Season is changing to summer, and Airi and Michiru are at cheerleading practice complaining of the weather. Unbeknownst to them, someone is taking photographs of them.

In the class, boys are having conversations about girls and bikinis. Airi is somewhat surprised to hear Taki has interest and asks him to name his favorite female celebrities. When he does, she becomes irritated and refuses to admit to him that she is upset.

Girls become excited to discover they have a substitute teacher, Mr. Takuma in place of Mr. Gojou for Gym for 2 months. Meanwhile. Nako seems hesitant about going into the pool. Airi and Michiru call out to Iseya and Taki showing off their bathing suits inviting to go to the beach some day. Iseya blushes and Taki is unhappy with Airi's mannerism. Watching Michiru merrily chatting with Airi, Yokozawa becomes disturbed, and Mr. Gojou stares at Iseya talking to Taki.

Airi confides in Taki of her worries on Nako's behavior at the pool. He suggests it might have to do with a boy she has a crush on that she cannot tell Airi and Airi becomes concerned. Just then, Hikaru enters and invites her to swim in the pool after school. Taki naturally offers to bring her there.

After school, Nako is practicing swimming in the pool. She hears the vague sound of a camera taking pictures, but she cannot tell where it is coming from. On the other side of the fence stands Mr. Takuma commenting how lovely Airi's sister is. Nako decides to let go of the kicking board when she gets a leg cramp and begins to drown. Looking forward to swimming with Airi, Hikaru walks in to find Nako struggling in the water. He immediately jumps in to rescue her. Later, Airi walks in with Taki to find Hikaru holding Nako in his arms and the words "love scene" are written overhead. Then there's a whole bunch of exclamations (probably from Airi?).

They explain things to Airi and Airi is dismayed to find Nako became fearful of water after the incident of being pushed into the water with her school uniform on at previous school. Nako admits she was too embarrassed to tell her and she offers to help her learn.

At the other end, Mr. Takuma sees Yokozawa and stutters to his inquisition about his camera. Yokozawa then decides to blackmail him asking for few photographs from him.

Michiru is at home when her cell phone rings. She becomes enraged from the prank calls and messages she has been receiving on her cell phone.

Next morning, Airi hurriedly walks to school when couple boys approach her. They show her a photo of her with a note indicating she is seeking a boyfriend. It additionally says she offers to go out on a date for 100 yen and do other things for 500 yen! They inform her a boy with sunglasses was distributing photos at the train station the day before, and she wonders if "F" is the culprit.

Arriving at the school gate, Airi sees Mr. Gojou and Mr. Takuma conducting a uniform check. Mr. Takuma (the pervert who takes the pictures) questions the length of Airi's skirt and attempts to measure it with a ruler when Taki interrupts and smacks the ruler away. As Airi walks away with Taki, she hands Mr. Gojou the photograph asking for his help and Mr. Takuma becomes pale.

Airi and Taki find out someone is handing out Michiru's photographs as well. They wonder if "F" is involved, but Taki is also concerned with Mr. Takuma, which Airi does not understand.

Next day on the way to school, Hikaru asks Nako if he could get under her umbrella. He inquires Airi's whereabouts and Nako mentions Taki came to pick her up at home. Hikaru becomes displeased and Nako looks like she isn't pleased with how Hikaru reacted - looks like she has feelings for Hikaru.

Ms. Fujiko and Mr. Gojou announce they will conduct a search through everyone's belongings in their classes. Mr. Gojou had warned members of "F" of this in advance and is confident nothing will be found with them. He questions the brown envelope in between the pages of Hikaru's book and quickly grabs it from him. In instance, photos of Airi and other girls fall out of the envelope and everyone, including Nako, becomes suspicious of Hikaru. Hikaru denies the pictures belong to him as Yokozawa gives out a wink at Mr. Gojou.

Nako immediately informs Airi and Taki of the incident, and Taki says they need to find a true culprit to convince Hikaru's innocence to Mr. Gojou. They go to Hikaru's class and Hikaru explains someone had planted the photographs in his desk. Airi states she believes he is innocent and vows to find the perpetrator while Taki borrows the pictures.

Later, Taki shows one particular photo to Airi and Hikaru that gives a clue. They now know it was taken from Gym Faculty Room, which means the offender is a teacher.

At the school building entrance, Michiru notices she is getting another prank call on her cell phone. She hears her name being called and sees Yokozawa approaching her.

Taki tells Hikaru and Airi he finds Mr. Takuma suspicious. They realize he is nasty to boys while amiable to girls. They believe the pictures are being taken early in the morning or the evening when there are no other teachers around, and decide to check out the Faculty Room in the evening. During a break from her cheerleading practice, Airi volunteers to look at the game schedule in the Faculty Room.

In the school entrance, Yokozawa tosses a 500-yen coin at Michiru telling her he is paying her for a service offered on the note that was given away. He inquires why she refused to kiss him when she was his girlfriend and she explains that would not be the motive of someone who loves her. As he attempts to force a kiss on her, he gets interrupted with a shoe thrown at him - it's Iseya. Iseya dismisses Michiru and he, Kumika and Yokozawa leave the building together. Michiru wonders about the 3 people's relationship.

Airi enters the Gym Faculty Room and begins to investigate Mr. Takuma's desk. She discovers a photo album with hers and other girl's photos inside - but then Mr. Takuma appears. He attempts to get it back, but Airi gets to the window and sees Taki on the ground and tosses it to him. Taki sees Airi up in the window and catched the photo album and sees the curtains close around Airi. Quickly Mr. Takuma has shit the window and approaches Airi for a kiss as he asks for her to marry him when she becomes 16. Then Taki interferes just in time and kicks perverted Takuma out of the way. Mr. Takuma does not recognize Taki, and Airi and Taki claim him to be a failure as a teacher for not taking any consideration into his students. Walking down the hallway, Taki advises Airi to be cautious with opposite sex and as he cautions her, her touched her forehead and hair gently, brushing her bangs. Airi blushes and she realizes she feels her heart flutter from seeing Taki in a different light for the first time.

Next day, it has been decided in the faculty meeting that Mr. Takuma will be fired, but Airi and Taki do not know if "F" had any connection to this incident. Mr. Takuma tries to identify Yokozawa as the culprit, but Mr. Gojo interrupts him.

Hikaru thanks Airi and Taki for clearing his name and tells them he believed he would be okay because of them. However, Nako apologizes for not believing in Hikaru's innocence and confesses that she likes him

Nako professes her love to Hikaru. However, Hikaru tells her he is too confused about his feeling toward her and Airi that he cannot consider going out with her.

In the class, Airi is outraged to know she has triple the # of math assigments compared to her other subjects assigned for the summer. Later, Taki brings up the subject of her birthday in August. He makes a deal he would celebrate her birthday only if she would finish all of her math assignments by then. That night, during Airi's chat with Michiru on the phone , she asks if she would get nervous being around a boy she likes. She adds she had no problem hugging Taki and Michiru concludes he is a friend to her.

There is an announcement of typhoon approaching and Airi wonders Taki is still planning on meeting with her after her cheerleading practice in the afternoon. Once outside, she sees Iseya walking into a building and she curiously follows him. Where she arrives is a room that is restricted only to "EFG" members and accidentally overhears the secret meeting for "F" group. Suddenly, she finds herself caught by the "F" members and gets locked up in a room.

Taki is waiting in the Library Room for Airi when a janitor appears to tell him everyone has left the school. He contacts Nako at home and finds out someone named, Yamanaka, had called to tell her Airi is sleeping over at a friend's house. Nako was told this girl is a good friend of Airi's from Cheerleading Club, but Taki does not recognize her name.

Trapped in a room at school, Airi believes Taki will come find her there. She wonders if he is still considered to be just a friend to her. Eventually, she gets tired of waiting and falls asleep. A pair of feet appears at her doorway and it is Taki! He is relieved to find her safe and there are some scenes where he's watching her sleeping and seems to fall asleep with her and they wake up - something like that. He later suggests going to the Library Room to hear her explanation. Airi remembers the "F" members threatening to kill Taki if she tells him.

Airi and Taki are at the Library Room, and she explains someone had played a prank on her. Then she quickly changes the subject by telling him she needs to call home, but he says someone had already told her family that she will not be coming home that night. Suddenly, she pulls out her math assignments to prove she has completed them. Taki chuckles in reaction, but she becomes serious and he apologizes. As he wishes her happy 15th birthday, Airi realizes she has fallen in love with him.

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