Yui Hirasawa and her friends were on the beach again and were having some time off after a successful concert, aside from Mio's panties showing at the very end. Mio was still traumatized from the event and would even mutter something like "I'll never get married now" and other things like that.

Mio found herself leaning against a rock with holes and went over to cover ears muttering that she wasn't scared and of course Ritsu did what she loved to do and made it worse by muttering about barnacles.

The black-haired beauty remained in place and was even too scared to hit Ritsu. Still shaking from fear of barnacles.

Yui was walking along the beach and saw Mio shaking. Concerned about her friend she walked over towards her friend and asked her if she was ok.

"Mio-chan? Are you ok?" Yui asked

Mio looked at Yui with her teary eyes.

"Barnacles" Mio muttered

Yui was able hear her and was confused about it.

"Barnacles?" Yui asked

Mio then got up and leaned against a rock to regain her uneven balance. She looked and saw that it was the same rock from before and squealed in fear.

Yui didn't quite understand what was going on but she knew that she needed to help her friend calm down.

"Mio-chan, its ok, its just a rock with holes in it. It can't hurt you" Yui said

The blacked haired beauty looked over at her friend.

"A-are you sure?" Mio asked

"Trust me, you won't get hurt but if it scares you so much then I'll help you" Yui said

Mio looked at her friend and thanked her.

"Thank you Yui-chan" Mio said

The brunette giggled and couldn't help but comment on her friend's cuteness.

"Mio-chan, you really are cute, you know that?" Yui said

Mio blushed at this and stuttered a little bit.

"M-me? C-cute?" Mio asked in embarrassment

Mio then regained her composure.

"Y-you really mean that?" Mio asked

"Of course I mean it, I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true" Yui said

Once again, this caused Mio to blush and look away from her friend so her red face wouldn't be seen.

"T-thank you, Yui-chan" Mio said

Unknown to the two girls, Mugi was nearby and was drooling a little bit after watching the two of them interact with each other, clearly enjoying the scene that was playing before her.

Later in the evening, Ritsu played the recording Sawako's recording of her screaming and Ritsu once again whispered barnacles to her friend.

"Barnacles, imagine barnacles growing behind your knees" Ritsu said

This caused Mio to scream in fear.

Ritsu started laughing at her prank on Mio. Yui then went over and started to pat Mio on the head to calm her down.

"There there, its ok" Yui said

Mio was still shaking but she still glared Ritsu for her prank.

"Come on, Ritsu it was just a prank" Ritsu said

Mugi then jumped in.

"Maybe you went a bit too far this time, Ritsu" Mugi said

Mio was still glaring at her friend and Yui understood that it was the look she gave Ritsu when she wanted to hit her on the head. Yui then decided to do it for her. The brunette then gave the drummer a chop on the head much to the other brunette's dismay.

"OW! Yui what was that for?" Ritsu said as she rubbed the bump that had formed on her head.

"Mio was giving you that look when she's about to hit you so I did it for her since she's still paralyzed with fear" Yui said

Ritsu looked at her in awe.

"Wait, you've only known us for a short time and you were able to pick up on that?" Ritsu said

Yui giggled and nodded.

Even Mio was impressed by this. Yui was a lot sharper than she gave her credit for.

"Thank you, Yui" Mio said

"Your welcome" Yui said

Ritsu watched them interact and wasn't sure how to feel about it. She was happy they were getting along but at the same time there was a sort of pain in her chest.

In the cabin everyone needed to decided who they would be rooming with for the night. Mio then decided to room with Yui for the night, which came to a shock from everyone. Yui was happy that Mio wanted to room with her but she didn't expect Mio to choose her over Ritsu, who was her childhood friend.

Yui and Mio were in their room together and Yui wanted to ask her friend the question of the day.

"Mio-chan" Yui said

Mio looked over to her friend.

"Yes, Yui-chan?" Mio asked

"I was wondering why you decided to room with me instead of Ritsu-chan?" Yui asked

Mio blushed a little bit. Why was she blushing? It's not like she was asking anything inappropriate.

"Well, Ritsu is a great roommate but sometimes she stresses me out and I needed someone who wouldn't give me stress and that was you, Yui-chan" Mio said

Yui was surprised. She knew that Ritsu was a hyperactive girl and she somewhat understood Mio's reasoning. But Yui was almost a copy of Ritsu. The only difference was that she comforted Mio instead of pranking her most of the time.

"I'm surprised you didn't room with Mugi if that was your reasoning" Yui said

"Mugi is great and all but she often asks about how I feel about Ritsu" Mio said

Yui didn't understand at first.

"How you felt about Ritsu? Like in terms of friendship or in terms or romance?" Yui asked

"Romance" Mio said

Yui now understood. Mugi did tend to act like that from time to time.

"Ah now I understand. I'm still surprised since I'm almost a copy of Ritsu-chan" Yui said

Mio looked at her friend and Yui thought she was in trouble.

"D-did I say something wrong?" Yui asked

"You're nothing like Ritsu, Yui-chan. Unlike Ritsu, you're sweet and considerate of other people's feelings" Mio said

Yui blushed at this compliment.

"O-oh, thank you, Mio-chan" Yui said with a slight stutter.

Mio then realized what she had just said to the brunette and blushed.

"Why did I say that to her?! It came out of nowhere?!" Mio thought

Yui then decided to return with a compliment of her own.

"Well I actually really admire you, Mio-chan" Yui said

Mio looked over at her in surprise.

"You admire me?" Mio asked

"Yes, I actually admire you the most out everyone else in the light music club" Yui said

"Y-you do?" Mio asked

"Yes, you're mature, cute, although sometimes strict but you do it because you care and your beautiful too. Not to mention kind. You even helped me understand the study material I needed to learn to retake a test that I needed to pass. You're very smart and I think you have a lot of charm that would make a lot of people like you" Yui said

Mio blushed even more. She had no idea that Yui looked up to her that much. The young brunette then added something that was rather embarrassing.

"I think you would make a great wife one day" Yui said

Mio was speechless.

"R-really?" Mio asked

"Of course, I don't say things if I don't really mean it" Yui said

Mio's red face now felt very hot from the number of compliments that her brunette friend was giving her.

Yui then decided to go to sleep and Mio was still awake. The long black haired girl felt her heart pounding in her chest. It pounded even faster when she thought about Yui. She finally went to sleep after those thoughts.