Hikaru asks Madoka if she wants to know who it is, and when she says yes, Hikaru says it's "Kasuga Kyousuke-sama!" After a bit of a sad look from Madoka, she promises Hikaru that she'll support her in her relationship with him.

Later at school, Kyousuke asks Madoka to speak with him. She takes him up to the roof (where he expects to be gutted by Madoka with a five-inch knife for humiliating Hikaru), where he apologizes to her for treating Hikaru so badly. She asks him if he's apologized to Hikaru, and he says that he plans to do so. Madoka says that she considers Hikaru to be like a sister, so she wants people to treat her properly.

Kyousuke then tries to apologize to Madoka, but she angrily refuses his apology. Kyousuke is confused and a little upset, but he thinks that it's no great loss if she refused his apology - after all, it's not like she's his girlfriend or anything...

When Kyousuke sees Hikaru again, he tells her that he had to help his father with work. Hikaru promptly forgives him and apologizes for the message she wrote on the board. She asks him if they can go somewhere after school to talk, and he agrees. Meanwhile, an unhappy Madoka watches sits in a movie theater while two creeps decide how to approach her.

At a coffeeshop, Hikaru asks Kyousuke what he thinks of Madoka. He says that she's okay, which makes Hikaru ecstatic. Kyousuke wonders, though, if Madoka's always been as tough as she seems now. Hikaru then pulls out a pendant from around her neck and tells him its story:

Once a bully stole the pendant from 6-year-old Hikaru, and didn't return it even after she and 8-year-old Madoka confronted the bully's mother about it. Then Madoka stood outside the bully's window - all night - watching him. The next day he returned the pendant and apologized.

Kyousuke smiled, and couldn't help but admire Madoka's spirit.

Back at the theater, the creeps start to bother Madoka, but she smacks them and leaves the theater. As she walks down the street, Kyousuke spots her and sees the creeps coming after her. He uses the Power to cause two paint cans to upend and drop on the creeps.

Kyousuke asks Madoka if she's okay, but she shrugs off any threat the creeps might have been. She then turns the tables and asks if he's apologized to Hikaru. He tells her yes, and that the two of them are going to a Live House together. Kyousuke asks Madoka if she's ever been to one, and she responds by giving him a hearty whack on the back and telling him to "Have fun!"

Kyousuke finds Kurumi listening at the door and runs her off, just as Manami brings in a tray of snacks. She congratulates her Oniichan (big brother) on his recent progress with the opposite sex, much to his embarrassment. Hikaru, however, likes the attention - she's an only child.

Kyousuke and Hikaru talk and listen to music that evening, and as they chat, Kyousuke begins to notice Hikaru is a very attractive girl. She leaves later that evening.

The next day in school, the girls in the twins' class are talking about a dream a girl had - she dreamed she had been in a guy's bed. Kurumi says that that's nothing - that her brother had a girl in his bed last night - and it was Hikaru! Rumors start flying, and soon everybody in school thinks Kyousuke and Hikaru did "C" (had sex). When this gets back to Kyousuke, he loudly denies sleeping with Hikaru - loud enough for a peeved Madoka to hear. After she storms out, Komatsu and Hatta talk about Kyousuke's "delinquent wife", then even mention that they've heard rumors that even Madoka had slept with some middle-aged man the previous Saturday.

When Hikaru shows up, Kyousuke takes her outside to talk. He's furious about the rumor, but she's not - it shows that they're a recognized couple. When she sees that he's really upset about the whole thing, she asks if he likes her. He says yes, but when she hugs him, he doesn't feel excited - in fact, all he can do is think about the rumors about Madoka. In fact, he passes out at that thought.

Kyousuke is carried to the health room, and as he is unconscious, he dreams about an encounter between Madoka and some faceless man. As he wakes up, screaming (in his mind, not out loud), "Ayukawa! Don't do it!", he grabs and hugs Hikaru, who's sitting beside the bed, just as Madoka comes into the health room. Madoka shouts, "Excuse me!" and leaves school. Hikaru, however is overjoyed at being hugged so passionately by her Darling.

As Kyousuke leaves school that day, Komatsu continues to razz him about his "wife". Manami shows up and explains that all Hikaru did was use the bed as a place to sit, and that nothing untoward happened.

Later that evening, Kyousuke calls Madoka, in hopes of clearing up the misunderstanding. At first she'll have none of that, but once he explains the situation she calms down. Then he asks her... had she been out recently? Madoka smiles and says yes, she had gone out the previous Saturday - with her father.

However, hunger soon overtakes Kyousuke's boredom, and he heads out in search of someplace to eat. He comes across a new restaurant - it's called "something-bcb" - and decides to try it out.As he sits down at a table, the waitress comes up and - it's Madoka! Both are very surprised to see each other. Madoka tells him that she's working there part-time during the holiday - she knows the owner - but he needs to keep the job a secret, since school doesn't allow students to work.

After conferring with Madoka, the Master of the restaurant asks Kyousuke if he wants to work during the holiday. And since Madoka wants hime to work, too... he agrees, and is put to work immediately. After an encounter in the changing room, where Madoka accidently walks in on a shirtless Kyousuke and both are embarrassed, things go fairly well all week.

At the end of the week, Kyousuke, Madoka, and Master celebrate with a toast. Master thanks Kyousuke for helping out, and Kyousuke says it was fun. Master asks if that's because Madoka was there with him. Madoka then suggests that Master needs to get home to his wife, and he takes the hint.

Madoka teases Kyousuke about only drinking juice while she had a drink with alcohol in it. She asks, teasingly, if he's really a serious boy. He denies it, and she agrees because, after all, he went boat-riding with her when he already had a date with Hikaru. She asks what that's called - and then she answers - sukekomashi (a flirt).

She then asks if he really likes Hikaru, and apologizes when she sees his shocked reaction to the question. He then smiles and tells her that he's glad to be there, because she seems to be enjoying herself.

Kyouske then says it's time for them to go home, but they discover that they've missed the last bus. Madoka then asks Kyousuke if she can come and stay the night at his house - and tells him that she won't tell Hikaru! She then falls asleep against his chest, just as Hikaru rides by with her parents. They're back from vacation, and Hikaru asks how work had gone fot them that week. Kyousuke is surprised that she knew about the job, but Hikaru explained that Madoka had told her over the phone about the two of them working together. Hikaru then offers to take Madoka home.

When Kyousuke drops by Abcb, he sees Madoka studying. He's surprised that she'd be studying (after all, he still thinks of her as somewhat of a delinquent), but she asks him why he's goofing off. Of course, when she starts showing him the types of problems he'll see on the exams, he realizes that he needs help. Madoka realizes this, too, and offers to help him study for his tests. She also mentions that she usually helps Hikaru in her studies, but that Hikaru had told her that she had given up on the next test. Kyousuke realizes he's been tricked by Hikaru, but if he can pull this off, he gets to be with both of them and gets his studying done, too...

The next day after his study session with Hikaru, Kyousuke uses the Power to teleport to Abcb, but is momentarily surprised when he lands next to the Colonel Sanders dummy, in front of the Mississippi (^_^) Fried Chicken. He gets to Abcb and begins to study with Madoka.

This back-and-forth routine goes on for several days, and all the teleporting begins to take its toll on Kyousuke - he falls asleep while studying with Madoka. After she gets him some coffee, he begins to notice that Madoka's perfume smells really good - a lot different than Hikaru, much more alluring. He gets mad at himself for thinking along these lines, but when he tells himself (out loud) "At a time like this!", he surprises Madoka with the outburst. He then says to himself that Ayukawa's fragrance should be a criminal offense...

At the end of Hikaru's final study session, she suggests that she and Kyousuke go to Abcb to celebrate. This causes Kyousuke to panic - what if Ayukawa finds out about his tutoring Hikaru? He begs off, and she says she'll go by herself - even worse! Kyousuke then tries to keep Hikaru from leaving the library by locking the door, but Matsuoka-sensei comes by and unlocks the door and they get out.

On to Plan B... Kyousuke causes a train crossing signal to go off and the gate to come down, but when there's no train, and Hikaru sees another crossing down the tracks where the gate is up, he clears the signal and they're on their way.

They finally make it to Abcb, where Madoka is happy to see Hikaru, but obviously irritated that Kyousuke is with her. When Madoka asks Hikaru if it was okay that she didn't help her to study, Kyousuke panics, and asks Madoka rather abruptly for a menu.

When she returns and gives Kyousuke the menu, he's obviously relieved at what he sees, and even more relieved when Madoka tells Hikaru that she's too busy to talk and they'll have to talk later. He's grateful to her, but he's also a bit ashamed of himself for the situation he's in.

Later on at home, Kyousuke has fallen asleep as he studied, but we get a chance to see what was written in that menu:

You might look bad as a man if Hikaru finds out I've been coaching you, so I'll keep that a secret. I've written down in this note the points we were going to cover today. This is the last study session.

Good luck.
From Madoka-sensei...

She meets Kyousuke, who's dressed up in a nice shirt and tie, sweater vest and a sport coat. Madoka expresses surprise at his flashy outfit, but says it's okay. Kyousuke then thinks back to the previous day's events leading up to now...

Master tells Kyousuke that he plans to send Madoka on a shopping trip for some things for the restaurant, and that he knows that Madoka-kun would really appreciate his helping her with the shopping (much to Madoka's consternation).

As Madoka picks out cooking utensils for Abcb, Kyousuke can't help but notice that seems much more mature than the average junior-high girl. The salesclerk also notices this, and compliments Kyousuke for helping out his oneesan (older sister) with her shopping! Dropping his packages, Madoka sternly chides her "Kyousuke-chan", resulting in utter humiliation for him.

Later on, Madoka tries to make amends by offering to treat him to coffee. As they enjoy their break, two creeps try to pick Madoka up, brushing off Kyousuke's meager attempt at defense. She, however, maintains her cool throughout and leaves the creeps, and Kyousuke, and the bill, behind. He catches up with her just as she gets onto the elevator.

In the elevator, Madoka is obviously mad, but before Kyousuke can say anything, something goes wrong with the elevator - it stops, and smoke starts to come in through the doors. He grabs the phone in the elevator, but is cut off when the person on the other end yells that the fire is out there, too. Both he and Madoka start to worry then, but Kyousuke realizes that he could get them out - with the Power. Unfortunately, that would also mean he'd probably have to move again... As he's thinking about this, Madoka tells him that she's sorry - that she doesn't think of him as a kid brother. Kyousuke decides to get them out with the Power, but before he can tell Madoka about it, his Power-assisted ears hear the rescuers outside the door. The smoke stops, and they are rescued. It turns out that the fire was in the store's restaurant, and was no danger to them.