"You're late!" Ayumi said to Itsuki at the exit of the theatre.
"Well, something came up." Itsuki apologized.
"Let's head to the next spot, it'll be the park outside of the shopping district." Itsuki said.
"...! You, what were you planning exactly?!" Haru is agitated.
"... I promise this is the last place." Itsuki said.
"... I understand. Sorry..." Haru apologized.
"Before that, we're splitting up again." Itsuki suggested.
"So we're going with the same pairing?" Ayumi asked.
"No, this time, Haru go alone, then Keita with Himeko and I'll be with Ayumi." Itsuki said.
"Why?" Haru asked.
"I think Keita would be better in helping Himeko escape if anything comes up." Itsuki said.
"Leave it to me." Keita said.
"... I understand, I'm leaving her in your care." Haru said.
"Alright, let's move now. Shame if it rains today." Itsuki said. The groups moved out separately, Itsuki and Ayumi first, then Haru next, and lastly Keita and Himeko.
"Your name is Keita right?" Himeko asked.
"Yeah, and yours is Yamaguchi Himeko." Keita replied.
"... Yeah, you're right." Himeko said.
"I knew something was up, but they won't tell me." Himeko said.
"Me too. I never dated anyone before. But I know something was up if he wasn't happy seeing you." Keita said.
"True! It's like when he was going to cheat on me or something!" Himeko agreed.
"Let's go now." Keita said. As they were about to cross the road, a few men surrounded them.
"You're not the bodyguards, what are you trying to do?!" Himeko asked.
"Well, you're gonna fetch us a huge load of money!" One of the men said.
"Wh-" Himeko was being grabbed by one of the men, along with Keita.
"Let go of me!" Himeko squealed.
"Shut up girl!" One of the men slapped Himeko.
"You!" Himeko still tried to put on a fight, while Keita is being pushed down.
"... Need to readjust my position..." Keita thought.
"Whatever." Keita stopped what he was planning and began smashing his head towards one of the men's face.
"Argh! You little punk!" As the guy was about to punch Keita, he lifted up his knee and kicked his chin.
"Ugwooh...!" The man passed out.
"Whew, now I just need to cut this open..." Keita hid a blade under his wristband, and began cutting the tape that bound his hands.
"What had you done?!" Another man tried to stop Keita, and this time with the razor blade and his hands free, he pointed the blade towards the man.
"Back off, and bring me the girl. Then I'll assure you we will stay put." Keita said.
"Alright, but give us your phone." One of the men suggested.
"Fine by me." Keita said.
"Kyaaa!" One of the men pushed Himeko towards Keita.
"W-what were you doing?! If you ask them to let us down the van, we'd be fine by now!" Himeko said.
"She was right..." The kidnappers thought.
"Oh... Is that right?" Keita asked.
"Oh, so he was an idiot..." The kidnappers thought.
"So, why were you kidnapping me and Himeko?" Keita asked out loud.
"Well, because we knew you're loaded! We're gonna borrow some money from your parents, guess your daddies won't mind a small amount to get you back, right?" The kidnappers laughed out loud.
"..." Itsuki, along with the others who arrived at the park heard the whole conversation. It turns out that Itsuki gave Keita one of Itsuki's inventions, a old model phone to directly contact Itsuki with any button pressed.
"You...! What you have done?!" Haru got agitated.
"Don't be like that, Haru-kun!" Ayumi tried to stop the fight.
"Shut up! I don't know you, what do you know?!" Haru shouted.
"... It's true that I don't know you, but Keita is there! I'm as worried as you!" Ayumi lashed back.
"Sorry... Are you two...?" Haru asked.
"Huh?! No! We aren't that... Yet..." Ayumi got embarrassed.
"Enough. I'll need to contact them." Itsuki said as he is calling someone on the phone.
"Took you long enough, I figured that you lost the princess?" Yamamoto asked.
"Well, yes. Come to this location alone." Itsuki said.
"Alright." Yamamoto appeared right in front of them while talking with the phone.
"As expected, you were tailing us the whole time." Itsuki smirked.
"Well... This is such a splendid plan, walking with another girl to act as a decoy..." Yamamoto commends.
"Well, it went a slight bit wrongly." Itsuki explained the whole situation to Yamamoto. Yamamoto looked at Haru being so tensed and fidgety.
"Don't worry, I'll bring them back." Yamamoto said with a grin.
"Huh?! Ah... Okay..." Haru could not reply properly.
"... So what did you think that young man as...? A super agent?" Yamamoto asked after Itsuki told him that he has a tracker on him that tells them his location.
"Well, we ought to give them a chase." Yamamoto said as he called his men to bring him a car.
"I'll take over from here. Do not report anything without my consent, okay?" Yamamoto ordered.
"Yes sir!" The bodyguards responded.
"Right, let's go." Yamamoto entered the car, Itsuki, Ayumi and Haru hopped in.
"Kei-kun... Please be safe..." Ayumi prayed.
"Are you scared?" Himeko whispered to Keita.
"A bit." Keita said calmly.
"... If you're scared, you may lean on me." Himeko said.
"...? Lean on you?" Keita is confused.
"I've got used to this." Himeko said.
"Got used to being kidnapped?" Keita asked.
"I hate to admit... This is the reason I'm staying in my dad's hotel." Himeko said.
"I see. The you can lean on me too." Keita said.
"Huh?!" Himeko is surprised.
"You may have gotten used to it, but this is not something that you can feel less scared when you got used to." Keita said.
"Hic..." Tears started to flow out from Himeko's eyes.
"If you said something like that... You'll make me fall for you..." Himeko said.
"..." Keita stayed silent, starring at the kidnappers who were eavesdropping the entire time.
"What are you looking at?" One of the kidnappers asked.
"If I didn't do this, you would have been long forgotten." Keita said.
"Oh right..." The kidnappers acknowledged.