When Iori opens the door, her eyes become big and round. What the hell!

The entire apartment is full of blue roses. In the midst of it, her cousin is standing in pyjamas with dishevelled hair. 

"Did…" Iori doesn't know what to ask. Would a man send roses to her cousin? It's her cousin who likes dead people more than living ones. "Families of some dead guy send you this?"

"Do you think that someone would LOVE me this much?" Chiyo spreads her arms wide with a mocking smile on her face. "Even the bathroom is full of roses. I can't even pee because I was told not to ruin the roses until you saw them."

"For me?" Iori presses her hand on her c.h.e.s.t. "Does someone wants to kill me with roses today?"

Chiyo looks like she wants to cry. The strong sweet scent of these blue roses is stinging her eyes and nose. She picks up a single red rose tied to a letter and walks toward Iori, stomping on the roses with a bitter heart. "This is your death threat."

After that, Chiyo goes to her bedroom where it is also full of roses. She grabs her clothes and rushes out of the apartment. She would rather go to a hotel to pee than use a bathroom full of roses.

"Death threats with roses, huh?" Iori chuckles. She unfolds the letter. "Senpai would be excited if he hears..."

[This is my lazy attempt at being romantic. Be free tomorrow. We are going on an official date. It's fine if you don't wear matching u.n.d.e.r.g.a.r.m.e.n.ts.]

Matching u.n.d.e.r.g.a.r.m.e.n.ts? Isn't this guy full of himself? It's like he's telling her to be prepared for it. 

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" She covers her face when she recalls how she was kissing him back. "Why did I act like a horny woman? I should have acted like a lady. That's why he's like this."

If his brother hadn't opened the door, Takeshi would have done it right there.

"That…" She curls her toes. The wet feeling in her panty isn't gone. Biting her lips, she folds her arms over her b.r.e.a.s.ts. 

He was touching her everywhere and she wanted him to do more.

"Iori, you can't do it like this." She tells herself, "Everything has an order. Friends can become lovers. So, first of all, they must date. You shouldn't start sleeping with…"

Matching u.n.d.e.r.g.a.r.m.e.n.ts… He said that he would make her c.u.m next time.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Iori grabs her hair. "Why I am I actually looking forward to it? He shouldn't be given an upper hand."

His seductive eyes with a mischievous smile when he was penetrating her with his fingers to make her m.o.a.ns…

"No." Her cheeks burn red. "Why did I m.o.a.n like that? It's Takeshi for god's sake. He's going to tease me more."

She liked it though. When he was looking at her like that, she felt like liquid fire was running through her veins. When he kissed her until she was breathless, she still wanted more like a thirsty woman lost in the desert. Iori licks her lips. Was he always this hot? Yes, he was. But she didn't expect it to feel like this. They have kissed many times before. But this time, it felt like he was going to engulf her with p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e.

"..." Iori puts her hands on her ears, staring at the table with widened eyes.  

Takeshi is scary. 

She giggles to herself. But she likes him anyway. That idiot got his sense back. Should she buy matching u.n.d.e.r.g.a.r.m.e.n.ts?

"I have never done it before." She bites her nails. "I should research before I go to war."

She has one day. Instead of letting him do whatever he wants, she's going to make him go crazy for her.

Iori looks at the roses with a warm smile. That idiot is so lame. He always stays a step ahead of her. Having feelings for her first, confessing to her first, getting mad at her first, and then, doing things like this first… She's also been an idiot. If she had confronted him a long time ago, it wouldn't have gotten this bad.

Then again, it's not bad like this. All things take time. These roses… Somehow, it suits him a lot. 

Her phone pings. She looks at the text from her mother. "Oh, what's this?"

[He wants to meet you for dinner tonight. Don't miss it. This is the address.]

"I forgot about this." Iori knits her brows, feeling uneasy. She did ask her mother to set up a date with Tezuka Kohei. "Will Takeshi get mad?"

It's not a real date anyway.  It's her job. Besides, he's in the hospital. She will explain it to him tomorrow. 

"He might act like an idiot again." Iori taps her chin. "Maybe I should send him a text that I am meeting Kohei for work."

She would do it later. He's going to run out of the hospital if she tells him now. What should she do with the roses?

Meanwhile, Chiyo is going through a big emergency. Sitting in the driver seat, she presses her t.h.i.g.hs together. If she had known that she was going to be stuck in traffic, she would have gone to the bathroom full of roses. 

"Damn you, Iori." She curses her cousin. Should she abandon the car and run to the nearest restaurant? When she moves, her face contorts when she feels the pressure in her bowel. "Not that too."

How far is the toilet? To her right, there is a bike. To her left, there's a truck. She purses her lips together. How long can she hold it? When the light turns blue, she accelerates her car ahead. The traffic is moving ahead at the speed of a snail. Frustrated, she contemplates whether she should jump out of the car or bite her tongue to death. Being a coroner, she knows that she shouldn't be doing that. When the road becomes clear, she presses the accelerator hard. She loses control when the bike suddenly makes a cut. Turning the steering wheel, she slams against another car. 

"Shit!" 

To her horror, the person who gets out of the car is none other than Kawamoto Ren. He puts his hands on his h.i.p.s and glances at her. Why is it him? This is the most embarrassing day of her life. She should just bite her tongue to death.