"Nozomi-channn, Eri-channn!" Honoka burst into the council room, tripping over her own feet a few times in the process. "You've gotta help meee!" The ginger-haired girl bounced up and down restlessly.

"Ericchi is busy unloading boxes, but I can help you with whatever ya need." Nozomi pointed to a fresh plate of white bread, still warm and steaming. "You can help yourself to some of this; Kotori-chan baked it."

Honoka giddily skipped over to the desk, scooping up a handful of slices. Once the soft sweetness hit her tongue, she immediately forgot why she'd come to Nozomi in the first place. "Mmmm, Kotori-chan really does make bread so amazing." She stayed in a state of bliss, until she was snapped back into reality.

"Honoka-chan, I know that bread is really yummy, but I need you to focus for a second so you can tell me what's wrong." Nozomi playfully waved her hand in front of Honoka's face.

With a fast gulp, Honoka's previous anxieties were brought back to her at full force. "Ahhhh, that's right! Nozomi-chan, how do you impress girls?!" A timid frown overtook her cheeks. "I don't know how to get Tsubasa-san to like me!"

Nozomi acted as though she were deep in thought, but then a devious smirk overtook her expression. "You know, there's a pickup line I used on Ericchi that made her come running to me."

Honoka, now intrigued, cocked her head to the side. "Hmm? You've gotta tell me what it was!"

Nozomi grinned mischievously, tenting the tips of her fingers together. "'If I had a garden, I'd put your tulips and my tulips together.'"

A few seconds later, the meaning of the line became clear to Honoka. "Oh, ohhh! So smooth, I'll definitely impress Tsubasa-san like that!" She jumped out of her seat, knocking it over without a second thought. After grabbing the rest of the bread and stuffing it into her school bag, she dashed to the door, only to nearly take down Eri. "Ahh, sorry Eri-chan! I'm off to woo Tsubasa-san!"

Eri raised an eyebrow as the girl who'd almost run her over continued her journey down the hall and out into the courtyard. "Nozomi, what was all that about?"

That sly grin from before never left Nozomi's face, alerting Eri that her girlfriend had been up to no good while she was gone. "I was just helping our friend Honoka-chan ask her crush out, no biggie."

Eri was full of disbelief at the notion that Nozomi had been innocently helping Honoka, especially since her smirk only grew wider. "Nozomi, what did you do?" The blonde crossed her arms and tapped her foot against the floor, waiting for an explanation.

Nozomi feigned ignorance on what Eri was hinting at. "Why Ericchi, I only told her to use the pickup line I used on you."

When Eri realized that Nozomi was talking about that pickup line, she narrowed her eyes and began to scold the sneaky girl. "Nozomi! Why would you give her such ridiculous advice like that?"

Nozomi, unaffected by the halfhearted scolding, shrugged nonchalantly. "It did get you to date me, so surely it will work for Honoka-chan as well."

Eri rolled her eyes and strolled across the room to sit in Nozomi's lap. "Do you really think that's why I agreed to date you? Nozomi, I wanted to date you because I was already in love with your personality and your gorgeousness, not because of some stupid pickup line that you used." She wrapped her arms around Nozomi's shoulders, and placed her lips on the side of her neck.

"Well.." Nozomi blushed, and covered up her ever-growing smile with one hand. "That may be so, but did you not say 'You're such a dork; I love you.' right after, hmm?"

Eri placed her head atop Nozomi's and let out a blissful sigh. "I suppose.. But still, if Honoka comes back upset because of your shenanigans, I'm going to punish you."

"Oh dear," Nozomi put on a show of fake terror. "What ever will I do with a punishment from Ericchi? The girl who couldn't bare to punish me for anything?" Nozomi giggled when Eri huffed in defeat. "Ericchi called me a dork, but I think she's the bigger one, ehe."

With a tired half-smile, Eri admitted defeat, and gently pecked Nozomi on the cheek. "I suppose I can't deny that."

"Say," Nozomi's previous grin reappeared, somehow looking even more impish than the last. "I think we should bring our tulips together, don't you agree?"

Eri nodded with a smile of her own, oblivious to her girlfriend's teasing nature. "Definitely, come here." Eri leaned forward to meet her lips with Nozomi's, but was surprised to find herself stopped by Nozomi's index finger.

"I wasn't exactly talking about those lips.."

Eri jumped back as her cheeks began to burn, and Nozomi chuckled behind outstretched fingers. "Nozomi!"

"Tsubasa-sannnn!" Honoka bounded across the hot pavement, drawing the attention of an amused Kira Tsubasa.

"Honoka-san, what are you doing here-?"

Tsubasa was quickly cut off by an overly-enthusiastic Honoka. "If I had a garden, I'd put your tulips and my tulips together." Honoka beamed as she panted from the exhaustion of running. She formed "finger-guns" with both hands, and pretended to shoot with them, even adding in Bang! sound-effects.

Tsubasa, as though she were well-prepared for something like this, brought a hand to her chin and gracefully smiled at Honoka. "Of all the beautiful curves on your body, your smile is my favorite." Turning around with a wink, she blew a kiss in Honoka's direction, before strutting away to meet up with her bandmates Erena and Anju.

"Ah... ahhh..." Honoka, no longer able to properly function, carefully lay herself on the ground and squealed at no one in particular. She lay there unable to process the situation until her best friends Kotori and Umi came to drag her home.