Several weeks later...
I remember going to Yuko's house to pick her up to take her to a radio interview. It was supposed to be a simple interview and we would have the entire day to ourselves. That's what I thought would happen today.
Boy, was I wrong.
It started with me knocking at the door. That's when I heard voices. I could have sworn I heard Kei-chan inside, but that wasn't who I saw opening the door. It was Yuko's friend Atsuko Inaba, and there was something else about her. Something that made me close my eyes.
"Please put your shirt on," I said.
"Let me explain.." she began to explain.
"Is that you, honey?" Yuko called from inside.
I didn't say anything. I waited for Yuko to come to the door before she saw me with my eyes closed. "What are you doing?" she asked me.
"Tell your friend to cover up," I said.
"Sorry." Inaba left the two of us as I slowly began to open my eyes a little.
"Is she gone?" I asked Yuko.
"It's her fault," Yuko told me, concerning Inaba. "She spilled something on herself and she's using my washing machine."
"Why now?" I asked.
"What was you thinking I was doing?"
Apparently, Inaba had been at Yuko's house hours before I came over. After several hours of paryting the night before, Inaba had come over again this morning. She had someohow spilled something on her new clothes, which she spent a good amount of money for.
"They're going to make us late," I told Yuko.
"We could leave her," Yuko said, going outside.
"Good idea." I took her hand as we ran toward my car, leaving her house. As we sped away, I saw Inaba peeking out the door screaming at us. "Get back here! My clothes are almost done!"
A few minutes later, we were at the radio station. As we went inside, I saw another sign of my troubles happening in the most surprising form, make it two surprising forms. It was Yossie and her friend Ayaka Kimura(whom Yossie introduced me to after spotting me almost immediately as I went inside the station).
"Don't bother with them," Yuko said. "They'll just annoy you."
"We just want to talk to him," Ayaka smiled.
"Nothing wrong with that, right?" Yossie asked.
"Fine." Yuko had her arms crossed as she began to walk away. She signaled to me to keep a close eye with them. I looked over at Yossie and Ayaka, who were smiling. I should have went ahead and went with Yuko, to save the trouble.
"So, how's your relationship?" Yossie asked me.
"Good," I answered.
"You know, you could make it better."
"I think it's better by itself."
"Really?"
That's when I asked the really dumb question knowing that Yossie was considered to be the "pimp" in H!P, for her tomboyish charming ways. If I had known, I would have caught myself before asking it. "What do you mean?" I asked her.
"She's dated some of the girls, you could do the same," she said.
"Not me," I said.
"What about Gottsan?"
"Forget about her."
"I think I have an idea you could date with."
"I told you, I don't want anybody else."
"Hello!" someone called out. It was Yossie's friend, Rika.