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Subaru hid behind a bush to eavesdrop. (That sounds really suspicious...)

"You did great, Yume-chan," he heard Nozomu say.

"Thanks!" Yume answered.

Thank god, he thought. Just talking...

He heaved a sigh of relief.

"Huh?" Yume looked around. "I thought I heard something..."

Then she noticed Subaru behind the bush.

"Hey, Boiled Octopus! Stop hiding! C'mon, I need to talk to you!"

Subaru shuffled out slowly. "Wh- what is it?"

Yume clasped one of his hands. "Thanks for training me! Because of you, I had a really good performance!"

Subaru blushed. She's holding my hand!

"Well, you paid me," he nonchantly, like he didn't care.

She let go of his hand. "True... but you're really busy... I bet you had to cancel stuff, right? I feel like I should have paid more than $100."

Nozomu raised an eyebrow. "You made her pay? And that much?"

"N-no! She paid of her own will!"

"Is that right, Yume-chan?"

She smiled. "Yeah! Boiled Octopus is a top idol! Not paying would be weird!"

"Boiled Octopus?"

"Yep! I call him Boiled Octopus, and he calls me Tomato! But no one else can call me Tomato, or him Boiled Octopus. It's decided already."

"Nicknames, huh?"

"Uh-huh!"

Nozomu looked at Subaru, and whispered," I thought you didn't like her."

He blushed. "I don't!"

Nozomu shrugged. "I couldn't care less. But be prepared to lose."

"What are you two talking about?" Yume asked.

"Don't worry about it," replied Nozomu.

"Okay! Well, I need to go now. I'm going to be interviewed soon! Watch me, 'kay, Boiled Octopus? And Nozomu-kun?"

"Sure," Nozomu said, smiling.

But after Yume was out of sight, he glared at Subaru.

"You're going down," he hissed.

Subaru was left in shock.