[ Oh dear, look at this frazzled fuzzball.

Mari has been writing music and working on her dances, growing increasingly anxious over when her ~ changes ~ might start. Ibuki bursts on in. ]

Ibuki-chan~ [ She laughs, hiding her smile behind her notepad. ] You can have more than one best friend. You're my best friend, that's for certain! I wasn't trying to be mean to your friend. Just playing!

As for that last bit, I thought it would be funny to say I'd steal you away from the boys. On a white horse, like a knight!