In a dream.
Fujiwara Aoi opened her eyes groggily, only to discover that she was floating above a church.
With a slight shift of thought, she was delighted to find that she could control her body in the air.
The sensation was so novel that she played around up there for quite a while.
"That cloud looks like cotton candy. Since this is a dream, I should be able to eat it, right?"
Then she noticed how lively the church below was.
Curious, she slowly drifted inside.
The moment she passed through the church wall, Fujiwara Aoi saw herself and Natsume Chikage exchanging vows and kissing at their wedding. She was overjoyed.
"I really married Chikage?"
"Wait... this is a dream, isn't it?"
Fujiwara Aoi's spirits sank, but she soon rallied.
"Prophetic dreams exist, don't they? Maybe Chikage and I really will get married someday."
"Could Chikage choose to date me in the end instead of Tsukishima?"
"Hehe, that must be it!"
In the next instant, the dream shifted rapidly.
Fujiwara Aoi suddenly found herself inside a large mansion.
She was there, along with familiar faces like Tsukishima Rin, Yukimura Suzune, Akita Sana, Saionji Nanase, Kaga Renai, Natsume Ruri, and Natsume Kayo.
"Huh? This doesn't look like Chikage's house. Where am I? Why is everyone here? And why do they all look a little more mature than they did today? What's going on?"
Fujiwara Aoi had countless questions and no answers.
Just then.
The door swung open, and Fujiwara Aoi saw Natsume Chikage enter the mansion.
Looking at him now, she felt he seemed a little more mature than the Chikage she knew, though she couldn't tell if she was imagining it. Then Saionji Nanase and the others welcomed him, saying things that made even Fujiwara Aoi blush. "Why am