A/N: I obviously don't own Love Live, because if I did, then all the gay ships would have been canon by a long time ago lmao. Favorites, follows and especially reviews and criticism (no matter how harsh) are much appreciated! Anyway, let's get on with this chapter already.


1 week. It's been 1 week since our welcoming ceremony, that also means it's been 1 week since I joined the student council. Nothing's changed much; Honoka was still as energetic as ever, Umi was still Honoka's guidance counsellor, Kotori was still the mother figure for the both of them, Nozomi was still the mysterious upperclassman that she is, and Eli was still her usual stubborn self.

And me? Oh, I guess I'm still me.

"Arishima-san…"

…I think.

"Arishima-san." The stern voice repeated. I looked up from my paperwork to face the blonde beside me, who was also working on something on her laptop.

Cocking my head, I raised an eyebrow and asked, "Can I help you with anything, Ayase-senpai?"

She stared at me for a while before replying. "It's nothing. You've been spacing out a lot lately, that's all."

"Ah, sorry, Ayase-senpai." I went back to sorting out random documents.

"Good morning, my two favourite blondies!" An energetic voice rang out from the door. Eli and I looked up to see who it was.

"Nozomi." Eli greeted her, and I followed.

As Nozomi took a seat next to me, she ruffled my hair, "Ayyye, so how are my two favourite blondies doing?" In a span of a week, Nozomi and I have grown quite close. Whenever I come here to work for the student council, she's the one I frequently converse with, since Eli always looks like she's busy with something.

"Working." Eli answered her as she scrunched her eyebrows in frustration.

"Oh, oh,oh? Looks like you're working on something difficult, Elicchi!"

A sigh escaped Eli's lips. "I can't seem to get this thing working…" she rotated her laptop, showing us its screen. Two programs were opened: a web browser and a notepad.

"Homework?" I asked her, to which she nodded.

"Coding, to be specific. It's confusing me."

Nozomi sighed as well. "I'm having a difficult time with that thing too!"

I took my time and scanned over her notepad. There were indeed a lot of mistakes. "Um," I started as I cleared my throat. "I can assist you."

Eli looked at me with a surprised expression. Why does everyone look at me like that? "You know this stuff?"

"HTML and CSS, right? It's the basics of programming. I spend a lot of time with computers, I think. So I kind of taught myself how to use them… I think." She pushed her laptop to me and I began correcting what needed to be corrected. "You see, every end tag needs to have a slash or else the computer will mistake it as a new tag and will render the first tag as void…" As I continued to blabber and type, the two people beside me stared at the screen in awe. "…and that's done."

I saved the notepad and opened it up in a web browser. Eli was making a webpage about… "Chocolate?" I mumbled as the web browser displayed various pictures of chocolate.

Eli's face flushed red as she took the laptop away from me. "D-Don't judge me for that!"

Nozomi giggled as I replied. "I'm not, although I like vanilla more than chocolate."

"Elicchi's favourite food is chocolate, you see." Said Nozomi as she grabbed my hand. "But, I'm amazed, Arishima-chan! How can your hands type that fast?"

"Not as fast as your card shuffling skills, though."

She smirked and magically got her cards from… thin air? She then proceeded to shuffle them at an inhuman speed and grab one card between her pointer and middle finger. She took a quick look at it and smiled at me.

"What did the card say?" I asked her.

"It's nothing."

"That just makes me more curious about it, you know?"

She giggled as she returned the card to her deck. "Curiosity killed the cat."

I shrugged. "But satisfaction brought it back."


"Uwaah! That's amazing, Akane-chan! 1 week of working in the student council! I could never imagine myself doing that kind of work!"

I was once again in between Umi, Honoka and Kotori, eating lunch. "That's because you always laze around, Honoka."

"Ehhh? But, Umi-chan! You don't have to be that mean, right, Kotori?"

"Who knows…"

As the three of them dealt with their tropes, I continued eating my lunch. During the 1 week that passed by, the four of us have become quite close, too, I think. Maybe I've made friends, or maybe they feel like they have to interact with me, I don't know.

"How are your clubs?" I asked.

"Ohhhh!" Honoka cheered. "The Cooking Club is cool! They've got all sorts of equipment and I managed to learn a few new recipes!"

"The Archery Club's activities calm me down spiritually and I feel it is something I will enjoy immensely."

"The Sewing Club is fun! We were cross stitching and I made cross stitches of us!" Kotori rummaged through her bag and brought out four cross stitches, each cross stitch had one of our faces in chibi form as designs.

"Ahhh!" Honoka cheered again. "That's cute! Ah, also! Akane-chan is smiling here!" she grabbed one of the cross stitches, specifically the one that had my chibi smiling face stitched on, and showed it to me. "You look cute when you smile, Akane-chan!"

"…I see."

Honoka facepalmed. "I was trying to make you smile, Akane-chan! I really want to see you smile for once!"

"Well, I guess you have to try harder?"

She immediately looked defeated as Umi and Kotori laughed at the both of us.

"Akane-chan, you meanie!" Honoka pulled me into a hug as she fake cried. What am I supposed to do now? This is the first time I've been in this kind of situation, I think.

I pat her head. She suddenly stopped moving. "Hey, you okay?" I asked her. She nodded quickly, her arms still around me. "Sorry, I just thought your hair looked really soft."

She stiffened some more, but let go of me shortly. "S-Sorry about that." She mumbled, her cheeks tinted a light pink.

I shook my head. "It's okay."

"Arishima-chan!" I looked up to see Nozomi walking towards us.

"Tojo-senpai." I greeted her.

"Isn't that the vice president?" Honoka whispered to me, to which I nodded and hummed.

"What are you doing here, Toko-senpai?"

"Ah, I just wanted to check on my favourite underclassman! Which is you!"

"Uh-huh…"

"Ehhh? Aren't you happy, Arishima-chan?"

"I am."

"It would be great if you actually showed it, though…"

I just shrugged as a response to Nozomi's remark. "Is that really all? No student council work?"

Nozomi giggled. "Elicchi wants to see you after school."

"Is that all?" she nodded. "I understand, I'll see her later."

With a mischievous smirk and giggle, she began walking away.

"Ah… student council stuff sounds hard…" I heard the three of them murmur next to me.


The hallways were almost empty, save for the few students who decided to linger around for a bit. I guess it's to be expected since classes are over.

"Bye bye, Akane-chan!"

"See you tomorrow!"

"Have a nice day, Akane-san."

As I stood out the doorway, facing the hallway, my three classmates bid me goodbye. "See ya." I replied.

I slid the door close and started walking to the, now, very familiar student council office.

What could Eli want from me, I wonder. She's never called me for anything specific, we just hand out whenever there's work to do. As I stood just outside the doorway, I heard a yell of disbelief.

"Amnesia!?" it said. "I see… that actually explains a lot… thank you for your time."

Ah, she found out. As she ran a hand through her silky blonde hair, she glanced at the doorway and spotted me.

"Nozomi said you wanted to talk to me?"

She raised an eyebrow. "No, I don't remember telling Nozomi to fetch you."

I hummed. "I see." I turned around on my heel, making me face the empty hallway. "I'll excuse myself now." As I took a step towards the outside, I felt something warm grab my hand. Feeling startled by the sudden contact, I turned my head to look behind me.

Eli held my hand, her face lowered. "Wait…!" she silently yelled. "Wait…"

"…hm?" her entire body froze as I hummed. What's wrong with her? "Hey, are you alright?" She nodded slowly and mumbled a small yeah as a response. I stared blankly at her for a while, taking in the situation we were in. Well, looks like Nozomi was right, this blonde really is stubborn in actuality. "Looks like you've got something to tell me."

Eli slowly raised her head to look at me and nodded. She was an inch or two taller than me, so I needed to raise my head while talking. "Is it true…?"

"What is?"

"That you… have… amnesia?" she took deep breaths in between words. I frowned, unsure of what to say. I mean, if the student council president had no idea of my current state, then it's something no one in the student body knows about. Is it really alright for me to openly disclose such information?

"…yes." Oh, well, not like it's going to affect her greatly.

"That's… all you're going to say?"

"What else is there to say?" A look of hurt spread across her face in response. Her grip on my hand loosened somewhat then she let go. "I'll excuse myself now."

"…sure. We have student council duties tomorrow, okay?"

"Yeah, see you."

I swear I heard a crack in her voice as she bid me goodbye.