Tasuku held onto Yuna tightly as the two flew over to Aibo Academy's escalators, careful not to drop her as he joked around and scared her out of her mind.

"TASUKU-KUN! STOP, PLEASE!" Yuna exclaimed fearfully, holding onto the boy tightly.

"Hahaha, I don't think being dropped here would be that bad! If I recall... You did jump off the elementary school building to help Gao's little sister, right? I'm sure you can take this height," the boy pointed out as he suddenly let go of her and caught her again.

"I'M GOING TO START IGNORING YOU AGAIN!" she exclaimed.

Tasuku stopped in mid air and turned his head to look at her directly, giving the girl a smirk. "You know you can't live without me~!" he joked, holding her tighter.

Yuna's frown remained on her face as she looked away from her friend. 'You know what, I'll just ignore him for the heck of it...' she thought, grabbing onto his blazer tighter.

"By the looks of your face, you're ignoring me now aren't you..?" Tasuku asked.

Yuna didn't bother replying to the boy's question and continued to look forward.

"Yep. I knew it.."

Chattering was heard all around the room after the teacher finished all of his announcements.

"Yuna...." Tasuku called quietly.

Yuna doodled on a piece of paper as she ignored the boy.

"Yunnnaaaa....." he called a little louder, poking her cheek.

The girl continued to draw on the paper, allowing Tasuku to do what he wants. Tasuku sighed and scooted his chair over closer to the girl, leaning his head onto her shoulder.

"Yunaaaaaa.... Quit ignoring meeeee...." he whined.

Ending up unsuccessful to catch her attention, the boy pouted and lifted up his head, frowning at Yuna. "If you keep ignoring me, I'll keep annoying you and maybe bite you."

Jin walked over to the two and hid his chuckle as he watched Tasuku get pushed away by the girl mentally. "Hello, Yuna-chan~!" the boy sang.

Yuna and Tasuku shot their heads up and looked at Jin, a small smile on Yuna's face and a glare from Tasuku's.

"She's not going to answ-"

"Hello, Jin-kun," Yuna interrupted the shorter boy.

Tasuku stared at the girl with a shock face expression, jaw slightly dropped with jealously beginning to rise. "Y-YUNA!" the boy whined louder.

Jin smirked triumphantly at Tasuku and walked closer to the girl, putting an arm around her. "So, what are you drawing?" he asked as Tasuku tried to pry off the boy's arm with anger.

".... S-stuff I guess..?" Yuna answered uncomfortably.

Jin chuckled at Yuna's answer and wave off Tasuku's hands repeatedly.

"Stuff, huh? You draw quite well actually," he continued, bringing his other arm up to play around with her hair.

"Get your hands off her!" Tasuku exclaimed, quiet enough to not cause a scene.

Ayden stared at the three, raising an eyebrow curiously at the commotion.

"Yuna-chan here doesn't seem uncomfortable. You can mind your own business, prodigy," he said, smiling a devious smile at Tasuku to piss him off.

Yuna's phone vibrated in her breast pocket as the two began to argue about whether she felt comfortable around one or the other.

'Hey, we scheduled for a concert today, Yuna. It's 4 PM, so don't be late and get to work early, please,' Emiko texted.

'Wha....." Yuna muttered.

'Schedule it before hand, Emiko! Why did it have to be today of all days....?' Yuna texted back.

Tasuku and jin were now face to face, pressed against and now growling at each other as Yuna continued to text.

"Umm.. Tomo-"

"Just Ayden is fine, and sure," Ayden cut off Yuna.

"R-right.... Thanks..." Yuna said embarrassedly.

Ayden stood up from her seat and walked over to the two arguing boys who were unaware of her presence. Ayden sighed, annoyed at the two, and grabbed both of their faces, forcefully pulling them apart.

"Look. If Suzuki, or well Yuna.. is ignoring you, deal with it. And you? Don't create a fight between yourself and this guy right here," Ayden said sternly, pointing at Tasuku as she said the last sentence.

Yuna held in a giggle as the two boys stared at Ayden blankly and nodded slowly.

"Let's go Yuna! It's time for the ABC Cup Tournament to start now!" Natsumi called, running over to the little group.

Everyone's gaze snapped over to the bubblier girl as she pulled off Jin's arm forcefully and dragged Tasuku's, seat where he was sitting, off to the side and away from the singer.

"You know, you're really popular with the guys...." she mentioned as she began to drag both Yuna and Ayden off to the arena.

A surprised expression sat on the two boys' faces as the girls left the desk. Jin and Tasuku looked at each other with wide eyes and then looked over to the doorway where Natsumi dragged Ayden and Yuna away, trying to take in what just happened.

"I'm only staying for a little while. I have a concert today and I need to get to work early for it," Yuna told Natsumi as she allowed herself to be dragged.

"Awww, okay then.. Gao's match is today though!" the girl whined.

"I know, but I kind of can't help it," Yuna replied, tripping over her own foot.

"... When is it?" Ayden asked, grabbing onto the girl's arm before she toppled all three of them.

"Ah, thanks.. It's at 4 PM. I need to warm up, pick a few songs, and finish something beforehand though," Yuna said.

"Oh. I see."

Natsumi released their arms from her deadly grip once they reached to the arena and looked around to find the group inside.

"Well, just wish the best of their luck for the match. Gao and Noboru, I mean," Natsumi told her friend.

"Of course. Why wouldn't I?" she said as Ayden and Natsumi entered the building.

"...Hm?"

The girl looked around at her surrounding as she heard the song she sang with everyone yesterday faintly.

'... Ooki na koe de... Do wak parappa.. Uta wo utaou... Ashita wa ashita no kaze wo mate.... Do wak parappa..' Noboru sang to himself.

"Tanoshiku naru ne...."

The boy turned to look at the older girl with surprise slapped right onto his face.

"Noboru? Isn't your match with Gao starting soon?" Yuna asked with concern, walking over to where he sat.

"Y-Yuna-senpai.." he choked out a bit.

"... You're getting a bit teary... Are you okay, Noboru?"

Noboru looked away for a second and then jumped at Yuna to embrace her.

"W-whoa! Seriously, are you okay?" Yuna asked shocked, holding the boy slightly.

"... I see.... Well, you can always visit us all anytime during breaks. Does anyone else know about this?" Yuna asked, slightly depressed at the news.

"I don't think so..." Noboru said.

"It'll be fine. I'm sure it won't be that different living over in America and you can always text me or even call me anytime," the girl told the boy, rubbing his back.

"Come on. You need to get to your match and I'm leaving for work soon."

Noboru looked up curiously.

"Why?"

"Concert today at 4.. I need to get ready and stuff like that," she answered.

"If only you could stay for the entire match.. Alright, tell me how your concert goes and good luck," he said.

"Good luck to you too and I'll say this now, but I'll miss you, Noboru."

Yuna gave a pat on his head and smiled at him. The two students went back to the arena as Yuna wish him luck again and this time with Gao by their side.

"IT LOOKS LIKE THE TENSION IS RISING BETWEEN THE TWO BOYS TODAY!" Paruko announced.

"HEY, NOBORU! THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS?!" Gao yelled angrily.

Noboru stared at the boy with a shock faced expression.

'Get away with what..? What did I do this time?' he muttered to himself.

"Oh dear... This doesn't look like it'll end well.." Yuna mumbled into her hand as the two began the match.

"You know, if those two boys won't stop arguing about this it's going to be a complete mess.. Besides, Noboru has no clue that we know about this.." Kuguru said, a worried tone crossing her voice.

"Kuguru. Before I go, hook my phone up with your tablet so I can watch this match at work please?" Yuna asked with a concerned face expression.

"Of course."