It's been 2 days since the party and Zane can't get the idea of dancing with Kawaii Chan out of his head. He changes the song with his phone again. 'Should I ask her?' Zane wonders to himself.

     He decides it doesn't have to be romantic either! It could just be those two dancing together! He thinks it through some more.. 'She's really...annoying though.' He thinks again, scratching his head.

     He sighs and walks to look out of a window of the dance room. He just needs to think some more...

Think...

      "GAH! GROSS!" Zane exclaims, falling back after noticing Kawaii Chan and Damian making out in the parking lot outside the window.

      He rubs both of his eyes and gags, turning around and turning his music off from his phone. He grabs his dance stuff and leaves, but he's pulled back by Aphmau.

     "You didn't ask Kawaii Chan did you?" Aphmau asks, more of like a statement.

     Zane turns to face her and shrugs.

     "Zane! Come on! It's not that bad!"

     "Easy for you to say. You're adorable so everyone wants to talk to you. You aren't like me."

      Aphmau rolls her eyes and giggles,

     "Just go ask her! Nothing too bad could happen."

     Zane looks down at his feet and mumbles,

     "f..fine."

     Aphmau smiles and leads him downstairs and outside before she screeches loudly and hides her face in Zane's sleeve.

     "Y..You didn't tell me they were... kissinggg..," Aphmau cries out, still trying to hide her face.

     Zane clears his throat to catch their attention.

Nothing.

     He snaps his fingers.

Nothing.

     "Aaron and Aphmau are smooching!" Zane shouts.

     Suddenly a squeal is heard from Kawaii Chan and she looks away from Damien, her ponytail slapping his face.

"Where?!"

Aphmau starts to laugh and Zane sets his hands in the pockets of his hoodie. Kawaii Chan has a disappointed look on her face and she scratched the back of her head.

"..Um... what does Zane Kun need?" Kawaii Chan asks in embarrassment.

"Zane wants to ask you something!" Aphmau mentions loudly.

Kawaii Chan looks at Zane in curiosity. 'Maybe this will explain his awkward staring at the party a little while back,' Kawaii Chan thinks to herself. She watches Zane clear his throat and,

"Will you be my dance partner?"

Kawaii Chan stands in shock and her eyes widen.

      Zane sighs, embarrassed and crosses his arms.

      "Look, nevermi-"

      "Sure!"

     Zane looks at her, surprised. 'She actually wants to dance with me?' He thinks to himself. He opens his mouth, offering her an out on the offer, but Aphmau punches his arm before he could spit out any words.

    "O-Okay," Zane responds.

    "Does Zane Kun need Kawaii Chan's number?"

    "Um sure."

     Kawaii Chan and Zane give each other their phone numbers so they can message each other their practice schedules and work schedules.

     "KC, we gotta get to the restaurant before they cancel our reservation," Damien says a little urgent.

      "Oh! Yeah! Bye Aphmau Senpai and Zane Kun! Zane Kun text Kawaii Chan and tell her when you want to practice!"

     Damien opens the car door for Kawaii Chan and they both get in his vehicle and drive away.

     "See, that wasn't so difficult!" Aphmau states with a giggle.

     "I can't believe I'm stuck dancing with her!" Zane complains.

     "You think you're gonna compete a whole season?" Aphmau teases with a smirk.

     "Ha! Ha! No way."

     Aphmau just laughs and readjusts her slipping dance bag on her shoulder. Zane picks up his keys and unlocks his vehicle, watching the lights flash from afar as he does so.

      "See ya later Zane!" Aphmau waves.

       Zane nods and waves back before heading out to his car.

———

     "What?" Katelyn expresses out loud after reading a message Aphmau sent her.

Kawaii Chan is going to dance with Zane.

     "This is... weird and so unexpected!"

      Katelyn groans, realizing she'll have to go searching for a partner and she drops her head on the table at the cafeteria she was at. She rubs her temples and walks over backstage of the middle school she was in.

"Alright ya monsters! I've decided on the musical you'll be performing!" Katelyn announces to the young teens. They all have eager eyes, waiting for a reveal and smiling brightly.

"We'll be performing The Wizard of Oz!" Katelyn informs.

The whole class of theater students roars with excitement and chatter. Katelyn smiles and notices a young redhead raising her hand.

"Yes?"

"Ms. Katelyn, I saw two creepy looking guys out the window before going backstage."

Katelyn lowers her eyebrows in concern and crosses her arms.

"What'd they look like?"

"One dude had blue hair, not like yours, His was darker and one had like white hair, but he was like your age."

Katelyn sighs and grumbles,
"Travis"

She excuses herself from the students and gets another teacher to watch them. She walks out of the classroom and makes her way outside, noticing Travis waving and Dante laughing.

"What do you two want? I'm in the middle of teaching my theater class!" Katelyn complains, placing her hands on her hips.

"I came up with an amazing idea!" Dante bursts out with excitement.

Travis clears his throat,

"WE came up with an amazing idea, also from a few movies we binged the other day!"

"Um okay, your point is?" Katelyn asks, irritated by this distraction.

"We want to do a ballet, hip hop mashup with you!" Both Dante and Travis shout at the same time.

"What?" Katelyn asks, somewhat surprised that they came up with a pretty good idea.

"You can guarantee that we'll win with that idea!" Dante confidently says.

Katelyn thinks for a moment. She was just looking for a dance team and she has an opportunity now! It's different, definitely different! Katelyn smiles and nods.

"Deal!"

———

"We never go out to eat like this anymore Damien Senpai!" Kawaii Chan mentions, smiling as he wraps his arm around her lower back.

"Well KC, I just thought we should take a break from all that making out and Netflix. We could actually genuinely have a conversation!"

"Mhm! That's a good idea!"

The two are seated in the restaurant at a round table across from each other.

"Damien Senpai! Kawaii Chan made the cutest looking pie today at work! It was decorated with itty bitty bows! It was sooo cute!" Kawaii Chan expresses with a soft smile, her face showing excitement.

"Oh, cool. In my new action book, my favorite villain died, which by the way, not even fair! He should've won, but he didn't. He was a villain and all, but like ugh.." Damien complains.

Kawaii Chan nods awkwardly and looks down at the table, flicking away a single crumb from the people who last ate at the table. Kawaii Chan and Damien sit in complete silence and the waitress comes and takes their orders.

"So..." Kawaii Chan starts before being interrupted.

"Oh my god! I forgot to tell you, there's a comic shop opening nearby and I'm hoping to get a job there because comic books are my life!"

Kawaii Chan nods, not really even paying attention and she looks back down at the table.

"Hey, are you um listening?" Damien asks.

"Sorry.. um can we just talk about something different?"

The two get quiet again and Damien says,

"I just don't wanna hear about sweets for the 50th time again."

"Oh... well Kawaii Chan just.. gets a little annoyed with you and your comic books sometimes," Kawaii Chan responds quietly.

Damien rolls his eyes.

"Well, I'm finding you just as annoying too," Damien mumbles.

Kawaii Chan overhears considering she can hear almost anything with her cat ears and she gasps. She crosses her arms and exclaims,

"Not as annoying as you are!"

Damien shakes his head,

"All ya wanna do is watch movies and kissy face and that's it!"

"Because! You have nothing to talk about, EVER!"

Damien gasps and the restaurant's attention is turned towards to arguing couple.

"That is not true," Damien says, looking around and noticing the crowd of people watching them.

"Yes it is!"

"All you wanna talk about is cookies and sweets!"

Kawaii Chan shakes her head, annoyed.

"All you want to talk about is comic books!"

The two go silent again and basically stare each other down. Kawaii Chan leans back in her seat and looks to the side,

"We have nothing in common.."

Damien sighs and lowers his voice,

"That's because you never want to listen."

Kawaii Chan gets heated and embarrassed from all the attention and stands up defensively.

"Well you're smelly!" Kawaii Chan responds loudly.

"Well, you're fur gets everywhere!" Damien shoots back.

Kawaii Chan growls.

"Well, your UGLY gets everywhere!"

Damien gasps and stands; the whole restaurant going dead silent.

"That's it! I'm out.. It's like arguing with a five year old!" Damien says, turning around.

"Later Kawaii Chan...or not," Damien slams his money for the food on the table and storms off.

Kawaii Chan falls back in her chair and sighs before she feels a pit in her stomach...a realization.

"K...Kawaii Chan just lost her boyfriend..."