I apologize for the long wait, but I've been having a lot of technical issues and I don't want to rush this story because if I do it will not be as good as I want it to be.

Yuri sat on a bench near the construction area of the GirlDeMo stage. She was enjoying a can of coffee that helped her cool off since the heat was reaching it's high for the day. Yusa approached her slowly. "Yurippe, can I assist you in any way?" Yuri twitched a bit, almost spilling some of her coffee on herself. "So the nickname is catching on huh?..." She looked at Yusa. "No, not really." Yusa just stood there staring at her. "Why don't you go talk to some cute boys or something?" She suggested. "Like who?" she asked tilting her head. "I don't know. Talk to um…" As she was thinking she got a call from Noda. "Talk to Noda." She said handing the phone to Yusa. A pale pink fell across the bridge of her nose. "Noda?" Yuri nodded and hit the talk button for her. "Yuri! Tell me that you didn't get the message I left you." He shouted. "Message?" The line was quiet for a moment. "You aren't Yuri are you?" Yusa shook her head. "I am Yusa." Noda hung up the phone and Yusa handed it back to Yuri. "He wanted to talk to you." She looked at the phone confused. "Oh."

"Hey, Yurippe, we finished the floor." Hinata said fanning himself. She cave a sarcastic clap. "Good job little Tim-tim. Should I make you a chocolate milk and a sandwich with the crust cut off as a reward?" Hinata glared. "It's not like we used Lincoln logs to make it, you know." She giggled. "Hey, Yusa here needs help talking to… well people. Think you can help her out?" Hinata shrugged. "Sure, I guess. But I don't really know her well myself." Otonashi came over as well. "Know who?" Hinata turned to him. "Yusa apparently needs help talking to people." Yusa stood there looking at everyone thinking of how it isn't often that she's actually the center of attention. "Yuri!" Hinata turned around. "Well what do you know, he's back." Noda slid past everyone on a bike that was light blue with pink flowers on it. "Sorry Hinata, my tires were flat, so I had to borrow yours." Hinata snapped. "Noda, that's not my bike. Don't go around saying stuff like that!" Noda grinned at the reaction he got. "Nice bike Hinata." Yuri said grinning. "It's not my bike Yurippe!" He shouted. "Stop calling me that name." She demanded. "Oh, I'm sorry. Would you prefer Haruhi again?" Noda held out the staff of the halberd in front of his throat. "What the hell? Noda, where did you get something like this?" Hinata asked both terrified and surprised. Yusa looked at hit for a few seconds. "Halberd." They looked at her. "It is a halberd axe. A medieval weapon. You see them a lot in films, especially when there are suits of medieval armor inside of a home within the film." Everyone just stared at her in silence until Yui jumped into the middle of the crowd. "Check it out! I've got hidden blades!" Yusa fixed her gaze on the hidden blade that Yui flicked out. "They are two centimeters too long, but a good replica of those from Assassin's Creed. They are also made from a slightly weaker metal than the ones in the games as well." Again, there was complete silence.

Noda turned to Yuri, grabbing his bag. "Yuri, I found this and… I got it for you because… I thought it might be nice…" Yuri crossed her arms. "What is it?" Noda sighed and took a deep breath to gain the confidence to just give it to her. "I got this for you. It seemed like something you would wear." He reached into the bag and pulled out a puppy. "You want me to wear a puppy?" Yuri asked confused. Noda stared at it confused. "Don't get me wrong Noda, puppies are cute and all." The puppy licked her excitedly and wagged its tale furiously causing her to giggle. "But I don't think I'll be wearing this little guy." She said smiling at him. "No, it's the hat that's on it's head." Yuri looked at the hat. "I feel like I've seen this before somewhere." After staring at it for a few seconds she looked at him again. "I can still keep the puppy right?" She asked. "His name is Mako." Said Shiina, who had appeared next to them without them noticing. "You again?" Noda shouted confused. Ooyama followed soon after. "Shiina, you can't just leave like that." She turned to him. "Why?" Before he could explain she looked back to Mako and began petting the young husky-sheppard mix. Yuri asked Noda to go help the band finish the stage while she got acquainted with Shiina.

Yui was now over with the band and trying to figure out when she'll perform. "Well, we have to hear you first you know." Iwasawa said. Yui stood up. "I'll go get my guitar!" She ran to go to her house but fell off the stage. She stood back up and caught her balance. "I'm okay." She said holding a thumb up high before turning again and running home. "Hey, where are you going?" Asked Hinata carrying a box or wires and sound equipment. "I'm going home to grab my guitar!" Hinata looked around. "Uh, hold on." He looked behind him at Noda who was passing by. "I'll go with you." He shoved the box at Noda and ran after Yui. "Hey, where the hell do you think you're going?" Noda shouted as he was now forced to transport this box. "If that damn kid wouldn't die, I'd slash the shit out of him with my new weapon…" He mumbled as he carried the box. Hisako wan over and took the box from him. "I'll handle this stuff. It's pretty tough to get right." Noda took it back and sat it down. "What's so hard about it?" He took out a cord. "You just pick it up and plug it in right?" He said as he plugged in a cord to a socket and it zapped him across the stage. "What the hell was that?" Hisako shrugged. "I warned you."

Hinata followed Yui to her house. "Wait, slow down Yui.." He said panting. Yui's mother smiled at them. "I'm going out for a bit, you two try not to have too much fun while I'm gone." Normally a parent would be more concerned, but Yui could handle herself. Yui ran into her room and started looking around. "Where's my guitar?" She asked herself. Hinata came in behind her. "Damn… you're quick…" He said between breaths. She turned around. "Well, yeah. I'm really active for a girl my age." She said confidently. "Oh, is that so?" He said with a smirk. "Not in that way, you perv!" She shouted back. He laughed. "It was a joke, calm down." She sat on her bed. "Where did I put my guitar now…" She said to herself again. "And now you're ignoring me." You looked at him. "My mom always said if you have nothing nice to say, you should plan a way to get back at the person who did you wrong." She said passively. "What?" She then continued. "Well, that's what I want to hear. She usually tells me say nothing at all though." He sighed and then looked around. "You know, this is a pretty nice room you've got here." Yui looked around smiling. "Yeah, I like it. It's pretty small though, even for me. There's not enough wall for the posters I have." Hinata looked at her and couldn't help but think how cute that smile of hers was. She looked back to him. "What are you looking at me like that for?" He looked away blushing. "Uh, nothing."

Back at the stage, Yuri was trying to get Yusa to talk again and struggling to have an intelligent conversation with Shiina. "So, your name is Yusa?" Ooyama asked politely. She just nodded and stared at him. "Uh, my name is Ooyama." There was more silence. "So, what do you like to do for fun?" He asked her. "…" Ooyama sighed. "I don't know what to do…" Yuri looked at the two of them and then to Shiina. "So, that puppy is really cute huh?" Shiina was holding him and petting him softly as she nodded. "His name is Mako." Yuri nodded. "So you've told me." Mako bit part of Shiina's apron she had to wear at work that she hadn't taken off. "So… how long have you lived here?" She playfully pulled the part of the apron away and continued to for a few seconds until she pulled out a snack from her apron pocket. "Oh, is that a rice ball?" Shiina nodded. "Wow, I had some of those earlier today. It's really funny because my mother's…" Her voice trailed off once Shiina began to take a bite. "Is she eating it with the plastic on?..." She asked in her head. Yuri and Ooyama, simultaneously having these conversations looked at the other. "So how's your conversation going?" The asked each other.

Hisako was looking up some stuff on Noda's lap top while he sat on one of the guitar amplifiers and stared at the picture of Yuri he carried in his wallet. "So, you like Yuri huh?" Asked Hisako, walking over to him. "If you're referring to my computer's search history, that's Hinata. Bastard can't get his own damn computer." She looked back at the computer and then to him and giggled. "That's not what I meant, but okay. Thanks for warning me." He stared at her. "I meant, you like her." She said pointing to Yurippe. "Oh." He replied turning red. "Listen, between you and me, I think you two would be good together." He looked back at her. "Just hurry before someone else decides to be her knight in shining armor." Noda turned to her. "Where are you going with this?" Hisako smiled. "I think I can help you with something."

Yui pulled her figurine out of Hinata's hand. "Stop it, that's mine!" She shouted at him as Hinata took it back and held it up out of her reach. "Come on, you gotta get it from me." She growled at him. "What are you, a cat?" She hissed at him. "Oh, so kitty has claws." He chuckled. "Yes, she does!" She jumped up to grab the figurine from his hands. She got it, but didn't pull it out of his grip. She tried to pull it out of his hands, but she lost her balance and they both fell on the floor. Hinata pushed himself up and opened his eyes, only to see hers. The two of them froze. "What's going on? Why can't I move?" She asked. "No, I can move, but… why won't my body let me?" Hinata asked himself the same question. Slowly he started to lower himself. As their faces drew closer to each others, they began to close their eyes. Yui managed to mover her arms and put them around Hinata. "What's going on?" Hinata asked himself. They inched closer, their lips just barely not touching now. "This is going to be my very first kiss…" Yui thought in excitement and disbelief. They heard one of Yui's neighbors outside the window and Hinata jumped off of Yui and sat on the floor across from her. Yui sat up and looked at Hinata, both of them with wide eyes. "So… uh, what were we here for again.." Yui asked quietly attempting to change the subject. "Right! My guitar!" She shouted. She looked under her desk. "Nope, not there.." She then checked under her bed. "I don't see it there either." Hinata stood up and walked to her closet. "What about in here?" She turned to see where he was talking about. "No, don't open that!" But it was too late. Hinata opened the door and was buried in a pile of paper. "What the hell is all this?" Yui picked up one of the notebooks. "These are all my writings. My thoughts, music, inspirations, experiences… everything I think of, I write down and stuff into that closet. These are all my journals…" She said sweetly, thinking about all the dreams that those books contained. Hinata, once he managed to find his way out of the pile, smiled and stood up. "Well, I found your guitar… with my head." He said holding it in pain. Yui smiled and hugged him. "Oh, Hinata thank you! I could kiss you right now!" Hinata blushed. "Really?" Yui blushed as well and looked up at him. "I… I don't know." Yui said back. And they just stood there, looking into each other's eyes. Neither one of them knowing what to do.