Inside the girls' dormitory at Kyoto Jujutsu High.
"Hey, hey, Mai..." Momo Nishimiya sidled up to Mai. "Is there anything Advisor Zenin likes? I want to give him a present to make up for what happened earlier."
"My brother..." Mai rubbed her chin in thought. Ever since he was little, Ze Zenin had seemingly had everything handed to him. As for what he lacked...
"I guess he needs a girlfriend?" Mai teased Momo Nishimiya, laughter in her eyes. "Why don't you give him yourself?"
"What are you talking about, Mai!" Momo Nishimiya's cheeks quickly flushed red as she protested. "Advisor Zenin is already twenty-eight, and I'm not even twenty!"
"So what? Aren't mature men better?" Mai continued teasing Momo Nishimiya. "My brother's been single his whole life..."
"Advisor Zenin is so handsome, but he's still single?" Momo Nishimiya sounded puzzled, but then she understood. She smiled at Kasumi Miwa, who had yet to say anything. "Then again, even someone as cute as Miwa is still single!"
"Don't tease me..." Kasumi Miwa stammered shyly, picturing that rather silly-looking robot in her mind. "I..."
"All right, all right. You must have someone you like, then?" Momo Nishimiya and Mai both wore nosy grins. "Come on, tell us who it is!"
"Stop prying!" Kasumi Miwa rallied and looked at Mai. "Unless Mai tells us first!"
"Me... probably just my first love?" A sweet smile suddenly appeared on Mai's face as she thought of the girl who had always been by her side since childhood, never once leaving her.
"Huh?" Kasumi Miwa was shocked. "It's not Advisor Zenin?"
"I did have a little crush when I was young..." Mai muttered quietly.
"Knew it~"
"Knew it~"
"Shut up!"
Out on the training field.
"Advisor Zenin, I still want you to train me!"
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