Weeks passed by and it was the day before Valentine's Day. At Masayuki's high school, Masayuki finished a normal day in school and as he opened his locker, he saw a folded note. It was from Souya, and it was some kind of confession note, but it wasn't. Curious about its contents, Masayuki unfolded it and read it.
The note says: "Do you want to go on a date with me?
-Souya."
Surprised by this, Masayuki thought in his mind, "What in the world is this?"
But then, Souya is about to open her locker when Masayuki caught her red-handed."
"Souya-chan, did you write this?" he asked her a question.
Realizing that she was being caught, Souya turned towards him and admitted, "Yes, I did that. I mean, do you want to go on a date with me on Valentine's Day.?'"
Not being angry at her, Masayuki smiled back. "Sure, why not. After all, we are childhood friends."
This causes Souya to smile despite being a delinquent.
At the same time, at another school, Handa gave Emiko a box of chocolate while saying, "Here, Happy Valentine's Day. I can't eat it."
"Are you sure?" Emiko asked in concern.
"Yes!"
"Oh, okay then, thanks."
Emiko then accepted the box of chocolates and opened it to eat it. She then got delighted by its sweetness.
And as Emiko kept munching on the chocolates, Handa touched his fingers to each other, and said to her, "Um, Emiko-chan…"
"Yes?" Emiko responded back to him.
"Do you want to…" Handa asked her a question.
"What is it?'"
Then, blushing a bit, Handa yelled out loud, "Do you want to go on a date with me?"
He did this in front of everyone in his class.
Everyone heard this, and then started to gossip and murmur to each other about it. How an unpopular boy would ask a biracial girl on a date?
Understanding and hearing his question, Emiko smiled meekly. "Yes, why not."
This shocks almost everyone in school, especially Hatsuharu Sohma, who was in the same class as Handa and Emiko.
Then, on Valentine's Day, Masayuki and Emiko are dressing up for their dates. Upon seeing his sister's clothes, Masayuki asked her, "So, you're going on a date with someone?"
"Yes, with Handa-kun," answered Emiko back.
"Ah, I see then," Masayuki replied back. "Okay, good luck."
"How about you, big brother?"
"Oh, me? I'm going on a date as well."
"Oh, with who?"
"Souya-chan."
"Oh, okay then. Good luck."
"Thanks."