"Whoa so you guys didn't have a tutoring session yesterday?" Kouji asked over food the next day.

"Obviously not," Yui cut in, shooting a look at Tasuki, "as if it was even possible."

Tasuki chose to ignore her as he just chomped on his tempura set blissfully. The ebi was REAAALLY nice!

"Ok… But wouldn't you two get into trouble, then?" Nuriko wondered.

Yui just shrugged her shoulder as she too, adopted an air of aloofness and just concentrated on stirring her miso soup. She didn't want to dwell on the matter any longer.

Throughout the entire lunch break, everyone was chattering happily and only Tasuki and Yui remained quiet, busying themselves with their food. And it was a little strange, considering that Tasuki was usually one of the noise contributors at the table.

Across the table, Miaka felt a nudge on her right side. Turning slightly, she gave a questioning look to Nuriko, who in turn gestured discreetly at Kouji who was grinning.

"Kouji came up with an interesting theory," Nuriko informed.

"I think… I think that Tasuki has some sort of thing for Yui!" Kouji whispered, trying not to appear too obvious.

At that, Miaka choked on her green tea and started laughing. cough cough "HAHAHA! Sorry, but I thought you said that Tasuki might be interested in Yui!" Luckily, the others at the table were too involved in their own conversations so no one heard Miaka's relatively loud outburst.

"That's what I said!"

Miaka gaped. "But you can't be serious! Why would he…? How do you know?"

"That's exactly how I reacted a moment ago." Nuriko piped in.

"But it's true! I realized that these past few days, he has been spacing out quite a bit, and just caught him staring at Yui in class yesterday and earlier today! And look, the whole break he has been unnaturally quiet. And guess who he's looking at again?" Kouji spoke convincingly.

Miaka looked up. Sure enough, Tasuki was looking at Yui. Yes, it was a brief glance, but it was definitely there. But did this even mean that he liked Yui? "So what?" Miaka asked finally. "I mean, it's definite that Yui should be with Kazuhiko. He's so nice to her!"

"But Tasuki's our friend!" Kouji disagreed. "Look at it this way—you want Yui to get over her past with Tetsuya. If she gets together with Kazuhiko, then she might get over it. Or she could get together with Tasuki, and not only will she move on, WE will be rid of Tasuki and Yui's constant bicker sessions. That's two times the good done. Doesn't it make sense to root for a Tasuki and Yui pairing instead?"

"You think that would work?" Nuriko asked doubtfully. "I mean, the both of them have hated each other since like the day they met! I'm actually quite uncertain about this whole theory of Tasuki liking Yui. I mean, if he liked her, wouldn't it have been somewhat obvious? "

"Maybe he has been quarreling with her too much that he doesn't know how to stop and make peace. You know, I bet he's not even more convinced about these feelings anymore than you guys are," Kouji reasoned thoughtfully.

Miaka was quiet for a moment. "Well, it does make some sense…" Then after awhile, as if considering the idea, she suddenly burst into a wide grin. "I like! I mean… No more quarrels, forever sparing our ears? Oh yes! Hahahaha! Besides, it'll do both of them some good. I'm all in for the idea! So what do you say we play matchmakers?"

Nuriko laughed. "Alright! So what shall we do?"

"Oh, I've got just the plan! Listen…" And with that, Miaka divulged her master plan to both Nuriko and Kouji.

"So it's…" Kouji began.

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author's note: hey ppl, thankz 4 da reviews!
'lady yui' thankz 4 ya suggestions! You'll definitely see more of the other chars yar.. and some bloomin l-o-v-e soon! Ahhaz hmm.. as 4 ya suggestion of havin a love triangle, I'll consider it.. well, we'll see how the story goes? Lolx

Every1, keep reading! hugs!