Thank you! I'm glad that you get where Ruki was coming from. When I first started to investigate Diaura, I found out that Yo-ka absolutely loves strawberries - and since I know that Ruki has a fierce hatred of them, my first thought was, "Oh boy, am I going to have fun with this!" Which I did. ~_^

And I'm glad you thought this was the best installment yet! (I'm now getting back to this series after putting it aside for a month or so. I've got at least two more fics planned for it.)