...was it very obvious? JK shrugged carelessly. People enamored with someone else was easier to manipulate. Shun, when he was still a senior in their school, was very generous because JK gave him information on where Miu might be... whereas Miu was somewhat soft on him because he fed her information just so she could avoid Shun. It was all about timing, the way JK wasn't caught in what he was doing... yet.

He was intent on keeping it that way, thank you.

Now, Tomoko and Ryusei were in no way in the same league as Miu and Shun, but JK was sure if he dug deep enough, if he waited long enough, he'd find something about the two that could be beneficial to him.

Before that, though--

"Now, now, hold on Ryusei-san-- I was just... getting started!" Getting started to lose ideas, really. He never thought this would actually be difficult!

"What if you start with something small? Say... try to make her smile? Or laugh?"