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A Lovers' Circle (Poly Haishira x Reader) Ch27 Coming Around Full Circle

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(The song used is Not Another Song About Love by Hollywood Ending linked below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ra-e04723s&list=LL&index=26

If you wanna see what everyone looks like in their suits/dresses follow this link

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The rustling of fabric over flesh were the only noises in the stillness of the evening that evening.

The lights mulling over nothing but sparkles and lace adorned upon the mass of people together in a single room preparing for the night to come. Roses were red. Violets blue. And the rainbow of sparkling eyeshadows and rosey cheeks would put such flowers to shame with expert hands going to and from from the hum of the excitement buzzing about like little fuzzy bees working their way from flower to flower.

Pink orbs stared intently at a softer rounder face before then. A hand gently pushing her head up, lips falling apart lightly from how close they were. A cold color of yellow painting across her soft skin.

"Hold still, Makio. I'm almost done." The pink eyed woman smiled at her handiwork so far. A little make up brush dusted in sparkles and dandelion yellow brushing across the delicate skin of the other woman's eyelid. "Yellow really brings out your eyes. You're going to look so lovely when I'm finished."

"And how much longer am I gonna have to wait?" Said woman impatiently crossed her arms and frowned in annoyance. "I didn't even dress up this fancy when I got married!"

"Because it's a dance as well as Y/N's first date with all of us, so we are going to look nice. Tilt your head back up please."

Makio grumbled under her breath but didn't complain anymore as Kanae let her finish up her make up. Somewhere behind her was four other girls either putting blush on their faces or in Mitsuri and Hinatsuru's case trying to help her unstick a stuck zipper on the back of her pretty cotton candy pink dress with a big bow tied on her left hip.

"I can't believe you got your hair stuck in the zipper."

"I can."

Hinatsuru ignored Makio's but in and just continued to pull Mitsuri's one giant French braid her hair was tied in front the zipper. "We might need to cut the ends of your hair just to get it loose."

"Im sorry! I didn't mean it! It just happened!" Said green eyes woman looked guilty as she stood there embarrassed.

"Don't worry about it. We all go through it at least once in our lives."

Mitsuri still looked pretty guilty about it letting her friend keep plucking out strands of hair from the cold metal zipper. It was the night that they had all been waiting for. Valentine's Day. The most romantic day of the year or so everyone says. Really any day or night could be the most romantic time of your life but there was something about this magical night that allowed them all to bask in the swoonful flow of fairy lights and cuddle up fondly with each other in the way only lovers could. But there was a reason why this particular holiday was so special for them-

"I think I have...feelings for you guys too."

The entire room had been shocked to receive the news from Giyuu. In fact most of them had thought that the stoic man had been joking with them all- Or well Tengen really. He was fully convinced this was just some big joke concocted by Gyomei to get back at them for everything. No one was entirely sure however but when she came in all nervous but serious, they knew something beyond a joke was happening.

"But I'm not entirely sure if these feelings are superficial or real or just me mistaking admiration for you guys as love or-...Or whatever the case is. But I think the best way to see if there's anything to it would be to go on a date and see what happens. So...Would you guys mind if we go to the dance TOGETHER-together instead of friends?"

Now she had seen quite a lot in her days of being alive. From Mitsuri's inhuman appetite and strength to what she still swore was a real ghost in highschool (that thing crawling around the halls at night WAS a ghost and no one could tell her otherwise). But until that day she had absolutely never heard Sanemi falling to the floor half from shock. She thinks he was aiming to sit on the sofa behind him but missed because he didn't look and completely fell backwards. If the entire situation wasn't so shocking, Kanae was a hundred percent convinced Tengen would've laughed at him leading to a fight.

"I'm not making any promises that I WILL like you though. Maybe I will but I won't lie to you and say that the likelier end result is that I just won't either want the relationship you guys have or I don't like you like that after all. So I wanted to make that part clear and just say that, even if we don't date in the end, I still care about you guys a lot and still wanna be friends with you all either way."

She could accept that. It was a fair enough response to everything and if all that comes out of this is friendship then she'd love nothing more than to be Y/n's friend. Eventually the make up was done with secured on Makio's face and she stood up to allow her to go examine herself. Ah. Looked like Hinatsuru was almost finished up with helping Mitsuri with untangling her hair and then they'd be fully ready to go meet Y/n and Gyomei in front of the University.

"Got it!" A quick zipping noise got Mitsuri to smile again as her dress was finally done up with her hair now loose from its zipper. "There. Next time make sure your hair's not in the way."

Mitsuri bounced with excitement over to the nearest mirror looking at her reflection before a cherry red lipstick was held up to her lips as she started to put on her face. It seems everything was going well enough so far. However a knock on the door lead to a muffled voice announcing he was coming in before the door opened up and a moment later Kyojuro poked his head through the door smiling.

"I just wanted to let you all know that Gyomei called just now!," he announced loudly, the start of a black and white tux could be seen on him as well as a black silk bowtie around his neck. "He just picked up Y/n from her Aunt's and they're both on their way to the dance!"

"We're almost done!," Hinatsuru assured him quickly running to finish up late from helping Mitsuri. "Just give us a couple more minutes."

"Of course! Don't be too long now! We did promise to keep on schedule! You all look absolutely radiant by the way!"

He smiled again before ducking out of the room hearing them giggling from his compliment before he turned back to start walking down the stairs of his home and back towards the first floor. At the bottom of the stairs be found four other men in similar suits to his own getting ready by adjusting their ties or in Tengen's case forcing Obanai to tie his hair up for the evening.

"Well?" Sanemi grunted from where he stood looking annoyed. "Are they done yet?"

"They're almost done!"

"Almost? Why do girls always take so long putting on fuckin' makeup?"

"Because unlike you they want to look their best tonight." Tengen said without looking up from where Obanai winced from him still trying his hair back. "You seriously couldn't have just used hair gel once for your rat's next?"

In response Sanemi glared and pointed at him. "Oi. I put on the tie and I agreed to wear this monkey suit." He reached up his other hand to gently pull at his tie. Clearly being upset he wasn't allowed to open up his shirt as usual. "I'm already sufferin' enough with how tight this is!"

"Oh shut up and quit complaining. You look great! And I am not going to have you ruin my hard work just because you think it's stupid!"

"Is IS stupid!!"

"You can survive a few hours in it! Quite being a wuss! There!"

He finally let go of Obanai, who's choppy black hair was now neatly tied back in a similar way to Tengen's and winced reaching out to rub a soothing hand on his head from all the rough combing and yanking. Somehow Tengen had also managed to convince him to wear a reusable black face mask to match his suit instead of the blue throwaway medical masks he usually used. Looking around, he also noticed that he had gotten to already too. Said blue eyed man's long black hair was brushed over and instead of being worn in his usual ponytail, Tengen had made him wear it in a braid thrown over one of his shoulders.

Right now Giyuu was examining his teeth in a mirror looking a bit unsure at the blue rose pinned to the front of his suit. Kyojuro himself was not immune to his boyfriend's game of fashion dress up too because he was looking at himself in a man bun as he watched Tengen pick up a comb and turn to Sanemi like a hunter cornering a bear. In response the second white haired man backed up a few steps from him.

"Don't you even THINK about it!," he growled out.

"I don't care if you don't want it styled! You are at least going to brush it down so you're not looking like a crazy hobo who robbed a rental tux place!" Tengen threatened back brandishing the comb like a sword facing a dragon. "You can either hold still or I'll hold you down myself! You are NOT going to ruin it for us!"

"LIKE HELL I AM!!"

"Do it, Shinazugawa." Obanai gave them an annoyed look as Kaburamaru poked his his out curiously from inside his suit jacket at all the fuss. "If I have to suffer so do you!"

"AGREED!! We want to make a good impression for our first date with Y/n!" Sanemi looked at the flame haired man like he was crazy. "And if this is true that this is going to be the first dance she's ever had a chance to enjoy, then the least we can do is look nice for her! As Tengen said, it'll only be for a few hours at most!" Kyojuro tilted his head at him. "So wouldn't it be nicer to just give her the image of you so handsome that she might love you on sight?"

Sanemi stared at Kyojuro for s long, quiet moment before growling out. "FINE. But I swear if you even try to put any hair spray near me-"

"You'll bite my head off. I know." Tengen scowled himself coming closer still holding up that comb. "Now hold still!"

Sanemi looked like he would throw a punch the entire time Tengen brushed through his messy bed head looking hair with the comb followed by his hand trying to smooth down any wild ends sticking out of the normally rugged looking man. He tried to smooth his bangs back too but they kept popping back over Sanemi's face. Without hair gel or spray being used Tengen gave up trying to fix that and just did what he could. Which honestly...Sanemi didn't look too bad. Still annoyed but better looking now. He glared at everyone around him until there was the sound of a door opening upstairs and the sounds of heels walking along the floor. Ah. Just in time.

"It's about time! Why does it always take you all so-...long?"

Anything else died on his tongue the moment he saw the women descending the stairs in perfect make up and the gorgeous dresses. Both he and Obanai shared the same wide eyed, open mouthed expressions upon seeing the girls all dressed up and ready to go.

"Whoa. You all look as flashy as newly polished diamonds!" Of course Tengen was the first to respond seeing them earning a squeal from Suma at the praise. "Haven't seen you all dress up this beautiful since my wedding ceremony."

"Thank you. Are you guys ready to go?"

"As soon as lover boy over here picks his jaw off the floor." Again Sanemi shot Tengen a flare only this time red faced.

"Why don't we just head on over now!?" Kyojuro piped up before the two could start arguing again. "I bet Gyomei and Y/n are catching a cold waiting for us to show up already."

"Good idea. Don't forget to grab your coats."

They didn't argue on that all willing to leave and show up before they could all be considered late and make a bad first impression on the date.

************

"Where are they?"

You shuffled on the cold sidewalk leading to the K.U.'s gates. The bottom of your dress held up by your hands to avoid getting wet by the snow or stepped on by the tens of people walking around you. A decent few of them walking past you were dressed up in suits or pretty dresses no doubt either on the way to the University's dance or somewhere fancy to spend the romantic evening. The sun had just set letting the early stars bleed out and the still cold air set in. You both stood there for what seemed like forever waiting for the rest of your group to arrive.

"I'm sure they'll be here soon," Gyomei assured you with a calm smile. "Knowing them, Tengen's just making them look their best. He's very picky about these sorts of things."

Yeah. That sounded like Tengen. You were still nervous however. You'd been on a double date before with your cousin once but you'd never been on a quadruple date especially with you literally going on a date with everyone involved. The nerves didn't go away when your aunt helped you change into this get up, and slapped a choker and diamond earrings on you, and made you sit for at least two hours tying your hair up in a bun and putting makeup on you.

"I'm gonna make you look so beautiful, there's no way I'm not gonna end up with at least a hundred niece and nephew in laws." Her words not yours.

You were embarrassed about her insisting on taking a million pictures of you and then joking with Gyomei about getting you home before midnight. Thankfully he didn't make a big deal about it other than saying you must've looked beautiful if your aunt was making such a big deal about it. For once you were thankful for his blindness. You didn't think you could handle him getting as flustered as you were already.

"Well I hope they hurry. I'm starting to get cold out here."

"Would you like my jacket?"

"N-No. It's ok. You need it right now and I'm sure they'll be here eventually."

No sooner had you said that then the sounds of loud and fast heels clacking against the pavement came running up towards the sight of the very tall man causing Gyomei to turn his head in their direction and a voice called out above everyone's.

"MEI!! IM SO SORRY WE'RE LATE!!" Gyomei didn't budge an inch when suddenly a force rammed hard enough into his middle to make him give off a loud 'oof' sound. "WE GOT HERE AS FAST AS WE COULD!! "

Mitsuri had arrived followed up much slower by everyone else as they came up from where they parked and walked to the venue. Mitsuri spotting the tall figure of Gyomei first and tackled hugged him like usual.

"Mitsy, don't do that. You'll ruin your make up."

You blinked from where you stood on Gyomei's other side, right behind him and out of sight so they didn't notice you were there at first. However you recognized the other voice as Tengen's. Guess they all arrived on time just as they promised.

"It's good to finally see you all. I bet you look absolutely ravishing tonight."

"THANK YOU!!" Ah. Kyojuro. "You look very handsome yourself! But I don't see any signs of Y/n. Is she inside already?"

"No." He turned back towards you backing up for them to see. "She's right here."

All at once eleven pairs of eyes were on you and your eyes widened as wide as theirs did. Oh my gosh. They all looked so good! The guys in tuxes ranging in slightly different styles, and some had bowties while others had ties (in Kyo's case he wore a red tie that matched his hair). Some had flowers pinned to their suits as well like Sanemi. The girls however were REALLY beautiful! Both Kanae and Shinobu wore similar purple shades but the only difference was that while Kanae's dress was pretty plain compared to everyone else's, Shinobu's had a strange black vien pattern that reminded you of a butterfly. Hinatsuru's was also a shade of purple but had a floral pattern at the bottom of hers. Suma's was a dark blue with lighter blue bows decorating it. Makio's was the only traditional dress of the group, a red-orange kimono also with a floral pattern. Mitsuri's was probably the most unique of the group being a Lolita style dress with cherry blossoms, bows, and lace.

"Oh wow. You guys look amazing!"

"Us...YOU LOOK POSITIVELY RADIANT!!" Tengen paused to look at Sanemi..and then reached out to push Sanemi's mouth closed again as the white haired man kept staring in awe at you. "Close your mouth before you catch flies."

Sanemi shit him a look but Gyomei gestured to the entrance to the University. "How about we just head on inside now that everyone is here? It's quite chilly."

There was no arguments with that and together with you clinging to Gyomei for support from your wobbly walking thanks to the dumb heels and made your way along with countless other people towards where two people were playing bouncers for one big doorway leading towards the auditorium you think. Stopping people dressed in suits and dresses until they paid the amount required to go inside. Weird to have to pay for a party but you supposed it was to pay for the decor and other things used for the party within. Stepping in the long line and waiting to pay the fee to be let in was the actual boring part.

Oh you hoped you didn't trip and smear your make up. There was one thing that pulled your attention away from them however. The distant noises of crowd chatter and light classical music which got louder and louder until you came across an open pair of doubles doors and you were lead into the BIGGEST single room you had ever been inside. The ceiling as high as two a two floor house, white everywhere, more chandeliers that reflected in the shiny polished floor, tons of tables and chairs all white themed, a small elevated stage where the music was coming from, and a lllloooonngggg table chalk FULL of food!! Oh. That explains the delicious smells. But there was also a LOT more people than you expected.

Students and staff alike were crammed around the place in pretty dresses or tuxes under the dim light and red and pink Valentine's Day decor strung out everywhere. Some dancing to the way too loud music or gorging on the cheap snacks on the table.

You were finally able to sit town when he chose a table right by a corner here there wasn't a whole lot of people and pulled out a chair for you before able to plop yourself down in it. Your feet were KILLING you-

"How are you feelin'?'', he asked you gently placing a hand on your shoulder.

"Miserable. My feet feel like I hiked a million miles across legos."

"Legos?"

"Uh..Nevermind. I'll be fine if I don't walk around too much...Oh jeez. I guess that means no food-"

"I'll get it it for you no problem!"

You blinked up at him before holding up your hands. "Mei. No." You shook your head. "I'm not going to make you be my waiter on top of a forklift."

"And watch you struggle until you fall over and get hurt again?" ...Oh..Well you guessed that was a fair enough point. It would be a bad thing if you fell in front of everyone. He patted your shoulder. "Don't worry. I'll be right back. Stay here and off your feel for a bit. It'll be alright."

"Oh alright."

He gave a small smile before turning and wondering off towards the direction of the food table and left you sitting there to relax and groan in your chair to rest your feet. Oh boy. You should've put your foot down when your aunt slapped these shoes on your feet.

"Are you ok?" Mitsuri glanced at you from where she was still standing next to you.

You nodded. "Yeah. I'm just not used to wearing heels." The last time you wore heels was over a whole year ago at your cousin's wedding. But even the you hadn't worn them too long. "I don't think I'm ever gonna wear them again after tonight."

"Do you need to run home and get them? I can drive you back."

"No, no." You waved off Sanemi's offer. "Thank you but I'll survive. It's only for a few hours."

"Tch. That's what Tengen said about this monkey suit."

"I think you look good."

"Eh?!"

Kyojuro glanced once at Sanemi's red faced before rolling his eyes, and pulling up a chair to the sand table you were sitting at. "I think Mei has the right idea. You ladies take a seat. We'll be the gentlemen and bring you all some drinks and food."

"Aw. How sweet of you." Shinobu accepted the chair Kyojuro pulled out for her, carefully sliding it back into place as she sat down.

"Don't worry, Y/n. We'll be sure Mei brings you back some food too."

"You guys don't have to."

Giyuu held up a hand. "No. You're here to have a date with us. We're going to pay for your fees and make sure you girls have a good time. Rest your feet and we'll serve you."

You opened your mouth and held up a hand to protest but Makio reached out to lower your hand as the boys did the same pulling out chairs for their girls before leaving to fetch the food. Well ..if they were offering then you guessed that it was ok.

"Just enjoy yourself, Y/n. We're here to make sure YOU have a good time at this date. Oh. That reminds me. Stick out your arm."

You blinked at her. "...What?"

"Just stick out your arm will ya?" You were confused but slowly did. You watched as out of no where Makio pulled out a small thing of white roses and leaves before tying them around your wrist quickly. "THERE! That's done."

Blinking you held up your wrist feeling the soft string keeping the flowers in place. "What is it?"

"A corsage. Everyone gets their date a corsage for a dance. Duh! We didn't know what you'd where so we got you these. White goes with anything."

Your eyes widened at the flowers tied around your arm. "For me? They're beautiful. Thank you-"

THUNK!!

You jumped as Shinobu just slapped down a box tied with a red bow before pushing it towards you. "Here. Everyone knows you get flowers and candy for Valentine's Day so take this too." Kanae groaned at her sister's blunt response to this but then again what would anyone suspect from Shinobu?

"Oh. Thanks."

You just scooted the box to the side for now and waited with them until the boys got back carrying small plates of party food and red throwaway cups of punch for everyone. Well I'm Tengen's case carrying three of each for his wives, and Obanai got a good few looks from everyone for literally stealing and entire tray of cupcakes and shoving like five cups of punch on it for Mitsuri. Ah. You'd almost forgotten about her humongous appetite.

Overall the night was going well so far.

"Y/n, Shinobu told me you borrowed her books. How far are you through them? Because I have this great romance novel about this elf prince falling for this commoner human girl-"

You were happy to chat with Hinatsuru also about her book collection and with the sisters about their books for a out twenty minutes as Mitsuri busied herself by scarfing down cupcakes and gulping down cup after cup of punch as Obanai gazed lovingly at her as usual. That was until the generic love showtimes faded out and an older woman in a suit n skirt looking like she just walked out of a business feelings walked on the stage to the mic.

"Ladies and Gentlemen," a woman's voice spoke from the elevated stage over towards the other side of the room, "Thank you all for coming tonight. It's been an honor to host you all for the evening. Even more so with such fantastic guests. It is my honor to introduce a very special performance tonight for you all of you tonight. Please give a big hand to our music department here to perform this evening."

A few people your age started to climb in stage with instruments and you glanced up at them briefly. A band? It was then that Sanemi looked at Kanae softly with an almost embarrassed pink face.

"H-Hey." She hummed turning to him. With a gulp his eyes glanced at the dancefloor where people still were probably waiting for the next song to start up before dancing again. "You..wanna da-dance?"

She smiled so sweetly. "Nemi, I'd love to." His face quickly went from pink to red when she grabbed his hand.

"That sounds like fun!" Suma looked around the table. "Who else wants to dance?!"

"That does sound fun." You turned to Mei. You never got the chance to dance before so you were excited to do it once even if these heels killed you. "Do you want to dance?"

To your surprise he gave a sad smile before shaking his head. "I'm afraid I can't. I've never learnt how to dance and I always end up stepping on someone's foot and hurting them. On top of that I have two left feet so I wouldn't be much of a dance partner."

"Hey! She can dance with one of us!" Tengen gladly offered smoothing his hair back with a smile. "I of course am a flamboyant dancer!~ Probably the most flamboyant dancer here!"

Obanai took a moment of looking away from Mitsuri scarfing down her last cupcake to give him a raised brow. "Isn't Mitsuri the dance major here?"

He waved off the deadpanned man. "Ok, ok. I'm the GUY here with the most dance experience. So she could totally go dance with one of us if she really wants to." Obanai rolled his eyes at him.

You glanced at Tengen, then at Obanai, before smiling back up to Tengen. "That's a really kind offer, Tengen." Said white haired man puffed out his chest. "Iguro, do you wanna go dance with me?"

"WHAT?!" Both men looked at you wide eyed as the words left your mouth, and Sanemi had to turn his head to hide a snort.

A hand gestured to the surprised looking black haired man. "It's only fair. Obi's the one I spent the least time with so it's only fair to ask him to dance with me." Tengen sputtered as Sanemi failed to repress snickers as you smiled at Obanai. "How about it, Obanai? Wanna dance?"

"I-I-I-I-..." He stuttered giving a look around the table before pointing at himself. "Me? I-Im not a...g-good dancer."

"Sure you are, Obi!" Mitsuri through an arm over his shoulder. "You help me tango and waltz all the time! You're great at dancing!" He gave her an unsure wide eyed look. "It'll be fun! Plus you need to spend more time with her too so you can't back out!"

"I-I-..Ok?" He was able to squeak out.

With a smile you both slowly stood up. You trying not to trip from your heels and Obanai nervous as heck. He stiffly with Mitsuri's encouragement walked on over to you and held out a shaking hand. Tengen was still staring in disbelief as you slowly grabbed him and stood up with Sanemi still laughing at Tengen's face.

"Let it out!~ Been buildin' up!~ Ya better let it out.~ Say everything you've been meaning now!~ I want it ta burn!~," Piers began singing to the more gentle rock music, he must've been singing for the event, "When you tell me m' such a wreck it isn't easy cleaning up your mess.~ It's like I got a rope 'round my neck.~ She says it won't hurt.~ But everythin' ya do makes my heart race!~ I can't even think straight!~ Is this jus' a game to you?~ Reruns every night!~ It's always the same fight an' I think you should know!~ I hate your touch!~ I hate your mouth!~ I can't stand every single word that comes out!~ But you're all that I've been dreamin' of!~ This is not 'nother sonng 'bout love!~ I hate your voice!~ I hate your lips!~ I hate how bad I wanna steal your kiss!~ But you're all I've been dreamin' of!~ This is not 'nother song about love!~"

You winced on the inside as you allowed him to walk you away from your table. Each step feeling like you were walking on legos agonizingly slowly and you prayed that you would not fall during this dance. Since you...well never danced before. Boy if there was any point in your life you'd need help it'd be now. You could feel everyone else looking in your direction as Obanai made his way to the dancefloor surrounded by other couples and shakily guided you into the dancing position of one hand holding your hand and the other one your hip.

"Are you ok?"

He quickly nodded avoiding eye contact.

"You're pretty cute when you're shy-"

"D-, Don't say anything that could break my concentration!!" His face turned a cute pink as you giggled at his reaction.

"Asphyxiated jus' ta say the least!~ And with you're eyes you're sufficatin' me!~ Emptied my lungs!~ It's gettin' hard to breath!~ You couldn't care less.~ But everything ya do makes my heart race!~ I can't even think straight!~ Is this jus' a game to you?~ Reruns every night.~ It's always the same fight n' I think you should know.~ I HATE your touch!~ I HATE your mouth!~ I CAN'T STAND every single word that falls out!~ But you're all I've been dreamin' of!~ This 's not another song 'bout love!~ I HATE your voice!~ I HATE your lips!~ I HATE how bad I wanna steal your kiss!~ But you're all I've been dreamin' of!~ This is NOT another song about love!~"

Despite the more rock style of the song, Obanai preferred to slow dance which was both painful and good because it meant you could just waddle-rock from side to side enough to pass as dancing and not trip aside from how much your feet ached. Now only if you didn't have to wear heels.

"The sky fades from blue to gray!~ Her touch is jus' like an ocean!~ Still m' drowining!~ How bad I wanna sink an' let it take me away!~ I don't know why I come back!~ I do every time!~ We get close to the end!~ It's the finish line!~ Sing these words for the girl I've been dreamin' of!~ Is this jus' another song 'bout love?~ Let it out!~ Been building up.~ I better let it out.~ Say everything I've been meanin' now.~ Dreamin' 'bout.~ I mean it now.~ I NEED IT NOW!~" You blinked up towards the stage and blue eyes met f/c ones. "I NEED your touch.~ I have NO doubt.~ I WANT your love 'til it all runs out.~ Cause YOU'RE all I've been dreamin' of!~ Is this jus' 'nother song about love?~ I NEED your voice!~ I NEED your lips!~ I NEED you bad!~ I WANNA steal your kiss!~ Cause YOU'RE all I've been dreamin' of!~ This is jus' another song about love!~"

As the song ended there was a small round of applause from a few tables sitting next to the stage and a few people who still stood by said stage to watch the performance up close and stood staring at you for a moment until you stopped. Obanai jolted a bit from your sudden stop.

"Thank you for that stunning performance. Now please welcome the band Shiners Eyes with their number Waltzen Du Pika."

"Is something wrong?"

"Huh?" He blinked back at the you before blinking and clearing his throat. Removing his hands from you and taking a step back. "No. But the song is over."

"Oh..But the next song is starting." He blinked as you grabbed his hands again and nearly fainted when you put them back on your hips before placing your hands on his shoulders smiling at the close proximity. "Let's dance again! It's fun! And I like dancing with you!"

He visibly gulped before slowly nodding. "Ok..B-But this is o-ok right?..Being this close to you? I want to make sure I'm not misunderstanding anything."

"If it wasn't I wouldn't have wanted to keep dancing with you."

He was a cherry red for the entire rest of the second song before someone tapped you on the shoulder near the end and you stopped to turn your head and found Mitsuri standing there beaming.

"Y/n, can I have the next dance with you?!"

"Sure, Mitsuri! I never danced with another girl before so it might be fun!"

Her response was to squeal out loud and pull you by the arm to her to come and slow dance with her. Then you were pulled away into a soft of group dance with more of the other girls and Giyuu whom you suspected was dragged over to come dance with you all by Shinobu. Then by the fifth or sixth song you felt another tap on your shoulder, and when you turned this time you met Tengen face to face whom smiled widely, bowed, and offered his hand like a cliche prince.

"Beauteous Maiden, maybe I have the honor of having this next dance?~"

More giggled were heard around you as you rolled your eyes but extended a hand. "Oh. It wouldeth be thing honor to accompany the prince to the ball?"

He smiled totally into playing the prince. "I thank thee, Oh lovely damsel. Let us waltz the night away like lovers in the night.~"

"Lead on thy noble steed!" You said with a overdramatic curtsy.

You had to try not to burst out laughing yourself as he lead you off to your fifth or sixth dance in a row now as some other members of the music department played a romantic violin and piano duet. Another slow dance is what he gave you as you laughed but just now realized exactly how wobbly and sore your legs were from standing in these uncomfortable heels for so long. The notion only made you grip onto Tengen tighter.

He noticed giving a glance to your hands holding onto him before looking back to you. "Are you alright there? I'm not doing anything to make you uncomfortable am I?"

You blinked at him for a moment before chuckling at the sweet sentiment. Aw. He was so sweet sometimes. "It's perfectly fine..Uh. But there's one thing you should know."

"What?"

"I lost feeling in my feet and my legs are about to give out."

As soon as you said that you staggered a bit, thankfully he grabbed you in an instant and pulled you to him. "Whoa there! Sheesh. I guess you weren't kidding about those shoes actually hurting huh?"

"What do YOU think?"

"Um...Do you just want to go and get another drink before the night ends?"

You nodded. "Yeah. Yeah. Food's good."

The rest of the walk was thankfully uneventful. With help from him you managed to get back to the table and was able to sit down again giving your incredibly sore feet a rest as you hissed and winced at the throbbing soreness from dancing in shoes that pinched you for so long. A few seconds later Kyojuro handed you over another cup full of that pink fruit punch with a smile.

"Thanks, Kyo." You gratefully took it from him feeling your throat getting dry already.

"Of course!" He smiled brightly at you. "Rest up a few minutes and then we'll go!"

You stopped gulping down the drink in your mouth to raise a brow. "Go?"

He nodded. "But of course! We're taking you out for dinner as well! Tengen painted a mural for a four star restaurant nearby and they owed him a favor! He managed to reserve us all a big table for dinner tonight!!"

Your jaw dropped at the notion of it. "Dinner too? This is all too much."

"Not at all!" He winked at you. "This is just a Valentine's Day for you to remember! We'll go once you're ready."

That was ten minutes ago. Now you were smooshed between Giyuu and Sanemi in the back of Obanai's old van with a few other of your friends while Kyojuro was driving everyone else in his own car. The plan was to have dinner and then drop everyone off at home before midnight. Sounded fine to you. It was getting late but not late enough to calm it a night yet so dinner at the restaurant sounded nice.

The drive was dark and Obanai offered to put on your favorite music on the way over which was kind of him. The restaurant Tengen had decided on was a fancy restaurant with those chefs that cooked your food in front of you. Definitely a place Tengen would pick out considering how fancy or 'flashy' it was. What ended up happening was that the enormity of your group meant that everyone had to split between two tables and chefs but no one seemed bothered. You were more bedazzled by the chef expertly tossing up knives only to catch them again. Cooking the best tasting steam striped and sushi you've ever tasted right in front of you, and letting yourself get lost in how DELICIOUS their chocolate cake was when you ordered it. You tried to cover your share of even leave a top but once again your hand was lowered by Tengen once you dug your card from your purse.

"No, no, no." He shook his head with a smile holding up his own hand where a card was held between two of his fingers. "I am paying for EVERYONE here.~ So you just put that card away and let us spoil you tonight.~"

He didn't even let you pay the tip despite offering, so you had no choice but to allow them to pay for you before leading you back into the car to drop you off at your own home.

"So, did you have a good time?" Shinobu asked from the front seat next to Obanai as he drove nearing your home which was two streets away now.

You nodded beaming with a bright smile on your face. "I think I can honestly say this was the best date of my entire life! I had so much fun with all of you! Thank you!"

"Don't mention it," Obanai mumbled slowly coming to a stop at a stop sign before turning the steering wheel sideways to turn onto your street. But his face was a pink again. "It's the very least we could do." The old beat up van slowly pulled up to a stop in front of your house before stopping.

You were home. With a smile you leaned up in your seat before patting Iguro on the shoulder making him jump in surprise. "I do mean it, Iguro. Thank you all. Oh. And thanks for driving me home."

The green yellow eyed man didn't say anything back as you slowly excited the van hissing still from the soreness of your feet and holding up your dress to keep it from dragging against the ground. But you were confused when Giyuu got out of the van with you.

"Let me walk you to your door."

"Oh. It's ok."

"I insist. Besides you could accidentally call on the ice walking in those things." He gestured to your heels.

".... That's a fair enough point."

Clinging to one of Giyuu's offered arms, he helped you wobble walk on VERY sore feet up the driveway and up your steps before stopping at the door and you smiled at him.

"Tell everyone else thank you for me. Ok? I mean it. I really had fun tonight."

He simply nodded. "I will. Will you be ok?"

"I will be as soon as I get out of these heels." Giyuu blinked as you suddenly hugged him giving a tight squeeze before backing away to dig through your purse and pulling out the keys. He said nothing as you unlocked the door and opened it. "You guys drive safely. Ok? It's still pretty snowy out. I can't wait to go on our second date soon."

Giyuu froze going wide eyed as you disappeared inside. "Second date?" You didn't hear him as the door had already closed.

He stood there for a out five seconds staring off into space before he stiffly turned on his heel and walked back to his ride home. Slowly climbing in as everyone looked at him...Sanemi nudged his side as he kept staring off into space.

"So what'd she say?"

"....She Wants to go on a second date-"

The van lurched to a stop as Obanai whipped around to look at the back seat wide eyed.

"SECOND DATE?!"

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