The next morning, I wanted to wait outside the apartment, so Inaba wouldn't be waiting for me. Turns out, that she got there earlier than I had expected. She led me inside a taxi as we made our way to another part of the city. This time, we would be going somewhere to do a show.
"What are we supposed to be doing?" I asked.
"Well, it's just us meeting up with Morning Musume," Inaba answered. "They've been wanting to know more about you."
"I know that, but do you realize what they're doing?"
"Don't worry, I told the producers you're one of the guest's friends."
What happened was that Inaba had done a show with them last week and one of the guests had stated that they had met up with someone who almost looked like a relative. Long story short, Inaba said some words about me and that's how we got there.
The taxi stopped over to a park, almost familiar to where I first met Kei. What it was in reality, was part of a zoo. As soon as I got out of the car, I first met Miki who was walking towards me at a frantic pace.
"So, you're the guy that's courting Yuko, right?" she asked.
"Well, yes," I said. "I am dating her."
"Good choice," Miki smiled.
"Hello!" a voice yelled from afar. I looked up and it was Makoto, Yossie's girlfriend. The same one that I told Yossie to go ahead with that night at the movies. She ran over and nearly plowed me over as Miki gave both of us her evil glare.
"I hope you know what you did," Miki told me.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Thanks to you, that's all she's been talking about," Miki explained about Makoto. "You basically got her and Yossie all lovey-dovey."
"Sorry," I said, "but I believe that was the right thing to do."
"You also took her from me too," she glared.
"Leave him alone." I looked up and saw Yossie who pulled Makoto off of me. "You know you got Aya, don't you?" she asked Miki.
"No I don't," Miki said, "leave her out of it."
"Don't worry," Yossie told me, "she likes Aya, but can't tell herself that."
"If he ever does, I'll beat him up," Miki said.
"Excuse me, but can I borrow him for a minute?" There was a black haired girl that saw all of this happened and walked toward me.
"Don't worry," Yossie said. "I'll take care of Miki, you go with Kamei-chan."
I went with Kamei inside the zoo as we looked at some of the animals. "So, are you dating Yuko?" she asked.
"I am," I said.
"Good, then maybe you can help me."
"What is it Kamei-chan?"
"Just Eri is fine. You see, I've been wanting to go out with this girl for awhile and I haven't been able to tell her that. That's why I need your help."
"Sure, who is she?"
"She's my friend Sayumi."
Before I could say anything else, I saw a girl who ran up to me and Eri and was wondering who that was with her. "Who's that?" she asked Eri.
"Oh, that's Yuko's boyfriend," Eri said.
"Really?" the girl asked. "Kawaii!"
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Sayu," she said.
I looked at Eri and asked if we could be alone for a few minutes. She left, hoping that I could get Sayu to like Eri more than a friend. Unfortunately, Sayu gave me a look, saying that she couldn't tell Eri either.
Time for another matchmaking account.