Nozaki introduces Sakura to his friend and assistant Mikoto Mikoshiba, a popular and flirtatious guy who Sakura soon learns is painfully shy and easily embarrassed. He spends a session at Nozaki's place pretending to be aloof, but in reality is waiting for Sakura to ask for his help. Sakura learns that Mikoshiba's artistic specialty is adding background decorations such as flowers. She also discovers Mikoshiba is Nozaki's secret model for the heroine of his manga, Mamiko. Later, Nozaki asks Sakura if she has any friends who might fit in a shōjo manga. She introduces him to Yuzuki Seo, an athletic girl who has the habit of being obliviously insensitive to others. However, secretly she has an angelic singing voice, earning her the nickname the "Choir Club's Lorelei."