SJMT Shipper: Thanks for commenting again. You're like my number one support in life... (Well, at least the FanFiction part of it... 😅)

Starfire9927: thx for reading! Don't worry, there won't be a confession yet. Later, yes, but not yet. Oh yeah, I like your story idea!

If ya wanna read that, it's called "Some dreams come true."

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"Welcome back, Koharu-chan!"

"Thanks a lot," she whispered, blushing slightly.

"All right!" Yuzu cheered. "Le-e-e-et's celebrate!"

"It's good to see you again," Yozora said, smiling. "Are you doing well in Italy? Maybe you could come to Beauty Class sometime, and show us some things you learned there?"

"Y- yes! I'd love to! Umm... thank you, Yozora-sempai!"

"So... When are we gonna celebrate again? Soon, hopefully?" Yuzu grinned.

Everyone laughed.

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(A bench in the "insert wherever you call that place Yume runs laps." Sorry, I dunno what it's called... 😐)

"Koharu-chan, it's nice to see you again," Mahiru said. "It's been a little lonely in Beauty Class."

"Ummm... yeah... I've missed you a lot, too."

"Hey!" Yume shouted. "When's my turn? Koharu-chan's my childhood friend!"

"How selfish, Tomato," Subaru said.

She blushed. "Well, you can shut up, Boiled Octopus!"

"Boiled Octopus?" Koharu cocked her head to the side slightly.

Kawaii! Asahi screamed in his head.

"His nickname," Yume explained. "And I'm Tomato. But only he can call me Tomato, and only I can can call him Boiled Octopus. It's decided already. "

She sighed.

"You know, I'm getting kind of tired of repeating that," she said. "Can we just have a shout-out or something, and tell the whole school?"

"Don't you think that might give off the wrong vibe?" Subaru asked.

"What do you mean?"

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"Anyway," Laura sighed. "The mission was unsuccessful, huh?"

"Yep," Asahi said, depressed.

"What mission are you two talking about?" Nozomu asked.

"We'd better not tell him," Laura whispered.

"Yeah, he might get jealous," Asahi whispered back, grinning.

Koharu looked at the twosome talking to each other.

"Are you two going out?" she asked.

"No," Laura simply said. On the other hand, Asahi's reply...

"N-NO WAY!" Asahi yelled.

"Oh! Really? You two were getting along really well, so..." Koharu blushed. "Well, I'm relieved."

What? Asahi thought. She's relieved? Was she jealous? WAIT... REALLY?! YAY! I'M SO HAPPY!

He grinned.

"Hey, Koharu-chan," he started.

"Yeah?" She replied.

"Wanna go out?"