Chapter 2 : A Summer's Dream [夏の夢] - Part 1

[a week later after Lilia, Luna and Krystal submitted their MV online...]

Saturday ~ 9AM

"Hey, Lilia!" shouted her mom who was downstairs, at the kitchen to be exact. Lilia is busy doing her drafts for their hydraulics project in Physics, and she's listening to Jpop songs using her iPod. Her mom seemed to be impatient at that time, and so she went up to Lilia's room.

"Hey Lilia!" her mom shouted again, this time at Lilia's room. Lilia become startled and hurriedly removed her headphones.

"What is it, mum?" asked Lilia, her mother walked towards her.

"Well, it seems that what you've been waiting for came today." her mom said, giving her a parchment letter.

A letter from STA.

"Have you opened the letter...?" asked Lilia, her curiosity building up with the parchment in her hands.

"I haven't," said her mom, "Why not open it? You and Luna-chan and Krystal-chan are all waiting for it, right?" she added, Lilia slightly nodded.

"Well," muttered Lilia, "I'm a bit nervous about this..."

"You'll never know if you don't even open that letter." said her mom, who was now walking out. She paused, then said, "There's always a chance, Lilia. There's always a chance in a million. So open that letter now before it's too late."

Her mom left the room, whereas she's still staring at the white parchment in her hands.

Is she going to open it?

[meanwhile at Luna's house]

"Luna-oneechan~!" shouted Rhea, Luna's younger sister.

"What is it, Rhea-chan?" asked Luna, who was from the kitchen helping her mom cooking their lunch.

"There's a letter that I found in the mailbox!"

Luna stared at her younger sister in disbelief and quickly went to the mailbox at the gates of their house.

[at Krystal's house…]

Luna is standing still in front of their door. Her mom comes to the hall and sees her standing still, somewhat different from the Luna she knows.

"What is that, Luna?" asked her mom, who was reaching Luna's shoulders.

"Mom, we passed the ELIMINATIONS!" she beamed with a smile, then she ran to their nearest phone and made a call to Lilia.

[back at Lilia's house]

Lilia is now jumping up and down with her mom in the living room. Lilia rushed down from her room to the living room to tell her mom about the exciting news- That SHE PASSED THE ELIMINATION!

"Mum! We should hold a party !" she said excitingly. Then both her and her mom stopped jumping up and down to catch their breaths.

"Well, before that par-tay of yours," said her mom, still puffing air through her mouth, "We'll go to the shrine to give thanks to the deities who had allowed you to win that competition."

"Sure!" Lilia excitingly said, "I'll just call—"

-phone rings—

"That must be either Luna or Krystal…" said Lilia, then she made skipping steps while walking towards the phone.

"Moshi-moshi?"

"Lilia!" the beaming and excited voice of Luna can't be masked, "We passed it! WE PASS!"

"I know, I know!" said Lilia, as excited as Luna is. "Let's go to the shrine today!"

"Sure! That will be great ~!" said Luna, "BTW, did Krystal already called you?"

"Hey!" shouted Krystal, who was at the front door of Lilia's house.

"No need," said Lilia, "She's already here in the house~"

"Uwaahh… " muttered Luna, "Anyway, I'll be going there after eating lunch~! See you Lilia-chan! And send my congratulations to Krystal-chan as well!" she added.

The phone line disconnected, and with a beaming smile, she looked at Krystal, who was already dressed-up.

"Isn't it that we're going to the shrine?" asked Krystal, smiling at her.

"Well, why not we eat first, right?" asked Lilia, smiling at her, "Mum will surely prepare something special today…"

"You bet it!" Lilia's mom shouted who was at the kitchen. The two girls laughed, and Lilia decided to take Krystal to her room first while waiting for their delightful feast.

-15 minutes later-

"Luna-chan is here, Lilia!" her mom shouted, who was now almost done with their delectable food.

Lilia went downstairs and saw Luna, all dressed up in blue. Krystal followed her as well. The three girls were sharing smiles that they sure will never forget in their summer.

[to be continued]

Next : A Summer's Dream [Natsu no Yume] - Part 2