Kazu, and Kenta were at Takato's house at 6:30. Kazu was leaning against the wall with his arms behind his head. Takato was standing with a whiteboard and an expo marker. The top of the board said "Operation: Best apology ever"

"Tell me, why do you need us again?" Kazu asked

"Because, it's half your fault I forgot about me and Rika's date, so you guys are gonna help me."

"And it's also 100 percent our fault that you and Rika started dating in the first place" he remarked, "so there, we already paid you back"

This statement was true. It was, in fact Kazu and Kenta's idea to play spin the bottle at his house five months ago. The bottle landed on both Rika and Takato, and that was how their amazing relationship started.

"You use that excuse too much" Takato said, "you still owe me"

"Fiinee, what do you want?" Kazu said

"Well I was thinking…" Takato started. That was already a bad sign as far as Kazu was concerned. "you still have that lock picker that you used to get into my house that one time right?"

"Uh, yeah"

This was in reference to two years ago, when Takato had "borrowed" Kazu's videogame for two weeks. The only problem was that those two weeks turned into four months, and four months turned into Takato claiming that Kazu never let him borrow it. One day, Kazu helped himself to his videogame by breaking into Takato's house with a lock picker, and reclaiming it himself.

"wait, you're not thinking about breaking into Rika's house are you?" Kenta asked

"I just need to know the perfect way to apologize to her, I need to get her something so that she would never be mad at me again. But the only way I can do that is if I see what she's interested in getting. It would be a great surprise!"

"A surprise kick in the nuts if she catches us" Kenta retorted

"Don't worry, she's my girlfriend. Even if she's home, she won't mind"

"Except it would kinda defeat the purpose of going at all wouldn't it?" Kazu asked

Takato paused. "maybe…we should make sure she's not home first"

Rika most certainly was not at home. She was nowhere near her home in fact. She was on the front porch of Ryo's house ringing his doorbell. Ryo was quick to open the door.

"Hey Rika, I'm glad you could make it. You look so beautiful, as always"

Everyone knew that Rika was not the kind of person who liked being flattered, but at this point, she didn't even care. They made their way over to Ryo's couch.

"So what movie do you want to watch?" he said

"Anything is fine" Rika replied

"Alright" he said, popping in the first movie he could find. And of course, he picked a romantic movie.

"you mind if I, well, put my arm around you?" he asked

Reluctantly, Rika replied "I guess, why not."

They were watching the movie for a good thirty minutes, when Ryo suddenly leaned over and kissed her on the lips. Rika quickly pulled away

"What are you doing?" She asked. She tried not to sound too angry.

"I'm sorry, I just can't stand sitting next to such a perfect and beautiful girl like you." He said, "I swear, you have such fair skin and the most beautiful…purple eyes that I have ever seen" He brushed some of her hair with his thumb.

Rika didn't know what to think. One thing was sure though, it had been months since she never heard these kinds of remarks out of…

Before she could finish her train of thought, Ryo was kissing her again. At first her eyes were wide open, but she closed them and accepted it. They were kissing for a good thirty seconds, when suddenly, an image popped into her head. Takato. She pulled away again.

"Is something wrong?" Ryo asked

"Look, Ryo I still haven't told Takato about, well…us yet."

"Why not? Is there a problem?"

What was the problem anyway? Rika had already decided that her and Takato were over, so why could she not gain the courage to tell him that to his face? She supposed that if she owed Takato anything, she at least owed him an explanation.

"Rika, Takato won't know if we're spending time with each other like we are right now, so you need to get him off of your mind. He would want to mind his own business and for you to mind your own business. If you're uncomfortable, you can talk to him about it later."

She accepted the embrace that he offered her right after. He leaned over and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Ryo might have been right, after all, if there was one thing she knew Takato wasn't, he wasn't intrusive

Takato had almost finished picking the lock to Rika's front door, but he needed one more pin.

"Hey Kazu, do you mind sharing?"

"Alright, alright, take it"

He was able to fit the last pin perfectly into the keyhole and the door was unlocked.

"I feel like a thief" Kenta said, "Are you sure this is the only way to know what Rika would like?"

They were certainly dressed for the part, they were all wearing a black sweatshirt and black sweatpants, topped off with a black winter cap.

"Hey, this is the only way that we can surprise her, we have to get her something that she totally wasn't expecting from me, and the only way to do that is to see what she collects"

He was explaining all the way up to Rika's room

"Ewwww, this room smells like girl all over" Kazu said

"Don't worry, were not going to be here long" he said, as he was searching through her drawers

"all we need to do…is find something that will give us a clue to what Rika likes to collect" Takato explained for the third time

"I would laugh out loud if she came in here right now" Kenta said as he looked under her bed. While digging he came across a bouquet of roses.

"Hey Takato" he said, "did you get Rika roses or something?"

"Not that I remember" he said, "why?"

"Woah look there's a note under here too." Kenta reached for the crumpled up note under her bed. He quickly read through it. "Well, Takato, aren't you the romantic type." he said.

Takato stopped looking through Rika's drawers and went to read over Kenta's shoulder. Kazu was already reading it. It was by far one of the most romantic short love notes that they had ever read.

"Kenta, I didn't write this." He said

"Then who…" Kenta started, and all at the same time they read the last line: Love Ryo.

Takato was in utter shock. He had no idea that Rika had been writing love letters back and forth to Ryo, well so it seemed.

"No" Takato said quietly, "This can't be happening"

"dude, it might not be what you think" Kazu said, "Here look, there's a note on these flowers too, maybe they will clear things up"

Takato took a look at the note attached to some of the most beautiful roses he had ever seen. He quickly read through it, well aware that these words were not his, but perfectly explained how he felt about Rika.

"beautiful hair? Who does this guy think he is, taking your girl like that?" Kenta said

Takato couldn't help himself, he began to cry. How could Rika betray him like this? She must have secretly been writing to Ryo behind his back, all because he was the crappiest boyfriend in the world. He opened the door and ran out of the house. He ran all the way back to his house, leaving Kazu and Kenta in Rika's house. Wasn't it a promise? They would always be together. Takato ran up to his room and palmed his face while sobbing. Takato looked up and took note of something in his room. He dried his eyes. That was it, he was beginning to hatch an idea. And hopefully, this one wouldn't get him into any more trouble.