"Oh, hi Yoshiko," Chika said in a deflated tone. "I guess you saw…that."

Yoshiko was in tears and could barely put her words in order. "Y-yeah, I-I saw it."

"Why are you crying?" Chika turned around and saw Yoshiko's eyes were watery.

"Well, I think I'm in the same position as You. I know how she feels."

Chika was surprised to hear Yoshiko talk about her feelings, but couldn't really express it. "So, you like You?"

"Y-yeah, I do," Yoshiko was blushing and still had her watery eyes.

"Well, I know her feelings. And now I know yours. At this point, I'm just one very confused girl," Chika confessed to Yoshiko.

"Yeah, I can see that. You still love Riko, right?"

"Yeah, I really do. But, I don't even know how to deal with You's feelings."

"You could help me." Yoshiko felt extremely selfish asking this of Chika. She had to deal with this new problem in her life. "I'm jealous, you know."

"If you weren't, I would be shocked," Chika quietly giggled out. "I do want to see everyone happy, and that includes you. I'll help you, but let me have some time to myself."

"I understand," Yoshiko was shocked that Chika actually agreed. "Thanks. I hope we can both figure this out." Chika had her arms out for a hug, and Yoshiko ran into it.

And they both cried in each other's shoulder, finding comfort for the two girls who had to deal with big problems.

Chika got home and immediately ran to her room and flopped onto her bed. She reached for her phone to call Riko, but hesitated for a second. 'Can I even talk to her? How would she feel about You…kissing me?' She was left in silence and had to put her thoughts together.

'I still love Riko, a lot. You is my best friend, but does she see me as that anymore? She might see me as a lost love. I feel terrible, but she seemed fine with not having me as a girlfriend. How bad will that impact us? She said that she'll stay the way she is, but I don't think that I can focus on anything without some closure. Will she still see me and not want to love anymore? What will happen with Yoshiko? She'll be heartbroken if You doesn't accept her. Will You find any person that can replace me as a lover?'

Chika's phone started ringing and she saw that it was Riko. She didn't want to answer it, but she knew that having this predicament on her mind if she doesn't discuss this issue with Riko. It had to do with her after all.

"Hi Riko."

"Hi, I've missed hearing your voice," Riko told her.

"It was a day since I've called." Chika giggled at her flustered girlfriend.

"Oops, heh. I haven't gotten to see you in person for a while. Our events are in 4 days, and I've been practicing hard. How about you?"

"Yeah, we've practiced a good amount. Y-You and I have almost perfected the steps of your part." Riko noticed that Chika sounded detached from the conversation. Her stuttering about You didn't help convince her that Chika wasn't troubled.

"Hey, you don't sound like yourself. What's wrong?"

"Well," Chika didn't feel confident that she could talk about this. However, she knew she had to. "Me and You had an argument?"

"You don't know if it was an argument? Isn't that a bit weird?"

"Yeah I guess. But I don't know how to explain it."

Riko was getting lost in this conversation. "Well, start from the beginning. I'm hear to listen."

"Okay."

…

"And that was when she kissed me."

Riko was in tears. She felt so torn about the story she just heard. She knew that You was Chika's best friend before her, but she couldn't believe that You fell for Chika just as Riko did. She was angry at You. She kissed her girlfriend so suddenly! But, she can see how You feels. Having a best friend that you love be taken away from a good friend, but one that just came into their life. She sees how conflicted You is, since she is happy of Chika's happiness but sad that she isn't the cause of it.

"Hey Riko? You still there?"

Riko had her energy sapped from hearing this, and responded to Chika in a detached manner. "Yeah, yeah. Still here. Just need to think about what happened."

"You think you do? What about me!? I don't want to lose her. She's too precious for me to lose." Chika was crying, which Riko could hear on the other side.

"Do you want to keep talking about it?"

Chika sniffled. "No, I need to…I don't know what to do. I just knew I needed to tell you this before you came back."

"Okay. Just know when you need to talk, I'll be here for you. I love you."

"I love you too."

When Chika hung up, she fell asleep almost immediately. She was drained from thinking and crying too much and had no energy to move from her bed.

Riko hung up, but still had her phone in her hand. She dialed up someone and started to talk.

"Hi mom…"

Chika woke up, still having her sad thoughts drowning out her positivity. She started to get dressed, since the Love Live was in 3 days. They had to practice hard. 'But, how can I deal with You?' She got dressed and started to head out, thoughts were still running through her mind. 'Can I even act the same around You? We need to practice the routine, and we have the most important part. But, it's going to be too awkward for me to handle.' She opened her door and saw the…blue…sky?

"Riko? Why are you here?"

Riko didn't respond, at least not in words. She leapt into Chika and wrapped her arms around Chika's neck. And she kissed her with all the passion and love that she had for Chika. Chika melted into the kiss, seeing how much she missed having Riko's company. But, she was still confused.

Once the kiss broke, Chika was out of breath but asked, "Why are you here? What about the piano-"

"Not anymore," Riko put her finger on Chika's lips and shook her head. "I decided that you and the entire group was more important. I can play the piano anytime and concerts come and go. Not Love Live though. We only have this year with all 9 of us."

Chika bursted into tears. She really missed having Riko around and hugged her with all of her might.

"Ch-Chika. Can't…breathe!"

Chika let go and apologized. However, Riko wasn't only here for that. "How much more time until we have to go meet everybody?"

"45 minutes, but they're probably all there already."

"Well, let's go see them."

Everyone on the roof looked at the familiar face that was with Chika. All of them had varying degrees of shock.

"Riko! What? How? Why?" Dia spat out, feeling a shock of worry and happiness.

"What about the piano concert, zura?" Hanamaru fairly asked in confusion.

"We don't have much time, You." Riko pointed at her. "We need to talk."

You was in tears, but couldn't resist Riko pulling her away to another classroom. Chika waited until the two of them were out of sight and grabbed Yoshiko's hand.

"Ahh! Chika, let go!"

"Look, this needs us four to be here. Please be kind and follow," Chika told Yoshiko with a pained smile on her face. Yoshiko saw this and silently nodded her head.

"So…how will we practice now?" Ruby innocently asked.

"Now, now. We still have a good amount of time. This looks like a pretty important matter. Riko wouldn't leave her competition for nothing," Mari told the group while Dia was being comforted by Kanan since she was panicking.

…

"Riko, please let go." You was still drained, but wanted to be as far away from Riko as possible.

"Not until we talk, face to face." Riko was a bit angered, but she couldn't explode on You. She knew how You was feeling, and she must feel awful.

"So I guess Chika told you, huh."

"…Yeah. I know everything about what happened between you two."

"Well, you know. What are you going to do now? How will I be punished?" You started to get defensive. She was scared. She knew she was losing a friend right now. What happened shocked her even more than seeing Riko on the rooftop today.

Riko hugged You and started crying on her shoulder. She kept muttering "I'm sorry" while having her head on You's shoulder. This caused You to tear up and eventually cry. What they didn't know was that Chika and Yoshiko were looking in the room and were hearing everything that was being said.

"You, I'm truly sorry for the pain I've caused you. I knew that Chika was, no. Chika is your best friend and I feel so guilty for taking her away from you. That and…I still want to be your friend." Riko was able to get this out to You before she broke down again.

"No…well, thanks…? I don't know. I'm still happy for you two. Like I said to Chika, you two seem like you were the perfect pair. The marriage you will have will be grand and beautiful." Riko was blushing at the kind words she didn't deserve to hear. "I'm just…mad. Mad at myself. I never got to tell Chika my feelings before you two were dating. I guess we both fell for the Chika charm, huh." Both You and Riko lightly laughed. Chika on the other hand was blushing beet red.

"I'm sorry for kissing your girlfriend behind your back. I just…couldn't think of a way to express my feelings better than with a passionate kiss," You apologetically said.

"No, it's okay. But…I want to know what that passion feels like." You was shocked when Riko started to move themselves against the door. Staring face to face, Riko started leaning in for a kiss. You knew that this was wrong and almost pushed Riko off her. She was about to break the trust of her best friend because of Riko. However…

"Alright you two, get out here." Riko opened the door and the two peepers were frozen in place. You was blushing heavily but sighed in relief as Riko pulled the two into the room by their wrists. The two "hidden" girls were blushing heavily since…well, the two people that were about to kiss were two people that the girls love. However, Chika and Yoshiko knew deep in their heart that…they wouldn't have minded seeing that.

"Chika! You were supposed to be here with us! Why didn't you come?!" Riko started shouting at her. Yoshiko was getting a bit scared and tried to swiftly exit the room.

You grabbed her before she could run and shook her head at Yoshiko.

"And you, Yoshiko. Why did you come here?" Riko turned her attention to the fallen angel.

"Umm…Chika brought me here. B-but I don't know why she did!" Yoshiko was a bit panicked. And she realized why Chika brought her. 'Was…she trying to help me closer to You?'

"Wait Riko. Let me explain." Chika went around and took hold of Riko's hand and positioned herself behind Yoshiko. "We need to see how you're going to fit into the performance. And also…" Chika suddenly pushed Yoshiko towards You and ran with Riko back to the roof. Yoshiko, again, started to panic as You grabbed her. 'Chika! Why!?'

What she felt shocked her.

You kissed Yoshiko's forehead and embraced her. Yoshiko started to tear up. "What…what are you doing, You?" Yoshiko asked as she looked at You's ocean-coloured eyes.

"Trust me, I love you too. You helped me, even if you don't think you did. And…you were one person I knew I could trust in." You's eyes were watery, but the things she told Yoshiko had a sincere tone. A tone that Yoshiko knew she could trust as well.

And she leapt up and kissed You. "I…love you, You."

And with that, they held hands and headed back to the roof.

END OF CHAPTER 4

I hope that the lot of you that follow this story don't think that the YouShiko relationship was too rushed. I think this was the perfect time to create it. You and Yoshiko knew how much they cared for each other, and I don't think this came out of left field.

Again, thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy!