Classes has ended and everyone in the Cardfight club has gathered in their small club room. Shingo was talking to Naoki about the latest Vanguard news, Misaki looked as if her mind was elsewhere, and Kourin is waiting patiently for Aichi to speak to the group.

"So guys," Aichi announced, "I think we should talk about a few things that we should discuss."

"Oh yeah? Like what things?" Naoki spoke up.

"Well for one we need to talk about how we can recruit more students into our club." Everyone in the looked mildly surprised.

"That would be pretty hard to do with Kourin's rule," Shingo pushed up his glasses as he spoke. "There were plenty of students wanting to join, though for the wrong reason, but they've lost every single cardfight they had."

"Now that I think about it, there hasn't really been any challenges for about a week or so," Naoki mused, "maybe they all just gave up."

"Well just to let you know that I've changed my mind about the rules, I'm open to have more students join the club," Kourin said.

Naoki shot up from his chair excitedly. "Seriously?! Does that mean we can finally get more club members?!"

"Yes, I spoke with her this morning and she agreed to be more open to it," Aichi added.

Naoki nudged at Kourin . "Finally listening to reason or maybe you just have a soft spot for Aich- OOF!"

"Sorry, my elbow reacts violently towards stupidity."

"...Duly Noted."

Aichi nervously laughed at the two. "But there's another issue we should take care of, we need a club advisor."

"A club advisor?" Naoki said as he rubs his ribs.

"Yes, we need one if we ever want to participate in a cardfight tournament. It can be any teacher as long as he or she is not in charge of another club."

"Hmm, are there any teachers interested in cardfight?"

"Not that I've seen," Shingo replied, "a lot of the teachers here are pretty stuck up, but I'm sure there are a few that would be interested."

"At least not the history teacher, he really creeps me out," Kourin said with a face of displeasure.

As Naoki, Shingo, and Kourin continued their conversation, Aichi noticed that Misaki was absent from the conversation. He looked over to her to see her staring out the window with a stressed look.

'What's up with her today?' he thought. 'She's been acting weird lately, I wonder what's up with her.'

The girl in question was thinking back to what Akari had told her that morning.

'You know you should really be more honest with yourself, you might regret it.'

She makes it seem as if she was hiding something. Akari is just imagining things, probably from all the shoujo manga she's been reading. She's not in love with the guy!

Misaki was feeling more and more flustered the more she thought about it. She's starting to feel frustrated.

"Misaki, are you feeling okay?"

Misaki slightly jumps from her seat from surprise. Hearing Aichi's voice made her chest feel like it would explode. 'Seriously, of all the times to talk to me, why does it have to be at this moment?!'

"A-Aichi, of c-course I'm fine."

"Really? But Your face is beet red…"

"Eh?! Oh I'm just feeling a little hot, that's all!" She starts collecting her things in a hurry. "I should go home and get some rest."

"Oh I see… Maybe it is for the best."

"Actually I should go to," Naoki announced, "I've got a lot of work stacking up that I should get to."

Aichi was starting to feel dejected. "If that's the case then we should cancel today's club activities until Monday."

Everyone began collecting their things and leaving the room. Kourin on the other hand was waiting till everyone else had left to talk to Aichi. Once Misaki had left, she made her move.

'This is my chance!' "Aichi! Wait!"

"Hm? Kourin? What is it?"

"Um, I wanted to talk to you about something…" Now that it was just her and Aichi, she's starting to feel nervous. Funny, she could perform in front of thousands, but this one boy is making her lose her cool. She collected for what she was going to do next.

"Did you know that idols can't be in a relationship?"

"Oh yes I've heard it." Why is she ask him this?

"Yes, we can't have any type of romance. It's kind of like we are married to our fans in a way. There have been some history of female idols getting backlash for that very thing. But to tell you the truth, I hate it. I hate the feeling of feeling tied down like that, to not have that freedom of doing what I want…"

Aichi felt concern for her, but he was starting to feel nervous to what she was going to say next. "Kourin, where are you going with this?"

"...What would you say if I said that I have feelings for someone?"

…

"Eh?" He was shocked to hear it, he knew she completely serious.

"I-I…" He didn't know what to say.

"What if I said that he was someone incredibly special to me? What if I said that he's the only thing I can think of all day? What would you say?"

Why is she pushing on him like this? "...I think he would be lucky to have a girl like you," he said sincerely. "If you really like him, you should go right up to him and say it." He knew that he should be supportive of her, but for some reason, it felt so bitter.

She should be feel frustrated for him being so dense, but she felt happy from what he said. 'So that's how he thinks about me.'

"If that's the case then you're one lucky guy."

"Wait, you mean…"

"Yeah Aichi, I like you." There she said it. It felt liberating to finally say it. "I want to be your girlfriend, would you be mine?"

Aichi couldn't believe it, Kourin is actually confessing to him. She really thinks he's that special to her.

Unknown to them, someone was eavesdropping on their conversation. Misaki was behind the closed door listening to their entire conversation. She was leaving to go home, but she felt that she shouldn't. When she came back, she heard Kourin confessing to Aichi.

She was sitting on the ground with her face buried with her arms. 'No way, that can't be true!' Her throat felt sore, her chest hurt, and her vision was getting blurry.

'You know, you should really to snatch him up before someone else does.'

'Shut up…' She shouldn't be feeling like this, she should be more happy for them if they get together, but she hates it. The feeling of not being with him hurts too much. It would feel like losing him. She can't lose him, she won't!

"Kourin, I-"

"Stop!" Misaki burst open the door. Kourin and Aichi were surprised by the sudden intrusion, but they were more surprised by the tears streaming down her face.

"I-I…"

She knows she shouldn't be doing this.

"I don't want to lose you…" She felt like she was breaking.

She doesn't like Aichi, she can't.

"I've been hiding this for so long…" She was stepping closer to him.

She couldn't care less if he got with someone else, she shouldn't.

"I'm afraid of what you'll say…" She stood right in front of him.

She can't take it anymore.

"But if I don't do it now, I'll never will be able to. So I'll say this now." She leaned in closer and wrapped her arms around him. She buried her face in his shoulders.

She can't lie to herself anymore.

She looked to him with tears in her eyes.

"Aichi, I like you."