"Wriggle's got a boyfriend!"

"No, I don't!"

"Oh." After a pause, Cirno resumed her taunting. "Wriggle's got a girlfriend!"

Wriggle blushed violently. "Shut up! No I don't!"

Mystia leaned in closer from the branch she was perched on, smirking. "Then why did you blush like that? Come on, dish out the dirt."

"Geez..." Wriggle turned to look away, her cheeks burning. You make one little mention about it to someone, and suddenly the entire gang is at your throat. "Okay, but only if you swear you'll never tell anyone. And I mean swear, hand on your chest."

In accordance to her words, Cirno, Daiyousei, and Mystia all placed their hands on their chests, still smiling. "We swear."

Wriggle glared at the floating orb of darkness hovering next to Daiyousei. "Rumia, do you swear?"

"I swear!" Was the cheerful reply from the darkness. Wriggle couldn't see the position of her hands, and knowing Rumia they were extended to her sides as always, but it would do.

She let out a weary sigh. "Okay, but remember you swore." She leaned in closer with a conspiratorial air. "Okay, do you remember when we went to the Bamboo Forest and Mokou showed us to Eientei? And then we five made a bet about who could get into Eientei and come back out undetected?"

"Of course!" Cirno beamed proudly. "I won."

"You were spotted while you were exiting and were chased through the forest by five dozen rabbits," said Mystia with an eye roll.

"So what? At least I was halfway out the door. You were caught the moment you entered."

Mystia opened her mouth again, but fell silent when Wriggle sighed and went on. "Yeah, that thing. So anyway, while I was looking for an entrance through which to sneak in, I came across a small side porch. I was about to go past it when the door slid open, and Princess Kaguya stepped outside. You should have seen her! She wore a beautiful silk gown over her clothes, and her hair shone in the moonlight like it had dewdrops in it. She looked up at the moon and sighed so wistfully it was like I could feel her sorrow."

"Wait a second..." Daiyousei interrupted Wriggle's rhapsodic waxing, frowning intently. "The person you like is Princess Kaguya?"

Wriggle looked away again. Her cheeks wouldn't get any less red any time soon. "You got a problem with that?"

"Isn't she like a thousand years old?" Mystia said with a talon on her chin.

"That just means she's mature." Wriggle shook her head. "If you had seen her the way I saw her then, you'd understand."

Cirno laughed. "Nah, but then you might have competition! This way, we can help you out without you having any rivals!"

Wriggle blinked. "Wait, what?"

"Yeah, of course we'll help you!"

"It's meant to be!"

"You'll be standing next to her on that porch in no time!"

"Holding hands!

"Ooo!"

"You g-guys..." Wriggle stammered, practically glowing with emotion. "Look, it's no big deal. There's no way she'd ever look twice at some forest youkai like me. She's a real princess! A princess!"

"Never hurt to try!" Cirno rebutted, flexing her arms. "We'll woo her for you in no time!"

Daiyousei clapped her hands together. "We'll need flowers! I'll go to the fields and get some!"

"And sweets!" Mystia smiled. "I can exchange some grilled lampreys for red bean pastries and sweet mochi!"

"We need some special gift too!" Cirno placed her hands on her hips. "I'll go talk to Sunny Milk and the gang and make them help me find something really special."

"And I'll make sure you have privacy in the dark!" Rumia exclaimed.

"Wait..." Wriggle's word fell on deaf ears: before she even managed to speak it, all of her friends had flown off, all in different directions.

Her arms fell uselessly to her sides.

"Geez." There was no stopping her friends once they got started. She might as well get ready.

She snapped her fingers. Hundreds upon hundreds of fireflies appeared, dull in the afternoon light, but ready to fill the skies with their glow.

Wriggle smiled at them. "You'll look great against Rumia's darkness."