Classes were over at Otonokizaka High. But there was a problem: It was raining hard the whole day.
In the second years' classroom, Honoka slumped on her seat, groaning while thinking where else can they do their idol practice. "Umi, may we use the auditorium?" Umi, who was doing her homework, simply shaked her head. "Honoka, people have already gone home. And we can't stay here much longer."
More groans were heard from the bored ginger head. "Umi, Honoka, let's go home? We can always have practice tomorrow!" Kotori pleaded. Umi packed her things and tapped the still grumpy Honoka on her shoulder. "All right..." She stood up reluctantly and followed the two as they walked out of the classroom.
They walked down the stairs and came across three familiar girls. "Honoka!" "Oh. Nozomi! Eli! Nico!" The purple-haired girl was with Eli and Nico. "Are you going home too?" Eli asked the second years. "Yes. Let's go?" Umi replied. Eli nodded with a smile. "It's been raining the whole day..." They kept walking down as they talked. They decided to visit the first years.
In the first years' classroom, Rin could not help but stare at the window while tapping her seat with a pencil. "It's so boring when it rains!" Hanayo, who was leaning on her best friend's shoulder, tried to comfort her. "Don't worry, Rin. It will stop soon. And I have some onigiri for us!" "Really?!" Hanayo nodded her head and took out three pieces of onigiri from her bag. "Here, Rin." "Wow, it's cute! Thank you!" Rin quickly faced her and hugger her tight while still holding her onigiri. "R-Rin! I can't eat!" Hanayo blushed from the intimacy.
As soon as Rin let go of her friend, Hanayo offered the third piece to Maki, who was reading a book several seats away. The redhead turned to them. "For me? N-no, thank you. I'm not-" Her stomach grumbled. Fine.
She left the book with a bookmark to take Hanayo's homemade food, and examined its ingredients. She added tomato bits? She smiled when she realized how considerate her friend is, even at the little things. "Hanayo... Thank you." She went back to her book while taking bites of her special tomato-flavored onigiri.
Minutes later, a few knocks were heard at the door of the room, distracting Maki from her book. "Maki, who's there?" Rin asked. Upon seeing Eli and the others behind the door, Maki gave them a smile that signaled them to enter, which they did. "How are you?" Eli asked them. "We're fine. Rin's bored though," Maki replied.
"Since we're all here, why don't we stay over somewhere?" Honoka suggested. "That would be nice for the weekend. Whose house then?" Umi asked, considering that there is no homework to do. "Hmm... Maki?" Nozomi smirked, knowing how easily she can get her way with the junior. "Ueh?! I-I can't! My parents..." Maki turned away to hide her embarrassment. "It'll be fine! I'm sure they'll be happy to have us." "But..."
When she looked at them again, she was surrounded with expectant smiles. "Ugh. Fine! But let me call them first. Okay?" "All right! It's a stayover at Maki's house!" Honoka got excited.
Rin kept fidgeting and groaning on a sofa, unable to contain her boredom. "I think this chapter will be another flop, nya..." "Rin! You know we previously did an already unpopular story, right?" Nico scolded her. She was just as bored, and nagging Maki was out of the option. "Oh! You mean, the Umbran thing?" Honoka was sitting beside Rin, eating a cinnamon roll. "Yeah. We just tried to stay in character..."
Nico took out her smartphone, which was already connected to the Nishikinos' wifi, to play Starlight Stage, even though she knew she sucked at it. Rin did the same, but she had to ask her for the wifi password to play School Idol Festival.
"Nico, do you know the wifi password?" She jolted at the question, immediately glowing red on her cheeks. "Y-yes! Give me your phone!" Rin, being clueless, quickly handed her smartphone. Nico tapped the network named Mato-chan! to type in "N!(On1c022", which worked. "Hmph. You're lucky that you're with the amazing Nico-ni!" She tossed back the smartphone, which was easily caught by its owner.
Rin was surprised when she got a good look at the event banner. "Nico! Look!" "Not now." By then, she has already revived two times while playing Absolute NIne on Master+. And the third time when Rin called her.
After 'surviving' the song, she tossed her snartphone aside, partly in frustration, to look at Rin's screen. What she saw seemed to brighten her mood. "I knew it! Nico-ni is so popular!" "But Nico, it's not your event! There has to be some mistake, nya!"
Honoka did not give a damn at all as long as there was bread to stuff in her mouth. She does not care what will happen next, and I don't know what else to add. Nom! Least of my worries.