Sorry this took a while guys, but a lot of stuff happened.

In July I willingly enrolled in what Home Instruction calls the P.I.D Program (Promotion in Doubt). It lasted through August. The main reason for this was to get more credits and wanting to knock out the math regents over the summer (and honestly I don't think I passed).

The reason I haven't posted after a pretty good posting streak on my part was because of a lot of stressful studying when it came to that stupid regents test… Honestly… American education is pretty much a broken toilet. Makes me wanna smack America from Hetalia if he were a real person…

But onto happier and less depressing things: By popular demand, here is chapter 4! And this time we're going to ship Nikki x Tiffany a little bit!

I'm also using my imagination in this chapter in regards to how the Huniebee works. So I hope you enjoy that… SOMEONE PLEASE INVENT A REAL LIFE HUNIEBEE! I also did a little extra theorizing when it came to Nikki being Kyu's client rather than the player. My theory was that we, the player meet these girls for the first time and that's why we start at 1 heart on the meter. But Nikki, existing in-universe and having canon relationships with the other characters would probably have a higher heart level without her even knowing without Kyu's help! That and she'd already know a lot about Tiffany and Audrey… :3 I love my beautiful brain~

Sitting down on the couch, Nikki whipped out the Huniebee device. It was very much like a smart phone and so anyone could learn how to use it easily. There was no home screen to customize with wallpapers of your pet cat or favorite dessert (sadly). Instead of a home screen and home button, there were multiple tabs at the bottom of the screen listed as: Girl Finder, Girls, Messages, Inventory, Store, Traits and Settings.

First she checked the store as she currently had around 3,000 Munie from playing both the tutorial and the match with Kyu just a few minutes ago. Exploring the store, it had 4 tabs of its own: Gifts, Unique Gifts, Food and Drinks.

Just as she assumed the drinks tab was for ordering alcoholic drinks. Thankfully the selection was very wide-range. She wasn't the legal age for drinking in America, but alcohol wasn't just for drinking either…

The Gifts tab was full of little knickknacks available for purchase. There was a little timer on top of that screen indicating the time in which the daily deals would expire. Today a variety of school-related items, sports equipment, party supplies and toys were on sale. She thought about how much fun Audrey would have with a device like this at her finger tips, probably buying up everything with Daddy's money if not with Kyu's.

The Unique Gifts tab had very few items in comparison to the Gifts tab, each with a particular them it seemed. One set of fancy looking chopsticks, a pair of maracas, a pack of cigarettes, a bow hairclip, a wing-shaped pin, an acorn, a bunch of mistletoe, a retro game controller and the weirdest of all: a butt plug dubbed a 'fairy tail'. Wanting to order a bottle of brain bleach to forget what she had just read, she went to the Food tab to try and forget, telling her self that sugar would make everything better.

Luckily, the food tab was very promising. It had a variety of foods, more than what the Nutmeg Café could ever offer. Immediately she saw a few foods that she and Tiffany would both enjoy: stacks of pancakes with butter and syrup, a variety of different muffins, cotton candy in 10 different flavors, numerous bags of jellybeans in assorted flavors with more variety than the M&M Store, luxury chocolates from all over the world… Though just thinking about it made Nikki hungry to the point where she just had to order something or risk eating the smartphone-like device itself. Having around 3000 Munie to spend, she ordered a few bars of chocolate and 2 servings of pancakes. On the table in from of her they appeared instantly in perfect take out containers with labels saying 'SKY GARDEN CATERING' with some illiterate information below the clear English lettering.

Must write another language in fairyland… This is pretty awesome! I can order all the candy I want with this! I never have to cook again! It's just too bad I can't use the money from these dates to pay rent or bills… If I could do that I could quit my job tomorrow.

But she couldn't pay her rent with money that could only be used for this device. This was a fact in this strange scenario. She continued to think about how people may think of her if they knew about Kyu. But in every scenario she thought of in her mind, they all ended in disbelief and failure. Instead she turned on the TV until Tiffany arrived…

When Tiffany showed up, she was wearing her school uniform. Though while she was a 20 year old in college, she still looked very much like a high school girl like in an anime. She was still carrying her backpack around, probably full of text books and loose pens and pencils likely ruining the interior of the bag.

"Good to see you Tiffany." Nikki hugged her friend as soon as she entered the apartment. "Had a good day?"

Tiffany let her go, hurling her backpack toward the couch. "Yeah. I haven't seen you in the longest time so I'm really happy we could hang out today. Plus I didn't wanna waste a good afternoon."

"Awesome. It did seem nice outside… Oh yeah, and I got pancakes! You mentioned them over the phone so… Tada." Nikki closed the front door, noticing how Tiffany's face lit up after seeing the nice stack of pancakes in front of her. Without even looking at the labels, she popped open the container and grabbed the plastic knife and fork inside.

"Holy crap, thank you! I couldn't get any myself. The café was all out. I couldn't even buy any muffins."

"Yeah, café menus tend to change according to what ingredients are going bad… So maybe that's why your favorite pancakes weren't available today… But don't worry, they always have plenty of coffee."

Tiffany didn't seem to pay attention however, munching on pancakes like she hadn't eaten in weeks. Must've been something about fairy food that made it addicting… The thought crossed Nikki's mind but she could only hope that it wouldn't have any ill effects if she were to consume it herself.

Though when she continued to think even more, why was Tiffany here again? She has much more popular and social friends to hang out with. Nikki was always contempt with staying at home with her games. Why did Tiffany choose her to go out with of all people? She didn't know what to do at that moment, standing in front of the door playing with a loose string on her pajama top. She watched Tiffany eat up the pancakes from the container, almost completely forgetting she was there, still standing in front of the door alone.

Immediately she began to feel isolated even when someone else was in the room. "I'm sorry… Maybe this wasn't a good idea after all…" She walked to her room quietly, Tiffany taking notice but by the time she had gotten up from the couch, Nikki had already locked herself in her room.

"Hey Kyu… Maybe this was a bad idea…"

Kyu however was on the bed, nibbling on her finger while reading some of Nikki's fanfiction on an aquamarine laptop. She looked at Nikki, holding the doorknob as if pondering whether she should get back out there again. "What makes you say that champ?"

Well, she did totally blow me off for pancakes back there… "Ugh… I'm just a loser. There's no helping it… I'm a dope. Why would you wanna help someone like me? I have no hope of having a social life."

Tiffany knocked on the door. "Nick, you okay?"

"Uh-yeah, I'm just gonna change!" She said on the spot.

"Oh… Ok… Just tell me when you're ready… I'm gonna wait on the couch ok?"

"Kay…"

Hearing Tiffany walk away, Nikki sighed and slumped onto the floor. "It's hopeless. As soon as she came in I felt hopeless. Maybe this is all a waste of time."

"Impossible! My clients always end up babe magnets in the end, you're no different! Plus, you said she's been your friend for a while now, right?"

"Yeah… Maybe 'acquaintances' if we're being technical. I hang out with her on occasion but she's out of my league."

"Oh yeah? I once hooked up a basement-dwelling factory worker up with a porn star! And damn that chick was rich too. I think they even got married… Or engaged… Or a pre-nup. I don't know. We don't have marriage where I'm from." Kyu shut the laptop down and flew to Nikki, putting her hands on her shoulders. "If I can hook up a guy like that with someone awesome, there's definitely hope for you. Not to mention, you using changing clothes as an excuse to get out of there was pretty clever on your part."

"Well, it was the only excuse I had… And I can't go outside in my pj's… I guess I'm just not comfortable with this whole dating thing. I can't really think of her as more than just a friend…" Nikki pushed Kyu's hands away gently, making her way toward the drawer and trying to find something to wear that was as comfy as the pajamas she was currently wearing.

"Hm… I'm just trying to think… You've already known the girl outside for a while, right?" Kyu closed her eyes and tried to flashback to the last time a client of hers already had friends that could double as love interests.

"Since high school. She is grades ahead of me, but we keep in touch."

"Dayum. For a girl who doesn't like to socialize much, you're pretty well connected. Alright. Well, the genuinely nice school girl seems like a good first step, especially if you've known her for a while… Who knows? Maybe you should check the Huniebee~."

"I think I'll be fine. The game is pretty easy, I just need a way to play it without Tiffany looking at me funny."

"Mmmkay then… Well, if you're gonna change, maybe I can help you look your best for your date?"

"I thought you were a Love Fairy, not a makeover fairy."

"All the perks of my job babe."

Nikki however wasn't interested in changing her physical appearance. She wasn't much for dressing up or wearing pancake makeup. Even in high school she wore the same clothes a lot of the time while other girls wore high heels they couldn't walk in and booty shorts that would get a girl like Nikki stuck in the principal's office but somehow went unnoticed when the hot, popular girls wore them. She didn't care much for fashion at all, only liking to wear what was the most comfortable and affordable. Money was for games and paying bills!

"I think I'll save the transformation that would eventually make me hate myself for another time…" Nikki took out her usual white shorts and grey shirt, bra strap showing on one side. "So you're gonna stay here for the rest of the day?"

Kyu sat back down on the bed. "Might go outside just to get a sense of the area, but I'm living here for a while. So yeah, I'll come back here. Don't miss me too much."

With that, Nikki went back out to the living room, finding Tiffany on the couch, sitting straight up, hands in her lap, eyes closed and pouting.

"You okay Tiffany?"

The blonde got up. "I just feel bad for making you feel like crap… I'm sorry I ran straight to the food. I guess I couldn't help myself." Tiffany grabbed Nikki's hand. "I just don't want you to think I'm just using you for food or that I don't see you as a person! Besides, you're one of my closest friends. I can't think of playing Dance Dance Revolution with anyone else but you!"

That got a giggle out of both of them. It was true that while hand-held and console games were more Nikki's style, she played a few rounds of Dance Dance Revolution at the arcade whenever Tiffany was with her…

"Look, it's fine… I was just feeling kinda weird before. But I'm better now… So where do we go now?"

"Dunno. What would you wanna do?" Tiffany smiled somewhat awkwardly.

"Not sure…"

Both of them shared an awkward laugh with one another. Though Tiffany's awkward laughter was slightly different as she blushed ever so slightly and played with her fingers like a middle school girl in love for the first time.

"Oh, I got an idea! I think the tennis court is open today. You play with the Wii all the time, so I wanna see if playing Wii Sports instead of going to the gym has done anything for you!"

Tiffany probably didn't intend to sound offensive, but Nikki didn't make a big deal out of it, as that sounded like an interesting plan that could possibly be made into a bet.

"Sounds awesome. I win, you pay for dinner?"

"And if I win, you give me more of those awesome pancakes!"

"Deal."

And thus the strange misadventures begun…

The tennis courts themselves weren't very exciting, it was a standard meet up place for the sporty college kids and every rich girl could occasionally be found here trying to play sports or hitting on a ball boy behind their rich sugar daddy's backs. None the less, it was certainly a change from the norm, though Nikki wondered how many people actually went on dates by playing sports…

And more importantly on the subject of dates…

Crap, didn't think about the tablet thing… How can I play that if I'm getting smacked with a bunch of tennis balls?

She didn't know what would happen if she was performing a physical activity that didn't involve games. Kyu didn't mention anything of the sort and their first two 'dates' were just sitting down and talking for the most part. Kyu didn't seem to like to explain much other than what was important. It was part of her job after all, a job she seemed to be extremely passionate about. Telling a new player every tiny detail about a game would make it boring for the player… But having no answered or way to contact Kyu at the moment, Nikki simply sat on a bench and waited for Tiffany to get out of the changing rooms and thinking what might happen and if she had gotten a premature game over.

"Ok, I'm back! OMG those changing rooms were so humid!" Tiffany came back, wearing her cheer uniform. Cheerleading was something she was definitely passionate about and had been doing for as long as she could remember. And even though Nikki didn't particularly have any sort of crush on Tiffany, she had to agree with the majority of people that the uniform fit her extremely well.

In her hands she was carrying two racks and a ball, devoted to the idea of playing sports.

Crap…

From the corner of her eye, Nikki could see the game board materialize at her side and felt nervous to the point where she couldn't tell if she was having a heat flash or breaking out in a cold sweat. She tried to remain composed however, slipping the board onto her lap like you would a text book, knowing that it'd be totally invisible to anyone else but her.

Tiffany sat down next to her as well, making her even more nervous. "Have you ever played tennis IRL before? I can show you the basics. I'm still a little overheated from those changing rooms though…"

"Oh… Well, I can't really remember but it wouldn't hurt to re-learn the basics." Nikki took the excuse of learning yet another game as a way of getting to play the other game completely invisible to everyone else. Out of the corner of her eye she kept an eye on the board (a skill gained from having multiple games on multiple devices open and running at once). Very slowly and carefully she matched up certain tiles on the board, finding a lot of blue, green and red tiles. Every time she matched up a set of green tiles however, more red tokens seemed to appear.

Judging by this pattern, she assumed that she was supposed to get the green tokens matched up to rack the most points. But while figuring this out, she was also paying surprisingly good attention to Tiffany's demonstration about how to serve the ball but still managed to get by playing on an invisible tablet without too much of a problem.

Noticing there were 8 broken hearts on the grid, Nikki decided it was time to use a date gift, selecting the bear from the items tab and feeling it poof into existence behind her back.

"Oh yeah… I hope this doesn't seem to dorky… But…" Taking the bear out from behind her, Nikki gave Tiffany the toy in a very adorkable fashion that showed her innocence.

"OMG, it's so cute! Where did you get this?"

"I guess you can say I'm a magical person."

They both shared a laugh and continued the basics of tennis while Nikki played an otherwise invisible game on an equally invisible tablet.

Surprisingly enough, Nikki ended up filling the meter up and pay attention to Tiffany's tutorial on how to play tennis with ease, even trying her hand at trying to bounce and serve the ball properly while seated.

"Okay, so do you think your Wii Sports training is enough for real life tennis?" Tiffany asked playfully, seating the bear on the bench and letting him hold onto her bag. "I don't want the fun to end yet!"

Nikki smiled, the game board poofing out of existance and feeling a wad of Munie form in her pants pocket. How convenient. She got up, noticing that the bear she gave Tiffany was still seated on the bench and bounced the tennis ball as Tiffany had showed her how to do. "I think I'm ready, but don't pulverize me if I suck, ok?"

And they had a good day outside…

Chapter end!

Sorry this took so long to update you guys. Between summer school, my original work and having some relatives over in between it was hard. But I'm glad I got something out at all. Fanfic is a writing tool that's GREATLY improved my writing so I still wanna use it. Plus I know I have some AWESOME fanfic fans out there and wouldn't wanna let them down! If I could meet you all in real life, I'd bake you all cake and cookies. Maybe brownies.

Another reason why you might see long gaps between updates is that I only ever write fanfic when I'm feeling inspired. I don't write on an empty mind, that's how you get plot holes and other crappy stories. So I avoid it as much as possible. Sometimes I try to when I want to get another update out, but that usually ends up going nowhere for me and only causes more delays.

Another important thing: If you're a Hetalia fan and you're waiting for my Hetalia fanfics to get updated, don't worry. I'm SLOWLY updating them and also trying to write in bulk to make up for the slow updates. In addition, a lot of my Hetalia fanfics were pretty crappy so I am still sorting out the gold from the trash. Expect a lot of them to disappear. However, I'm also writing new ones in their place and working on some re-writes for a lot of older and more popular Hetalia fanfics I've written in the past. I'll post up a list of which ones you'll have to say goodbye to eventually, but for now, if you wanna see how crappy my writing skills used to be or maybe you want some newbie fanfic writing cheese, read the old ones before they disappear. One of the old ones has already poofed out of existence (but no one was reading it anymore anyway so it likely hasn't effected anyone)!