Kapitel 57: Chapter 47
"You look like a cute squirrel and we have to change your outlook and remove your fears so you can perform well on stage." Hiroto plainly said.
"How would you do it.." Rin asked curiously.
"Ah! Maid, we become maids." Honoka exclaimed.
"Maid? become Maids….." Hanayo got more scared.
"Actually.." Hiroto explained how they helped Umi's remove her fears by becoming a temporary helper at Cure Maid cafe. She still has some but it was negligible since she was able to perform so amazingly.
"Ahh! w-we need to do that again?" Umi said with an intonation, she was slightly against the idea but she didn't stop them.
"We have a celebration party on Sunday, so it's two birds with one stone, you don't want to join Umi?" Hiroto jokingly asked but Umi taken it seriously.
"Th-thats.." Umi looked down, Honoka and Kotori patted her shoulders to calm her but she suddenly looked again.
"I will join! We already performed in a crowd, shying away would only result embarrassment for me.." Umi looked determined but her face had a slight blush saying the big words. Honoka stands up,
"Yosh, we need to practice tomorrow morning! you three must wake up early and go to the shrine. We exercise there every morning." Honoka said energetically.
"Ehh, but I hate mornings.." Rin said helplessly.
"Just be early tomorrow." Maki looked at her.
Rin nodded dejectedly.
'My first step towards becoming an Idol!' Hanayo pumped her fist as she felt excited towards the coming future.
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Hiroto woke up refreshed, he went down the stairs and saw his mother preparing the food at the table. He sat in the chair while his Mom sat opposite of him after she finished preparing.
"Good Morning Mom.." Hiroto looked at her and then he started eating.
"Thanks for the food!"
"When will Maki-chan visit? did you ask her?" Mamako smiled at him as she watched him eat the food.
"Uhmm, maybe this weekend, I haven't confirmed it yet, don't ask it everyday Mom." Hiroto ate a mouthful of rice and said with a slightly reprimanding tone.
"Then you better invite her sooner or Oka-san will be much more lonely." Mamako joked as she wiped her nonexistent tears.
He nodded while chewing the food in his mouth.
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Hiroto walked to the shrine to spectate the new members of their exercise and training.
Rin was an athletic girl, so she's expected to do better than all of them but Maki and Hanayo weren't and they need stamina so that they could perform suitably in a live performance. He was here to give them some encouragement and assistance.
"Wow, everyone is wearing that tracksuit?" Hiroto saw Maki and Rin wearing the same red and white shirt and pants.
"It's not going to be used today, so why not." Maki gave a nonchalant gesture.
"It suits me quite well isn't it?" Rin spun her body casually in the same spot.
'Well sensei is kinda like that.' Hiroto nodded at them but he was reminded by the casual sensei that always wears the school tracksuit but there's one thing he knew. Every girl he saw in that uniform was cute and girly.
"Nevermind then, let's go up the stairs already." Hiroto walked ahead of them while they followed behind.
Rin saw the stairs before she came here, she knew what was going to happen and she got disheartened seeing the long stairs in the morning. They started climbing the stairs, with Rin looking down.
"We're going to have to wake up early to practice everyday?" Rin said downcast while accompanied by Maki and Hiroto who heard her displeasure.
"It's only natural." Maki said plainly.
"Is it really?" Rin looked at her.
"You're not a morning person Rin-chan?" Hiroto asked before she looked at him.
"I don't hate it but I just don't want to wake up this early, ughh." Rin said while they walked upstairs to meet the others.
"Everyone have to do this since all of you needed the stamina to perform on stage, lacking a bit might affect the overall performance. Since you're part of the group at least contribute with this." Hiroto said seriously while Rin heard his talk, she seemed to still be in a sour mood but she understand his words.
They haven't seen Hanayo in the meeting place. She might already be practicing with Honoka and co. at the top.
"We have to do this everyday from now on." Maki plainly said.
"Ehh? Aweee..." Rin said despondently.
Upon reaching the last stair step, they saw the back of a girl with dirty blonde hair and was wearing an exercise suit. She was performing a warm up position.
"Kayochin!!" Rin raised her hand and waved it to her knowing who it was. The despondent girl turned into a happy and energetic person.
Hanayo turned around and saw them.
"Morning!" Hanayo gave a heartfelt smile of enjoyment and energy. Rin quickly approached her and put her hands on her shoulders.
"Huh! Where are your glasses?" Rin asked with a surprise and was a bit curious about her changes.
"I'm wearing contacts today, I guess I look weird huh?" Hanayo said while slightly shy while she put her finger on her cheek and rubbed it.
"Not at all!, you look absolutely adorable!" Rin held her hands and looked at her eyes.
"It's not bad.." Maki and Hiroto approached as well.
"I guess we can start already?" Hiroto said as he put his bag on the shrine wall nearby while he stretched his arms. Everyone followed what he did.
"Un!" Hanayo nodded with enthusiasm.
"You're warming up just now right?.." Hiroto asked Hanayo but he hasn't seen the trio here.
"Yes, I thought I have to be early so I got woken up so early but I'm still 100% ready!"
"Oh! that's the spirit!" Hiroto raised his thumb to her but she got slightly embarrassed after his praise.
"What should we do? Pushups? Situps?" Maki plainly while she twirled her hair.
"Or running?" Rin suggested.
"Both of you are wrong, it's jogging. Going up and down the shrine steps everyday at the pace of running walk, if you can do a round of it, then you're good to go before we start the actual practice."
"That's hard! and didn't we just walked at this place?" Rin showed disbelief, while Maki had a wry smile.
"It doesn't counted and we just walked you know." Hiroto rolled his eyes.
"You can easily do it and since the shrine steps are not that steep it's possible to go for a round with that pace." Maki understood what they have to do everyday, it might seem hard but after doing this everyday the three was effortlessly able to climb this shrine without heaving for breath. Albeit, their sudden improvements might be the result of his doings since he gave them a bit of a boost.
"Yes, the three do that every day in the morning." Hiroto added.
"Eh?!!!" Rin had opened her mouth while Hanayo got more determined.
"Now, let's go exercising!" Hiroto showed a strict expression.
"No!" Rin got more despondent but she had to do it, for the sake of Hanayo and Maki her friends.
'It's not that bad since I have my friends here.' Rin sighed helplessly while she showed a natural smile.
Hiroto acted as the pack leader as he led them for a warm up jog.
"We can do it Rin-chan! don't be sad." Hanayo got more pumped up while she patted the downbeat Rin.
"Kayochin..."
Maki did the same before they followed Hiroto who was jogging already in front of them.
After they finished with the warm up jog, Hiroto continued his act as the instructor. He guided them with the follow up warm up movements and showed a few calisthenics exercises that was good for the body.
After he was done showing the movements, they had to do it themselves. Meanwhile, he got some alone time, he looked at the daily quest for today.
[Ding]
[Quest: Daily : In Progress
Workout!
Exercises are good for the body.
Requirements:
0/100 Push-Ups.
3/100 Sit-Ups.
0/100 Squats.
0.5/10 km Running
Reward: 250 SP, 5 XP ]
[Quest: Daily :
Guitar veteran/One with the Guitar.
As a veteran you must be able to perform with the guitar and be one with it.
Requirements:
Perform a composition and use different types of technique and apply it. .
Techniques applied: 0/4.
Reward: 250 SP, 5 XP ]
He started doing the exercise as the daily quest had shown.
A refreshed smile appeared on his face while he did the push ups. Due to his high stat, there wasn't much sweat in his body but with extraneous movements, it revealed his toned body. During the remaining squats he was doing, the three had finished their warm ups albeit Hanayo and Maki was huffing and was slightly out of breath.
"Are!, Hiroto-kun is exercising?" Rin asked as she saw him squatting while counting down. She crouched at the back of him curiously, he might have saw something embarrassing if she wasn't wearing a tracksuit.
Hiroto heard her call and turned around only to see Rin crouching normally while the two were breathing hard more frequently.
"It was maybe better if I didn't sign up for this. I didn't know it would be this bad." Maki said gasping as she sat on the ground.
Hiroto walked towards his bag to get drinks for them, he brought some before he had gone here just in case.
"You need to do that everyday until your body gets used to it." He approached Maki and Hanayo as he gave them refreshments.
"What about me?" Rin looked at him with a pleading face, but he still had one on him but in the end gave it to her.
"Thank you! Hiroto-nyah!" Rin said happily before she opened the can and gulped it like a male would do.
"Don't do that... Rin-chan." Hanayo tried to stop her but she wasn't in the condition to do so. So she just sat there while drinking the refreshment.
Hiroto also brought towels for them, he was going to wipe Maki's sweat but she stopped him with a leer on her face but there was a blush on her cheeks. She replied in a low voice that Hiroto was the only one to hear.
"Don't do that in front of them, not now.." Maki looked at him with a blush on her cheeks, he nodded as a reply.
After waiting for a few minutes, the trio arrived at the scene wearing their usual suits for exercising. Honoka saw them and got lively and more energetic.
"Ohh! Everyone's here, and to top it off already warmed up! Yosh let's start with the dance practice now!" Honoka said with a beaming smile. She raised her hand and folded her shirt shoulders.
Hiroto nodded at the trio and they saw what he was doing and nodded as well. He watched at the corner and he realized that he needed to complete the daily quest given.
"Hey, There are still some refreshments in my bag so go take them." Hiroto waved his hand, he was already at the stairs but before he was able to take one more step.
Maki approached him.
"I'm just going to jog.. didn't I tell you?" Hiroto smiled at her.
"No, I'm not going to ask that. I just want to say take care and thank you for teaching us, everyone wanted to say it so don't think that's just my personal opinion." Maki tilts her head but she quickly reverted her look to him.
'Even leaving some refreshment I guess he's that considerate.'
"Of course they are our friends and it's expected of me to help them since I'm part of the group. Moreover, you're now one of them so don't be too shy to ask me something since I'm your boyfriend.." Hiroto said while he patted her head as he held her hand.. He was thankful that he was a little bit taller than her. Thanks to that he could easily do this.
"Why do you need to pat me, I'm not a kid so don't treat me like one." Maki pouted as she showed a lovable cute face.
"It's a type of showing my affection to you, don't be angry you don't like it?" Hiroto gently smiled before he rubbed her cheeks.
"I-i don't know but it's pleasing but not in the middle of something. Others might see us ." Maki tilted her head.
"Honoka and others already know, but if you really want to hide our relationship with others, then I'll compromise, we can tell them to keep it secret as well.." Hiroto continued to be touchy.
Maki thought for a moment before she spoke out.
"No..no I don't want to hide it, I just need you to not be so active telling others about it. Don't tell them in your own fashion and keep it from my father for now." Maki said in a low voice.
'Her father will probably get so mad that he might transfer her to another school but then he's always busy so the chance of being seen is not in the list.'
"Ok..if that's what you like..." Hiroto held both of her hands. Before he walked down, and waved at her.
Hiroto walked down the stairs disappearing in the trace of trees. Everyone was busy with their dance moves while they seemed to forget with the exception of three who were kinda looking at their way and were glancing as if trying to hear their conversation albeit not able to hear and they were at a distant location so they could only see their faces.
Hanayo was one of them having some questions in her mind but she doesn't like to voice it out.
'What was that Maki-chan, did she have something with Hiroto-kun.'
Later when Rin was busy, Hanayo was alone with Maki.
"Maki-chan do you have...no nevermind." Hanayo said with a low tone and changed her mind at the last moment.
She wasn't able to ask in the end.
"Huh?" Maki got dumbfounded and had many questions in her mind which she shared with Hiroto later on.
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Before he was able to go home.
Hiroto saw Kirisu on her 'casual' tracksuit and was at the apartment entrance sitting in the side with a grave expression. She saw him approaching, she looked like she had something to say.
"Good afternoon, sensei." Hiroto said casually and nodded before walking past her. She was ignoring her last time and they haven't talked much after that, she wasn't calling him during the homeroom either, maybe it was because she was still shy or just conscious about what happened.
It was his kind of payback after ignoring him so much this week but before he was able to walk a few more steps, she suddenly clinged to his clothes.
"Ughh..w-what is it?" Hiroto felt his mouth cramp as he saw the graveness in her expression.
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