"Okay! I got costumes for you two and I want you to wear them for this practice!" Melissa hands the costumes to Zane and Kawaii Chan and crosses her arms. The duo goes into their changing rooms and return in their outfits.

Kawaii Chan has a sparkly baby pink top with a long see-through skirt with flowers sewn into the bottom. Zane is wearing stretchy black pants, almost like leggings, and a flowy gray button-up shirt. Melissa smiles at the two and nods.

"Okay, now, practice!"

      Practice was.. indeed.. a disaster. It was fine the first time they went through it, but then Melissa started giving orders that didn't really come out clearly.

     "Zane, when you carry Kawaii Chan, you need your hand up higher or she'll fall, continue!"

     Zane blushes and picks her up again, his hand now holding onto her upper thigh. Kawaii Chan feels her face warm up, but shakes her head and remembers it's just a dance. Melissa pauses the music again and sighs.

     "A little higher Zane.."

     "Melissa, are you sur-"

     "Yes!"

     Zane swallows nervously and sets Kawaii Chan down just to pick her up again. Melissa rewinds the music a bit and Zane goes to gracefully pick up Kawaii Chan, but.. turns out.. his hand ended up a little too high...

     "Gah!" Zane exclaims, accidentally dropping Kawaii Chan. She thuds when she hits the floor, her face rosy.

     "K..Kawaii Chan! I am so sorry!" Zane apologizes, helping Kawaii Chan stand up.

     "I..It's okay Zane Kun, it was just an accident!"

      Melissa giggles a little in the back, earning a dirty glare from Zane and Kawaii Chan.

     "I'm sorry! Heh, guess I assumed your hand wasn't high enough!"

     "You think?" Zane replies sarcastically, adding an eyebrow raise.

     The rest of the day resulted in Zane accidentally stepping on Kawaii Chan's tail, Kawaii Chan tripping onto Zane, and Zane's mask almost falling down. They were embarrassed the whole time because... it was humiliating.

     Practice ended and the girls were invited to a sleepover. This sleepover lead to... some problems.
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        Aphmau taps the play button on her phone, allowing the music to play through her speaker. The song "Super Trouper" plays loudly through the speakers.

      The girls all giggle and run into the living room and lip sync dramatically.

"Super trouper beams are gonna blind me
But I won't feel blue
Like I always do!"

     Aphmau runs to Katelyn dramatically and hops into her arms,

     "Cause somewhere in the crowd there's you!"

     Katelyn laughs and sets Aphmau down. They all sit down on the couch and start discussing the competition.

      "It's crazy that the competition starts so soon!" Katelyn comments.

"Right? I think we're prepared though. Not sure about you guys. I think you spend too much time with Travis... you might not be able to focus!" Aphmau taunts.

"Excuse me! I do not spend too much time with Travis! We are just dance partners! There's Dante too!" Katelyn replies quickly.

"Kawaii Chan thinks Katelyn Sama and Travis Kun are cute together!"

Katelyn blushes and shakes her head,

"There's nothing between us!"

"Okay, sure Katelyn Sama," Kawaii Chan and the others giggle.

"KC, you and Zane are pretty cute!" Melissa comments.

"W-What! No Melissa Sama!"

     "Zane grabbed Kawaii Chan's butt today!" Melissa exclaims.

      "Woah! What?" Aphmau squeals, covering her mouth to stop her giggles.

     "Woah, who knew Zane was the type to do that!"

     "Aaah! It was an accident!" Kawaii Chan screeches, hopping up from her seat and waving her arms around out of embarrassment.

     "Uh huh.. yeah?" Melissa teases.

       "Yes!"

      "I think Zane just has a crush on you!" Melissa spits out.

     Kawaii Chan freezes and looks down,

     "Y-you really think so?"

     "Oh well um," Melissa goes quiet and looks at Aphmau and Katelyn for help.

     "Well duh!" Aphmau yells out of instinct.

     "He uh.. told me himself!"

     "He did Aphmau Senpai?"

     "Yep!"

     Kawaii Chan can't help the huge dark red blush that spreads across her face and the nervous smile that tags along. Kawaii Chan twirls her hair and looks up at the others.

     "Kawaii Chan never thought he'd like her... Kawaii Chan had the biggest crush on him since high school! She just never said anything."

    "Wait Kawaii Chan-" Katelyn comes in to intervene.

      "Yeah! So did he! He wouldn't shut up about how he uh," Aphmau's voice cracks, "he loved you haircut!"

     "W..Wow! Really?" Kawaii Chan asks, it seeming like her eyes sparkle.

     Aphmau shuts her mouth tightly and nods.

     "Oh Irene! Kawaii Chan cannot believe this!" Kawaii Chan hops up and down as she starts dancing dramatically with Aphmau to "Dancing Queen".
(Yes.. Mamma Mia.. don't judge me!)

     "Well now things don't have to be awkward during dance practices!" Kawaii Chan adds, spinning quickly with Aphmau.

     "Yes! That's right!" Melissa adds.

     "Thank you! Thank you! Kawaii Chan cannot explain how is exciting this is!"

     "Um.. yep.." Aphmau says nervously.

     Katelyn glares at the other girls, knowing this lie will not last.

———

     "Garroth, you know, we need to hang out more," Laurance comments, kicking a nearly flat soccer ball to the tall blonde.

     Garroth passes it back with the inside of his foot and nods.

     "Yeah, we don't hang out enough!"

      "Definitely not!"

     The ball continues passing back and forth and Laurance adds,

     "We also don't go looking for girls as much anymore. Like we practice dancing almost every day, but come on. Let's make it like old times!"

     "Oh.. Laurance can I tell you something?" Garroth asks nervously, picking up the soccer ball.

     "Sure Man," Laurance says, walking to be closer to Garroth.

     "Um.. well I am... I'm not looking for anyone! Let's find you a girl, yeah?"

     "Um, okay!"

      That's when operation "Find Laurance a Girlfriend" was on.
(Montage time XD Which would include the song "Cheerleader" to play)

They stopped by the local ice cream shop and there was only an old lady...

     The two of them ran out of the ice cream shop and headed to a local beach.

     "Hey, uh, you look like you need a lifeguard!" Laurance says in a seductive voice, sending finger guns to a girl floating in the water.

     "You calling me a bad swimmer?"

     "What.. no."

     "I am a great swimmer!" The girl shouts, stepping out of the water.

     "Laurance... run!" Garroth exclaims, taking Laurance's hand and running off.

       "Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader," Laurance comments to a girl walking by.

     "Marry me!" She exclaims.

      "N..Nevermind!" Laurance panics, running off with Garroth once again.

     They stopped by the local store, the ice cream shop again, the froyo shop, the clothing store, the park, yet there was still no success.

(Montage over)

     "Man, I think my game is gone," Laurance comments, flopping down on a bench.

     "Heh! You? You're Laurance! Your game is never gone!" Garroth comments, chuckling afterwards.

     "Thanks Garroth. Why aren't you looking for someone again?"

     "Oh.. um," Garroth scratches the back of his head, "just waiting for the person to notice my feelings."

    "Oh! Who is it?"

     "Who.. is it?" Garroth blushes.

     "Yeah! Come on man, tell me!"

     "I'd rather not..."

     "I think I know! It's Katelyn isn't it!"

     "Katelyn? Oh erm.. yes?"

    "Ha! I knew it! I'll make sure you get with her! For sure!"

     "Oh no, you don't have to!" Garroth panics.

     "Oh yes I do!"

     Garroth sighs and sags his shoulders. Laurance punches his shoulder and laughs.

     "We are going to make this work!"

     "We need to focus on dancing Laurance!"

     "Yeah, but we're going to focus on you and Miss Katelyn!"

     "Heh... okay..."

       Garroth made a mistake. A bad bad mistake. Of course he doesn't like Katelyn! Why would he like her? Laurance was just oblivious! Garroth crosses his arms and thinks of how he's going to fix his mistake.

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So I wanted this chapter to be more fun, plus it was kinda rushed, but I wanted to write! Here's this chapter, I hope you liked it! I needed something to really get the story moving along, so here's this! Please leave comments on what you think about this chapter!