Yayoi made her way back to where Rika and Terada were sitting. She was looking out the window, he was reading a newspaper. Stupid newspaper, Yayoi thought. You're getting in the way of my plan! Not that she had much in the way of a plan at the moment. She was making up as she went along.

She sat down next to Rika who turned to her and smiled brightly. "You were gone a while," she said, silently asking what took her so long.

"Yeah, well, life is hard for the pregnant woman, you know?" Yayoi said. Rika frowned with confusion, but didn't press it and just carried on eating her sandwich.

Silence reigned once more. Yayoi said, "So, Yoshiyuki-san, aren't you teaching P.E. this afternoon outside? Should be able to see you from our window." She saw in the corner of her eye Rika start slightly, and she could see the blush begin to glow.

"Ah, yes," Terada said, looking up from his newspaper, "But it won't be too interesting to watch, I imagine, they're only practising their track running today."

"Oh, I don't know, I imagine you'll find us watching when we get a chance- ow!" She was cut off by a small kick to her shin from Rika, who was blushing so hard she could probably be seen from space.

Terada didn't notice, though, and said, "Yayoi-san? Are you all right?"

"Yes yes, perfectly," she grumbled. Meaningful looks crossed between Rika and Yayoi, which were lost on Terada.

"Don't they have a fitness evaluation or something coming up?" Asked Yayoi, trying to keep the conversation going.

"Yeah, tomorrow. It'll be tough on my own without Kyo-san to help, but I'll manage," he said with a smile.

"Kyo-san's still ill then? I bet he's trying to get the whole week off," Huffed Yayoi. Then, a plan started to form in her mind. An evil little plan that might help Project Lovebirds get off to a start. "What period would that be?" She asked innocently.

"Last two, why?" Terada asked.

Perfect, she thought, and said, "Well, I don't have any lessons for those last two, I'll mostly be grading, so you can borrow Rika-chan if you want."

"EH?" exclaimed Rika

"Oh, no, it's quite all right, I'm sure Rika-chan would rather just go home early instead," Terada said quickly. "I'll manage."

"Oh, erm, I don't mind helping, if you want, but I probably wouldn't be able to do much," said Rika, blushing at the floor.

"Well, I wouldn't say no to your offer, but are you sure it's okay?" He asked, with slight concern.

Rika's eyes widened as she looked up at him, and she quickly shook her head. "It's no trouble at all, I'd be glad to help!" She said with a smile. She noticed Terada redden slightly, though she didn't know why. He looks cute when he blushes, she thought, before blushing herself for thinking that.

Meanwhile, Yayoi observed all this trying to suppress her evil laugh as everything went to plan.

Terada coughed and looked at his watch and said, "Well, I should be going, I'm supposed to cover the last part of dinner duty on the playground today."

"Really? I thought Myaki-san was supposed to be doing it," said Yayoi, thoughtfully. She should know, she usually had to do that break as well, and had to put up with him all the way through it.

"Yes, well, we er, made arrangements," said Terada. Rika wondered what the arrangements were about, but Yayoi interrupted her thoughts.

"Well, you know I'd love to help, but it's a real pain on the ankles," said Yayoi, before another idea struck her. She was on a roll today! "But I'm sure my lovely assistant would be more than happy to take my place, right, Rika-chan?" She said with her winning smile. Rika stared at her speechlessly. "It'll give you a chance to go over tomorrow as well, won't it?" Yayoi said, still with that smile.

"Sounds good to me," said Terada with a smile. "If you want to, Rika-chan?"

It was the smile. Such a wonderful kind smile… "Sure, er, I just need to do something and I'll be right out," she said, trying her best to give a worthy smile in return.

He blushed again and coughed, then said, "Okay, I'll see you out there."

As soon as he was gone Rika turned to her friend and said, "Why are you doing this to me?"

"What, I thought you liked him?" Yayoi said, playing the innocent.

"Well, yes, but you keep on arranging for me to spend time with him, how am I supposed to cope?" Rika asked.

"Just be yourself, there's no way he won't fall for you, trust me," Yayoi said with brimming confidence. Rika wasn't so sure. But then, at least she was going to get to spend the rest of dinner break with him, and then two whole hours in the afternoon tomorrow.

"Fine," She said quietly. "I don't know why you're doing this, but fine." She sighed, and finished off the remains of her sandwich. "Better get going, I suppose."

"Yes, you don't want to keep him waiting," Yayoi grinned. Rika blushed in response and left.

Yayoi sighed to herself. This was going to be tough, but if everything worked out right, she would be killing two birds with one stone. The one was that Rika liked Yoshiyuki, and if Yayoi wasn't wrong, probably loved him, even after all this time. The other had been a growing concern for her. She sometimes thought Yoshiyuki was lonely. It wasn't very often she saw this, just occasionally when she passed a classroom and he was still working away, with no obvious signs of leaving. She thought perhaps he didn't have much else to do but work. He needed someone, warm and caring, a person to give him a reason to go home at night. Yayoi thought that Rika could be just the right person. All she needed to do was get him to see it.

Well, that's all I've got for now, because I'm tired, and the screen is starting to go funny and the lines are moving… Or maybe it's just my eyes, I think perhaps I need glasses. I'll try to have more for you next time, and I know, there's too much of my own characters in there, but the next chapter should just be Rika and Terada, how fun for you! I'll try not to make you wait too long.

Neway, on to reviews!

KrystalSakura: Indeed we will… But for now, let's try the stories and see how it works out, k? Don't want to scare em away before we have the chance to convert them.

And that's what I was thinking, with the name, I can already see the blushing… I wouldn't know about it's commonness, but hey, there's a lot I don't know, heh.

Anyway, hoped you liked the chapter, and you'll keep reviewing, it's nice to have a loyal fan, ha ha!

xXsUgRcrAzEXx: My god, you have a complicated name, I had to copy and paste it to be sure I got it right! And I'm getting a lot of the cute comments, I didn't think it was all that cute, but hey, what do I know? And yes, there is a severe lack in RikaxTerada fics, I'm noticing this myself. Lucky you've me, eh? Ha ha!

I'm sure this update wasn't soon enough, but hey, give a girl a break, I'm battling writer's block on three fanfics and one of my own stories, not to mention that another story of my own creation won't work now because I've done research. Bah, stupid brains (not so random, actually has something to do with my story). Actually this was originally my own idea, but then I saw it's potential as a fanfic and wrote it that way. Not that you're in the least bit interested in all that, heh heh

Also, thanks! I wouldn't say awesome, but I'm trying my best, so hey, thank you very much!

So, in all, thanks to anyone who is reading this, my humble effort. Wow, I'm kinda babbling on here, perhaps I should do less responding and more chapters, eh? It's a plan.

See you next time!