So now, as Emerald found himself standing at Crystal's door on the Sunday night before Valentine's Day, once again playing the role of romance therapist for his friends, he sighed. ...God, just why did Valentine's day have to be on a MONDAY this year?

White wanted to show people that they, too, could be dreamers. Part of her always knew that that's what she wanted to do, but having her friends at her side made that dream all the more obvious to her. ("What're you going to do now, Prez?" Black had asked her two summers ago. Last fall, she had no idea, but now, after all this time, she knew for sure).

Really, in his 19 short years on this earth, Shintaro Kisaragi could only recall a handful of times where he went to a water park — let alone to a water park in the middle of January. But when he does, he's faced with the relationship drama between the Mekakushidan's very own two incredibly emotionally stunted preteens.. And Shintaro knows that it's going to be a LONG day.