Honoka was with Kotori at her house and she was finally able to calm down. Kotori could tell that Honoka was still in shock after what just happened.
"Are you okay, Honoka?" Kotori asked
"That was scary!" Honoka said
"I know it was but you're okay now" Kotori said
"That Umi girl is really mean" Honoka said
"No she's not, she can be harsh but she can be nice once you get to know her" Kotori said
"Are you sure she's not some type of bully?" Honoka asked
"I promise that she's not a bully" Kotori said
Honoka kept staring at Kotori and the silence was starting to make her uncomfortable.
"Is there something on face? "Kotori asked
"No, there's nothing on your face" Honoka said
"Then why are you staring at me?" Kotori asked
"I'm trying figure out who you are" Honoka said
Kotori stared at Honoka for a minute and then she realized that the dementia kicked inn again and that caused her to forget about her. It honestly still hurts because of how her childhood friend forgot the time that they spent together but she was able to tell her what she wanted to know.
"You can just ask who I am instead of staring at me" Kotori said
Honoka stared at her and then asked the question that she wanted the answer to.
"Ok then could you tell me who you are?" Honoka asked
"I'm Kotori Minami, I'm your childhood friend" Kotori said
Honoka was now very confused.
"Wait, Umi just said that she was my childhood friend and now you're saying that you're my childhood friend. One of you must lying" Honoka said
"Both of us are your childhood friends Honoka" Kotori said
"Is that even possible?" Honoka asked
"Of course it is" Kotori said
"If you say so" Honoka said
The next day it was time for school and Honoka was walking with Kotori. The two idols then met up with Umi.
"Good morning Kotori, Honoka" Umi said
"Good morning Umi" Kotori said
Honoka kept her gaze on Umi the entire time. Umi turned her head and noticed that Honoka was staring at her.
"Honoka about yesterday. I'm sorry I got angry at you. I was just worried that something would happen to you" Umi said
Umi tried to reach out to her friend but Honoka went behind Kotori, poked her head out and hissed at her like a cat. The blue head was not expecting that kind of reaction from the ginger haired girl. It still hurt because it was clear that Honoka hasn't forgiven her yet and what made it even worse was that Honoka was afraid of her because of her overreaction yesterday.
"Honoka, that's not very not very nice" Kotori said
"Well she wasn't nice to me, so why should I be nice to her?" Honoka asked
"Don't be like that, Honoka. You're nice to people because it the right thing to do" Kotori said
"The right thing to do?" Honoka asked
Kotori nodded.
"In that case Honoka will try to be a nice to Umi" Honoka said
Kotori and Umi were not expecting Honoka to talk in third person. She hasn't done that in a long time.
"But Honoka is still afraid of Umi" Honoka said
"Don't worry Honoka, I'm sure things will work out, right Umi?" Kotori said
"R-right" Umi said
Umi was still feeling guilty because of how she handled Honoka yesterday. She did have a right to be upset but she went too far and shook the life out of her. She knew that there was a better way to handle it but she chose to use the violent method instead trying to approach in the gentle way. The trust between them has weakened and she knew that if she crossed the line one more time than their bond would break.
Everyone was in class and the other girls had introduce themselves again. It did hurt them but they were happy to see that Honoka was able to remember their names after. Umi wasn't the only person that Honoka was afraid of. She was also afraid of Nozomi because of her washi washi that she would always use on her and she tried to keep her distance from both of them. She was also avoiding Rin because she kept hitting her on the head. Umi, Nozomi and Rin were hanging out on the roof together since they couldn't be near Honoka right now.
"Honoka won't approach me for some reason" Nozomi said
"Maybe because you squeezed her breasts twice and she ended up slapping you twice" Umi said
"I thought that would jog her memory. She never slapped when she had her memory" Nozomi said
"You shouldn't be doing those types of indecent things in the first place Nozomi" Umi said
"Why is Honoka avoiding me?" Rin asked
"You hit her head twice to see if her amnesia would go away. You only caused her pain by doing that" Umi said
"And what about you?" Nozomi asked
"I went too far and shook her body because she wandered off on her own" Umi said
"You should've been gentler since Honoka is in a fragile state" Rin said
"I understand that and now all of us are going to have to work hard to win her trust back" Umi said
"What can we do to gain her trust?" Rin said
"We should give her time until she's comfortable enough to be around us again" Umi said
"Or we could hang out with her whether she wants us to or not" Nozomi said
"That'll make her scared of us even more" Umi said
"If we leave up to her then she'll never try to be near us" Nozomi said
"Rin wants to be around Honoka again" Rin said
"We just need to be patient and wait until she's ready to move towards us again. So no extreme planning that'll make her scared. We wait until she's ready to approach us" Umi said