiting down the hallway, listening in on us..."

"She's been in the bathroom for a while" Tendou said, "Is she not feeling good or something?"

"She's took her phone so she's probably texting someone..." Uehara said, "To be honest, I'm kind of glad you two let us study here."

"Why's that?" Tendou asked

"Aguri's a smart girl but she's kinda...lazy" Uehara said, "She doesn't like to study at all when it comes to tests, so whenever I try to help her study, we always end up goofing off until she's forced to cram at the end."

"I'm kinda like that as well, so I wanted Tendou over here to help me study as well" Amano said, "If she had chosen not to, I'd probably be playing a video game right now"

"ummm..." Tendou said, as she did her famous head tilt and tapped her finger together sheepishly, "To be honest, I mostly came over so I could watch you play that game you just bought...and even possibly try it out."

'I swear these two are meant for each other...' Uehara thought as he heard footsteps coming from down the hall, "About time, Aguri, what took yo-"

"Amanocchi, look what I found!~" Aguri sang teasingly as Uehara stopped dead in his tracks talking while witnessing the scene, "How could you leave these hanging from the laundry hamper?"

"What are yo-" Amano began, only to suddenly began freaking out as he saw Aguri holding onto a pair of his boxers, "A-A-A-Aguri! Why did you pick those up?!"

"You left them hanging out of the laundry hamper, so I picked them up!" Aguri said, as she held them in her left hand and waved them around like a flag, "I would've figured you'd make sure that your bathroom was clean before we came over..."

"Yeah, well I wasn't expecting you guys to come over and study with us!" Amano said, as he tried to reach over and grab the boxers and failed, "I also wasn't expecting a girl to go digging in my dirty laundry hamper and pull out my boxers!"

Uehara just sat there dumbfounded at Aguri's comment and actions for a few minutes before both Uehara and Amano were suddenly snapped back into reality by a feeling of pure rage that was coming from Tendou, who just simply stood up and began to glare daggers right at Aguri.

"Aguri...could you please explain to me why..." Tendou began calmy before erupting into a maddening scream, "...YOU'RE HOLDING AND FONDLING A PAIR OF MY BOYFRIENDS BOXERS?! SOMETHIGN THAT I HAVEN'T EVEN DONE YET!"

"Tendo-, wait, what?!" Amano exclaimed, sighing at his girlfriends exclaimation, "THAT'S THE ISSUE HERE!?"

'yep...they're perfect for each other' Uehara thought as he continued to watch this scene unfold