Even by the time all the couples had been dating for a few months, there were a few times when the girls just felt downright lonely. Of course the guys also did
especially when they thought the girls were flirting with other guys (typical) but that's another story. This arc focuses on the girls and what exciting things happen
because they can't tell how they really feel. The scenarios went like this: Rizumu saw just how amazing Hibiki was at work and couldn't help feeling lonely since he
felt so far away from her. Aira, as usual, felt Shou was in a whole new different universe than her since she just felt that they didn't match up no matter how much
he tried to reassure her of her talents. Mion was just plain jealous of all the girls she saw around Wataru at work (finally!).
Rizumu couldn't help but feel blue because of how far away Hibiki always seemed like at work. The incident occurred only after Rizumu had already been pretty
depressed about how she felt. As she was going home, it started raining so she opened her umbrella as she stared at the gray sky above her. It did make her
even more depressed. Around this time Mion and Aira hurried to get Hibiki to go after Rizumu mentioning not to tell her that he found out because they told her.
So, as a boyfriend should, Hibiki ran out in the pouring rain after Rizumu, without an umbrella (Doki Doki)... When he caught up to her he blocked her path so she
couldn't run (after all his past experiences with her, it must've become a habit). She was surprised to see him and tired her best to put on an act so he can go back
to work.
"Hibiki! What are you doing here?" She put on a fake smile.
"Rizumu, you can't fool me with that act. Just how long do you plan on putting on this play?" He tugged her elbows and pulled her into his arms, making her drop
her umbrella. Mion and Aira were at the corner nearby spying again. Rizumu didn't do anything until Hibiki looked her in the face.
"Hibiki? What are you talking about? I'm fine!"
"You can't be all right! For you not to talk to me in 3 days is painful you know?"
"But, I might be a burden on your work. I'm ok. I was just helping your work schedule."
"Even if you were, you were hurting me you know?" He rested his head on her shoulder.
"But I thought I was helping you… I was fine with being far away from you when you had to be on TV and do prism shows and when I didn't get to…" Right after
this line, a tear rolled down her eye. "Huh? It's just the rain…" She started tearing up and ran into Hibiki's arms and hugged him. "I was actually really lonely but I
didn't know what to do! What if Hibiki came to hate me for telling him such a small thing when he's busy? I don't know what I would do if you hated me! So I tried
but I can't do it anymore! You seemed so far away! What if I will never see you again?" She buried her face in his arms as Aira was thinking of her own situation as
it did sound very similar. Hibiki looked down and inside his head he thought,
"Thank goodness this girl is actually more honest than she thinks." He hugged Rizumu tightly in the rain.
"You really should be more honest with me, Rizumu." She looked up with her crying face.
"But…" He patted her head.
"Silly Rizumu, I wouldn't hate for telling me the truth! I'd be happy! That would mean I am reliable enough to take care of your troubles." She started crying again
as she managed to say,
"Hibiki is reliable! He is the best boyfriend for Rizumu in the entire universe!" And when this happened, Aira and Mion fell down, hearing something so weird coming
from Rizumu. As they were trying to get up they saw Hibiki's smile in the rain as he bent down and Rizumu leaned upwards to kiss. After confirming that the couple
is perfectly fine, the girls ran off. This starts Aira and Shou's story, which happened the next day.
