This is for Hibiki Rose! Hope you enjoy some Jyoumi! And in case some of you are wondering if that one quote is a song quote, then you're right ;3

Joe wasn't entirely sure why he was there in the first place.

One moment he was studying for a test, and the next, he was in his best suit, accompanying Mimi to a school dance. He had no idea why she had called him for him to come. In fact, he was surprised with himself for agreeing. But he was there, and there was nothing left to do about it.

It wasn't a date; it seriously wasn't. Mimi just wanted someone to go with her, and out of everyone she could've asked, she decided it should be him.

That ended up being a big mistake, though, because Mimi was practically dragging him everywhere. Whether it was to go get some food or to talk to some of her friends which he would've preferred not to socialize with at all, Mimi wasn't letting him have his way for anything.

After a while, Joe learned that if he kept his arms behind his back, she couldn't take one and lead him to do something that he wasn't enthusiastic about, which was pretty much anything and evrything.

That idea only lasted for a few minutes, however, when Mimi realized that Joe was wearing a tie, she also realized that said tie could be used to her advantage.

She wanted to dance. It wasn't a slow song or anything, but Joe wasn't much of a dancer nevertheless. With his hands clasped firmly behind his back, he politely refused.

"Seriously, Joe!" Mimi tried to convince him at first. "You've got to liven up!"

"Why can't you dance on your own? You have plenty of friends to join if you'd rather be with a crowd," Joe responded, trying to come up with as many excuses as possible.

After a couple more minutes of arguing, Mimi had enough. She reached out for his tie and pulled him quite forcefully onto the dance floor.

I knew I should've gone with the bow tie…

Once the pair was in the midst of all the moving people, Mimi finally let go and started dancing herself.

Joe stood there awkwardly, only getting in the way of everyone else.

"Mimi, I don't think this is-"

"Shut up and dance with me, will ya?" Mimi pouted.

Joe sighed, but complied. He was clumsy and stepped on the feet of others often, but he had to admit that it wasn't so bad. At least if he had to embarrass himself of anyone, it made Mimi happy.

And if she was happy and having fun, then so was he.

Just in case you didn't get the reference, the line "Shut up and dance with me" are lyrics from Shut up and Dance by Walk the Moon.