It's Friday! And I remembered to post! XP So, it's Yume's chapter again! (also I'm running out of chapter stock ahhh)

So before you guys continue reading, please remember that this is a teen rated story! It won't be my fault if you read. Thanks!

From the last chapter- shoutout to Zepriyds, D.N.S Akina, SJMT Shipper, and kinda LuxyTang! Ako's siblings came from my previous story, Four Star Summer Camp! I'm just seeing how many readers are paying attention! ^^

I do not own Aikatsu Stars!

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"Welcome masters!" Yume greeted.

Once again, she was met with a group of growing familiar faces.

Her eye twitched and she smiled warily, "You guys sure come here often."

Nozomu smiled, "It's nice here."

Asahi leaned forward, lowering his voice, "It's kinda because we aren't bombarded by too many fans here."

"Oh," Yume nodded, understanding.

"Also," Nozomu smirked, glancing over to Subaru, "I think someone likes it here for another reason."

Subaru's eyes widened, noticing the look the boys started giving him, "What?"

"Oh really?" Yume smiled, "Why is that?"

Subaru leaned back nervously, his eyes darting around, "Uh… the, the people?" He stuttered.

"Ah," Yume nodded in agreement, "I agree. The atmosphere is really nice here." She smiled, then shook her head, "Come on, I'll get you guys to a table."

"Any suggestions for today?" Asahi asked as they sat down.

Yume nodded, "Yea! We have some new fruit smoothies. In all the flavors you could ask for!"

"Oh?" Subaru smirked, "Is there a tomato flavor, then?"

"What?" Yume frowned, "Tomatoes aren't fruits!"

Subaru scoffed, "Of course they are. It's all in their growth."

"No way! They aren't even sweet," Yume retorted. "You don't walk around eating tomatoes, do you?"

"So what? They have seeds!"

"So do cucumbers!"

"Also a fruit."

"What? No they're not!"

"Ehem," The two stopped their bickering to look up. Nozomu smiled calmly, "As interesting as this is, maybe we should just agree to disagree?"

Yume crossed her arms, "Yea, whatever."

Subaru shrugged, "Same."

"I'll have a pineapple coconut smoothie, then!" Asahi ordered.

"Pomegranate berry, please," Nozomu asked.

"Honeydew almond," Kanata added.

"Tomato," Subaru smirked.

Nozomu pressed a hand to his head in exasperation.

Yume frowned, "I'm not getting you a tomato smoothie!"

"What if I want one?" Subaru retorted.

"You won't drink it!" Yume shouted. "Tomatoes aren't fruits!"

"Actually Yume," Kanata lifted a finger, "according to science they are fruits."

Yume froze.

"Hah!" Subaru grinned, "Thanks Kanata."

Kanata hummed.

Yume rolled her eyes and wrote in her notepad, "Fine. You want a tomato smoothie? I'll get you a tomato smoothie."

Subaru smiled at her cheekily, "Thank you."

Yume scoffed and waved at them, "I'll be back."

She handed the order to Ms. Anna in the kitchen, who quickly read over it.

"Nijino, what is this? Tomato smoothie?" She raised an eyebrow.

Yume rubbed the back of her head, "It's what he wanted. Can't you just quickly make something? It doesn't matter if it's bad..."

Ms. Anna stared at her skeptically, then sighed, "We have some tomatoes. I'll see what I can do."

Yume grinned, "Thanks!"

She shook her head, moving back into the kitchen.

Yume smiled and went back to work. She returned for the order mintues later, taking the tray with the three drinks and one special drink back to M4's table.

She smiled, placing each drink in front of their owner, then slamming the tomato red glass in front of Subaru with a smile, "Drink up."

Subaru grinned, "I will." They all watched as he leaned forward and took a sip of the vibrant red drink.

"How is it?" Yume asked, genuinely curious.

Subaru closed his eyes, "It's pretty good," he admitted. "It's actually savory, not sweet."

"Really?" Yume asked, "I expected it to be kinda sour."

Subaru lifted the drink up, "Here, try it."

"Really?" Yume repeated, she reached for it with a smile, "Okay!" She took a sip from the straw. Her eyes lit up, "Wow! That has a weird flavor…"

Subaru took his drink back.

"Well then, I'm going back to work," Yume said, "See you guys later."

Subaru nodded and went back to his drink but stopped. He stared at his friends, who were giving him strange looks, "What?"

Asahi grinned, "Oh Subaru, I wanna try a sip too!"

Subaru blinked, "Um, okay?" He slid it forward to him, still not understanding Nozomu and Kanata's strange expressions.

Asahi pointed at the straw, "Can I drink from the straw?"

Subaru grimaced, "No! Drink from the side!"

Nozomu and Kanata looked even more amused now.

"Aw! Why not? Yume did!" Asahi moaned, but he was still smiling.

Subaru opened his mouth to retort but stopped. Yume did… Yume did…

The words repeated in his head until he finally understood them. Yume sipped out of the same straw as he did.

His face turned bright red and he snatched the drink back from Asahi.

His reaction caused the boys to start laughing.

"Shut up…" Subaru moaned, throwing out the straw and resorting to drink it from the side of the glass.

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Yume walked up to the front of the cafe to greet her next customers, it was a boy and girl pair. She smiled, "Welcome masters! Follow me!"

She led them to a table and let them sit.

"Here's the menu, what can I interest you in?" Yume asked, observing the couple. They both had pink tinged cheeks, and were darted glances to each other nervously.

"Um, could I have a Happy Punch?" The girl asked.

Yume nodded, "Sure."

"Me too, please," the boy added, "and two honeybee kiss cakes?"

Yume smiled, "Ok-"

"I-I mean! If you're okay with that! I'm sorry!" the boy cut Yume off, talking to the girl.

The girl jumped, flustered, "No! It's okay! I don't mind having that!"

They stopped and Yume paused to make sure they were done speaking. Seeing that they had their gazes down and away from each other, she finally spoke again, "Two Happy Punches and two Honeybee Kiss Cakes coming right up then!"

She shuffled away, sending the order into the kitchen.

As Yume turned around, she almost ran into Laura, who was also sending an order in. Yume grinned, "Laura!"

"What is it?" Laura replied.

"I just got a table of a couple, and get this," Yume leaned forward, lowering her voice, "I think it's their first date."

Laura blinked, "Wow, that's cute." She admitted, then paused. "Are you sure they're on a date, though?"

Yume nodded, "Just watch!"

Laura turned back to stare at the table. The two were fidgeting and looking away from each other, occasionally darting glances at the other.

Then, they both opened their mouths to say something at the same time. They stopped, their faces blooming red again.

Laura chuckled, "Yea it does look like it."

"What are you two looking at?"

Yume and Laura turned around to see Koharu.

Yume grinned, "Look Koharu, those two are on a first date!"

Koharu tilted her head, "Really? How can you tell?"

Yume pointed towards the table, "Just look!"

Koharu did, but shook her head, "Yume, you've never been on a date."

Yume turned red, "S-So what?"

Koharu smiled at her, reassuring that she wasn't teasing, "So, you don't really know what they're doing."

"What else could it be?" Laura commented.

Yume nodded slowly, "Well I can't just ask…"

"I mean I've never been on a date before, either, so I don't know," Laura added.

"Really?" Yume asked.

Laura raised an eyebrow, "Yea, why?"

Yume jumped, "Ah! I just thought that… you look like you've been on some before…"

"What?" Laura cried, "What does that mean?"

"Nothing! I'm sorry!" Yume wailed, slumping over.

Koharu laughed nervously, "I haven't either. But I wonder if Ako or Mahiru have been on one before."

Yume straightened, "Let's ask!" And she ran off.

"Right now?" Laura gasped, "We're working!"

But she didn't hear, going straight to the locker room when she didn't see either of them in the front.

"Mahiru! Ako!" Yume shouted.

The two girls jumped in surprise.

"What's going on?" Mahiru calmly questioned.

Koharu and Laura stepped into the room right behind Yume.

Yume stepped up to her, "Have you ever been on a date?"

Mahiru blinked at her, "Yes. Why?"

"No way!" Yume gasped.

"Wow…" Laura muttered.

Yume ignored Mahiru's question then went to Ako. "Ako!"

Ako took a step back, "I don't recall giving you my name."

Yume ignored her and asked, "Have you ever been on a date?"

Ako's face bloomed red, "E-Excuse me?"

"Have you?" She pressed on.

"What's it to you?" Ako bit out.

"I just wanna know!" Yume cried.

"Yes, I have! Now leave me alone!" Ako shouted.

Yume stepped away smiling, "Thanks."

Ako gave her a glare and turned away.

"Wow, who would have thought?" Laura commented.

"What brings this up?" Mahiru asked.

Yume opened her mouth, "Well-"

"What's going on here?" A harsh voice suddenly cut her off.

All 5 girls froze in fear.

Tsubasa stepped into the locker room, a near angry expression on her face, "Why do I find a cafe full of customers and no employees around?"

They all shook, and no one responded.

"A-Actually," Yume stuttered, "it's my fault. I… was getting excited about this couple out there on a first date..."

"First date?" Tsubasa narrowed her eyes, "Don't bother them, then. Just do your job and let things fall into place themselves."

Yume glanced at Koharu and Laura, smiling, agreeing with the advice.

Then Tsubasa narrowed her eyes at Yume, "I want you all to get back to work. However, we'll discuss a punishment later."

"Punishment?" They gasped.

"Back to work!" Tsubasa shouted, ignoring their worries, and the five of them rushed out of the locker room.

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Yume sighed and wiped her brow.

Koharu looked up at her with a worried expression, "Are you okay?"

Yume nodded, "Yea… I'm just worried about Tsubasa's punishment…"

Koharu's face fell, "Me too."

"But," Yume said, "I'm glad that Tsubasa's advice worked." A smile came across Yume's face, as she remembered how happy the boy and the girl looked by the time they left.

Yume lifted her rag from the table and glanced up, "Well… I guess it's time now."

Koharu took her own rag up and nodded.

The two of them went to the back of the cafe to the locker room.

Tsubasa was already there, standing in front with her arms crossed and her eyes closed.

Laura, Ako, and Mahiru were already standing in a line, too, and everyone was silently waiting.

Koharu and Yume quickly stepped beside them.

Ako glanced at Yume, who just stood beside her, "This is all your fault." She hissed.

Yume flinched, "Yea… I-"

"If I remember correctly, Saotome," Tsubasa spoke sharply, her body still frozen in her position, "you and Kasumi were both in the locker room against your break times." She opened her eyes and stared at all of them, "Everyone is here for their own faults, not for another's."

"Yes ma'am." They chimed.

"It's punishment time! I have let our chefs out early, and so the kitchen is a mess. As punishment," Tsubasa's words caused them to flinch, "you all will be cleaning the kitchen and redecorating and rearranging the cafe."

"Redecorating?" Mahiru asked.

Tsubasa nodded, "Yes. I want to change things up in the cafe. Which means moving tables and decorations in different places. Mind you, it also has to have a sense of style and efficiency." She explained. "And so, Saotome, Kasumi, and Nanakura will redecorate while Nijino and Sakuraba will clean up. Got it?"

"Yes ma'am!"

Yume joined Laura and the two of them went to the kitchen. They stopped at the sight of it. It was in a terrible condition. Dishes everywhere, flour and other substances all over the counters and floor, and many things out.

"No way…" Yume moaned.

Laura sighed and grabbed a towel, "Let's just get this over with."

Yume whined but grabbed a mop and the two started cleaning.

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Yume sighed, as she and Laura finally stepped out of the kitchen; now sparkling clean.

"I think we did a good job," Laura commented.

Yume nodded, smiling softly, "Yea."

They looked around the cafe, which was now reorganized in a new way. They spotted Mahiru on top of a ladder hanging something up, with Koharu on the ground helping her and Ako on another side of the room hanging something by standing on top of a chair.

"Wow!" Yume gasped, "It looks great!"

Ako turned to her, "Of course it does. With my amazing designing skills. However, Koharu and Mahiru aren't so bad themselves." Ako said, waving her hands in the air.

"I agree." Yume and the others turned to see Tsubasa arrive, "Seems like you all have finished your work. Now then…"

The five of them tensed.

"It's reward time!"

Yume blinked, "Huh?"

Tsubasa pulled out a tray from somewhere, "I made some special lemonade ice."

The girl's faces lit up.

"Eat up!"

Yume and the others gathered around a table and started eating them.

"Thank you, Tsubasa!" Yume said.

Tsubasa nodded, "Just be careful of what you guys do, and this won't happen again. Understand?"

"Yes ma'am!"

"Good," Tsubasa smiled, "Finish up and then you can leave."

Laura sighed and slouched into the seat, "I'm so tired."

Mahiru nodded, "I hope this won't happen again, it's gotten kinda late."

"That's true. Especially since school is starting Monday," Koharu sighed.

"Wait, Monday?" Yume dropped her spoon, "School's starting?" She almost screamed in shock.

Laura raised an eyebrow at her, "Yea, didn't you know?"

"No!" Yume gasped. She grabbed her head, "I totally forgot!"

Koharu glanced at her, "I thought you knew… we were buying supplies together the other day…"

"I bought them 'cause they were cute!" Yume explained hastily.

Ako rolled her eyes, "Wow, that's pathetic."

"Oh," Laura glanced over at the red head, "where are you going, by the way?"

"Me?" Ako asked, getting a nod in return, "I go to a private school, Dream Academy."

"Ah, I heard of that school," Mahiru said, "I was considering going this year."

Ako smiled at her, "You should! It's wonderful!"

Mahiru smiled back at her softly, "Sorry, but I decided to stay homeschool."

Ako shrugged, "Suit yourself."

Yume, on the other hand, moaned into her arms, "I'm not ready."

"Too bad," Laura scoffed, "you only have the weekend."

Yume wailed in despair again, repeating, "I'm not ready!"

The rest of them laughed at her, as they ended their night together.

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The last episode of AS, Ako and Kirara's one, really pissed me off, so I won't be watching AS for a while, after the Kasumi fam episode. I'm just taking a watching break until I feel like watching again :3 But don't worry, I'll keep writing this story! ^^

Thanks for reading, leave a review! :)