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Johan gently took Judai's hands into his. "Judai, I have something to tell you."

Judai felt heat rise to her cheeks. "What is it?"

"Ever since I first say you, I—"

"GUYS!"

Johan released Judai's hands right before Fubuki crashed into him, knocking them both to the ground, the brunette landing on top of the bluenette.

"Ow! Fubuki! Get off!" Johan exclaimed.

Judai giggled. "Are you two ok?" Johan's earlier words were long forgotten.

Fubuki jumped off of Johan and helped him up.

'I guess now's not the time,' Johan thought, dusting himself off. "What's got you so excited?"

"I just found out who Asuka's crush is!" Fubuki replied eagerly.

'Ooh, Asuka's not going to be too happy about this,' Judai thought, looking at Fubuki curiously. "Really?"

Fubuki nodded then whispered loudly, "It's Ryo!" He stopped. "You know, I wonder why she never told me that…"

"I think I know why," Johan murmured.

"What was that?"

"Nothing." Johan grinned. "How'd you find out?"

Fubuki shrugged. "It's me, I was bound to find out."

"So um, what are you planning to do about that?" Judai asked.

Fubuki thought for a moment, stroking his chin in a pensive manner. Judai held back a laugh, Fubuki looked so evil in that pose. He snapped his fingers and grinned. "I got it!" He looked at Johan who raised a brow and at Judai who still looked curious. "I'm gonna need you two."

'Oh boy,' Judai and Johan thought.

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"Why are we here?" Asuka nearly demanded as she, her brother, Ryo, Johan and Judai all walked into a fancy restaurant. "How can you afford this?"

"Come on sis! You don't give me enough credit! I have a job!"

"Why are we here?" Asuka repeated, her anger showing.

Since Ryo was here, it could only mean that Fubuki found out and was planning on getting them together. And while she did want to get with Ryo, the last thing she wanted was Fubuki's help.

Fubuki grinned. "We're here because I thought it'd be fun for all of us to hang out!"

"So you chose an expensive restaurant?" Ryo asked, staring at his best friend as if to say seriously? "Yeah!"

Johan looked at Judai. "How'd we get dragged into this again?"

"It's Fubuki." And that explains everything.

"Right."

"Come on! Dinner awaits us!"

And Fubuki shoved them all through the door.

They ended up going to a more private part of the restaurant, all five sitting in one booth, Ryo and Asuka across from each other.

"You know, I think this got a little crowded, come on you two!" Fubuki took Johan and Judai's hands and pulled them to a table next to them, leaving Ryo and Asuka alone.

Fubuki sat next to Judai who sat in front of Johan.

Ryo and Asuka stared at them. They kind of felt sorry for Judai and Johan for having to be with Fubuki. They looked at each other.

Asuka pinched the bridge of her nose. "I'm sorry my brother's such a moron."

Ryo shook his head. "Well, it is your brother we're talking about."

"True."

"I can still hear you, you know." Fubuki called to them.

"Good." Asuka replied. She placed her chin on her palm and sighed. "I don't know what he's planning."

Ryo shrugged and opened up the menu in front of him. "Might as well take advantage of this, don't you think? Whatever mess he's getting us into, at least we'll take a big chunk out of his wallet."

Asuka laughed. "Let's order the most expensive things."

They did.

"Aw man, I'm gonna go broke here!" Fubuki whined when he saw what the two ordered. "Oh well! It's for a good cause!" He turned to look at the brunette next to him. "What are you going to order?"

Judai scanned the menu. "Um, I don't know, I kind of just wanted to order a dessert since I ate when I was at home."

"Then go for it!" Fubuki said happily. "What about you Johan?"

Johan looked at him over the menu. "Hm? Oh, I don't know." 'You sat next to Judai! I wanted to sit next to her! I'll help Ryo and Asuka make you go broke!'

Fubuki felt a shiver run up his spine but figured it was just because of the cold. And that made no sense because they were indoors in a well heated restaurant, but Fubuki being Fubuki, chose to ignore that. Ignorance is bliss after all.

"So um," Asuka began, wanting to make a conversation with Ryo. "Why did you agree to come to this?" The setting and what happened made everything seem like it was straight out of a cheap dating game show.

Ryo took a sip of his coke. "I hardly call being blackmailed into this agreeing."

"He blackmailed you again?" Asuka sounded surprised. "How much does he have on you?"

"Enough stuff that he's gotten from being best friends with me since elementary school."

Asuka drank some of her mountain dew. "Oh come on, whatever it is Fubuki has can't be that bad."

Ryo looked at her with a small smirk. "You have no idea."

They continued eating some of their food.

"If you want," Asuka lowered her voice, "I could tell you some things you might not have known about Fubuki to use against him."

Ryo looked interested. "Oh? Do tell, I'm all ears."

Fubuki tried to lean over without making it look too obvious and without falling over. "Man! They lowered their voices! Now I can't tell what's going on!"

Johan drank some of his orange soda. "Maybe they don't want you to listen to what they're saying. Could be private."

"That word is unknown to me! Whatever happens between my best friend and my sister is completely open!"

"Is that so?" Ryo and Asuka asked, staring at the senior with bored looks on their faces.

"Ehm, you heard that?"

Asuka rolled her eyes. "Moron."

The two went back to talking and eating.

"Aw, now I won't get to know anything!" He sighed dejectedly and went back to his food.

"Now I know what Fubuki wanted to accomplish from all this," Ryo spoke, finishing up his meal.

Asuka nodded. "Yeah, I think I do too."

They stared at each other.

"Asuka," Ryo began, "I've known you as long as I've known Fubuki, and over the years, I've fallen in love with you."

Asuka blushed heavily, finally knowing what Judai felt like every time she had one of those moments with Johan.

"Would you be my girlfriend?"

"Yes."

Asuka moved from her seat to get closer to Ryo until she was at his side. They leaned in and were about to kiss when the waiter came with the bill. Ryo smirked and told the waiter that Fubuki would be taking care of it.

The waiter gave Fubuki the bill and when the waiter covered Fubuki's view of the two lovebirds, they kissed.

"Come on, I'll take you home." Ryo said, taking Asuka's hand into his.

She nodded with a slight blush. They got out of the booth and waved goodbye to the other three.

Judai smiled when she saw them holding hands, as did Johan.

Fubuki was left staring at the bill. "Man! Did they have to order the most expensive things on the menu??" He looked over at Judai who went back to eating her chocolate cake. "Oh Judai, you have some chocolate frosting on your cheek." He leaned in close to her and was about to lick off the frosting when suddenly he had a bowl of ice cream slammed into his face.

"Come on Judai, let's go home." Johan took Judai's hand and helped her out of her seat, ignoring Fubuki who was crying about how cold the ice cream was on his face.

"Why ice cream?! Why not a cupcake??"

Johan got a cupcake from a nearby waiter and threw it at Fubuki too.

"That's for getting that close to Judai."

Fubuki got the bill for their food then. "Aw man! Johan!"

Judai giggled at first, then it became a full on laugh.

Johan smiled at her. She may not know why Johan did that, but at least it made her smile.

"I bet next time Fubuki'll think twice about bringing us all into another one of his little schemes." Johan said.

Judai nodded. "Yeah, but it was still fun."

"Yeah, it was." Johan agreed as the two made their way home. 'And now Ryo and Asuka are a couple, that means it'll soon be time for you and me…'


Monkey: Lol poor Fubuki xD

Cookee: He just doesn't get it easy in any of your stories. u.u

Monkey: Don't be so sure xP

Cookee: So does the last line in this chapter mean that this story is finally coming to and end?

Monkey: Yeap! Next chapter is the last chapter! I'll be updating that tomorrow so until then, happy holidays everyone! See you later!