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"Hey…" Yume started. "Why are we going back into town again?"

Laura sighed. "Because Ako needs more accessories for her date."

Ako hissed defensively. "I'm not going on a date with Kanata!"

Mahiru side glanced her. "The more you say it, the less we believe you, Ako…"

Ako raised her claws and hissed some more.

Yume giggled, glad that she wasn't facing Ako's wrath for once. "Let's keep going."

The girls silenced and continued to walk down the path to town.

As they neared, they noticed a figure coming up towards them. They didn't think much of it, since the boy was going the opposite way.

Suddenly the boy stopped and stared at the girls.

They hesitated, uncomfortable, but continued around him.

"Hey!" He called out suddenly.

The girls stopped.

Yume smiled. "Yes?"

The boy pointed at Yume. "You're Yume Nijino, aren't you?"

Laura, Ako, and Mahiru stared in interest.

Yume smiled. "I am." She reached to her fake glasses and pulled them off. "How could you tell?" She pouted. "I need a better disguise."

The boy smirked suddenly. "Of course I recognize you, shrimp face."

The girls gasped.

Yume's eyes widened. "Excuse me? It's not nice to call people shrimp!"

The boy crossed his arms, still smirking. "I'm sure it's okay, isn't it?" He reached out suddenly and grabbed her hand, causing all of the girls to stiffen. He then took her hand and clapped it.

The girls couldn't tell what happened next. The stranger and Yume started doing a complicated hand shake.

Yume gasped with her eyes wide as she automatically did a hand shake. Memories flooded into her mind as she stared at the boy in front of her.

Dark black hair that was combed back and shimmering golden eyes.

"W-Washi!" Yume shouted suddenly.

The boy, Washi, broke into a grin. "Took you long enough, Yume!"

The two leaned together and hugged.

Laura, Ako, and Mahiru gawked.

"What are you doing here?" Yume asked excitedly as she pulled away.

Washi smiled. "My family came back into town for a visit. Your parents told me that you go to Four Star Academy now, so I came to find you!"

Yume smiled brightly. "Awesome!"

Washi glanced at her friends. "Speaking of, where's Koharu?"

Yume froze. "Well you see… Koharu moved to Italy."

Washi paused. "Oh yea… my parents told me. Guess I forgot." He sighed.

Suddenly, Laura cleared her throat. "Yume…"

Yume jumped up. "Oh right! Sorry guys!" She stood between them. "Washi, these are my friends, Laura, Ako, and Mahiru!" The girls waved at him. "And this is Washi, one of my childhood friends!"

Washi smiled at them. "Pleased to meet you."

Ako coughed obviously and narrowed her eyes at Yume. "Weren't we going somewhere?"

Yume blinked. "Oh yea!" She turned to Washi. "Sorry Washi! But I was going with them to go shopping. I'll come by and see you later, though!"

"Wait!" Washi called out.

Yume stopped. "Yes?"

"Um," Washi began. "Your school is having a ball right?"

Yume blinked. "Yes… how did you-"

"Your headmaster invited me to join." Washi filled in. "So, I was wondering if you would go with me? As my… date?"

The girls gasped loudly, causing Yume to glance at them. She bit her lip and turned back to Washi. "Thank you for asking, Washi. But, I'm already going with someone!"

Washi froze. "O-Oh, really? I couldn't tell, sorry."

Yume smiled. "It's okay, Washi. I'll save a dance for you, though!" She moved away. "I'll see you later, bye now!"

Washi waved unenthusiastically as the girls hurried away.

The girls made it into town, and suddenly pulled Yume into a cafe.

"Huh?" Yume cried. "I thought we were going shopping?"

"We are." Laura said as she led her to a table. "But first, we need to talk."

"Talk about what?" Yume asked confused.

Ako rolled her eyes. "Are you serious?"

Mahiru spoke next. "Who was that?"

Yume raised her eyebrow. "I told you, that was Washi-"

"Not that!" Ako hissed.

"We mean, who was he?" Laura asked again.

Yume frowned. "He's a childhood friend of Koharu and mine." She began explaining. "His parents are news journalists, so they travel around the world for news! That's why I haven't seen him in years. We used to play together when we were… um, six? And then they left again, and haven't come back until, now I guess." Yume smiled, then her cheeks dusted pink lightly. "And also… I think I liked him."

The girls gasped.

"L-L-Like?" Ako shrieked.

Yume laughed nervously and nodded. She looked down and played with her fingers. "But he, um," she paused. "He didn't reciprocate." The girls stared silently. "But then again this was all so-" she waved her hand and stretched the vowel. "Long ago!"

The girls stared at her more.

"This might get complicated." Laura muttered.

"Huh?" Yume asked, not catching it.

Ako and Mahiru shook their heads, as they had heard what Laura said.

"Nothing." Laura replied.

Yume glanced between the three. "So… can we go shopping now? Ako needs stuff for her date, right?"

Ako hissed and jumped up. "I'm not going on a date with Kanata!"

Laura, Yume, and Mahiru sighed at the girl's same reaction. They got up and went to continue their shopping.

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Thanks for reading! AAAhh okay, so I'm trying to finish writing the story, but the thing is I have no idea how I want it to end, but I know that it will end somehow after this arc. And I'm trying to finish it before the S4 selection that STARTS THIS WEEK AHHH talk about deadlines amirite. Wish me luck readers :)

Also, I'm going through old chapters, so I wanna ask that if anyone thinks that any chapter is kinda lacking in details or anything, please let me know!