NOTE: In continuity with my other toku stories.
It was not exactly a peaceful, stress free day for our favorite president, Aruto Hiden.
Where once he longed for work to have something to do to take his mind off of the various…traumatic things that had happened in his life, and he was still working on getting out of that habit…
Now he couldn't help but beg for the sweet release of sleep as he worked on a mountain of paperwork.
Between some new business deals, plus the Church of the Divine Zero, he had had his hands full for quite a while.
Then suddenly, he saw his desk's screen blip to life, an audio visualizer in blue now visible.
"President Hiden, your secretary is here to see you."
A sigh of relief escaped Aruto.
Izu…
He smiled, his heart alight with joy.
"Send her in." He responded.
He heard the door open, and when he looked up…what he saw surprised him.
Izu, his secretary and girlfriend stood there…but not in her standard outfit.
She wore a white spandex jacket with pink highlights with heart shaped edges to said highlights that also resembled butterfly wings, said coat formfitting and hugging her body.
Her skirt was pink with white highlights, the skirt's edges having heart shaped butterflies hanging off of it.
She had pink leggings with white silhouetted butterfly patterns along them, along with pink versions of her normal shoes, but with those same patterns, and a pin at the tip of her animal.
Her hair was now longer, with bangs over her chest and pink streaks through them, pink lipstick, along with a pink butterfly pin in her hair.
Aruto blinked, Izu smirking and walking forward. "Humanahumanahumana…" he muttered as his girlfriend approached.
Izu giggled. "Is this visually pleasing for you, Aruto?"
Her boyfriend nodded dumbly.
She smiled. "You have been stressed." She gently slid the paperwork to the side, sitting on Aruto's desk, leaning forward and cupping his chin. "I seek to alleviate it."
Aruto blushed, eyes entranced by Izu's new look and position.
"I suggest a date night. Just the two of us."
"B-but there's-" Aruto began only for Izu to push a finger to his lips.
"Work. Can. Wait." Izu told him firmly.
"...yes ma'am."
Izu smiled. "I'll see you at seven, then." She pecked his lips, grinning before pressing her lips firmly to his cheek, letting go before walking off, Aruto now sporting a bright pink lipstick mark on his cheek.
His face turned pink, he leaned back in his chair, and he could swear he saw small versions of his girlfriend but in an angel outfit flying around his head playing harps.
Seven PM, when the two were supposed to meet.
Aruto had gotten into a black and pink version of his usual outfit, his jacket seeming the same but with a pink hoodie underneath with grasshopper patterns in black, and ones in pink on the jacket.
His pants and shoes matched that, with the pink on his shoe soles and patterns being in neon.
He headed out of his home as he saw, to his surprise, Izu sitting on his bike in the passenger's seat, one leg over the other in an almost provocative pose.
He also noticed a smoke trail that was just now fading away.
"Oh right." He chuckled. "Speed."
"Nice bike." Izu quipped, sitting on the RiseHopper 02.
"Well thanks, a certain gorgeous gynoid helped with it." Aruto told her, walking up to her.
"Oh, is it someone I know?" Izu asked teasingly, fluttering her eyelashes and oh Zea did that do things to Aruto's heart.
"Yeah, probably know her." He responded back just as coyly, hands behind his back. "About yay high, has this wonderful voice, gorgeous tranquil smile…"
"Should I be jealous?" Izu smirked.
"Maybe, maybe not. She does have this charming, yet kind of annoying habit to explain my jokes." He gave her a pointed look, to which she rolled her eyes.
"Let's just go." She chuckled.
"Aha, you admit it!" Aruto teased.
"Yes yes, you're hilarious." Izu chuckled. "Well, no, actually, your puns are terrible."
Aruto facefaulted. "Why do you have to hurt me so?"
"The truth often hurts." Izu smirks, patting his hat, adjusting herself as Aruto got onto the bike, putting on his gloves and helmet.
"Ha ha." Aruto rolled his eyes as Izu wrapped her arms around his waist.
"You are also visually pleasing." Izu smiled.
"Heh, thought I'd get some help from a friend of ours." Aruto smiled, shivering when he felt Izu peck his neck, leaving behind another lipstick mark. "Izu!"
"What, you complaining?" Izu asked.
"..." Aruto laughed, revving his bike, Izu leaning her head into him as he drove off.
"So this is Club La'Rider." Izu commented as they entered the titular location.
"Well you are a rider now. Just…took a bit to get you inducted into the Legend Rider ranks. We've been a bit busy, after all."
"True…"
"Yo, Aruto!" Sento greeted, running up to him.
"Hey, Sento!" Aruto clasped hands with his senior rider.
"Yo, Izu!" Sento shook hands with the secretary. "Love the look. What's the occasion?"
"Valentine's Day." Aruto answered. "I got a bit overworked and Izu decided a date would be good stress relief."
"Huh, Pearla said the same thing." Sento noted, crossing his arms.
"Oh hey, she's smart." Aruto joked.
"Oh har har."
"So what's the event tonight?"
"Well we got stand up, you're still banned, by the way,"
"Oh come on!"
"You're a well known bad punster." Sento deadpanned.
"They're not that horrible!" Aruto retorted.
"Yes they are." Sento and Izu said, making him pout.
Looking at him a moment, Izu then got an idea.
"Sento." She turned to the scientist.
"Yeah?"
"I have a proposition."
"Yeah?"
"You allow Aruto…and me to go do stand up."
"EH!?" Aruto stood up in shock.
Sento rubbed his chin in thought. "Hmm…could work."
"Wait, really?" Aruto asked.
"Hey, it'd make your puns bearable."
Aruto facefaulted.
"So do we have a deal?" Izu asked.
"Deal." Sento shook hands with her.
"'Because,' I said, 'We're E=MCsquared now.'" Sento spoke through the microphone on stage, some people groaning and others laughing.
"Oh come on, how is that any better than one of my jokes?" Aruto complained.
"He puts some more thought into them." Izu told him bluntly, Aruto facefaulting.
"So mean…"
"Would a kiss make it better?" Izu flirted, giving him a half lidded gaze, to which Aruto blushed.
"Anyways, with that, I take my leave." Sento announced. "Now, as a Valentine's day special, for one day only…" Sento sighed. "Aruto Hiden is allowed back on the stage."
Various looks of disgust and dread washed through the audience.
"BUT!" Sento announced. "He will be joined by his girlfriend Izu."
Everyone gasped in surprise at that as Aruto and Izu went up on stage.
"Hi, everyone!" Aruto greeted, taking a mic. "Good to be back, although I'm sure most of you won't agree."
Everyone murmured in agreement with that particular statement.
"Anyways, this is my girlfriend's first time here, so Izu, would you like to say a few words?"
Izu grabbed her own mic. "Yes. I can assure you, tonight will be much butter than anytime Aruto's been on stage before."
There were quite a few laughs right there.
"Ok, that was good." Aruto admitted. "But I assure you, mine will be much batta tonight!"
There were groans in the audience, as well as some snickers before they were quickly silenced.
"Aruto, it seems some people are trying to keep their amusement Hiden." Izu giggled.
Some more laughter in the audience as well as some embarrassed giggling.
"By the way, I love your new outfit." Aruto told her. "It's very lepi-dope-teran!"
More groans, this time followed by boos.
"GET OFF THE STAGE!" Natsumi yelled out, standing up from her seat, having to be pulled down by Rinko and Tsukasa.
"Tough crowd." Izu smiled. "This is lookin bat, wouldn't you agree, Natsumi?"
Some more snickers but also boos.
"How smooth, Izu!" Aruto grinned. "It'd take a Decade for me to come up with that one!"
Tsukasa deadpanned.
"...y'know cause…" Aruto gestured to Tsukasa. "...nevermind."
Then he got an empty juice carton thrown at his face, which he dodged.
"Ooook, I'm guessing this isn't up to your tastes?" Aruto guessed, which got some crackers thrown at him, which he barely dodged again.
More and more people seemed to be joining in, Aruto dodging as best as he could while Izu avoided everything effortlessly.
"Well, this didn't go so well." Aruto muttered, then he saw Izu extending a hand.
He decided to take it, Izu pulling him in to avoid another piece of food thrown at him, a look of understanding passing through their eyes before they nodded, breaking apart while still holding hands to dodge more food.
"I didn't expect things to go this badly." Aruto admitted, Izu dipping him to avoid a drink thrown, everyone seeming to be getting more and more into it. "I guess with the weather, my jokes are bound to be cold!"
Izu smirked, lifting him up, pulling him into a flip to avoid more food. "Oh, no need to flip out, Aruto." She told him.
He grinned, holding up her hand as she let herself drop, legs splitting, spinning to draw pink ethereal markings on the floor in a circle.
Aruto caught on, spinning her in the air as his own shoes drew markings around the circle as they dodged the food gracefully.
Aruto put Izu on the ground, his girlfriend spinning him in a wide arc which surrounded the eye that was forming.
"Eye see what we're doing here." Aruto winked.
Izu winked back as they dodged more food, jumping into the air, bringing each other closer, landing on the ground before splitting, still holding onto each other, the completed image, now representing Zea's satellite form, firing a giant pink light upwards which changed into the shape of a grasshopper-butterfly fusion with heart shaped wings.
Everyone looked on in amazement, a few clapping, then more, then soon all the audience was clapping.
"Amazing…so that was your plan all along!" Rinko 'realized'. "To get us to boo so much we'd throw food to get you to do that dance!"
"Y-yeah…uh…heheh…right." Aruto fibbed, looking both ways, Izu giggling.
"How did you do that?" Sento asked.
"Zea." Izu answered simply.
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"...and?" Sento asked, gesturing for her to continue.
"Church of Divine Zero. Read about it." Izu told him, chuckling.
"So uh…" Aruto walked over to Sento. "Does this mean uh…?"
"...fine, you're back. Just…work on better material." Sento told him, patting his back.
"YES!" Aruto cheered.
"Well that was a thing." Aruto chuckled, sitting on his bike with Izu, looking up at the moon.
Izu nodded.
Aruto laughed. "Well, I didn't manage to succeed at comedy, but at least we put on a good show." Aruto shrugged.
Izu nodded, snuggling up to him. "...Aruto?"
"Yeah?"
"..." She smiled at him, pecking his cheek. "Happy Valentine's."
He smiled, pecking hers back. "Happy Valentine's."
"...
"..."
"..."
"..."
"I guess you could say…" Aruto grinned.
"Aruto." Izu cut him off.
"Yeah?"
Izu smiled, pulling him in closer by the collar. "Please quiet yourself and use your mouth for better purposes."
"...yes ma'am." Aruto responded, Izu kissing him deeply. He yelped before slowly melting into it, wrapping his arms around her waist, she wrapping her arms around his head.
She slowly got into his lap, wrapping her legs around his waist, the two then breaking and smiling at each other when the need for air on Aruto's part came.
Izu smirked then giggled.
"What?" Aruto asked.
Izu held up a mirror, Aruto now seeing his lips were also a nice shade of pink.
"...you planned this." Aruto deadpanned.
"Maybe, maybe not." Izu winked.
"Izuuuuu!"
"What, you look good like this." Izu told him.
"I don't-really?"
"Yes. I pinky promise."
"...wait did you just-"
"Izu ja naito!" Izu pointed at him, winking.
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…
Aruto burst out laughing. "That was a good one!"
Izu smiled warmly, cupping his cheek.
"Izu?" Aruto looked at her in confusion.
"I love you." She told him simply.
"..." He smiled. "I love you too."
The two smiled before kissing again, deepening the kiss the longer it went.
Then they started upping the passion.
Then they started pulling at each other's clothes-
"OI!" Sento called out, startling the two of them. "If you wanna do that, get up to it at your own home, not in front of the club!"
The two looked to each other, blushing, chuckling.
"Sorry!" Aruto called out.
Sento rolled his eyes, going back inside.
"...so uh…" Aruto started. "What do you wanna-"
Izu put a finger to his lips. "I think you know what we both want."
…
Aruto and her smiled, getting in position on the RiseHopper 02, Aruto putting on his gloves and helmet, Izu wrapping her arms around her waist and leaning into him before he drove off.
Sento chuckled, shaking his head as he watched the two drive off. "Those two…"
"You coming back, Sento?" Tsukasa called out.
"Yeah, just give me a minute. Had to stop our pink dancer & mini rich you from doing it in front of our building." Sento explained, walking over.
"How is he a mini me?" Tsukasa asked, tilting his head.
Sento smirked.
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"...IT'S NOT PINK, IT'S MAGENTA!" Tsukasa yelled incredulously, realization dawning on him.
"Sure it is, buddy." Sento patted his back, walking over to the others.