Over the next couple of weeks Matsumoto and Kira found their ears nearly being chewed off by all the excess information they were receiving. Unbeknownst to them, there was a common theme among their discussions. That theme was sex and it seemed they were both becoming rather impatient.

Her reasoning was that she because had been in initiator of many stages in their quickly evolving relationship, she didn't think she should have to initiate that as well. It made her anxious to be so forward though, she quickly realized that he didn't mind her that way. To a certain extend, it was really nice. She rarely got a chance to be so outspoken but she could tell he was holding back. There were times when she felt his hands very near her but he held back from actually touching her. It took all she had not to lean into those 'near-touches' because she wanted him to actually do it. As a result, Matsumoto got to hear about how sexually frustrated and increasingly impatient her friend had become.

Kira was hearing a similar story. Hisagi couldn't get enough of it. The majority of his past relationships were quite the opposite. He enjoyed not being under the pressure of initiating the first touch or their first kiss…even if it was just on his neck. She even made it easy for him to ask her out. He wondered if she would be the one to take things to the next level and often held back so that if she really wanted to, she eventually would do something. Kira didn't think that was a good idea. He understood the initial problem of their relationship had been his attitude making her think he was aloof to her. Now that that seemed to be settled, now that they had an understanding of some sort, he found it very foolish to risk something like that happening again. And, even though it was usually against his better judgment, Kira found himself encouraging him to make more advances on her as long as she was receptive to him. He found making her do all the work to be extremely distasteful.

Matsumoto was sitting on the steps of her Captain's office mulling over the situation when Kira walked by. He, too, lost in thought barely noticed the other Vice Captain. She realized that maybe she needed someone to bounce ideas off of. Her greeting brought him back to reality. "What are you thinking so hard about?" she asked as she joined at his pace.

He hesitated but decided to tell her, "Haushinka, actually. Hisagi has been talking about her a lot recently…apparently they've been spending quite a bit of time together."

"Oh, tell me about it! We need to find a way to get them to shack up…they just need to fuck and get it over with," Matsumoto complained.

Kira blushed. "We?"

"You're Hisagi's best friend. You've known him for like forever. Of course you're going to help," she didn't plan on giving him much of a choice in that regard.

Kira sighed in resignation.

"Now, we need to figure out our angle of attack. Tell me all the stuff Hisagi says about her," she urged.

He looked around, "Do we have to do this here?" Kira was willing to participate but he thought they should be more discrete than just discussing it in the middle of the street.

"Oh, good point! I was so excited that you're so willing to help that I forgot where we were." She led him to her office where they came up with a plan.

They decided that it was best to go after Hisagi not only because of the situation but Haushinka, Matsumoto assured, would know they were up to something as soon as they started to speak to her. She warned him that if their more subtle measures didn't work, she would have to resort to something a little more drastic. She didn't elaborate on that and he didn't ask. Their plan was simple. Since talking to them last time seemed to have positive results, they were going to try it again.

This time, however, their words had less of an effect…no effect, in fact. On top of that, they were both getting increasingly impatient and were getting to the point of being in a near-constant state of preoccupation.

Matsumoto and Kira weren't the only ones who noticed either. Soi Fong noticed something was off with her newest project and when she confronted her about it, Haushinka simply blushed and said it was nothing, apologizing profusely. They had a pretty good relationship and Soi Fong was slightly hurt that she wouldn't confide in her. It bothered her so much that the next day, she summoned Matsumoto to her office.

Matsumoto surprised when her captain told her to go to the special forces main office. When she inquired further, he said that's all the information he had. What surprised her even more was what the special forces captain wanted with her. Soi Fong was more than embarrassed when Matsumoto bluntly told her exactly what the problem was.

"Well, I guess that explains why she didn't want to tell me about it," was all the captain could manage. "I set them up to train not to fool around," she finally complained after a moment of thought.

"Oh, Captain, please don't be mad at her. Actually the problem is that they won't just fuck and get it over with. It's like they're playing some stupid little game and they're both losing." She continued to elaborate on the situation, suggesting heavily that if they could just have sex, things would go back to normal, if not better.

"I see." Soi Fong sat deep in thought for what seemed like forever before saying anything else. "It sounds like this is largely Vice Captain Hisagi's fault," she said as she began to pull a key out of her desk.

Matsumoto giggled. "That does seem to be the consensus. I've been wracking my brain trying to find a way to fix it but nothing I've come up with has been viable. Do you have any suggestions?" she asked hopefully.

"I think I might have just the thing. Would you mind going on a special mission, so to speak?" she led the vice captain into a back room that looked much like a laboratory and to a small cabinet.

"Oh, I've never been on a special forces mission before," Matsumoto giggled. "What do you have in mind?"

"It should be rather simple." She pulled two small bottles from the cabinet and locked it once again. "You said they were going on another date tonight?"

"Yeah, she's making him dinner."

"Perfect. Ambush Hisagi before he makes it to her quarters and have him drink this," she handed over the blue bottle. "It will be easiest if you buy him a drink and slip it in there. If he's as distracted as you say, he shouldn't notice. Now this one," she held up the pink bottle before pulling off the top and replacing it with a perfume sprayer. "Give this to Haushinka as a present, make up a reason." Soi Fong smirked. "This should solve our problems. I just hope you're predictions are correct."

"What is this stuff? What's it do?" Matsumoto eyed the two small bottles in her hands before sticking it in her shirt.

"The combination of the two will create a chemical reaction. It will drive Hisagi insane if doesn't deal with it." She handed her a small purse of coins to compensate her. "Now, I don't think that gives you very much time, so you'd better get going."

That was all the encouragement she needed. She first went to Haushinka who was just getting home from the market, buying things for their dinner. "Here," she handed her friend the small pink bottle.

"What's this?"

"It's a present. I know you've been down lately so when I saw this, I knew it was for you. Here, let me help you with it." She guided the younger woman's hands to the right places before pressing down on the sprayer a good number of times.

"Perfume?" Haushinka sounded slightly confused. "It does smell very nice but you didn't have to do this. Perfume is expensive."

"Not too expensive for a friend. Don't worry about it!"

"Well thank you," she managed before setting it on the counter and continuing to unpack her groceries.

"Okay, well I have go to, the captain has me working my poor butt off. Have fun tonight!" She left before there could be any argument.

Next was Hisagi. This had the potential of being a little trickier than her first step. She lucked out. When she passed one of their usual hangouts and poked her head inside, she found Hisagi sitting by himself. She took the liberty of keeping him company until he decided to leave for his date. She found it cute that he was, thought he wouldn't admit it, at least a little nervous. If he wasn't, he wouldn't have been drinking in the afternoon by himself.

"Oi, big date tonight, huh," she said as she made her way toward him. "Let me buy you a drink before you head over there. I just visited her and she's not ready yet," Matsumoto made her way to one of the servers and procured some sake. She made sure to put some of the mixture from the blue bottle into his cup. Soi Fong assured her that it wouldn't take the entire bottle, or even half, to accomplish their goal but insisted that she get him to consume as much as possible. As they suspected, he was distracted and didn't even think twice about it. If anything, he wasn't expecting her to disturb his thoughts and drew a mild irritation from that but the fact that she was buying him drinks seemed to ease that almost immediately.

They made small talk and once Hisagi's cheeks were flushed and the little bottle more than half empty, Matsumoto decided that he'd had enough. By itself, the chemical didn't appear to have any sort of effect on her friend and she found herself regretting not being able to see what happened to him when they got together, but that was just her hormones and over active imagination taking hold of her. They sat and talked a while longer, allowing him some time to sober up while Matsumoto continued to indulge, before, at her encouragement, he took his leave and made his way to her quarters.