New episode was so nice! Can't wait for subbed~ Poor Ako though! She still didn't get glitter! IM GONNA CRY WHY poor neko-chan TnT
I do not own Aikatsu Stars!
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Yume, Laura, Mahiru, and Ako were all walking back into the academy, holding their shopping bags that had their new dresses and accessories. They were chattering happily about their choices and about their trip.
Then, Yume spotted a few figures in the distance ahead. She perked up and waved a free hand to gain their attention. "Hey guys!"
M4 looked up at her call and the two groups approached.
"Hey, what's up?" Subaru greeted them. He noticed the bags in each of their hands. "What are you holding?"
Yume looked down at her bags. "Oh these? They're our dresses for the ball! We just went shopping!"
Subaru stiffened slightly at the mention of the ball. Suddenly, something shoved him from behind, causing him stumble forward. He yelped and looked behind him, to see his unit mates walking away. He frowned in confusion.
"Are you okay?" Yume's voice asked.
Subaru looked up at the blonde, noticing that the other girls had walked away too. He gulped. "Yea. So, uh, the ball…"
"Oh yea!" Yume said. "I can't wait to go! I got a new dress, it's pink!" She giggled. "Wanna see it?"
Subaru froze. "Uh, no thanks…"
Yume frowned, then shrugged. "Okay, I guess I'll see you at the ball."
Subaru nodded. "A-about that…"
Yume blinked. "What's wrong?"
He shook his head. "Nothing's wrong…" Subaru felt his face heat up. He had to get the question out. "W-Will…" He trailed off.
Yume tilted her head and stared at him. "Yes?"
Subaru felt frozen under her gaze. "Will y-you, go to the, ball… with me?" His face turned bright red. He finally said it. But now, to hear her response.
Yume blinked silently. "What do you mean? I'll see you there, won't I?"
Subaru blinked. Are you serious? She didn't even understand? He felt like shouting. He took a deep breath. "Not that." He said calmly. He glanced up at her face, to see her smiling encouragingly. It eased his nerves, a little. "Will you be m-my d-date?"
Yume blinked. "Your date?" She repeated.
Subaru flinched and looked away.
"Sure!" Yume replied happily.
Subaru snapped his gaze up at her. "R-really?"
Yume nodded, smiling. "Yea! I would like that! I think we'll have fun together!"
Subaru found himself smiling with her. "Yea."
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"He's gonna ask her to the dance?"
"Hopefully." Nozomu replied Laura.
"It would be a wasted opportunity if he doesn't." Kanata added.
Asahi turned to Mahiru. "Little sis! You got your dress already? Let me see!"
Mahiru pulled away. "Why?"
"So we can match!" Asahi informed her.
Mahiru frowned. "Why do we have to match?"
"Well," Asahi began. "If we're going together, then we should match!"
"We aren't going together." Mahiru stated.
"Yes we are." Asahi affirmed. "I'm not letting anyone else go with my little sister!" He went forward and wrapped the girl into a hug, one which she did not reciprocate.
"Get off me! I don't want to go with anyone!" Mahiru shouted as she pushed him away.
"Not even your big brother?" Asahi pouted.
Mahiru deadpanned. "No."
Asahi started crying dramatically as Mahiru continued to shove him away irritatedly.
Ako stared at the two siblings argue with an unimpressed expression.
A sudden hum reached her ears, causing her to look up beside her.
"Perhaps you and I should go as well." Kanata said casually, not looking at her.
Ako scrunched up her nose as she stared at him. "Go where?"
Kanata's cheeks tinged pink suddenly, as he still didn't face her. "To the… ball."
Ako frowned and turned to him. "I am going. Aren't you?"
Kanata stiffened and covered a cough. He finally faced her directly. "Together."
A light went off in Ako's head. Her face started heating up. "T-t-" she stuttered.
Kanata interrupted her. "Well?"
Ako opened her mouth. She hesitated. He was asking her as a date! Her face burned. Did she want to go with him? Plainly, yes, she did. So then, her answer was simple. But… "No." Ako crossed her arms and turned away with a huff. "If you think that you can ask me like that, try again!"
He was silent, until she heard laughter.
Ako spun around. "Wh-what are you laughing at?" She shrieked angrily, turning red from embarrassment.
Kanata held himself with his eyes closed. He waved a hand in the air to calm her. He then opened his eyes and wiped at them from under his glasses. "Sorry," he grinned. "I should've known better."
Ako huffed, still red and crossing her arms again.
Suddenly, he leaned forward, getting close to Ako's face.
Ako's face turned bright red, as she froze with her eyes wide.
Kanata smirked as he stared closely into her eyes. "Well then, you'll have to give me your Mobile address."
"W-wh-what f-for?" She stuttered in response.
His hand went to the rim of his glasses as he pushed them up. "So that I can properly ask you, of course." His Aikatsu Mobile was in front of her all of a sudden.
Ako shakily reached out and put in her numbers. "There!"
Kanata smiled at her and leaned back to his normal height, sticking his hands in his pockets. "I won't keep you waiting, Ako."
Ako's face burned. "S-sure." she turned away.
Kanata's cheeks dusted pink as he cleared his throat, embarrassment of his actions catching up with him.
"Kanata! We're going!" Nozomu suddenly called out.
He turned in attention, then glanced at Ako. "See you later." He waved briefly before walking away.
Ako covered her face, frozen. Her breath hitched in her throat as anxiousness began to grow within her.
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Ako was humming as she laid on her her stomach on her bunk, kicking her legs in the air as she read a magazine. She dropped her legs, and reached to twirl a strand of her hair around her fingers.
Then, a chime filled the air and her mobile lit up.
Ako curiously picked it up from where it was lying beside her magazine.
Unknown: at the gazebo
Ako blinked. Obviously it was a wrong number or something, because she didn't give her contact to anyone- oh.
Her face reddened. She jumped up and off her bed, slipping on her shoes as she rushed out of the room.
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Ako slowly approached the white rest station. She didn't see anything around, causing doubt to creep into her mind. She bit her lip as she climbed towards the canopied area.
Suddenly, something bright and colorful was thrust into her face.
"Will you go to the ball as my date?"
Ako blushed deeply. She stared at the flowers that were held out in her face. Yellow tulips with pink and purple viscarias.
"Yellow tulips…" Ako muttered as she observed them, "mean… cheerful thoughts." She smiled softly.
Kanata's eyes widened slightly as she depicted the flowers.
"V-viscarias mean," Ako continued, "will you dance with me?" She said softly. She ducked her head to pause. She lifted her head to look at Kanata, who gazed back at her.
With a red face, Ako stuttered, "y-yes!"
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Ako smiled brightly as she stuck her nose into her bouquet of flowers and smelled them. Her heart thudded within her as she remembered what had just occurred.
"Ako?"
She looked up, noticing her friends staring at her.
Yume smiled. "Where'd you get those flowers? They're pretty!" She reached out to touch them.
Ako shrieked and yanked them away. Quickly, she shoved them behind her back. "N-nothing! I certainly did not get anything because I was asked to the ball!"
Mahiru blinked. "You were asked to the ball? By who?"
Ako yelped. "No one! I told you I wasn't asked! And it definitely wasn't Kanata!" She shouted fiercely.
The girls deadpanned.
"O-Oh, okay…" Laura muttered.
Ako upturned her nose. "Now then, if you would excuse me." She sidestepped around them, intent on hiding the flowers from their view, and started walking away from them to go back to her room.
"Okay!" Yume called out. "See you later, Ako!"
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Mobile address = aikatsu mobile phone number/contact stuff I made it up though cuz I don't think that everyone's contact is in those. Like, you have to put the in like a real phone.
OMG I just realized that this is matching with the new episode! 45 eps, and 45 chapters! Maybe I should keep up with it... You guys will have to wait a week for the next chapter! xPPP