Satoshi eyed the two growling dogs fearful and quickly answered: „No. Miss Kaioh and me, we…just had a little discussion. Right, Miss Kaioh?" He turned to Michiru, who considered to tell Haruka about the "freak", but then decided against it. "Right." She answered sweetly. "Could you please leave now, Mr. Satoshi? I have a lot of work to do." "Sure. I'll leave. Sure, right now. Good bye Miss Kaioh. Have a nice evening." Satoshi babbled while he backed away from Michirus house and moved over to the fence. He turned around and let out a shocked gasp, since Haruka suddenly stood only an inch away from him, her eyes blazing with anger. "If you bother Michiru again, it will have consequences." She threatened. Satoshi just stared at her scarred face and said nothing. "Do you understand?" Haruka now hissed, and Satoshi slowly nodded, still staring at her. Haruka glared at him in such an evil way the he got scared and decided to leave as fast as possible. "Thanks." Michiru said when the man was gone. "You're welcome." Haruka answered, but she didn't sound too happy. Michiru walked over to her and put a gentle hand on her friends arm. Haruka looked at her, she saw Michirus gentle eyes and the sympathy that shone from them, and suddenly all her piled up emotions burst free. A racked sob freed itself from Harukas throat, and sudden tears blurred her vision. "Oh, Haruka." Michiru whispered, pulling her friend into a gentle hug. Haruka buried her face into the aqua colored hair of the smaller woman, sobbing into it so hard that Michiru thought her heart would be torn apart from the desperate sounds. "Shhht." Michiru whispered, stroking Harukas shaking back. "Shht. Calm down. Everything will be alright." Finally, after a seemingly endless time, Harukas sobs got softer and finally stopped. Haruka straightened up again, letting go of Michiru in the process, and wiped her red eyes out. "Sorry about that." She mumbled hoarsely. "Hey, it's okay." Michiru answered, patting Harukas back while talking. "You needed to get that all out, Haruka." Haruka gave her a weak smile, pulled a handkerchief from her pocket and blew her nose. Michiru smiled back and made a vague gesture towards her house. "Now Satoshi surely will tell everyone about our friendship. Why don't you come in and have dinner with me?" Haruka considered this suggestion for a second and agreed.

"I hope you like Pasta Bolognese." Michiru said while she stood at the oven and stirred the sauce to keep it from burning. "Sure", Haruka answered while she watched her two dogs with a frown. "Rover! You are supposed to eat the ham Michiru gave you, and not to spread it over the whole kitchen!" she then scolded. Michiru giggled while pouring paprika into the sauce. "Don't mind that, Haruka. I'll clean it afterwards." Haruka sighed and watched her dogs while Michiru poured the spaghetti into the boiling water. "In twenty minutes we can eat." She announced, and Haruka nodded. "Thanks." She then softly said, and Michiru turned around to her with a surprised look. The surprise turned into happiness when Haruka added: "For everything."

"That was so good." Haruka informed Michiru while leaning back and stifling a burp. Michiru smiled at her guest and stated: "Everything I cook is good." "I guess I can believe you." Haruka answered, grinning broadly. Michiru giggled and asked: "Do you want dessert? I have ice cream at home." "What flavor?" Haruka replied. "Chocolate." Came the answer, and Haruka brightened up. "I love chocolate ice cream." Michiru smiled and searched through the fridge until she found the precious object. Haruka watched how Michiru put two large portions of ice cream into two glass bowls, and her mouth watered. Michiru walked over to the desk and handed Haruka her ice cream. They both ate in silence, and when they were finished, a burp escaped Haruka. The blonde blushed and quickly covered her mouth. "Sorry!" Michiru giggled. "That's okay, Haruka." She burped herself, and both women broke into fits of laughter.

"I can't believe Kaioh made friends with the freak!" Satoshi told his buddy Hiroshi at the local bar. Hiroshi just shrugged. "Let her be. We'll just treat Kaioh the same way as we treat Tenoh." He suggested. Satoshi frowned and considered this thought for a moment. "But we can't insult her like Tenoh." He then said. "Or do you wanna call her a sludge face too?" Hiroshi pouted. "You are right. And if we start some rumors about her? That worked perfectly well with Tenoh." Satoshi thought about this suggestion, but finally shook his head. "That won't work. Tenoh refused to leave our village, why should Kaioh leave? And now that these two are friends, they won't mind if we spread rumors." Both men gave a heavy sigh and gulped down their beers. "I will find a way to chase them away from here." Satoshi swore to himself. "You can be sure about that, Tenoh. I will get rid of you someday."