Honoka: Hey there! Let's see... Enya-chan, recently we haven't been receiving any reviews to comment on...
I know... Stop reminding me...
Hanayo: Some writers will abandon their work so as to hide away from the sad reality... Will you do that?
Hell no, I'm going to stick with what I like doing. Whether readers say that I'm a failure or not, I'm not going to stop!
Nico: Yeah yeah, let's see your enthusiasm later...
Maki: That's right. Actually, you lack motivation to complete an idiot's love story right?
Damn you. Maki, you should really watch what you're saying.
Mizono: Oh c'mon~ I can't wait to recommend books to everyone!
Airin: I won't allow it. *Points scythe at Mizono*
Umi: Uh... Talisman-san? According to this script, it puts us in a lot of trouble...
Eli: By the way, you didn't say that you don't own the horror games in the previous chapter.
Haa... Give a break you guys! I don't own Love Live or anything else.
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"So later we'll be having a sleepover at Umi-chan's house?" Kotori asked, not sure whether she heard the younger employee right.
"Yeah... Sort of... Bring a book along okay? We're going to read books, a bit like those exchanging scary stories nonsense." Nico confirmed, not looking at Kotori or Tsubasa.
"Alright... All of us or among our lovers?" Tsubasa questioned, wanting to know what Nico wants for a successful party.
"The latter, Umi-chan says to come at 9.00 pm." Nico replied before picking up her school bag.
"Okay~" The other two women replied, preparing to leave Aerial Designs just like what Nico did.
"Does Eli-chan and Kosaka-san know about this?"
"I think we better check with them..." Kotori flipped open her hand phone to see many messages and a few missed calls from Honoka. "Uh... I think they all know about it..."
"That's expected, Nico and Sonoda-san would have encountered most of them in school..."
"You're right! Well, let's go home shall we?"
"Yup." With that, the two of them parted ways, both of them expecting to see each other at Umi's residence.
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"Hey hey Maki-chan, what book did you and Nozomi-chan bring nya?"
"You'll find out later. Anyway, I bet you and Hanayo-chan brought some book on food right?"
"T-That's not true Maki-chan... It's really a proper book!"
"Well, it seems that Elichi and Tsubasa-chan has arrived~ We can finally start!"
"Ahaha... So who's going to start first?" All ten women looked at each other before Umi offered a solution.
"Let's just use this ten sided dice I got recently. Each of us will pick a number and if yours got chosen, the team will get to go first. I'll go with five."
"Then Nico will pick one cause she's number one in the world!"
"Nicocchi sounds narcissistic but that's Nicocchi~ Anyway, ten sounds promising according to my cards..."
"I'll go with two."
"Rin will pick six nya!"
"How troublesome... I'm going with four because I've no choice okay?!"
"T-Then I pick eight...?"
"There's three, seven and nine huh? I'll take nine."
"Ah! Then I'll take seven and Honoka-chan will take three!"
"Okay then, let's roll this dice..." Everyone waited with bated breath to see what the dice had in store for them.
"Alright nya! It's a six! Kayo-chin, let's start our story nya!"
"Alright Rin-chan. Um... This story is about a failed musician who had given up her doctor career and an office lady."
"Ooh, sounds interesting!"
"Honoka, keep quiet."
"So, it starts off something like this..."
There was once a woman who had given up her promising future as a doctor in order to become a useless singing bum.
"Hey! I'm not a bum! I just don't have much cash on me. So do your narrating right!"
Yeah yeah whatever... Anyway, she happened to be sitting outside a well-known company and playing her songs when an office lady came out of the building to have a breather.
"Hello there, what are you doing here playing songs?"
"Making a living, what about you?"
"I'm bored being cooped up in a building, so I'm here taking a breather. I'm glad I did though."
"Hm? Why?"
"Cause if I didn't, I wouldn't be able to hear that lovely song of yours. Oh, time's up. Sorry, I gotta run." And with that, the office lady ran off. However, she did leave quite a generous amount of money for the musician before leaving. Pretty pathetic if you ask me...
"Hey, whose story is this? Get the hell out of here so I can stop breaking the fourth wall!"
Impatient are we? Very well then, let's skip this story three months forward. The musician had managed to strike up a friendship with the office lady and is currently having coffee with her in a cheap cafe.
"So, how's that office life of yours?"
"Boring as usual. How's your day?"
"Still surviving as always... Like the coffee here?"
"Yeah, it's awesome! I never knew that there was a cafe that sells good but affordable coffee here! Maki-chan, you're the best!"
"There's no need for such kind words Honoka-chan..."
"Wait what? This story is based off me and Honoka-chan?!"
"Yeah nya. I mean, we created this book nya~"
"No wonder it's so freaking short and weird... Carry on."
"Really though... I have to see so many clients day in day out and go for blind dates... It's taking quite a toll on me but I'm thankful for your presence."
"Honoka-chan... If there's anything I could do to help, please do find approach me. I know I'm poor but I'll do anything I can to help you!" Such bold words tumbled out of Maki's mouth, making Honoka blush furiously.
"M-Maki-chan... I'm flattered but I'm not sure if my parents will allow a woman as my steady..."
"Wait what? You like me?"
"A-Ah! I-I meant that as my plan to get the men off me temporarily before I formulate a better plan! Y-Yeah!"
"Oh really now...? You know, I do like you but from what you said just now... may make me reconsider my offer..."
Oh get a room you two! They have sex, date and eventually get married overseas! The end!
"Both of you.." Maki started as soon as the story was completed.
"Alright Maki, next roll coming up!" Umi said, wanting to avoid a conflict. She rolled the dice before making a mental note to skip six and eight.
"Woohoo! Kotori-chan, it's a three!"
"Yes it is! May we start our story?"
"Sure, but what is it about?"
"Uh... It's about a lifeguard and a beach bar owner?"
"I'll read it!" Honoka snatched the book from Kotori's hands and began the story.
This is a story about a tsundere lifeguard and a beautiful bar owner whose bar is at the beach. This lifeguard hated her job as she had to deal with idiot kids that didn't read the 'No swimming' signs, male delinquents that hit on her every five minutes and did I mention people who like going to the beach in their birthday suits? Anyway, she was good friends with the bar owner, who was well-liked and equally targeted by men alike.
"Hey, how's the beach today?"
"Horrible. How are you able to tolerate them hitting on you? Men are disgusting..."
"Oh come on... I bet they're hitting on me cause they know that I'm your good friend Maki..."
"No way, Eli-chan attracts them cause you're drop dead sexy!"
"Stop it right this instant! Me and Eli-chan?! What's wrong with you people, shipping me with everyone! Umi-chan, roll that dice!" Maki shouted, halting Honoka's reading. Umi nodded and took out a regular dice.
"Same rule, but those who were involved in the reading can't participate. I'm six."
"Nico will go for three this time!"
"What happen to your 'number one' thing? Ah well, I'll go with five."
"Maki-chan's five? Then I'm one!"
"I'll take four, which means Tsu-chan will be two right?"
"Yep! Sonoda-san, you can roll now."
"Here goes..." The dice was rolled, soon coming to a stop at one.
"Alright, Maki-chan? Please hand the book to me."
"S-Sure... What's it about?"
"You'll know in due time..." It was clearly evident that Maki didn't know what Nozomi had intended to read out, making Eli and Nico suspect that it may be another book about Maki again. With that, Nozomi soon started her story about a veterinarian and a panda.
"Hey panda! Get over here! I need to treat you!" A red haired grumpy woman shouted, chasing a small panda.
"Squeak!" That was a sign that the panda didn't want to get treated by the veterinarian. The veterinarian scowled before trapping the panda at a dead end.
"Haa... Seriously! Nico-chan shouldn't run, your hind paw is injured after all..."
"Squeak..." It was the panda's way of apologising to the red haired veterinarian.
"Yeah, I'm sorry too. Now hold still alright?" Before treating the panda, she gave it a quick kiss on its furry cheeks.
"Nozomi-chan! Are you even aware of what you're saying now?!"
"Of course Maki-chan!"
"No way you're not! You made Nico a panda and then forced me into a story where Maki-chan's committing bestiality!" The other women's faces were full of shock at the extremely forbidden topic Nozomi had mentioned.
"Alright alright I get the idea. So can Nicocchi get off me now?" Nozomi asked a heavily breathing Nico who was on top of her. Nico silently got up and went back to her original position beside Umi.
"Hey Umi-chan, roll the damn thing already." Nico rudely spat out, irritated with Nozomi's story.
"It's a two..."
"Ahaha... I think it would be best if I read this..."
"So doc, what do you think happened to this guy?" A blue haired police woman asked the red haired forensic doctor beside her.
"Let's see, he died of strangulation and not drowning as what your division had suspected."
"Well, we did find him in the water..."
"Yeah yeah, anyway the prints found on the neck happens to belong to a woman. Pressure found on it signifies that she's pretty strong too."
"Thanks Maki. Couldn't done it without you."
"Tell the people at your place to use some common sense before jumping to conclusion okay Umi-chan?"
"Okay, that's it. Kira-san, stop your reading. Umi-chan, pass me the book you're holding."
"Sure, here you go." Umi handed the book to Maki, who flipped through the pages of the remaining book.
"That's it. No more reading from us, let's go to sleep." Maki closed the book, returning it to Umi.
"What kind of book is it anyway?"
"No idea, I haven't read it yet." Nico and Umi flipped through a few pages and realised that it happened to be a book shipping Maki with Rin.
"Judging from your faces, I bet it's a book featuring Maki right?" Eli asked which was replied by nods.
"Well, what Maki-chan said is right nya! Now's eleven and Rin wants to sleep nya!"
"Okay~" All of them immediately prepared for bed. However, some were affected during their supposedly sleep time.
"W-What the...? Damn it Nico-chan!" Maki hissed at a sleeping Nico, who was over Maki.
"Honoka-chan nya..." Rin whimpered, trying to get away from a drooling Honoka but couldn't as she was securely trapped in place by the ginger-haired woman.
"Both of you are still awake?" Eli asked Maki and Rin, both of them struggling to sleep.
"Yeah... Why?" Maki asked, trying to push Nico away but couldn't.
"Then help me get your girlfriends off me. I have Hanayo biting my right arm and Nozomi groping my breasts!" Eli begged, paralysed from Nozomi's constant groping.
"We can't nya! We're also trapped nya..." Rin sighed, resigning to her fate of getting drooled on by Honoka.
"Nn... What's wrong Rin-chan?" Kotori asked, roused from her slumber a bit too early.
"Honoka-chan's drooling on me nya... Help me, I want to sleep and it's four in the morning nya..." Rin whined, starting to shake due to Honoka's weight acting on her body.
"O-Okay! Honoka-chan~ Here's some food for you..." Kotori said, holding a bag of opened sweets. Honoka, though fully asleep, started to get up and walked towards Kotori.
"Alright nya~ Here, Kayo-chin is supposed to sleep here... Kick Nico-chan towards Umi-chan and place Nozomi-chan on Maki's boobs nya!" Rin muttered while placing the women mentioned in their rightful positions.
"I'm going to kill you later Rin-chan..." Maki swore before wrapping Nozomi with her left hand and dozing off to sleep.
"Guys? It would be best if you don't get up now..." Kotori whispered, still luring Honoka with the sweets.
"Why is that so Kotori?" Eli asked, not understanding what Kotori meant.
"Cause Umi-chan will knock us out..." Kotori said before throwing the bag of sweets at Umi, candy sprinkling her face. Kotori, Rin and Eli immediately got down and pretended to sleep while a furious Umi woke up with a fistful of sweets. By this time, Honoka was fully awake.
"Huh? I could have sworn Kotori-chan was holding a bag of sweets... Ah well, Umi-chan! Give me some!" Honoka cheerily shouted, unwittingly waking Tsubasa up.
"Honoka... It's night time and you still dare eat sweets?! You're supposed to be sleeping!" Umi roared, aiming a candy directly at Honoka and throwing it. Honoka went down after being hit at such frightening speed, leaving Tsubasa no choice but to hide under her blanket to avoid being hit. Eli, Kotori and Rin could only silently apologise for sacrificing Honoka before getting back to sleep. Umi went back to sleep, her duty fulfilled.
"A-Ah! Honoka! Who did this to you?!" Umi asked, being one of the early birds. Honoka simply shivered before avoiding Umi. Maki, being the first to wake up, smacked Nozomi on the head.
"Ow! What did Maki-chan do that for?!" Nozomi asked, rubbing the area where she was hit.
"You grope people while we're sleeping. Both Eli and I were affected." Maki seethed. Nozomi gave a playful grin before whispering a 'sorry' to Maki.
"Nya... My arm hurts now nya..." Rin complained just as Nico woke up.
"My back probably hurts more than your arm you know." Nico sighed while rubbing her back. Rin and Maki kept silent, fully aware of her source of pain.
"S-Sonoda-san's scary... E-Eli-chan, don't cross her..." Tsubasa breathed out, still shivering in her blanket.
"Nn... Go ahead and blame Kotori for that." Eli sighed before getting up to change.
"Ehehe... Sorry Honoka-chan..." Kotori apologised before kissing her lover. Honoka let out a sigh before kissing back.
"So~ Who's up for Nico's breakfast?" Nico asked before heading to the kitchen.
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Nico: Wait, so who caused my back pain?
Rin kicked you so she's the cause.
Rin: Nya! I only did it as to get you off Maki!
Maki: That's right but more importantly... How's your first night with her? *Points to Airin*
Horrible, she clung on to me and ruined my pillow formation.
Airin: Well sorry for doing that!
I'm not blaming you alright...
Umi: Maki gave us too much trouble for this chapter...
That's because she doesn't like to be shipped with so many in one day.
Eli: But in all honesty, what's the book that Umi picked up about?
Well, maybe you'll know in due time?
Airin: I've a bad feeling...
Lie: So long it's nothing related to Mizono, it'll be fine.
Mizono: Hey! That's mean y'know!
Toriko: Ugh... My head still hurts... Anyway, please review this chapter even though Talisman-san doesn't really mind whether you do or not.
See Maki? You should learn from her.
Maki: Yeah and I'll put this photo of you snuggling on to that grim reaper! *Takes out photo of me snuggling on to Airin*
Go to hell! Anyway, bye guys!
All: Bye!
