Disclaimer: I don't own Love Live! Sunshine!

My first story in this fandom.

This story still has lack, poor grammar and misspelled. But I hope you enjoy it.

Happy reading.

"See? I know it's gonna be hard!"

You, who sat right beside Chika looked at her friend who keeps whining about how hard to start the School Idol. The ash-brunette haired girl sways her feet, her ocean-blue eyes keep staring at Chika who now pouting cutely. You tilted her head and looked at her best friend innocently.

"Then are you giving up?"

Chika who heard her friend's question immediately shouts a "No!" then looked at You who now have a smile on her face. With determined eyes, she looks straight at You, ruby meet with ocean-blue, "No! I'm not!"

You chuckle, feeling proud that she can cheer her mikan-lover friend, "I knew it."

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You's ocean-blue eyes were focused at the back of Chika's head. She sat behind the orange haired girl who leaned at the bus window with furrowed eyebrows, trouble expression clearly showed on her face.

The orange-hair girl let out a deep sigh, "What should we do?" she whined weakly.

"Well, I can understand what Mari-san's mean. If we couldn't do it, it's gonna be harder in the future," said Riko who sit right beside You. You also agreed with Riko's statement. She knows it's good for them if they have more audience in their first stage. But the ash-brunette hair also knows that it's impossible to fill the gymnasium knowing how many students at their school.

Chika whine tiredly, she stretch her body just to make it relaxed, "But we already make the song. Well, we still need more practice though."

You, knowing her childhood friend in trouble, asked, "Then are you giving up?"

"No! I'm not!" Chika answered it almost immediately. Her eyes ruby eyes shine brighter than before.

You smile when she heard Chika's answer. Even without seeing her expression, she knows that Chika serious with it and gonna come with more ideas. That's how her childhood friend is.

Riko looked at You. Golden eyes looked at the ash-brunette girl confusedly, "Why did you asked her like that?"

You, with eyes still fixed on Chika let out a soft smile. She stares at the back of Chika's head, "To cheer Chika-chan up."

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You lay down on her bed, eyes staring at the ceiling. She was sad, mad, and frustrated with their current condition. Even with how good their performance, even if they already pass the qualification for Love Live, they still can't save their school. Their school still gonna be close down.

You rolled and hold her Uchicchi plushy on her chest. The image of Chika's crying face appears on her head. She holds the plushy toys tighter when she feels a sharp pain on her chest. She hates when Chika cries and that she can't do anything for her childhood friend. She wants to help Chika, support her, so that the orange haired girl smiles again. But she doesn't know how.

The ash-brunette haired girl always tries to make Chika laugh, ever since they still kids. She's willing to do anything, even if sometimes it makes her get hurt because of how reckless she's, she doesn't mind. As long as she can see Chika's smiling face. That's enough for her.

"What to do?" she mumbling weakly and closed her eyes. Letting the tears fell while she drift off to sleep.

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"WIN THE LOVE LIVE!" all students at Uranohoshi Girls' High School shouts at the nine girls who looking at them from the rooftop.

"Everyone..."

"But the school already..."

"We want you to immortalize our school's name!" one of the girl shouts, You recognize her. She was the one who support them from the start, and her classmate too. You can see her big smile and hope in her eyes.

"Aqours, the Uranohoshi Girls' High School Idols! We want you to make that name forever part of Love Live history! That's why—" the girl stopped her words, smile still plastering on her face.

"SHINE!" all of her schoolmate shouts at the same time. Makes the 9 girls got speechless.

You keep looking at her schoolmates, can't say anything at how much they believe in them. She now looked at Chika, who also keep looking at their schoolmates. There's sting feeling when she saw how Chika's ruby eyes brighten even if just a little bit. She was happy with how much support they got from their friends, but she still feels frustrated because she can't do anything for her childhood friend. You shakes her head, trying to forget the sting feeling and smile instead when she saw her friend's expression. She then looked at Riko, who also happen to looked at her. Their eyes meet, a cheeky smile appears on their face and nod towards each other.

Both You and Riko stand behind Chika. Cheeky smile still plastering on their face, "Are you giving up?" and asked playfully. Knowing what the orange-hair answer is would be.

"How could I give up!" Chika whine while grabbing the edge of the rooftop and stomping her feet that You find it adorable, "I'm not giving up!"

Chika then turn her body and facing her group mates, "Let's win the Love Live!"

You smile softly. Glad that Chika's smile and bright personality comes back.

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"Aaahh! What should I do!?" Chika walk in front You, going back and forth with trouble expression. Eyebrows furrowed and eyes shut tightly.

You sitting down on the floor, her back leaned on Chika's bed while her eyes keep following Chika's movement. The ash-brunette haired girl has unexplained expression on her face.

"Chika-chan..."

"I can't do it!" Chika shouts again, she grabs her hair, feeling frustrated with her own condition, "What if it's fail? What if she doesn't have the same feeling towards me? What if I got rejected?! You-chan!" now she charged to You and looked at her with trouble expression. A mix of anxiety, worried, and scared expression can be seen on her usually bright face.

You looked at Chika, soft ocean-blue eyes meet with anxious ruby eyes. For a while, You can't find her voice, too busy get captivated by the beautiful ruby in front of her. The ash-brunette haired girl closed her eyes, pretend to think about the solution for her friend. While in reality she just doesn't want her friend caught her staring at her face—and also to prevent the blush shows—.

"Mmm..."

Chika lean more at You, face get so near with her friend's face. Eyes full of hope. You open her eyes, slightly flinched when she realized how close they're right now. The ash-brunette girl trying to control herself from reacting too much.

"Chika-chan."

"Yes, You-chan?"

You put her hands on Chika's shoulders. Slightly push the orange-haired girl so their face won't be that close—it's not good for her poor heart if they keep maintaining the close distance—, she looked at Chika seriously, makes her friend swallow her own saliva nervously, "You won't know until you tried!" she said with a big smile on her face.

Chika, who heard her friend's words, slouched her shoulder. The mikan-lover girl sat in front of You, eyebrows furrowed and lips makes a cute pout, "Mou! It's not easy!" she then flails her arms then lay down hopelessly.

You chuckles at her friend's antics, she knows that Chika was serious about this. She can see the determination in the ruby eyes of her.

You reached her hand and take one of Chika's plushy, she hold it and hug it. Eyes looking at her friend. Smile plastering on her face. Ignoring the pain on her chest, she asks, "Then, are you giving up?" she knows that this question gonna add more motivation to her dear friend. Little did she hope that Chika gonna say 'Yes'. Even if it's impossible.

Chika's ear twitched when she heard the question. The orange-haired girl jumped out from her position, sits right in front of You and looked at her friend seriously. Her eyes gleaming with determination, "No! I'm not!"

You chuckle, she tilted her head and holds the plushy tighter as the pain on her chest grow bigger. But despite the pain, she still smile softly, "Then you gonna be okay, Chika-chan," she whispered with a small and assuring voice.

Chika smiles. Glad that she talks about it with You. The ash-brunette girl always knows how to cheer her up. The orange-haired girl smile brightly at her childhood friend, "I'm gonna do it!"

You smile, she like it whenever Chika laugh or smile. It always brings her joy whenever she looked at it. But this time, instead of joy, all she can feel is pain. She swallows the big lump on her throat, trying her best not to cry in front of her dear friend, "You can do it, Chika-chan."

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Kanan claps her hands, an indication that their practice for that day is done "Okay! That's enough for today," she said it at the same time with the Aqours member fell and lay down on the floor, panting hardly with lots of sweat on their clothes, groan of relief can be heard from them.

You takes two water bottle, open the lit of one of it and drink it immediately then hand the other one to Mari who lying down beside her. She smiled when Mari shout a, "Thank you!" exaggeratedly with her English accent.

You looked at Chika who keep on glancing at Riko that also glance at the orange-haired girl from time to time. She knows something gonna happen when she saw both of them nod to each other. You hold her water bottle tightly. That didn't get unnoticed by the blonde third year who sat next to her.

Chika sat up from her spot, "Guys!" and make the attention focused on her, she walked to Riko and pulled her hand that make her stand up and hold her hand tightly, "I wanna say something to all of you."

"What is it, Zura?"

Chika closed her eyes for a while. Taking deep breaths for several times before she open her eyes again and meets with the curious stares from her friends. Except from ash-brunette girl who just looked at her. She chuckle when she looked at You, she bet that the ash-brunette girl already knows about it. It makes her calm down a little bit. She holds Riko's hand tightly, her smile get bigger when she felt that Riko tightening their holding hand.

"Riko-chan and I, we're officially together now!" Chika finally said it. A proud smile plastering on her face, hand still holding Riko's.

Riko looked down, still scared with their friends reaction. But she can't stop the faint blush that slowly showed on her cheeks.

It was quiet. Making the two girls nervous. Until—

"EH!?"

"Really?"

"Nooo its gonna be a scandal!"

"Huh, be happy, my little demons, both of you got gratitude from this fallen angel."

"Yoshiko-chan said congratulations, zura."

"Shut up, Zuramaru! And it's Yohane!"

"I'm happy for both of you."

Mari didn't say anything. Instead she takes a glance at You who have a solemn expression on her, the blonde third year sigh then looked at the couple in front of them. She showed her usual playful expression and gave thumbs up to them, "Wow! Congrats Chika-chan and Riko-chan!"

You take a breath, trying to control her emotion. She keeps telling herself to hold the tears that threating to fall and speak normally. She walk slowly to the couple and stop in front of them, she looked at the rooftop's floor, "Chika-chan, Riko-chan...," You was glad that her voice didn't shake or change. Kind of surprised too when she listens to her own voice, a normal voice while all she can feel right now is pain.

Both Chika and Riko looked at You at the same time, "Yes, You-chan?"

You closed her eyes, eyebrows furrowed, she then open her eyes and stare at them seriously. Makes the two of them fidget nervously. It won't long until they saw You's usual bright smile, "Congratulations!" she then throw herself at the couple and make the three of them fell to the ground together with a loud yelp from Chika and Riko.

"You-chan that's dangerous!" Riko protest, while her hand hold You's waist, to make sure the ash-brunette didn't get hurt by the sudden fall. Chika only laugh at her friend antics, hand on You's back.

You, despite her aching heart. Still manage to let out a soft giggles when she heard Riko's protest and how her friends hold her right now. She hugs them tighter and then smiles sadly. She was glad that no one can notice it because her position right now, "Congrats. I wish nothing but happiness for both of you...," she whispered softly, tears threatening to fall.

Both Chika and Riko smile, feeling glad that they have a friend like You, "Thank you, You-chan."

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You stood in edge of the beach, feeling the water of the sea on her barefoot. Her ocean-blue eyes meet with the fast ocean that got illuminated by the sunlight and make it become a beautiful orange color, reminding her of the exact orange haired girl. She closed her eyes, feeling the wind that breeze and touch her skin.

A blonde girl stand behind You, she looked at You's back. A back that usually looks strong now looks so weak. The usual energetic Watanabe You now looks different.

"You-chan..."

Silenced. You didn't answer. But Mari knows that the usual energetic second year can hear her, so she continues, "You really love Chika-chan, right?"

You chuckled. She keep looking at the ocean, "Yes, I love her," she answered softly, "So much that it hurts," it sounds small, and weak. The answer merely a whisper, but Mari can hear it clearly.

"Can you turn back here and look at me?"

You turned hear body and stand facing Mari. The third year girl looked at You. A usually strong and energetic girl now looks so small on Mari's eyes. She looks weak, like, even with a little touch can break her completely. Mari grimace with her own thinking.

"Can I ask you something?"

A nod. But it's enough for Mari to continue, "Are you giving up?" after spending time with the second years trio, Mari realize that You often ask that to Chika whenever the orange-haired girl feel down to cheer her up. Though it won't get the same result to the ash-brunette girl in front of her. She knows but still asked anyway.

You doesn't need an explanation for that question, she already knows what her upperclassmen means. Mari might be a little too playful at everything. But You know that she's always look closely on each member of the group. It's proven when she's the only one that realize about You's worried before.

The ash-brunette haired girl closed her eyes, she knows she can't hide it from Mari, so she smiles. She open her eyes and when she looked at Mari's yellow orbs that also looked at her with worries, she can't hold it any longer. Tears coming down and rolling on her cheeks, makes her soft cheeks get wet because of it. You let out a smile, her best smile. A soft, yet so sad and full of pain. Her ocean-blue eyes that usually spark with happiness now get clouded with sadness. But even with that, it doesn't less the beautiful of the girl's feature.

With a small voice that full of pain, the same smile, you answer Mari's question.

"Yes. I am."

Thank you for reading this story.

I hope I can make more story about them—especially about You—in the future.