Emiko was writing in her diary about all the things that occur today but she felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked behind and saw Kichi waving at her. "Hello sleepyhead", he says to her. Emiko's confused on why he called her sleepyhead. "Wait what?", she says to him but he doesn't respond. Then suddenly, Emiko was bonked on the head by Midori. "Oi, wake up!", she says to her. "Ouch", she mumbles under her breath. "What was that for?", Emiko asks her friend. "You slept through the final period", Midori says to her. "Oh-", she thoughts to herself. "Wait why is everyone still in class?", she asks Midori. "Oh, it's because we were all told to stay in class after study hours for an announcement related to the school trip for next week.", she says to her. "Oh that.... Wait it's already happening next week?!", she says in a shocking surprised look on her face. "Time flies by doesn't it", Midori says to her.
Kichi and Nikko enters the class after going outside for a snack break. "Oh it seems you woke up", Kichi says to her. Emiko realized that Kichi never actually spoke to her just now but she was merely dreaming about him. After everyone are finally seated at their seats their homeroom teacher, Sensei Kaito speaks up, "Alright class! There will be a school trip next week in Kyoto. You guys just need to form a group with each other and plan out on what to do during the trip so it won't be a wasted one. I would also like the class representative to collect the fee by the end of the week and send it to me". After he finished speaking, he sat back down onto his chair. "Make sure you guys write down each others name on a piece of paper to let me know who is in which group", he says to them. Every student gets up and goes around to form a group with their classmates.
Some female students wanted to form a group with Emiko and Midori but the two politely rejects them. The same goes for the male students wanting to form a group with Kichi and Nikko. Emiko, Midori, Kichi and Nikko all formed up a group together and started to write their names onto a piece of paper. "This will be the group right?", Midori asks them to make sure it's correct. Suddenly, a student walks up to them. "Hey, is there still room for one more person in the group? If not, then that's alright", she asks in awkward and shy tone in her voice. "Oh, hello Aki! Sure we can fit you into our group if you liked", Midori says to her. "What about it you guys?", she asks everyone for their opinion. "Sure! None of us wouldn't mind", Nikko says to her. "Alrighty then! Welcome to the group Aki", she says to her in a warm welcoming tone in her voice as she writes down Aki's name onto the paper and handed it over to their teacher.
After Midori walks back to their table, they all started to discuss some of their plans for the upcoming school trip. "Alright what's the plan for when the trip begins?", Midori asks the group. "Hmm, what about snacks so we won't get hungry during the trip to Kyoto?", Aki says to her. "That's a good idea. Nikko you are on snack duty", she says to Nikko. "Wait why me?", he asks. "That's because you somehow have access to some of the best tasting snacks", she says to him. "Oh yeah, good point. Sure I'll handle the snacks", he says to her. "What's next?", Midori asks the group once more for ideas. "What about we play some UNO while we're on the way there as in a form of entertainment", Emiko says to her. "That's a good idea. Anyone wanna supply some fun activities or just UNO cards in general?", she asks the group. "Sure, I'll bring the UNO cards I have back at home", Kichi says to her. "That's fantastic! Alright, this will sum up our first meeting. We will continue with the next one tomorrow in the café club room.", she says to the group. Everyone agrees. "What about you Aki? Will you like to join us in our club room tomorrow? I'll give you free snacks", Midori says to her while bribing her with food. "Sounds like a good plan to me", she says to her with a warm smile on her face. The group pack up their bags and left class to go back home due to it being very late in the evening already.
Later that night, "Hey Hiroshi", Kichi says to him within their private messages. "Yes?", he replies. "Me, Emiko, Nikko and Midori won't be available to help you out this week due to us going on a school trip. Is that alright?", he asks him. "Ah that is fine! Hope you guys enjoy your school trip. Make sure to make some good memories this time around", he says to him. "Thanks!", he says to him. "If you guys don't have fun. I'll make sure you guys work twice as hard and twice as long during your next school break", Hiroshi says to him which made Kichi anxious but he promises Hiroshi that they would definitely have fun during the trip. "Alright then, see you later Kichi", he says to him before logging off. Kichi made a mental note to himself at that point to make sure he has evidence proof that they had fun during the trip or else him and his friends will suffer soon.
After class has ended and the students goes to lunch. The group all went ahead to eat at the café club room. Midori's reasoning behind why they should eat there is because it isn't as noisy as the canteen area and they weren't planning to open the café for today which made it easier for them to plan out for the upcoming school trip. "So I looked up on where we will going during our trip to Kyoto and it seems we'll be going through areas such as the famous "Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine" which is home to the famous 4km arches that is located there. We will also be going through "Kiyomizu-dera Temple" which has a nice viewing point for us to look over the whole city alongside "Gion's Geishas and Temples" which is filled with history alongside it being the entertainment district.", Emiko says to the group. "Woah you researched a lot Emiko", Aki says to her. "Indeed I have and now I shall pass out due to exhaustion", she says to the group before passing out. Everyone was shocked that she actually stayed up late at night researching for the group's sake. Aki and Midori quickly put her onto the nearby couch to let her rest.
"She really studied a lot last night", Midori says in a worried voice. "Don't worry about it Midori. Emiko has been like that since Elementary School. I for one don't exactly know of a way on stopping her", Kichi says to her in a calmed out tone. Midori sighs and they continue with their planning. Nikko tells the group that he heard that they'll be going to the local outdoors bathhouse in Kyoto. Which excites Midori and Aki due to them really needing a day of relaxation in warm water. "Oh yeah, we will also need to plan out on what to do with our money during the trip but making sure we don't waste it", Kichi says to the group while still having the mental note that he got last night from Hiroshi in the back of his head. "Hmm, I can hold onto our money so you guys don't overuse it. I am already the class treasurer", Aki says to the group. They all agreed on letting Aki hold onto their money to minimize wasting it on useless objects. The group later discussed about other things they should do while they visit some of the famous tourist areas from Kyoto. Emiko was later woken up when it's near the end of lunch time so that she could quickly eat her food before they all went back into class.
The next following days have them meeting up at the café club on several occasions including in the evening when Aki is suppose to be at her club room. Later on, Aki eventually decided to help out the café club during lunch whenever they have their café opened up. They each take turn helping out the customers and planning their school trip. "Hmm, what about we bring a camera to take pictures during the trip. I am in the photography club after all", Aki suggest to the tired Emiko and Kichi. "Are you guys alright?", she ask as she is concerned for their well being. "We're good and I actually love that idea", Emiko says to her while sipping on some tea to bring up her energy. "Alright then", Aki says to them before getting up to help out Midori and Nikko on dealing with the rude customers. "Oi! You three idiots better shut up or else I'll kick your ass out of here", Aki says to the three rude customers in a tone that scared everyone in the café. The three immediately ran away. "Wow, I never knew you had that in you", Midori says to her. "Oh it's normal. I usually get angry at my older siblings for causing too much ruckus in the house when our parents home", she says to her. "Oh that makes sense now", Nikko says to her. The three continue with their work in the café while Emiko and Kichi plan out more for their trip.
While planning, Emiko's heart started beating faster for no reason at all. "Is this how it feels to be alone with the person you like", she thoughts to herself. "You alright?", Kichi asks her with a worried look on his face. "Y-yeah I'm alright", she says to him. "Quick Emiko. Act normal", she thoughts to herself. "Hmm, alright then", he says to her before going back to work and switching out with Midori. "Let me guess, you had your heart beating faster because you were all alone with him just now", Midori says to her. "H-how did you know", she says to her. "I can read your tomato face quite well. Surprised that he is too clueless to figure that out though", Midori says to her. "How about you confess to him during the trip", she says to her with a smug look on her face. "No way! That will be too early for me to confess", Emiko says back to her. "Alright then", she says back to her. "What are you guys talking about here?", Aki asks them as she is also on break now. It shocked Emiko and Midori a bit but they were back to normal in just a few seconds. "Oh nothing. We are just talking about l-", her sentence was suddenly stopped by Emiko. "Love?", Aki asks them. "Yes", Midori says back to her. "God dammit Midori", Emiko says to her. Midori just shrugs it off. "Wanna know who Emiko loves?", Midori says to Aki. Aki agrees and Emiko is in disbelief that her friend is already revealing her secret to someone else. Aki was shortly brought up to pace with the hidden love story that is going on. "Oh I get it now. I'll keep it a secret for sure", she says to them with a warm smile on her face. "I somehow don't trust that face right now", Emiko says to her which upsets her. "Y-you don't trust me", she says as she is about to cry. "Wait, no don't cry. I trust you! I'm so used to Midori pulling off those sort of faces to trick me into doing things", she says to her. "Oh yeah that makes sense", she says to her while Midori giggles in the back.
Later they finished up with the café for today and goes back to class. The next following day has arrived aka the day of the trip. Everyone in class 3-A is excited as it'll be their final school trip in high school. It brings worriedness into Emiko's head as she thinks to herself that she needs to not waste this time and needs to cherish every moment of it alongside her friends. Everyone steps into the bus and as soon as everyone is in and all of their bags are also in. The bus finally begins to move onwards towards Kyoto, Japan.