A/N: Minna-san, hi. I'm sorry for the super late chapter and for kind of breaking my promise to update every weekend. It was our exam week last week and I was busy with projects during the weekend. I thought I could update this Friday but I caught a fever, due to the fact that I took 5 exams on Thusday even though I knew I had a fever, plus my exam room was on the 2nd floor and I kept on going from the clinic and back…hehe. I'm also sorry for the lack of quality in my last chapter and for my vagueness. Ummm… I'll try to explain a bit. If your question is about how Honoka got a brother, I always put "Their" and "Our" parents. I never said they did not know each other and he knew about Yukiho, as Honoka claimed. For the question on Why didn't Haruto(?) shout? I forgot the character's name I think that's right… I lost my original copy of the chapter and can't log in right now… ( I wrote Hakuto at first…)Okay… that was because he was inpain, it was too loud and the police were too far. Lastly if your question is why were they kidnapped among all the people, I wrote that they were the only ones at the playground at that time. Ok I'm really sorry once again and I'll try to write a better chapter. Last time was me rushing sooo…. Ahaha. Thanks for the support as always,
~Shintori Khazumi
Honoka had been hospitalized for 3 weeks now. Every day, the girls would end practice early and visit Honoka. They decided to keep practicing, knowing that Honoka would want that, had she been awake.
Ever since Kotori's revelation, everyone had been cautious on approaching Honoka's family, in fear of mentioning that tragedy.
Today, they were going to meet at the ramen shop Nico worked at to have another meeting on what to bring on their next weekend visit. You see, they visited everyday, but it was more special on the weekends since they could stay longer.
Right now the ones currently waiting were Nico, who had finished her shift early, Rin, who wanted to just eat ramen, Hanayo, who accompanied Rin upon hearing the unlimited rice promo for the day, and Kotori, the only one who was genuinely worried about what they would do during the visit.
It was a rare occurrence for Umi to be late but under certain circumstances the archery club had called for an emergency practice for an upcoming tournament the following week.
Nozomi and Eli were probably on a date or whatever and Maki was taking long and didn't mention a thing as to why she was running late.
Kotori played idly with her drink while staring outside the window. It was a beautiful day. Not too hot out with a nice breeze coursing through the city. She kept on thinking about the information she had just disclosed to everyone. It was rather private, but needed. She had no other choice, right? She'd do anything to save Honoka, after all.
They soon heard the door open and there entered the 3 out of 4 missing people they needed.
"Took you long enough." Nico said.
"Sorry. Nozomi had a feeling Maki would be running late too, so we went to pick her up." Eli explained.
"What about Umi-chan?" Kotori asked. Just as she said that, the door opened once again revealing the final member to arrive.
"Here I am. Sorry for being late." Umi apologized.
" It's fine. Anyway now that we're all here, I want to tell everyone something." Kotori said seriously.
"What is it?" Maki asked as the remaining 4 sat down.
"I want everyone to know, because I feel that this is important." Everyone turned to face Kotori, wondering what she would say this time. Maki, in particular was on the edge of her seat.
"What should we give Honoka as a present this time?" Everyone sighed except Maki, who fell out of her seat but immediately jumped up.
"KO-TO-RI! Why do you do this every time! You act all serious-like then nothing happens!" Maki complained.
"Well personally, I don't think it's her fault you fall for it every single time, Maki." Nico replied for Kotori.
"She could be less serious you know, when it's not important." Maki said fists slamming on the table, accidentally spilling the contents of her handbag, which included her wallet, phone , other unmentioned stuff, a pen, pencil and a bunch of paper. Eli picked up the paper which Nozomi took from her grasp.
"oooohhh… what's this? "A song for Honoka"… Maki-chan, you were gonna write her a song huh?" Nozomi grinned.
"E-eh?! N-no! Of course not! G-give it back! It's nothing." Maki said blushing. "It's none of your business!"
"You know, it's a good idea, right?" Kotori said.
"Yes I agree. Why don't we just make a song for Honoka?" Umi went along.
"Sounds fine with me."Nico joined in. Everyone agreed with this arrangement.
"Ok then, Let's make a new one since I know Maki wants to give this to Honoka as an individual gift." Nozomi said still teasing her blushing kouhai.
"Alright!" Soon everyone agreed to start writing their song after the visit. They needed to start right away and waste no time 'cause that's just how important Honoka was to them. They knew she could wake up at anytime… or at least… They Hoped.
A/N: Hello everyone. I know this is a short chapter. I started in the morning and only wrote 2 paragraphs since I kept watching the idolm ster Cinderella girls! Haha. I got hooked. Anyways. Sorry for late updates and short chapters. I'll try to be better soon.
~Shintori Khazumi