Spilled tea, disappearing napkins, flipped entrees, and countless other accidents, and they'd only been on two dates! Hiyori's eyes blazed as she'd stomped home after parting ways with Fujisaki after that night's disaster: his steamed duck had magically leaped from his plate onto his lap, ruining his good pants and possibly giving him first degree burns. She'd apologized profusely, to which he merely quirked a brow and sweetly assured her was fine and not her fault. If only he knew…

"Yatogami!" She bellowed as she approached Kofuku's home, the only hiding place he had left.

"Aah Hiyorin!" The cotton candy-haired god squealed as her beloved guest stalked through the front door.

"Where is he?!" She cried, exchanging glances with Dailoku, who merely pointed upstairs.

"Daikoku!" She barely heard Kofuku whine to her Shinki. "Why'd you tell her where Yatty is?!"

"Yato!" She placed her hands on her hips and glared until Yukine slunk from the room in fear. "Yatogami how COULD you?!"

"How could I what?" He implored.

"How could you take It upon yourself to sabotage my date AGAIN?!"

"How do you know it was me?!"

"I saw you! And" she pulled out her phone and shoved it in his face, a selfie he took at the restaurant glaring at him from his twitter.

"Oh…" He shrugged. "Forgot you followed me."

"Explain yourself."

"I…um…well…I don't think that guy is good for you."

She continued to glower, her hips cocked. "Really Yato? That's all you can offer? Well I think he's fine for me. He's a really nice guy, much nicer than a certain god I know." He grimaced. "I don't need you-"

"But You do need me!"

Big mistake.

"Oh, and why's that?! Because I need you to fix my body?! Well not anymore! I'll figure this out myself before I'll let you screw anything else up! Or maybe it's because I need your protection when I'm in my oh so fragile phantom form!" She turned and stalked away, her fists clenched at her sides.

"Hiyori, wait!" Yaro cried. "I….I don't want you to go! I-I-…he trailed off. "I love…" Hiyori stopped at this and turned to face him.

"You what?"

"L-lo-"

"You really can't say it, can you? You're pathetic, no wonder people forget you so easily." Such a low comment stole his breath, and he merely gawked as she turned to leave again. He had to think of something.

"I l-love…your smile!" he stuttered out. "and um…lavender is a great color on you. And…and…w-well…." He trailed off, his face a deep crimson. "Y-you have really pretty eyes. They're so big and brown…and really shiny. And um your hair is really shiny too…and long…" His breath caught as she rolled her eyes, turning from him. "And you're the sweetest girl I've ever met!" He cried out, exasperated. She stopped and turned back toward him, a brow raised in skepticism. "A-and you're great with Yukine. You know exactly how to calm him down. And you make great ramen! And you're always there for us when we need you. And…and you saved us all those times…with the blight…and you pushed me so I didn't get hit by that bus…" He swallowed."…I guess what I'm really saying is…I need YOU Hiyori…" He gazed at the ground, his eyes watery and contrite.

"Oh, Yato." He suddenly felt arms wrap around him and pull him into an embrace. "Is that what this is about? You need me…and you don't want to lose me?"

He didn't reply. He merely blushed into her shoulder, praying that Yukine didn't take the silence as a cue to return. His eyes widened as she continued, a lump forming in his throat.

"I swear, Yato." She smiled softly. "I will never leave you, or forget you. Or Yukine. I will stay with the both of you as long as I am alive."