Author's note: And I'm back with the fourth chapter. My apologies for being out for quite a while. Things were aren't as rosy the past few days. I promise I will make up on the next chapters. For now, here's chapter four of A Dream Come True: Quatre. Thanks and don't forget to leave a review.
Quatre
"Please excuse me."
"Oh, no. You're not intruding at all. Please have a seat." A dark-haired girl offers a seat to her visitor.
"Thank you so much, Etoile-sama." A blonde girl with eyeglasses bows her head and sits on the small couch.
"Oh, please." The noir-haired girl chuckles. "We're all friends. You don't need to be so formal."
"We should be the one paying respect to you," A pink-haired girl comes into view. "Natsume-kaichou."
The blonde girl smiles and looks up to the Etoile pair. "Yaya-sama, Tsubomi-sama, you're really so down to earth. No wonder all students look up to the two of you."
"We are still students like you. After all, the two of us should be thankful for all of your efforts." Yaya says graciously.
"So many changes over a little span of time." Tsubomi marvels. "And you made all those possible, Remon-san."
"N-not really. The other student councils also helped a lot." Remon's tone is modest. "However, I must admit that I really owe my leadership skills to Chikaru-sama."
"Indeed. Chikaru-san was right about choosing you as a possible successor." The dark-haired Spican hands over a cup of tea to the Lulim president.
"It just took you a while, though." Tsubomi says before taking a sip from her teacup.
Remon lets out a smile. "I wish all of our friends could have seen those great changes."
"Too bad, they have all graduated." The rose-haired girl sighs.
"The last of our friends to graduate were Nagisa-san and Tamao-san." Yaya recalls the events of last year, when Nagisa and Tamao graduated from Miator. "Tamao-san really did a great job as Student Council President for Miator that she even got re-elected on her 6th year."
"Yeah." Tsubomi nods. "Miyuki-san was right about mentoring her from the beginning. And I'm glad to say that their relationship has gone really strong."
"Same with Nagisa-san and Shizuma-sama." Remon suddenly remembers. "I even saw the two of them downtown.
"Really?" Tsubomi smiles at the thought.
"What about Hikari-sama?" Remon asks.
"Hikari is still the same, the humble girl we've come to know." Came Yaya's reply. "She's living a normal student's life after being an Etoile."
"You and Hikari-sama will graduate next year, Yaya-sama. I bet Tsubomi-san will be lonely." Remon blinks an eye at the rose-haired girl.
"Don't worry." Yaya holds on to the pink-haired girl's hand. "I will still visit her here." Tsubomi blushes as she hears this from her Etoile partner.
"So how's Kizuna-san?" It was Tsubomi's turn to ask.
The blonde girl's happy face instantly turns to a sad one as she heard the name. Yaya approaches the Lulim president and taps her shoulder.
"You two still haven't made up?"
The blonde president keeps her head bowed down.
"I see."
Tsubomi puts down her cup and goes to Remon's side. "I'm sure Kizuna-san is not that cold-hearted. You probably need to have some time away. You know, away from council duties and all that."
"Yeah. You could probably do that and talk things out with her." Yaya agrees to her partner's suggestion. "Relationships will have tough moments, Remon-chan. Believe me."
"Even ours is no exception." Tsubomi adds.
"But at least the two of you are able to make up one way or the other." Remon sighs. "Unlike us… I mean, I've hurt Kizuna so bad."
"It's not yet too late to talk things out with her." Yaya tries to comfort Remon by draping an arm on her shoulder.
"Still, the best way is for you two to take an entire day off from council duties." The pink-haired Etoile suggests. "Once you get that done, you make your move."
"Thank you, Etoile-sama."
"Say, Yaya-chan. What about the event that's currently being planned?" Tsubomi suddenly remembers. "I hope we get to push that through."
"Of course, we will." Yaya lets out a smirk. "That's the reason why Natsume-kaichou is here."
"The other two presidents will come soon. Once they arrive, we can start." The pink-haired Etoile sits on her usual spot.
"Okay." Yaya and Remon say in unison.
"I'm home." Shion calls out as she enters the room. She looks on and sees her brown-haired roommate asleep on the study desk.
She's such a sleepy head. Shion laughs inwardly as she puts the bento boxes down.
"Hey, dinner's here." The blonde girl whispers. Junko shifts a bit and slowly awakens at the smell of the food.
"Welcome back." The brown-haired girl yawns and sits up. "You've got bento."
"Sorry for coming home late. I was called by the coach."
"It's okay." Junko smiles and grabs the chopsticks. "How did it go?"
"Everything went well." Shion responds. "I can further focus on interviewing that student tomorrow."
"Oh, speaking of that," Junko suddenly remembers. "Are you sure you don't want me to come along? I mean, you know…just in case."
"No, that's okay." Shion pokes Junko's forehead. "Everything will be fine. Masami-kun talked to her already…and nothing bad happened to her."
"Well, it's a different story if it's you."
"Eh?"
"Remember a few months ago when you had a stalker?" Junko reminds the blonde girl. "Fangirls nowadays are really aggressive, Shion-kun. You have to be careful."
"Thank you." Shion wraps her arms around the brown-haired girl's shoulders. "You always look out for me."
"You're the same with me, Shion-kun." Junko bows her head, trying to hide her blushing cheeks. "It's a given."
"You're blushing, Junko-san." Shion chuckles at the sight of her roommate blushing. The brown-haired girl frowns in return.
"N-no, I'm not!"
Shion lets out a soft giggle. "Oh, yes you are."
"Thank you so much, Chikaru-san." A student bows down and thanks the dark-haired girl in a grateful tone.
"Oh, my. I hardly did anything." Chikaru's tone is modest. "Your confidence made it all possible. I know you can nail this act."
A group of students bow down and thanks their senior. "Thank you very much, Chikaru-sama!"
Not too far away, Aika watches the group of students leave. Chikaru starts to gather the sheets used that day.
"Let me help you, Chikaru-san." The gold-haired student offers a hand.
"Thank you, Taniguchi-san." The black-haired girl smiles and they continue compiling the pages of script used for that day's practice.
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"The real deal is about to start soon!"
"What real deal are you talking about, Chikaru-san?"
"Just sit back and watch, Taniguchi-san."
"Uh…"
"Next time on Strawberry Panic!: "A Dream Come True Chapter Five." "
"Is that what I'm supposed to do, Chikaru-san?"
"Yes, sit back and watch for now."