It had been about a week since Makoto asked Ayumi out and, as the days passed by extremely slowly, Yoshiki grew more and more depressed and jealous. He now, held a deep hatred for Makoto but, after seeing how happy Ayumi was with him, he felt bad. He wanted Ayumi to be happy of course but what he would give to be the one to make her depression obviously wasn't serious but to him, it didn't matter all that much. Either way, he had lost the love of his life and there was honestly nothing he could do about it. Ayumi meanwhile, had been spending more and more of her time with Makoto which resulted in her spending less and less time with her friends who, with each passing day, grew more and more concerned about Yoshiki's health, considering that he had been eating a lot less and had been a lot less happy than normal ever since Makoto asked Ayumi out. They were also concerned that Ayumi would eventually just stop talking to them, as she seemed so happy being with Makoto. Everyone just seemed to have their own problems, even though it was the night of the dance, the night that Yoshiki was going to have to watch the love of his life dance with another guy, a guy he hated at that but, that was only if his and Seiko's plan didn't work which they were sure wouldn't happen. They had finished everything for the plan three days ago and had everything planned out perfectly. The last bell had just rung, signalling to everyone that it was the end of the day and causing all the students to burst out into exited chatter. The seven friends met up outside the school and started walking home like they used to, before this whole thing with Makoto happened. They were all walking and chatting happily when a shiny red farrari pulled up at the curb next to where they were walking. The window rolled down and Makoto's head came out through it.

"Hey Ayumi, you want a ride?" Makoto asked Ayumi as she stood awkwardly, all her friends gazes directly on her.

"O..okay." she agreed somewhat reluctantly, walking around the front of the car and getting in the passenger side. Makoto sped off, leaving the other six friends stood, shocked and staring after their friend.

"Somebody has to stop him..." Naomi mumbled under her breath as they all carried on walking, talking a lot less than before.

That same night, the seven friends met up again, walking back to school together. They reached kisaragi academy relativly quickly and went inside to the main hall where the dance was being held. Upon entering the hall, they were greeted by the noise of everyone in the room who were all involved in conversations. There was music playing but it was barely audiable over the noise of conversations.

"Anyway guys, I'm going to try and find Makoto." Ayumi said before disappearing into the crowd.

"What a surprise..." Yoshiki mumbled quietly under his breath. He didn't exactly have to be quiet as the noise of the crowd would drown out anything he said.

Ayumi was busy looking for Makoto when she spotted him talking to someone. He was talking to one of his friends who, she'd been told, he'd gone out with. She tried to hear what he was saying but with great trouble, she did however, catch a few of his words;

"...You know I don't love her. God, me and Shinozaki aren't even friends, seriously I can't stand her and you know that. I only love you."

She couldn't believe what she was hearing. She had truly believed that he loved her and how wrong she had been! She couldn't take it, she ran back through the crowd, ignoring the questions her friends were shouting as they ran after her. She ran straight out of the school building, not noticing the blonde boy following close behind her.

"Shinozaki! What's gotten into you?" He yelled as he chased her out the building.

"Leave me alone Kishinuma!" Ayumi shouted back to him. As she hadn't been looking where she was going, she tripped over a crack that jutted out of the pathement. She screamed as she fell and hit the ground and, before she knew what had happened, Yoshiki was sat, by her side on the pavement.

"Shinozaki, are you alright?" Yoshiki asked frantically. She couldn't help herself, she immediately grabbed into Yoshiki as the tears streamed out of her eyes.

"Shhh...Shinozaki, if you want to talk about it then you know I'm right here." Yoshiki said in a calm, soothing voice.

"You knew all along didn't you! You didn't even bother to tell me." Ayumi said, practically enraged

"Shinozaki...I..." Yoshiki began

"No! Just leave me alone! Never talk to me again!" Ayumi shouted at him, getting up and running in the direction of the beach.

"She stood me up, didn't she?" Makoto asked Yoshiki

"No she didn't. Something upset her so she ran off in the direction of the beach."Yoshiki replied

"I'll go find her..." Makoto grumbled, leaving the school building and setting off in the direction of the beach. He didn't mean for this to happen but he always seemed to find the girls who are way too emotional. Her friends didn't like him, they both knew that and she said it didn't matter when it did, to him at least. As he walked, he thought of what he could do to make Ayumi forget all about him and what he had done after all, he had made that mistake before with Azumi. She remembered everything and told everyone she could, all because he hadn't come up with a plan.

"Wait, she's at the beach? Someone should warn her to be carefull around cliffs..." Makoto mumbled to his self, laughing manically as he walked