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[ On the morning of the 13th, one day before Valentine's Day, a sudden text message appears from a Souji Seta. Perhaps you've talked to him before. Perhaps you haven't. Perhaps you're wondering why the hell you are receiving a text at six in the morning but look, let's not sweat the small details. Pay attention to the larger ones, like the contents of this very important message: ]

Hello.

Through the tides of fate, you have been chosen to participate in this year's Valentine's Day event: Blind Dating. It is believed that no one should be alone for such an important day and as such, you have been paired up with another lonely soul.

Your match is with Honoka Kousaka. Please contact them to plan out your date for tomorrow.

However, if you and your partner do not know what to do, there will be a booth in Recollé Square for the sole purpose of assisting unsure or confused participants of the event. There will be date suggestions, booklets of pick-up lines, and refreshments.

Happy Valentine's Day.

- Cupid

[ at a slightly less obnoxious time in the morning: ]

YUKIKOOOOOO
DID U GET THE TEXT

[To make things even worse for Yosuke, Yukiko had spent her evening preparing food for a party with Minako. She hadn't missed the whole blind date idea of the twins, but she certainly hadn't signed up, planning instead to spend it with her friend.

Which means Souji gets a bleary reply of:]

I didn't sign up for a blind date :(

Who put my name on this list?

[Well, Yukiko may have made other plans, but...okay, she's not going to disappoint Honoka by not going on this deito...]

I did.

I suppose someone signed me up for a date and we got paired up.

So! What do you want to do?

I'm not sure I can say. They might want to remain an anonymous little helper.

Well please? I want to thank them properly. And I've been baking all night.

[This is true, and a ruse to get him to uncover the truth. Otherwise she's going to post to Facebook about it.]

I see.

Then I will release their name under one condition: that you shall be merciful with them and do them no real harm

[ "Merciful"... "Real harm"......... ]

Oh of course. I just want to share my cooking.

I actually think Honoka is nice, so it's not bad. Just surprising

[...Ah..hah...hah...]

Honoka-chan is fun. I think a date with her would be fun.

But as agreed, the name of your Cupid is...

Yosuke Hanamura.

Okay. Thank you.

I did have plans, but I think I can just be late to Minako's party. Or bring Honoka.

I apologize for the inconvenience. I will make sure to let Minako-san know that the gods of love didn't mean for such overlapping events.

Perhaps Honoka-chan would enjoy a party. That would be a suitable location for a date.

Don't worry about it. I'll take care of all that.

And thanks, Souji. I know you put a lot of work into this so I'll make sure you get a few cookies for it. I do think it'll be fun.

Thank you, Yukiko-san.

For both about Minako, the wishes, and the cookies. Please let me know if you ever need help with anything for the big day.

loooooooool tbh i have no idea i didn't want to make any plans in case they didn't gel??/ with whoever i got??? so honestly im cool with whatever

maybe a movie?? that sounds cliche but also consider: popcorn and king sized sodas.

Well. A movie sounds good. We can hit one of the early showings after school, and definitely do popcorn and sodas.

Really, I think that would be perfect. And not cliche at all :3

And you know, I did have plans that were to go to a party in the evening. You're more than welcome to come with me. It's a public thing and some friends at the University and I were going to share some baked stuff and hang out.

[Because you know, Honoka is actually kind of cute, a date with her isn't too bad.]

[It's February 14th! Early enough before the blind dates have started, Anya was busy.

When Yukiko arrives at class, she'll find her gift already sitting at her desk. She'll find a little pouch filled with heart-shaped macarons, about 6 or 7. There's a neat little card written in Anya's neat and short hand-writing:]

Happy Valentine's Day!
Please know that I adore you too.

- Anya ♡

[The macarons have their own little messages instead of the classic Sweetheart Conversations, customized based on whoever Anya's giving them to. This batch reads:]

INSPIRING
SWEET
LOVELY
FRIEND

OMG YES PLEASE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BLAST

im sure we're makin a bunch of stuff at the bakery too??? cute valentines sweets to sell so ill see if i can beg some off mom to bring to the party?? i should be able to bring some botamochi at the v v least but ill see if i can steal some vday wagashi for a good cause

what time do u wanna meet?

If you want to that would be great! Minako would like that a lot!
And yes, botamochi and wagashi, please!

How about we meet up after school at the gate? I'll drive us to the theater and we can go from there.

sounds gr8! ill bring the wagashi to school so we dont gotta run back 2 homura to pick it up. we can go str8 to the movies and pick out somethin to watch. they might get a bit bashed around??? but our boxes r sturdy so they should be ok

is there anythin ur really jonesin to see or do you wanna just pick whatever when we get there?

Sounds fine. I trust your boxes. :)

Let's just see what's showing. Maybe just a dumb comedy or something. You know, something fun.

sounds good!! i'll be there and we'll pick out somethin fun

i'm lookin forward 2 it!!!! o/

[ A day after Yukiko bravely saves the dumb Souji and Honoka duo, Yukiko will find a very tiny fruit basket on her desk. It literally only holds about an apple, a pear, and an orange, but it's still kind of nice?? Attached to the basket's handle is a little note: ]

Thank you for the daring rescue ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

[ And that's all it says, without a name or anything at all, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out who it's probably from. ]

[It is pretty easy. And the very next afternoon, Souji will find a basket on his desk. It's full of cat food, a few cat toys, and a box of snacks that Yukiko's seen Souji himself eating.]

Don't mention it. Anything for a good kitty.

Hey I need your opinion on something.

Assuming this actually gets to you this time and not some other random person.

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