Today was a good day.

Nico happily walked down the halls, a slight skip in her step. For some reason, she had the best sleep of her night last night, and accepted it as a blessing from the gods themselves. Now she felt like today was going to be the best day of her life.

She did get a few stares from curious eyes every here and there, but she didn't mind. They just hadn't experienced what she's experiencing. And when they do, they'll understand.

Well, that's what Nico rationalized it to be as she swiftly entered her classroom with glee. Her eyes scanned the classroom until she quickly found her targets, Nozomi and Eli, talking to each other.

"Good morning!" Nico said happily, cutting into and ending whatever conversation Nozomi and Eli were having.

"Ah, good morning Nico, you seem cheery." Eli replied to the sudden intrusion, a warm smile on her face as Nozomi chimed along.

"Yes Nicocchi, I'll have to agree. What's got you so happy?" Nozomi added, to which Nico just shrugged.

"I don't know, can't a girl just be happy?" Nico asked. Eli just shook her head.

"Whatever." The three then settled off into a casual chat for a few minutes before class started.

Practice came by pretty soon and before Nico knew it she was already practicing the steps to some new routine. Everything was going well, especially since that she was already feeling amazing, but something was… off.

About a certain someone,

Maki seemed very distracted. She was always a couple beats behind, more missed a few steps, and sometimes ended up crashing into people.

"Maki," Umi called out, causing everyone to stop practicing. "What's got you so out of it?" She asked questioningly, clearly a little annoyed that the practice was disrupted.

Nico watched as Maki's face colored a dark shade of red, anxiously twiddling her thumbs in embarrassment of being caught, Nico assumed.

"S-sorry, just a little distracted. It won't happen again." Maki admitted automatically, sounding a little rehearsed.

Umi nodded, still a little unsure, but Nico could tell she just wanted to get back to practice already.

"T-that practice was a little tough, don't you think?" Nico heard Hanayo ask her best friend, Rin.

"Yeah, Umi was a little harder on us than usual nya." Rin agreed, wiping beads of sweat off her forehead. Yeah I agree, Nico thought to herself as she rid herself as of her own sweat, following Rin's example.

But she couldn't seem to keep her gaze off of Maki. The girl had snapped back into it after Umi given Maki a quick talking to it, but she seemed to be falling back out of motion as she packed up her belongings.

Intrigued, Nico approached the girl, a smirk on her face.

"What's gotten you so frazzled, Maki? Are you distracted by my amazing charm? It does tend to captivate all those near me!" Nico then struck a dramatic pose to emphasize her point.

She stayed in her pose for a few moments, waiting for some snarky remark or just an annoyed voice, but she didn't hear anything. Maki had just ignored her.

"Eh…? I guess you just didn't hear me, so I'll repeat what I said." Nico decided. "What's gotten you so frazzled, Maki? Are you distracted by my amazing charm? It does tend to captivate all those near me!"

Dramatic pose.

No response.

What the hell?

Before Nico knew it, Maki was already leaving the roof.

"Maki, what's with you?" Nico yelled after the girl, grabbing her wrist too stop her from moving.

"Eeeh?" Maki seemed startled, and stopped dead in her tracks. She turned to face Nico, who was feeling pretty pissed off.

"What's up with you ignoring me?" Nico asked, tapping her foot on the roof floor impatiently. It seemed like everybody had left, except for Rin and Hanayo who were watching the scene.

"Huh? I didn't ignore you!" Maki replied in annoyance, trying to break free from Nico's iron grip. But it wasn't iron for nothing.

"Uh, yeah you did. I would know I was the one being ignored!" Nico said, raising her voice slightly. "What's got you so distracted anyways? Is it like a crush or something?" Nico hadn't meant the last part seriously, but it had seemed to spark something.

Maki's face went red instantly, sort of like earlier when Umi had called her out, but this time it was even a darker shade. This caught Nico off guard, and Maki used the opportunity to swipe her hand out of Nico's grip.

"Just shut up Nico!" She yelled, stomping away from the scene, muttering things under her breath as she went. Nico just stood there with a dazed expression, eyebrow twitching everyone once in a while.

"What…" Was all Nico could say as Maki soon vanished from her vison.

Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"It's alright Nico; Maki's been like this all day nya." Rin explained, an understanding written all over her face. "I barely could talk to her without her face going red." Nico felt a little bit better that people were sharing in her confusions.

"Yeah, what's up with her anyways?" Nico asked curiously, remembering how fast and how extreme Maki's anger was.

"Were a-assuming that she had a crush on somebody, and what just happened clarifies that." Hanayo said thoughtfully.

The thought that Maki had a crush on somebody actually made Nico feel a little… weird. She couldn't really describe the feeling, it just felt off-putting, and it actually made here a feel angry. But why should Nico care about who Maki has a crush on?

Nico turned to the pair, an intrigued look on her face. "Who do you think it is?" Rin merely shrugged in response, but Hanayo seemed to be deep in thought.

Rin and Nico exchanged looks as Hanayo was still thinking, but suddenly they could hear a clap coming from Hanayo's direction.

"Eureka." She said loudly, grabbing Nico and Rin's attention. When she realized how loud she was, she blushed in embarrassment. "Oh ho-ho-ho, s-sorry about t-that." She giggled awkwardly.

"Whatever, what did you figure out?" Nico asked, startling poor Hanayo.

"Yeah nya, what is it?" Rin continued.

"U-um… Well. Rin, as you know that this morning a new student transferred into our class." Rin nodded, Nico saw that she was remembering the moment.

"Wait, a student transferred here now of all times? I thought we weren't even accepting students for next year…" Nico commented puzzled, in which Hanayo just shrugged in return.

"Well, she had approached M-Maki as the beginning of c-class, and you know Maki, she had been a little cold to the girl. But the girl c-continued talking to her, and they even ended up s-striking up a conversation." Hanayo explained, and Nico could tell Rin was remembering as she made sounds of "Oh," and "Aw," and "Oh yeah I remember that," repeatedly. "So we talked to Maki at lunch time, and asked about the girl, and she just blushed a-and avoided the subject." Hanayo finally finished, and Nico was feeling even more put off than before.

"Seemed a little suspicious nya!" added Rin, who nodded her head triumphantly as if she had made a new discovery.

"So, what are you saying exactly?" Nico asked dumbly. She knew exactly what was going on; she just didn't seem to want to come to terms with it.

"I think that Maki has a crush on the new girl."

Nico's happy day was ruined at this very moment.

AN: Poor freaking Nico. Hate the new girl already and I haven't even finalized her character yet :/

Don't worry, it's not going to be one of those cliches where the girl is super perfect on the outside but actually rotten on the inside. No, it's gonna be even more clicher, if that's a word.

I just know I personally am gonna hate the shit out of her. It's kind of like when authors insert those super fucking over powered characters into stories who everybody loves. I usually hate those stories, but there was one story I read that was so fucking bad that it was amazing.

Anyways, I really hope you liked the chapter. Don't worry, they will be a lot longer then this chapter, this was more of an introduction. I won't be using any curses in the story so this is open to all, well besides hell and maybe damn sometimes. I'll probably change the rating later. I dunno!

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