In the morning, Kyo was waiting outside Shizuka's door. He sat there for an hour until she finally opened the door, dressed in pajamas. "So you're actually

back, huh?" She said, a tone of hurt in her voice. "Maybe you're not a total ass." She kept walking. Kyo stood up and caught up with her. "Hold on, sis. I sat

there forever waiting for you to wake up, so don't just walk away from-" "Just leave me alone, Kyo," Shizuka said, her hand over his mouth. She pushed him

away and quickly descened the stairs. "Good morning, Shii-kun!" Shigure said brightly, his head popping out from behind the door to the kitchen. She smiled

halfheartedly. "Aw, come on, don't let Kyo-kun get you down. He's just an idiot. The real thing you should be focusing on is Aaya." He said with a playful

smirk. "And this is because...?" She raised an eyebrow. "Go look outside! He's at his balcony." Shigure hid a laugh. Shizuka was utterly confused. There was

something wrong with that man. But nonetheless, she went outside to look. When she glanced at Ayame's balcony, he was elegantly dancing, with no shirt

on. Shizuka blushed for half a second; she had to admit, he looked pretty good. Then she busted out laughing, and he froze in mid-dance. He looked at her,

and called out "Shizu-chan, i love you!" She smiled and said "I love you too, but i'm still telling Yuki." He sighed. "Saw right through me," he said, smiling in

spite of himself. "Ah, like i wasn't planning on giving dear Yuki a private dance recital anyway!" he said, grinning evilly. Shizuka threw the biscuit she was

eating at him, and hit him right in the face. Before he could react, she ran back into the house. "Shigure..."she said, somewhat shyly. "Yes?" Shizuka

looked around the room to see if anyone else was there. "I...do you know about...?" She said, hoping he would know what she was talking about. "That you

have a crush on Aaya?" Shigure said, smiling softly. Shizuka blushed. "What the hell Shigure?! That's not it at all. Nevermind." "I have heard my name ring

through the halls of this house! Whatever could you two be talking about?" Ayame said, coming down the stairs and striding into the kitchen. "We were just

talking about how it was great that you could be here at the same time as me," Shizuka said calmly. "Ah, I see. Well, I must be off to the fridge, I can't go

without milk in the morning," He said.

Kyo, meanwhile, was up in his room, thinking. 'Damn it all, why did i have to screw that up...I'm such an idiot. I can't even make things right without her getting

mad. The oly person i can think of to ask is...Ayame' he thought, shuddering at the though of asking HIM for help. 'i guess anything else won't get me

anywhere, though.' He decided. He went downstairs to find Ayame, who was convenienty by himself outside. "Ayame?" he said. he refused to make eye

contact. "Yes, Kyonkichi?" Ayame said back. "Damnit, this is important! Dont be calling me crap like that!" Kyo shouted. "Ah, kids. Anyway, what do you

need?" No response. Fnally, kyo said "I need your help... It's abut my sister. You seem to know her better than anyone, and i want some ideas on how i

should fix what i pulled yesterday." Ayame smiled. "Well, the first step is to not be an idiot!" Kyo glared at him. "No seriously, that's all I can tell you. Also,

she likes food." Ayame bent down to pick a flower. "That's IT?! That's ALL you're going to tell me! Why did I even bother asking you?" Kyo exclaimed. He

stormed back into the house. "Hey kyo, I was wonder-" "NOT NOW!!" He shouted, without thinking. He faced his sister. She didn't even say anything, Just

smacked him in the face. Ouch. He returned to his room, and internally shouted at himself. He was such an idiot, acting without even thinking first. Maybe

that's what Ayame meant. He mihgt not be a complete moron after all.

"Aaya, I smacked Kyo in the face" Shizuka said when she found Ayame. He put his hand on her head. "Good for you!" he said. "Was he being an idiot

again?" She nodded. "That's what happens when you don't take my advice," he said. "Hopefully he'll learn eventually. He's not a bad kid, he just has no idea

how to act toward people. Especially long lost sisters who randomly show up at his house." "I don't know..." Shizuka said. "Hey, I have an idea!" Ayame said,

brightening. "Let's spend the day at my shop! You can try on all sorts of dresses, and meet my assistant, Mine." "Sure! I haven't really seen much of your

work yet anyway." Shizuka replied. So Ayame and Shizuka got into Shigure's car and began the drive out to Ayame's dress shop. On the way there, Ayame

crahsed into 1 mailbox, 1 small tree, and 2 driveway markers. After swerwing to avoid hitting a car parked on the street, he admitted, "This is why Hatori never

lets me drive his car." He almost seemed proud of it. Shizuka laughed. "Just don't kill us, ok?" She said. He avoided further carnage the rest of the way there,

but Shigure's car was still pretty beat up. They ended up laughing about it the rest of the way there. When they arrived at the shop, Mine greeted them with a

bow. "Mine, my darling assistant! He said. "Hello sir. And...who are you?" She asked. "Shizuka, or Shizu, or whatever you want to call me," Shizuka replied.

"I'm Mine." Ayame leaned over to Mine and...kissed her?! This wasn't something he'd mentioned. The three of them went into the shop, and Ayame started

showing Shizuka everything he had made. The dresses were amazing, she had to admit. But that kiss was still bothering her. "Something's bothering you,

Shizu-chan, what's wrong?" Ayame said eventually. It was obvious she wasn't focused. She didn't answer him at first, but after he asked her multiple times,

she gave in. "When we got here, you kissed your assistant!" She shouted, and a tear slid down her face."But Shizu...why does that bother you? She's a nice

girl," said Ayame. "It doesnt matter who it is, it's that you did it," She said. "You're my best friend, Aaya, and you didn't even bother to tell me you had a

girlfriend? You told me she was your assistant, nothing else. I tell you everything, so why can't you?" She stared at him. Ayame gave her a warm hug. "I'm

sorry, Shizu-chan. You're right, i should've told you. I kind of wanted it to be a surprise, though." She nodded. "Now, for my penance, I will don- THIS!" He said,

holding up a sleek blue dress. He immediately went to the bathroom and changed. What Shizuka saw when Ayame stepped out of the bathroom was unlike

anything she had ever seen. Ayame, unfotunately, looked amazing in that dress. It was low cut at the top, and split so far up the side she could see the very

bottom of his boxers. And it was tight. She stood staring at him for a minute, then cracked up. "You are so WEIRD!" She exclaimed, jumping on his back. He

started to run with her, and soon they were just piggyback running around the shop laughing like idiots, and singing random songs. Mine came out of the

sewing room and saw her boyfriend in a tight (and provocative) blue dress, carrying a teenage girl on his back and singing 'the wheels on the bus'. Not unused

to this kind of thing, she just waited for them to stop so she could ask him about one of the dreses they were making. Ayame noticed her, and stopped. "What

do you need?" He asked. "I need your input on how to attatch this to the dress," she said, holding up a piece of cloth. Ayame went back into the sewing room

with her, but Shizuka waited outside. They were in there for a very long time. She tried on some dresses, which she noted were very well made. Her Aaya

really was brilliant with this line of work. She looked toward the sewing room door. They really had been in there for a long time.

Kyo decided to go outside and apologize, to both Shizuka and Ayame. But they weren't outside anymore. "Shigure, have you seen my sister or Ayame? I can't

find them" he called into the house. Shigure came outside. "They didn't come back inside, so i don't know. Hey, where's my car?" He said. "They probably

took it without asking. Would you expect anything else?" Kyo shrugged. Shigure fake cried over the temporary loss of his car, and Kyo went back inside. He

wasn;t paying attention to where he was going, and ran right into Yuki. "Watch where you're going, you idiot," said Yuki. "Why, don't you, you damn rat!?

What soured you up anyway?" kyo retorted. "Maybe it was that loud, repetitive voice of yours," Yuki said, opening the fridge. "Damn you Yuki, one day i'll-"

"beat you and become one of the zodiac. I know." Yuki finished. Kyo punched him, but Yuki caught it. Tohru walked in on this, and yelled "STOP!" they froze.

"Uh...I, I'm sorry! This isn't any of my business, i should just let you guys fight, but i don't like to see you fisht, but it doesnt matter what i think because it's

your fight, and-" "It's OK." They both said at once, then started bickering over that. Tohru sighed. After the fight with Kyo, Yuki took a snack up to his room and

read a book about gardening. But he couldnt concentrate on it. Something was on his mind, but the trouble was, he didn't know what. All he knew was that it

did have something to do with Kyo's sister. And Ayame. He tried to get to sleep, but he couldn't. Eventually, Yuki went downstairs and called Ayame's shop

to see if they went there, and maybe talk to Shizuka. "----Hey, did you take Shigure's car to get to the shop?-------you're an idiot.----Well, Whatever. Can I talk

to Shizuka-san?"-------All right.-------------------------What?----Out with it Ayame!-------WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S GONE!?!-----------what, were you like ignoring

her?!----some best friend you are, brother dear." Yuki slammed the phone onto the cradle and ran outside to where Shigure was. "Yes, Yuki-kun?" Shigure

asked, calmly. "Ayame lost Shizuka. She's not with him at his shop. We have to got find her!" He said, out of breath. "Now, now, don't get worked up. He's

probably just not looking int he right plac. I bet she's in the store somewhere still. "Shigure, what happens if she's not? Ayame's shop is by a bunch of woods,

with random unexpected dropoffs. If she left for some reason, she could fall and get really injured!" Yuki was getting up into his face. "Fine, we'll take a cab out

there. But I bet she's in no danger." Shigure said. Yuki nodded, and fetched Kyo. They walked into town and found a cab, urging the driver to go as quickly as

possible. And it was a good thing, too.