And finally, a TsuRindou bonus chapter! I certainly don't do EiRin justice with my interpretation of their relationship, but this comes across as something sweet anyways!

The previous night…

Tsukasa never knew that Rindou could run so fast. He should have been more suspicious when she asked to go on a moonlit walk with him that evening, but he thought maybe she was just being romantic. He should have figured out that she was planning to escape long before she suddenly broke into a sprint towards a Nakiri-owned warehouse. Unfortunately, when it came to his mischievous girlfriend, the poor first-seat was perhaps too trusting.

After finding that the door was locked, Tsukasa entered the storage area and began to look around, only now realizing the immense scale of the place. Rows upon rows of boxes piled up to the ceiling formed a massive maze. He called Rindou's name, looked for footprints, and listened for Christmas carols, but soon realized that it would be impossible for him to track down a single girl in this place by himself.

The first thing he thought to do was call the Headmaster; after all, if he told Azami where they were, then the Headmaster would gladly send help. As he tried to explain the situation, however, Tsukasa was interrupted by a stern lecture from the aforementioned Azami:

"I NEED you to find her, ASAP. There's no telling what will happen next if she gets the chance to collaborate with Alice and the others!"

The Headmaster's voice seemed far less intimidating through the phone, giving Tsukasa the courage to reply with a certain amount of snark: "I know, I'm on it, I-"

That's when he saw her. Rindou, standing, nay, blocking the end of the aisle he was in, offering a loving smile. Lowering his phone from his ear, Tsukasa found himself in disbelief of how easy that was. "Rindou?"

She began to approach him, and only then did Tsukasa hear footsteps coming up behind him. Sure enough, he turned around to find his exit route was blocked by the intimidating trio of Isami Aldini (in full water weight form), his shorter brother, Takumi, and … Mina? Mouri? That kid with the glasses. Who knew what his name was.

"What is…?" he started, before understanding that he was now trapped. Tsukasa dropped his phone in shock. "Oh no. NO no no no no. HEADMASTER!"

He started to run away from the three boys, then noticed that Rindou was charging at him from that direction, and quickly decided that the underclassmen were clearly less of a threat. Letting out a screech of confusion, Tsukasa curled up in a ball on the floor, lamenting/yelling, "IT WAS A

TRAP! IT'S A TRAP, HEADMASTER! THEY-"

Click.

Rindou hung up the cell phone with a tap of her toe. She crouched down beside him, giving her boyfriend a powerful pat on the back and comforting, "Calm down, you're alright, we're not gonna hurt ya."

Tsukasa glanced at her nervously. "You're going to make me join the choir, aren't you?"

Instantly, one of the walls of boxes slid back to reveal Nakiri Alice and Kurokiba. Alice grinned, "Pretty much! So, are you in?"

Standing up, the first-seat offered a hand up to Rindou, whispering, "Can we talk for a minute?"

Taking his hand, she rose to join him; the pair stepped away from the others. Before he could even speak, she met him with a suspiciously serious gaze. "Tsukasa, you know I love you, right?"

Blushing, he nodded.

She continued, "And you know I support you in most anything you do. That's because you're the best!" She leaned forward, adding, "If you're the first seat, I'll be your second seat. If you want to kick out the old Headmaster, my vote is yours. If you want to join Central, I'm right behind you."

Her boyfriend agreed, but noted, "Even though I do all the paperwork, and you refuse to vote other members out of the Elite Ten, and you occasionally rebel and go Christmas caroling during meeting times."

With a laugh, she conceded, "True, but you cover for me through those times because you love me, right?"

Tsukasa confirmed this without hesitance.

Rindou finished, "So, if this relationship is gonna work, we need to keep supporting each other! In this case, that means supporting this choir! Please, will you do it?" She pouted her lips, "For me?"

Smirking, Tsukasa confessed, "I'm not completely against the idea, to be honest. You do look like you're having a lot of fun when you're caroling…"

Alice chimed in, "That's because it IS a lot of fun!"

He ended, "But I'm worried about you, and me, too. What if Headmaster Azami decides to kick us out of the school?"

Rindou shrugged, unaffected. "So? Do you really think two people of our talents will have any trouble making a living, even if we are high school dropouts?"

Tsukasa considered this, then seemed to relax. "I guess you're right."

"Of course I am!" she grinned. "Besides, I highly doubt that Headmaster Azami will expel his two best student leaders. So, will you join us?"

"Sure," Tsukasa mused, "if you want me to, Rindou."

"I do!" she cheered. "Now Nakiri-chan, bring in the cows!"

His face fell. "Wait, what?"

The next moment, Kurokiba Ryou was operating a machine to move a quartet of bulky, mooing crates into view.

Alice proudly counted, "One, two, three, and four!" She exclaimed, "Yay! Mom actually shipped the right number of cows from Denmark!" Everyone began to applaud and cheer.

The first-seat facepalmed. What have I gotten myself into?

Later that night, cue Tsukasa and Rindo, holding hands, laughing as they leave the warehouse. The cat-like queen cackled, "So, that's how you ride a cow! I never knew!"

Her partner chuckled, "It's certainly not something you would expect to learn at culinary school."

The pair laughed for a moment longer, before they fell into a strangely awkward silence, partially caused by the bizarre, pensive look on Rindou's face.

"Oi, Tsukasa?"

Still smiling, he stopped walking. "Yeah?" "Am I too crazy for you?"

His face reverted to its serious form. "Of course not." Pulling her in, he kissed the top of her head. "Without you, I don't think I'd ever have fun."

Rindou giggled into his chest. "Yeah, that seems about right, you buzzkill!" Then, she stole another kiss.

As they continued down the path, she added, "And you keep me under control. I won't say you complete me; we're both whole people by ourselves. But thank you for balancing me out."

"Any time."