To celebrate the success of the girl's night at Budokan,
Tsumugi's father had cleared out the entire top floor in
a hotel that the Kotobuki family just happened to own.
One large room in particular was devoted to the
celebration where most of the guests were currently
occupying. The other rooms on the floor were meant
for any guests who decided to sleep over for the night
and begin their trek home in the morning.

Those who were lucky enough to be invited were
packed into the main room to party and mingle with
their friends and the members of the band.

Yui, Ritsu, and Mugi had naturally blossomed under the
attention and were busy chatting with fans or signing
an autograph here and there, and, with some
encouragement from Yui, Azusa also paid some
fan-service to the crowd.

Mio, however, was avoiding the wave of people who
had flocked to meet them. She was sitting in a chair in
the corner of the room trying to go unnoticed.

Whenever a young boy would find some courage and
try to speak with her, she would turn away and try
her best to make him leave her alone.

The concert had been fun for her, but this was just
unwanted. Mio constantly glanced at the clock at the
wall.

'It's already midnight. When is everyone going to
leave?'

Mio looked around only to find that her fellow
band-mates had disappeared.

'Where did they go?'

She got up and walked to the restroom as quietly as
possible to avoid any unnecessary attention.

The young girl stood in front of the mirror and looked
into the eyes staring back at her. The outfit Sawako
had chosen was not as extreme as some of her past
creations, but it was becoming slightly uncomfortable
as the night wore on. Mio un-pinned the little top hat
and put it down next to the sink along with her long,
fingerless glove. She ran some water to wipe away
the make-up from under her left eye.

Mio shrieked when the hand went over her mouth.

A familiar arm wrapped around Mio and held on
tightly.

"Don't do that, you'll just smear it."

Mio struggled out of the grasp.

"Want to go someplace more private, Mio-chan?"

"Leave me alone."

"Don't be shy. I have a surprise for you."

Mio considered her options: she could leave now or
go back to the party.

Being the lesser of two evils, she chose the former.