Konata and Shiro were not the only ones who were expanding on their love lives. In Divination class, the students were required to keep a Dream Journal, in which they recorded everything they dreamt, to be interpreted in class. Konata was extremely embarrassed about hers, so to help her feel better, Blaze read hers aloud during a free period.

"I don't normally dream, but I did have this ONE…" she began, flipping to the first page of her journal. She quietly took a deep breath, her cheeks turning light pink. "I had this one, where I was walking to class. It was so realistic- the sounds, the smells, the feeling of people brushing past me- that I didn't even realize it was a dream. Until suddenly, everybody in the hallway just vanished. For some reason I was totally unaffected by this, so I kept walking… I ended up walking right into Satoshi. I must have had too much sugar before bed that night, because Satoshi had no mouth… Instead, he had a shirt that said 'I love you Blaze' over his robes. I went to kiss his nonexistent mouth, and he leaned forward too, but then I woke up."

Konata whistled softly. "Blimey, that's… That's some dream."

Blaze shrugged. "It better be, it's the only one I remember having in YEARS. So, let me see YOUR journal." Before Konata could open her mouth to either protest or agree, Blaze slid the journal out of her brown haired friend's hands. "Merlin, Konata! You've got so many pages full…"

Konata stared at the ground sheepishly. "I'm a very frequent dreamer…" Too discomfited to recite her dreams, Konata allowed Blaze to read through her journal. One was about a blue and silver butterfly with brown and black markings collapsing in her hand; its wings healed the moment it made contact with her skin, and it fluttered around her throughout the dream.

In another, she saw herself as the image of a typical housewife from a cheesy old movie: short haircut, slippers, and apron, and two round earrings. She held a baby in one arm, and was making a meal with the other. There was a little boy (he was described as having brown hair and an inexplicable face) clinging to her leg, and two other brown-haired children were running around in the background. A man that basically looked like a taller Shiro with facial hair entered the room, clutching a letter in his hand. He gave it to one of the kids in the background and said, "Send this to your brother and sister, please." The young boy ran out of perspective, and Shiro gave Konata a kiss.

"I've had a few of them like that," Konata murmured as a grinning Blaze handed the journal back to her.

"Well I think that's adorable," she assured her.

Konata offered a minuscule smile. "When you start dreaming about having a family with Satoshi, you've got to tell me all about it."

Blaze's face went scarlet as she quietly muttered her denial.

A few months into the school year, word got out that the Gryffindor Quidditch team was down three members: Harry, their Seeker, and the Weasley twins, their Beaters.

"What HAPPENED?" Shiro asked morosely. He'd just begun to get more into Quidditch (though he'd still never be caught dead playing it).

Blaze sighed. "Draco was talking bad about Mrs. Weasley, and made some remark about Harry's mother, so Harry and… Fred? George? I don't know, it was one of them- went after him. The twin that didn't attack him was held back, but says if he wasn't being held down he would've beat Malfoy to a pulp… Damned Umbridge decided if they couldn't control themselves, they deserved to be kicked off the team…" Blaze's frown seemed to disappear a bit, and her aura lifted. "Angelina is holding tryouts for replacements today, though…"

"So are you going to try out?" Konata asked eagerly. Blaze nodded, beginning to grin.

"Well good luck!" The Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff couple told her cheerfully. She opened her mouth to thank them, but then Satoshi jogged over to them followed closely by his usual group of friends.

"Guess where I'm going? Don't guess, I'll tell you: Qudditch tryouts!" he exclaimed.

Blaze felt her heart give a little lurch. "Yeah? I am too," she told him.

He turned to her, his joyous vibe increasing even more. "For real? Cool, cool." He roughly ruffled her hair. "See you on the field, blondie!" he shouted before sprinting off.

"You're never going to wash your hair again, are you?" taunted Shiro in a falsely dreamy tone. Blaze rolled her eyes, lightly smacked Shiro, and followed Satoshi out the door.

Tryouts didn't go quite as Blaze had planned. She was glad to see the people auditioning for Beaters weren't terribly good, which meant the positions went to Satoshi and Jeffrey. Angelina praised her grandly about her performance… Still, about 10 minutes after the last person tried out, she approached Blaze and said: "I'm really sorry to say this… You were bloody great, honestly you were, but… Our new seeker is Ginny."

Blaze felt her heart shatter. "Oh… Well, that's okay," she whispered. Her heart pieced itself back together, though, as she saw that Satoshi's friends were heading back to the castle, yet Satoshi himself stayed behind. Angelina was leaving as well… leaving her alone with Satoshi. 'It's now or never,' she told herself. With a deep breath, she walked over to him.

"Aw, you look sad. Not get the position?" Satoshi inferred.

"Nah, Ginny's the Seeker now…" She shrugged. "I guess I don't mind that much though."

Satoshi lightly brought his fist against her shoulder. "That's the spirit." The two looked around awkwardly, both in their own thoughts. Blaze's heart was pounding. She'd been around Satoshi plenty of times… He was the brother of one of her best friends… She knew him well… So why did she feel so odd around him?

"Satoshi…" She took another deep breath, her cheeks light pink, her eyes unable to meet Satoshi's. She gulped. "Wanna, go out with me…?"

For a moment, Satoshi stared at her with a dumbstruck expression. Blaze's jaw almost dropped as she saw him blush. "You know… That sounds like a pretty damn good idea. You think you can handle me?"

Blaze gave a small smile. "Only if you can handle me."

Satoshi grinned. "I think I'm man enough. I guess we're girlfriend-boyfriend though."

"Yeah… So which one's which?"

Satoshi laughed and gave Blaze a peck on the cheek. "I wish you'd asked me out a while ago." With that, he turned on his heel and strode off into the castle. Blushing a bit more, Blaze lightly touched where Satoshi's lips had been mere moments ago. 'I'm dating Satoshi…' she thought incredulously. She repeated it out loud, as if hearing the words come from her mouth would make them anymore truthful. She smiled dreamily; it felt as if she floated back inside.