-2 Years After College-

     "Kawaii Chan! Your food is burning!" A worker yells.

     Kawaii Chan squeals and runs into the kitchen, taking a pie out of the oven. "Aw man, Kawaii Chan burned someone's pie.." Kawaii Chan cries.

"That's alright! Michi is already handling that!" Michi says confidently.

Kawaii Chan sighs in relief and takes a seat. "Michi Chan, thank you so much! Kawaii Chan was so busy with this rude customer, she completely forgot!" Kawaii Chan says thankfully.

"Hehe! You just need to be more responsible like me!" Michi says with a cocky smirk. Kawaii Chan feels her stomach drop in embarrassment and she looks down at her feet. She hears a bell ring on her phone and she hops up.

"Kawaii Chan's shift is over! Bye bye Michi Chan!" Kawaii Chan cheers before removing her apron and running off.

———

     "Hello Katelyn Sama!" Kawaii Chan greets, sitting down on a bench in the dance room.

     "Oh! Kawaii Chan! You're already off from work?" Katelyn asks, snapping out from her thoughts.

"Yep! Michi Chan and Kawaii Chan switched shifts!" Kawaii Chan explains.

"Oh ok."

Kawaii Chan notices Katelyn's somber mood and tilts her head.

"Katelyn Sama, what's wrong?"

Katelyn sighs deeply and runs her fingers through her hair, pulling it behind her ears.

"Jeffory and I broke up during graduation because I just thought he was too nice and he didn't deserve someone like me. You would expect me to be fine, but he recently got with someone new and it's just strange I guess.."

Kawaii Chan smiles and hugs Katelyn tightly.

     "Katelyn Sama, you'll be alright!"

     Katelyn smiles and watches the door waiting for Aphmau, but looking away when Aphmau isn't there.

    "I guess she's going to be late! Let's work on picking a song without her I guess!" Katelyn decides, grabbing her phone and scrolling through it.

    Kawaii Chan leans against a wall and kicks her legs, watching them sway back and forth. She sways her tail on rhythm with her feet and the corners of her mouth begin to elevate.

    Katelyn plays music in the background, knowing Kawaii Chan will get restless from waiting. The music plays loudly through the speaker, it plays, "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye and Kimbra.

     Kawaii Chan taps her toes with the beginning instrument and slowly rises from the bench she was sitting on. Her feet move slowly with the music and her face seems emotionless.  Making up the steps in her head, she slowly builds up her dancing, throwing in new moves. She'll try to spin or jump, but she just falls. Not because she's bad or anything, but that's what she was feeling.

     Energy overcomes her as the chorus begins. She expresses pain and betrayal through her moves. After the chorus, her feet weaken and her body sags. She continues dancing.

     Katelyn looks up at Kawaii Chan dancing and silently laughs to herself. She continues scrolling, but looks back up once the song builds up again.

     "But I don't wanna live that way,"

     "Reading into every word you say."

     "You said that you could let it go,"

     "And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know!"

     Kawaii Chan runs and jumps up, reaching up towards nothing and hits the ground. She stands right back up and finishes off the song, ending it with the same position she started.

———

    "Hey Aph!" Aaron greets, stretching his legs.

    "Hey Aaron!"

     Aphmau sets down her bag and sits by Aaron, stretching beside him. She can't help but glimpse at the muscular man beside her and she blushes, moving her eyes away.

     "You tell Katelyn and Kawaii Chan yet?" Aaron asks.

     Aphmau nervously bites her lip and reaches towards her toes. Her and Aaron had planned on dancing together for the next competition in MyStreet and Aphmau never told Katelyn or Kawaii Chan. Aphmau was afraid they wouldn't want to be her friend and she didn't want to betray them.

    "Um...is it ok to say no?" Aphmau responds, sitting back up.

     Aaron reaches towards his toes and back up, sighing.

     "You really think you can keep this secret from those two forever?" Aaron asks in a serious tone.

     Aphmau shrugs and tucks in her knees.

     "I- I don't know! Yeah!"

     Aaron shakes his head and chuckles. He stands and helps Aphmau stand up.

     "You have to tell them the truth at some point Aph," Aaron assures her. Aphmau rubs her arm and smiles up at him.

     "By the way, your shirt is totally inside out!" Aaron says, breaking the silence.

     Aphmau looks down at her shirt and growls, "Hey! It is not!"

    "I know, but I made you look!"

     Aphmau growls again, but laughs anyways.

———

    Zane drops his bag on the floor of his new dance room. He walks around to see what his room is like and it seems like the other rooms. It smells like cheap air freshener, the room is extremely bright, and the mirrors are very shiny. Zane plugs his phone in to his speaker he brought and shuffle plays his music.

     "Take Me to Church" by Hozier plays.

     Zane sits on the floor and stretches, removing his mask so he could breathe easier. He stretches lazily, falling back and sighing.

     "I finally have a room all to myself..." Zane tells himself, a smile growing on his face.

———

"Katelyn Sama, Kawaii Chan is going to leave. See you later?" Kawaii Chan asks, grabbing her dance bag.

"Oh, yeah. I wonder why Aphmau wasn't here though," Katelyn wonders, unplugging her phone from the speaker, and grabbing her phone.

Kawaii Chan nods and waves before leaving. She goes into a locker room there and changes into a dress with light pink roses on it. She puts her hair into space buns and she exits the locker room. She tries speeding through the halls, but because she's not paying attention, she runs into someone.

The person grunts and stumbles a bit, weakly catching her. Kawaii Chan looks up in embarrassment and looks up to meet Zane's eyes. Zane sighs, helping Kawaii Chan stand up straight, and crossing his arms.

"Why am I not surprised?" Zane asks in an unamused tone.

"Hehe! Sorry Zane Kun! Kawaii Chan will watch where she's going next time!" Kawaii Chan apologizes with a soft giggle.

"Yeah yeah yeah. Where are you heading to anyways for you to be in such a hurry?"

"Kawaii Chan has to meet up with Damien Senpai!" Kawaii Chan explains with a shy smile and a blush.

"Hm, makes sense I guess. Is he your boyfriend or something?"

"Mhm! He's soooo cute!"

"Um ok. Bye Kawaii Chan."

"Bye Zane Kun!" Kawaii Chan exclaims waving and continuing to go where she needs to be. She reaches it outside and runs out to Damien.

"Damien Senpai!" Kawaii Chan squeals, hugging him tightly.

"Hey Kawaii Chan!" Damien greets with a soft laugh, kissing her forehead.

Kawaii Chan looks up with a huge grin and wraps her arms around Damien's neck, kissing him deeply.

Damien quickly falls into the kiss with no hesitation and pulls her in closer by her waist.

The two go at it for a while, not releasing each other.

Katelyn walks outside and clears her throat, but they completely ignore her. "Ew... this is just ew!" Katelyn makes a gagging sound and crosses her arms.

"Oh man... I'm gonna need some kind of blinding potion after this..." Travis complains, appearing right behind Katelyn.

"Travis, when did you get here?" Katelyn asks.

"Just now, I finished practice."

"Those two are so gross..."

"I bet you would think that if it was me and you!" Travis terribly flirts.

"Grr! Travis!" Katelyn grumbles, tightening her fist.

"Okay! Okay! Katelyn, baby, I was just teasing," Travis responds with a laugh.

"Don't call me that!"

"Fine! Fine! I won't... for now! Hehe! Bye beautiful!" Travis exclaims, running off.

Katelyn crosses her arms, walking over to her car.

"Kawaii Chan, want to.. watch some Netflix at my house~" Damien asks flirtatiously.

Kawaii Chan blushes and brings a strand of hair behind her ear, "Ooo Damien Senpai... Oh, but Kawaii Chan can't! She has to clean up around her house! Sorry!"

Damien sighs and kisses her cheek, sending her a soft smile.

"It's alright!"

Kawaii Chan smiles and waves to Damien as Damien walks away.

"You guys always put on a show when hanging out together?" Zane comments, walking out of the building.

"W..What?" Kawaii Chan asks flustered.

"Ugh.. nothing," Zane continues walking away.

"W..Why did you say that?" Kawaii Chan asks, her face red with embarrassment.

"Kawaii Chan, I hope you know that some people don't like watching you guys eat each other's faces off," Zane states bluntly.

Kawaii Chan Opens her mouth, trying to find words, but nothing comes out. Zane just shrugs and goes to his car.

"Hmph... Zane Kun doesn't know what he's talking about," Kawaii Chan says, heading to her car.

———

"Practice was so fun!" Aphmau exclaims, hopping up and down.

"Yeah? I'm glad you enjoyed it! I had so much more fun with you!" Aaron comments, making Aphmau blush. Aphmau smiles and grabs her dance bag.

"Do you maybe want to go out sometime?" Aaron asks, slinging his bag onto his shoulder.

Aphmau's cheeks warm up and her heart flutters. "Y..Yeah!" Aphmau stutters.

"Awesome," Aaron responds softly.

"I'll see you later!" Aphmau says, waving to Aaron and running off. Aaron laughs at this and blushes.