Coming up next, the 4th request from Fairbear~!

Fairbear requested = Maki helping Hanayo practice singing (maybe, Nawatobi?) and the members of Knights accidentally overhear and go check it out, but get caught. Cue embarrassed Hanayo!

Oh my, looks like we have more Hanayo oneshot here. The Hanayo fandom is REAL! But this time, Maki is with her along with the [Knights]'s members~! AND, I might actually use a different song~ So that this will turn out 'fun' than I planned to~

(A/N : Sorry for the long wait everyone! While I was writing this, I was having my final exams so yeah, I was in 'EXAM HELL' mode. But now I'm free~! Now I can get back to my writing obsession as well as your requests! Don't worry, I still have your requests on my list. It's just taking a bit more time before I can post it. Anyway, hope you enjoy the next chapter~!)

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 27: Behind the Meaning (Hanayo&Maki&Knights)

"I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!" Hanayo quickly fasten her running pace as she made her way towards the Music Room that she had always promised with Maki to meet up after their sub-producer duties. Once the Music Room was in sight, she quickly came to a halt as she tried to catch her breath before entering the room in haste.

"Sorry I'm late, Maki-chan!" she yelled out, surprising the mentioned female from her seat in front of a piano as she stare at the brunette with wide eyes.

"O-Okay...?" It was the only word that Maki could get out from her mouth as she watched Hanayo walked inside the room, looking tired and out of energy as she sat down on an empty chair.

"A-Are you...okay?"

The only answer she got from the brunette was a long sigh.


Maki has decided to give the brunette a little rest before they could start with their practice. Although the red-haired female insisted that she should rest up first, Hanayo couldn't help but feel slightly guilty. She had been asking the red-haired female to help her with her vocal practice ever since μ's had decided to create their first solo song.

The moment she heard Honoka announced the news, Hanayo was beyond excited and amongst all members of μ's, she was the first one to finish writing a lyric for her song. Surprisingly, and yet, not so surprising at the same time, she wrote a love song. 'A Lonely Heaven', a song about unrequited love.

She could still remember Umi's face when she asked the blue-haired female to help her arranged the lyric. Umi couldn't stop stuttering the whole time. Now that her lyric had been completed, and Maki had also composed the song, all that was left was to practice singing it. Which brought her here, in the Music Room with Maki. They had been practicing for three days and Hanayo wanted to master it as soon as she could.

"Hanayo?" Maki called her out, snapping the brunette immediately. When she looked over at the piano seat, she found Maki looking at her with a worried look on her face.

"Are you okay?" she asked, for the umpteenth time.

"Oh, y-yeah! I'm fine now. I'm ready!" she got up from her seat, walking towards the red-haired female, looking more pumped than she had ever been which caused Maki to giggle.

"Looks like someone is excited."

"Y-You think so...?" the brunette laughed nervously, a blush making its' way on her face. "Well, I just wanted to get better at singing."

"I can understand why." the red-haired female gave her a small smirk which caused the brunette to look at her with a confused look.

"Come on Hanayo, as if I couldn't tell that you're actually directing this to your 'crush'. Am I right?" she asked, the word 'crush' was emphasized a little louder than the rest, making the brunette froze.

"M-M-M-Maki-chan...! Don't say that out loud...!" the brunette looked around the room cautiously as if to find if someone was nearby that might have eavesdropped them, despite the fact that only both of them were in the room.

"Relax, I was just teasing you. Well, don't worry about it. I know you can do it. After all, you have been practice singing it at home everyday."

"How-!? How did you know that!?" she asked, surprised written all over her face along with the blush spreading all over her face. As if the previous teasing wasn't enough, Hanayo found herself panicking once again from the red-haired female's statement.

"Rin told me. She said that whenever she passed by your house when she was out for a walk, she heard you singing from your room." Maki gave the brunette a small, teasing smile. Hanayo was speechless, as well as embarrassed. She literally had to hide her face behind her hands.

"Huuu...how embarrassing..." she sat down with her face still hidden behind her hands. The brunette's state only made the red-haired female sighed. It took almost half an hour for Maki to snap the brunette back to reality so that they could focused back on practicing and they haven't even started anything yet. After getting her senses back, Hanayo was prepared.

"Are you ready?" Maki asked with her fingers touching lightly on the piano keys. Hanayo took one deep breath before she let it out and nodded her head.

Hanayo: My heart beats faster when I think about you

I'm burning up!

Once she started singing, Maki played the instrumental part of the song as Hanayo readied herself to continue singing.

Hanayo: "You seem more tired than usual"

I quietly say from behind you

Hanayo continues to sing, she failed to notice the surprised look that was on Maki's face. The red-haired female seemed to notice the way the brunette's voice was conveying the song as passionately as she could.

Hanayo: Can't you hear me?

My heart is speaking to you

Even though we're in the same classroom, you're too far away

Hanayo sang to her heart's content, completely oblivious of her surrounding as she sang just as she had been practicing all the time with Maki. The level of her voice, the feelings that she used to sing, the message she wanted to convey. The meaning of the song that was hidden deep in the song. She hoped that one day, he will noticed it.

Hanayo: Maybe I'm bothering you just by looking at you?

A sigh slips through my lips as I murmur to myself

Hanayo: This lonely heaven won't come to an end

I can't tell you to notice my feelings

Because I'm afraid of heartbreak

This love mustn't disappear

This is my lonely heaven

Painful yet affectionate

My heart beats faster when I think about you

I can't stop this burning passion!

This passionate heaven

When the song finally finished, Hanayo looked over to Maki, who gave her a smile of approval.

"You did it, Hanayo. I think so far, that was the best singing voice I've ever heard from you." the red-haired female said, getting up from her seat as she walked forward to the brunette. Hanayo was smiling wide when she heard the praise, the blush on her face was appearing.

"Ehehe, you're making me blush, Maki-chan. But, it's all thanks to you. You've helped me a lot."

"Well, I would say that it was your effort that helped you the most." Maki said, smiling as she crossed her arms. "I can see you improved a lot, Hanayo. To be honest, I'm quite moved."

"I WAS MOVED AS WELL~!" someone yelled right outside the room as they suddenly barged into the room, slamming the door open, surprising the two females as they squeaked from the loud noise and looked over at the intruder. It was Tsukinaga Leo, with a grin on his face as he stood in front of the door. But that wasn't the only thing that surprised the two females. The other 4 figures that fell forward into the room was also the reason of their surprise and to make matters worst, it was the rest of the [Knight]'s members.

"THAT. WAS. AWESOME!" Leo yelled out, once again as he directed it to the two females, mostly at Hanayo.

"W-W-W-W-W-What is everyone doing here!?" Hanayo squeaked as panic starting to take over her while Maki could only stare at them with a frown, unhappy with a sudden interruption.

"You stupid king! Did you have to open the goddamn door so suddenly!?" Izumi tried to get up, only to realize that Ritsu was still laying on top of him, not even trying to make an effort to move away. "Hey, Ritsu! I'm in the middle of something important right now! So will you please get off of me?"

"Secchan, I can't bring myself to get up... You're too soft..."

"Oh, for the love of-" Izumi didn't even finished his sentence and he decided to help, which was by pushing himself up by force as Ritsu rolled over to the floor, still laying down.

"My, my, looks like we got busted..." Tsukasa mumbled, looking all nervous as he got up from the floor. Arashi, however, remained sitting on the floor as he looked over to the two females.

"Oh, Hana-chan! Please don't be mad~ It's not what it looks like, we promise! We definitely didn't eavesdropped on you at all! Right boys~?" Arashi tried his best to look natural but Maki's skeptical stare and Hanayo's almost-crying face was enough to make the blond male stopped what he was trying to say. However, Leo doesn't seemed to care as he continues to laugh out loud.

"What's wrong with you guys? You guys looked like you just got dumped with cold water. Ahahahaha~!"

"Argh! Shut up~!" Izumi finally snapped. "It was your fault for opening the door all of the sudden!"

"WHAT!? You guys were eavesdropping them before I was even here!" Leo retorted, pointing fingers at the rest of the [Knights]' members.

"WHAT!?" both Maki and Hanayo said in unison.

"Yeah, they did!"

"Nope, I just tagged along..." Ritsu mumbled loud enough for everyone to hear that it made Leo laughed out loud. Maki could only facepalm herself as she tried to take in the whole situation for her brain to process everything while Hanayo remained on her spot, still traumatized by what had took place.

"But anyway! That was an awesome song!" Leo suddenly spoke up, leaning closer to Hanayo.

"Huh...?"

"I mean, accepting your loneliness more than trying to chase after something you wished for? To me, that sounded very 'knightly'~! In fact, it sounded a lot like our unit's type of songs! As expected of our sub-producer~! Ahahahahaha~!" Leo continues to laugh as the rest of the [Knights] members could only look away in embarrassment.

"Hold on. Does that mean you've been listening from the beginning?" Maki finally spoke up with a disapproval look on her face. To make matters worst, Leo proudly nodded his head as if he did nothing wrong.

"Then that means..." Hanayo could feel her body turning cold as she turned around and she squatted down, refusing to look at anyone. "...you guys heard everything..."

"That's right. EVERYTHING~" Izumi's sinister voice spoke up, immediately caused the female brunette to turn around slowly, only to find regret doing so because of a menacing smile that Izumi directed to her.

"I must say, I'm quite intrigued by the song. I wonder what is the song about~ Hm, Hana-chan~?" The moment Izumi started walking towards the brunette, Hanayo knew that a grand chase was about to take place. So, she ran out.

"Nooooooo!" she ran down the hallway as fast as her legs could.

"Come back here! You haven't answered my question yet!" Izumi soon chased after the brunette, leaving the rest of his unit's members behind with Maki in the room.

"Ah, there they go again..." Tsukasa mumbled out while Arashi just let out a sigh. Leo could only babbled on by himself about Izumi's action while Maki still tried to process everything that just happened.


I must say, I love 'Kodoku na Heaven' by Hanayo. The song is just...PERFECT! I know the requester asked for Nawatobi, or I assumed they might want Nawatobi. But since Kodoku na Heaven is the first solo song that came out first, I thought we might as well go with that. And hey, guess what? The meaning of the song does have a point, right~?

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)◜✧˖°