The next day after the dance, Haiku and Maggie were exchanging a couple words, with the former looking quite surprised.
"You want to set up a play date between me and Lincoln?" Haiku asked, earning a nod from her older sister. "Why would you do that?"
"Well, I've been thinking about how the Sadie Hawkins dance wasn't the best thing ever, according to what you said, specially the deal with the accidental four-timing," Maggie answered, and Haiku glaring and looking away made it clear she wasn't happy with being reminded of that stuff. "So, I went to the Loud house itself, searched for the guy while dodging his dozens of sisters, then asked him if he would be willing to do a play date here in our house."
"Why here?" Haiku raised an eyebrow. "Why not his house?"
"Really? You seriously think a play date is even possible over there?" Maggie shook her head. "With several sisters keeping an eye on you both, it'll be a nightmare to do anything without being pestered by them! So, it'll be done here, for something calmer and less intense."
Haiku hummed, then folded her arms, "Well, what did he say about the idea?"
"He's willing to do it," Maggie smiled. "All he needs is to hear if you're willing to do it, and then I can set everything up, hopefully without his sisters meddling into our business."
The emo crouched down, "And don't worry, I myself won't meddle with your date."
The girl thought about it, and getting a smile, she said, "Sounds like it'll be fun. Sure, let's do it."
"Great, I'll go right back to the house to tell him about it."
And so, Maggie bid farewell and went right away back to the Loud house, where she was greeted by Luan... With a red rose on her mouth, and with a flirty look. "Hi, Maggie," she said with a lustful tone. "Nice to see you again."
"I'm not interested in dating, Luan," Maggie bluntly stated.
"Oh come on!" the comedian snapped right back to her normal attitude. "I got the rose, I got the flirty look, I got the tone, what did I do wrong?!"
"You did exactly nothing wrong-yet-I'm just not interested in dating you." Maggie went inside and looked around. "Is your brother in here? Haiku accepted to do the play date thing."
"Oh right, we did agree to try and get the two to know each other better through a play date!" Luan sighed and smiled. "I bet our little siblings are going to look so cute together!"
"If they can even stand each other in the first place," Maggie pointed out. "Again, is your brother here or not?"
"He's in his bedroom, but you may need to knock first," Luan answered. "He's reading comics, and he has a bad habit of reading them in his underwear sporadically. He used to do so all the time, but now it's random whether he'll read them with clothes or not."
"Luan, your brother is eleven," Maggie scoffed, putting her hands on her hips. "If he really is in his underwear, I doubt I'll see anything too crazy. Worst case scenario is a body type similar to my sister's, but with a more normal skin tone."
And so, Maggie ventured forth to the boy's bedroom, opened the door, and was met with a terrifying sight: Lincoln, in his underwear!
At least, it was terrifying for the boy, since he hid under his bed afterwards. "Luan! Your friend is here!" he shouted, only to come out of his bed afterwards. "Why are you here, by the way?"
"I'm here for the play date," Maggie bluntly stated before cracking her knuckles. "Haiku said yes, so I'm going to make yourself look presentable whether you like it or not!"
The boy swallowed his fears in anticipation.
A little bit later, back at Maggie and Haiku's house...
Maggie opened the door and went inside with Lincoln... Looking like his usual self, while Haiku was watching Ace Savvy on the TV. Once she spotted the duo, she quickly shut off the television and reunited with them.
"Hi Lincoln, I'm-I'm happy you agreed to do the play date," Haiku nervously stated. "C-Come to my room and we can begin there."
"Got it."
And so, the duo went to the girl's bedroom while Maggie remained behind, hoping that things would go well between the two. Once in the room-with Haiku's figurine collection covered for good measure-the pair sat down... And basically fell silent, with the atmosphere growing tense as the duo tried to think of something to talk about.
"So, uh," Lincoln blurted, catching Haiku's attention. "I'm... I'm very sorry for what happened at the dance-"
"No, don't be... Well, do be sorry, but not that much," Haiku replied, scratching the back of her head. "After all, it's your sisters who decided to set up the dates without asking each other in the first place, you just wanted to have a fun time at the arcade. And besides, the girls and I had fun anyway with the boys you set us up with, so it was a win-win, right?"
"Yeah, I guess so."
Cue another awkward silence.
"I... Guess I should try to change the subject now," Lincoln took out his Ace Savvy figurine. "If you're interested, we could-"
"No, freaking, way!" Haiku leaned closer to the figurine. "You have an Ace Savvy figurine?!"
"Oh yeah, I have several dozens of these, all in an attempt to get the full set," the boy frowned. "I have Ace and most of the group, but I never could manage to get One-Eyed Jack."
"Man, I have the exact opposite problem," Haiku took out her One-Eyed Jack figurine, then promptly revealed her figurine collection. "I got several dozen figurines of One-Eyed Jack, but none of Ace Savvy!"
The kids looked at their figurines, then at the other's figurines, and smiled as they got an idea.
This was followed by Maggie walking past Haiku's bedroom, where Lincoln promptly came out. Slightly worried for whatever this meant, she went to the boy and asked, "Hey, what happened? Did you do the play date or not?"
The boy shook his head. "No, but something much better happened," Lincoln took out a One-Eyed Jack figurine. "We managed to complete our collections!"
And with that said, Lincoln left the house while Maggie took a peak through the keyhole to see Haiku rejoicing with her fully complete Ace Savvy figurine collection. With that done, the emo teenager smiled, then left to allow the girl to enjoy her collection.