The next day they went to the shrine.
"This looks like a pretty impressive shrine." Said Haruka.
Behind him was Shintaro and Ayano, both were trying not to look at eachother.
"Guys ?" Asked Takane.
"Oh yeah." Said Shintaro.
"Yep." Replied Ayano.
Takane and Haruka looked at eachother confused.
"Uh we need to talk for a sec." Said Takane.
She dragged Haruka off to the side, far enough to where their friends couldn't hear them.
"Somethings up with them." Said Takane. "Ayano was acting weird last night."
"Shintaro was a bit off too." Said Haruka. "When he got back he just flopped onto his futon and turned the lights off, not even a good night."
"And at breakfast, they didn't say a word to eachother." Added Takane.
"Something must have happened between them." Said Haruka.
"I'll talk to Ayano after we're done here." Said Takane. "You do the same with Shintaro.
Haruka nodded and they returned to their friends.
The four friends all dropped a yen coin into the donation box and prayed silently.
"Please let Shintaro and Ayano make up, whatever they did..."
"Please let Ayano tell me whats wrong."
"Please let the rest of this vacation be extra fun..."
"Please let Momo remember to feed Tomo."
After their trip to the shrine, the four started their walk back.
"That was a nice shrine..." Said Ayano.
"Yeah." Replied Haruka.
The group was bout to pass an alleyway, now was Takane's chance.
Takane pulled Ayano into the alley and stood in front of it, blocking her way out.
"We need to talk."
"A-About what?" Asked Ayano.
"You've been acting strange lately..."
"What are you taling about?" Asked Ayano nervously. "We should catch up with Shintaro and Haruka..."
"Dont worry, Haruka's having the same talk with Shintaro." Said Takane. "Now tell me why your acting so weird towards Shintaro."
Ayano looked around nervously.
"Did he do something to you?" Asked Takane.
"N-no!"
"Did he touch you?"
"NO! Its nothing like that!" Said Ayano, blushing.
"What did he see you naked or something?" Asked Takane.
Ayano looked down in shame.
"He saw you naked, didnt he?"
Ayano nodded.
"I was drowsy from the meds...and I didn't realize which spring I went into..."
Takane sighed.
"Was that so hard?" Asked Takane. "Come on, lets get to Haruka."
They both walked out of the alley. Haruka and Shintaro were waiting nearby.
"Alright lets go." Said Takane.
Back at the inn the group split up. Shintaro was on his laptop, Ayano was in the lobby playing checkers with an older man, and Takane and Haruka were both in the girl's room.
"So he told you?" Asked Takane.
"Yep." Replied Haruka. "So whats the plan?"
"I'll have a talk with Shintaro." Said Takane.
Their conversation was interrupted by Haruka's stomach growling.
"I think we should get lunch." Said Haruka.
"I'll grab Shintaro and hit the convenient store." Said Takane. "Have my talk with him while I'm at it."
"Anything you need me to do?" Asked Haruka.
"Just have a small talk with Ayano." Replied Takane.
Takane got up and approached the door.
"Your a good friend you know that?" Said Haruka.
"The best." Added Takane as she left.
Takane had dragged Shintaro out of his room against his will and forced him to go to the convenient store with her.
They were now on their way back, bags of sandwiches in hand.
"Shintaro, we need to talk." Said Takane.
"Talk about what?" Asked Shintaro.
"I know what happened last night." Said Takane.
Shintaro froze up.
"How did you know..."
"Not important." Replied Takane. "Point is you cant keep avoiding her."
"Well what am I supposed to do?!" Asked Shintaro.
"Talk to her for one thing." Said Takane. "Neither of you can get past this until you start communicating again."
"What do I say exactly? 'Hey lets forget we saw eachother naked and get some milkshakes'!"
Takane face-palmed.
"Look, your going to have to talk to her eventually." Said Takane. "We'll finish this talk later. Right now we need to get back with everyone's lunches."
"Alright." Said Shintaro.
They resumed their walk back to the inn.
That evening Takane and Ayano got ready for bed.
"So tomorrow is the festival." Said Ayano. "I'm kind of excited."
"Yeah its our last full day." Said Takane. "So we better get some rest."
Takane shut off the lights and got into her futon, Ayano doing the same.
"Good Night."
"Night."
Not even thirty seconds after saying good night, they heard odd noises coming from the room above theirs.
"W-Whats that?" Asked Ayano.
"It almost sounds like moaning..." Said Takane.
"Come to think about it, I saw a couple check in earlier." Said Ayano. "Newlyweds apparently."
Takane's eyes widened.
"You don't think..."
Ayano nodded.
"We might not be getting any sleep if thats the case" said Ayano.
The noises continued, getting slightly louder.
"We cant sleep here..." Said Takane.
Haruka and Shintaro were in their futons, passing time until they got tired. Haruka doodled in his sketchbook while Shintaro listened to music. Their activities were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Who could that be at this hour?" Asked Haruka.
Shintaro put the song he was listening to on pause and took his ear buds out.
"No Idea."
Haruka got out of bed and approached the door. Standing in the doorway was Takane and Ayano, both in their pajamas and holding pillows.
"Um... Is it alright if we stay in here for the night?" Asked Takane.