Coming up next, the 2nd request from sweetknife55~!

sweetknife55 requested = A Hanayo and Makoto moment~! But then, someone just had to ruin it.

Anyway, I'm not going to hold you up here any longer (not that you're actually going to read this right~?), so, enjoy the chapter~! And don't kill me for the teasing down there...

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from both Love Live and Ensemble Stars. All characters belongs to their original creator. I merely own the story of this fanfic.

Chapter 25: Reversed Stalking?

It was almost time for club meeting and Hanayo quickly made her way out of the class, worried if she somehow arrived late for club practice. Her last period teacher ended up giving their class a sudden last minute assignment right when the bell rang. Class 1B was already empty by the time she ran down the hallway.

"Uwahh! Even Tori-kun already left the class! I need to hurry!" she cried as she made her way to the tennis court. After almost like an eternity, she finally arrived at the location. However, the sight of an empty tennis court piqued her curiosity.

"Oh...? Where is everybody?" she asked to herself. Since she had took her time catching her breath, she went inside the tennis club room. What she found out that it was also empty. No one familiar could be seen around, even Nozomi.

"That's weird. Was it canceled?" she wondered out loud as she made her way out of the room. Still caught up in her own thoughts, she failed to notice someone watching from the distance. It was only when someone's voice calling her out, that she finally snapped out from her deep thoughts.

"Oi~! Hana-chan!"

Hanayo looked around to find who was calling her out when her eyes finally landed on a familiar male that she knew very well. The sight of his blond hair and the over-familiar glasses caused her to freeze on her spot.

"M-Makoto-senpai!" the brunette unintentionally squeaked. The blond male suddenly made his way towards the brunette, causing her to panic and becomes nervous.

"Hey there, what are you doing out here? Were you searching for someone?" the bespectacled male asked. Hanayo was trying to calm herself down by looking away.

"I-I-I, um, I did. B-But, when I came here, I-I-I-I..." her stuttering was getting out of hand that even Makoto could see how much the brunette was struggling with herself.

"C-Calm down, Hana-chan. Take a deep breath..." he instructed as he motioned an action for her. The brunette looked at him before she followed along.

"And let it go..." he said and Hanayo let out the breath she was holding slowly. Her heartbeat was finally slowing down to its' normal pace. She could hear the male letting out a relief sigh before he spoke up. "There, are you alright now?"

His attempt on calming her down and reassuring her, moved her. Although it was nothing more than just a simple reassurance, for Hanayo, it was something big. To have her crush cared for her, it only made her heart beats faster. It was also one of the thing that she liked about him. After realizing that she was being silent the whole time, she finally spoke up.

"U-Um, I-I think so... I-I'm sorry about that..." she apologized, bowing down.

"Hahaha, don't sweat it. What's gotten you so nervous though?" he asked and Hanayo could feel her face heating up the moment the question left his mouth. How could she even tell him that the cause of her panic and nervous was because of him, himself?

"Hey, if you don't want to tell, then it's fine. I'm not forcing you to tell me about it. So, don't worry about it~" Makoto showed her a thumbs up, smiling at the brunette. Somehow, the sight of his smile also calmed her down despite her heart was beating faster again.

"No, i-it's not like it's something that I wanted to hide. I was just, well, um," she began to explain but at the same time, avoided his eyes. "I was just surprised to see no one here when club activities should have started long ago..."

"Hm? You mean, our club activity? Didn't Nito-senpai told us that it was canceled last minute?" the confused tone in his voice caught the brunette's attention as she brought her gaze back up.

"Eh?"

"Well, he said it in our group chat. Didn't you get the message?" Makoto said it so bluntly that it left the brunette confused as well as blank at the same time. The bespectacled male had to show the brunette their group chat from his phone. Turns out that he really was telling the truth and Hanayo just realized that she just ran all the way to the tennis club room for nothing.

"I-Is that so... Well, it can't be helped. My phone broke down yesterday and it's currently being repaired...so, I really didn't have the choice of getting informed of the latest news..." she let out a nervous laugh.

"Well, that is kind of unfortunate." Makoto crossed his arms as he posed in his thinking pose. Several seconds after that, he spoke up.

"Hey, how about this..." his sentence caught her attention. "You should just come straight to me if you need any information. Club activities, current news or maybe upcoming events. They don't call me the informant for no reason you know~?" he said, with a bit of proud tone in his voice, especially at the last sentence.

Hanayo, on the other hand, froze as if she was a stone. The words 'come straight to me' rang in her mind like a broken record as it rewound the same thing again and again. Not only her face was turning red but even her heart was beating faster than previously.

"E-Eh!? I-I-I-I-I-! You!? B-But that's...!" she began to stutter but Makoto's smile somehow gave off a message that encouraged her to accept his offer. After she calmed down, she began to think. Thinking it over, how could she ever passed up the offer? This was one of the rarest chance she could ever wished for to get closer to her crush. Taking a deep breath, she let it out slowly, a smile made its' way on her face.

"S-Sure, I'm happy to accept the offer-"

"Hm~ Must be nice to have someone reliable right? Hana-chan~" a new voice interrupted her as her whole body tensed when she realized the new yet familiar voice. Even Makoto's whole body tensed too as he looked past over her shoulder. Slowly turning around, Hanayo's eyes met with Izumi's eyes.

"Eek!" she squeaked, backing away but unfortunately, Izumi already wrapped an arm around her neck, preventing the brunette from going anywhere.

"How cold of you Hana-chan~ Going to someone else help when you could have just went and find me. Or maybe, you wanted me to FIND you instead~" every single words that left his mouth sent shivers down Hanayo's spine as she could feel the malice in every single one of them. It completely made her speechless as well as numb.

"I-Izumi-san! Let go of her! Can't you see she's scared...!" Makoto tried to help but it was clear that he doesn't want to shorten the distance between him and the grey-haired male nor does he want the male to come anywhere closer to him.

"Haa~? Since when does Yuu-kun cares about Hana-chan anyway?" Izumi asked, annoyed.

"W-Well! It's because...she's my junior after all! I have the responsibility to look after them!" Makoto replied, staying strong to his words as if he wanted to proof Izumi that he was serious. However, the grey-haired male laughed it off as he pulled the female brunette closer to him.

"Well then, if that's the case, then that means I also have the responsibility to look after my juniors. Especially since this one right here is under me~" he nudged Hanayo closer.

"What-? What do you mean?" Makoto asked, confused.

"Not sure if you heard about this Yuu-kun, but Hana-chan right here in placed under [Knights] as our sub-producer. Just as how she will help take care of [Knights], I will also take care of her~" the moment he announced the news in front of him, Makoto's face turned into one that looked like a horrified expression. The sight of that expression only made Izumi smirked.

"But don't worry Yuu-kun~ Even though Hana-chan is one of the juniors I have to look after, this doesn't change anything between us. Because YOU," he pointed at Makoto, "...are still my 1st priority amongst them."

Makoto could feel his whole body shivered in fear when the grey-haired male said that. It freaked him out just how much the male wanted to get his attention.

"Now then, I'd loved to stay around and chat with you more since this is a rare chance..." he walked towards the bespectacled male, surprising him as he tried to back away but Izumi just went passed him, leaving Makoto confused as well as blank at his normal approach.

"But I have a small 'discussion' with Hana-chan here. It's nothing really important but you're welcome to join us since Hana-chan here prefers more people to join the conversation~" Izumi said with a teasing tone before he left the bespectacled male behind.

"What-? I, uh...I-"

"Well, if you don't want to, it's fine~ We'll go ahead first. If you ever have a second thought, we're would always welcome you with open arms~" with that, Izumi walked off, dragging the brunette female. When they were finally far away from Makoto, Hanayo finally regained her composure back as she tried to walk properly as she tried to pry Izumi's arm around her neck.

"Sena-senpai..." she called out to the male beside her.

"Hm?" It was obvious from his tone that he had reverted back to his usual, cold attitude. Not even sparing a glance at her, he finally let go of his hold around her neck as he continues to walk forward.

"You're just using me as an excuse to get him to follow us, aren't you...?" Hanayo asked in a soft voice, almost like whispering. Suddenly, a smirk appeared on his face.

"Exactly~ No more stalking Yuu-kun from this day onward. Now HE has to be the one stalking me~"

"You mean 'us'..." the brunette mumbled and fortunately, Izumi didn't realized what she just said as he was too caught up with his own thoughts. Glancing over her shoulder, she could saw the bespectacled male tailing them from behind, hiding on certain occasions. Both Izumi and Hanayo knew that his hiding attempts were obvious and Izumi found it as an opportunity to call him out to join them, which Makoto refused but still ended up following them. Hanayo could only let out a sigh as she wondered how this will affected them in the future.

I don't even know how it ended up like this. Couldn't believe that I made Izumi even more of a jerk than before. Ahahahaha~! But yeah, he does have that kind of personality where he will play psychology thing-y just so that he could get what he wants to have. Jerk move, right? I know. Cause I've done it before. Muahahaha~!

Anyway! Thank you for taking your time to read the story and this request chapter! Hope you liked it and if you have any comment or review, please write it down below~! I'll see you in the next chapter~! °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°