My Secret Lover
Chapter 1
The Question
Note: So here's another new Love Live story for you guys. I apologize if it has seemed quite a long time since my last one, but I've been very busy. Putting that aside, this ship, for some reason, is probably my second favorite. I haven't experimented with this ever so this will definitely be interesting. I hope you all enjoy it.
Muse has been on the rise. Ever since their first reveal, audiences everywhere have been loving them. Despite their fallout before their first Love Live performance, people still want to see them and they are constantly working to please their fans.
However, something interesting has been developing during the course of their success. Their fans have been putting them into couples, completely unknown to the members of Muse. This has caused such an uproar for them that even the slightest thing could cause their fans to go crazy. They're unsure of what to do or how to handle it, but they do know that in this situation, their fans hold the power over them. For the couples that their fans have assigned, things aren't completely good and sound for them.
The crowds are always dying to see Maki and Nico together. Everyone is saying that they are the canon couple. Apparently, information got out that they're a thing. Now, everywhere they go, the crowds demand to see something from them. The members of Muse were even surprised because they didn't even know the two of them were a thing. They haven't come out yet, but Maki and Nico are definitely a thing.
The couple that everyone relies on Kotori and Umi. They all saw that these two girls are fit for each other and they look the best on stage. This is where things get interesting. Kotori and Umi aren't a thing. They're close friends, but they could never be a couple, even to simply satisfy their crowd's desires. On the other hand, Umi has her heart set on someone else, but with all of this madness going on, she doesn't know if she could be honest with her heart.
The cutest couple is Eli and Nozomi. No matter if it's on stage or out in public, these two girls are always seen as lovers to their fans. Similarly, Eli and Nozomi aren't an actual couple. However, what's more interesting is how they think of each other. Eli sees Nozomi as her older sister. She cares for her, but she could never think of her as her girlfriend. Nozomi, on the other hand, has some feelings for Eli. Since she's known her for so long, she feels that she knows her the most and can understand her the best. Unfortunately, the crowd thinks otherwise.
Sadly, Rin and Hanayo don't get a lot of attention. The crowds definitely love them and has given them the title of most likely to stay together forever, but they simply can't compete with the other couples. On the same page, they don't even put Honoka into this mess of things. They believe that she is the ultimate leader who doesn't need someone else which makes her kind of an afterthought.
The problem with this is that their personal lives have started to become complicated. For Kotori, Umi, Eli, and Nozomi, they have to play the part because if they don't, their popularity will fall. Even the fans at school put the girls into couples and they occasionally overhear arguments over who is better with who. Due to this behavior in their fans, it also affects how they are placed when they performed. When they are in the best positions, the crowds go ballistic, but when one or two girls are in weird places, everything turns to chaos.
For the other five girls, it's not a big problem. They're able to be more relaxed about the whole situation. Aside from Honoka, their actually kind of happy that their fans approve of them being a couple.
Now, Eli and Umi are planning out their next performance. They decided to meet a café to discuss what they should do. Unfortunately, people know who they are and giving them dirty looks as they discuss their plans.
"Ugh, do we have to talk here?"
"Why? Is there a problem?"
"No, it's just that people are giving us mean looks and I don't like."
"Come on Eli, don't worry about it so much. Anyway, what should we do for our next show?"
"What do you mean? Like, adhere to our fan's wishes?" Umi looked up at Eli.
"Okay, I know that that's a big thing with our group now, but we can't always go with what they want. We have to go with what is comfortable sometimes."
"But doesn't it frighten you about what might happen?" All of a sudden, Umi grabbed Eli's hand. Eli's face turned red and everyone else in the café started to chat amongst themselves. "Umi-chan, we can't do that here."
"Whatever. Let them think what they want. We're only doing this to save our school, right?" Eli nodded her head. "So there's no concern. It's not like we're going to be professionals or anything."
"I know, it's just…" Before she could finish her statement, a couple of little girls walked up to them with notepads and pens and smiles on their faces.
"Um, excuse us, but can we get your autographs?" Eli and Umi smiled back at them.
"Of course." They took the notepad and pen from them and started to sign when the little girls made some interesting requests.
"Can you write that it's from Kotori and Umi with a heart?"
"And can you write Eli x Nozomi on mine?" They suddenly stopped writing. It took them a second to realize that this shipping crisis was affecting everyone, even their younger fans. However, they didn't want to disappoint these little girls so they completed their requests and handed them back their belongings.
"There you go." The girls grabbed their things and stood there with big eyes.
"Um, where's Nozomi?" Eli's eyes shot wide open.
"And what about Kotori? Where's she?" Umi was pushed into a corner. They couldn't believe that these little girls were asking such intense questions about a topic that they were pretty sure that they didn't really understand. Eli and Umi looked at each other with much concern before coming up with the best answers that they could.
"Uh, haha, well, Kotori is feeling a little sick today so I told her to stay home and rest."
"Yeah, and Nozomi is working right now so I don't want to bother her." The little girls gave them pouty looks before walking off with their signed notepads. When they finally disappeared from sight, Eli and Umi crashed onto the table. "What the heck have we gotten ourselves into?"
"I don't know, but this absolutely sucks."
"Kharasho." Umi looked at Eli who was still sprawled out on the table. She couldn't help but stare at her beautiful blond hair. When her eyes did open, those big blue eyes were so stunning that she couldn't control herself. However, when Eli sat back up, Umi immediately snapped out of her trance and looked away.
"Hey Eli-chan, um, do you still want to discuss our plans?"
"No thank you. I'm feeling a little drained out from what just happened."
"Yeah, me too. I guess we should go home." They stood up, grabbed their things, and walked home. However, they live on complete opposites of town and the two of them were making their way to Eli's house.
"Um, Umi-chan, don't you live on the other side of town?"
"Yeah, but I just felt like walking you home." Umi smiled at Eli which caused her to smile back. On the way to Eli's house, the two of them were pretty quiet. They were still thinking about what happened at the café and how those little girls asked for something so specific. For some reason, they couldn't get it out of their heads. Eli knew that she couldn't be with Nozomi and Umi knew that Kotori didn't like her like that. However, they didn't know these things about each other. They just assumed that they were playing along with whatever the crowd was asking for. When they finally arrived at Eli's house, they stopped in front of her gate said their last goodbyes for the day. "Sorry about staying at that café. If I was smart, we could have left and not had to worry about that thing."
"No, it's alright. It's no big deal. It's just fans being fans."
"Yeah, you're right."
"Well, I'll see you at school then." She turned around to walk through the gate when she was suddenly grabbed. She turned back around to see Umi's hand holding hers. Her head was down and she was completely silent. "Umi-chan, what's wrong?"
"Eli-chan, I know this may seem completely cout of the blue, but do you love me?"
"Huh?"
"Do you love me?" Eli looked straight at Umi and saw that she was being serious.
"Umi-chan, I…"
End of Chapter 1
Ending Note: I know it's not much, but it's definitely a start. I hope this grabbed your attention somewhat because I already have this story planned out. I just need to finish writing it. Anyway, the updates for this story should be up soon so be sure to check out my profile for more information.