Matsuri felt hot as she got out of the dark corner. She found her friends waiting for her outside the store.
"Sorry for taking so long..." Matsuri said nervously rubbing the back of her head
"Don't worry it's alright" Furto said
"Yeah come on we should head back with your other friends" Asher said. Matsuri and her friends walked back. Lina looked at Matsuri and saw a new mark on her neck. Matsuri was still blushing and sweating a bit. Lina walked closer to Matsuri and leaned against her ear
"Why do you guys do it in public?" Lina asked
"E-eh?! Wait what are you talking about?" Matsuri asked while blushing
"I tried to check up on you but I ended up peeking uh...you know" Lina said and blushed a bit
"Oh u-uh yeah...um hehe" Matsuri said and blushed deeply in embarrassment
"Yeah so...why? Is it because of your dragons?" Lina asked
"Pr-probably..." Matsuri said still blushing
"Maybe you two should do it someplace else where it's more privately..." Lina said
"Yeah...I guess" Matsuri said and looked to her side seeing a jewelry store. She spotted a beautiful shiny diamond ring. Lina looked where Matsuri was looking and giggled
"Are you finally going to ask her?" Lina asked
"Yes I want her to be mine forever" Matsuri said and walked to the store
"Hey guys we'll meet you there I'm going with Matsuri" Lina said
"Hey don't forget about me! I'm joining you guys" Sakira said. Lina and Sakira entered the jewelry store while Matsuri bought the perfect ring for her perfect mate.
"Awwwwww Matsuri you're finally going to ask her~" Sakira said. Matsuri blushed and smiled softly at her friends. Lina and Sakira looked at each other and smiled since they never seen Matsuri this happy before.

Harumin and the others were walking by the stores checking them out. Harumin wasn't paying attention where she was going and suddenly bumped into someone
"S-sorry I'm so sorry. I di-"
"It's fine" A man said. Harumin looked up and met his crystal blue eyes
"H-harumi?" He asked
"K-kori?" Harumin asked
"Harumi it's been so long!" Kori said and stood up then helped Harumin up.
"It's so nice to see you again!" Harumin said and hugged him
"Hey Harumin who's this guy?" Nene asked
"He's Kori Tripp" Harumin said introducing him to her friends.
"Nice to meet you all" Kori said
"Nice to meet you too I'm Yuzu and this is Mei and Nene" Yuzu said.
"Where did the two of you meet?" Mei asked
"In elementary school. He transferred to my school one day and we both instantly became friends" Harumin said
"Yeah I transferred a lot of schools hehe" Kori said
"And why's that?" Yuzu asked
"I had a problem with the kids back in my old school. I was bullied a lot and beaten up pretty badly" Kori said
"Oh I'm sorry you had to go through that" Nene said
"Nah it's fine when I ended up in Harumi's school it was amazing until I had to move hehe. So Harumi how have you been?" Kori asked
"I've been doing great" Harumin said
"I can see that. What about your company? You're not working there are you?" Kori asked
"Of course not well I worked there for a bit all because of my grandmother. Oh did you know I've got a girlfriend" Harumin said
"A girlfriend? That's awesome! Who is she?" Kori asked
"Her name is Matsuri Mizusawa" Harumin said. Kori's eyes widen and gulped a bit
M-matsuri...Mizusawa...
Flashback
Kori was walking down the hallways with his book until Matsuri blocked his path
"Hey you little nerd!" Matsuri laughed and pushed Kori to the ground and ripped the book pages in his book. Kori was older than Matsuri but he couldn't help but feel intimidated by her. The students in the school laughed at him for being scared by a little girl. Matsuri was with her friend Ari and they were both troublemakers in the elementary school. They mostly bullied Kori who was the chicken of the school
"Chicken! Chicken! Chicken!" Students chanted and danced like a chicken
End Of Flashback
"Hey Kori you alright?" Harumin asked
"Huh? Oh yeah I'm fine. Sorry I was thinking about my job and stuff hehe" Kori said
"Hey let's go get some icecream!" Yuzu said.

"Oooooh Matsuri is finally going to ask her" Asher said teasing her
"When's the marriage going to happen?"
"You're going to invite me right?"
"I'm invited too right?"
"Guys stop asking questions. Yes I'm going to ask her and yes all of you are invited of course" Matsuri said
"Yay! We can't wait!" Furto said hugging Matsuri
"Group hug!" Asher said. The gang hugged Matsuri and ruffled her hair
"Stop messing with my hair!" Matsuri said. The gang laughed and walked where they found the others. Matsuri's eyes widen and her smile faded seeing...
K-kori...
"Yo there they are. Let's get icecream" Asher said
"Who's that guy over there?" Sakira asked
"Maybe a friend?" Furto asked. Matsuri's body trembled and felt tears form in her eyes
"L-lina...hold this for me..." Matsuri mumbled handing Lina the small bag that contained the ring
"Matsuri what's wrong?" Lina asked but Matsuri ran away to the bathroom. The bathroom was empty and she went to the sink. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She remembered everything she'd done to the students back in elementary. When she met Harumin she started to regret everything she'd done to the students back when she was little. Kids were frightened by her because they always thought Matsuri was a monster. Matsuri clenched her fists tightly and pulled out her katana
Flashback
Matsuri walked by the hallways and bumped into a girl. Matsuri just glared at her and made the girl tremble in fear and back away from her. Matsuri wore her headphones listening to music and kept walking. She felt someone wrap their arms around her and looked to her side seeing Ari. Matsuri smiled at her and the two girls walked to the classroom. Matsuri sat down on her desk and the kids looked at Matsuri then mumbled a few things about her. Matsuri laid her head down wanting to be alone. She felt someone kick her chair and she stood up then grabbed the kid by his hair and smashed his head with her desk breaking his nose
"Ahhhhh!!! Monster!!"
"She's a monster!!"
"Teacher!!! Help us!!!"
The kids looked terrified and ran out of the classroom. Matsuri stood there staring at the kid...the poor kid...adopted kid...the 'chicken kid'...Kori...
End Of Flashback
Matsuri wanted to cut herself with the katana she was holding. She looked at her arm and teared up
I am a monster!
"Matsuri!? What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Lina exclaimed
"Matsuri?! Are you crazy!?" Sakira exclaimed. The two friends grabbed Matsuri and took the katana away. Matsuri's body was shaky and the voices from her friends became faded muffled sounds.
"Matsuri snap out of it!" Lina shouted and splashed water in Matsuri's face
"Ah! G-gah! What the hell was that for?!" Matsuri exclaimed snapping back to reality
"What were planning to do with this?! Were you trying to cut yourself again!?" Sakira exclaimed. Matsuri was just staring at her friends and sighed
"Matsuri...tell us what happened back there? Were you jealous?" Lina asked. Matsuri stood up and walked away looking down
"It's nothing..." Matsuri said but Lina grabbed her.
"Stop hurting yourself! You're not alone Matsuri! You have us! We are worried about you because we all love you and care about you! Stop trying to do this alone...if you have a problem come talk to us. We can help you..." Lina said. Matsuri stood there and clenching her fists tightly. Lina and Sakira both looked at each other and looked back at Matsuri
"I'm getting Harumi..." Lina said walking out but Matsuri grabbed her wrist
"N-no...wait" Matsuri said
"It's best to talk to her about this" Sakira said
"N-no I'll talk to her later I don't want to interrupt her moment with her...new friend" Matsuri said
"You better talk to her and if you don't I'm going to tell her about this got it?" Lina said
"Y-yeah..." Matsuri mumbled
"M-matsuri?! Your eye is bleeding?!" Sakira exclaimed
"Holy shit! It's true!" Lina exclaimed. Matsuri's eyes widen and she went to the mirror. She saw her right eye start to leak and blood rolled down her cheek. Suddenly she saw her black dragon side and it looked different. Blood was dripping from her eyes like tears. Matsuri saw an expression she's never seen in her black dragon...a sad expression. Matsuri turned on the sink and splashed water on her face cleaning the eye.
"You okay?" Lina asked
"Y-yeah I'm fine" Matsuri said
"What was that? What happened?" Sakira asked
"I-I'm not so sure..." Matsuri said
"Alright well let's head out. They must be worried about us" Sakira said. Lina and Sakira walked away while Matsuri stayed behind. She reached her hand towards her right eye touching it
Why were you crying?
...
Perhaps...I've been wrong about you...maybe you're not so bad after all..