A year after Usa and Ritsu started living together in the Kawai Dormitory, they were returning home from school.
"We're back!" said the two as they walked in together.
"Welcome back," said Shirosaki, who was tied up laying on the floor at the entrance to the building.
"Do we even want to know?" asked Usa with a worried expression.
"He asked me to tie him up, so I did since it keeps him out of my hair," said Mayumi who had obviously been drinking all day.
"By the way, the two of you sure have been getting along recently," said Sayako.
"Yeah, what's up with that, did you two start dating or something?" asked Mayumi with a teasing smile.
"No, we're just friends," said Usa. However, both his and Ritsu's faces were bright red as he said this.
"Tha… that's right, and if you say otherwise I'll raise your rent for next month," said Ritsu before running to her room.
"Looks like we teased her too much," said Sayaka.
"I'm surprised she's not at the point of throwing you two out yet after everything you have put her through, and that's all just from when I moved in," said Usa.
"Don't joke like that!" said both girls.
"Who says it was a joke, if I was her I would be looking for two nicer people to rent your rooms out to and kick you out of the house," said Usa as he glared at them before walking away.
"I think we have just seen a glimpse of his dark side," said an excited Shirosaki. Later, Sayaka and Mayumi went to apologize to Ritsu.
"Hey, Ritsu, can we talk for a minute?" asked Mayumi who had sobered up a little.
"Come in," said Ritsu as she opened the door.
"We're sorry about earlier, our joking went too far and we didn't mean to make you feel awkward or anything," said Sayaka as the two of them bowed their heads.
"It's alright, but I do have a question for you two," said Ritsu.
"What's that?" asked Mayumi.
"How do you know when you like someone?" asked Ritsu, her cheeks flushed red as she looked up at the two of them. The other girls just looked at her with shocked expressions.
