A/N: Decided to write this because there is only one YoshChika story here, when everyone just wants to write YoshRiko or Youshiko stories. This needs more lo~ove!
Hope everyone enjoys.
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At first Yoshiko wasn't able to realize what exactly the feeling in her chest was when she looked at the incredibly exuberant leader of Aquors as she bounced around the roof jumping from one conversation to another with an ease that the fallen angel lacked, but over time the incredibly dense ebon-haired girl was able to find the words to describe her feelings.
Of course that came with it's own share of problems as realizing her feelings made it much more difficult to speak with or about Chika without slipping into her fallen angel persona to try and hide her nerves about the girl. A few members of the idol group might have noticed that Yoshiko transformed into Yohane more often when Chika was around, but no one brought it up to Yoshiko's relief.
That is of course until Hanamaru and Ruby had a chance to bring the topic up one night after school while the trio were sitting around the living room at Ruby's house studying for an upcoming test, when Yoshiko had no chance of escaping since she desperately needed the help so that she wouldn't fail.
"Is there something wrong Yoshiko, you've been acting kind of strange recently" Hanamaru was the first to speak up as the girls took a break from looking up information in their textbooks, and the childhood friend duo immediately caught that Yoshiko tensed up at the question.
Releasing a nervous laugh and averting her eyes from Hanamaru almost immediately Yoshiko reached up to scratch her cheek as her mind worked furiously to try and think of a way to change the subject "err Ruby, what did you get for question four?" She asked the redhead in hopes of distracting Hanamaru long enough for her to forget about this line of questioning.
"Don't try to change the subject Yo-shi-ko" Hanamaru warned her friend as she glared at the taller girl, actually making the girl cower under her gaze. Even though Yoshiko knew that there was nothing Hanamaru could do to hurt or threaten her, she definitely was still terrified of the tiny girl.
Mumbling and fumbling over her words for a few minutes as her brain desperately tried to think of something to say in a futile hope that she could avoid this conversation, Yoshiko's entire body froze up when she felt Hanamaru rest one of her hands over the one that Yoshiko had laying on the table the three girls were using for their studying.
"You can tell us about whatever is bothering you Yoshiko" Hanamaru reassured her childhood friend softly "neither of us will judge you." A brief look over allowed Yoshiko to see Ruby nodding in agreement, almost bringing a small smile to the fallen angel's face.
A moment of silence passed between the three friends as Yoshiko digested what her friends were offering to her, and the fallen angel lowered her head so that neither girl could see her eyes, worrying the pair momentarily.
Ruby jumped when Yoshiko flew to her feet and struck her fallen angel pose with an accompanying evil laugh, while Hanamaru just smiled good-naturedly at how silly her friends could be.
"Alas it is true that the great fallen angel Yohane has been cursed by the heavens once again, as they have sent an envoy of the heavens down to taunt me for my sins!" Yoshiko cried out in faux despair to her friends, leaving them to try and decipher what the girl was trying to say.
Ruby was the first to seemingly pick up on what Yoshiko was telling them and spoke up shyly to her friend "are you saying that you've met an angel?" She guessed based on everything that Yoshiko tended to say when she was acting as a fallen angel.
"The gods mock me for my fall from grace by placing one of their chosen messengers in my presence, and she has cast a spell upon me that is causing my body to betray me" Yoshiko continued to explain to her friends, causing a flicker of understanding to appear in Hanamaru's eyes.
"You like someone!" Hanamaru cried out happily, making Ruby jump again and almost fall over from the surprise. Yoshiko looked ready to bolt from the room at Hanamaru's eager announcement of her feelings, and hurried around the table to shove her hands over her friend's big mouth.
"Keep it down Zuramaru, Dia is upstairs with Mari and I don't want them to hear about this!" Yoshiko hissed at the tiny girl, and did not remove her hands until Hanamaru nodded in understanding and the ebon-haired girl was sure that she wasn't going to shout again.
"But who is it Yoshiko, the only people that we really spend a lot of time with are the other members of Aquors" Ruby pointed out helpfully, causing Hanamaru's brain to begin working furiously to try and eliminate potential candidates for Yoshiko's interest.
"It can't be either of us" Hanamaru mumbled just loud enough for her friends to overhear her "I don't think that Yoshiko is brave enough to bring up the topic to someone that she is attracted to."
Yoshiko released an indignant cry at Hanamaru's hypothesis, but deflated almost immediately "that is true" she mumbled forlornly to her friends.
"I don't think that it would be Dia or any of the third years, even though she was so quick to make me be quiet she didn't specify either Dia or Mari" the brunette continued without losing steam, gaining Ruby's interest in how methodical her friend was being about this.
"So it's one of the second-years?" Ruby summarized Hanamaru's thoughts, earning a nod from her best friend as she continued to wrack her brain about this topic while Yoshiko kind of sat there nervously.
"Yoshiko and Yo spend a lot of time together because they take the same bus home, but she also spends time with Riko since they're in the same sub-unit and she's the one most willing to play along with Yohane" Maru pointed out logically while Ruby hung off of every word her friend said.
Neither girl noticed that Yoshiko's face was turning red as Maru kept listing off things about the two second-years that made them more likely to be Yoshiko's crush, completely ignoring the third option.
Eventually Yoshiko couldn't take this guessing game any more and became impatient with her friends, so she just decided to shout out the answer, completely ignoring her own embarrassment for the moment and the fact that the third years were just upstairs and likely to overhear "it's Chika you fools!"
Pausing just as she was about to make another point about either of the second-years that Yoshiko spent more time with, both of Yoshiko's friends showed surprise at the ebon-haired girl's admission "Chika?" both repeated in amazement and disbelief.
Yoshiko sat back down at her spot hard with a huff and a red face after shouting out her crush, making Hanamaru giggle at how cute her friend could sometimes be, though in the back of her mind she was sure that Dia and Mari had overheard her by this point.
"Alas the shining light of Aquors has captured my dark heart in her warm embrace, and cast a spell of confusion upon me!" Yoshiko admitted as Yohane to her friends, earning nods of understanding from the pair.
"Who would have guessed that Yoshiko would fall for Chika of all people?" Ruby mumbled cheerfully while Hanamaru seemed to be thinking about this a bit more deeply with a small smile upon her face.
"I think that it's because Chika accepted Yoshiko for who she was when we first recruited her to Aquors" Hanamaru suggested in a perky voice, memories of Chika eagerly holding out a hand to the fallen angel with a bright smile on her face.
"Could you two not talk about me like I'm not here" Yoshiko complained loudly as she continued pouting at her friend's antics. She was beginning to regret confiding in the pair about her feelings towards Aquors leader, and starting to think that she should have just told Riko instead.
"But its so sweet Yoshiko" Hanamaru gushed to Yoshiko happily "maybe Chika will be the one to fill your dark soul with light!" She chirped happily, not catching the disbelieving looks from her two friends at the comment.
A moment of silence passed between the trio and it was Ruby who spoke up next "so what are you going to do about your crush on Chika?" The tiny redhead asked her friend, locking those striking cotton candy colored eyes upon the fallen angel, making Yoshiko slightly nervous.
Stuttering momentarily at the attention of her littlest demon upon her, Yoshiko recovered quickly and coughed to hide her slip-up before ploughing on in typical fashion "of course the great fallen angel will not allow some holy messenger to defeat her. I will show this goddess that the fallen angel is more powerful then any divine being, and force her to fall with me into the darkness of eternity."
"Does that sound romantic to you Hanamaru?" Ruby whispered to her friend after Yoshiko's speech, the two girls pressing their shoulders together as they watched Yoshiko's performance.
"Well it's Yoshiko so maybe she's trying to be romantic in her own special way" Hanamaru suggested back with a small laugh, trying to rationalize Yoshiko's chuuni tendencies. Not that either girl would use that word to describe their friend aloud, since they liked Yoshiko and her games were mostly harmless.
"Are you going to confess to her soon Yoshiko?" Ruby inquired with a small smile, a little eager to see love blossom in the idol group much like it had in Muses back in the day. She had memories of her big sister crying for days when she heard that her beloved Eli had been taken, crushing one of the ebony-haired girl's childhood dreams.
"Are the both of you so foolish to think that it will simply be that easy for me to confess my need to make another angel fall with me?" Yoshiko asked her friends in a somewhat commanding voice that lost a lot of its power from the way the girl's cheeks were puffed out.
"So what you're saying is that we need a plan?" Ruby asked as excitement began to leak into her tone, and Hanamaru's eyes were also beginning to sparkle, making Yoshiko a bit nervous.
"Yes I suppose that a plan of action would be wise if I am to make my case to the wonderful angel before me if I hope to get her agree to give up her divinity" Yoshiko agreed unsurely, not liking the looks in her friends eyes.
The duo released a loud cheer and a cry about this being just like one of their love novels, before their homework was completely forgotten for the moment so that they could begin drawing up plans to help Yoshiko confess to Chika.
Meanwhile Yoshiko groaned and definitely regretted bringing this topic up with her friends, and started to wonder if asking Mari for help would be less painful.
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A/N: Poor Yoshiko, she has both the best and worst friends, and I enjoy making her an embarrassed little fallen angel. Writing her was surprisingly easy and I may have had a bit too much fun with her Yohane personality.
The core idea for this was definitely based on S1 Ep 5's ending where Chika smiled so brightly at Yoshiko despite our poor little chuuni being such a hopeless dork, and because I've been on a kick of writing uncommon pairing fics in the last few weeks.
At the moment this is planned to be a two-shot with a possibly Omake chapter afterwards since I really want to write about Yoshiko and Chika being goofballs together.
I could see Dia cry when she heard that Eli is in a relationship with someone, but I'm keeping that topic intentionally vague since I don't know if I may explore it in the future.
An update to my Hono-Maki story is in the works and I'm hoping to get it finished soon, so look forward to that and the second half of this story.
Until then I love all of you, see you next time.
