Tomoyo walked down the school's hallway trying to take a break from everything. The school was planning on having another spring festival in a couple of weeks, and the student council was in charge of spearheading the whole operation. She was elbow deep in agendas and felt a migraine approaching. A nice cup of Yukine's famous coffee ought to relieve her of some stress.
"Hello there Tomoyo." A sweet familiar voice called out behind her.
She turned to see Nagisa casually approaching her.
"Oh hey Nagisa." Tomoyo shot a smile.
"I haven't seen you in days. It looks like being the student council president is taking its toll on you huh?" Nagisa asked.
"Hehe.. That obvious huh?" Tomoyo said awkwardly brushing her hair.
"I was actually on my way to the reference room." Tomoyo said pointing down the hallway. "Care to join me?"
"Sure." Nagisa replied.
The two made their way down the hallway, following the scent of coffee. They made their way into the reference room and were greeted by Yukine.
"Well hello there. Good to see the two of you again." Yukine said with a warm smile.
"Likewise." Nagisa and Tomoyo replied.
Yukine was putting away some old charm books when she made her way the espresso machine. "Please have a seat. I'll make us some coffee."
The two girls sat themselves when Yukine brought them their drinks and sat herself down as well.
"So how have you been doing Yukine?" Nagisa asked.
"I've been doing pretty good." Yukine answered. "My brother and Sasaki's gang have been getting along very well with each other. We're all like one big family."
"That's good to hear." Tomoyo said while sipping her drink.
Yukine looked down on her glass, "though I have to say that the school year has been pretty dull since everyone graduated last year. Nothing much happens in this room anymore."
Both Nagisa and Tomoyo let that statement settled in inside their heads.
"It's true." Nagisa agreed. "Even though I see Tomoya every day, it's just not the same without the others here with us."
Tomoyo nodded her head. "The Fujibayashi twins, Kotomi.. and even that idiot Sunohara. It just doesn't feel like school with them gone."
"Well at least we have each other." Nagisa stated. "Even if we rarely see one another, we can still hang around every now and then."
Tomoyo and Yukine agreed.
"Sounds good. It would be nice to catch up on told times." Tomoyo said. Suddenly turning her head towards Nagisa, "By the way, I heard that the drama club was disbanded again. Sorry to hear that."
Nagisa responded with a smile, "it's ok. After all I did get to perform my play." She continued to sip her coffee. "I couldn't have done it without you guys."
"If I remember correctly, the drama club had a hard time finding an advisor." Yukine stated.
"Yup." Nagisa answered. "The choir club already had Mr. Komura as their advisor. But thanks to Sunohara the choir club agreed to have Komura supervise both clubs."
Tomoyo looked at Nagisa curiously. "Huh? What do you mean thanks to Sunohara?"
She then remembered his way of persuasion... "He didn't threatened to beat them up did he?" She asked with a sigh.
"No." Nagisa shook her head. "He challenged the basketball team to a 3 on 3 match to show the choir club how determined we were."
"And you guys won?" Tomoyo asked in shock. "The majority of the basketball players are on the varsity team. Those guys are seriously good at what they do."
"Sunohara must've been pretty determined to help you huh?" Yukine said.
"Mm hmm" Nagisa continuing to sip her coffee. "He might act like a goofball at times, but he's a really caring friend when the time calls for it."
"True." Tomoyo said while gazing out the window in front of her.
"When rumors were jeopardizing my chances of being elected student council president, he and Okazaki helped me clear my name. They made me compete against every athletic club in the school."
"Yes, but you did leave a nasty impression on Sunohara's face." Nagisa teased.
"It.. was... Okazaki's idea." Tomoyo responded.
"Well that's just who he is isn't he?" Yukine said. "Always the type to help others. I'm surprised he doesn't have a girlfriend. Any girl would be lucky to have a guy like him, even if he is a little awkward.
"My mom was his girlfriend one time." Nagisa said.
The instant those words came out of her mouth, both Tomoyo and Yukine choked on their drinks. They started coughing out loud as they imagined the pure image of Sunohara going out with Sanae. The two of them as a couple... It was just full of nope, nope NOPE.
"WHAT?" Tomoyo was dumbstruck. "How the... But she's...WHAT?"
Nagisa turned red as she realized they took it the wrong way. "No no no!" She said shaking her head violently.
"Sunohara just needed someone to POSE as his girlfriend. You see, his sister was worried that he was unable to take care of himself. So we just had my mom pretend to be his girlfriend to put Mei on ease."
"Ohhh..." The two girls slouched in their chairs in relief.
"That... makes so much more sense." Yukine said when she suddenly remembered.
"Oh yeah, I remembered that! He even asked me if I could pose as his girlfriend." Yukine said.
"Yeah but than your friend scared him off." Nagisa added. "And Tomoyo, he even asked you to pose as his girlfriend... or at least he tried."
Tomoyo looked at Nagisa confused." Huh? No he didn't."
"Mmm hmm. It was when you were talking to your friends out in the courtyard. He tried to set the mood in a weird way, but you kicked him before he could finish." Nagisa reminded Tomoyo.
Tomoyo tried to jog her memory, she had kicked Sunohara countless times and was having difficulties trying to differentiate them. But then another thought made her sidetrack... The thought of pretending to be Sunohara's girlfriend.
"Tomoyo, are you blushing?" Yukine pointed out.
"Eh? No of course not." Tomoyo responded. The fact that she had been caught blushing made her face turn red even more.
"Oh yes you are." Nagisa joined in on the teasing.
Tomoyo began throwing out excuses "Must be the coffee... And it's warm in here too."
Both Nagisa and Yukine stared at Tomoyo, obviously seeing through her bad lies.
"Anyways ..." Tomoyo trying to change the subject. "What are you two plan on doing once you graduate?"
"I've always thought about being a guidance counselor." Yukine said. "Someone who can help kids endure hard times and live a good life."
Nagisa turned her attention towards Yukine. "I'm guessing taking care of your friends made an influence of you huh?" Nagisa asked.
Tomoyo was successful at changing to topic, as the two girls continued talking about their future while she went back to her previous thoughts.
"Sunohara and I as a couple?" Tomoyo thought to herself. "No way.. He was an idiot who always picked a fight with me. There's no way that would ever work."
She couldn't lie to herself. Sunohara always made her time at school much more fun. Even though he would always pick a fight with her, it kept the year interesting. Always guessing what kind of stupid plan he would think of next to prove that she was a man.
Looking back, he was never the jerk she assumed he was. He had always put others in front of himself, and was always there to cheer someone up when they're down... Even if he got hit for it.
She remembered the tennis game when the Fujibayashi twins were crying because Tomoya had unofficially picked Nagisa as his girlfriend. They started walking towards the school building crying. The blonde idiot followed them and said whatever he could to cheer them up. Tomoyo wasn't sure what he said or did... But it worked. Both Kyou and Ryou seemed to have forgotten the whole ordeal and were their old selves again... But somehow Sunohara got kicked into next week.
Sunohara got zero credit for anything he did, he was always the punching bag, always got the short end of the stick... And even after all of that, he still puts others before himself.
"Hmph... I guess he's not such a bad guy after all." Tomoyo thought to herself. "Any girl would be lucky to have him."
A loud sound snapped Tomoyo back into reality. She quickly turned and shut off her alarm clock. It was 9:00 am. She had already woken up several minutes before it went off. Normally she would've gotten up and started her day, but not this time.
She couldn't help but wonder why she just laid in bed thinking about that day in the reference room... Thinking about Sunohara. She looked at her clock again... 9:15 am.
She finally forced herself out of bed and made her way to the living room. Still half asleep, she suddenly remembered. The party's today.