Yeah...this took a lot longer than I'm proud of to write. But I gotta say, I'm quite proud of it.It's a HonoNico story based on the lyrics of Love Novels. Enjoy!

"Normal" = Talking

"Italics" = Thinking

Italics = Letters

Bold Italics Underlined = Setting

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Love Live, nor do I own anything related to it. All I do own is one of many thousands of downloads of School Idol Festival. As such, I am not profiting off of Love Live, and am instead losing money over it due to the nature of gacha.

Tokyo, Japan - Otonokizaka Academy

The members of µ's were sitting around in their clubroom, just sitting around, talking, and enjoying their time with each other. Nico, however, was simply staring at Honoka. Noticing this, Honoka turned to face Nico, blinking in confusion.

"Um...Nico-chan?"

Flinching at being caught, Nico quickly turned away. "Y-yes Honoka?"

Honoka tilted her head. "Why were you looking at me like that?"

"L-like what?"

Trying to figure Nico out, Honoka eventually decided that it was a futile endeavor, and shrugged it off, going back to talking with Kotori and Umi. Noticing this, Nico started growing frustrated at Honoka, despite being the one who tried to deflect Honoka's attentions.

"Damn it, Honoka. Don't ignore me like that! Notice my feelings for you already! Alright, that's it! I'm not giving up! Honoka, this love story is going to have a happy ending!"

The next day...

Having thought it over the entire night, Nico had come up with a plan to tell Honoka her feelings. Now, waiting at the school gates, hiding an object behind her back, Nico was ready to put her plan into action.

Seeing Honoka coming up, Nico started getting nervous. But luckily, Kotori and Umi had already shown up, having gone on ahead as Honoka slept in as usual. If Honoka were being guarded by the other two second years, then she might have lost her nerve. But as it was, Nico could follow through with her plan. She proceeded to call out to Honoka.

"Honoka!"

Hearing someone call her name, Honoka looked around and noticed Nico standing by the gates. Adorning her face with a smile at seeing her beloved upperclassmen, Honoka started running up to her.

"Nico-chan!"

Throwing herself at Nico, Honoka wrapped the senior girl in a tight hug. Nico, blushing and stammering at the contact, could not bring herself to try to get Honoka off of her. Eventually, Honoka pulled away, and Nico internally cursed, missing the contact.

"So what are you doing here Nico-chan?"

This was it. The moment of truth. Taking the object out from behind her back, Nico thrust it at Honoka with a small bow.

"Here Honoka! This is for you!"

Taking a look at it, the grin on Honoka's face grew wide. It was a heart-shaped box, and of course, Honoka could guess what was inside.

"Ahhhh! You got me chocolates Nico-chan?"

Honoka could hear Nico mumbling something, but couldn't quite make it out.

"Hm? What was that?"

"I said I baked it myself ok!?"

Giggling at Nico's tsundere tendencies, Honoka opened the box to see various chocolates inside. Engraved upon the chocolates were messages such as 'I you', and 'Be mine'. Of course, Honoka being Honoka, completely ignored these messages as she devoured the chocolates. Nico looked on in shock as her plan went completely down the drain, or rather, Honoka's stomach. Finishing off the last of the chocolates, Honoka licked her fingers clean.

"Thanks for the sweets Nico-chan! You're the best!"

Hugging Nico once more to show her appreciation, Honoka skipped off to class.

Nico stood there, overcome with a feeling of despair. Clenching her fists, Nico looked up towards the sky and screamed in frustration, ignoring the looks everyone was given her.

The day after that...

Giggling to herself in a manner that caused the others in the clubroom to back away, Nico couldn't wait for Honoka to come in today. Her plan this time had to work, it just had to!

And when Honoka did come in, she alerted everyone by slamming the door open, waving an object around in her hand.

"You girls will never guess what just happened! Look at this! I found a letter in my locker!"

Their curiosities piqued, the members of µ's gathered around Honoka in an attempt to inspect it. Opening the letter, Honoka started reading out loud to everyone.

Dear Honoka

I want you to know just how great a person you are. You're always inspiring everyone to do their best, and if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be here right now, so happy with everyone. I'm sure that if I never met you, then I would just keep on forging ahead, all alone and never getting anywhere. So I want to thank you, for everything. I'm really not good with this kind of thing, but I guess what I'm trying to say, is that, I like you, so please, try to like me back.

Sincerely, your secret admirer

Everyone, barring Honoka herself, turned their heads to look at Nico. It was obvious that the person in the letter was talking about Nico and her situation as a school idol.

"Wowwww, I have a secret admirer. I wonder who it is."

Well...obvious to everyone except Honoka of course. Everyone in the room couldn't stop themselves from facepalming, Nico even going as far as to do a headdesk.

One more day after that...

Today, Nico stood outside the Homura shop, with flowers in hand. This plan just had to work. Walking inside the store, Nico saw that Honoka's mother was manning the store today. Seeing the flowers, Honoka's mother smirked at the implications.

"You're one of Honoka's friends aren't you? So then would I be right in assuming that those are for her?"

Blushing out of embarrassment at being called out, all Nico could do was nod. Honoka's mother giggled.

"Well, Honoka's in her room, so you can just go ahead and go upstairs."

Giving a small bow to the matron, Nico proceeded upstairs. Walking up to the door of Honoka's room, Nico could feel the nerves getting to her.

"Oh god, what if this plan doesn't work either? None of my plans have worked at all!"

But before Nico could change her mind, the door to Honoka's room opened, and out popped the ginger head of hair. Noticing Nico, Honoka tilted her head, blinking in confusion.

"Nico-chan?"

With no other option, Nico shoved the flowers into Honoka's hands. Honoka, surprised at the sudden gift and gesture, almost dropped the flowers. While she managed to get a steady hold of the flowers, something slipped out of them in her struggle with them.

Taking notice of it, Honoka bent down to pick it up. Looking it over, she realized it was a slip of paper.

I want to become your girlfriend

Honoka stared at the message for a long, drawn out moment, before slowly raising her head to look at the third year girl. Nico's heart was beating so fast, she feared it would leap out of her chest.

"But Nico-chan, I'm already a girl, and we're already friends."

A moment passed while Nico took in what she just heard Honoka say. Realizing that even this plan didn't work, Nico's emotions completely boiled over, and she exploded.

"Argh! You can be so frustrating sometimes Honoka! It practically takes a genius to be as dense as you! Anyone else would have noticed ages ago! I love you! And I don't mean that in the way friends love each other. I love you in a way that makes me want to hug you like a lover does, kiss you like a lover does, and even makes me want to make love to you!"

Honoka, having been backing away the second Nico exploded, froze. Nico herself, realizing what it was she just said, froze as well.

"W-w-w-wait! Forget I said any of that! I didn't mean it!"

Covering her rapidly flushing face, Nico couldn't bring herself to look at Honoka, who herself, was quite mortified at what just happened.

"S-so then when you say girlfriend, you mean..."

"Y-yeah..."

A long moment of awkward silence passed, before Honoka came to a decision.

"O-ok. I'll be your girlfriend Nico-chan."

Whipping her head around so fast Honoka feared it would snap, Nico stared incredulously at the ginger.

"You...mean it?"

Shooting straight up, Honoka gave off one of her signature energetic smiles.

"Of course Nico-chan! You're amazing! Anyone would be lucky to have you as their girlfriend." Remembering what Nico had just said during her confession, Honoka started blushing. "I mean, I'm not ready to...make love to you yet, but I'd love to be able to hug you like that. And I'd love to be able to kiss you like that too. You're a really great person Nico-chan."

Not able to bring herself to look at Honoka's face, Nico looked to the side, but Honoka could see she had a wide smile on her face.

"Well then..I'll be in your care Honoka."

Honoka smiled. "Yeah, me too Nico-chan!"

Word count: 1425

Well, it might have taken a while to write, but at least it was a longer chapter? Hehe ^-^'

I did really enjoy writing it though. I can't help but feel that this song was written for BiBi specifically with Honoka in mind :P

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