Ai Yori Aoshi: v. 5 Kou Fumizuki
Kaoru and Tina wind up visiting the West Animal Zoo together, when everyone calls up to say that they can't make it. Tina's overwhelmed by the sight of the animals (especially the Kinshikou, a type of monkey), saying how it's always been her dream to work with animals for a living. Within the zoo, they find an attraction, which ends up being a crazy Indiana Jones/Wedding type game. Kaoru's fit into an action outfit (Indiana Jones-ish) and is repeatedly assaulted by booby-traps and the like. In the meantime, Tina's given the choice of saying that her relationship with Kaoru is: not even friends, more than friends, or one and only love. She's torn between her semi-close feelings for Kaoru but is afraid to reveal it. She chooses choice No. 2 and is immediately fit into an extravagant wedding gown! While she's having an inner-battle about how to deal with the situation, Kaoru suddenly charges in and they have an instant of romance between them. Back at home Aoshi frets how it' started to rain, while Tina and Kaoru wait outside the gates. They're another brief moment of romantic tension between the two when Tina tends to a scratch on Kaoru's hand. Continuing where the last chapter left off, Tina and Kaoru find out that the trains aren't running, so they decide to kill time at a Karaoke place. They have fun at the Karaoke, Tina incredibly pleased that they have so much time to spend together. In an attempt to reveal her feelings for Kaoru secretly, she sings Fly Me to the Moon, a gentle love song directed at Kaoru. Aoshi calls Tina up on her cell-phone, worried, but Tina explains the situation, and Kaoru and Tina leave the Karaoke place, headed for the train station. On the way, they swap thanks for such a fun day. When they arrive, however, they find that the train just left again! Doh! Lucks evades the two again, when a Love Hotel winds up being the only place they can stay for the night! The air is full of tension as the two try to make light of the situation and try to ignore the scandalous-ness of their situation! There are some funny moments when they try relaxing with some television, but there's only porn being shown. They fill up the hours playing video games and Tina takes a shower, where she contemplates her actions. Likewise, Kaoru starts to think of Tina in a new light, and the night ends with Tina collapsing on the bed and sleeping innocently. The next morning, the pair is still jittery about the previous night, and Tina asks if she can hold Kaoru's hand to the station. A happy upbeat ending!