The dance was being held outside on one of the tennis courts. Nearby, on another court, there were tables set up like a cafe. Horio and Kome decided to head over the the first court, the lights flashing and music blaring. Meanwhile, Ryoma and Sayomi had gone to the second court. Going with the cafe theme, some of the third year students had volunteered to act as waiters. Fuji came around to the table with a pitcher of water.

"Hello. Would you like some water?"
"Sure."
"Ah, Echizen, hello! And who is this lovely young lady?"
"I'm Sayomi."

"Awww, well aren't you two cute together? Here, have some water."

"Thank you, Fuji-senapai."

"Anything else you need, just tell us and we'll be happy to get it for you."

Fuji left with a smile to refill his pitcher of water.

"So do you wanna get anything to eat?"

Ryoma flipped through the menu.

"Do you want...a fruit salad?"

"Sure."

Ryoma raised his hand and waited for a waiter to come around. Momo took out a notepad, ready to write down thier order.

"Hi! What do you need?" he asked with a friendly smile.

"Hey, Momo-senpai. Why are you a waiter? I thought it was only the third years."

"Well Tezuka-senpai signed all us regulars up for cafe duty...except you apparently. So what can I get for you and..."

"Sayomi."

"Well I'm Takeshi Momoshiro. So what can I get for ya?"

"A fruit salad."

"And for you, Echizen?"

"Nothing."

"Okay. Well then I'll go get your fruit salad."

"Thanks Momoshiro-senpai."

"It's what I'm here for. And please, call me Momo-chan."

Soon, Momo came back with a decrotave fruit salad-and an unusual looking drink.

"...What's that?"

"Inui fruit juice-compliments of the chef."

"So Inui-senpai got stuck with kitchen duty, huh?"

"Actually, he chose to work in the kitchen."

Momo stood at the table, waiting for Sayomi to try the odd drink in front of her.

"What?"

"I wanna see your reaction."

"Okay..."

Sayomi picked up the glass and stared at the repulsive looking drink. She took a deep breath and gulped down the chunky liquid.

"That looked disgusting..." Momo said with a horrified face.

"So how's it taste?"

"Not bad, actually. It's very sweet."

"Well like they say, you can't judge a book by it's cover."

"And I can taste coconut juice in it."

"Hm...maybe I'll try it."

"Get back to work, Momo." Tezuka said as he passed.

"Well, I've got work to do. See ya later!"

Not long after Momo left, Horio and Kome arrived at the second court, looking for Ryoma and Sayomi.

"Ah, there you are!"

"We've been here the whole time."

"Why didn't you come dance with us?"

"Because we didn't want to?"

"Okay, well we'll come sit with you guys then."

Tezuka noticed the additional people at the table and instructed Eiji to cater to them.

"Hiya! I'm Eiji. Want some water?"

"We already know you Eiji-senpai."

"Nya, it's you Sayomi-sama!"

"Eiji-senapai, I already told you to quit calling me that!"

"So sorry, Sayomi-chan. So what can I get for you and O'Chibi and your friends?"

"I'll have a fruit salad, like Sayomi's."

"Mmmkay, I'll go get you one."

Eiji skipped off to the kitchen to fetch a fruit salad.

"So what have you two been doin' all this time?" Kome took a few cherries from Sayomi's fruit salad.

"Talking to a couple of the regulars, mostly Momo-senpai."

"So who else did you talk to?"

"Fuji-senpai."

Eiji returned with the fruit salad, and the same mysterious fruit juice.

"Does that like, come with the fruit salad?"

"Dunno. Inui told me to bring it out."

"What's in it?"

"...Fruit? To be honest, I'm not totally sure."

"Well, I guess it can't hurt to try it..."

Kome took a sip of the drink.

"It's...um...interesting."

She gulped down her water.

"So who else wants to try it?"

"It's not actually as disgusting as it looks."

"Did you try it?"

"Yeah. It's actually really sweet. A little too sweet for my liking, but I don't hate it."

"Well if Sayomi-sama likes, it, I'm gonna try it!"

"I've told you a thousand times: stop calling me that! And I never said I liked it!"

Eiji picked up the glass, staring at it's murky contents. He tilted his head back and swallowed some of the juice.

"Better than the rest of them...I'm not feeling nauseous yet. Here O'Chibi, have some."

He handed the half-full glass to Ryoma. Although he didn't want to drink it, he did anyways, knowing that Eiji would continue to ask.

"Like Sayomi said, way too sweet."

"Mmmkay, I'll make sure to tell Inui that."

He happily trotted off to the kitchen to talk to Inui.

"Excuse me for a minute, I have to go talk to Kome in private."

"Um...okay?"

Kome followed him off the tennis courts.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?"

"I can't keep up this lie..."

"What lie?"

"Look, you're a good friend, but I have no feelings for you."

"So then why'd you ask me out? And why'd you drag Sayomi and Ryoma along?"

"The truth is: I like Shihobu. I was just using you to try to make her jealous. Please don't tell her..."

"Well I'm glad you were honest, but that was so mean! And besides, I don't think it was working."

"What? Why not?"

"Sayomi's not the jealous type."

"So what can I do to get her to like me?"

"I'm not sure, actually. She hasn't told me much about what she likes in a guy."

"Well just don't tell her what I said."

"Okay. I promise."