At the club room, Kotori packs up her stuff and starts to leave when Eli looks up after she's done organizing the papers.

"Where are you going, Kotori-chan?" the blonde asks.

"Oh, I'm going to my job again," the designer replies.

"Oh, yeah!" Rin says. "You're posing as Minalinsky-chan again, right, nya~?"

"Mm-hmm!" She turns towards Honoka and Umi. "I'll see you two back at Honoka-chan's house, okay?"

"Sure," Umi says. "See you later."

"Good luck!" Honoka says while waving.

Kotori giggles and waves back and leaves the room. Eli takes the stack of papers and sets the in the middle of the table.

"All done," she says as she puts her hands on her hips while giving a satisfied nod. "So, is everyone ready to go home?"

"I am, nya~!" Rin grabs both Hanayo and Maki's hands and pulls them close to her. "We're walking together like always~!"

"Wh-what do you mean by that?" the red head stutters.

"Come on, Maki-chan!" Rin says as she turns toward her. "All three of us are lovers, remember?"

"R-right," Hanayo says, softly.

"Don't forget about us three," Eli says as she walks up to Nozomi and Nico. "We became lovers as well."

"That's right!" Honoka says. "You three became a threesome pair as well as Maki-chan, Rin-chan and Hanayo-chan~!"

All of them nod. Honoka, Umi and Kotori aren't the only ones who became a threesome pair. After a while, Maki had the courage to confess to both of her first year friends. At first, after Hanayo and Rin became a couple, Maki had thought that if she were involved in the relationship, she might make things awkward between them. However, both of her first year friends were more than happy to include her in their relationship. Shortly after, the three first years became a threesome pair. A few weeks after that, Nico had told her feelings to Eli and Nozomi and the third years became a threesome pair. All the members of Muse has a three-way relationship now and everyone is happy.

Once everyone is organized, they all start leaving the club room when they pass by the third years. Eli gently pulls Honoka and Umi aside before they exit the school.

"Be careful on your way home," she warns. "I've heard that there are some dangerous people out there. So…please be careful."

"We will~!" Honoka says with a cheerful smile. "I'm always careful!"

"Really?" Umi says as she looks at the ginger suspiciously.

"Well, I'll see you all later~!" With that, Honoka and Umi leave the school and start walking together home.

**Later That Afternoon**

With the sun going down, Kotori's shift is over and it's time to go to Honoka's house. She puts back on her school uniform, says good-bye to her co-workers and happily starts walking. However, after walking a couple steps out of the restaurant, she hears a woman's voice from behind her.

"Excuse me."

Kotori turns and sees a woman with long black hair.

"Can I help you?" the ash-brown haired girl asks.

"Yes," the woman says. "I…need a favor from you…"

"Okay."

**An Hour Later**

"What's taking Kotori-chan so long?" Honoka asks as she looks up at the clock.

"She's supposed to be back an hour ago," Umi says. "Her shift ended not too long ago either." She whips out her phone and dials her number. "I'm calling her to see what's going on."

However, before she can press the send button, the doorbell rings and Honoka immediately stands up.

"Maybe that's her!" Honoka says as she quickly runs towards the front door to answer it. However, once she opens it, she is greeted by her girlfriend panting with a bunch of sweat coming from her head. But what really shot Honoka's heart like an arrow is the sight of Kotori's uniform being half-torn, mostly in the chest area, exposing her breasts.

"K-Kotori-chan?" she stutters.

The ash-brown haired girl looks down and immediately covers herself as best she could. "A-ah! It's nothing! I just…ran into something on the way here and my uniform got torn off. Heh, heh!"

Umi comes over and gasps at her girlfriend's appearance. "Kotori, what happened to you!?"

"I-It's nothing, really," Kotori tries to convince the archer.

"It doesn't look like it's nothing," Umi says as she grabs her wrist. "Come on. You've got some explaining to do."

Umi drags her girlfriend to Honoka's room with the ginger following them. Once they arrive at Honoka's room, Umi closes the door behind her, and pins Kotori against the door with her hand.

"Spill it, Kotori!" the archer demands. "What exactly happened that got you like this?"

"I…I…" Tears are starting to from in Kotori's eyes as she averts her eyes back and forth.

"Kotori!" Umi shouts.

Honoka steps in while clenching her fists and biting her lip. "Kotori-chan…don't hide it from us. Please. Seeing you like this…makes my heart ache. Please tell us, Kotori-chan." The ginger walks over and takes her hands in hers. "Please…"

Kotori couldn't bear it any longer and lets out her sobs. "Honoka-chan! Umi-chan! I'm so sorry! This woman…I mean, she called me to help her but…she….she…" She chokes a sob as she buries her head in her hands with her shoulders shaking.

Umi immediately figures out what she's trying to say. "That woman attacked you, didn't she?"

Kotori can only nod in response. There's no other words that can be said to answer the question. Honoka shakes her head and immediately hugs her.

"Oh, Kotori-chan!" she cries as she lets out her own tears. "I'm so sorry this happened to you!"

Umi recalls what Eli had told her and Honoka and sighs heavily. "We shouldn't have let her go alone. Eli warned us about dangerous people out here on late afternoons now. And we…" She couldn't help but let out her own tears as well.

They now know to always stick together, no matter what. Because they are each other's girlfriends and vowed to always be by each other's side and protect one another.

"I'm so sorry, Kotori-chan!" Honoka sobs. "I'm sorry we weren't there for you!"

"Me, too," Umi adds as she wipes off her tears.

"Umi-chan…Honoka-chan…" Kotori whispers.

The ginger lets go and looks at her girlfriend directly in the eye. "From now on, we'll protect you. We're girlfriends and we had vowed to be by each other's side. No one gets left behind. Not ever."

"That's right," Umi says as she puts her hand on the ash-brunette's shoulder. "We learned our lesson the hard way, so we'll always protect you. As you will do the same with us."

Kotori nods as she hugs both of her girlfriends. "Thank you, girls. I'm so sorry to have worried you both."

"It's okay,' Honoka says as she wipes her tears. "We're glad you're safe and sound right now. That's all that matters."

"We love you, Kotori," Umi says. "And we would be heartbroken if we had lost you.

Kotori nods. "Of course. I'd feel the same if I had lost any of you." She looks at both of her girlfriends and smiles. "I love you, Honoka-chan and Umi-chan."

Umi and Honoka smile as they lean in to kiss both of Kotori's cheeks.

"We love you, too, Kotori/Kotori-chan," Umi and Honoka say in unison as they kiss her on the cheeks again.


A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this one. I tried my best on it, so tell me what you think. Also, I'm SUUUUUPPER excited right now because the Live Live English Dub cast has been revealed and I can't wait for it to be released on Valentine's Day! HOORAAAAY! (cheers with poppers going off and streamers flying) Hehhehe~! Oh, I longed for this Love Live English Dub to finally come out! I can't wait to see it~!

Anyways, feel free to give out any suggestions, questions or concerns and don't forget to review~! ;)