Kitty: Yay 2nd story! Thank you to Chinorwegia for the story, you're awesome! You should all go read the fanfiction Love-live adult child problems, that's what this is based of off!
Iori: Are you ever going to get around to the disclaimer? Since the story has to be good enough for the great Iori to be in!
Kitty: I don't own The idolm ster, if I did the story would be very different
Something happened. They didn't know what exactly happened to put them in this situation, but something happened. Something that might help the relationships between the 15 members or destroy the carefully created bonds between them. Something…that led to all fifteen of them sitting in their living room at one in the morning.
"Enough of this already! Someone say something!" Mami shouted, unable to take the silence any longer.
"What are we supposed to say? How can any of us put this situation into words?!" Ritsuko shouted back. 12 of the 765 members were seated on a couch that surrounded a coffee table. From left to right there was Yukiho, Makoto, Mami, Azusa, Takane, Miki, Haruka, Chiaya, Kotori, the producer, and then Ritsuko at the end. The other three not mentioned yet were sitting on the floor, arms resting on the coffee table. While the other 12 were drinking tea, these three,Hibiki, Ami, and Iori, were drinking warm milk. Though of course they all drank it differently. Iori had peppermint in hers, Ami's was chocolate, and Hibiki's was just regular warm milk. The reason for this is also the reason why they were all up at this time of the night-or morning, actually. Something happened, they don't know what it was to put them in this situation, but something happened to turn three teenagers into little children again.
"I'm bored!" The three year olds all called simultaneously from the floor.
"We know, can you guys just hold out a little longer please?" Azusa said.
"Maybe we should just take them back to bed, we will take care of them since they can't do much on their own anymore, we will also decided by who's room is closer to the kids meaning, Yukiho and Makoto get Iori, Azusa, Mami, and Takane get Ami, and Miki, Haruka, and Chiaya, get Hibiki, does this work?" Kotori suggested. The house that they had got had 4 hallways with bedrooms, the idols, disculding Yayoi since she had to take care of her siblings, were all upstairs, and the staff were down, making it hard to take care of three-year olds.
"Yeah that works, good thinking Kotori." Ritsuko said, she knew this was the best plan, and this might make some people, not to name names but Mami, be a bit more mature with younger girls to take care of.
They all walked upstairs and went to their respective hallways.
~Makoto, Yukiho, and Iori~
While walking to where their rooms were, Makoto had picked up Iori as soon as the others were out of sight.
"I can still walk you know…" Iori only said that half-heartedly. She didn't struggle in Makoto's arms but relaxed into them. She put one arm around Makoto's neck for extra support as she laid her head on Makoto's shoulder.
"Hey Iori, are you tired?" Yukiho asked, Iori only sighed in response. Makoto looked down at the younger girl.
"I think she's asleep, Yukiho." Makoto said.
"That was fast!" Yukiho said. "Are you sure?" She bent down to see Iori's face. Sure enough, the brunette had her eyes closed and her breathing was even. They made it to Iori's room and walked in to set the girl on her own bed. Makoto bent over the bed, lowering Iori's lower half carefully before starting to remove the arms from around her neck.
"Yukiho." Makoto suddenly said.
"What is it, Makoto ?" Yukiho asked from her place by the door.
"She won't let go." Makoto said, calm but scared. Yukiho walked over, careful not to wake, and tried prying Iori free from Makoto. Just when she thought she got Iori loose, the girl started whimpering. Makoto and Yukiho stepped back, but Iori continued to whine and thrash. Makoto grabbed Iori again and immediately, the whining stopped.
"What are we going to do now?" Yukiho asked. They couldn't leave Iori alone if she whined that much by herself.
"Simple isn't it? Iori will have to sleep with me tonight."
"Oh. Okay."
"Yukiho do you want to come too?"
"Sure." With a small smile,Makoto, carrying Iori, led Yukiho into her room. Yukiho slid the door shut behind her.
~Ami, Mami, Azusa, Takane~
Ami was running up and down the hall, yelling. "I don't want to sleep, I am not tired, I don't have to sleep!" With Mami chasing her. Azusa and Takane were waiting until she calmed down, since Mami was the only one who could keep up the hyperactive three year old.
"Ami please stop running, I get that you aren't tired but please!" Mami pleaded, Ami was amazingly fast for her age, Ami stopped for a spilt second contemplating, Mami used this opportunity to grab her once twin sister.
"Put me down!" Ami said, Mami had grabbed her hips, and she kicking her legs trying to find a way to get down from the out of character stern Mami.
"Not unless you promise to stay still." Mami said, knowing the her sister never breaks promises.
"Okay I promise, now please let me down?!" The flamboyant three year old asked. As soon as Mami put her down, she laid on her stomach, just to prove she would not run around. Her hands were under her chin supporting her head.
"Thank you, now how can I get you to sleep, duck tape, sleeping pills, or violence?" Mami said making Ami shiver.
"Mami, I think that's a little too much." Azusa said, Takane had already gone into her room, much to tired to deal with the little girl.
"I only understood Duck tape, but that doesn't sound good, at all!" Ami said, with her overly loud voice. Ami then yawned, she had finally run out of energy, for now. She put her arms down and pressed her forehead to her forearm, doing her best to fall asleep, and seceding.
"I think she's asleep." Azusa said looking down at the sleeping little girl.
"Thank god, alright up we go." Mami said picking the little girl up, her big sister instincts had kicked in awhile ago, after all she was older by two minutes. She moved the rest of the way to her room and placing her on the bed that she had pushed up against the wall.
"Alright finally, goodnight Ami, and please sleep through the whole night." Mami said not to loudly as to wake the monster that Ami was when she didn't get enough sleep.
"What happens when she doesn't get enough sleep?" Azusa asked from her place next to Mami.
"When we were little we would turn into little monsters, and do something stupid at night, at least that's what are parents said, that's why I am going to stay here tonight in case she does something. " Mami explained to the older woman.
"Oh okay, goodnight Ami, goodnight Mami." Azusa said walking out of the room.
~Hibiki, Haruka, Chiaya, and Miki~
"Hibiki are you tired?" Miki asked since the little girls steps had dragged out much more and she was looking much more tired.
"No…yes…..maybe." She answered still looking at the floor like she was about to pass out from tiredness. Chiaya and Miki were holding her hands, Haruka had already gone to bed since she had a job at 6:00 a.m. the next morning, well so did Miki but she was going to sleep at any chance she got, so they weren't worried.
"Well Miki's tired, Chiaya can you take Hibiki?" She said standing in front of a door with a sign that said Miki in light green letters.
"Yeah, okay, goodnight Miki." She called as Miki let go of Hibiki's hand and walked into her room.
"Hibiki do you want me to read you a story or something?" Chiaya said looking at the little girl laying in bed with her eyes open.
"Um... A lullaby please?" Hibiki said and Chiaya smiled, after all she did love to sing. She sang/whispered the lyrics to Nemuri Hime for the girl. By the end Hibiki had fallen asleep. Making Chiaya smile again.
"Goodnight Hibiki." She said as she walked out of the room.
