When Rui calls Maya for a session of Tendou Maya's Best Practice, it is Maya who get put through the emotional ringer as she must decide if her dedication to the top of the staircase is really worth sacrificing her feelings for Claudine.
How exactly did Shimako and Shizuka become pen pals? Here is my take on it. A Shimako/Shizuka fic
Yoshino finds herself falling for Shimako, and this annoys her to no end.