After choosing her duty over the blonde, Mei doesn't expect to see her ever again. Ten years later, the Aihara name suddenly crashes forcing them into debt, and her to divorce and move back home. She finally gets to see those emeralds once more, but has she already moved on? [AU, probably OOC, contains OC's]

Akiko Oshima [OC] is a student in her second year at Kaiyō Academy in Kyoto, but has recently transferred to Tokyo in order to take part in a student exchange project with the Aihara Academy. In a single month, she has chosen to challenge herself to help their infamous blonde student with her studies and, reluctantly, her love life - all whilst trying to have fun. [AU]