She was only two minutes late for class. She was still feeling unsettled even though she was trying her very best not to let it bother her. But her efforts felt fruitless right now. She walked into class and hung her head to avoid attention from the class. She got to her seat and tried very hard, maybe a bit too hard to listen to today's lecture. She made sure to keep her thoughts on this boring lecture rather than Ayane, the girl she knew virtually nothing about. But in the second half of the class, Ayane and her sheer simple beauty were remembered and Sensaina sighed softly, feeling as if avoiding the thought of Hideki's potential girlfriend was inevitable. After first period, Jonetsu stood from her seat to 'interrogate' her.

"Alright, what happened," She said calmly. Sensaina felt nervous, as telling Jonetsu about this was the last thing she wanted to do. She gave Jonetsu a skeptic look, even if she was good with these kind of things, she was still worried that Jonetsu would chastisize her for letting this issue her bother her so much.

"Well...you see it's um...it's like...I think..." Sensaina trailed off, with Jonetsu's patience wearing thin," I think Hideki has a crush on someone else, or maybe a girlfriend."

"A what?!" Jonetsu shouted.

"I think he has a girlfriend," Sensaina repeated in slight agitation, those words leaving a bad taste in her mouth. Jonetsu did nothing but raise her eyebrows.

"A girlfriend that's it?" Jonetsu asked skeptically.

"What do you mean that's it?" Sensaina repeated in frustration.

"Well, I thought, knowing you, you wouldn't let something like a girlfriend get the best of you!"

"Well clearly you don't know me at all! Because I'm letting it get the best of me.." Sensaina stated as she idly looked out the window,"She's average, but like the pretty kind of average you know? A simplistic kind of pretty. Her and Hideki...I'll admit they look good together, but...I don't really like the thought of them together."

Jonetsu gnashed her teeth together as Sensaina continued to vacantly look out the window. Jonetsu's side of frustration eventually gave up on her and she attempted to sympathize.

"Ok, so I guess this dilemma is worse than it seems. But it's not the worst thing that's ever happened," Jonetsu said softly.

"Re-really?" Sensaina asked warily as she awkwardly looked at Jonetsu.

"Yep. This is just one small hurdle in the course of life." Sensaina eyes were dazzling with the encouragement that Jonetsu was giving.

"Am I really pulling this off?" Jonetsu thought. Sensaina flung her arm around her friend's waist.

"Thank you so much Jonetsu!" Sensaina exclaimed as embraced her friend. Jonetsu awkwardly attempted to push off Sensaina.

"Plus, you don't even know if Hideki really likes this girl, let alone going out with her," Jonetsu cheerfully reminded her," So how about we try spying on him tomorrow and see if we can figure out whether or not he is dating dating this chick."

"Um, alright," Sensaina responded bashfully, the thought of spying seemed a bit much but the thought of finding out just who Ayane was to Hideki was enticing.

"Yahoo! This'll be fun, trust me. We'll even bring Haruko!" Jonetsu interjected.

Sensaina narrowed her eyes in disbelief," I thought you hated Haruko." Jonetsu sheepishly chuckled off Sensaina's comment.

Later at Sensaina's house, Jonetsu was brainstorming of exactly which spots they should scope out tomorrow for Sensaina's sake while Haruko was in awe with the amount of stuffed animals Sensaina harbored. Jonetsu impatiently tapped the red sparkly pen against her notebook, waiting for ideas to pop into her head.

"There's just so many," Haruko exhaled as she attempted to hug each and every one of Sensaina's stuffed animals. Sensaina seemed a little agitated as Haruko hugged the stuffed toys.

"Yeah, you might not want to do that, she's a little compulsive with her dolls." Jonetsu advised.

Sensaina stared into space as she clutched one of her pillows. Hideki just seemed so..happy around flawless Ayane. Her smile was like syrup and her eyes were like spheres of copper. Now how could Sensaina beat someone like that?

"I guess," Sensaina began. Haruko and Jonetsu turned their heads to her as she spoke,"...Our best bet is to go to the exact same spot we were this morning when we saw them and hope they show up there again."

"That seems like all you can do right now," Haruko agreed. Toki nodded as Haruko spoke of her opinion.

"You're not wrong," Jonetsu stated," So I guess We'll see you tomorrow!"

"Later," Sensaina said as the girls left her house. Sensaina felt a bit distressed as she held her knees on her bed. The outside according to her window was damp and dreary. It reminded her a bit of her insides. She dug her nails into her knees as she thought of Ayane. She barely knew her and yet she bothered Sensaina a lot. Maybe it was because Sensaina knew so little about Ayane that she disliked her as much as she did. She eventually collapsed onto the bed and hung one arm onto the bed's side.

"Doki?" She called out quietly. Doki was elsewhere, particularly in Sensaina's closet with the girl's dreamkeeper. She held a dreamstone with a cellphone on it and inserted the dreamstone into the dreamkeeper.

"Queen Titania-kore. Specialize," Doki instructed. A screen appeared onto the dreamkeeper and Titania appeared on the screen.

"Oh Doki! How's your mission going?" Titania asked cheerfully even though she couldn't help but sound naive.

"We have all the Pretty Cure together-kore," Doki responded.

"Good, now...when are they going to save the Heart of Dreams?" Titania questioned.

Doki took a step back in surprise," I don't think they're ready-kore. However they've collected a lot of dreamstones and we know what we're up against. They are an evil force called Malevolent."

"Malevolent.." Titania repeated," Well, call me again when you've got more info!"

"But wait-!"

"Toodles!"

Doki groaned at the Queen's despondent disposition, "Well they do call her the 'Nonchalant Queen' for a reason-kore.''

The next day, Sensaina pretended that she gained newfound confidence as she appeared before her fellow cures. Their plan was in truth really ridiculous now that she thought about it, it would've been way easier to just ask him about Ayane casually. Perhaps there was still a chance that they could just switch plans?

"Morning," She greeted as she approached the two of them," Hey guys, today after class I was thinking..."

Haruko and Jonetsu waited expectantly for Sensaina to finish her sentence, but she seemed to have froze up. All of a sudden, telling the girls that she wanted to switch plans didn't seem as easy as she thought. She was likely jsut overthinking things again but too nervous to tell them what she really wanted to do, Sensaina just said,

"...I um, sometimes see Hideki hang out near that vending machine on the left side of the school after class, so he might be there this afternoon!"

"Ok, so then we'll scope out that spot after class!" Jonetsu exclaimed as she and Sensaina walked to their class, separating themselves from Haruko and Toki. For most of the day, Sensaina was silently cursing herself for weaseling out of telling the girls her new plan and she wondered why she did that. It couldn't have just been because she was too scared to switch plans last minute and have the girls berate her. Maybe she actually did want to spy on Hideki, as strange as they may have sounded. To get to see Hideki in a natural setting, to see what he was like when she wasn't around, that could've been interesting. Despite being so...infatuated with him, she didn't really know that much about Hideki. And talking to him, getting to know him, it felt out of reach all of a sudden. Perhaps it would've been best to go with this dumb plan after all. At the end of the day she changed her mind again.

"I let myself overthink again," Sensaina groaned, cringing at how much she thought of Ayane and the plan today.

"That spot looks ok to spy." Jonetsu declared as she pointed to a bush a few feet away from the vending machine, but Sensaina seemed skeptic," What do you think, Haruko?"

"Chocolate chip cookies," Haruko breathed in. Toki acted a bit more headstrong and ran towards the aroma of cookies.

"T-toki!" Sensaina shouted as the three ran after the blue fairy.

"Cookies-desu.." Toki exhaled. As the girls ran for Toki, they zoomed past Hideki and Ayane who were walking towards the vending machine.

"Hi Sensaina," Hideki greeted.

"Hi Hideki! Hi Ayane!" Sensaina said quickly as they ran past the two of them, dropping her pencil case from her bag. She didn't notice though, too busy chasing down Toki to pay any attention to the dropped item.

"Ah, she dropped this." Hideki observed as he picked up Sensaina's pencil case," This might be cutting into our time a bit, but can we give this back to her?

"Of course," Ayane beamed as she and Hideki sprinted in the direction where Sensaina and the girls ran to.

Jonetsu halted herself as Sensaina stood at the cooking room.

"She went into here!" Sensaina shouted as she went in.

"There she is!" Haruko shouted as she attempted to grab Toki. The blue fairy was standing on a cutting board with a batch of freshly baked cookies laying on the edge of the table. Haruko lunged to grab her but Toki impulsively jumped out of the way, causing Haruko to land down to the badly placed cutting board that forced all the cookies to fall.

"Darn it Toki!" Haruko yelled.

"What happened?" Jonetsu asked as she, Ayane and Hideki appeared into the room.

"Your mine now!" Haruko shouted as she jumped towards Toki. Toki winked at her and in her small hands was a bowl of cookie batter. Haruko fell face first into the batter and recklessly tore down a tablecloth.

"This place is a mess!" Jonetsu shouted, cringing at the sight before her.

"You kids!" A tonedeaf, infuriated voice screamed. Hideki and Ayane already knew who that voice belonged to.

"Hell sent Haruki," He said between his clenched teeth.

"Run guys!" Sensaina yelped. And once again they all linked hands to escape the cooking room.

"Why are we getting dragged along?!" Hideki shouted.

"You get back here!" Haruki roared," Or things will get lethal.." In Ms. Haruki's hands were many different baking utensils.

"Take this!" She shouted as she threw a whisk to Ayane. The poor girl couldn't dodge quick enough and fell to her knees as the whisk collided with her back. Hideki stopped in his tracks.

"Ayane!" He cried.

"Go on without me!" Ayane yelped.

"I have a special utensil just for you Hideki..." She cackled darkly and held highly in her hand a pastry cutting wheel.

"Damn it!" He shouted as he ran for his life. He ran into the other side of the cooking room.

"Take her not me!" Jonetsu cried as she held Haruko as if she was a human shield.

"Jonetsumaru, let go!" Haruko moaned while Sensaina hid under a table.

"Now that I've got you all where I want you.." Haruki began ominously, "Your all cleaning this mess up!"

Haruko and Jonetsu were picking the dirtied utensils that fell to the floor when Haruko ripped down the tablecloth, while Sensaina and Hideki cleaned up the spilt batter as Ayane made a new batch of cookies. Ayane didn't seem to mind baking and was even humming away peacefully as she stirred the batter around the bowl.

"She can even hum better than me," Sensaina thought. She glanced towards Hideki. He was still cute even when he was cleaning batter off the floor. At some point he realized Sensaina was staring and looked up, but as he looked up Sensaina looked away in embarrassment and frustration. He began to clean the batter off the ground again and Sensaina attempted to stare him down again. Hideki was feeling awkward as he knew Sensaina was staring at him. Eventually after he and Sensaina cleaned away the batter, he finally spoke up.

"Sensaina, is there something wrong?" He asked. She turned beet red at the question, though she really should've have seen it coming.

"Well uh, honestly it's not that important..." Sensaina said dismissively knowing that she just let her moment of chance slip by. She looked at Hideki again, almost getting lost in those green eyes again as she said with determination,"Do you really want to know?"

"Yes?"

"Well..." Sensaina began stiffly, unsure of how to properly ask this question without sounding weird," Are you and Ayane a...you know...a..."

Sensaina looked towards Ayane's direction to help him catch on.

"You think Ayane's my girlfriend?" Hideki asked in bewilderement as he tilted his head.

"Maybe? I mean, well...I thought she was." Sensaina confessed," She seems very nice and it seems like you two like each other."

"Me and Ayane? We aren't like that. We've known each other for years and if anything, she probably thinks I'm not good enough for her since she's always stuck tutoring me. I don't really care though, I'm not interested in her." He leaned in towards her,"Sensaina, she's just my friend."

"Just a friend?"

"Just a friend."

"Oh.." Her cheeks were turning red with humiliation. Why did she have to jump to conclusions?

"Actually, you two remind me of each other," Hideki confessed. Suddenly Sensaina felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Sensaina," Ayane called softly," Would you like to help me break some eggs?"

"Um sure," Sensaina replied as she walked towards the counter. As she helped break eggs a loud 'thud' from the other room was heard. They all rushed to the other room to see what had happened. They found lying unconsciously on the ground.

"Ms. Haruki!" Ayane shrieked as she attempted to wake her up.

"Who could've done such a thing?" Jonetsu asked.

"All by yours truly!" A familiar voice exclaimed. Into the room materialized Hydra as she hovered above them.

Sensaina clenched her fists while Hydra glowered her ruby red eyes onto her.

"Older girls taking away your good men?" Hydra snickered.

"Ayane, we're going to get help. Try and get out of here as fast as you can!" Sensaina advised as the three of them ran away.

"Pretty Cure, Dream on!" They all shouted as they indulged into their Cure forms.

"Singing the everlasting Melody, Cure Songstress!" Songstress announced.
"Joining two hearts together, Cure Matchmaker!" Matchmaker announced.

"Growing everything in a lifeless land, Cure Garden!" Garden announced.

"Guardians of dreams,side by side together we are.." They struck a pose," Dream High Pretty cure!"

They returned into the room and saw Hideki in the corner of the room, attempting to escape. They saw Hydra with a pastry cutter Malvoid.
"Chop 'em to bits!" Hydra cheered.

"Pretty Cure, Musical Clash!" Songstress shouted as she aimed to the Malvoid. Her aim was perfect, but all the Malvoid do was take a few steps back. But the distraction gave Hideki enough time to escape. The Malvoid ran towards Garden and reading its cutter. Garden took a huge leapt and motioned Matchmaker to attack.

"Pretty Cure, Budding Charge!" Garden shouted. She hit the Malvoid and it crashed into the counters.

"And I thought this Malvoid would be useful." Hydra scoffed," Why don't I give some effort?" She snapped her fingers and room became shallowly flooded with water coming up to their knees.

"Not good!" Matchmaker cried as she felt water slip into her boots. The water was gradually rising. Songstress stood on the top of the fridge.

"Ready to dive?" Hydra said from behind her as she pushed Songstress down. Songstress closed her eyes and instantly came up with an idea.

"Pretty Cure, Bubble Cover!" Songstress screamed. She was put into a violet bubble that sunk down to the bottom of the flood. The flood water seemed to have rise up to the fridge already. Songstress attempted to reach the surface whilst in the bubble. Meanwhile Garden balanced herself on the very thick case molding of the top of the cooking room's door with Toki beside her.

"Garden-desu," Toki pointed to the doorknob.

"Are you sure?' Garden asked. Toki nodded and Garden did as told. She dove down to the submerged doorknob and opened the door all the way. The water drained from the room and into the halls of the school. Matchmaker and Garden were soaked but with the bubble's protection, Songstress managed to stay dry.

"Pretty Cure, Rhapsody Halo!" Matchmaker shouted at the Malvoid. She jammed the Malvoid's cutting wheel and the Malvoid eventually gave up.

"Are you kidding me?!" Hydra screamed.

"I'll take it from here," Songstress declared.

"Pretty Cure, Lyrical Resonance!" Songstress shouted as a G-clef appeared towards her. She hit and the Malvoid was surrounded with loads of little G-clefs.

"Awake!" She shouted as the Malvoid was purified.

"Today I'll let you win," Hydra said as she disappeared. The dreamstone duplicated and left for Ms. Haruki.

After that, Sensaina felt compelled to say at least something to Ayane.

"Ayane?" Sensaina began. Ayane crouched down to look Sensaina in the eyes.

"Yes?"

"I hope we can become good friends!" Sensaina exclaimed cheerfully. Ayane put on a smile and gave a nod.

"But even then I still won't let you have Hideki!" Sensaina thought deviously.