As promised, here are the behind-the-scenes for the previous chapter. There's a bit of drama in it, not that much, so yeah... I don't own Love Live or Big Hero Six.
Before Filming
"How much did your mom spend for our project?" Tsubasa asked Maki. "We can film almost everything in this mansion alone…"
"I don't know. She didn't tell me any of this, okay?!" Maki shot back. The girls were standing in a huge green room. Literally, the walls were green, the floor and ceiling was green, and there were so many green mats of all shapes and sizes to be able to make any scene in this one room alone. For the current purpose, it was going to be the garage, as Hiro's bedroom was already made back above the café.
"But the walls are nice and soft…" Rin said, leaning against one happily.
"Ah! You're right!~" Honoka said, following Rin's example. "It feels warm too!"
"Mama probably installed heating behind the walls and floor of this place…" Maki muttered, taking a seat on the floor.
"Ahem, we would like to get started on the filming…" Erena trailed off as she saw how almost every girl was either sitting on the floor or leaning against the walls for warmth. Despite this lack of energy, she tried to forge on bravely. "We need to get started so…does anyone know where our rides are?"
"I'm not driving that stupid motorcycle again!" Eri shouted, pointing an accusing finger at Erena. She blinked, not having expected such a strong response.
"No, I mean the adult actors. Does anyone know where they are?" Erena said. Eri made a small sound of apology before flopping back down on the green mat she had been lying on. Just then, the doors to the green room opened and the three women walked in, each grinning as widely as they possibly could.
"Maki." Maki's mom called out. Maki pushed herself off the floor reluctantly and headed over to her mother.
"Kotori." Kotori looked up. Her mother gestured for her to come over and she did so, leaving Umi and Honoka behind on the mat.
"What is it?" The two asked, almost at the same time.
"I know how weird this will be since you are both almost adults yourselves now…" Maki and Kotori exchanged looks, still confused.
"Just get on with it, you two!" Honoka's mother said, grinning.
"Calm down, Kousaka-san." The Chairwoman reprimanded. She turned back to her daughter and Maki. "Well…there is no easy way of saying it…."
"Ugh! If I leave it to you, you'd take forever!" Maki's mom complained. "Here it is. You two are now sisters by law."
"Wait…what?!" Maki shouted, taken aback by the sudden announcement.
"Sisters?! Me and Maki-chan are?!" Kotori said, just as shocked.
"Yup! We just got the vows said and everything! I was witness!" Honoka's mom said.
"Kotori, you think this is too weird to be true, right-" Maki was cut off as she was tackled-hugged to the ground by Kotori.
"I've always wanted a younger sister!" Kotori cheered. "You have to call me Onee-chan from now on!"
"E-Eh?!" Maki protested. "I'm only a year younger and we're too old to be using such childish terms!"
"Not to get off subject, but I just noticed that Umi-chan and Kotori-chan have matching rings on their hands." Honoka said suddenly.
"What?! When did that happen?!" Eri shouted. "You're still third-years in high school!"
"Eri-chi's right! We waited until after we graduated to get married!" Nozomi complained.
"Well…after the Frozen shooting…" Umi mumbled.
"Umi-chan's family saw the screening and thought our fake marriage was real. Even when we explained that it was fake, they didn't see it that way and got us married as soon as they could." Kotori said. "It wasn't that hard."
"No fair! We've got to beat their youth record, Maki-chan!" Honoka shouted. She pulled Kotori off of Maki and dragged Maki to her feet. Honoka then got down on one knee. "Maki-chan…will you marry me?"
"E-EH?!" Maki almost fainted but she was saved by Tsubasa.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You two can't get married right now!" She shouted. Erena, who had been standing silently to the side the entire time, looked up.
"Is Tsubasa actually making a logical decision right now?" She wondered aloud.
"Eh?! But it's true love, Tsubasa-chan!" Honoka protested, hugging Maki.
"We have a film to put on! You can save your marriage until after the movie is finished!" Tsubasa decreed. "And making a Frozen reference doesn't help you!"
"Nevermind. Tsubasa is still the same as ever." Erena muttered. She raised her voice, bringing a megaphone to her lips. "LISTEN UP!" She shouted. Once she was sure she had all the attention on her, she continued without the use of the megaphone. "We're falling behind schedule! We need to head to the café ASAP. Go now!"
Hiro and Tadashi's Bedroom
"A little to the right, you're blocking the flyer." Arisa instructed. Nozomi nodded and shifted her body. "Perfect."
"Action!" Tsubasa shouted. Nozomi began ripping the paper from the fight posters that were already on the wall and pinned the competition flyer in its place, taking care to obey Arisa's previous instuctions.
"That's good!" Arisa said, stopping the recording.
"I got a paper cut…" Nozomi whimpered, going to Eri for first-aid.
"Can you edit out the bandage later?" Tsubasa asked.
"We should be able to." Yukiho responded.
"Okay, then we're moving on to the next scene." Tsubasa looked at the script. "I'd prefer not to waste paper, so who ever doesn't need parts of their scripts because they've read them already please tear those parts out to make waste paper!" The main characters did so, easily providing the paper needed to fill the trash can.
All Garage Scenes
They headed back to the green room, seeing as the discovery of such a room meant that most of the filming would be done on half the room. The other half would be occupied by actors not needed in the scene, most of the time spent lounging on the warmed floor.
"This is really hard to pull…" Eri muttered. She got nods of acknowledgement from Umi and Kotori. The three of them, along with Rin and Nico, were pulling green mats behind them as if they were pulling the trash bins.
Outside the "Showroom"
For the building, they decided to make it computer generated, but since they would still be entering the house, they erected a giant green screen that would stand in front of the house. There was a small flap in the screen to let the actors walk in as if they were entering a building.
Inside the "Showroom"
Once again, they were in the green room. Maki, Honoka, and Anju took a back seat against the opposite wall while they used half of the room for filming.
"You know, Eri-chi…this is going to be the first time I'm going on a stage by myself…" Nozomi whispered. "Even though I know it's just a fake stage but still…" Eri motioned for Arisa to start recording. Tsubasa, assuming that the whispers meant that they were ready to start with following the script, gave her approval for the cameras.
"How are you feeling, Nozomi?" Eri asked, automatically giving Nozomi a hug, something which she knew would calm the other down the most. Tsubasa raised an eyebrow, knowing that hugging wasn't a part of the script. But since they were only spoofing the movie, a little ablib here and there wouldn't hurt the overall performance if they did it correctly.
"I can't look anymore." Umi muttered, turning away from the hug. Thankfully, she wasn't in the range of the camera.
"I don't think you can do it." Nico said, going along with the ad-libbing that Eri was doing, only to take a jab at Nozomi. She regretted it though, when Eri sent a glare at her. Kotori saved her by making her own lines up to give Nozomi a confidence boost. Umi decided that it was time for her to say something as well and made up her own lines, her embarrassment of seeing Eri touching Nozomi driving all original lines from her mind.
"Go on and show them your stuff!" Eri said. When Nozomi went off camera, Arisa stopped recording. "That was…amazing!"
"Really? 'Show them your stuff'? That was the best you could come up with?" Nico asked.
"It sounded good at the time…Don't think dirty, Nico." Eri muttered, obviously embarrassed.
"Showroom" Microbots
"Since the microbots are going to be animated anyway, we just need to film Nozomi talking and walking. Can you do that?" Erena asked. Nozomi nodded. "Okay, everybody else, take a backseat for this."
That Rich Guy
"Hey…does anyone actually remember what my character's name is? All it says is "Rich Guy" on my script." Hanayo said.
"Nope." Honoka said.
"If it makes you feel any better, mine is just "professor guy" and someone scribbled "scientist" underneath it, which makes me think that they forgot what his name was." Honoka's mother said.
"Also, is it really okay for me to play an adult?" Hanayo fretted. "I mean, Nozomi and the others are all older than I am."
"Relax, Hanayo. We know you can do this." Umi said encouragingly.
"Thanks, Umi-chan." Hanayo returned.
Tadashi's Death
"Okay, so when I run through the green screen, it should be in flames already. Then you and Maki set off a miniature explosion. We need to get this as realistic as possible or else the emotion wouldn't be conveyed properly." Eri explained.
"So basically you're asking us to fake your death so that Nozomi would think you're dead and be upset about it all for the sake of a movie spoof?" Maki said, raising an eyebrow. "I don't think that's right…"
"It's not but there's no other way to get Nozomi to act that way. Ad-libbing is the best way of getting real emotion into the movie." Eri said.
"Okay, we'll try. You cleared this with Tsubasa-chan?" Honoka asked.
"She says it's okay."
"Of course she would. She made you ride a motorcycle when it was obvious you didn't know how." Maki scoffed.
"We'll do it, Eri-chan. But don't ask to fake your death a second time." Honoka said, suddenly serious. Eri nodded.
"Stay here. I'm going in to help." Eri said. She let go of Nozomi's hand and ran towards the flaming screen. Nozomi stood there, as ordered by her script, convinced that the flames were fake and that Eri would be fine.
Honoka nodded to Maki, and the two of them ran away from the screen. Honoka clicked a button and the small stick of dynamite she had placed right behind the screen exploded, sending tongues of flame into the air. Eri was safe, having run past the screen and into the lake surrounding the house.
Nozomi screamed, running towards the flame, now completely ignoring her script. The other actors, having been informed of Eri's plan, sprang into action. Nico grabbed Nozomi's arm to stop her from burning herself.
"You can't go in there!" Nico shouted. Nozomi was proving too strong for her to hold back. "Kotori, Rin! Help me out here!" Kotori and Rin dashed in, grabbing hold of Nozomi and pulling her back. Little by little, they got far back enough to where Maki's mother stood. Nozomi looked up at the exact moment that the screen burned down completely, leaving nothing by ash.
"Eri-chi…" Nozomi whimpered, crying freely. Arisa stopped the recording once they were done with the main part. Nico rubbed Nozomi's back awkwardly.
Eri surfaced a few feet away from shore, having dived when the explosion went off. She swam back to land, her clothes and hair dripping with water.
"Seriously, Eri. We are never doing something like this again." Maki stated, crossing her arms.
"I have to agree with Maki-chan. You'd better go to Nozomi-chan before the idea of you being dead gets stuck in her mind." Honoka said. Eri nodded, and walked over to Nozomi.
"Nozomi…" Eri whispered, touching the girl lightly with her right hand. Nozomi raised her gaze and Eri felt a pang of guilt. She traced the tear trails on Nozomi's face with her fingers, wondering what was it that had drove her to fake her death for the sake of a movie.
"You're such a sadist, Eri." Nico remarked, still doing what little she could to comfort her friend.
"Eri-chi…" Nozomi whispered, grabbing Eri and pulling her into a hug.
"I'm so sorry, Nozomi…" Eri mumbled, feeling Nozomi tremble in her arms.
"I-I thought you really died!" Nozomi wailed. She continued to cry, even as Eri told her over and over again that she would never do such an action ever again.
After Filming…
"Alright! Let's get married!" Honoka cheered, grabbing Maki's hand again.
"I thought we were waiting until after the movie was finished!" Maki protested.
"We finished filming this part! Let's get married!" Honoka cheered again. She felt someone pull Maki away from her and looked to see Kotori shielding Maki.
"I'm sorry, Honoka-chan, but seeing as Maki-chan is my younger sister now, I cannot let her go that easily." Kotori said.
"Eeh?! But-Kotori-chan!" Honoka complained.
"Too bad, Honoka-chan. My decision has been made and Maki doesn't seem to want to get married yet." Kotori continued. "I still have much to teach her."
"You wouldn't!" Honoka said, gasping.
"Oh, yes I will." Kotori said, with a sinister grin. Maki looked from her new older sister to her potential fiancé.
"What's going on?" Maki asked finally.
"I just want to show you some toys that I have." Kotori said. "They're all at my house."
"Don't do it, Maki-chan!" Honoka shouted. "She's talking about those things!" Maki paled.
"I don't want to see your…toys… " Maki mumbled.
"Oh, uh, Kotori, Maki? You two don't have to stay at home anymore." Maki's mother said.
"Why?" They asked.
"Because we figured we'd let you use the bedrooms above the café. It's closer to school. But only if you want to after the filming is done." Kotori's mother said.
"Awesome! Our own house, just for us sisters!" Kotori chirped.
"Noooo!" Honoka shouted, her mind imagining all the ways Kotori could teach Maki.
"I was just kidding, Honoka-chan. Those toys are for Umi-chan only." Kotori said. "I won't take them to my and Maki's shared room." Kotori finished. Umi paled as Maki recovered.
"That's good…" Honoka sighed, relieved.
"Wait…if this keeps going the way it is now, most of Muse would end up related to each other." Nozomi said, earning her lots of confused looks. "I mean, I'm married to Eri-chi, so now I'm related to Arisa-chan too. And Maki-chan's mom and Kotori-chan's mom just married, meaning Kotori-chan and Maki-chan are related right?" There were nods. "And Kotori-chan and Umi-chan are married, so technically Umi-chan is now also related to Maki-chan. In addition, Honoka-chan wants to marry Maki-chan, so then she would also be related to Kotori-chan and Umi-chan. And then if Arisa-chan and Yukiho-chan get married…then we all end up as one big family!" Nozomi concluded.
"…I am so glad I am not a part of that confusing mess." Nico said.
Hopefully, it wasn't too much. Thanks for reading and leave a review please!