…in which Nakamura Kentaro and Fujiwari Jasper form a quintet.

Sora sighed and clicked a button on the remote control. He was currently sitting in the leisure room of his own idol agency, 331 Productions, with a fellow idol, Nakamura Kentaro, otherwise known as Kenchi. Sora had trouble getting the brunette idol named Yukiho out of his head. He had known the second he saw her that he was going to end up falling in love and his assumptions had been spot-on. He sighed and changed the channel again. He was about to change it another time when Kenchi snatched the remote.

"I was using that!" Sora complained. Kenchi said nothing; he only turned the volume up and plopped onto the couch beside Sora.

"Makoto-chan is performing," Kenchi gushed. "I wasn't about to let you change the channel. And look, there's Yukiho-chan and Haruka-chan too."

Sora stared at Yukiho, watching her sing and dance her way around the screen. He let a smile creep onto his lips. "I didn't realize Ohime-chan was performing," he commented. "I've only seen her perform a couple times. These three sound good together."

"They look good together too," Kenchi added. "But Makoto-chan looks the best."

"You're serious?"

"Yes. She's so cute."

"Yukiho—I mean, Ohime-chan—is way cuter," Sora laughed. "Makoto is not cute. She's mean to me."

"You've met her?" Kenchi gasped. "Sora-kun! You've got to introduce me!"

Sora would have answered him, but he got distracted by the short, pale, black-haired kid that had just walked in.

"Hey, Jasper," he called in greeting.

The kid muttered something that sounded to Sora like a "bluh".

"Hi, Jasper-kun," Kenchi said. "Are you here to fill in today? Makoto-chan, Yukiho-chan, and Haruka-chan are performing."

"Why should I care?" Jasper sighed. "Yeah, I'm here because our president is stupid and sent thugs to kidnap me and bring me here to fill in as a group member with you people today."

"Oh?"

"So I flipped the thugs and came here on my own."

"Oh…"

Sora sighed. "Jasper, why'd you show up on your own if you didn't want to be here?"

Jasper popped a dollar in the vending machine and punched in a few numbers. "I dunno, the president was bugging me so I came here to flip her and then I figured I'd just stay. Stop talking to me," he ordered. He paused. "Actually, Sora, you can talk to me. Kenchi, don't talk to me. And turn the TV down."

Kenchi muttered something under his breath and turned the volume down. Jasper grabbed a lollipop from the vending machine, opened it, and popped it in his mouth, dropping the wrapper on the floor lazily. Then he joined the other two on the couch and blinked.

"Kenchi, turn on the MMA tournament."

"I don't wanna!"

"Do it."

"Fine…"

"We really did it, didn't we?" Haruka said excitedly. "After winning that competition, a video of our group was shown on the air. I heard we got a lot of views."

"I-I'm so glad we did well!" Yukiho cheered. "I was sure I messed up a couple times…"

"You did great," Makoto assured. "We all did great, otherwise we wouldn't have won."

"Your dancing was great, Makoto-chan," Yukiho offered.

"Yukiho-chan, you sounded really good!" Haruka exclaimed.

"And Haruka, you looked awfully cute," Makoto laughed. "We make a good team."

"Ohime-chan!"

"M-Makoto-chan…! I-is that really you?"

"Blarg. I don't like them already."

The three girls whirled towards the sound and found three boys staring back at them. One of them was Sora. The other two were unfamiliar.

"Hey Sora!" Makoto called. "Did you come to take me on a date this time?"

"What do you mean 'this time'?"

"I wasn't spying on your date with Yukiho. What are you talking about?"

"…OK, fine with me." Sora gestured to the other two boys. "This is Jasper and Kenchi. Jasper hates the world and Kenchi is in love with you."

Kenchi blushed. "Don't just…tell her that!" he moaned. "Sora-kun, you're mean."

"That's exactly what I think!" Makoto gasped.

"H-he's not mean," Yukiho muttered. "He's actually really nice…" In fear of the other two boys, Yukiho scooted closer to Haruka.

"Wait, what did you say?" Haruka questioned. Yukiho blinked and blushed slightly.

"I-I mean…h-he's a man!" she announced.

Haruka nodded slowly. "OK…"

Jasper sighed. "Can I go home now?"

"No," Sora answered. "Introduce yourself."

"No. I hate you. Well, I don't hate you, but I hate the rest of them."

Yukiho squeaked.

"You're scaring her," Sora scolded. "Bad Jasper."

"Oh, woof woof," Jasper groaned. "I'm Fujiwari Jasper, you people annoy me, and I'm leaving now." Without another word, Jasper spun on his heels and left.

Kenchi watched him go and sighed. "Don't mind Jasper-kun. He's always cranky," he pointed out. "Ah…um, I'm Nakamura Kentaro, but you can just call me Kenchi…it's kinda like a nickname, but people call me that so much that I've given up on my real name, so…"

"Nice to meet you," Haruka said brightly.

Yukiho moved closer to Haruka and hid herself behind the girl, peering out occasionally to see if the unfamiliar boy was still there. He always was.

Makoto smiled awkwardly. "Nice to meet you," she exclaimed. "Um…I'm Kikuchi Makoto-"

"I know," Kenchi said quickly. "Er…not because I stalk you, or anything! It's just that I watch you all the time…on TV! I watch you on TV all the time so by now I've figured out your name…and stuff."

Makoto blushed slightly. "Um, right. I mean, that makes sense, right? Because I'm sure I watch people all the time…not like stalking watching, just…on television, or when I'm bored sometimes I stare at people because I zone out, and we should go out or something."

Kenchi smiled. "Makoto-chan, you're cute," he stated. "Wait…what was that last thing you said?"

Haruka giggled. Yukiho smiled. Makoto's blush deepened.

"Ah…! N-no, I didn't say anything, I was just thinking that I would love some muffins right now and there's a coffee shop right over there anyway, so if we were all going to go get muffins…" She trailed off. "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at this…"

Kenchi giggled. "It's fine, neither am I," he admitted. "Actually, I think I would have done worse then you." He held out his hand. "Nice to finally meet you, Makoto-chan. Or, maybe you'd prefer Kikuchi-chan?"

"You can call me Makoto," Makoto insisted, shaking his hand. "It was nice to finally meet you too. And all that stuff. And I seriously do crave muffins right now."

Haruka suddenly cried out in delight. "A muffin date!" she yelled. "We should go on a muffin date! And Yukiho-chan can sit with Sora-kun who really is quite attractive, by the way, and Makoto-chan can sit with Kenchi-kun, and I can supervise, and we'll all get muffins!"

Yukiho stiffened. "I-I couldn't go on a double date with a man I don't know!" she cried, clutching at Haruka's shirt. Haruka giggled.

"Don't worry, Yukiho-chan. You'll sit with Sora-kun and me, and you can be sure we won't hurt you." Her grin suddenly turned slightly evil. "And well leave Kenchi-kun and Makoto-chan all alone. Would that be alright?"

Kenchi and Makoto turned the color of tomatoes. Haruka smiled sweetly, but at this point it still looked dark. Sora sighed.

"Haruka, don't torture them," he muttered. "Even if Makoto deserves it."

"I didn't do anything!" Makoto insisted.

"Whatever. Although a muffin date sounds like fun. I like muffins."

Haruka nodded excitedly. "Then, to the coffee shop we go! A muffin date, you guys!"

Practically hopping in her excitement, Haruka pulled Yukiho to the door of the coffee shop and waited for the others. Yukiho stuck closer to Haruka then to anyone else for the remainder of the day (she would have stuck to Makoto, but upon entering the coffee shop Haruka shoved her and Kenchi to a distant corner of the room, while herself, Sora, and Yukiho sat more in the open).

"So," Sora began, "you like…diamonds? Every girl likes diamonds, right?"

"…Sora-kun," Haruka responded. "You are very attractive. Please take care of Yukiho-chan as if she is a sister. Otherwise, if you act strangely Makoto-chan and I will be mad, and so will Yukiho-chan's father who may kill you."

Sora blinked. "Oh. Thanks for that."