-The Day After (Dakota's POV)-

I was walking down the halls with my headphones on. My music was blasting into my ears and in all honesty I loved it. I was staring down at my feet and walking quite fast. I wasn't paying any attention until I fell over with something landing ontop of me. I tried to wiggle away and my headphones fell off,

"Come on, get offa me!"

"S-sorry Dakota! I didn't mean to!" Hikaru scrambled off of me. I blushed darkly, remembering what happened the day before. Hikaru stood up, grabbing his bag before walking away quickly,

"See you in Science class!" he said loudly, running away. Kaoru chased after him,

"Hikaru wait up!" I sighed and picked up my headphones before I continued walking down the halls towards my Science class.

::Science::

I was sitting in front of Hikaru and Kaoru, daydreaming about random stuff when the teacher took out a little hat,

"And now, pick a name from the hat and we'll start the lab." The teacher walked around the class, letting the guys put in their names and letting girls take out pieces of paper. It took a while for him to get to my loner table, leaving me with only eight pieces of paper to take. The paper I chose had kind of sloppy writing that said "Hikaru". I turned and smiled at him,

"Hey. Hey Hikaru. Guess what? We are lab partners." He blushed slightly,

"Okay. I'll get the materials and you can get...paper for the lab write-up." I frowned,

"I hate lab write-ups..." Hikaru rolled his eyes playfully and left to the other side of the room to get the necessary things needed for the experiment. I looked at Kaoru,

"So, how's life?" he shrugged,

"S'alright. Heard you and Hikaru had an almost-kiss last night at your place." I blushed,

"Shut up, you d-"

"You are... Kay-Oh-Roo, right?" we both looked over and saw Riley there, looking at her paper then back at Kay-Oh-Roo. I snickered,

"Yeah that's him alright. Go on Moo-Kao, party with your lab partner." Kaoru smirked at her and stood up, grabbing his bag,

"Let's go work at your desk," he said. Riley nodded and they began to walk away, me only hearing,

"And it's pronounced Cow-Roo, you know, like a cow."

"Oh. Okay. Moooooo~..." I giggled a bit and let them go their way. Hikaru walked over to me, an armful of bottled chemicals and test tubes. I gasped,

"You better not drop those!" Hikaru shook his head,

"I'm as balanced and whatnot as a swan." He said, before delicately laying all the lab stuff on the desk. He took a well practiced step backwards. I used the eraser of my pencil to push one of the chemicals off the table. It smashed near Hikaru's feet. Hikaru jumped a bit and glared at me,

"Why would you do that?" he asked. I smirked,

"Hikaru, I told you to use a tampon." We both looked down and saw that the chemical that I had spilt looked a lot like blood. And it had oozed right by Hikaru's feet. Hikaru laughed,

"That's funny. Anyways, I gotta go get more blood." My eyes widened,

"Dude, is that actually blood?" Hikaru nodded,

"Yup. We're learning how to do blood tests after all."

So after around fifteen minutes, a small explosion went off near Kaoru and Riley. Kaoru threw his arms in the air,

"I don't know how you caused blood to explode but you did!" Riley had blood all over her, and was holding a test tube. She grinned,

"Metal..." she mumbled. Then she grimaced and lifted up her leg (she had used the same uniform as me). She pulled her long sock down and examined her knee. There was a thin cut just above her kneecap, and it was bleeding. Not a lot, but her sock had smeared it around so it looked really bloody and messy. Kaoru ran out of the room,

"I'LL GET YOU THE NURSE! DON'T YOU MOVE!" everybody was silent, staring at the path Kaoru had just taken. Hikaru laughed,

"That looks like something Tamaki would do if Haruhi got hurt." I nodded,

"Yeah, it is..." I said, sighing. Hikaru blushed,

"Oh, still a little touchy about him huh?" I shrugged,

"Eh, it's wearing off. I just... remember when Tamaki went through that huge Haruhi phase?" Hikaru nodded. I blushed, shrugging again,

"Well truth be told I've never really liked Haruhi, and I really liked Tamaki, so..." Hikaru sighed,

"Don't mention her around you I'm guessing?" I nodded, smiling,

"Right on the button."

Just then, Kaoru ran in with the nurse,

"SHE'S HURT! AND BLEEDING!" the nurse made Riley sit on the table and she examined her knee,

"Oh dear..." she stood up and gave Kaoru a bored look,

"She'll be fine. You should really worry less about your girlfriend." then she walked away. Riley blushed and glared at the nurse,

"Listen you old dildo-for-brain, Mr. Moo over here is not my boyfriend! In fact, I hardly even know the kid! So don't go around making assumptions that I'm screwing that little redhead!" she said, pointing to Kaoru. Kaoru flinched,

"Harsh. You didn't have to put it that way." Riley pulled her sock back up and hopped off the table before continuing,

"Well...it's just that...I dunno...I hate old people." The nurse huffed and walked away angrily. I smiled. It was entertaining to watch new kids yell at old people. I looked around and noticed that everyone had stopped talking and was watching this new situation unfold. Kaoru looked down nervously,

"Maybe...if you and I went out sometime...then maybe you'd be able to get to know me better." Hikaru walked over to them,

"Hey~. Maybe we should do a double date! You and..."

"Riley."

"Ya. Riley and me and Dakota." I walked over to the three of them,

"Hey! I never agreed to a date!" He smiled,

"But you will agree to go on a date so it's all planned out already! Just...make sure you say yes before Friday." I blushed,

"Well...if I do agree, where would we go?" Hikaru looked at Kaoru,

"Where should we go?" Kaoru shrugged,

"Don't we have a private beach in Mexico?" Hikaru raised his eyebrows and looked at me,

"Wanna go to Mexico with me?" Before I could answer, we heard a little giggle and a,

"Lol. Tocino~" We looked at Riley, who was laughing quietly. Kaoru tilted his head,

"What's 'tocino' mean?" She smiled,

"Bacon."

"Will you go to Mexico with me?" Hikaru and Kaoru asked at the same time, only Hikaru asked me and Kaoru asked Riley. Riley nodded,

"Yeppers~!" Hikaru smiled at me,

"It doesn't have to be considered a date if you don't want it to..." I shook my head,

"It's not that. I kinda feel rushed."

"Come on, date him. He's hot." Kaoru said, nudging his brother. Hikaru nudged his brother back,

"Yeah, we're hot." I nodded,

"Sure you are..." I sighed and turned around,

"So we'd be leaving on Friday... I don't have anything to do this weekend..." I turned to face the elder twin,

"Sure, I'm in." Hikaru grinned, showing his teeth,

"Yay~!" the twins high fived,

"Sweet!"

"We're goin' to Mexico!" Riley looked down at her clothes and sighed,

"Well, I'm gonna go change. Walking around covered in pigs' blood isn't exactly fashionable." She said, before leaving to go strip and whatnot.

::After School::

I was sitting with Kyouya, talking, when the subject of my double date with Hikaru came up,

"You're going to Mexico this weekend?" Kyouya said, pushing his glasses up before clicking his pen, getting ready to write in his notebook. I nodded,

"Yeah, Hikaru's gonna take me to Mexico, and Kaoru's coming too. He's taking Riley." Kyouya sighed and grabbed my bag before searching through it,

"Well since you're going to be spending an entire weekend with Hikaru in a different country, I need to be sure you have the necessary things to keep you safe..." he pulled out a toothbrush,

"Like this, this is good. You will need this." I rolled my eyes playfully,

"Yes, I know that." Kyouya searched through my entire bag before saying,

"I'm coming over tomorrow to help you pack. No exceptions."

::Packing The Next Day::

I sighed, placing the last bit of clothing in my suitcase,

"Okay, got all my clothes packed. Now what?"

"Hygiene products." Kyouya went into my bathroom with a good sized bag,

"You're going to need shampoo, conditioner, body wash, toothbrush, toothpaste, mouthwash, dental floss, face wash, face cream, face cloth-"

"Kyouya, I get it."

"Oh, and a couple of these. Because Hikaru is kinda shady."

"Where did you get those?"

"We had a sex ed class the other day, and the teacher handed a bunch out to everybody." I rolled my eyes,

"Kyouya, cousin, I doubt I'll be shaggin' Hikaru. I mean, we haven't even dated yet."

"And your first date is in Mexico." He sighed, taking my bathroom bag and bringing it to my bed, where he put it in the suitcase. Kyouya turned to face me,

"You know what, I'm just going to go with you." my face went pale,

"What? No! You can't do that!"

"I need to make sure Hikaru doesn't make any attempts at stealing your virginity." I rolled my eyes,

"I'm a good girl, Kyouya. I won't go around bangin' him. Why can't you trust me with boys?"

"Because you Wynter women are very promiscuous." I sighed,

"I'll take that as an insult, you asshat." I said, playfully punching his arm.