On Times You Need To Rest

Toujou Nozomi x Ayase Eri – Love Live!

A/N: I've had this in mind since Wednesday. It's really short so… let's post it elsewhere~ BUT IT GOT LONGER.


Toujou Nozomi waved at the younger students who greeted her with a good afternoon as she passed by them in the hallway. Heading towards the Idol Research Club room with a bright smile, she knocked on the door to enter and heard a familiar voice telling her it was okay to come in.

Ayase Eri was sitting on the left side of the long table with a pen in hand. "Ah, Ericchi. Where's everyone else?" Nozomi asked with a smile but the blonde female was almost neck-deep in student council papers and some paperwork for college.

"They went to dance practice for a while. I'll be heading out there as soon as I finish here, why don't you head on over as well?" Eri replied without even looking at the violet haired female.

"Is that so?" Nozomi answered with a grin. She walked towards the right side of the table, completely adjacent to Eri, and kneeled on the ground, folding both her arms on top of the table and resting her head on them as she looked at blue eyes questioningly gazing at her.

"What is it?" Eri asked, tilting her head to one side.

"It's nothing~" Nozomi answered and stood up from the ground. She dusted her knees and walked towards the window. She looked outside and gazed at the sky. It was blue and the sun was warm. She turned around and looked at her blonde companion and walked towards Eri's left side.

Without attracting any attention, she looked over at the papers and slowly read them. "Those papers aren't needed for a month."

Swiftly, Nozomi removed the hair band from Eri's hair as golden hair softly fell onto shoulders.

Eri turned to look at her, "Nozomi, what is it—" But she was suddenly engulfed in a warm hug. Her forehead rested on soft chest and her cheeks fell onto a firm stomach. "Nozomi?"

"How many times do I have to tell you… to not push yourself?" Nozomi spoke in a warm tone. Her left arm rested on Eri's nape while her other hand continuously caressed the back of her head in relaxing strokes. "Those papers are stuff that Honoka-chan, Umi-chan, and Kotori-chan can do."

"I—I just wanted to help them…"

"I know that you only meant to help. But if it costs something from you, like sleep or stress, do you think that they'll be happy?"

"Well… no, but…"

"Why don't you rest for a while? Let's think about this in a while, okay?" Nozomi said after lifting up Eri's chin to look at her.

Eri immediately blushed at the intimacy but nodded and wrapped her arms around Nozomi's waist, pressing herself more to the warm comfort and closing her eyes in relaxation.

A few minutes after, the door immediately opened. "Eri-cha—" Honoka opened her mouth but was immediately covered by a quick reflex from Umi.

Nozomi removed one hand from Eri's head and put it in front of her mouth for a silent 'Shhh' as she winked at them.

Honoka smiled at her and nodded while mouthing that they'd continue doing rehearsals for now. Nozomi nodded and shooed them away from the club room.

"A lot of people care for you now. You really are hopeless, aren't you?" Nozomi thought as she continued to caress Eri's hair, which she knew was a great relaxation technique for the blonde female. "But that's one of the many things I love about you."

She looked out the window and watched the sky and its slowly setting sun. "But I love everything about you, so don't worry about it. Okay?"

(On Times You Need To Rest/END)