A.N: Thanks so much for the reviews! This chapter is a litte short, since I decided to make the first date extra long and hilarious! Stay tuned.

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Seeing Gou at school was like a ray of sunshine in Seijuurou's life. She was the swim team manager, and he was the captain. That was how they'd met, how he'd fallen for her and her weird obsession with muscles, her smile, her ideas.

Seijuurou was positive that he might seriously like Gou more than he had ever liked anyone, and, the funny thing was, he did not mind at all that her brother had tried to strangle him.

She apologised to him as they met under the big tree in their school front yard, the spot they usually sat and ate lunch together. "My brother's an idiot, but his heart's in the right place." Gou sighed, plucking out her lunchbox.

"Wow, that bento looks good." Seijuurou couldn't help but stare, his stomache growling. Embarrassed, he ducked his head when Gou gave him a look. "I was in too much of a rush to really eat this morning, give me a break."

Gou laughed, her head tilting backwards, and her smile wide. Seijuurou still could not believe they would be going on a date, tonight. "Haruka made it," she suddenly said, pulling the ginger out of his thoughts.

"Haruka's the one that didn't come into the living room, right?" Seijuurou asked, cracking his own lunchbox open.

Gou nodded, taking a bite out of her rice. "He's the calmest one of the bunch."

"Not like that Mako guy," Seijuurou laughed, "He tackled your brother without breaking a sweat."

"Actually, Makoto's pretty gentle." She chuckled, "He was just hyper from getting back from their swim meet."

"They're on a college team?" Seijuurou asked, digging into his apple. It turned out to be sour, and he grimaced while swallowing.

Again, Gou nodded, chewing quietly on her lunch. She was so polite, she didn't talk with her mouth full or anything. Seijuurou was going to cherish her.

"Yes, Onii-chan wanted to join, and after he convinced Nagisa, who convinced Rei, they all waited until Makoto convinced Haru, and that was that." She rolled her eyes, "I swear, they're so childish sometimes. I really am sorry you had to deal with them, Mikoshiba-kun."

Seijuurou couldn't help it, he reached up and ruffled her hair, though carefully, not messing it up. "Gou-kun, call me Sei." He grinned at her, enjoying the way her cheeks got rosy.

"Then call me Kou," she challenged, grinning at her compromise.

He sighed overdramatically, "But Gou is such a pretty name!" Seijuurou gave her a soft, genuine smile. "It suits you."

When Gou blushed, her face almost matched her hair. She mumbled something about him being too nice, and avoided conversation by enjoying her lunch. Seijuurou didn't mind; she was too cute when she was flustered with him.


Rin crossed his arms, staring at his housemates who were regarding him with bored expressions. He stood at the end of the kotatsu, Haruka and Makoto (who looked dangerously close to snuggling) on his left, Nagisa and Rei (who were arguing playfully) on his right. "I think you all know why I've gathered you here."

"Are you finally joining us and coming out of the closet?" Nagisa asked, his eyes wide. "Rei-chan, I owe you ten hundred yen!"

"No!" Rin hissed, blushing. "I told you, I'm undecided." He glared at Rei, who merely shrugged it off, and adjusted his glasses.

"We all believe you, Rin-chan." Nagisa said, patting the table with an empathetic, yet pitiying, look in Rin's direction.

"Shut up, my sexuality is not what we're here to discuss!" he slapped a hand on his face, groaning his agitation away. "This is about Gou! And that stupid, swim captain boyfriend of hers!"

"Hey, there's nothing stupid about swim captains!" Makoto complained, albeit quietly; he never really acted out when Haruka was around.

"No offense, gentle giant." Rin scoffed, turning his attention back to the rest of the group. "We need to see if this guy is worthy of her."

"Wasn't Nito-chan's word on it enough?" Nagisa complained, crossing his arms. "He said, and I quote, 'Captain Mikoshiba is a nice guy, and I've never seen him mistreat anybody!'"

Rin glared at him, swiping that stray, red hair that always hovered in his face away so he could turn the evil in his eyes even more hardcore. He bared his weird, pointy teeth, challenging Nagisa to say any more. Thankfully, the blond knew when to shut up.

"As I was saying, we need to investigate." Rin said, calming down. "I need you guys to look into it, for me. There's no way he'll trust me after I almost took his head off."

"You don't know that," Rei offered, his voice smooth. "He could be the kind to give second chances, and if he really likes Gou, your judgment will matter to him."

"True, true! Rei-chan, you're so smart!" Nagisa piped up, pinching the blue haired man's cheek playfully, earning an indignant huff.

"Can't we just trust Gou to make her own decisions?" Makoto timidly put in, not expecting the wild reaction the others (sans Haruka) gave him.

Rei shook his head rapidly, Rin squinted and snarled, and Nagisa grinned like a serial killer. "No way, Mako-chan! Meddling in Gou-chan's lovelife is way too much fun."

Haruka got to his feet, sighing. "You're all idiots," he said, though his gaze landed on Rin specifically. "I'm going swimming."

Makoto scrambled up after him, smiling. "I'll go with you, Haru."

As soon as they left, Nagisa leaned across the kotatsu and stage-whispered. "Hey, once we're done with Operation Mikoshiba, we should totally hook up Haru-chan and Mako-chan."

Rei rolled his eyes, "You're so inperceptive, they've been dating secretly since high school."

"What?! How could you tell?" Nagisa gasped, eyes widening. Rin pretended not to be surprised, but he did leer towards Rei, wanting an explanation.

Instead of listing out some smart theories, or deductions, or anything along those lines, Rei blushed and bowed his head, his glasses flaring so his eyes were hidden. "If I have to tell you, you're more blind then I realised." Translation: he had no proof.

Rin sighed, and Nagisa shook his head in disapointment. "Anyways, Gou's going on her date tonight." Rin said, pointing at Rei. "You're in charge of telling him what time to be back at, and all that 'scary talk down' crap."

"Why me?" Rei crossed his arms, "I'm too aesthetically pleasing to be intimidating."

"Just bore him to death with your big words," Nagisa drawled, but in a flirty, sarcastic way. Rei scowled at him, though he was obviously biting down a laugh.

Rin wondered when they would bang; he and Haruka had made a bet on it, and if Haruka lost, he would have to swim in a speedo for the rest of the season. "Ugh, I don't care what you do, just lecture him or something." Rin stretched and pushed himself to his feet, "Nagisa, you can follow them on their date, right?"

Nagisa looped his arm around Rei's neck, grinning. "We won't let you down!"

Rei sighed, "Gou's going to kill us."