Man I did not like the Lillie episode again. Sheesh like we just had one... ugh sorry im i cannot wait to watch the movie/sob

Okay this chapter is pretty long… and I realized it. It's all KanAko. I tried to make it a decent length. Anyways please enjoy.

I do not own Aikatsu! Stars!

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Ako stretched her arms out happily. Finally! It was her free day! She was going to be spending her day in town, she had her it all planned out.

She rushed to get dressed in a yellow ruffle tank top, a cropped jeans jacket, and a pink skirt. Ako also had on some blue flats, her usual hair clip, and a pink purse over her shoulder.

Her first stop for the day was a small merchandise shop. They released a new doll of Subaru, and Ako finally had a chance to get it!

As she purchased the doll, the attendant at the register handed her a small clear packet. "Here's a free charm with your purchase! Thank you for coming!"

Ako took the item, leaving the shop with a thank you. She stopped when she got out and looked at it. It was a little keychain with the M4 symbol on it. Ako just slipped it into her bag. She didn't really want it, maybe she would give it to someone else.

She shook her head, and happily grasped the bag with her new purchase in it. She couldn't wait to go home! But she still had a few things she wanted to do before.

Ako stepped happily as she walked down the sidewalk. She looked around the town; it seemed busy today, a nice amount of people around.

Her brief look away from where she was going caused her to suddenly run into something. Ako stumbled back.

"Ah, excuse me!" Ako cried, stepping away.

"It's okay," a voice called out.

Ako froze and looked up. The figure was tall, wearing a hat that covered most of their head, and sunglasses over their face.

She blinked. They looked really familiar.

Instead of the person walking away again, they continued to stand there and stare at her.

Ako felt herself redden in anger by the action. "Excuse me!"

The male laughed. "You don't recognize me?"

Ako frowned and jumped back, pointing a finger at the person. "Identify yourself!"

The person stepped forward, and suddenly started lowering his face towards her. Ako froze, not knowing what to do. The stranger leaned closer to her, lowering the edge of the sunglasses so that bright green eyes could peer over the rim.

Ako gasped silently, her mouth gawking, speechless. She stared at the green irises, her face burning. Her eyes then caught sight of stray green strands of hair under the rim of the hat, familiarity hitting her.

Ako gasped, audibly this time. "Y-you!"

He chuckled and pulled away to his own height. "Oh, now you recognize me?"

Ako was bright red. "You- I! It's not my fault!" Ako huffed, crossing her arms. "Where are your glasses?" She blamed.

Kanata tapped the lenses. "These are prescription sunglasses." He informed.

Ako's frown deepened. "Well good for you." She started walking away. "Good day."

She stomped away, recalling where she was heading to before the run in.

As she continued, she stopped suddenly, to let some construction workers go by. Ako felt a presence near her and spun around quickly.

There stood Kanata.

Ako shrieked. "Why are you following me?"

Kanata shrugged. "I have a free day."

Ako frowned. "So? Go somewhere else. I'm here on my free day." She started to walk away again.

Kanata kept following her.

Ako seethed silently as she noticed him still trailing behind her from the corner of her eye.

She took a deep breath and returned her gaze in front of her. She was going to stay calm.

"Where are we heading?"

"We?" Ako repeated with a hiss.

Kanata chuckled, but didn't say anything.

Ako decided to ignore him back, tossing her attention in front of her. She spotted the large building she was aiming for, and began running, in hopes of getting away from Kanata.

She slowed down as she reached the theater, pausing to scan the movie posters. Her face lit up when she spotted the one she wanted to watch.

Stepping in the long line, Ako began her wait. A shadow came and looked over her.

Ako groaned. "You're still here?"

Kanata smirked and hummed. "According to my analysis, you're here to watch Nozomu's new movie."

Ako jumped, startled. She blushed. "Yea, so?" She mumbled.

Kanata smirked but remained silent. He then put his hands into his pockets and looked around.

Ako paused, taking the time to observe him. He looked very different, without his usual white rimmed glasses and headphones. He wore a casual hooded jacket unzipped with a dark tee underneath.

She frowned as she stared at the dark glasses, not being able to see his eyes and where he was looking.

Ako suddenly realized that she was staring, and snapped her gaze away, her face burning red.

"Next."

Ako jumped when the ticket booth called. She rushed forward.

Noticing Kanata following beside her, she sighed and said, "Two tickets, please." She then turned to Kanata and hissed. "I'm not paying for your ticket!"

Kanata smirked down at her, to which Ako huffed at.

The attendant gave her the price, and Ako opened her purse to pay for her ticket.

She looked up when she heard the tickets being printed.

The attendant handed the two slips of paper to Kanata, who took them and started walking away.

"H-huh?" Ako stuttered, her hand still in her purse. Did he just pay for both of them? She quickly shut the bag and rushed after Kanata, to not hold up the line.

Kanata was waiting for her to the side. "Here." He said, handing her a ticket.

Ako reached out slowly. She hesitated, but then pulled her hands away, moving them to her purse. "Let me pay you back," she said, intent on getting the amount of money to return to him.

Kanata pushed the ticket closer to her. "Don't worry about it."

Ako stopped. "I-I can't." She said again. She looked up at Kanata nervously.

He was smiling at her. Not a smirk, but a small smile.

Ako's heart skipped a beat, and she could feel the blood rushing through her body. Her cheeks tinged pink, and she frowned, finally grabbing the ticket. "Thanks…" She turned away, unsure why her heart was beating so hard suddenly.

Kanata chuckled. He moved away.

Ako looked up from the ticket to watch him go, towards the concession stand. Ako grumbled, following him only because she realized that she wanted a snack.

She went up beside Kanata to view the items on the menu.

"What can I get you?" The man asked.

"Small popcorn," Kanata said. He looked at Ako. "What do you want?"

"Me?" Ako asked surprised. "Probably a licorice." She said, as she scanned the menu.

She didn't notice Kanata nod at the man who began getting the snacks.

When she noticed Kanata receiving his popcorn, Ako went up with the intent of ordering her own snack. She stopped when Kanata held something out at her.

Ako blinked, as she spotted a package of red. Ako gasped in surprise. "A-again?" She squeaked out, her chest sharply jumping from inside.

Kanata smirked. "Here."

Ako snatched it from him. "Next time, pay for yourself." She hissed, turning away with a red face. She started walking towards the theater alone.

Kanata chuckled to himself, then followed her inside as soon as the movie began.

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Ako happily walked out of the theater. Disposing her trash, she started to stroll down the streets. "Ah, Nozomu was great!" She cried to herself.

"I agree."

Ako yelped and spun around. She had forgotten about Kanata. She scoffed, turning away. "You're still going to follow me?"

"Well, now that I'm here…" he trailed off.

Ako crossed her arms and continued walking. Kanata came up and strolled beside her silently.

After a while of walking silently, they came up to the edge of the city, where there was a pier against the water.

Ako rushed towards the ledge and gazed out at the water happily, leaning on the safety fence.

It was nice and bright, the sun in a position ready to set, but it wasn't yet. A few clouds sprinkled the blue sky, and birds flocked around them.

She sighed happily, closing her eyes and letting the soft breeze run over her. "It kind of feels like performing." She spoke softly, knowing that Kanata was around and listening.

She heard him hum in response.

Ako opened her eyes again to stare at the waves. "I wish I had a view like this."

Kanata glanced at her and nodded with a hum. "Me too."

They elapsed into their silence.

"Did you hear about Subaru's photoshoot?" Kanata asked suddenly.

Ako jumped up as she processed the words. "Pictures of Subaru?" She shouted. "What? Where?" She stared at Kanata with hearts in her eyes.

He chuckled. "We had a photoshoot last week." He explained. "I guess they didn't publish any of them yet." Kanata said with a smirk.

Ako deflated. "Oh. Well thanks for-" She began sarcastically, but was interrupted.

"It's a good thing I got my own copies." Kanata waved his blue Aikatsu mobile.

Ako gasped loudly and got closer to Kanata, hearts returning to her eyes. "Let me see!"

He laughed, pulling the mobile away and shaking his head no.

"What do you mean no?" Ako screamed. She started jumping to try to reach it as his long arm held it away. "Show me!"

He shook his head again.

Ako's face burned. She needed those pictures! Exclusive pictures that no other fan had seen yet. "I need those pictures!" Ako shouted once more. "Please!"

The next moment, a screen was pushed into her face.

"All you had to do was ask." Kanata smirked.

Ako blinked. She huffed. "Well…" she muttered. She then remembered the pictures, and snatched the mobile from his hands. The pictures were already open, and there was her Subaru.

Ako shrieked in happiness. She muffled herself by covering her mouth with a hand, conscious of her public setting.

Beside her, Kanata was watching her with entertainment.

As she swiped to the next picture, she noticed that it was a group picture. All M4 members were posing casually along a street shot. Subaru was crouched down closest to the camera. She squealed. Curiously, her eyes wandered to the other members. Asahi was posing with a hand on his hip, Nozomu had his hand inside his pocket and was standing a little behind Asahi. And lastly, Kanata was leaning against a wall, gazing away from the camera. Ako felt her cheeks burn as she took in the poses, namely Kanata's appearance. Quickly, she shoved the mobile out into the air at Kanata when she noticed that she was staring at his image for too long.

"I-I'm done!" She peeped.

Kanata blinked in surprise, and slowly took his mobile back.

Ako swung around and started walking off. She laughed nervously, hiding her face from Kanata. "Well, I will definitely purchase that issue of the magazine! Anyways, let's go home, I'm meeting the girls for dinner!"

Kanata stared at her retreating form but soon followed behind.

They walked calmly back to the front of the academy without exchanging any words, where Ako paused.

"Um…" Ako mumbled.

Kanata hummed in curiosity.

She suddenly reached into the bag she had from the store she went to earlier.

Kanata caught a peek of the contents. "Is that a Subaru doll?" He asked with a smirk.

Ako jumped and turned away sharply. "No! Don't look!" She shrieked.

Kanata chuckled, but did move his gave.

Ako finally fished something out of her bag and pulled it out. "Here," she held it out.

Kanata held out his hand to receive the object she was offering. He lifted it to his face to look at it closer.

"I got it for free from the shop." Ako stated. "But, I only like Subaru, not all of you, so you can have it." She crossed her arms.

Kanata sighed in amusement, a happy smirk forming on his face as he observed the M4 keychain.

"Take it as a… thank you, I suppose." Ako added.

Kanata pocketed the charm. "Hm, thanks." He replied.

Ako nodded firmly, her face red. She brushed her skirt then started walking away with a happy expression. "Goodbye." She waved lightly before continuing.

Kanata smirked. He shook his head and started on his path to get to his own dormitory.

As he went, he took out the charm and clipped it onto his Aikatsu Mobile. It did seem fitting for him to have a M4 charm, considering he was part of it.

When he entered the common room of the M4 dorm, Asahi jumped up to greet him.

"Hey Kanata!" He smiled. "Where have you been all day?"

Kanata smirked. "Around town." He replied.

Asahi frowned at the vague answer. His eyes caught sight of something suddenly. "Hey, is that a M4 charm?"

Kanata followed his gaze down. "Hm? Oh yea."

Asahi grinned. "That's so cool! How come I've never thought of getting something like that?" He muttered.

Kanata shook his head at the blond and maneuvered around him. He spotted Nozomu on a couch, who lifted his head in attention.

"You did well in your movie." Kanata said.

Nozomu blinked. "You watched it?"

Kanata nodded.

"So that's where you went!" Asahi chimed in, suddenly appearing in his face.

Kanata stepped back and smirked. "Sure."

"Sure?" Asahi repeated in confusion and tilted his head.

Kanata ignored him and started walking away.

Asahi stared. "Huh?"

Nozomu laughed lightly. "Let's leave him."

Asahi pursed his lips, a smile forming soon after. "Yea."

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