Hard To Get

Author's Note: Hello there, I've been writing fics since long, first time doing it about anime, I don't own anything about Love Live! I love those girls.. I couldn't hold myself from writing this, long since last fic I wrote to be published, enjoy!

Chapter 1: First Meeting

There was this student of first grade, red haired, youthful, serious, purple-eyed, somehow really shy to express herself correctly, whose family wasn't rich but could afford great things being both parents doctors, so she lived in a huge house, as you can imagine, with big bedrooms, classy furniture, a huge bathroom and all kind of books decorating the shelves of the house. The house of course has it's maids, they even help Maki with her chores of school. In the living room of the house there was placed a huge piano that the young Nishikino loved to play. She was a prodigy, being even able to sing and create her own masterpieces. Which sometimes meant a trouble for the maids who had to take care of her, having to clean up all the music sheets she left spread on the floor after finishing. Maki sure enjoyed her life, but sometimes.. She couldn't help but feel terribly lonely. She wasn't good at making friends, since she always has had this cold personality that makes people feel aback, which was quite awkward. She was transferred to this new school, Otonokizaka, being a first year she barely knew about her school, only knowing the Student council president Ayase Eri, and the fellow vice president, Toujou Nozomi. Her classmates don't even dare to talk her, so nobody has actually given her a tour around the school or anything, she was just there, not knowing where she was actually at. But luck finally changed for the redhead. That day, her mother called her from work while her daughter was at school, telling her to be aware since a new maid was coming, she explained her that it was a young girl from her school, but obviously older than hers, she needed the money and has a good sense of responsibility so she thought it would be perfect if she could also take care of Maki at school. She decided this knowing her only daughter was quite lonely all the time, hoping she could this way have a friend, or at least, someone to rely on that could be by her side even if they don't have a good relationship. The girl was called Yazawa Niko, all what the red haired girl knew by now was that she was smaller than her and looked younger, having most of the time her hair tied in two ponytails with red ribbons on each side that matched her red eyes. She didn't cared by the time knowing she would be going to her home that afternoon, so she just focused on her studies.

That day, Maki decided to play the piano as usual, not knowing that actually someone was standing in front of her door afraid to interrupt by knocking the door. The person leaned her body against the door, pressing her ear on it, that way she could be able to listen a little bit more of those amazing sounds coming from the piano. The song though seemed to be quite sad, as if the one hitting the keys was feeling lonely and melancholic. But she recognized that the pianist had such a great talent, just by hearing it she could imagine how the fingers of the person danced on the keyboard, making Niko feel mesmerized by the music. Not so long after that, the music stopped, so she was about to knock the door this time for sure, but suddenly the door was opened.

ㅡ Excuse me, what are you doing there? I guess you're the new maid, such a weird habit of you to eavesdrop, I hope you don't do that again or you'll be fired sooner than you think.

A girl scolded her with a strong voice which sounded calm and charming, yet her words weren't nice. But Niko was peering inside the house with amaze, not even paying attention to her. Which made the younger get mad.

ㅡAre you even listening to me!?

She almost yelled, finally gaining the older girl's attention, she blushed immediately and bowed at the same time, feeling sorry for having such bad habits.

ㅡSorry miss! I'm Yazawa Niko, nice to meet you!

The fellow replied awkwardly, making the redhead sigh, but finally moving aside to let her in. As soon as she entered the maids took her to a room to change her clothes to her new maid uniform, and after that they explained her all her tasks, not even having an opportunity to meet Nishikino's daughter. But soon after it finished they left her alone. Although one of the rules of the house was never interrupt Maki or either knock at her bedroom's door, Niko was impatient for some reason, since they were supposed to be friends also, she was curious about it. But it was too awkward since the younger was way too cold, she even wondered how such a kid could be so heartless, but it was just a first impression that she decided to ignore. She wanted to make the redhead become close with her. So, letting out a heavy sigh she finally took the risk of knocking the door. Soon after that, Maki opened the door and was now standing in front of her with arms crossed, serious face as always, wondering how the new girl even dared to knock at it.

ㅡYou must have a great reason to dare knocking my door, you know? It's not allowed to maids to do it unless they have something urgent to say. So, say it, or else you'll have problems.

Feeling shy as ever, Niko bowed down again, she didn't even knew why she was bowing to a younger girl, who wasn't even nice to her. She knew she wasn't nice but she didn't thought it would be this tough.

ㅡI-I'm so-sorry! I just.. Wa-wanted to know more about o-ojou-sama!

She said while muttering, making the redhead wonder why she wanted that, no one ever dared to try to know more about her. She was the first one since long in giving it a try. She sighed not having a reason to shout at her, because it actually touched her heart, so she let the red eyed in.

Niko peered around the room, it was so spacious and comfortable that she felt welcomed on it, although Maki didn't seemed to be so glad to have her there. As they started chatting and knowing more about each other, the older seemed to had found a side of the redhead that no one knew. She was somewhat nice in her own way, but she didn't dared to call her by her name, ojou-sama was the best option for now. She didn't even stared straight to her face, afraid that Maki may change her attitude again. Unlike her, the pianist was lost in the other's eyes, the deep red color was catchy, she never saw before eyes as beautiful as hers. She didn't knew why but she felt kind of comfortable with her.

ㅡSo.. How long have you been willing to be an idol? You sure have a nice voice, may I hear you sing something for me?

The younger kindly asked, which made Niko's cheeks turn sightly red, showing an awkward smile, which the pianist returned with a warm one, one of those she didn't showed to anyone. By that time, the maid felt so happy of getting the chance to see that smile that she began singing, staring into those purple eyes deeply. It was a soft love song, her voice was a little too pitched, but it was nice to hear that Nishikino couldn't hold herself from keeping her smile.

ㅡSo.. What do you think? Am I great?

She softly asked, the younger just nodded proudly. By that time, it seemed like a dream for both of them being friends, little did the maid knew that the pianist was spoiled. Soon after Maki's mother arrived, all the maids gathered to greet her at the entrance, and the redhead followed behind, also only giving her mother a bow.

ㅡYasawa-san, how have Maki treat you? Did she scolded you too much?

The woman asked her, before she could answer, her daughter interrupted.

ㅡI don't think it's proper to ask that to the maids, whatever is their answer they just have to work. This girl is quite disrespectful, if she doesn't change her behavior she'll have tons of troubles doing her job.

She coldly said, her mother sighed, deducing that again she failed in her attempt to help her daughter. She just left the room leaving them alone, not willing to discuss with her. But in response to her words, Niko felt quite mad at her, why she changed her attitude out of nothing and give her mother a bad impression of her? She wanted to scold that spoiled junior right there, but that might make her lose her job. She sighed and stared to the floor, not knowing what to do in such situation.

ㅡI-I'm sorry Ojou-sama, I'll do my best to not disappoint you anymore.. I don't want to be a nuisance to you.

ㅡWhat are you doing standing there like a rock? Do you think I need your shadow or anything? Go do any of your tasks right away.

Almost immediately the later replied with distant words that left the black haired girl stunned for brief seconds before knowing how to react to it. She gathered herself some calm by remembering it was her job to deal with the spoiled girl and the fact that she was going to earn twice the amount of money the rest could get due to being in charge of Maki at school. She sighed finally while almost pushing herself towards the kitchen to help out with the dinner. The redhead just returned to her room and threw herself onto the bed. 'seems that this will be hard to handle..' she thought, as she was staring into the ceiling. Niko caught her attention from the first moment she entered through the entrance door, but she couldn't just act properly out of nothing? And it was awkward to do it anyways, absolutely not the pianist's style. She didn't even understood why she was caring so much about it.

By the other side, Niko's mother was quite worried, since her daughter was way too young to be working, she gave her the permission to do it because she couldn't say no to her daughter's dream of becoming an idol. She has worked so much all this time, if she wanted to afford herself a good academy that could taught her how to sing, she would just give all her support to one of her beloved children. Niko knew this so she was going to do her best to not disappoint her mother as well as to persue her dreams. She was quite stubborn but at least she was doing all the sacrifice and work herself to reach it. She felt proud of herself, just having a bad time with the owner's daughter wasn't a big deal. Or she thought so.

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PD: yeah, I didn't wanted it to be the very rich girl and the poor, so I put it as her parents don't own the hospital but are doctors and Niko is just getting money herself for her dream, not that she's poor.