~Otonokizaka Trick~

Chapter 1. Lovely afternoon

„Kotori, are you really not going to go home with us again?", my childhood friend Honoka asked our other childhood friend Kotori. We three were always going home together, I couldn't imagine how it would be like without those two. But lately Kotori seems to be busy with something; she always needed to „buy" something for her family after school. In my opinion this was a bit suspicious, but after all I wasn't like Honoka and I won't push her to tell us what it is. She would come to us if she needed our help with something. I think. Honoka was, like I expected, completely obsessed with finding it out. Because she wanted to help Kotori if she was in trouble, but also because she curious. I knew her way too much. So it was just the two of us to go home. I couldn't tell why, but it was kind of strange to go home alone with her. It wasn't because of we had nothing to talk about, I mean it was Honoka, it couldn't get boring with her even if she talked about completely trivial things like the weather or food. I liked it, we had always fun on our way home. Sometimes we even stopped to eat or buy something or to just sit in a park and talk about al kind of stuff. It was a bit selfish and I didn't tell anyone except of my diary, but I liked it even more to be alone with her than to be with the other members of Muse. Yesterday we sat in the park until 7pm and made a plan how to find out Kotoris secret. We didn't really knew what to do. Honoka wanted to make it complicated, because otherwise „it would be boring" but at last the only idea we came up with was to follow her and it was the best way in our sitution, I thought. But not today, today was no practice because Eli and Nozomi had a student council meeting, Kotori was „busy", Nico needed to take care of her siblings and Maki, Rin and Hanayo were on a class trip. Practice with just Honoka and me wouldn't make sense, so we decided to chill at Honokas Place, eat sweets and watch a film. I was really looking forward to it.

„Umi-chan?!"

„Yes, what's up?

„Moou, I am calling you for like a hundred hours, what are you thinking about?"

My face turned red since I was thinking about spending time alone with her.

„Could it be… a boy?" She said as she noticed my red face and grinned at me.

„How could you conceive of a boy? I don't even know boys, since Otonokizaka High is a girls' school!" I think I was fine with it. Love would be a bit too embarrassing. I really couldn't imagine myself holding hands with a boy or even kiss a boy.

„I just thought…you know yesterday? The boys we saw were stairing at you. But that's no suprise! You're a real beauty Umi-chan! I wish I had your hair." Honoka said with a dreamy look. „Didn't you see their looks?"

„No, are you sure they didn't look at you?"
„Yes, I am, why would they look at me? Okay, maybe they would, but not if you're next to me."

I sighed. I could feel my face getting more and more red.

„Honoka, please stop it, I don't care, I don't want a boyfriend, do you?"

„I don't know, I never thought about it, but it would be nice, don't you think?"

„Honoka! We're Idols we're not allowed to have a boyfriend."
„Ehhh? Really why?"

„Hmm, I don't know, maybe because we should focus on our training and work as an Idol. Don't you think it would be strange, if one of us nine had a boyfriend."

„Hmm, don't you think Eli has? I mean, she seems so experienced when it comes to love, doesn't she?"

„I never thought about it, but she seems very mature, I wouldn't be suprised."

„Me neither…"

„And she has very big breasts!" She grabbed her breasts to show me how big Elis were and my face wanted to explode. I really didn't like that topic.

„Honoka, we're right on the street, don't you think it's embarassing?!"

„Why?"

„Because everyone could see, how you…"

„Sorry, I didn't think about it" She smiled. We were standing now in front of her house and entered it.

„Let's start right with the film, I am so excited"

„So as you mention it. What film do we see?"

„ I don't know…let's look through the internet. I think we'll find good, don't we?"

Honoka was as prepared as ever.

„Oh, I forgot to take sweets with me."
„No problem, it's better if we eat not that much don't you think?"
„Umi-chan…I know you want."

„Okay, okay you're right. You know I love them, but don't eat too much, we're idols after all."
„Umi-chaan!" She embraced me from the side and my heart stood still for a moment.

„We're here to have fun for this afternoon, you remember? That's the opportunity for eating, don't you think? This afternoon has to be great, so forget that we're idols just for today, okay?"
„Okay, okay maybe you're really right, let's do what we want!" We laughed and Honoka runned downstairs to get the manjuu I loved. I went to the bathroom. As I wanted to go back I stopped in front of the mirror and looked at it. My hair wasn't perfect. I took the next hairbrush to corrected it. That kind of felt silly, why would I care about how I look, when I am at a friends' house too watch a film. I didn't care that much when I'm going to school so what's with that attitude? It was weird.

„Umi-chan, where are youu?"

„I'm coming!"

„I found a really good film, let's watch it!"
„Really what is it about?"
„Hihihi, you'll see it by yourself! It's going to be a surprise!"

Honoka smiled and placed herself right next to me the laptop on her knees. I had to move way to close to her to see the screen.

„Ehh.. shouldn't we place the screen a bit more away from us. It isn't good for our eyes, they say."
„Does it really bother you?" Honoka looked a bit disappointed. „I think it's very comfortable to sit like this with you."
„If you think so, than let's stay like this." I didn't care either, she was right it WAS really comfortable. I hoped she didn't hear my beating heart. It was kind of embarassing to sit that near next to a person, or maybe just next to Honoka. I didn't know and I didn't care. The film started.