Ryu handed over his tablet to Hitomi-chan . This was their last day before exams, and the club members were cramming like their lives depended on it . They didn't, he knew that . Ryu had looked at the statistics . With the exception of Urufu and Kuri the club members fared a lot better than the average .

'And they're our teachers, or at least Urufu is . Madness . '

Stockholm Haven Café . Their haven . Their changed haven . A core of half a dozen Iris.h.i.+ma High students made it their primary hangout as well . There were over a dozen Red Rose high students as well . All of them demonstratively took off their red blazers as soon as they entered . Rumours had it all of them would transfer to Himekaizen come April .

"Urufu, last one . "

No response .

"Urufu, wake up!" 'Oh s.h.i.+t, sorry . '

While there still was no response, this time Ryu didn't say anything . He just watched Urufu's expression of desolation when he caught Kuri in his view .

'I don't understand it . You two are so obviously in love with each other, so why break up?' Ryu looked as Urufu crossed the room . 'Is he making contact with her again? They haven't talked for weeks . '

And it seemed he was . 'Ah, of course . Mars 14 . '

"In return for your gift," Urufu said to her back, and directly addressed like this she couldn't ignore him .

"Thanks," Kuri said and just turned enough to receive a very small paper bag .

Urufu returned, and to Ryu's surprise he received a high five . "Have an errand to run . Keep the place running, will you?"

'What?'

"Ulf! No! Ulf! You can't!"

"See you later," Urufu said and pretended not to have heard Kuri's shouts .

"Ulf, dammit . Stay!"

But the boy just left the room and Ryu could only stare at a back and a waving hand .

"Ulf, no!"

And this was Ryu's cue . "Sorry my friend, but Urufu said he was busy . Shouldn't we respect that?" With those words Ryu caught Kuri and pulled her back into the room . Now what on earth would bring out that kind of reaction from her in the first place?

"What the h.e.l.l . . . "

"Don't touch it!" Kuri rushed back to where she had left her opened bag on the table . "Don't touch it!"

Too late . Urufu must have stripped his gift off the box it originally came in, and Ryu saw the ring that rolled out from the bag .

'c.r.a.p! Maybe dad wasn't all that showy after all . '

"Don't touch it! It's mine!"

"Must have been real great chocolate," Hitomi-chan said with venom in her voice . Since the break-up Kuri was worth less than a c.o.c.kroach in her eyes .

Kuri flinched and sat down, but not until after she had secured the ring .

Ryu couldn't think of anyone in his circle of acquaintances who would have refused it as a wedding gift . 'So that's why you worked so hard?' And that still didn't make sense . A need to burn time seemed more likely .

'You two . I just don't understand you two . '

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By now more of the girls had seen that something happened .

"What was it?" Sakurchan wanted to know .

"Urufu handed her some cheap c.r.a.p," Saki-chan said and nodded at Kuri .

Hitomi-chan shot her some lightning from her eyes . "Remind me to tell your future fiancé not to bother with anything expensive . "

"Hitomi?" Sakurchan said .

'Oh, you two dropped the honorifics?'

"Kuri's Valentine's gift to Urufu was to break up with him," Hitomi-chan said, and Ryu noticed how Kuri cringed under the onslaught . "In return he gave her a wedding ring . "

"Why?" came a whisper from Kuri's chair .

Hitomi-chan knew no refrain . "It might look just like another brilliant, but if you have it checked, knowing Urufu, I promise it's a Scandinavian standard cut . "

"Why? Why you b.l.o.o.d.y stupid idiot! Why, if you're going to give me this?"

"Because he actually wants to show whom he loves, you piece of s.h.i.+t!"

Something in that accusation rang false . 'Wasn't it always you who showered him with open love? What's going on?'

"Ryu, please help me . I need someone to talk with . "

'More like a shoulder to cry on . ' "Fine, but I'm telling Ai-chan first . "

Kuri shot him a guilty stare and nodded . Then she grabbed her bag, coat and umbrella and left the room . Most likely she wouldn't come back again, and Ryu doubted she'd be welcome to . No matter what Urufu said, and to be honest he said far less than he could have, Kuri's reputation stayed glued to the floor .

'Poor girl,' Ryu thought as he wrenched his own coat over his shoulders . A nonchalant hand by his head he waved his way through the door and went directly for the table Ai-chan shared with some of her friends .

"Seems my club president has a problem she wants to discuss with me . We're just outside if you need me . "

Ai-chan had seen who just left the café and gave him an unhappy look . "Just outside?" she asked .

Ryu nodded and zigzagged his way to the exit . True to the promise he had given Kuri really stood just outside . On the other side of the street, but still just outside . He joined her and made sure they could be immediately seen from the café .

"So, what's on your mind?"

"I don't get it," Kuri said, and from her voice Ryu could tell she had cried a little .

"Don't get what?"

"If you need a girl to break up with you for her own best, why would you give her something like this?" On her annualry a large diamond glimmered under the street-lights . Even Ryu could see it must have been horribly expensive .

"For your own best? Isn't that for you to decide?" The last question made him wonder just to what extent he had allowed himself to be influenced by Urufu .

"He won't let me . I know he loves me, but he never said so . So I had to break up with him, even though I love him . "

'But for Ai-chan, this is when I would have made my move on you . ' Kuri attracted him . Ryu didn't even pretend anything else, but he was no longer in love with her, or at least not as much as he liked Ai-chan .

"I don't get you two," he said . "For now, just keep it and wait until after the exams, OK?"

"Wait for what?"

"I'll ask sis . She's the smart one . " 'As if she would know anything about a mess like this . Whatever, anything that allows us to take our exams in peace . '