The Friday morning was slow, as always. Even when the sunshine hit Hikari-chan, who was still asleep on top of Yaya-chan. Like every morning, Hikari-chan groggily woke up a little later, finding that she was still tired from the pain and pleasure she had last night. She sat up on the bed to come face to face with the empty FV bottle. "I wonder…" Hikari-chan whispered, and started walking towards the bathroom.
The morning was just as slow for Nagisa-chan and Tamao-chan. Nagisa-chan always woke up first now, leaving to take care of the flowers in the greenhouse that she was so proud of. Tamao-chan woke up almost an hour before school started, only to find that Nagisa-chan had left already. "Ugh," Tamao-chan sighed. She got dressed and started her student council president duties.
Quietly, Tsubomi-chan walked down the stairs of the Snow dorms and started walking towards her own dorm. She was only wearing a robe and slippers, because she had sneaked into Amane-sama's room again. She knew she had a lot of time off today, mostly due to it being a weekend. Then the thought of Amane-sama leaving for another race saddened her. It also made her think that this was a grey spring weekend, with nothing for her to look forward to.
Tamao-chan was in the middle of writing a poem when Yaya-chan entered her dorm room. "Have you seen Hikari-chan?" Yaya-chan asked. "I'm sorry, I haven't," Tamao-chan replied, "by the way, if you see Nagisa-chan, I need to ask her something." "Alright," Yaya-chan said, but when she was about to leave, she asked, "Tamao-chan, can we have a tea party tonight?" "I don't see why not, especially because our last one was weeks ago…" Tamao-chan replied, suddenly looking sad. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring up the incident," Yaya-chan started, but Tamao-chan interrupted, "It's alright, Yaya-chan." Yaya-chan slipped out the door, leaving Tamao-chan to remorse in her memories.
Now, more than ever, Tamao-chan was sad and confused. Why had she had to chosen as student council president? Why did she have to take care of the Etoile, and why on earth was she in love with so many people at once? There was a clanking noise, and air conditioning vents above her head stopped blowing air into the stifling room. "I'll have to fix that later," Tamao-chan said to herself. She wrote a little note onto a piece of paper to remind herself about the air vent problem, and started on her poem again.
Nagisa-chan was just finished with watering the last plant when she noticed a candy cane on the small table. The last candy cane from the Christmas Reunion, She thought, and pulled the plastic wrapping off. She remembered the Christmas Reunion as if it were only yesterday. She was chosen as the decorator for that year's Christmas Reunion. She had been lonely due to Shizumi-sama leaving. Tamao-chan had comforted her, and then Shizumi-sama appeared from nowhere, comforting her. With this memory in mind, Nagisa-chan stuck the candy cane into her mouth and started to walk to the lake, the first place she had met Shizumi-sama, and her first loving kiss.
Nagisa-chan had just come through the doors of the dorms when she remembered, it was a Friday. That meant that tomorrow, she could go see Shizumi-sama. Then she thought about how Tamao-chan would feel if she left her here. The candy cane in her mouth was almost all gone. Nagisa-chan could taste the minty freshness on her lips. Then she started up the stairs to her and Tamao-chan's dorm room.
Tamao-chan had the tea ready, Yaya-chan and Hikari-chan already brought the cookies, and Nagisa-chan still wasn't back yet. They were all wondering where Nagisa-chan was, when Nagisa-chan suddenly opened the door and came in. Surprised that so many people were in her dorm room, she asked, "Am-am I late for something?" "No, we were about to start a tea party," Yaya-chan said. "Alright, just let me take a shower," Nagisa-chan said, and quickly walked into the bathroom.
The warm water was refreshing after a day of hard work. Nagisa-chan couldn't feel any better. Well, the only thing that could make her feel at her best is… was… Shizumi-sama, but she isn't here now, Nagisa-chan thought. Nagisa-chan was deep in thought, so deep, she didn't notice Hikari-chan entering and grabbing one of Tamao-chan's several cozy robes.
"Eh, I forgot something," Hikari-chan suddenly said, and left without another word. "What do you think she forgot?" Tamao-chan asked, but Yaya-chan only shrugged. "Whatever it is, it must be very important if she left in the middle of one of our tea parties," Yaya-chan replied.
"So, how long do you think Nagisa-chan will take?" Yaya-chan asked Tamao-chan. "Hmm," Tamao-chan guessed, "well at least 20 minutes, but probably 30." "Wow, that's a long time, I think the tea party would be over by then," Yaya-chan replied. "The tea would definitely get cold, that's for sure," Tamao-chan said, and giggled.
Hikari-chan was wondering around in her room, but she just couldn't find it. She tried everywhere. From one side of the dorm room to the other, but she just couldn't find it. She looked under her bed, and in her dresser, but it wasn't there. Finally, she tried the bathroom, and found it: the picture of her and Amane-sama.
Nagisa-chan walked out of the bathroom to sadly find that Hikari-chan left. "Where did Hikari-chan go?" Nagisa-chan asked. "She said she was looking for something," Yaya-chan said. "Shouldn't you go help her?" Tamao-chan asked. "And leave you and Nagisa-chan here to…" Yaya-chan started, but her eyes fell on the empty bottle of FV that Tamao-chan failed to hide. "Eh? What's this?" Yaya-chan asked. There was an awkward silence that followed while Yaya-chan read the bottle. "Hmmm, so you bought one too?" Yaya-chan asked. Embarrassed, Tamao-chan nodded her head. "Do you know if it works?" Yaya-chan asked again. "Well, no-" Tamao-chan started, but Yaya-chan interrupted, "don't you know that there's only one way to know if it works?" Tamao-chan gasped, and Nagisa-chan looked surprised. "Um… I think I'll go help Hikari-chan find whatever… oh, and it was really good tea tonight…" Yaya-chan left.