Happy 2017 everyone! I grace your year with another chapter! Hehe xP
I do not own Aikatsu Stars!
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After the speakers were fixed, they girls and M4 all performed without any other problems. They got onto the buses again and were off to the last stop of the day. That show started late, so it was getting late when the performance was over. Ms. Ran told them that they were staying in a hotel again that night.
Yume entered their hotel room just as they got there and stumbled to a bed. She dropped her bag beside it and dropped herself onto the mattress, face down. "I'm so tired." She groaned into the blankets.
The others sighed and her display, but followed in similar suit by sitting on the sofa and other beds.
Yozora placed her bag down and had sat on the sofa. This room had a larger sofa and a large TV screen. It gave her an idea. "How about we watch a movie to relax?"
The girls perked up.
"A movie?" Yume asked excited, lifting her head up.
Ako jumped and pointed and Yume. "Don't you dare suggest Night Watch again!" She declared, remembering their quarrel on the other night.
Yume sat up and puffed her cheeks. "Fine, fine."
Ako nodded in approval and moved to the sofa.
"So then what should we watch?" Laura asked, lazily lying on a bed.
Mahiru went to the television and turned it on. She pressed a few buttons and found the movie choices. "There are a lot we can choose from."
Yume and Laura gathered around the TV too to see the selection, as Mahiru was scrolling through.
"Oh! Go under the romance category!" Ako cried, pointing toward the screen.
"Romance?" Laura asked, scrunching her nose. "How about action!" She suggested happily.
Yume hummed. "Those both sound good..."
Ako hissed at Laura. "No! Romance!"
Laura shouted back. "Action!"
Yozora laughed nervously.
Mahiru interrupted them. "They have this movie that's both romance and action."
"Romance and action?" Ako asked.
Laura huffed and crossed her arms. "Well, I suppose that doesn't sound too awful."
Yozora smiled. "What's it called, Mahiru?"
"Secret Heart," Mahiru answered, "it's about a female spy who falls in love and then... action."
Yume jumped onto the sofa. "Alright! That sounds good to me!"
Ako plopped down onto the opposite side of the sofa and tucked her legs under her. "Okay. Let's get watching."
Laura went to sit in the single sofa. Mahiru sat herself on the floor.
Yozora stood up from between Ako and Yume. "Do you guys want a snack? I can order something up."
They glanced at her.
"Chocolate?" Mahiru suggested.
Yozora laughed at Mahiru's typical request. "Okay, sure."
Yume hummed. "How about some fruit?"
Ako and Laura nodded, agreeing.
Yozora smiled. "Sounds good!" She went to go call the room service for the snacks, as the movie began. After doing so, she went to a bed and grabbed a blanket. She went to the floor beside Mahiru and pulled the blanket over them, snuggling together.
A few minutes into the movie, there was a knock at the door. Yozora got up to answer it.
"Oh!" She gasped in surprise.
"Yo," Subaru greeted. Around him, the rest of M4.
Yozora smiled. "Hello. Would you guys like to join us? We just started a movie."
The guys agreed and Yozora let them in.
"What movie are we watching?" Subaru asked loudly as he came in.
Yume and Laura snapped their heads at him and shushed him harshly.
Subaru flinched and waved his hands. "Sorry..."
He maneuvered around the sofa and sat next to Yume. He watched a screen for a second. "Is this a chick flick?" He moaned.
Yume glared at him again. "Hush!" She whispered, bringing a finger to his lips.
Subaru frowned and grumbled, but complied. He crossed his arms and leaned back on the sofa.
On the other end of the sofa, Ako was swooning and angry. Angry that Yume had stolen Subaru to have him sit next to her, and swooning because of Subaru himself.
Then, something came around her and blocked her view. Just as she was about to loudly protest, a smooth hushing sound filled her ears.
"You don't want to interrupt the movie, do you?" Kanata asked her, smirking.
Ako narrowed her eyes. "Why you! Don't sit next to me!" She whispered fiercely. "You're blocking my view!"
Kanata tilted his head, his eyes darting to the television. "No, I'm pretty sure you can see the screen clear enough."
Ako felt her blood boil. That wasn't what she meant and she knew that he knew it. He was smirking at her again. She opened her mouth to retort, but he turned away to face forward.
"Shh," he hushed, "I'm trying to watch."
Ako bristled. She didn't say anything however, since the movie was still going. She leaned her arm on the side and pressed her hand to her cheek as she resumed staring at the screen.
Asahi had joined Mahiru and Yozora. He sat on the other side of Mahiru, and she passed some of the blanket over to him. He smiled gratefully and cuddled beside her.
Nozomu stepped around the single seat sofa and sat down near the feet of Laura.
Just minutes after everyone settled down, another knock was heard at the door.
Yozora shifted to get up, but Nozomu was already standing. He waved his hand as a silent gesture to her. Yozora nodded in response and smiled in thanks as she settled back down.
Nozomu went to the door and opened it. He blinked in surprise when he saw the room service cart, but quickly recovered. He thanked the woman and took the tray from her. He closed the door and returned to the dark-lit area in front of the TV. Silently, he placed the tray in front of everyone on the table.
Yozora glanced at the items. It seemed that even though their company was unexpected, the snacks would be able to feed the boys as well.
Asahi was the first to grab some grapes. He also snatched a chocolate bar off and handed it to Mahiru. She then spilt it in half with Yozora.
Laura took some apple slices.
Subaru grabbed a banana. At the same time, Yume reached for some small pieces of chocolate.
Ako eyed a banana on the tray and reached her arm out impatiently, as if expecting it to come to her since she was too comfortable leaning against the arm of the sofa.
Kanata raised an eyebrow at the hand that had cut into his view, then reached forward wordlessly. He grabbed a vine of grapes and smirked as he dropped it into Ako's palm.
Ako glared up at him.
Kanata glanced at her with an audacious smirk, as if daring her to move and get what she wanted herself.
However, her comfort won, as she pushed herself deeper into the sofa and turned her head away with a light huff.
Kanata let out a breezy chuckle while turning his gaze back to the movie, and Ako began munching on her grapes.
The movie rolled on, and they snacked some more.
Soon, Ako started feeling stiff. Her knees were cramping and her body was leaning too much to her left. Silently, she unfolded her legs and twisted them the other way. However, since Yozora, Mahiru, and Asahi were sitting by her feet, she couldn't hang her legs down, so she tried to fix herself to lean comfortably to her right. With all her weird restricted shifting, she lost balance and fell over to the side. But, since Kanata was seating beside her, she bumped into his side.
"Sorry..." Ako mumbled, embarrassed, but glad that it was dark so he couldn't see her stumbling around.
Kanata was startled and glanced down at her. He raised an eyebrow but didn't reply and returned to the TV.
Ako pulled away from Kanata with her cheeks hot with embarrassment. She finally managed to get her legs a little more comfortable. She sighed as she leaned back and put her attention to the movie again.
Minutes later, Ako felt her eyelids getting heavier. The words that the characters were saying were getting more and more incomprehensible. With a final breath, her eyes fully closed and her body went limp.
Kanata felt a weight on him again, so he looked over at Ako. This time, her face was calm and upturned. He immediately noticed that her eyes were closed. She suddenly let out a louder breath, but it sounded similar to a purr.
Kanata's cheeks burned and turned red. He quickly snapped his attention back to the movie, but found he couldn't pay attention anymore. He left Ako leaning against him and sneaked a glance at her once in a while. As his eyes were on the screen, he started struggling to keep his eyes open. Soon enough, his mind blanked out as he too was consumed by sleep.
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Yume was watching the movie with great interest. The heroine was great! She suddenly remembered her chocolates again, and reached down into her lap for another one. They little packaging reminded her of the candies Koharu carried around.
Yume happily started unwrapping one, when a hand grabbed her wrist. She gasped and looked up.
Subaru was frowning at her. "Can you stop? I'm trying to pay attention." He whispered.
Yume stuck out her tongue. "I thought you don't like chick flicks." She mocked, recalling his comment from before. She then fully took off the wrapper of the candy and stuck it into her mouth.
Subaru felt his cheeks burn slightly. "Y-yea, well this isn't one okay." He turned away in embarrassment.
Yume covered her mouth as she laughed quietly.
A little later when she went to get another piece of chocolate, she realized that she didn't have any more with her. With a light shrug to herself she scooted forward to grab some more. Something tugged her back suddenly.
Subaru was frowning at her again. "What are you doing?"
"Getting chocolate?" Yume answered, confused as to why he was stopping her.
"It's like eleven o'clock! Stop eating sweets!" Subaru demanded.
Yume shook his arm off of her. "I don't wanna. It's my mouth, why do you care?"
Subaru groaned. "You're acting like a kid." She stuck her tongue out again. "Stop it."
"Make me." Yume teased.
Subaru suddenly swooped his face in front of hers.
Yume gasped as his face got close. She willed to move away, but found herself frozen.
Her eyes were locked onto Subaru's blue eyes. His face, and hers, was illuminated by the light from the television. She could feel her heartbeat pounding in her chest. She could feel his breath on her face. Yume felt her face burn and her head spin.
Subaru moved his lips. "Cut it out." He then shifted away.
Yume let out a ragged breath and leaned back into the pillow behind her. What was that about? She felt like she was hyperventilating. She took a deep breath.
Yume then realized that she was being silly. It was most likely nothing. Probably.
Arrogantly, she stuck her tongue out once more at the back of Subaru's head. She then grabbed a pillow and brought it in front of her. She wrapped her arms around it and hugged it as she continued to watch the movie.
She didn't notice Subaru's own red face in the darkly lit room.
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Shortly after, the movie concluded. Yozora stood up to turn the lights on and Mahiru turned the TV off.
Laura stretched her arms and legs. "That was a nice movie." She commented.
Yume smiled and nodded.
"What was it called?" Nozomu asked. "I've never seen it before."
"It's called Secret Heart." Mahiru answered him.
Asahi smiled. "I loved the main character! Her style was really great!"
"Oh, well her character was good too. She didn't give up." Subaru commented.
Laura glanced at him and asked with a hint of a laugh. "So you enjoyed it?"
Subaru rubbed his neck. "Uh... S-sure..."
Asahi and Nozomu laughed at him, causing him to blush.
Yume jumped up and started stretching her arms. "What did you think, A-" She stopped at what she saw at the other end of the sofa.
Subaru raised an eyebrow and followed her gaze to behind him.
Everyone else did too, and the room quieted.
Ako and Kanata were asleep. Ako was curled up with her legs under her and she was leaning fully on Kanata, her head on his shoulder. One of her arms were resting in her lap, while the other was almost fully on Kanata's lap. Kanata had his own head resting on Ako's. His arms were to himself and his legs were against the sofa as he sat normally.
"Oh my gosh." Asahi whispered, grinning madly.
Nozomu too was grinning.
Subaru's eyes widened. He felt a laugh start to bubble in her throat and quickly covered his mouth to try to prevent it.
Asahi glanced at him and raised a finger to his lips. "Hush!" He told Subaru.
Mahiru glanced worried at Ako.
Yume gazed at them. "Should we wake them?" She whispered.
Asahi shot up. "No, wait!" Everyone turned to him. He stood up and pulled out his Aikatsu Mobile. They watched as he started taking pictures like crazy.
The girls sweated nervously, annoyed.
Nozomu nodded with a smile, pulling out his own Mobile. Subaru stood to follow after them, taking his own pictures.
"What are you doing?" Yume whisper shouted.
"Blackmail." Subaru answered simply, casting her spare glance.
"What?" Laura asked, confused.
Nozomu stopped taking pictures. "You see, Kanata always seems to have one on us. So whenever he needs anything, he can use it against us."
Asahi held his mobile with sparkling eyes. "But now we have something on him!" He cried excitedly.
Yume, Laura, and Mahiru exchanged worried looks.
"Okay..." Yume commented. "So who should wake them up?"
Asahi put his mobile away. "I'll wake up Kanata." He stepped forward and started shaking the green haired teen on the shoulder. "Kanata, wake up."
A moment later, Kanata lifted his head and sleepily blinked his eyes open. "What?" He grumbled.
Asahi puffed his cheeks in order to keep his laughter in. "You fell asleep."
Kanata moved his glasses away to rub his eyes. "Oh..." He answered.
At the same time, Mahiru went to Asahi's other side and started shaking Ako. "Ako, Ako! Wake up!"
Ako shifted against Kanata's side. Mahiru's eyes widened and she quickly pulled Ako away from him. Mahiru didn't want Ako to freak out about anything.
Ako let out a yawn that was eerily similar to that of a real cats.
Mahiru smiled. "Come on, Ako. Get up." She help Ako up.
Ako stood and stretched her limbs out. "I'm tired." She moaned.
Mahiru held Ako's arm and started pulling her. "I know. Come on, you can lay in bed."
Ako followed Mahiru sleepily and made it to the closest bed. She got into the sheets and burrowed under them, falling back asleep soon after.
Mahiru nodded as Ako began snoozing again.
When she turned back, the boys were leaving the room. Asahi was walking beside the tired Kanata, but caught her eye when he turned around. Asahi gave her a quick wave as he disappeared through the door.
The rest of the girls cleaned up and settled into their own beds for the rest of the night.
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I hope you all enjoy this chapter! Thanks for reading!