"Bum-da-da-dum da-dum da-dum~!" Chase hummed to herself as she darted behind a bush. She peeked out a moment later to catch a glimpse of her unsuspecting targets.

Two teenagers, both about 18 years old, walked slowly through Cloud Park. The boy, who had wild dark hair and pale blue eyes that seemed almost silver, was smiling and chuckling to himself. The girl, who had purple hair with a ribbon tied on the left side, stared with a slight mixture of awe and fear at everything around her.

"…c-clouds! W-w-we're w-walking on the c-clouds!" She sputtered out something similar every now and then.

"Yeah, pretty cool, isn't it?" The boy agreed.

"B-but what if we fall?!"

"Then I'll catch you, of course." The boy smiled. "You can use your wind powers to steer us back to the ground."

"S-stupid! I-I-I don't know how to do this magic stuff anyway! I'm not ready!"

"It doesn't matter to me if you're ready, you're always the wind beneath my wings."

"S-stupid! Idiot! Stupid!" The girl flushed bright crimson.

Chase hastily scribbled down the boy's lines in her notebook.

"Wind beneath my wings…" Chase muttered to herself. "Wow! Sho kyute!"

"I'm glad you liked it."

Chase jumped and let out a yelp. She scrambled back from the couple who had appeared over her. He smiled warmly while the girl crossed her arms and glared, still blushing. The boy knelt down and rested his hands on his chin.

"I'm sorry if I scared you…" he began. "…just, you seemed to be having a lot of fun following us, was all."

"Y-you were following us?!" The girl sputtered, both embarrassed and angry. "No! Wait! Why does she have animal ears?!"

"Me? Following? You? Noooooo! O-of course I wasn't!" Chase looked away from the two. "I-I-I mean…there was this…um…pixie! And…um…it, well, stole my favorite crayo-"

"She's been following us since we landed in Orbis." The boy clarified. "You might not have noticed; you were a bit…green."

"I…I get seasick, ok?!"

"We were flying."

"Flying in a boat!" The girl huffed. She turned her attention to the animal-eared detective. "T-that doesn't matter, why were you following us?!"

"I…I…I…!" Chase began to panic.

"Oh Yuna, it's ok. Don't yell at the poor girl." The boy stood up and patted the girl on the shoulder, before addressing Chase. "This feisty cutie is Yuna, my beautiful girlfriend."

Any ounce of anger Yuna had was either converted to blood in her cheeks or redirected towards her boyfriend. "S-Stupid! W-why did you call me 'cute'?!"

"…and you can call me Kinesis, or 'K' for short."

Chase sat up, cautiously. "That…doesn't sound like your real name."

Kinesis smiled. "It's not, it's my superhero name."

"So…" Chase glanced at Yuna. "Your superhero name is 'Yuna'?"

"Of course not!" Yuna snapped. "'Yuna' is my real name! And his is- "

"We tried giving her a superhero name…" Kinesis interrupted. "…but she didn't go for any of them. Not even 'Gale Girl'."

"Can we please get back to the topic at hand?!" Yuna yelled.

"You know it doesn't matter what you call yourself, you will always be my Yuna."

"I…! You…! You…!" Yuna did her best to swallow her embarrassment. She turned to face Chase. "Why were you following us?!"

Chase's ears drooped and her tail curled between her legs. "I…I…"

"It's ok." Kinesis walked forward and placed his hand on the shivering girl's head and started to rub between her ears. "Calm down, we're not mad, ok?"

Chase's tail started to wag a little. "I…I was investigating you."

"Investigating?" Kinesis looked confused. "Investigating what?"

"W-well, I've been investigating Maple World's couples, you see!" Chase looked away, somewhat embarrassed. "Jett- she's this really cool bounty hunter from outer space- Jett told me that you guys were a really good couple, and that I should start my investigation with you guys."

"I'm flattered that this 'Jett' thought we were a good enough couple for you to learn something from." Kinesis smiled. "Are you trying to impress a boy of your own? Or a girl? I don't judge, really…"

Chase shook her head. "There's no one…I think...I…I just kind of wanted to know."

"And what brought this on? Maybe someone you know got together?"

Chase perked up at this. "Y-yes! Actually, there were two people! Their names are Kyle and Tear and they were friends since forever and during a trip to the hot springs they confessed and fell in love and probably kissed- oh gosh and also Tear turned out to be the Angelic Buster and-and-!"

"Wait, wait, slow down!" Yuna knelt down next to her boyfriend. "You wanted to learn about couples because your friends became a couple?"

"I…guess…yes!" Chase stood up and dramatically put her hands on her hips. "And because I'm the greatest detective in the world! The great Detective Chase! Ba-da-da-da-dum~!"

"Detective…" Kinesis thought for a moment. "I see. Well then, great Detective Chase, what have you learned from us?"

"Wait, what?!" Yuna flushed red.

"Well…" the detective started. "You like to say stuff that makes Yuna embarrassed!"

"Hey!"

"Nice one, Chase. Now, can you guess why?"

"Um…" Chase thought hard for a moment, then something clicked. "Because you think she's cute when she's embarrassed?"

"Ding~ding! Yup!" Kinesis grinned wildly. "Yuna is cute all the time, but she's cutest when she's embarrassed."

"You…! Stupid…! You…!" Yuna turned as red as a ruby. She slumped to the ground and put her hands in her face, feeling defeated and occasionally mumbling "Idiot" under her breath.

"But that's just me, right?" Kinesis continued. The gifted student stood up and walked behind his girlfriend, putting both hands on the girl's shoulders. "Not everyone shows their love the same way."

He wheeled around and reached into the bush Chase had been hiding behind, he pulled out a small white flower that had been blooming just out of sight: a mock-orange flower. Then he walked a short distance, and plucked a small daisy out of a nearby flowerbed before returning to his original spot.

"One couple expresses their love in one way…" He explained as he expertly weaved the flower's stem into Yuna's hair, next to her ribbon. "…another person may show love in a different way. They may seem similar at first…" He sniffed at the daisy. "…and both are definitely expressing love, but their differences are what make them unique."

Kinesis wrapped his arms around his girlfriend and rested his head on her own. "I love Yuna more than anything…" Yuna pressed her face further into her hands, although her hands flushed red in place of her cheeks so it was a rather pointless gesture. "…and I'm sure Tear and Kyle love each other too, but studying us won't help you learn about them."

"That's it!" Chase cried out suddenly, causing Kinesis to stare at her in surprise and for Yuna to unbury her face from her hands. "That's my second clue! The great Detective Chase is off to investigate her two lead suspects! Tear! Kyle! Prepare yourselves! Cause she's the greatest detective in the whooooole maple-y woooorld ba-da-da-dum~!" Chase skipped off, humming her tune.

Kinesis frowned as the girl hop-scotched away. "I…still had more to say."

"Well, serves you right!" Yuna brushed Kinesis off and stood up, mindlessly fixing the flower the ESPer had tucked into her hair. "Saying all those stupid things, and in front of another person too!" She started to walk away.

Kinesis grabbed her by the hand and spun her around so that her face came within a foot of his. He held the daisy up between them, then stuck the flower into her hair to match the mock-orange.

"You know I meant everything I said, though."

"S-stupid!"