A/N: Well guys, here's that update you wanted. I'm not too sure yet of the direction of my story, but I won't leave it till I finish. I want to see how it ends as well, since I don't have a clue of how it will end. Hehe. I hope you'll continue to support the progress of this story and also please send some feedback, whether you PM me or send a review. Negative feedback is A-OK! I will also try to clear up any confusion if you ask. Sorry if some of the characters are OOC. Oh and I think a certain note inserted in the story is unnecessary, but it's just a suggestion for those who want to skip it. Sorry if it is not helpful. I'm debating whether or not to remove it. I guess I won't. Well… on to the story! ( I love aikatsu!)

Disclaimer: (which I have been forgetting!) I don't own Love Live!, or the other music animes mentioned! I like music animes so… I don't own the characters either! hehe like it wasn't obvious already….

~Shintori Khazumi

The 4th Chapter:

Kotori woke up to an unpleasant morning. Memories of the day before haunted her in her dreams and Honoka's pained expression that day, it never ceased to create an ever-growing hole in Kotori's heart. She sat up in her bed, noting that it was a Saturday and that they had no classes. It was around 7 am and she realized that her mom must have gone out early to do something. She decided to text the µ's members to ask if they wanted to hang out for the day.

Minna-san, are you all free today? If you are, can we meet somewhere?

Each of the members had their own reply, but nevertheless, they all said yes.

(You guys can skip their replies if you like… I know it isn't necessary, but I enjoy making it. But I guess Nozomi's text is an exeption… in my opinion. Her text and Umi's give a couple details about stuff. Ah, whatever. Nico's is slightly? useful)

Eli: I have no problems with it, Kotori. I don't have any activities for today, so I'll pick up Nozomi from the shrine if she's available.

Rin: Rin and Kayo-chin are coming-nya! Rin justs wants to finish feeding Kayo-chin!

Hanayo: Kotori-chan, me and Rin-chan will be coming, just don't mind what she said in her text. I read it so just…

Nico: I'm busy, but I'll try to make it at around 11-30 am. Make sure that all of them are coming though. I don't want to waste my time. I'm at Rin's favorite ramen shop if you want to come and pick me up or just have lunch here. If you have lunch here, bring me a tip at least.

Maki: Sure. I'll just tell my parents that I'll be going out. What time should we meet?

Umi: I'll be there. I'd like to stop by the hospital, though. Do you mind, Kotori? I just want to check on Honoka and see how she's doing. Umi's text made Kotori's heart clench. She couldn't bear to see Honoka, especially after that. Her negative thoughts were cut off by her phone indicating that she had another text.

Nozomi: Kotori-chan, I'll come with Eli-chi. I know she told you that she'd pick me up so I guess I'll wait for her. hehe Good luck. 3 3 3

Oh… and before I forget… you should consider Umi's suggestion, you know. It won't hurt to visit Honoka. It's ok. We'll back you up. You don't need to blame yourself, you know? It wasn't your fault.

Well then! I'll see you. Tell me the time and the place where we'll be meeting!

Kotori read and reread Nozomi's message until tears formed in her eyes. She sure knows everything. Kotori decided to reply to everyone's message.

Minna, we will meet in front of Nico-chan's workplace: Rin's favorite ramen shop. See you all there at 11:00 am. Thanks.

Once Kotori had sent the message, she decided to take a quick bath, have some breakfast and watch some TV to kill time. She didn't want to tell the others about the visit to the hospital until after lunch, so she set off to do whatever she does in the morning.

An hour and 30 minutes later…

Kotori turned on the TV and made herself comfortable on the sofa. A song was playing, probably an opening of an anime. She realized it was a music anime that Honoka liked. It was AKB0048, as the title said. She saw a character that acted a bit like a certain ginger she knew. Ooshima Yuuko the 9th and her past was the part of the episode currently showing on the screen. Her real name Kimishima Hikari, was mentioned and how she wanted to rival one of the succesors, Maeda Atsuko the 13th. The Character was cheerful likeher, outgoing likeher, and a type of person who could easily attract others to her.

Thinking about that certain character made Kotori forget about the show and focus more on howshe and that anime character (LOL) were alike. Soon Kotori was brought back to reality by another song, though this time it seemed that the show had changed. Just how long had she been spaced out?

This time the show was about a blonde girl named… strawberry? The male teacher had said the name and it surprised her at first until the other characters started calling her Ichigo. 'Oh' Kotori thought. Strawberry means Ichigo… It felt weird, knowing that you could remember English lessons like that. Anyways, she decided to actually watch the show this time. Ichigo reminded her of Honoka again. She felt her cheeks warm up since she knew that she would never be able to get her out of her mind all day. Not only because of the guilt she felt for what happened, it was also because she DID think about her on a daily basis. She thought that she was like one of the character's bestfriends: Kiriya Aoi. Umi was like the strict Shibuki Ran. Nozomi and Eli could also be compared to Mizuki and Mikuru. All the µ's members could be compared to someone in that show and Kotori couldn't help herself and compared the show with her own life. The show showed 2 more episodes and Kotori kept viewing the current episode, unable to tear her eyes from the screen.

Soon the episode ended. She saw the preview and kept in mind the names of the animes she just watched. The next show was called K-on, but she made a quick glance at the clock and saw that it was 10:30 am already. She decided it was time to leave, but took note of the show's name to watch later if she had time. Since when had she gotten so hooked to this type of stuff? Maybe Honoka's influence was starting to affect her.

Kotori made sure to lock the door and left her house to meet up with the rest of µ's. On the way she tried thinking of things that could distract her during their visit to the hospital later. She wanted to avoid telling them and was kind of hoping that Umi or Nozomi would tell the others instead.

"Kotori-chan!" Kotori turned around fast enough to move to the side before she could fall to the ground due to the impact of a jumping Nozomi, who was planning to pounce on her, but failed miserably. Now, Nozomi's face was buried in the snow with her lower body sticking out.

"Nozomi! Are you alright?" a (very) worried Eli asked Nozomi while trying to pull her out of the pile of snow.

"Mou~ Kotori-chan… that was mean." Nozomi pouted at Kotori while Eli tried to brus off some of the snow from Nozomi.

"I'm sorry Nozomi-chan." Kotori replied, obviously not that sorry at all.

"It's Ok, Kotori-chan." Nozomi said smiling.

"It is?" Kotori was now confused.

"You'll make it up to me, right?" Nozomi said, a devilish grin spreading on her face.

"How?" Kotori asked warily.

"You'll be the one to tell them about the Hospital visit! OK?" Nozomi's last word seemed to be thicker than the others and more emphasized. It was more like she was demanding it than requesting it. Kotori gulped.

"O-ok."

A/N: That's it Minna! Tell me about anything I need to clarify, as per usual! Honestly I love aikatsu and akb0048 and I ship some of their pairings. Hehe… I like Mimori x Kanata, Yuuko x Takamina and Nagisa x Chieri of course… but also some others from akb. Aikatsu is Ichigo x aoi of course, but if you like the Naoto x ichigo ship it's fine too. If you guys don't know what I'm saying, which is probably a definite "I've got no idea what this person is talking about" then well… it's fine. I might take longer to update since Monday is a school day… Don't get me wrong, I love school. My favorites are Math and Science, but I like English and Social studies too. I like challenging subjects which is just weird but that's ok.

Revengermagestyliberator: Dude… Pinoy ka pala eh… Tagalog ba o hindi. Actually illongo and aking mother tongue pero kung Tagalog ka Ok din.

To all Pinoy readers: Babalik na tayo sa pag-aaral! Kung nag-aaral pa kayo hehe. Sana napasaya ko naman kayo. Sabihin niyo lang kung ok lang ang aking sinulat… Hindi ako kasi "confident" sa aking skills? Hehe.

Everyone! Have a good year! From Shintori Khazumi of course!