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AN: This is it! It's been a lot of fun writing this. I truly appreciate all the feedback that was given and the time that each one of you all gave up to indulge yourselves in this silly idea of mine. Thank you all for reading!

Dating 101

Chapter 5

Epilogue

It was a beautiful Monday afternoon in the S.A. greenhouse. The sun shined radiantly down from above. The warm temperature could easily persuade anyone to just lie down and take a nap, despite the fact that the S.A. sanctuary was still in recovery. Some of the panels were still missing their glass panes, while others were covered in cracks. Most of the damages due to World War III (also known as Akira's Great War) had finally been repaired thanks to Tadashi, and only Tadashi. Akira demanded that the trouble making boy fix it all by himself, and threatened to reserve the right to withhold tea and snacks from anyone who insisted on helping him.

As a result, the usual S.A. hangout spot was back to its raggedy old self.

"Ah," said Ryuu with a hint of uneasiness as he watched a nearby window shutter swagger a bit before falling towards the ground with a crash. Apparently, the duck tape that was used to hold it up wasn't quite strong enough. "It's nice to see things somewhat back to normal, I suppose."

"Pssh!" Tadashi spat. "If the bear woman had just let me call a real repairman, this place would have been as good as-"

"Who are you calling 'bear woman', you ape?!" screamed Akira as she picked up one of the broken chairs and threw it at Tadashi's head. It ricocheted off his empty skull and went flying into another window, shattering its glass into tiny pieces.

Amount of brain cells left in Tadashi's brain: 0. Number of shattered windows: +1.

Ryuu sighed with what sounded like a sigh of relief as he shook his head lightly. "Yup, things are back to normal." Jun and Megumi, who were faithfully on each side him, looked at each other and smiled in amusement.

Suddenly, the two front doors flew open just as Hikari came strolling in with a smile on her face.

"Hi everyone!" she greeted.

"Ah, Hikari. It feels like it's been awhile since we've last seen you," said Jun.

Megumi quickly scribbled on her beloved eraser broad and lifted it up to reveal her hidden thoughts. "Are you done with your project?" It read.

Hikari instantly froze. That's right; her project was officially over with. Sui's date was done and put to rest. And as she could recall, it didn't exactly end out the way she wanted it to. Thanks to Sui's pathetic inability to hide anything from his brother, Takishima was able to obtain full control of the date, resulting in his victory of giving the better dating advice.

Hot steam came whistling out of Hikari's ears. Clearly, everyone noticed the second ranked S.A. member's body shaking with a might fury since they all took a step back. That is, everyone but Akira.

"Hikari!" the short haired girl cried as she began to cradle her best friend's head in her arms. "Oh my poor, Hikari! Did that monster Kei and his 'mini-me'-like brother give you a hard time this past weekend?"

The girl in question blinked her eyes with confusion. "Eh, how did you know about that, Akira?"

This time the tea loving beauty froze in shock. "Uh, well-"

"We saw you and Sui hanging out a couple weeks back and thought something suspicious was going on," mumbled Tadashi, helping himself to some sweets that Akira had already laid out on the tea table. "Naturally, Kei knew that we knew something and threatened us to tell him what it was that we knew and- YEEEEEEOOOOOW!"

Everyone watched with sweat drops forming at the back of their heads as Akira nonchalantly poured boiling hot tea on top of her boyfriend's head.

"You two saw me with Sui?" asked Hikari.

Akira nodded her head with a sense of guilt directed towards her best friend, completely ignoring the fact that the chances of Tadashi ever growing hair back on the spot where she had previously poured her cinnamon tea on where very slim. So much for the tea's calming-like sensation.

"I'm sorry, Hikari. We tried our best not to say anything to Kei, but you know how much of brute that guy can be."

"Who's this brute you're talking about?" asked a cool voice.

"I'm talking about you, you beast!" shouted Akira as she threw an accusing finger in the direction where Kei had just strolled in.

With his hands calmly hidden in his pockets and a smirk on his face, Kei walked further into the greenhouse with his little "mini-me" following close behind him.

"Sui?" Hikari peeped up. "What are you doing here?"

Sui stepped out from behind his brother and approached the black haired women.

"Hikari, I just came to tell you thank you, I suppose," he shot a quick glance at his older brother and watched his head nod for him to go on before he continued. "Even though your dating advice sucked and all, and Nii-chan's advice was way better and probably saved my date with Kana, I guess I'm still supposed to be thankful for your efforts."

Hikari felt as if one of Ryuu's elephants had just tripped and fell on her, and then got up and walked away as if nothing happened.

Victories for Hikari: 0. Victories for Takishima: +1.

"EH?!" came the gasps from each one of the S.A. members, except for Megumi. She opted on quickly scribbling an exclamation mark on her eraser board.

"Hikari! Is that true?!" cried Akira hysterically.

"You were teaching Sui how to date?" asked Jun.

"So, that was the project you were working on, huh?" laughed Ryuu.

"But Hikari, you're not very good at dating yourself," piped in Tadashi before he was assaulted by a very deadly fire extinguisher coming from Akira's direction.

This time, Hikari felt as if Ryuu's elephant had tripped and fell on her again, except this time it also farted and then got up to skip away as if nothing happened.

And we all know how dangerous elephant gas can be.

Kei smirked at the horrified face his girlfriend was making. It only made him want to tease her some more, which is exactly what he always did.

"My goodness," he said thoughtfully. "Perhaps this is some sort of indication proving that you do lack a great amount of experience in the dating field, Miss Number Two."

"Don't call me Number Two!" Hikari shouted. As if Sui's reality check wasn't bad enough, now she had to hear it from her rival.

"I suppose I don't really have a choice. Looks like we're going to have to go on many more dates from now on," said Kei with a huge grin on his face.

Hikari instantly started turning red from her toes to the top of her head. "Wh-What?! Like I'll let that happen!"

"Please prepare yourself, Number Two!" Laughed Kei.

"Kei, you monster!" shouted Akira. "I'm not just going to sit by and let you go on all these dates with my precious Hikari against her will!"

"Hey! Who do you think you're calling a monster? That's my lovely Nii-chan that you're talking about, you creepy lady!" defended Sui.

"Creepy lady!?" she choked.

Tadashi burst out into laughter, but that quickly died away as soon as he saw Akira charging towards him at full speed. Hikari continued to yell at Kei while he merely laughed back. As a way to save Sui from Akira once she was finished with her boyfriend, Ryuu started friendly talk with him. Sui immediately became entranced with his gentle personality that every child and animal loved and clung onto him. Of course, this upset Jun and Megumi who started to close in on Sui from behind.

It was mad chaos, but let's be honest. It wouldn't really be Special A if there wasn't any.

A soft bell chime echoed in the air, signaling the start of the lunch period.

"Maa," Ryuu said gently. "Since it's such a nice day today, why don't we all have lunch outside?" The twins instantly latched onto each of his arms and nodded consistently with hearts spewing around them.

"Nice way of breaking the ice, Ryuu." Tadashi said as he gave two thumbs up with the best effort that his beaten up body would let him.

Akira had already grabbed the lunch cart and began wheeling it out the door. Everyone eagerly followed closely behind her, leaving only Hikari and Kei behind.

"Hey," said Hikari, eyeing the man before her suspiciously. "Were you serious about what you said earlier?"

"About what?"

"About us going on more dates."

Kei's playful and mischievous demeanor melted away into a soft smile. "Only if you'd like to. I would never force anything onto you."

Hikari could clearly see her reflection through his bright light brown orbs. The way he looked at her with his eyelids almost half closed to the point where his long lashes looked as if they were kissing the area around his eyes always left her feeling exposed, but in a good way. It was like her mind was letting her know that he really was only looking at her, and with no one or anything thing else in mind. It was just one of the many things that she loved about him.

And yes, she also loved his two silly cowlicks, but she'd rather die than admit that to him.

Very shyly, she reached out and took a hold of his hands. Taken back, Kei only muttered out her name in concern.

"Hikari?"

"Yes."

Kei blinked. "Huh?"

"Well, I know that you've been traveling and working a lot lately," she said while starting to blush furiously. "And I feel like I hardly get to see you anymore, so…" She started to trail off, so Kei leaned in closer to hear.

"So, yes, I would like to go on more dates with you," she declared, but began to panic as she realized how forward she was being. "That is, only when you're free from work and would like to too." She quickly added.

Hikari bent her head down allowing her hair to flow around her face like a stage curtain. In all honesty, she was hoping it would hide the embarrassment and redness that was clearly written all over it

"Okay." Came his simple response.

She felt his hand gently grasp her chin and tilt her head up to see his smiling face.

"I would love that."

Hikari responded to his answer with a smile of her own just as he started to lean in closer to seal their agreement with his own rendition of a pinky promise that involved lips instead. His hands quickly found her waist and he pulled her in closer. She could feel his breath gently brush against her cheek as she slowly closed her eyes. Without even thinking, her lips pouted just enough in anticipation for one of his sweet kisses.

"Hey!" Tadashi shouted as he walked back through the front doors. Acting upon instinct, Hikari automatically pushed her hands against Kei's chest to send him flying backwards.

"Are you guys coming or…Did I just walk in on something?" The nuisance boy asked nervously.

"Of course not," Kei said sarcastically from his spot on the ground. "Whatever gave you that idea?"

"Heh, well Akira won't let me eat anything until Hikari eats something first, so you two should hurry up!" Tadashi said as fast as he could before running back out the doors just as quickly as he came in.

Hikari walked over to help her boyfriend up from the ground, but then became more concerned with the disappointment written across his face.

"What's the matter?"

Kei gave an irritated look towards the direction that Tadashi just came from. "I really can't believe that idiot sometimes. He really does have a gift for walking in at the perfect moment," he snorted.

Clearly having no idea what he was referring to, Hikari gave him an innocent look. "If you really wanted to hurry up and eat before Tadashi ate everything then you should have just said something."

Kei felt as if one of Ryuu's kangaroos just came and punched him in the face, leaving behind a massive headache.

And we all know how dangerous a kangaroo's punch can be, especially if it's wearing boxing gloves.

"Hurry up, Takishima!" Hikari called out over her shoulder as she turned to head outside. "We better get to those sandwiches quick!"

But Kei wasn't ready to go down without a fight. Oh no. In fact, he came right back around and knocked out that kangaroo image from his pounding head.

"Ah, that reminds me," he said. "Hikari, I still haven't given you your present."

Obviously caught off guard, Hikari spun back around to face her boyfriend.

"Present? What present?"

"From my trip," replied Kei. Hikari could have sworn she saw an evil, mischievous glint flash across his light brown eyes. That only made her nervous.

"You really didn't have to get me anything, Takishima!" Hikari panicked as she waved her hands defensively in front of her.

This time, a sly smile was left behind on the young heir's facial features.

"Well, I did anyway," he said as he slowly started advancing towards her. "It's called a French kiss."

"Eh?" Warning signals were going off in Hikari's head, but curiosity seemed to get the best of her. "What's a French kiss?"

Like they say; curiosity killed the cat.

Kei stood right in front of her and leaned forward with a wide grin slapped across his face.

"Allow me to show you."