Capítulo 30: Chapter 20
[Long long ass chap, nearly 10k words, sorry if there's errors.] [hey happy holiday or merry christmas for everyone. ]
Hiroto woke up, changed to his workout outfit made 4 bottles from the diluted powder before heading to the shrine steps. Honoka and co. was already there waiting for him.
"Sorry, I'm late."
"No, you're not late, we just got here as well."
"Whoaa, Hiroto-kun why are you wearing all black."
"Ah!, you see ..." Hiroto explained his dilemma when he always passed the park. When the yoga girls found him there or some of the die hard fan girls fully aware of his body shape and scent, then they would run and try to catch him, of course he can easily get away from them every time.
"That's why ha-ha" Honoka dryly laughed while she whispered something to Umi that earned her a shout.
"What are you saying, Honoka!, mou!" Umi pouted wanted furiously blushing
"Joke!, It's just a joke."
"Really you, always teasing me with Hi…." Umi found that she nearly spoke Hiroto's name that made him look at him as she turned red and can't speak.
"Umi's, easily flustered when Hiroto's always near, right?!" Kotori looked at Honoka as she smiled while Honoka also smiled at Kotori while they grinned at each other.
"Mou, you two are always teasing me!, I will not speak to you anymore! Hmph." Umi finally snapped and walked away.
"haaa , you two gone overboard." Hiroto sighed as he followed her.
"Yeah, I think we got overboard this time" Honoka
"We better apologize to Umi or we can't get started" Kotori said with a worried expression.
Hiroto followed Umi who was walking away,when he got close enough to Umi he held Umi's wrist "Wait!"
"What is it Hiroto-kun, please leave me alone, you're such a meddle that's why they always tease me to you." Umi felt like crying for a bit.
"You don't have to think about it too much. They tease you because they like what reactions you always show and it's one of the ways they show they cared and think about you."
"But… then don't mind them associating myself to you?" Umi still doesn't look at Hiroto while slightly blushing.
"I don't mind, you're a cute girl afterall" Hiroto gently smiled while he let go of her hand, she wasn't going to run now. Meanwhile, during the time Hiroto held her hands, Umi got to the delusion world.
'What if we go out with each other? Kyah, it's not like that, I am not supposed to be thinking like this.' Umi was having a different expression on her face while she nearly crouched to her position due to her embarrassment.
After a few moments, she tried to calm down while Umi finally looked at Hiroto with a still slightly embarrassed expression though she was thinking of many things in her mind.
'His hand was so much bigger and' "it felt rough" Umi vocalized her thought as Hiroto heard what she said.
"Felt rough?, my hand?, do you want to touch it more." Hiroto smirked at the flustered Umi.
"Umi-chan!" Honoka came running Kotori also follows.
Umi immediately turned red and redder as the suspicious look of Honoka and Kotori showered her with a questioning gaze though was trying hard to be calm.
"What is it? Honoka, Kotori you are both out of breath."
"I'm sorry! We went overboard." Honoka bowed 90 degrees to Umi.
"We're sorry!" Kotori also bowed the same as Honoka.
"It's okay, Please don't worry about it. That's immature on my part." Umi smiled at Honoka and Kotori who were in bowed position.
"Umi-chan" Honoka and Kotori look at Umi with a smiling expression
"But as a punishment I will make the the exercise more difficult" Umi who's smiling yet not smiling.
"Ehhhhh?!?!? Y-you mean!" Honoka was slightly calmer than Kotori.
"Please don't Umi-chan!" Kotori was horrified.
"Please don't run away, If you do I will not hold back. Fufufu" Umi was still smiling like there was a demon in her back.
"Mou! Umi-chan you demon!" Kotori had a crying expression with her watery eyes.
"Our body would be able to take what you give, give it to us yosha!" Honoka said while Umi looked at her with fire in her eyes.
"Umi-chan you look really scary"
"Honoka?, you aren't afraid." there was a red aura before Umi and Honoka realized she fucked up.
"Sorry, he-he.." Honoka put up her cute tongue and hand in head combo but seemingly not effective.
"Iyah!!"
"...."
'Cute moments for the trio again, It's a delight to see them like this everyday.' Hiroto thought as he saved the moment happening in his eyes.
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From his pocket, he grabbed his phone and put it function to the stopwatch. He explained to the three.
"You two need to build your stamina, Umi's already fit enough for dancing but exercising more doesn't hurt, so join Umi-senpai as well." Hiroto looked at the two who had a look of reluctance as the two looked at the tall stairs in front of them.
"Honoka, Kotori, if you don't run then your singing and dancing would be bland, every Idol must have the enthusiasm to do their dancing."
"Umi's right, you need the liveliness on your dancing and singing, if you can't even perform 100% then you would look bad in front of people." Hiroto said.
"If that's what you say, idols aren't fun and games afterall." Kotori raised from her position feeling determined."
"Being determined isn't all about everything, but also people need to put effort in doing what they want to achieve." Hiroto got from his backpack three energy drinks from his powder consumable item.
"What this?"
"An energy drink, it can boost your body to do anything!" Hiroto proudly put his two hands and gave a thumbs up.
"Eh no we don't need to, having an energy drink before exercise can raise heart rate and blood pressure." Umi analyzing said, she was afterall in the archery club, she knows how to body the best as well.
"No!,..it's not that kind of energy drink, this just helps your body without negative effects, just take it!" In the meantime, Honoka had already drank hers that was given by Hiroto.
"Honoka chan!?," After a second of looking at her hands, she shouted.
"Wow!, I can feel my body feeling alive, yosh I'm going to go up." Honoka started to run to the stairs without stopping.
"I can run well, yeahh-h!"
"Wait, up Honoka-chan!" Kotori drank hers as well, before she followed Honoka.
"How is this possible?, a n energy drink can't have much this effect, this must be?...." Umi looked at Hiroto with feeling enraged by something.
"You're not right, don't look at me like you would kill me, it's just an instant vitamin supplement." Hiroto explained its advantageous effect while exaggerating that it would not harm the body of the three. If she wanted, she would make her drink what he also gave to her.
"Look, I have one as well, so I can justify my claim!" Hiroto took out his bottle.
"You could probably have changed the drinks to a normal drink."
"Then change yours to mine."
"You could possibly have made preparations for this time."
"Why would I do that?I'm helping you so just don't make assumptions alright, really I'm just trying to help." Hiroto sighed as he looked at Umi with an aggrieved tone.
"Sorry, I was just worried about the two." Umi looked down at the bottle as well. She has known Hiroto just after the first day of class, though they haven't interacted much. She could feel that Hiroto was trustworthy. But dealing with things that can harm her friends isn't something easily acceptable for her.
"I'm really just trying to help, don't worry about things that could go wrong."
"Then, let's go follow them at the top and see if they can do it, drink yours as well while I drink mine." Hiroto looked at Umi with a smile, she was persistent because it talked about her friends and HIroto understood that. But in the end he was just really trying to help them, it's just the over exaggerated effects of the drink was totally not believable, even if he pointed it out during a hearing court.
Hiroto drank his while Umi reluctantly drank her share before they headed up. After the moment she stepped in the first stair, she felt that her body was slightly lighter before, and her body was energetic to the point of her thinking was 2x better than before.
'A drink that can be this effective, if the effects were diminished would it have side effects?, given what Hiroto said it's just plain impossible if it didn't have one.' If it doesn't then, it's considered a perfect research material on the science world!. Umi thought she would wait after this drink remove it side effect, she was thankful or Hiroto's help, but in the end he had to do an extravagant thing like this, if it really just help them without any side effect then Umi would probably be astonished were he got this drink and that just shows how mysterious he is.
'Already a talented piano master and had something like this, Hiroto-kun really is mysterious.' Umi got more curious about his background and what his secrets are.
"Are you feeling energetic now?" Hiroto said while he smiled at the running Umi in his left. Hiroto hadn't cheated Umi, the drink just didn't work for him, he already had 4x better than the average person's body.
"I feel better than ever!, what is this really?"
"I told you, it's just a nutritious drink.."
Hiroto and Umi found themselves above the trail of stairs, while they saw Honoka and Kotori on their knees as Kotori helped Honoka to do sit-ups.."
"What are you two doing?, do you feel anything bad?" Umi said while she walked to the two concerned, while she was in a slightly energetic state, she didn't think it would affect her much negatively and more concerned about the two's wellbeing.
"No, were fine, look I can easily do 50 sit ups." Honoka overdo sit ups by hyperly doing sit-ups but it just made her dizzy, that she accidentally headbutted Kotori who was on her knees.
"Ouch! That hurt!" Kotori and Honoka said shouting to each other.
"What are you two doing, stand up here." Umi concernly tried to help the two who had a comical bump on their head.
"Thanks, Kotori-chan, it helped me with my head. he-he." Honoka touching her head where they bump.
"Un! The same for me as well, before I felt that I could do anything." Kotori also touches her head.
"Yeah, it's weird!" Honoka touches her body where the pain subsides
"But, I can feel my body better now!" Honoka jumps and stretches.
"Hiroto-kun was this the cause of the drink you gave us?"
Hiroto noticed Honoka who was looking at him with a curious expression, Umi walked to her while she whispered at her. Hiroto fake coughed to gather their attention.
"Ehem, the energetic effect you would feel would dissipate after 3 hours, so don't worry about that, but the overall help in your body would remain." Hiroto patiently explained in detail to the three.
"Isn't that magic?" Kotori said while she was confused as well.
"Like a divine elixir? Giving life to the body, I drank it already, he-he" Honoka put her armed while visually showing a drinking gesture.
"Don't ask me more, I have given you this so that you can practice more on dancing and don't have to do fit yourself." Hiroto said
"...." Umi wasn't able to refute seeing the determined look from Hiroto, while she felt he really wasn't lying to them and just trying to help.
"Sorry, I accused you before Umi lowered her head while looking at him with a worried expression.
"No, it's my fault suddenly giving you three something strange without an explanation actually, my father gave it to me, to help me to improve my condition."Hiroto of course lied, exposing his system might have caught him trouble. so just put the blame on his father who's always busy 'sorry tou-san'
"Condition?!" Honoka and co. was perked up.
"Ahaha, I was a shut in before and my father is worried about me so he gave me something like this ." Hiroto stratched the back of his head laughing shyly, he had to use his father's name so he was a bit embarrassed about his lie.
"Your a shut-in?, how did you transform like this? Isn't that awesome!" Honoka said while she gawked at Hiroto, since he said he was a shut in, he should be like from what a 'neet' and their features as she had seen it before from the internet.
"Don't worry about my past!.. We need to get you more in shape, you two still need to exercise to digest the nutrients the drink has given you, or it would be a waste for you..." Hiroto explained about the diminishing effects of the drink, if they didn't exercise now, the effect would give little results and nothing would come out.
Umi looked at Hiroto who was giving exercise position to the too, he looked really reliable and looked at his focused expression. She again felt bad about accusing him. She tried to remove the thoughts and helped Hiroto scheduling the two's workout plans.
"Then I'll help as well, what did you plan them out." Umi walked near Hiroto as he smiled at her and that made her blush.
"Here, look at it..." Hiroto gave the list to Umi.
"Ohh.."
- - - -
"From now on, you need to run here and do the exercise plan at least, a minimum of 20 minutes, morning and evening!" Umi said while looking at the two strictly.
"Ehh!, twice a day?'' Honoka looked at Umi with a bead of tears in her eyes.
"But I feel that we don't really need to do that much!?" Kotori said
"The live concert needs to leave an impression, if we don't, we won't attract any student." Umi announced to them while Hiroto followed up.
"Umi's right, you two need to practice more so that you build your confidence in dancing!"
"Fine.." Honoka and Kotori dejectedly sighed.
"Then, continue your exercise!." Umi clapped her hand with a tempo on it.
"Alright!, I still feel better so let's do it!" Honoka was pumped.
"ohhhh!" Kotori raised her hands up high.
Hiroto found himself looking at the shrine bell, before he said, "We should visit the shrine and make prayer, like a good luck charm!"
"Yes, why not." Umi smiled while they walked to the bell at the shrine.
"I wish that our first live concert will be a success" Honoka said out loud while Hiroto and others also followed her lead. Hiroto prayed for other things like their health and his parents wellbeing.
""
Nozomi who was sweeping the shrine backyard found the four who were doing practices while she heard them pray for their success.
'Looks like they are really determined about that.'
Hiroto found Nozomi looking at them, he waved at her while he said.
"Toujou-senpai, good morning!." Hiroto smiled at her, while she thought of Hiroto 'this guy was really good,' Nozomi approached them.
"She's the vice president of the student council right?" Honoka asked, while Nozomi smiled at them.
"Why was she wearing a shrine suit?" Kotori cutely asked.
"Well, she helped out here, I found her as well when I'm exercising before." Hiroto said.
"Yeah Good Morning to you and everyone too. Tamaki-kun's right, the shrine gathers life energy after all." Nozomi said while sweeping the land leaves.
'Isn't that like an occult thing?, well she is making it really cryptic but I have seen a tarot card from the room, so maybe it was hers?' Hiroto thought.
"Do you know prediction and stuff?" He asked.
"Yes, how did you know?" Nozomi smiled at him.
"Well, I have seen tarot cards before at the council room, so I just bridge the gap here." Hiroto replied.
"Right, you're really good at things, Tamaki-kun" Nozomi said to him while she laughed with a 'fu,fu'.
"I just noticed anything I see.." Hiroto smiled. 'It's like she's saying I'm good at other things oh well.' Nozomi looked at them while she said.
"Everyone here doesn't need to get predictions from me, I would say that all of you have a great future!.."
"....."
"You mean our venture would be good in the future?" Kotori plainly asked.
"Then, what about me?" Honoka cutely asked while she rapidly approached Nozomi.
"He, Honoka, don't trouble the vice president much!" Umi reprimanded her.
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'Hiroto-chan, this is the lyrics for the song by the way, Umi-chan made it.'
"Eh-h, how did you get the lyrics!?" Umi suddenly tried to get the paper from Honoka already given it to Hiroto so she wasn't able to speak.
"Ok, I'll check it after school you should hold it for now, since you would still try to persuade Nishikino-san right?" Hiroto brought the paper back to Honoka's hand but Umi tried to get it first.
"Give me that Honoka!"
"Eh, why?, aren't your lyrics very good?" Honoka waved it her arms evading Umi's pleading hands.
"Why get embarrassed when you would perform the complete song of this lyrics in front of many people?."
"Yes, but….."
"Don't tease Umi-senpai that much Honoka-senpai."
"...."
- - - -
After their exercise, Hiroto and co. return to their respective houses. Hiroto took a bath before changing to the school uniform. He locked the door and went to the school.
When he reached the school gate, Hiroto saw many girls looking at him and whispering to each other. But he ignored the gossip. He saw Kirisu on the way, also Kirisu noticed Hiroto going into the classroom and called him to follow her into the office.
"Reprehensible, there were rumors that you made one girl 'bleed' while going out with another, what's with that?"
'The girls ...these damn gossip are going to get me killed!' Hiroto was looking at KIrisu-sensei at the other side of the table. She looked very strict right now.
"Doubt. What do you say to your position now."
"As a student, to show to the public you're 'illicit encounters' isn't something the school would accept, especially given it's freshly co-ed status and you who had a good reputation at this school, what would outsiders think when they heard about this crusade?"
'She probably heard from other girls or there's jealousy from others?, damn! And why just now?, isn't that what happened yesterday?'
"Sensei, you're wrong, I didn't make a girl bleed, it's just an accident and purely it was because of her excitement in the cafeteria!" Hiroto tried to explain with his very best, he didn't really know how to explain it given the fact that Kirisu-sensei heard were already skewed to the original scene that happened.
"I don't have any illicit encounters with others! you could prove it to Nishikino-chan from the other class!, I just teach her piano after school everyday!."
'Sorry, Nishikino-chan, I don't have any choice.'
Ridiculous, if you're going to lie, make it more believable at least, I could accept that you teach Nishikino-san but what about the 'bleed' part, maybe you ..." Kirisu had a black aura in her.
"It was just an accident!, Kuroki-chan had a nosebleed and she fell on my shoulders, that's just it!."
"Kirisu-sensei!" Out of nowhere Yasuo and Takeshi appeared at the door with stacks of notebooks in their hands. The two seeing sensei with her strict mode felt going back already and ditch Hiroto but.
"I'm busy with Tamaki-kun, be quick and put everything you need to pile."
"Hiroto-kun was really innocent, those gossip that you heard were just exaggerated, I was there when Kuroki-chan had a nosebleed because he gave her a glass of water."
'Yasuo, how does the nosebleed related to helping her to drink water, when she's choking?!'
"Yeah, Hiroto-kun invited Kuroki-chan because she was always alone at the class, he had been friendly with her these days so we have invited her to join the lunch, the gossip was nothing from what happened she just had an accidental spill of her imagination."
'Wait! That last one is making it worse you know?!'
"That's quite enough, you two can go now." Kirisu had a black lines on her face.
"Oh shit, they even make it worse to my situation! I feel like sensei dangerous aura increased ..." Hiroto felt a chill run down his spine.
"It seems the three of you are rather close, they tried to defend you with the purpose of them bringing the things I asked but for Kuroki-san as the assistant this time."
"You can go now!, good work on your exams," Hiroto was wide-eyed with Kirisu. She had to bring him in here to clear up her misunderstanding.
"It's okay?, I mean you haven't made sure what….."
"The two had to go here to clear your innocence, proven their lax on demeanor means it's just an accident and it was clearly my part of misunderstanding."
"But, there are still several points I'd like to say to you, follow this so you don't destroy the harmony at this school.
'Shit!'
"First!, you must be aware of yourself and that you do not show public interactions with girls much, especially in the public area here at the school!, since the majority of students here are girls, don't be touchy with them!, if I find you...then!"
'Yikes!, I'll remember that in my heart.'
"Second, you must do better on your studies, I'll disregard what happened this time…"
"Your performance had made you something in this school, but don't be so proud about it. In case you do something bad, the whole school might get caught with your things leading to the school with a bad reputation and false rumours."
"I'm just saying this but.." Kirisu looked at him seriously.
"You should have enrolled in a music school, we have imprisoned you to this school that doesn't harness musical talent. In case of teaching Nishikino-san, it's good that you are sharing your abilities but don't mistake kindness for your selfishness, you had an intention of teaching her right?, you should lessen your encounter with that girl or there would be trouble and us school wouldn't accept the school closure just because of an 'illicit relationship of the students.'."
"....."
"Sensei, don't worry I'm not that kind of person.."
"Then, disregard that as well, just be more ...well be more careful with what you do."
"In any case, we haven't given you the opportunity to showcase your talent fully, even if you're performing, the students would be the only supporters you would have, there's no instructor here that can help you with that.." Kirisu sighed internally what his mother was thinking, instead of applying here why didn't she apply her to a music school, he's wasting his opportunities here, given his skills already, he could easily be a pro in the music scene!.
"Sensei, I'm fine enough, I don't have that much ambition like my mother." Hiroto scratched his cheeks.
"Not setting a goal in life can affect your overall decision on life, instead of having none, why don't you think of one, that's how it was with me." Kirisu was reminded of her past.
"Ehh?" Hiroto looked at her with surprise then she stand and approached him.
"If you don't use what you have in you, then you're aimlessly looking to unseen the future. You would've ditch what's the best possibilities your future can have, choosing the wrong path based on the emotions of the moment."
He had hardships during his past life and now that was free to do more, he didn't want to consider what would make his life better but consider what's more to be happy, happier than what he had in the past.
"I cooperate my emotions and reason, rather than choosing one why don't I just think with my heart and mind, I don't understand choosing what the best outcome over the enjoyment of a person, the person should enjoy what they want and instead of choosing the best outcome which could be considered hard or you just don't enjoy it, why don't you think like that" Hiroto stated as he looked at Kirisu.
"No, I don't understand that thinking." Kirisu felt sad about something, Hiroto noticed her look before he suddenly held Kirisu-sensei hand.
"!!!...what are you doing?" Hiroto looked at her hand that was white and soft when he touched it.
"It's been bugging me out, I don't understand you ways of reason but Kirisu-sensei you're a good person, you try to hide your helpful heart in you're cold demeanor." He felt her soft white hands but there was a noticeable callus on her index finger.
"Baffling, let me go this instant" Kirisu had a grave look on her as she pulled her hand from Hiroto while she dropped her book she was holding.
"Sensei's hand is soft but I noticed that little bump on the index finger, I felt it, you have been creating exams right?, for us male students the fact that you based your exams on the paper slip you gave us was a handful, sensei should be making this because you wanted us to truly pass the terms."
"Then, I can show it to everyone that yo.."
"Don't you dare. Meddler. You don't have to do that, that was part of my duties as an instructor." Kirisu had her two hands on her center of her chest. While she had a drop of sweat or something.
"I didn't do it so anyone would like me, In the end, I couldn't care less of students favorably thinking of me.." Kirisu sighed in her heart.
"Kirisu-sensei, your a pain in the ass, huh?" Hiroto smiled until he realized he just made a mistake.
"What was that?!" Kirisu looked gravely at Hiroto who was sweating droplets. Hiroto said quickly.
"You said, you don't care what students think!"
"I could just give a report to the chairwoman."
"I'm sorry!, I got carried away!" Hiroto left the room as he sighed, 'Iyah, Kirisu-sensei is really hard to talk with.'
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"Are you okay Hiroto?," Yasuo popped in the left corridor.
"I heard sensei shout from here, it looks like she was really angry at you."
"No, it's nothing, don't mind it, by the way, did you two apply to a club?"
"Yeah, they accepted me you know I had to run 5 kilometers in the field, iyah thankfully I was able to run it."
"Thats pretty bad"
"You think so? well, they treat me nicely after then, and....." Yasuo had a smile in the process while he talked nonstop, Hiroto didn't pay attention but asked Takeshi the same question.
"You can count on me for journalism and stuff, I also bought a camera for evidence and purposes!" Takeshi showed his newly bought dslr camera.
"Just don't voyeur and stuff you know you may get expelled."
"Don't worry, I only look at my 2D tachi girls, I'll focus on big scoops, for example…." Takeshi started talking like Yasuo who was still saying shits about what happened in their club.
"..." 'Well, at least the privacy of the girls here is safe, in any case, I got someone in the newspaper club, I could advertise Honoka and co. so.' He was happy for them to got accepted in the clubs they wanted.
"Then, I'll probably trouble you in the future." Hiroto said while Takeshi noticed this.
"Trouble me all you want, ha!ha!ha!" Takeshi flicked his glasses and showed his iconic beam of light, in this case there was an additional beam of light from the dslr that he was holding.
"...."
Kirisu-sensei was looking at their leaving figure.
'Troublesome, to think I would let out my emotions.'
- - - -
Lunch
It was lunchtime, Hiroto looked at Tomoko who was beside him currently burying herself in the book she was reading.
"Kuroki-chan, wanna have lunch with us again?" Hiroto looked at her with a ready to be rejected expression, since the gossip was everywhere it's possible for the loner to decline since it's a shocking moment for her.
"I-I-I'm sorry b-but I-i m-might cause t-trouble for you again" Tomoko stood up.
"No, You're not causing tro-" Before Hiroto can finish his sentence Tomoko has already fled away from the classroom.
Hiroto sighed and raised from his seat. Takeshi and Yasuo came and invited him to lunch but due to Tomoko not joining them, he might as look for a place to sit and relax. He looked to see Maki in the other class but found her nowhere. So he goes to the music room.
"Ayase-senpai, you're not with Toujou-senpai today" Hiroto greeted Eli with a slight bow.
"No, Nozomi wanted to meet at the benches outside but she wasn't there…..."
"By the way, why are you here?, didn't you usually eat at the cafeteria and library? Or do you have other purposes?" Eli with a questioning expression at Hiroto.
"Iyah, there was gossip about me so I didn't want to eat at the cafeteria for now, so I looked around the school to see a place that wasn't occupied like the music room to pass lunch time."
Sadly Maki can't be found around, why does it always happen, that elusive tsundere girl.
"That's no good Hiroto-kun, then join me to eat lunch if you're worried." Eli plainly said.
"I can go….but" Hiroto thought if he went with Eli the student council president he might create another gossip and create trouble for the president herself.
"Don't worry about that, I have my ways, let's go." Eli noticed his worries so she assured him.
"If you're worrying about that why don't we go to another place to eat?" Eli suggested, she heard the gossip though seemingly unharmful but it might be bad to the whole situation the school is, the delicate co-ed was only implemented, though there were few males but there might be scandal in the future and that would actually make the school closure even faster. Eli suggested Hiroto to join her so that she could counsel him for a bit.
"But I don't have packed lunch today, so I was just going to the music room to pass time." Hiroto
"Ohh!, I made an extra lunch for today. Why don't we share? I can't eat this all by myself, Nozomi might not make it to join us."
"Is that okay Ayase senpai?"
"It's okay, Nozomi still wasn't here, she may have eaten lunch already, that girl..."
"If you say so."
'I thought she finished with her job, she wanted to eat my homemade lunch and asked me to make her one yesterday but she didn't show herself today and called me to bring the lunch she made and meet her on the way to the music room.' Eli thought and sighed inwardly.
They walked to the music room as recommended by Hiroto, Eli entered with him after she brought out her lunchbox.
"Here you go it's my homemade lunch. " Eli placed the huge lunchbox in between them and opened the tray.
"Whoa! This is amazing! You made it senpai? This is so much!, Toujou-senpai might be waiting for you?"
"Yeah, kinda I was still learning and it's okay, I have been waiting here for Nozomi but the girl hadn't come to the appointed place. She didn't want to eat in the council room." Eli sighed and was kind of frustrated because she knew that Nozomi would plan their actions by her tarots.
"..." Hiroto was a bit awkward with the situation but he shook his head while he smiled at his front, looking at the other side of the table where Eli was irked about something.
"What are you worrying about, Ayase-senpai?" Hiroto asked while Eli looked at him.
"No, I was just thinking by myself nevermind that, lets eat." Eli opened the big lunch box and it separated into four parts, seeing the food made Hiroto drool.
"Wow, you made this?, just looking at food is making me hungry.." Hiroto was a bit drooling since he never tasted a food that was made by a girl aside from his mother.
"Feel free to dig in," Eli smiled welcoming Hiroto while she got one of the boxes while making Hiroto select his share.
"Then, thanks for the food!" Hiroto put his palms together [AN2: Itadakimasu! I wonder what it would taste like? Eli's homemade lunch… I'm kind of jealous. Please switch with me Hiroto!]
Hiroto grabbed the octopus-shaped hotdog and put it in his mouth. After chewing for a few moments his eyes lit up "Mmm!, It's delicious Ayase-senpai!"
"You're making me blush" Eli was happy by Hiroto's praising and a slight blush on her cheek.
"Wow, so you're already a wife material, your husband would make every male jealous." Hiroto grinned at Eli who was shocked as she heard his words.
"Wha-what are you saying?! Your glib tongue is so problematic, hah" Eli blushed furiously suddenly imagined Hiroto being her husband preparing him food before he gets home from work.
Imaging that again made her blush like a tomato gripping her skirt with a chopstick on her hands. 'What am I thinking, I just wanted to help him, since he was in trouble, kuhh, Eli straight yourself'
"Ayase-senpai? What's wrong? Your face is red, did you get sick?" Hiroto, who was still chewing the food, asked Eli.
"N-no! I'm okay!" Eli collected herself while she felt an idiot herself.
'What am I thinking! Mou you idiot idiot idiot! You're not acting like senpai! I must calm down.' Eli thought while inhaling deeply and exhaling.
Hiroto pretending not to notice looked at her who was blushing ear to ear.
''Crap, I might get in trouble again, this damn mouth.' He didn't actually want to say it out loud but said it otherwise, if he said it to Maki.
'Why am I thinking of that girl, maybe.'
After eating the food on the lunchbox Hiroto and Eli clasp their hand "thanks for the food!"
"I'm so full. Thank you very much Ayase-senpai!" Hiroto leaned on the bench while patting his stomach.
"Don't be like a stranger, just call me Eli, everyone who knows me at this school calls me that. No need to call my last name." Eli said while slightly embarrassed looking at Hiroto gripping her chopsticks. Hiroto would be the first boy at school who would call her after all.
"Eh?, is that okay?" Hiroto peered up his ear to hear Eli said those words again.
"... Just call me Eli from now on" After a few moments of pause Eli and say it again.
"Then, Eli… senpai" Hiroto was kind of nervous saying her name since she's like a mature beautiful woman with a high position vibe.
"Yes, Hiroto-kun?" Eli happily said his name.
"Eli-senpai, thank you for the lunch today. It was delicious." Hiroto shakes his nervousness and genuinely praises her cooking.
"It's nothing, and Nozomi still didn't come, by the way….can I say something for you?"
"What is it, do you want to do something?"
"It's not that, I'm just gonna warn you to be much more careful with dealing with girls here at the school, you know its situation right. With y-you're glibness would make girls f-fall in-love with you." Eli said straightly but there was a slight blush on her face.
"...well, it's not that I'm doing it on purpose, Iyah." Hiroto thought of his attitude this couple of weeks, sure he was pushing the limits of the girls he knows. Especially one of the girls, since he always teased her, in the meantime, he would always think of her, if he was daydreaming. On the other hand, the girls he acquentaide for a bit had a very good expression, it sounded like a scum would do.
"It's my fault as well, I just… No, I haven't interacted much with girls before so I was speaking what my mind thinks of."
"Then, isn't that like you're a pure boy?" Eli smiled at Hiroto.
"Eh??, yes I'm v-vi..."
"S-stop, you don't have to say it, you're indecent" Eli interrupted his speech.
"Ahhh!, sorry." Hiroto scratched his head while he blushed slightly, he probably shouldn't speak to other girls like this.
"..."
"Then, senpai what about the idol of the second year girls?, would you mind me helping them?"
"Actually, I want you….no, there was a school idol club before but it didn't help the school much, that's why I was against it, they tried very hard as well but it was for naught and in the end it made a bad reputation of the school."
"Ehh!, there was?, ah so that's why, but senpai can you please at least don't stop us from trying during the welcoming day, if we fail after it, then I'll persuade them to stop our endeavor myself."
"If you say it like that,, but I could do that."
'Did he had something in his mind or he had an idea.'
"Then, thank you Eli-senpai" Hiroto bowed to Eli
"Just, don't think saving the school would be easy." Eli sighed and warnes Hiroto looking at him deep on his eyes
"Yes, that's why I would try my best to help them!" Hiroto looks at Eli with a serious face.
"...." Eli who saw Hiroto's serious expression couldn't help but to smile in her heart.
- - - -
Early morning, Honoka and co. tried to persuade Maki to help them with the music composition, but they declined totally, they met Eli on the way back to the room and was advised to not take what they're doing as easy, it might backfire to them in the end.
"I wonder why Seitokai is that against school idols.?" Honoka sighed
"Right, weren't really fooling around, we're being serious about it."
"Yeah, we've been making schedules after all, like the practice and preparations." Umi looked at her notebook full of plans for practice and other stuff about school idols from other schools.
"With Hiroto-san's help, our practice turned easier and we don't have to worry too much about exercising."
"We are serious about it, but we need to reflect on what we need to do to make this more successful."
"Isn't just we need to prepare all necessary things?"
"We only have one month left for our first live concert, we were not even prepared to dance on the stage."
"And if we were to hold our live, we still have to think about the song."
"We don't have time to look for a composer, Hiroto-kun might help us if we persuade him more or we could just sing songs written by other school idols."
"....maybe, you're right."
"Yeah"
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Honoka decided to look at the post they had pasted at the bulletin, she saw her classmates cheering for her, which lifted her sour mood a little.
"If you ever need our help then let us know!"
"Is that okay?"
"You're doing this for the school right, at least we could do this much, our classmate also supports your group." Honoka's classmates smiled at her while giving her a thumbs up.
"Then, thank you very much! Bye! Bye!"
Honoka looked at the box they had for the group recommendation and found one. She quickly returned to the classroom and found Umi and Kotori.
"We got a submission?"
"Really?" Kotori said.
"We did!" Honoka raised her hands with the paper slip.
"One slip, just one slip!" The three looked at the slip.
[μ's] "μ's?"
"I think it's read "muse" Umi continued explaining that it was from a greek god mythology.
"I like it!"
"Okay!, then from now on, we'll call ourselves μ's!!!"
"I'll try to persuade Nishikino-chan again!!!"
"Don't bother her to much, we can't rely on her if she don't want it."
"Okk!."
- - - -
Afterschool, Hiroto found himself going to the music room again, he found Maki and Honoka bantering about something. He hid behind the door.
"You don't know when to quit." Maki was sitting on the stool with her legs crossed.
"Yeah, that's true, I always make Umi-chan mad because of that." Honoka looked down, Maki plainly replied..
"I don't listen to the kind of songs that idols actually sing, I'm more into jazz and classical."
"Oh, how come?" Honoka was a bit surprised, while Maki had a slight angry look.
"Because Idol songs usually lack depth!, they would just hype the watchers, and they don't really care about the music's meaning, they don't take it seriously." Maki sighed.
"Well, you're right., ha-ha. I used to think like that, like idols don't really do much but just sing and have fun what they're doing, but in the end. It isn't fun and games afterall."
"Hey, can you do push-ups?" Honoka said to her.
"Hah?"
"I bet you can't do it." Honoka put a joking expression.
"Ehh, O-of course I can!." Maki got a bit fierce. She got down and started her pushup.
"One, two, three, are you satisfied now?"
"Oh, wow!, you can do that many push ups, well.." Honoka said while amazed, while she can't do that without Hiroto's drink, now, was to do 40 reps in a sitting.
"No, surprise, I may not look like but I'm..." Maki tried to brag but was interrupted.
"Then, try it while smiling." Honoka again tried to make her do it.
"Huh!?, why?"
"Just try it!"
Maki then tried push-ups while smiling, but she totally failed and was putting a hardly smiling face but actually felt cramped.
"See? Idol thing isn't fun and easy."
"What are you talking about, shhhs?" Maki didn't understand it, so she raised and patted her blouse.
"Here are the lyrics, give it a quick read." Honoka raised her arms and tried to give it to maki.
"I told you I'm not going to do..."
"Just read it, I'll come asking you again after, If you turn me down again that time, then I'll stop bothering you." Honoka put a determined expression while smiling to Maki. Maki reluctantly accepted it, seeing Honoka like that made her unconsciously accept it.
"But, I'm not changing my mind."
"Then, if that comes, I just have to deal with it, at least let me listen to you singing.." Honoka said straighly.
"Eh"
"I love your singing voice, Nishikino-chan. I was really moved when I heard you're singing for the first time, it's the kind of song that we really want to compose!"
"..."
Honoka left the music room, she didn't notice Hiroto who was hiding behind the door and just left to the other side. Hiroto entered the room.
"Why don't you help them?"
"It's not like I don't want to help them, I just don't want trouble myself." Maki said while she sat on the piano while thinking for a bit.
"That's what I was at first, I have seen their determination and that's why I help them." Hiroto looked at the place where Honoka left.
"Isn't you just want to c-court that blue haired girl" Maki pouted while she looked at him, Hiroto looked at her expression..
Hiroto walked and held her hand again.
"What are you doing again,.." Hiroto then held her hands, even though she was embarrassed she looked at Hiroto who was calmly looking at her with a smile.
"No, I just want to help them,, what I really want to do in the first place was to make you happy after all."
"!!"
"Why does it have to do with me, you're helping them and why would you link me to them, let go…." Maki tried to remove her hands from his grasp but he did not let go. And just made her sit beside him on the stool. She turned more bashful.
"You're just shy about helping them right?, it can be your first step at making other friends."
"Who's shy about, and in the first place I don't need friends."
"I'm your friend right?, or you can call this…...more?"
"!!!,....shut up, I know already, you lecher..."
"You can just lend them your support and help each other, actually I volunteer myself as well to create the composition of the song but I am not that good, so I was going to persuade you afterwards..." Hiroto smiled at her while he said what was really on his mind.
'Hiroto and Me making the song?' Maki felt redder thinking about that, she tried to calm herself but she was still blushing.
"I'll help you on creating the song, it's not just you right?, then at least we'll trouble ourselves at the same time. Isn't that good as well, that we could be together for more time?" Hiroto smiled at her while he grasped her hand more firmly while his thumb rotated in her hand.
Maki was still embarrassed but she tried to think about it a bit, it wasn't actually that bad, and since she would be able to create a song with Hiroto, she could make more friends as well.
"F-f-f-ine, just this time o-okay, you're so persistent like that girl.?!" Maki shouted loudly making Hiroto laugh for a bit. He earned a slight punch in the gut, it didn't hurt though. 'Why isn't he confessing if he always tried to tease me like this' she can't say it out loud.
"Okay, Okay. then let's go to your house?"
"Eh?" Maki was able to process what she heard.
Ring Ring, suddenly they got both a call. Maki got a call from his mom, while Hiroto got from his mom. Hiroto let go holding Maki's hand while she got up and tried to fix her image while she held her phone.
"Mama?, what are you…"
"Ehh, a piano tutor?!"
Meanwhile Hiroto side.
"You found me a job isn't that good?."
Hiroto and Maki heard from one another one point while Hiroto dropped the call from his mom.
"Ehh" They looked at each other.
"It might be?"
"Isn't that good, i would be with you longer, Hehe" Hiroto walked to Maki again.
"W-what are you doing?" He held Maki's hand, and Maki felt embarrassed again.
"Looks like our mothers know each other."
"It's just a coincidence, don't get ahead of yourself." tried to get back at him but failed.
"Then why did she say, Nishikino residence, well she said that you're mother would fetch us by car." Hiroto straigly said that made Maki even more confused.
"Eh, Ehhhh!"
-
They walked out of the school while Maki said to him.
"Don't approach me 10 meters alright?"
"Why are you-being like this again." Hiroto felt helpless.
"Just do what I said!!" Maki was red while she said that.
They found a long black car waiting for them, the door opened and they saw a light red haired mature woman that was waving at them. After approaching Maki turned a bit flustered.
"Ohhh, so you know each other mfu, fu"
"Mama, don't be like that!, mou." From what he heard from Maki, he quickly straightened up and said his name.
"Good evening, Nishikino's mother, I'm Tamaki Mamako's son and Maki's friend, Hiroto Tamaki" Hiroto walked near and gracefully bowed.
"Ah!, why did you walk beside me?!" Maki tried to quietly tell Hiroto but fell just in her mother's notice.
"Ohh, you're Mako told me, nishishi, Maki why are you pouting for, it might be." Her mother looked at Maki with a smirking face.
"Mama!" Maki's mother looked at Hiroto and said,
"Oh, don't call me like that, I'm Shio Nishikino just call me mama as well."
"E-ehh, why? Mama, why are you making him call like that?"
"I'll explain it after we go home, why don't you enter the car? You know each other after all."
"No! No!, we don't know each other, I don't know this hiroto guy. Hmfp"
"My,,my, sorry my daughter is like this."
"No, no, I'm used to it already, ha-ha"
"What are you saying used to it, we don't know each OTHER!!!" Maki looked at Hiroto who was slightly confused at what she was saying, well she dropped down a little of her bothering some attitude.
".....just a bit." She gave up her tough attitude.
"My!.." Shio laughed at the sight of her daughter, she was surprised that she was actually acquentaide with Hiroto, she had known her daughter as a loner, well it might be because of their father but now, she actually knows a boy, a boy.
'This Hiroto-chan is also an ikemen and knows piano at master level, hmm I can consider him as Maki to be husband fu.fu. But this could be considered bad but I heard from Mako, Hiroto-chan was a loner before, and he just changed instantly. Hmm, I'll talk to her again later.'
"Mama, what might you be thinking, I felt…." Maki had a slight premonition brooming.
"No, Mama isn't thinking about anything, it's just your imagination." Shio looked at her daughter while laughing.
"Mama!"
'Looks like these two are really close, but how about her father.'
-
Maki's father wasn't here, but oh boi Nishikino-chan's house was big.
"Don't be uncomfortable and make yourself at home!, I'll make the food. Maki, invite Hiroto to the music room so you can start with the teaching, fufu."
"Mama!, mou lets go, you're just gonna teach me right?, don't misunderstand."
".....,tonikaku, well going to be making the piano arrangement for the trio, soo."
"Why don't you create it yourself, you always think about them." Maki pouted while pretending to be angry.
'Hey, isn't it time to stop being a tsun tsun?, why are you always like this?' Hiroto felt helpless. He was after all the kind of guy that would help a distress bishoujo. That's why he kept getting entangled with some things.
"I'm just helping them alright, you're going to be helping them as well, so consider what I'm doing are just for the school, right?" Hiroto held Maki's hand
"A-again?" Maki turned red again. She looked to the sides to see if her Mom wasn't looking and adding their walking to her house just made her redder. She turned quiet after then.
"Then, I-i-...."
"Let's start making the song, you have the lyrics of them right?." Hiroto asked her while she looked at him while being red.
"How could I get it when you're h-h-holding my h-hand!."
"Oh, then I'll wait for you here." Hiroto let go of Maki before she walked away..
Hiroto looked around the room, he saw the modern design of the room. The music room has a piano and other instruments. He was a bit sad because he wasn't able to look at Maki's actual bedroom.
"Hiroto-chan, Maki's changing so wait for her okay?, I brought you some food and snacks." Shio appeared on the door, while Hiroto inquired to her.
"Can I ask what my mother said, I would be teaching Nishikino-chan to play?, what's the schedule?."
"Eh, if she doesn't have an afternoon cram class then you could teach her, well you're pay would be going to you're card so don't worry."
"Then.. can I teach her at school, there's a piano in there so after class because I teach her there already."
"So that's why you know each other, but it's also good like this, if there's no call about her cram school, then you can teach her until 6:30 PM, but you can come here if she asked. Just be ready if her father is here, he can be strict if the place is right." Shio placed her palms on her cheek worrying about something.
'Why does it sound like meeting the tousan.. Well '
"I would just teach her at the school."
"Then, it's good, then you can teach her today until 7, I can fetch you to your house afterwards."
"No, it's okay, I could walk to my house, thank you." Hiroto tried to deny but Shio was persistent.
"Don't be like that and call me Shio-san and why do you call Maki, Nishikino-chan, you should call her by her first name already."
"I-i want to but, she was s…."
"M-mam what are you doing?" Maki was flushed while she entered the room, she was wearing her house pajamas already. It was violet with white stars dotting it, it looked cute at Hiroto's perspective. Her red hair and cute face really brought the adorable feel of her.
"Wow!, Maki you're wearing pajamas, so bold." Shio smirked at her daughter while she tried to escape the hands of her daughter.
"Mama, why are you making a ruckus!, it's just pajamas!." Maki said with a low tone, while she looked at Hiroto who was sitting in the chair looking at her, she suddenly felt embarrassed as she tried to hide her chest.
"You look cute with your get up." Hiroto nodded while gawking at Maki for a bit, she was really cute and beautiful at the time, he felt his heart was pounding slightly harder.
"Mhhm, I don't want to hear it in you." Maki said he was still embarrassed.
"You be thankful Papa isn't here or you would be dead, hmpf." Maki continued while a bit fierce of red.
"...."
"Well, let's start with the song making ok?" Hiroto tried to remove her image on his head but failed, in the end he had to change the topic.
Hiroto and Maki composed the piano arrangements of the lyrics, well with Hiroto's help they were able to finish it in due time. The lyrics were already given and they just needed to sing it while making the arrangements, with Hiroto's mastery and Maki's singing they were able to finish it perfectly. Of course they would have moments in the meantime, like.
"Start:Dash what a perfect name for their first performance." Hiroto looked at her while smiling.
"It's good that they think of it that carefully." She looked sideways while getting red.
"..."
"You two had a good synergy." Shio was peeping at the door that was slightly opened.
"Mama!!"
"Shio-san, it's already time so I would be going home." Hiroto said respectfully, while he seemed to be energetic as he had the fill for his tsun with a pajamas combo energy.
"I'll drive you by car."
"Then, I'll trouble you." Hiroto said.
After getting ready to go, Maki was looking at them at the door. Hiroto said to her.
"See you tomorrow, Maki-chan!" Hiroto looked at her sight while smiling at her, both of them felt their hearts quicken.
"!!!..." 'M-maki-chan?'
Hiroto entered the car with Shio leaving behind the flustered pajama wearing girl.
'That damn lecher, always teasing me guhu...' Maki wasn't angry at Hiroto, though he was forceful sometimes, he was always kind to her.
'He just had to be like that, maybe...he ...wanted to. Be.' Maki rushed off to her bedroom while plopping to the bed.
-
"You know, I would support you if you want to chase my daughter.." Shio plainly said to Hiroto while looking at the road.
"Eh?" He looked at Shio.
"I know you're Mom and she surprised me when she says her son, knows my daughter, she just blurted that her son needs a job, and since she told me you know Maki, I accepted but..."
"Tou-san a little bit hardy in head you see, he doesn't know you're teaching Maki for now but he loves Maki too much, well as a father of course, so just be prepared and if you want to continue like this, I'll help tiny little bit."
"Why do you say so, Shio-san?"
"Well, given you're looking at Maki, it's easy to tell.."
"...."
"Think of it for a bit, I'm rooting for you, well just don't make Maki cry or I'm the first one you would have a fall out with, fu-fu" Shio looked scary for the moment before it vanished, so she was Mamako type as well, as expected of the best friends.
Shio gave Hiroto advice on Maki, what she liked and favorites. Of course Hiroto tried to remember it. They reached his house afterwards and it seems she knows his house. Hiroto said goodbye to Shio before she drove of.
- - - -
Since it was still early he livestream for a bit he didn't really interact much with the viewers until he was done and just thought of the things that happened in his day. He advertised Honoka's group U's on the Idol love live page a little time. THough he didn't consider the consequence it can cause his hard fans could do.
"Eh!, Hiroto-san is advertising a group of School Idols?
"From what I know he study at Otonokizaka Academy."
"His in a relationship with a girl there!!!."
"That's bad!!!"
"Stop you're delusion ona bitches, he had a life there so don't try and fit to his life."
"What did you say?, this fu@#ers, ladies, lets spam them out the chat!!!"
"....."
"+269"
Maki-chan, Maki-chan, she looked cute wearing that pajama. Out of his feelings, he sent a goodnight to Make but was reciprocated by a goodnight as well, which surprised him out. But she suddenly replied.
"I'm just saying cause my Mama said so."
"I'm still happy though..but calling your mother Mama is a bit childish, hehe."
"Hmpf..don't get ahead of yourself….bleh"
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