Here's the chapter 4.
More Mothers get a name and few OCs, old people and dead person though.
Please enjoy~
Honoka run out from the house with her tears flowed around just like when μ's decided to disbanded after love live final. She just run, trying to run away from home without any destination, yet her legs bring her to the shrine. She dashed through the stairs that almost every day she used for training. Arriving at shrine's gate, she slammed her back toward the gate before slided into sitting down, covering her face with her knee, crying there silently.
Nozomi who happened to have work today, incidentally saw someone wearing Otonokizaka high school uniform hugging her knee in front of gate, she faintly hears sobbing sound came from crying girl before she decided to approach her.
She surprised as she found the one at the gate is Honoka.
"Honoka-chan…" Nozomi called her with worried expression.
Honoka raised her head as she heard worried voice calling her name, calling the name that call her.
"No..Zo..Mi..-chan..?"Honoka called her. "NOZOMI-CHAN!" she cried as she lunged forward toward her senior.
Being lunged suddenly, Nozomi fall backward on her butt, but seeing her junior crying like this, she only give her some pat in her head without asking question.
After few minutes crying on Nozomi's bosom, her cry start to ease off. Feel that this is right time Nozomi asked the question that bothered her.
"What was happened Honoka-chan, for you crying like this?" Nozomi asked.
"…" Honoka only silent. Nozomi sighed weakly
"Honoka-chan, how about we move from here? People will have wrong idea if they see us like this…"
Honoka only nodded her head once and remove herself from Nozomi.
"Then let's go, follow me…" Nozomi said as she grab Honoka's hand and lead her to the rest area for workers.
"Wait for a sec, I'll get you a drink, meanwhile use this to dry your tear." Nozomi handed her handkerchief.
Honoka only nodded and took the handkerchief.
Few minutes later Nozomi returned with a bottle of water for Honoka.
"Here Honoka-chan" Nozomi said as she gave the bottle to Honoka.
"Thank you, Nozomi-chan…"
Honoka opened the bottle cap and drink it.
Seeing Honoka more calmed than before, she repeated her question.
"What was happened Honoka-chan, for you crying like this?" Nozomi asked same question as before.
Honoka still silent.
"Lemme guess then… You found out that you're adopted…"
Honoka's eyes widen as she heard it. She can't believe what she just heard.
"How you know about it Nozomi-chan…?"
"Last year, I incidentally read it while sorting new students's Koseki copies with Elicchi."
"Does Eli-chan know about this too?"
"I don't think so, because she worked the other class."
Honoka sigh in relieve.
"You incidentally found your koseki the day before yesterday right?"
"Nozomi-chan, are you an esper?"
"Everyone who knows you must be able to deducted that you were troubled by something." Nozomi said as she chuckled.
"No need to be esper to understand you Honoka-chan, since you're very simple person." She continued.
"Nozomi-chan!"
"So why are you crying like that Honoka-chan?"
"When I seriously asked Mom about it, she said she forgot with this face" Honoka said as she mimicking her mother's face when she said it
Nozomi almost burst to laughter when she saw Honoka's face.
"I'm serious Nozomi-chan!"
"sorry Honoka-chan, that face is too funny not to laugh, you're thinking it too much you know, if it was your usual self maybe it will like this…"
"Mooom! I'm serious!" Nozomi try mimicking Honoka with leaning forward slightly and with her both hands clenched in front of her chest, then she laughed.
"Nozomi-chan!"Honoka yelled.
After her laughter died down...
"Now I'm gonna ask a question, why are you angry to your mom like that…?"
"I… don't know…"
"You know, if I never read the copy of your koseki, I will never think even once that you're adopted. You're very similar to your mother."
"…"
"Does your mother ever compare you to Yukiho-chan?"
"…never."
"Does your mother ever angry to you without reason?"
"…never."
"Do you regret that you're adopted to your family right now?"
"NEVER… if I ever regret then it means I also regret the fact my friendship with Kotori-chan, Umi-chan, and everyone in μ's."
"Then, Do you love your family?"
"Yes…"
"You never regret adopted?"
"Yes…"
"Do you love me?"
"Yes…?"
"I'm just Joking, you know..."Nozomi said as her cheek start become redder.
"Yeah, of course I love you Nozomi-chan, you always put us as priorities. ...Like a mother…"
Nozomi blushed even more when she heard that, then she stand up and place herself in front of Honoka and she kissed her on the forehead.
Honoka surprised as her cheek also became redder than before.
"Now this is mother's order, return to your mom and apologize to her" She said as she look directly to Honoka's eyes.
"I understand mother hehe… Thank you Nozomi-chan…"
"You're welcome."
"uhm… Nozomi-chan can I request something?"
"If it's anything within my power..."
"Can you accompany me to return home? I kinda scared return home now…"
"Why?"
"I'm snapped at mom before I run away…"
"I don't mind, but can you wait? My shift almost over since I only covering someone's late."
"Yeah…"
Nozomi left Honoka to do some few works left, and Honoka watching and captivated by Nozomi. Half an hour later, the worker that shift covered by Nozomi finally come. Nozomi went to the locker room and start changing her Priestess clothes with her uniform, shortly after she finished changing her phone ringing. It was from Kotori.
"Hello, Kotori-chan… why are you calling me?"
"Ah, Nozomi-chan you picked up at last…" "Honoka-chan was running away from home!"
"I know…"
"Eh! Why you already know… you're the first one I called."
"Honoka-chan is in the shrine with me right now, I will bring her home soon okay"
"Alright Nozomi-chan, Umi-chan and I will be waiting at her home."
"Ah.. Kotori-chan is there anyone else you told about this?"
"No one, Umi-chan told me to tell you first Nozomi-chan…"
"Don't tell the others okay… so it will not became big problem"
"I understand, be here fast okay…"
"uhm… bye…" Nozomi said before they ended their call.
Nozomi quickly return toward the place where she left Honoka.
"Sorry made you wait for long Honoka-chan."
"No problem Nozomi-chan… It is I that should be sorry to trouble you."
"Let's depart now then, we can't make your family and childhood friends waiting."
"Umi-chan and Kotori-chan too?"
"It seems your mother trying searched you and call those two."
"Urgh… looks like Umi-chan's never ending nagging waiting for me later…"
"It seems you already return to default form, looks like my help not gonna needed after all?"
"ehhh… give me a break Nozomi-chan."
"hihi… just joking" "let's go before their irritation level increase"
"uhm…" "Nozomi-chan can we hold hands?"
"eh?"
"No good…?"
"Alright…" giving her agreement and offer her left hand toward Honoka.
"Thank you…" she said while she grabbing older girl left hand.
They held each other hand before leaving the shrine.
Arriving at Honoka's home, Yukari, Yukiho, Umi and Kotori already waiting in front door, wearing worried expression.
Seeing Honoka arrived with Nozomi, they're feel relieved.
When Honoka seeing them her tears start welling up on the edge of her eyes, she removes her hand from Nozomi and run toward her mom.
"Moooom, I'm sorry for calling you idiot!" Honoka shout as she ran toward her mother.
"Honoka…!" Her mother opens her arms to receive her.
They hug each other for a while, in the meantime Honoka muttered "I'm sorry" repeatedly like broken recorder.
After Honoka calmed and remove herself from her Mother.
"Now time for punishment for calling me Idiot" her mother said that with wide smile yet her eyes not smiling at all.
"ehh… even though already say so-" before she can finish her word, both of her cheek already pinched hard by her mother.
"iwt hwurt, mwom iwt hwurt..! Iwm Sowwy…" Honoka beg with tears start flowing again.
"This is what you get when you have guts to call me idiot!" Her mother grinned more wider than before.
Seeing this event Nozomi and Kotori only giggles, Umi and Yukiho can only sighed and palmed their faces.
After finished punishing Honoka, Yukari turned toward Nozomi, Kotori and Umi.
"Toujou-san, Kotori-chan, and Umi-chan, I'm very sorry that my foolish daughter always troubled you all."
"You don't need to apologize, oba-san, it is daily occurrence that Honoka troubling us." Umi said
"Umi-chan that's mean." Honoka retorted.
"Then everyone let's go inside…"
"Are you sure we not gonna disturbed about this matter, Yukari-obasan?" Nozomi asked.
"I'm sure its fine, how about you Honoka?"
"it's not a problem at all, if anything I also want Kotori-chan and Umi-chan to join since I want to know what they're gonna think after they knew about it."
"Then let's speak in the living room, we talk there, it will be little long…" "Yukiho, can you make tea for the guests, and don't forget some snacks."
"yes… yes…"
On the hallway to the living room, stood a man leaning againts the wall.
"Moment of truth huh…" "I have to make manjuus for tomorrow so I'm leaving it to you."
"Yes… yes… I know that" "you should be careful not to make salty manjuus for tomorrow."
"I won't!"
"Also could you prepare three boxes of 'number 1'."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course… you know Honoka always being Impulsive and hasty." She said before entering the living room with the girls.
"Now everyone take a seat."
While Honoka and the others take seat, Yukari took her graduation album from bookshelf, looking for certain page before she show it to the girls.
In the album shows Yukari and her friend with ginger hair like Honoka took pictures while bringing their trophies.
"This is your real mother, her name is Suihara Nao, Honoka" she said while trying contained her tears.
"So Honoka-chan really adopted…" Kotori shows her disbelieve.
"What do you mean Kotori?" Umi asked.
"Do you remember Umi-chan there is student's koseki archives in council room?" Umi nodded at Kotori.
"When we arranging the applicant's kosekis, curiousity made me read those μ's member's Koseki…" Kotori explained.
"So, Kotori-chan know about it same way as mine." Nozomi surprised that another one knew.
"So Mom, where is my real mother right now?" Honoka asked.
"She's already gone Honoka, few months after gave birth to you her chronic disease became worsened, me and your father just went to her grave this morning."
"We planned to tell you about this after your 17 birthday."
"What about my real father?"
"Sorry to tell you this Honoka, but he was gone on an accident before your mother."
"What kind of person my real parents was mom?"
"Your mother was real energetic person when she do club activities and always sleep around when class started."
"Very Honoka like in school…" Umi said in sarcastic voice.
"ehehe.. it's embarrassing Umi-chan…"
"It's not compliment Honoka!" Umi retorted.
"Even though she always slept on class she always ranked number one." Yukari look proud.
"Lies….!" This time Honoka retorted.
"One time when we were second year, a senpai in the club took us to a mixer and there we met with Takeshi-kun and Filberto-kun, you real father Honoka.
"It was love on first sight for us four…" Yukari blushed. "Though your real father was very popular with girls because he was half England, black haired but have blue sky eyes."
"After that four of us started hanged out together and also often do double date."
"But, things not gone on their favors." Yukari said with heavy tone.
"After midterm of our third year, Nao-chan found out that she got liver cancer…"
"She was very broke like you just now when she learn about it…"
"When Fil-kun learned about it, he never let go of her and proposed her to marry him."
"When he bring the news to his family that he proposed a unknown woman, His father was very angry by it and threaten him to disown him if he not cancel it."
"But Fil-kun didn't even care about being disowned for to be together with Nao-chan."
"After graduated from high school, they married and start living together in small apartment. Nao-chan choose to went to study in university since she got recommendation and scholarship to X university and Takeshi-kun and Fil-kun start 'Homura'. Nao-chan and I also often helping them to managed the shop."
"When we graduated from university, Takeshi-kun immediately proposed me to married him. Aah… he was so romantic…"
"Few months after graduation Nao-chan pregnant with you Honoka..." "She never shows her sickness to us by the time she almost give birth she only have few months left.."
"Then Fil-kun got an accident that took his life while delivering our store goods." "We are the one that arranged his funeral since he already disowned and Nao-chan not in the condition to attended the funeral." "Only Fil-kun's mother came at that time…"
"Nao-chan very depressed at that time and her sickness symptom worsened quickly" "she has to admitted to hospital, luckily the one hospital near here is Yuuki-senpai's family hospital…"
"Nearby hospital near here… Nishikino General Hospital? Mom, you know Maki-chan's mother?"
"Yes, Kotori-chan's Mom, Midori-senpai too are senpai in my club."
"Thanks to generosity of Yuuki-senpai we get to put her to hospital there for free…"
"But we can't do much at that time" "she's on last month pregnancy and lost her husband, her condition weakened considerably…"
"She almost have no energy for gave birth, so Yuuki-senpai suggested to do Caesar operation to pull Honoka out."
"After the operation, Nao-chan trying hard to live for Honoka… but in the end she couldn't live longer than few months."
"Then after her funeral we finally adopt you Honoka since we can't turn you to another by your mother's will."
"But to told you the truth, your grandfather almost took you once by force after we adopted you…"
"When was that happened?"
"Do you remember when Gilberto-san take you out for dinner and bring you back to his home?"
"Gilberto-ojiichan?"
"That time, he looks like suspicious person, wearing black glasses and hat and restlessly looking at Honoka…" Umi explained her experience.
"Ah… I remember that, when he try to approach us Umi-chan trying to protect us with a stick..aah Umi-chan so gallant…" Kotori said as she remembered the past.
"Kotori, that's needless remark!" Umi blushed.
Nozomi giggled "Ahh I also want to be protected by Umi-chan" she teased her junior, made her face redder that before.
"Nozomi!"
People in the room giggles expect Umi that left with red face.
"He panicked when Umi-chan shouted at him, saying that he's not suspicious person and already have have permission to have dinner from Mom…"
"Yeah, though later his wife Matsuri-san bring you home and apologized, she said he thought after I gave birth to Yukiho, I will throw you away."
"So… Gilberto-ojiichan and Matsuri-obaachan is my real grandparents?"
"eeh… You often met them right? They became our regulars after that incident and of course to see you Honoka…"
"Even though they already disowned my father…?"
"They often said that hard headed grandparents will melt when they saw their grandchildren's face…" Nozomi said with smile.
"So what you gonna do now Honoka? Now you already know everything…" Yukari look down.
"I..." Honoka started to speak.
End of chapter 4...
Sorry for being a tease :p, will post next chapter ASAP when it done :).
Thank you for reading my story and review please :)
