A/N: Happy holidays! So I totally forgot to post this chapter on here so enjoy two chapters in a row!

The great thing about Hogwarts being a huge castle is that it doesn't take long to find an empty room if you look hard enough.

The five fifth-years gather in a large study, empty and complete with tables, couches, and a fireplace. It's perfect for practicing magic, which is exactly what they use it for.

"I don't get what I'm doing wrong!" Sawamura slams down his wand. "Why do I have to do this? I'm never going to need to learn how to turn a match into a needle in the real world!"

"You'd be surprised, Eijun-kun." Haruichi says from across the room. He and Furuya are practicing spells for Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Sawamura." A shiver races down Sawamura's spine as he feels the dark aura emanating from Kanemaru.

"Sorry, sorry! I'll pay attention now." He keeps repeating the spell, but the match only moves a bit.

Toujou laughs from where he's sitting against the wall. "Shinji, you have to be gentler. Sawamura isn't gonna learn anything if you keep yelling at him."

A vein throbs near Kanemaru's temple. "You teach him then! I've done everything I can and we're still at the basics."

"I can't, I've got a big test tomorrow." He flips through his Muggle Studies textbook. "Hey, Sawamura, can you tell me how cars work?"

Sawamura gives him a thumbs-up. "Later. First, please don't give up on me, Kanemaru! Professor said she'll break my broom if don't pass the next exam."

Kanemaru crosses his arms. "Alright. Let's try again."

A few hours later, Sawamura has graduated from struggling to turn a match into a needle to struggling to turn a pencil into a knife.

"Try harder! Even a baby can do this!" Kanemaru yells.

"I can't concentrate if you keep yelling at me! What kind of teacher are you?" Sawamura yells back.

"One that's getting tired of your shit!"

Sawamura crosses his arms. "Honestly, I'm starting to doubt how good you are at Transfiguration."

Kanemaru's eye twitches. "What did you say?"

"If you were any good, you'd be able to help me!" He knows he shouldn't take out his frustration on Kanemaru, but his mouth hasn't caught up to his brain.

"I'll show you how good I am!" Before Sawamura can blink, Kanemaru pulls out his wand and said, "Canis Morphis!"

With a squeak, Sawamura disappears into thin air.

A russet brown puppy emerges from the pile of Sawamura's clothes resting on the ground. The four of them freeze in unison, the only sounds being the puppy's high pitched barks.

"So that spell does work." Toujou says.

Everyone starts talking at once after that.

"Kanemaru-kun, what did you do to him?" Haruichi asks frantically.

"Sawamura...dog…" Furuya mumbles to himself.

Kanemaru grabs his own hair. "Toujou, you told me that spell gives people dog ears or a tail!"

"The prank book said the effects of the spell range from dog body parts to turning into an actual dog. But stuff from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes always overexaggerates, so I ignored it."

"Now look what happened!"

"This isn't my fault! I didn't tell you to put a curse on Eijun!"

While all this shouting was going on, Sawamura moves from the group to the corner, where Kuro is sleeping. Kuro's nose twitches as she caught the scent of dog. She opens one eye to see Sawamura's face right in front of hers.

"It takes a sizable amount power to physically change someone into an animal." Haruichi ponders.

"He must've put all his anger behind that spell." Toujou muses with him. "You have a lot of pent up anger, huh, Shinji?"

Kanemaru raises his head high. "Maybe I'm just that powerful of a wizard.

"..."

"..."

"You guys are about to join Sawamura."

Sawamura barks happily and licks Kuro's face. She stares at him, then closes her eyes again.

"If Sawamura is a dog, he can't play Quidditch." Furuya states.
"Furuya-kun, that's not the point right now. We need to figure out how to change him back." Haruichi pulls out his wand. "A simple reversal spell should work."

Kanemaru goes to the corner and picks up Sawamura, who would not stop wriggling. "Let's try it."

They stand in a circle around the dog and fling every spell they can think of at him.

"Reverso!"

"Convertus!"

"Verto!"

"Transformo Transfiguro!"

Sawamura barks, tail swishing back and forth. They all let out a long exhale in exhaustion. Kanemaru falls to his knees. "What are we going to do?"

"We can't go to a teacher," Toujou says. "We'll all get in big trouble."

"Going to a teacher will be our last resort." Haruichi thinks it over. "Even if it's a powerful spell, it's still a joke spell. Someone more powerful than us should be able to break it."

"We could ask one of the upperclassmen. They might be able to help." Toujou suggests.

While they're talking, Sawamura padds back up Kuro and begins pouncing on her tail.

"Miyuki-senpai would help us." Furuya offers.

A chill goes through all of them immediately.

Haruichi shakes his head. "I don't think that's a good idea, Furuya-kun."

Miyuki would be a great option for help. Everyone, teachers and students alike, know that Miyuki has magical powers that far surpass those of people his age. Not only that, he has a knack for storing massive amounts of information and the ability to recall it in a second. It's a skill that makes a Miyuki not only a prodigy at Quiddith, but a dictionary when it comes to spells. If any student can fix this, it would be him.

However, Miyuki has a notoriously vindictive personality. There's no way to say "we turned your boyfriend into a dog and we don't know how to turn him back please help us" without getting blown to pieces, on principal.

"Are you crazy, Furuya? Miyuki-senpai would slaughter us if he found out." Kanemaru says.

"I didn't do anything." Furuya murmurs to himself.

Kuro opens one eye to peer at Sawwamura. In the next moment, the cat flips around, unsheathes her claws, and slashes Sawamura across his face. Sawamura whimpers softly, running a paw over the cut on his nose. He moves away from Kuro swiftly and slips out through a crack in the study room door.

"For now, I'll try to ask Aniki for information without telling him too much about the situation." The sound of a bell filtered into the room. "That's lunch. Let's tie Eijun-kun up for the time being."

Toujou shudders. "This feels kind of wrong."

"We don't have much of a choice!" Kanemaru exclaims.

Furuya looks around. "Where's Sawamura?"

Kanemura glances down at empty space where Sawamura had been. "He disappeared!"

The four of them go frantically around the room, overturning couches and flipping over tables to search for Sawamura.

"Have you seen him, Kuro?" Furuya asks. Kuro shook her head and turned onto her side.

Finally, they have to come to terms with the fact that they've lost the one thing they were supposed to take care of, which brings the mood down even further.

Toujou tries to cheer the group up as they slunk out the door by saying, "Maybe he'll turn up on the way to lunch."

"I hope so." Haruichi sighs. "Let's go to lunch."

However losing Sawamura is just the beginning of their problems.

"Little Kominato! Furuya! Wait up!" a voice calls out.

All four of them froze as they turn around to see Miyuki and Kuramochi walking up to them.

"You guys go on ahead, I'll take care of it." Haruichi tells Kanemaru and Toujou. They nods and go along with the crowd.

"Hello, Miyuki-senpai, Kuramochi-senpai." Haruichi greets. Furuya gives a head nod to the both of them.

"Yo." Miyuki looks off to Furuya's side. "You're one Musketeer short. Where's Sawamura?"

Haruichi forces himself to relax. "He needs to study for his Transfiguration test, so he's skipping lunch."

He moves to walked away, but Miyuki is quicker. "Sawamura? Skipping lunch to study? I thought I'd seen everything." he laughs to himself. "I better go visit him before he hurts himself trying to use his brain. What room is he in?"

"No, you can't!" Haruichi blurts out, much to the surprise of Miyuki, Furuya, even himself. "I mean, Eijun-kun needs to study without any distractions."

"I'll make sure no one distracts him." Miyuki replies drily. "Tell me where he is."

"I—I can't tell you that."

Kuramochi whistles low behind Miyuki. "Looks like you're in hot water, Miyuki. What'd you do this time?"

"I haven't done anything recently." Miyuki's eyes flicked up, thinking. "At least, I don't think I have."

Now Miyuki looks concerned. "Kominato, did Sawamura tell you why he was mad at me?"

Haruichi's mouth opens and closes. "He just wants to be alone right now," he finishes lamely.

That's the wrong thing to say, as it makes Miyuki look even more confused. Thankfully, Kuramochi pushes him forward saying, "Come on, you can practice your flower spells while we eat." They move on ahead, but Miyuki is still lost in thought.

Haruichi puts his head in his hands. "I messed up! Now Miyuki-senpai is going to look all over for Eijun-kun."

Furuya puts his hand on Haruichi's shoulder. "It'll be okay."

The warmth from Furuya's touch calms him down instantly. "You're right. I'm sure we'll find a way to turn him back."

At that moment, Furuya's stomach rumbles, making Haruichi laugh. "Let's eat, I'm starving." Haruichi said.

The questions don't stop once they got to lunch either.

"Where's Sawamura-kun? I need help with my Muggle Studies homework." Haruno asks as she sits down.

The group tenses up in unison again. "He's busy with his own homework." Kanemaru responds.

Haruno laughs. "Sawamura-kun would never skip food for homework. When is he getting here?"

"There are other half-bloods in this school." Kanemaru says. "Ask them."

A girl sitting next to Haruno whispers loudly, "I heard Miyuki-senpai and Sawamura had a fight."

"Again? It must be serious if he didn't come to lunch." She shakes her head. "Poor Sawamura, Miyuki-senpai is too insensitive!"

Haruichi pales, watching as his lie single-handedly tears Sawamura's relationship down. Forgive me, Eijun-kun.

The girls continue to argue about Miyuki and Sawamura's relationship.

"I wonder what happened this time?"

"Miyuki-kun was a jerk, Sawamura got hurt. It's the same thing every time."

"It can't be that bad or Miyuki-senpai wouldn't be at lunch either."

"They're gonna break up if they keep going like this."

"I don't know," Haruno speaks up. "Fighting and making up...doesn't that make a relationship more passionate?"

The girls murmur in agreement.

"Don't worry, Haruichi." Toujou says, grabbing his attention. "Sawamura will fix this after we turn him back."

Miyuki walks down the hallway, alone.

He's seriously, seriously confused. For the first time ever, Miyuki can say without a doubt that he has done nothing wrong to piss off Sawamura, at least not enough to warrant Sawamura avoiding him. Granted, they almost got into a fight yesterday, but that ended before it even started.

The root of it was the same problem that plagued all couples in Hogwarts: the desire to be alone. Aside from Hogsmeade weekends, they was hardly any place to have a real date. Miyuki and Sawamura had to compete with every other couple in school for empty classrooms, hallways, even empty patches of grass. Not to mention that Sawamura had become the mascot of Gryffindor, which meant that whenever they hung out in semi-public places he felt eyes on his back, usually from girls. Some of them were like that with every couple, some stared at him like they were waiting to see if was gonna confess his undying love to Sawamura. It killed the mood, every time.

At that time, it had been a week since he had been alone with Sawamura. He had Quidditch and schoolwork and Prefect duties, Sawamura spent all his time studying to keep off of academic probation. They hadn't done more than hold hands in that week. It felt like years since he had kissed Sawamura, and that was something he needed to fix that immediately.

"Hey, I need to show you something." Miyuki said as he stopped by the table where Sawamura sat at with his friends.

Sawamura blushed, then stood up so abruptly that his chair toppled over. "Yes, let's go!"

The loud noise of the chair as it hit the ground caught everyone's attention. They took in Sawamura's red face and Miyuki's exasperated expression, and all at once wolf whistles and jeers filled the common room.

"Don't stay out too long, Miyuki! You're still a Prefect!" Jun shouted at them from across the room.

"Remember to use protection," Ryousuke said, which made Kuramochi shudder and say, "Gross, Ryou-san!"

Miyuki pulled Sawamura out of the room before he melted into a puddle of embarrassment. He dragged him down the hallway until they were far enough away.

He faced Sawamura. "What part of I want us to hang out without calling too much attention ourselves didn't you understand?"

"I'm sorry! It was the first time you used the code word." He pulled his wrist out of Miyuki's grip and looked down at the ground. "I got excited."

Miyuki hadn't expected him to say that. His face betrays him, as he feels it getting warm against his will. Damn. Why does he have to be cute at the worst moments?

"Wait. You were using the code word, right?"

Miyuki used this opportunity to slip his fingers in between Sawamura's. "Yes."

They came up with a word (or sentence really) to casually asked to be alone together. It was so everyone wasn't alerted the minute Miyuki and Sawamura wanted to go off together. Unfortunately, he underestimated Sawamura's inability to keep a secret.

Miyuki led him through the school until they stopped in front of a large door.

"This door looks familiar…What is this place?" Sawamura asked.

The truthful answer was, it was a place he tried his very best not to come back. It was a place that was filled with mixed emotions, good memories and bad. He had been successful in staying away from there so far, but desperate times called for desperate measures.

To Sawamura he said, "A convenient place."

He opened the door to reveal a large living room like area, complete with a fireplace already crackling with fire and soft-looking couches. The lighting was dimmed, which seemed to enhance the romantic mood.

"It always has what I need." Miyuki murmured to himself.

Sawamura looked around the room in awe. "This room is amazing! I can't believe no one else has snatched it up yet."

"Not everyone knows how to find it." Miyuki said as Sawamura sat in front of the fireplace.

"What, did you put a cloaking spell on this room? Or wait did you create it?" Sawamura stared at him in wonder.

Miyuki laughed. "Sawamura, even a wizard like Dumbledore couldn't create a new room in this castle. No one is that strong."

"If anyone could do it, it's you. Your magic breathes like it's alive, almost like it's its own person. It's amazing." Sawamura smiled to himself. "I think you're the coolest when you're doing magic."

Miyuki didn't know what to say to that. Only Sawamura, with his bright expression and earnest words, made him forget how to be his usual snarky self. Of course, it didn't take him long to remember.

Miyuki sat down next to him. "Say that last part again, I didn't hear you clearly enough."

Sawamura's face soured. "No way! You just wanna hear me call you cool again."

"That hurts, Sawamura. I'm not that vain."

Sawamura sighed. "Fine. I think you're the coolest when you're doing magic, alright?" He saw the smug look on Miyuki's face and said, "See, I knew it!"

Miyuki kissed him on the lips. "Thanks, Sawamura, but I doubt I'll ever make a room like this. It's called the Room of Requirement, 'equipped with whatever the seeker needs' something like that. It changes based on who finds it."

He noticed that Sawamura stiffened. "The Room of Requirement?" Sawamura repeated.

"You've heard of it? People thought it disappeared after the Battle of Hogwarts, but I think it just picked a new spot deeper in the castle. I found it with a friend a couple of years ago."

Sawamura got up suddenly. "I have to go."

Sawamura was already halfway to the door before his words hit Miyuki. He ran up to Sawamura and grabbed his arm.

"Sawamura, stop! What's wrong?" He held tight to Sawamura despite his struggles.

"Let go of me!" He ripped his arm out of Miyuki's grip and went for the door again.

"Who was the one who lectured me about communication and being honest?" The words made Sawamura pause. "Don't run away. Tell me what's wrong."

Sawamura stayed still for a moment, which had Miyuki holding his breath. Then he turned around furiously, "I don't wanna do anything with you in the same place you took that white haired bastard!"

Miyuki's stomach dropped from under him. "What?"

"Narumiya's brought me here before. He told me all about what you two did here." Sawamura wouldn't look at him as he said that.

Wow, Mei really did try his hardest to wreck my relationship. Miyuki thought to himself. He should've trusted his gut and stay away from the Room of Requirement.

"I was really looking forward to this! I feel like we haven't really talked in awhile and I kinda...sorta...missed you. But you ruined it!" Sawamura scuffed his shoes against the floor. "All I can think about is how much you've done with him, and how much we haven't done. I know it's stupid, but being in this room feels wrong."

"Okay, let's leave."

"You don't have to call me unreasonable. I'm trying to share my true feelings and you—" Sawamura cut himself off, mid-rant. "Wait, what? You're not gonna argue?"

"I'm not gonna force you to come somewhere that makes you uncomfortable. I'm not that much of a monster." Miyuki stepped closer. "The truth is, I haven't been here in awhile for the same reason. I have some bad memories of this room, but it's always been my favorite place in the whole school. I thought it'd be nice to come here again and make it our own."

"Miyuki…"

"You're right, Sawamura. It feels wrong, being here again. I want us to find a room that we can call our own." Miyuki brushed his knuckles down the side of Sawamura's face. "After all, I only want you to think of me when we're alone together."

Sawamura hugged him with a wide smile. "Thanks, Miyuki. Sorry for trying to leave without hearing your side."

Miyuki hugged him back. "Communication, right?" He gave himself a small fist pump behind Sawamura's back. Once every couple of blue moons, Miyuki managed to say the exact right thing that not only avoided a fight, but also kicked the mood back up.

Case in point, the next thing Sawamura said was, " There's still some time before dinner. Let's go find a hallway or something!"

So they went and did just that. And made out. Then did a little more than making out. He remembers wondering if Sawamura would ever let him take it all the way, then thanking God that he had gotten this far already.

The point was, he and Sawamura weren't fighting. Hell, they even talked this morning!

On the way to breakfast, he caught Sawamura walking with his friends. Miyuki ran up and threw an arm around him, whispering in his ear, "Sa-wa-mu-ra."

Sawamura jumped. "Miyuki, I told you to stop doing that!"

Haruichi and Furuya went on ahead of them, knowing the drill. "It's not my fault you get scared so easily."

"Why can't you walk up and say hi like a normal person?"

"I could, but that'd be boring."

Sawamura glared at him, and Miyuki gave him a cocky smile right back. Then Sawamura rolled his eyes and said, "Whatever."

They walked down the hallway together with Miyuki's arm still around his shoulders.

"After breakfast, let's go to the courtyard. We could sneak some food out of the kitchen and have a mini-picnic." Miyuki said.

Sawamura visibly brightened at the suggestion, then deflated. "I can't. I have to study for my Transfiguration test tomorrow. And before you say it, no way—" he said, cutting off Miyuki before he even opened his mouth, "—am I letting you help me study. You can't be trusted."

Miyuki laughed. "Sawamura, trust is the foundation of any good relationship."

"You can't be trusted to keep your hands to yourself." He glared at the hand on his shoulder like it was personal affront. "I already asked Kanemaru to help me."

Miyuki shrugged. "Fine, your loss. I'll share the extra food with Kuramochi." To be honest, he was a little disappointed. It wasn't often he had a literally free day, so he wanted to spend it with Sawamura.

Sawamura glanced at him. "We can do it, after I'm finishing studying. If you still want to."

Miyuki smiled. "We'll see."

Maybe between the morning and lunch, Sawamura started thinking too hard? He was known to do that and come to all types of wrong conclusions. If that's the case, that means Miyuki has to find him as fast as possible before the whole thing gets blown out of proportion.

Somehow, his thoughts keep getting interrupted by a shrill barking sound. He thinks he's going crazy, till the barking gets louder. He looks down to see a small dog staring up at him.

"A dog?" He kneels down and pets its head. "Since when are dogs allowed at school?"

The dog is very friendly, barking happily and licking his palm. He notices that it has brilliant gold eyes, an odd color for a dog.

"Huh." he says to himself.

He could have a lot of fun with this.

"Aniki, I need to talk to you."

Ryousuke stops as Haruichi and Furuya run up to him in the hallway. "What is it?"

Haruichi and Furuya glance at each other. "We're...doing a project for Transfiguration. We need to know the best way to reverse a spell on a human. One that's been turned into something else."

Ryousuke's sharp gaze pierces through them. "That's very specific for a Transfiguration project."

Thankfully, Furuya steps in for him. "We have to research the effects of transformation spells on humans."

Ryousuke turns away. "I'm not a library. Figure out for yourself."

"Aniki, please!"

Once again, he stops and sighs. "It depends on what the person has been transformed into. Give me an example."

"Like if someone has been turned into an animal. A dog, for example." Haruichi adds casually.

"The process of changing man into animal, then back again is a complicated type of Transfiguration magic. Most reversal spells won't work when it comes to that. It'd be better to use a strong potion revert the effects of a transformation spell."

"What type of potion?" Haruichi asks, a little too earnestly.

"Are you doing a Potions project now?" he shoots back, making Haruichi look down.

Ryousuke sighs. "You can drop the act, Haruichi. I know what this is about."

Both Haruichi and Furuya snap their heads up. "You do?"

"Obviously. You're bad at lying." After a couple of beats, Ryousuke continues, "You're trying to become Animagi."

Haruichi smiles with visible relief. "We're not trying to become Animagi."

Ryousuke ignores him. "It's not as simple as it sounds. It's tricky and painful magic, I know from experience. Find another way to entertain yourself."

"We're not trying to become Animagi! Wait, did you try to—"

Ryousuke is saved from having answer that question by Kuramochi running up to the three of them.

"Ryou-san, you gotta come to the common room!" Kuramochi says. "Miyuki found some dog and the guys are casting spells on it."

Ryousuke smiles. "That sounds mean."

"Admit it, you're glad I got you."

Haruichi and Furuya look at each other at the same time.

"Thanks for the help, Aniki!" Haruichi yells back as he and Furuya took off running down the hallway.

"Did I come in the middle of something important?" Kuramochi asks, confused.

"No, nothing much. Haruichi tried to trick me into helping him become an Animagus."

They set off down the hallway, calmer than the previous pair. "Seriously? You should've told him how bad it went we all tried it. You left trails of feathers all over the place for we—"

"Kuramochi." Ryousuke cuts in, and the ice cold tone of his voice sends goosebumps down his spine. "We don't talk about that night ever, remember?"

"Right, sorry."

They hightail it to the common room and it's just as Haruichi had feared.

Sawamura is hovering in the air while a crowd of people circle around him, laughing and fawning over him.

Haruichi forces his way through the crowd and shouts, "Ei—" before realizing that it isn't the best idea to refer to the dog by Sawamura's name. He finishes quietly by saying, "Eiji."

Miyuki, who is the one levitating Sawamura, says, "Is this your dog, Kominato?"

"Um, yes. Thanks for finding him, I've been looking all over." Haruichi clears his throat. "I need to feed him now so…"

"Kominato-kun, I didn't know you had a dog!" Haruno says, coming up next to him. "Eiji is a weird name for a pet, though. When did you get him?"

"Yes, when did you get a dog, Haruichi?" his brother's voice sounds from behind him. "This is the first I've heard of it."

At this point, it's taking everything in him not to panic. "I—I found it eating out the trash behind The Three Broomsticks. I couldn't let stay out in the cold."

Miyuki jumps back into the conversation. "Regardless, dogs aren't on the list of permitted animals allowed at Hogwarts. I should write you up for this."

The room falls deathly silent at that. Then Miyuki smiles and adds, "But I'll let it go if we get to play with him."

Everyone lets out a sigh. Kuramochi walks up and punches Miyuki's shoulder. "Don't scare us like that! I thought you gonna start doing your job for once."

Miyuki puts the dog back on the ground. "I will, when it stops being fun to abuse my powers."

Haruichi and Furuya have no choice but to stand and watch as their classmates take turns petting and playing with Sawamura, despite their best efforts to steal him away.

"Guys!" Haruichi turns around to see Kanemaru and Toujou running up to them.

"We heard that the upperclassmen found a dog." Toujou lowers his voice. "Tell me it's not Sawamura."

"It's him." Furuya confirms. He pointed behind him, where Sawamura floats in the air again with bright yellow fur.

"Good, we found him. Let's take him back to the study." Kanemaru said.

"They aren't gonna let us walk out with him without an explanation." Haruichi thought it over. "We need a distraction."

"What, like a loud noise?" Kanemaru suggests.

"I don't think a loud noise is gonna give us enough time to do anything."

"I have an idea." Toujou speaks up. Loudly he says, "It's not fair that we aren't allowed to bring our dogs to school. What can a cat do that a dog can't?"

"Yeah, I've always thought that." A girl nearby agrees. "Dogs are just as useful as cats."

"That's not true. Cats are much more nimble than dogs." Kawakami speaks up.

Kuramochi laughs. "Your fat cat is the farthest thing away from nimble, Nori."

"He's not fat! He's just a little...tubby. And he still does more than any dog!"

"Yeah, right. At least dogs are more friendly! My cat scratches me whenever I go to pet her." Fujiwara says. "I would've brought a puppy if I had the option."

Miyuki gets into the argument now. "Cats have a history with magic. Dogs don't do anything."

"Dogs offer emotional support! Cats only care about themselves." Natsukawa backs her up.

"Cats are better." Furuya states simply.

The entire room explodes into a flurry of arguments. In the mess, Sawamura is left wandering around on the ground. Furuya quickly picks him up, and the four of them rush out of the common room.

When they feel like they've gotten far enough, they stop to catch their breath. "That actually worked." Kanemaru says in disbelief.

Haruichi nods. "Great diversion, Toujou."

Toujou smiles. "Thanks. I got into a heated argument with Haruno about that once, that's where I got the idea."

"Yeah, that was a smart move."

They all whip around to see Miyuki leaning against the wall.

"Miyuki-senpai?" Haruichi stutters out. "When—How—"

"I was right," Miyuki pushes himself off the wall. "It was pretty funny at first, but that's passed now. Now, I'm really, really, pissed."

He says that with a smile on his face, which sends a chill through the hall.

"Um, what's wrong?" Toujou tries to ask as innocently as possible.

"Hey, I'm already pissed off. Don't treat me like an idiot." At the same time he says that, Sawamura wriggles out of Furuya's grasp and runs up to Miyuki.

Miyuki kneels down to scratch behind the dog's ears. "Good boy, Sawamura."

"You knew?" The four of them say at the same time.

"Again, I'm not stupid." Miyuki stands up. "Tell me exactly what happened."

Defeated, Haruichi explains the whole story to him. "Unless you have another spell we haven't thought of, it's no use. We tried everything."

"You guys are idiots." Miyuki sighs. "It's a joke spell, the effects of it aren't permanent. It weakens by the hour. By this point, it should have worn out enough for a basic reversal spell to work."

He brandishes his wand and says, "Transformo Transfiguro!"

As soon as the spell hit, the dog's form begins to shift and grow until it's the real Sawamura kneeling on the ground, naked.

His friends go to catch him as he started swaying to the left. "Sawamura, you're back!" Kanemaru says in relief.

"Tired." Sawamura mumbles back. Together, they helped him stand up.

Miyuki steps forward. "I've been looking for you all day."

"You knew?"

"Well, I'd know your eyes anywhere."

Sawamura smiles. "Miyuki." He reached a hand out…

...and punches the top of Miyuki's head as hard as he can.

"Ow!" he clutches his head and stumbles backwards. "What the hell was that for?"

"You knew! You knew I was a dog and let Onii-san turn my skin yellow and you let those girls poke and squeeze me and you even floated me in the air!"

"Wait, you remember all of that?"

Sawamura scrunches his eyebrows. "Yeah, it was weird. It was like my regular brain and my dog brain were mixed together."

"So, not much of a difference."

His friends have to pull all their strength together to hold Sawamura back. "Let me go! I'm really gonna kill him this time!"

"Eijun-kun, you're still naked…"

Sawamura forgives him enough sit with Miyuki at breakfast the next day, but stays mad enough to give him the cold shoulder the whole time.

"Come on, I said I was sorry!" Miyuki says, putting an arm around him. "Can't we move on?"

"Girls were rubbing my belly, Miyuki. One girl squeezed me so tight I thought I was gonna die."

"You'd do the same thing if it were me."

"No, I wouldn't, because only a cruel and sadistic person would do that!"

"Aw, thank you."

"That wasn't a compliment!"

"Great, the lovebirds are back." Kuramochi plops down in the seat across from them. "What landed Miyuki in the doghouse this time?"

Sawamura reaches around to grip the front of Miyuki's shirt. "One pun, and I'm breaking up with you."

Miyuki waved his hands in a placating manner. "I was just going to say, I really missed you, Sawamura."