The four of them made their way into the aquarium. Mio had joined Eizan and Ren and joined Ome. Eizan had a funny look on his face as he watched Ren grab ahold of Ome’s arm and bury it into her large breasts. He looked over at the smiling girl next to him. “You told her to do that didn’t you.” Mio gave him a mischievous wink and smile. He looked up at his previously confident friend who now had a dumbfounded look on his face. Ome had turned completely red as the feeling of two soft lumps being pressed against him made his brain overload. Ren had an incredibly cute smile as she was gazing up at him asking what was wrong. Ome just shook his head and told her he was fine. This made both Eizan and Mio both look at each other and giggle. “You’re a little devil. Ome had just gained some confidence and you two just ripped that away.”

Mio gave him a pouty look and whispered. “I’ll show you who’s the devil.”

Eizan gave her a sly grin. “You know little red riding hood should be warry of the big bad wolf.”

Mio laughed. “I moved into his house.” She narrowed her eyes at him. “I’ll swat the wolf with a newspaper if he gets too carried away.”

Eizan burst out laughing. “Do you think you’ve tamed the wolf.”

Mio smiled brightly. “Yup.”

Eizan gave her a serious look. “I’ll show you later.”

Mio smiled and bopped him on the nose with two fingers. “Bad dog.”

Eizan growled like a dog. “You better be prepared for when we get home.”

Mio gulped and shuddered. She could tell he was serious. “On second thought I’m going to my parents’ house tonight.”

Eizan laughed. “You think you can outrun a wolf.”

Ren and Ome were both staring at them. Ren frowned. “Can you two just get a room already?”

Mio and Eizan both turned and looked at the couple who were glaring at them. Ome smiled. “Are you two into role play or something?”

Mio’s face turned beat red. “N-n-no.”

Eizan shrugged. “I’m not against it.” Mio punched him in the side.

Ome and Ren turned around and started to walk towards a fish tank embedded in the wall.

Eizan looked over at his cute fiancé who was still blushing from embarrassment. He took advantage of the current situation. He leaned in close to her ear and whispered. “Let’s do some little red riding hood roleplay when we get home.” Mio turned to him with her face completely red. Her mouth opening and closing like a gold fish. She had a complete loss of words because of his teasing. Eizan grabbed her hand and slowly drug her towards the aquariums. They spent their time wondering around the different exhibits looking at all the fish. Eizan and Mio where in their own little world completely unaware of everyone around them.

From a distance away a cute blonde girl with purple eyes was staring at the group of four teens wandering around. She scowled. “She is all over him. Damn her, he was supposed to fall in love with me.” She continued to stare. “I need to do something to drive a wedge in between them.” She watched as Ren and Mio went into the bathroom leaving Eizan and Ome standing outside talking. “I have an idea but I need to time it just right.” She waited and watched for the two girls to exit the bathroom. Right as Mio and Ren were exiting the bathroom she made her move. She ran up to Eizan yelling his name.

Eizan stared wide eyed at the beautiful blonde girl approaching him. Her purple eyes sparkled as she approached with a giant smile on her face. He inadvertently said her name. “Minami!” She was approaching fast and leapt towards him giving him a giant hug.

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Squeezing him really hard she looked up at him and smiled. “Eizan, I’ve missed you so much.” Eizan was in shock and didn’t know what to do. His mind was going a thousand kilometers an hour. He hadn’t seen her in ages and they didn’t part on the best of terms. While his mind was racing out of nowhere, she planted a kiss on his cheek. Mio, Ren, Ome, and Eizan where all in shock. “How have you been. You look good.”

Eizan shook himself out of the shock and grabbed her by the shoulders, separating himself from her. He could feel the death glare from behind him. “Minami, what are you doing here?”

Minami tilted her head in confusion. Her acting skills where definitely on display. “I moved here to live with my aunt. I didn’t expect to see you here.”

Eizan sighed and turned his head to look at his obviously disgruntled fiancé. He smiled a miserable smile. He knew he was in trouble. He looked back at Minami and smiled softly. The memories of his childhood where all flooding into his brain. “Minami, let me introduce you to my friends. He turned back and stared at Mio. He separated himself from Minami and walked towards Mio. “This is my fiancé Sakurai, Mio. Mio this is Minami.” He knew he didn’t have to explain who she was. He had already told Mio about Minami. Mio had questioned him extensively about their relationship.

Minami acted shocked. She was already aware of their relationship after doing some digging. Eizan’s mother and her mother were friends so she basically knew everything. Her eyes widened. “You’re engaged.” She put her hands over her open mouth. Minami walked up to Mio and smiled brightly. “Nice to meet you. I’m Eizan’s friend from Kyoto.” She held out her hand to the obviously confused Mio.

Mio stuck out her hand reluctantly and shook it. “Nice to meet you.”

Minami smiled brightly like an innocent child. “You’re so pretty. I can see why he picked you.”

Mio had a weird look on her face. “Thank you?” Mio grabbed Eizan’s hand.

Eizan looked down at her hand and smiled. “Trying to claim your territory.” He giggled to himself inside his head. Eizan looked up at Minami and then pointed at the other two shocked individuals next to them. “This is my best friend Ome and his girlfriend Ren.” Ome smiled at the best friend comment and Ren blushed at being called Ome’s girlfriend. She still wasn’t used to it. They both said their hellos. Minami smiled at them brightly. She was like the sun on a dreary day. It was the complete opposite of what her personality was like on the inside. Minami is actually a cold calculating smart person but always hides it behind a façade of a cute innocent girl. She didn’t know that Eizan was well aware of her personality. His mind had finally caught up to everything that was happening. “She planned all of this didn’t she. Always acting like the cute innocent flower when really, she has the thorns of a rose. Did she do this to cause a problem between Mio and I?” He looked over at the cute brunette holding his hand. She had a small frown on her face.

Minami smiled brightly. “Do you guy’s go to school around here?”

Eizan nodded. “Yeah.”

Minami bounced up and down while clapping. “That’s great. I will start here after summer break. I hope I get to be in your class.”

Eizan laughed. “Yeah, that would be nice.”

Minami smiled at Mio. “I hope we can be friends. I don’t know anyone around here. It would be nice to have a girlfriend around.”

Mio smiled a fake smile. “Yeah, that would be nice.”

Minami smiled her own fake smile and looked over at Eizan. “Can I get your phone number. It’s been so long I would like to catch up.”

Eizan hesitated. He didn’t know what was the correct decision to make. He looked over at Mio. Mio sighed and nodded her head. He looked up at the smiling girl in front of him and thought. “This devil is going to cause me problems, I’m sure.” He sighed. “Sure.” He proceeded to exchange contact information with her.

Minami stared at her phone with a small smile on her face. “Thanks. I’ll call you later. It was nice meeting you all. Bye.” She waved buy and skipped off still with her innocent girl act.

Eizan sighed and looked at Mio. “You know it would have been fine for you to say no to the exchange of contact info.”

Mio frowned and had a cold look in her eyes. “You two seem close.”

Eizan shuddered at the cold look she was giving him. “We were… but I am as surprised as you. We didn’t separate on the friendliest of circumstances as you are well aware. This whole thing was quite surprising.”

Minami had stopped her skipping and was just walking slowly towards where her aunt and cousin were located. She had an evil grin on her face. “That worked out well. The look on her face was priceless. I’m glad I came here today. Without this chance I wouldn’t have met him until school started.”