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If it helps, the pic of Honoka for this first part is in my dropbox.

The next morning would not go as smoothly as they planned.

"Should we wake her up?" Hanayo asked.

All eyes were on the leader of Muse, who was still comfortably sleeping in front of them. On top of what she was originally wearing to sleep, she wore an orange sweater, and held in her arms a big teddy bear. The rest of Muse have been captivated by the sight for the last twenty minutes.

"We should.. we have to clean up and get ready." Rin said.

"Maybe some people shouldn't have kept her up a little later," Umi said.

"I-I just wanted her to try the sweater I made for her," Nico said, doing her best to not look in Umi's direction.

"A-and I thought she would like the teddy bear," Maki said, doing the same thing.

"Now, now," Kotori said, putting her hands on Umi's shoulder to try and get her to relax. "Everything will be fine. And you have to admit she looks very cute like this."

"Well... yeah..." Umi looked at Honoka again, and the sight did get her to relax significantly.

While everyone was watching Umi and Kotori, Nozomi had made her way to Honoka. She was a little closer to Honoka than everyone else was comfortable with right now. The fact she was on top of Honoka didn't help.

"H-hey, what are you doing?" Nico asked.

"Honoka-chan~" she called sweetly, ignoring Nico's question. "It's time to get up~"

Nozomi placed her hands on Honoka's shoulders and gently shook her. Nothing happened. Nozomi shook her a little harder, but Honoka still didn't stir. Then, Nozomi formed her trademark grin.

"Don't make me-"

"That's enough," Eri said, not wanting to see any more.

"Eh? But I'm just trying to-"

"Don't use waking Honoka-chan up as an excuse to grope her."

Nozomi saw that Eri was trying really hard to keep herself calm. She let out a dramatic sigh.

"Eri-chi is no fun."

"Let's just clean up and get breakfast ready. We'll worry about waking Honoka-chan up later," Eri told everyone. Then she went up to Honoka and lifted her up.

"Now what do you think you're doing, Eri-chan?" Umi asked.

"Moving her, so we can clean?" Eri said. She almost let her tempter slip.

"I'll.. go get started with breakfast," Nico said, leaving quickly before anything else could happen.

"I'll start bringing our bags out," Kotori said. She turned to Umi, "would you like to help?"

Umi nodded, and they got up and walked off to the rooms. Eri turned to Nozomi, Rin, Maki, and Hanayo. "Can you all start putting the blankets away?"

The first-years nodded, and quickly got to work. Nozomi didn't move right away, and Eri gave her a look.

"Relax a little, Eri-chi," Nozomi said. She pointed at Honoka. "She wouldn't want to hear that you got mad, you know."

Eri sighed. "You're right, sorry."

Nozomi smiled and set off to help the first-years. Eri shook her head at her behavior before laying Honoka on the couch and then joining Nico in the kitchen.

The rest of the morning went by with little trouble. What finally woke Honoka up was the smell of breakfast, not to any of the others' surprise.

They managed to make it to their train on time after breakfast. Honoka, still a little tired, fell asleep again on the train. While Honoka was sleeping comfortably, the one she was resting on wasn't feeling quite the same. The pleasant feeling was being offset by the jealous attention the other seven girls were giving her.

"C-can we please talk about something? Or at least stop staring?"

"I don't know, you look quite comfortable there Umi-chan." Kotori said. "I would sure like to have Honoka hold onto me while she sleeps."

Umi let out a distressed sound, which got everyone to laugh.

"Relax Umi-chan, we're just joking," Eri said.

"You girls.." Umi sighed and joined in on the laughter.

"Although, Umi-chan is right," Nozomi said after everyone had quieted down.

"Right about what?" Hanayo asked.

"There is something we should probably talk about."

"You mean about Honoka-chan, right?" Nico asked.

"Oh, you mean about that?" Maki chimed in.

Nozomi nodded. "We should confront her about it when we get off the train."

"Do.. do we have to?" Hanayo asked.

"Don't you think we should find out about it sooner rather than later?" Eri responded.

"I- I guess..."

"But then, why wait until then? We could wake her up and ask," Rin suggested.

"I think someone wants her asleep for a while longer," Kotori said, grinning and Umi.

"H-hey, you're all enjoying watching her sleep, too," Umi said, her face turning red.

Nozomi giggled. "Well, it'll be a lot of pressure for Honoka if we ask her now. And it would make the rest of this trip awkward for everyone."

"You do have a point," Maki said.

"But I'm really curious again.." Rin sighed.

"Well, the best we can do is wait," Eri said. The others nodded.

"There's something else I've been wondering.." Hanayo said. She looked to Nozomi. "So what exactly did you and Honoka-chan do while you were stargazing?"

"What? You got to stargaze with Honoka-chan?" Nico asked in surprise.

"Why yes. It was a lovely night," Nozomi said, smiling as she thought back to it.

"So what did you two do?" Maki asked.

Nozomi smiled. "Well..."

"Ah.." Honoka stretched as they got off the train. "We're finally home."

"Kind of feels good to be back," Umi said.

The nine of them made it out to the front of the station. Honoka was walking ahead of everyone else.

"Honoka-chan," Eri called.

"Huh?" Honoka stopped and turned around. "What's up?"

The others exchanged glances.

"S-should we?" Hanayo asked nervously.

"It's probably better this way," Maki said.

Honoka looked at her friends, confused. "Is there... something wrong?"

"Honoka-chan," Nozomi said. "You know of all our feelings for you, right? Well, we think it's time you make your feelings for us clear."

"H-huh?" Honoka tilted her head slightly in confusion.

"Honoka-chan," Umi said. "You know we all love you. But we want to know who it is that you love back."

Honoka's eyes widened at Umi's explanation. "Who I... love?"

Eri nodded. "Yes. We can handle your decision. But we want to know what that decision is."

"My decision..."

Honoka looked between the eight of them. While they showed a bit of sorrow in forcing this upon her, they were all serious, and determined to get an answer. Honoka sighed. She didn't want to disappoint any of them, and felt bad about what was about to come.

"Okay. Well..."

"Onee-chan!"

The sudden voice surprised everyone. They turned around to see Arisa running toward them. She hugged Eri the moment she reached them.

"Onee-chan! Welcome back!"

"Ah, Arisa-chan." Eri smiled as she returned Arisa's hug. "I'm home."

The others smiled at the Ayase's cute little scene. But then Nozomi realized something. She quickly turned back around.

"Honoka-chan!"

At Nozomi's sudden yell, the others turned back to look at Honoka, and were shocked at what they found. Instead of where she was standing before, Honoka was already down the steps of the station. To her left was her sister Yukiho. They heard Nozomi yell as well, and Yukiho had turned back around.

"Thanks for the help, Arisa-chan!" she yelled.

Honoka turned around as well. "Sorry about this!" she called out.

The Kousaka sisters turned and made their way down the street. At the same time, Arisa had let go of Eri and took a few steps away from the rest of Muse, standing where Honoka was previously.

"Arisa-chan?" Eri asked. "What's going on?"

"Eheh, sorry, but we didn't think it was right to force something like that onto Honoka-chan yet," Arisa said sweetly.

"Wait, how did you know about that?"

Arisa pulled out her phone. She held it up for them to see and smiled. "When you talk about someone, it helps to make sure they're really sleeping."

"B-but she was.. I know she was," Umi said.

"You know.. we did have an easier time waking her up on the train than at the beach house.." Maki said.

"You mean..."

Arisa smiled. "Can we go home now, Onee-chan?"

"Thanks again for your help," Honoka said to Yukiho as they entered Honoka's room.

"No problem, Onee-chan. But you're going to have to settle this eventually."

"I know... Actually, there's one last favor I have to ask of you and Arisa-chan, if that's okay."

"Well..."

"Yes, I'll make it up to you two by taking you to the mall again."

Yukiho smiled. "Great. There's these really cute tops we saw the other day."

Honoka sighed at the thought of how much she was about to spend again. Yukiho giggled.

"So, what is it that you need?"

"I need you two to help me set something up for tomorrow..."

Honoka explained her plan to Yukiho. Yukiho thought it over for a few minutes quietly.

"Are you sure about this?" she asked her older sister after a while.

Honoka nodded. "I think it's the best way to do this."

"Hmm... Alright. We'll help you. I'll call Arisa later tonight."

"Thanks," Honoka smiled, then went up to give Yukiho a tight hug.

"Onee-chan..." A light blush formed on Yukiho's face.

"Oh come on, you can't be embarrassed by this when you have Arisa-chan. Unless..."

"Onee-chan!" Yukiho whined.

"Eheh, alright alright. Come on, let's get started."

The two sisters left the room to start working on Honoka's plan. But before they started, Honoka sent a text to the rest of Muse.

"I'm sorry for earlier. I'll make it up to you all. Please meet up at the park tomorrow afternoon, and I'll tell you my decision.
- Honoka"

Hey guys, nobodD here!

Off topic really quick, but have you guys seen the latest episode for season 2 yet? If not, you really should watch as soon as possible. It was really beautiful :') Hehe, anyway...

I've had this chapter idea thought out already, which is why this is another quick update. I hope you liked it. Did the ending surprise you? Tell me your thoughts, if you could. :3

I think we all know what's coming next. We're almost done, just about two more chapters to go. Hope you stick around until the end.

Thanks for reading, and I'll see you next time~