The date night came, and Yuuki, Konomi, Kotoko and Watanabe were all comfortably seated in a booth in the restaurant.
"What do you recommend here, Watanabe-san?" Konomi asked softly as she looked at the menu.
"Definitely the vanilla milkshake. But don't give it to Kotoko! She might spill it on the waiter again!" Watanabe laughed, and Kotoko pouted.
"That was so not my fault, Watanabe! That stupid waiter tripped and that was why!" Kotoko replied haughtily.
"I'm not so sure about that," he gently teased, tapping her on the nose. Kotoko stuck out her tongue before giving her boyfriend an affectionate kiss.
"Aww!" Konomi said while Yuuki said, "Eww!" at the same time. They looked at each other quickly, and then downward, blushing.
"I have a great idea," Kotoko winked, and Yuuki groaned internally. "Let's get one milkshake for each couple, so we can spend some money on dessert!"
When the milkshake came, both Yuuki and Konomi put their straws in and leaned in to take a sip together. Their faces were very close. Yuuki slowly went in for a kiss, but Konomi, unaware, simply slurped the milkshake!
Kotoko and Watanabe laughed while Yuuki grumbled.
"Hey, you have milkshake on your chin!" Kotoko told Watanabe. "Let me wipe it off!"
"What a good servant-er, girlfriend!" Watanabe teased.
"Hey, you do so much stuff for me too! Like that one time you bought me tamp-" she was cutoff suddenly as Yuuki covered his ears and sang, "LA LA LA, I'm not listening to you!"
"Huh?" Konomi said softly, but it was obvious she was teasing. "Remember that one time YOU bought me pads when I was sick and on my period, Yuuki?"
"HE DID?" Kotoko asked, shocked and pleased.
"He acts so different when other people aren't there, Kotoko nee-san! You wouldn't believe it!"
"Oi!" Yuuki barked threateningly, and reached to tap his girlfriend on the shoulder. Unfortunately, he knocked over the milkshake, which rolled off the table and splashed onto a man standing near by.
"Second time, I can't show my face here again," Watanabe grinned, while Kotoko turned to the man that was standing there.
"I am so, so sorry, mister-Irie?"
Indeed, there was Irie, standing there, a faint look of shame on his face for having been figured out.
"What are you doing here?" Watanabe asked quietly and threateningly, and rose.
"I wasn't spying. Kotoko forgot her wallet." Irie held out a sparkly wallet.
"It was my turn to pay tonight anyway, besides, you didn't just give her the wallet, you stood here for god knows how long!"
"Creep," Kotoko muttered under her breath.
"Creep?" Irie scowled. "Just two months before this it was YOU who spied on my dates! You secretly love this, don't you? That I'm finally giving you the attention you need? Remember, you didn't love Watanabe for two years!"
"Irie, why are you doing this?" Kotoko asked wearily. "That was a long time ago, and besides, I love Watanabe now. Let it go, Irie!"
"You're not the problem, he is. BASTARD!" Irie shouted, very unlike his cool composure, and took a swing at Watanabe.
Then all hell broke loose.
TBC