Emi felt frustrated. Her brother was hiding something from her and their mom and before they could get anything out of him, he ran away.

"Geez, what's him?!" she shouted, not minding that everyone else on the street were staring at her.

She was making her way to Card Capital to hopefully catch keep brother. When she opened the door to the shop, she was instead met with a sobbing Morikawa on the floor.

"Ah, hello Emi!" Shin welcomed her, "how are you doing?"

"I'm fine, thanks. What's going on here?" she said as she pointed to Morikawa.

"Oh that. That's just Morikawa…"

"Being Morikawa?"

"Well, yeah."

Emi looked around for any sign of her brother, but disappointingly, she didn't see him. But one thing stuck out to her.

"Wait, where's Misaki?" Emi asked Shin.

"Oh well, she just up and left saying that 'she had something to do.' I don't know where she is right now."

Emi couldn't understand what was happening. First Aichi is hiding something from her, and now Misaki is avoiding everyone (more than usual). They have to be connected somehow!

"Hey, are you guys talking about Misaki?" Emi and Shin turned to see Miwa walking their way as he carefully steps over the grief stricken Morikawa.

"Oh hey Miwa. Yeah, we were just talking about," Emi said.

"I swear that girl making everyone worry for her," Miwa sighed, "I wonder where she could have gotten to."

Emi sighed. "My brother's acting weird too. He ran out of the house this morning when mom and I tried to interrograt- I mean, ask him what's going on."

"Him too huh? Heh, wouldn't it be funny if they were actually going on a date right now."

"Yeah that'd be hilarious."

"..."

"..."

There was an awkward silence before Emi spoke up.

"You don't think…"

"Nah, it couldn't be."

"But they started acting this way at the same time."

"...You have a point." Miwa was in deep thought, thinking of the two till he began furiously rubbing his hands on his head. "Ugh, it hurts my head just thinking about it."

Emi agreed. Thinking about what's happening between the two is giving her a headache. One thing's for sure, Aichi is not going to escape the next time she sees him.

"I swear, once I get my hands on him, I'll make him spill every single detail of what's going on!"

Meanwhile in Kourin's limousine, a shiver ran up Aichi spine.

"Hm, what's ran Aichi?" Kourin asks in concern.

"Oh it's nothing," he shuddered, "it felt like something crawled up my spine."

"Really? Are you sure you didn't accidentally turn the back massager on?" she tilted her head.

"No, I think it was- wait back massager?"

"Yeah, Takuto had it installed when he ordered the car. It's the button on your left."

Aichi quickly found the button and hesitate to press. He decided anyways to press it and he flinched at the sudden vibrations, but quickly succumb to it.

"Aaaaaahh, this actually feels pretty nice."

Misaki uncomfortably cleared her throat. "So Kourin, you said this was a date?"

"Correct," she nodded

"Eh? So why didn't you tell us that first!?"

"Hmm," she put her finger up to her chin in thought, "I forgot to."

"Of course she forgot," Aichi and Misaki sighed in unison.

"Hey! Someone had to make us talk! Think of how awkward it would be when we get back to school, I know neither of the two of you would have done it."

Damn, she had a point.

"Seriously, I just want us to get along. I don't want anyone to get hurt in this," Kourin continues.

What she said resonated with Aichi. He doesn't want either of them hurt, they're both precious to him.

"So you thought of something," Aichi asks.

"Yes, but that will have to wait, we're here." The car quickly stopped and they slowly got out (Aichi already missing the back massager.) As they exited, Aichi and Misaki found themselves in the back alleys of a building. Confused as to why they were here, they turn to Kourin.

"Why are we in a back alley?" Misaki questions her. The door of the building was opened by a well-dressed man and bows to them.

"So we don't get seen, the paparazzi are really annoying group of people. This restaurant likes to give their customers their privacy," she said as she goes through the door. Aichi and Misaki looked at each other in uncertainty, but followed suit after her.

The waiter was guiding them down the fancy looking hallway of the building as the scent of food was getting stronger. The waiter stopped and opened the door for them.

"We will be with you shortly to take your order," he bowed. The group entered and Aichi's and Misaki's jaw dropped when they saw the room.

"Wow, this room is huge," they exclaimed. The large room was red detailed with gold design and one side of the wall completely made of glass showing the rest of the restaurant and customers. In the center of the room was the room was a round white cloth table with candles, eating utensils, and flower decor.

Aichi worriedly point at the glass windows. "Um, wouldn't they be able to look at us together like this? What if they start spreading rumors?"

Kourin laughs at his naivety. "I wouldn't have reserved this room if anyone could see us. It's one of those one way windows so we could still have our privacy."

"O-oh."

"This wouldn't be one of the top five restaurant in the country, would it?" Misaki questions her.

"Yes it is, I come here regularly when I have the time."

'This must be extremely expensive,' Aichi and Misaki both thought.

Kourin sits down and opens up her menu. "Come and sit down, let's order something."

The two did so and opened their menu, but their eyes popped out when the saw the prices.

'Extremely, extremely expensive.'

"This is just for one thing? I wouldn't have to worry about lunch money for a month!" he murmured.

Misaki looked in awe looking through the pages. "With this type of money, we could finally replace that crappy air conditioner at the card shop…"

There was a knock on the door and a female voice appeared. "Ms. Tatsunagi, I'm here to take your order."

"Please come in." The woman came into the door.

She was wearing a Victorian maid outfit. She bowed and took out her notepad. "Good evening miss, I've came to take your order."

"Hmm, I think my regular order is just fine," she decided.

The waitress wrote the order on her notepad. "Okay, what will you two have?" she directed at the rest of the trio.

The two had no idea what to order, a lot on the menu were extremely expensive and they couldn't in their right mind want to take advantage.

"I'm not really sure want to order honestly," Misaki replied.

Aichi agreed and nervously scratched his cheek. "Me neither."

Seeing this, Kourin could help, but sigh at the two. "You two are hopeless." She turns to the waitress and said, "give those two the regular as well, I'm sure they won't mind."

Before the two could protest, the waitress bowed and left the room, leaving the trio to their own devices.

"Don't worry, lunch is on me," she assured them, "well technically on Takuto." She took out a gold credit card with Takuto's name on it and flashed it to the two.

"Eh, are you sure?" Misaki asks.

She nods. "I'm positive, he wouldn't really care. Now that that's done, we should be getting down to business." She smirks and begins to scoot over to Aichi, leaning her head into his.

Aichi froze and his face turns beet red. "K-K-Kourin?"

Misaki get up from her seat and slams her hands on the they table, absolutely fuming from jealousy. "What the hell are you doing?!"

"What? I thought this was a date? You can do it too if you like, Misaki" Kourin responds monotonously.

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!" she tells as she turns visibly red.

"Relax, there's no need to be so uptight," she smiles.

""Uh, I…" she sighs, "fine." She sits back into her chair with her arms crossed.

There was a small pause in the group before Kourin gets a serious look in her eyes. She sits up straight in her chair and looks straight at the two before speaking. "Look I want to propose something." The two quickly pay attention, anticipating to what Kourin would say.

"Would you two consider a group relationship?"

"Eh?" Aichi and Misaki couldn't believe what they had just heard. She was actually proposing a group relationship between them.

"Hold on," he interjects, "you mean a relationship with the two of you as well?!"

The image of Misaki and Kourin unblushingly hold onto each other affectionately pops into the air before the two girls demolish it. "NO WAY!"

"Uh, sorry!"

"Seriously Aichi, how could you think like that," Kourin huffs, "I'm just saying to share you between me and Misaki."

Misaki looks skeptical. "Sharing? How would that work?"

"Right now, I'm not sure. Probably something we should work out."

There was a pause of silence with tension in the air, everyone putting great thought into it. Few moments before Misaki spoke up.

"Sorry, I can't accept."

Aichi and Kourin looked at her confused before she continued. "This situation is all my fault, I shouldn't have imposed myself on the two of you. If I wasn't so selfish, this wouldn't be happening." She shamefully looks down as she balks up her fists. "I won't be a drag on the two of you…"

He couldn't take looking at the hurt look on her face. "Misaki, stop being so hard on yourself. There's no reason to beat yourself up over this."

"I still don't think that-"

"Misaki listen," Kourin cut her off, "it's alright. I won't be mad at you for something I would have done in position." She reaches over to her and cups her hands with her. "I just want everyone to be happy and that's including you."

Misaki felt a wave of relief, but still one thing weighs on her mind. "Aichi, what do you think of this?"

The attention suddenly shifted towards Aichi as the two girls glazed at Aichi with hopeful looks. His mind wandered back to that day on the clubroom, feeling a pit in his stomach. But this time, it feels differently this time.

"I'm okay with this, I'd be happy to be with the two of you."

The two girls swelled with happiness hearing that. It was wasn't really the way they would have expected to play out, but they have a chance to be with him and be happy.

"Then it's settled then," Kourin said, "we're in this together."

They felt a shift in the tone in the air, a very awkward one. Aichi saw the shopkeeper and the idol now in an intimate view and vise versa. No one said or did anything, because they didn't think through what they would do next. It wasn't until Misaki began scooting her chair over to Aichi, their elbows almost touching each other, with him staring at her in a dumbfounded look.

"W-what?" she said with a shakiness in her voice, "I just thought I'd get a little."

He puts up his hands in defense. "No no, I was just surprised is all! It not that I mind anyways…"

It was becoming harder and harder for him to keep a straight face with the two girls so close to him. He felt the heat on his face growing hotter and hotter.

'I hope they don't notice,' he thought as he tried to hide his flushed face with his hand.

Unluckily for him, Kourin though did notice however. She likes the cute look on his face and thought it would be fun to tease him. "Aichi are you okay?" she smirked, "Your face is all red."

"Its nothing! I just feel a bit hot!" While she was enjoying his flustered look, Aichi was nervously looking around the room, attempting to get rid of this nervousness. He felt content though. Even though he is now suddenly thrown into is three way relationship, these two girls are still both special to him. He doesn't want to break either of their hearts.

'Maybe… Maybe this just might workout between us, right?'

It has to.

The date went off without a hitch. The three of them all had a great time together as they ate, talked, and joked together (once the awkwardness went away). After the date, Kourin dropped them off near their homes where they said they goodbyes and left their separate ways.

Kourin was glad everything way as well as it did. She had honestly didn't know if they would have agreed to the idea when she thought of it. Aichi is the boy she likes, but at the same time, Misaki is her best friend. Of course she'd want her to be happy as well. Now that that's done, whats comes next? She guesses it'll be something that they'll have to work out. She texts them a goodnight message to them, hopefully it gets to them when they go to sleep.

As she opens the door to her mansion, she is ambushed by her sisters with all types of questions.

"So how did it go? Did you work things out?" Suiko was to first to ask.

"Come on Kou, don't leave us in suspense!" Rekka excited to hear how things went.

She smiled at her sister. She so glad they're so supportive, though Takuto doesn't know yet. But all that matters now that she with Aichi and that's just enough for her.

Omake:

Aichi had a long day. Though he had fun, he still felt exhausted and he just wanted at the moment is just to crash onto his bed and go to sleep. After he entered through the door, he heard an audible click. When he turned around, his sister blocking off the front door.

"Welcome back Aichi. Just to let you know, all the other doors are locked."

That's when he realized how much he screwed up. He completely forgot about this morning! He quickly turned around to see his mother standing on the other side. Her smile was motherly, but still terrifying.

"Dinner's ready.~ And while we eat, you're going to tell us every single dirty secret that you have!"

There was no escape.

"Please have mercy…" he pleaded.

His bed is now seeming further away from him now.

Hey guys! College has been a pain, but I've managed to squeeze this out. I hope you enjoyed it!