I don't own Nakamura Shungiku's works...
"I need to pick something up here," says Ritsu as he and Shouta stop in front of it, "Do you want to come inside with me?"
Not wanting to see Kou, Shouta shook his head.
Few minutes later...
Shouta watches as the guy runs off after Kou tripped him backwards before turning to Kou. "Thanks..."
"Kisa-san," they turn to see Ritsu come out, "Sorry I took so long-" he sees Kou, "Oh, hello..." looking between the two, he begins walking off, "I'll leave you two alone."
"W-wait-"
"Kisa-san," says Kou, "The café I like going to isn't closed yet, do you want to go?"
Having no actual reason to refuse, Shouta goes along with it.
...
'So he's the man Sumiko-chan hopes Kisa-san ends up with.' thought Ritsu. 'He seems like a nice man.'
"Oy, don't do that..." Ritsu turns his head to see Hiroki and the tall dark haired man he's been seeing hanging around the apartment when he comes home from work.
"Kamijou-san?"
"A-ah..." Hiroki double takes in surprise, "O-onodera?!"
The dark haired man goes up to him with a smile. "Hi, I'm Kusama Nowaki."
"Ooh..." 'So they're together now?' he looks to Hiroki, "Does Sumiko-chan know?"
"Oh, she knows," they hear the woman herself say as she casually passes them holding groceries, Shizukesa following her with her own load.
Smiling, Nowaki scoops the small giggling child up into his arms along with her load.
"Hey, give me back my assistant," says Sumiko, who turns to them, "Today's sandwich night, meaning freebies to take to work tomorrow. Invite no more than two people, sandwich appreciation is required."
"Are you still...?" trails off Hiroki in uncertainty.
"What?" asks Ritsu, "Did something happen?"
"Well," Sumiko begins, "You remember Usami Haru-chan? I sort of accidently ranted to him about Akihiko falling in love with Misaki and he sort of... I guess, avenged me in a way."
"Huh?" Ritsu was at a loss.
Sighing, Sumiko explained further, "I don't know how he did it- he even convinced Shinobu to convince Misaki to be part of it- but he somehow got Akihiko knocked out and changed everything around his apartment to make him think it was moments before Akihiko confessed to him."
"W-wow..."
"That's not all- he managed to get him to think that everything was a dream from behind the scenes; he recorded everything and showed me- you should of seen Aki-chan, he was so confused and sad, I felt so bad..." she shakes her head in amused disbelief.
"Did you guys tell him afterwards that it was a prank?"
For a moment, Sumiko stares at him before taking out her phone in a panic and dialing Haruhiko.
"Hello?"
"Haru-chan, did you ever tell Aki-chan that it was all a trick?"
"...Was I supposed to?"
"A-ah..." She gives them a look of panic and shaking her head no.
At Akihiko's huge apartment...
'Was it really all a dream...?' Akihiko wonders again, watching Misaki still go on a wild goose chase for his green notebook. 'If that is so...' he stands up and walks up the stairs a little bit after the brunette does, 'I should be making it a reality now.' "Misaki."
"Maybe I should just look for it tomorrow," the brunette says, looking at the time on his cell, "I have to go."
"No," he looks up to see Akihiko loom over him with an intense gaze. "Stay."
"Y-you can come, Usami-san... It's-" he looks at the text he just receives and pales at the contents, "Oh no..."
"What?"
Sighing, Misaki shows him the date and time on his cell.
"...What?" Akihiko says in soft shock.
"I don't know why, but your brother did all of this to make sure you were serious or something- I'm not really sure. I," Misaki looks down in shame, "I was sort of curious too when Shinobu explained to me, I'm sorry."
"But..."
Misaki looks at him curiously, "But what?"
"Then everything I thought was a dream is real?"
Seeing the boy nod, Akihiko lit up before pinning his lover against the wall and kissing him.
"Wa-wait!"
"What is it...?" Akihiko whispers, ready to capture his lips again and hopefully go past that.
Pushing him away, Misaki goes downstairs. "We're having sandwiches tonight, and I'm not going to miss it," he turns to Akihiko. "Well, are you coming?"
"What?"
"I told you just minutes earlier you can come..." Misaki pauses a bit, "You've never been in there right?"
With Shinobu...
"Where is he?!" Shinobu says in frustration, "He didn't specify which café..."
'This one?' he thought, entering, and sure enough there was the baby-faced man-
and he was currently being kissed behind a sketchbook. Quickly, Shinobu takes a picture. 'Well, well...'
After seeing them sit back properly and Shouta looking like he wanted to run, Shinobu went to them. "Hey."
"Shinobu?!"
"It's time to come home for dinner," he begins tugging Shouta along and looking over at Kou, he whispers to Shouta. "Do you want to invite him?"
"N-no... I..."
'It's weird seeing him flustered since he actually likes this one...' Shinobu thought, nodding to Kou and taking off, but not before saying, "Thank you for taking care of Shouta Nii-san."
"Who are you calling 'Nii-chan'?!" Shouta furiously whispers back in embarrassment.
Sandwich time...
"Can you make a sandwich with doriyaki?" whispers Shizukesa to Shouta, seeing that her Papa was occupied by her baby sister and boyfriend.
"Hmm..." Shouta thinks for a moment before grinning and going off to his apartment with Shizukesa following.
"Where are they going...?" wonders An out loud, looking to Ritsu, who looks her questionably before getting distracted by Masamune pushing a sandwich into his mouth for amusement.
"Wait..." Sumiko looks at Kazuto, a small part of his dark hair tied back, "Where's the bacon?"
"..." They watch as she drops her sandwich, "Crraapp..." She runs out of the room with her apron still on, "I'll be back!"
"Wow, Shinobu," Misaki looks at his meat, "You actually cooked it well."
"I did?" Shinobu looks at it, "I did..."
"Where is the egg?" Akihiko pokes Misaki for his attention.
"An egg...?" questions Kazuto upon hearing him, "You mean like a breakfast sandwich?"
"Breakfast sandwich...?" Chiaki says, looking at them from across the room like they voiced something universally great. "During dinner?"
...
"Hehe..." quietly, Shouta and Shizukesa walk back with small packages of doriyaki.
"What are you two doing?" They cringe before turning to look at Takafumi, who just came home and is about to go in.
"Shh..." Shizukesa whispers, before running to their part of the table like a ninja, Shouta following and leaving Takafumi to stare a bit before shaking his head and going in himself.
...
"I have it!" cheers Sumiko as she comes in and hands it over to Kazuto.
"Yes, bacon!" cheers Kazuto.
Giggling, An adds butter onto the pan and turns up the heat.
Noticing Hiroki looking over at something quietly with a frown saying 'I don't think that's funny', Nowaki follows his line of sight to see Shouta and Shizukesa putting doriyaki into sandwiches in different ways with smiles on their faces.
"I am seriously going to put them in therapy," says Hiroki, before sighing.
"Nah," says Shinobu, spreading butter on his bread before toasting it, "We just love pissing you off while making her happy."
"Yeah," adds Sumiko absentmindedly while she cuts tomatoes, "Last week, we were the ones who kept asking you if your refrigerator was running."
"I'm the one who gave your wallet to that monkey when we went to the zoo that one time," confesses Shinobu, watching cheese melt on his bread.
"I left her alone with Aikawa when you dropped her off two weeks ago," says Akihiko, watching Misaki cook a egg. "And gave her that copy of Junai Egoist-"
"YOU WHAT?!" roared Misaki and Hiroki in rage, before-
"I lost her at Kuma Park for four hours before I found her performing with the bears on stage and everyone called her Holly!" shouts Chiaki on a guilt trip with all the confessions.
"You what...?" says Misaki and Hiroki in disbelief.
"Holly?" She whispers. They turn to see her perk her head up before walking to the less crowded space of the room and bowing, lifting the edges of her dress before grabbing the closest person to her, which was Takafumi.
They watch as she twirls before holding onto his hands and sings.
"Mr. Bear, Mrs. Bear, Little Bear~ Everyday is a fun day..."
She twirls holding his hand up in the air.
"On Monday I see Mr. Bear sipping his tea, on Tuesday I see Mr. Bear dancing with his cane, on Wednesday Mrs. Bear gives me a cookie, everyday is a happy day~"
She grabs both of Takafumi hands and she gets him to spin in a little dance.
"On Thursday I play with Little Bear on the swings, on Friday we dance under the moon~ On Saturday I go home, and sleep with a lullaby, on Sunday I sing as I head home from picking flowers~
Until again, I go play with my Bear Family~
Everyday is a special day~
As she bows, Chiaki and Kazuto clap as while everyone else is silent and blinking, apart from Shouta and Masamune recording the performance for blackmail, Sumiko recording for Hiroki, and Shinobu taking pictures.
Akihiko turns to Hiroki in awe. "She's really-"
"SHUT IT."
Some days later...
"Yokozawa-san~!"
"What is it, Henmi?" growled Takafumi, not in the mood to hear such cheerfulness in the morning.
Henmi brought out his cell phone, "Takano-san and Kisa-san sent everyone this saying you were going to perform next week in Kuma Pa-" Furiously, Takafumi grabs the cell and throws it to the ground. "Aahhhh! My cell phone!"
As Henmi goes to pick up the remains of his phone, Takafumi prepares to apologize, jumping as someone brushes past him and whispers into his ear.
"Why don't you invite me next time instead of leaving Hiyo and I alone for all the fun?" he turns to see Zen walking straight ahead into the elevator.
'Like hell I will!' he glares, while Henmi looks at him curiously. "Are you okay, Yokozawa-san? You're all red."
I was wondering when to introduce Trifecta... I'm worried though, cause I can't really get Kirishima's character right...
I made the song up, but on that count that it actually exists, I don't own it. Maybe.