Maki tried not to gawk at the unicorn costume as she took a seat next to Umi (who was intently staring at her shoes). "Um, hello."
Umi smiled awkwardly. "Hi."
"So, how are you?" Eli asked.
"I'm doing great."
Everyone looked to the floor and tried not stare at Nico, who remained oblivious.
...
"What?" Nico looked very confused.
Maki stifled a laugh and bit her lip. "Well, um, why are you wearing that?"
Nico looked offended. "It was a dare from one of my subscribers! What, we see you for the first time in like, 7 years, and you just had to be extremely rude to me. Geez, Maki, you never change."
Maki crossed her arms. "What about you? What do you do for a living? Dance in cutesy outfits? Playing real life. You're worse than me!"
Nico frowned. "So you're better than me because you are a doctor? Well, guess what, I have news for you, because according to the internet, surgeons are called Mister or Miss. NOT doctor. So you're not even a real doctor."
Maki narrowed her eyes. "How did you even know that I was going to be a surgeon?"
Nico lowered her gaze and fidgeted. "Well, wasn't it obvious?"
"I don't believe I ever told any of you guys."
Umi, Eli and Nozomi, who had been watching the exchange silently started to show signs of panic.
"Now, now, we're all together now, so we may as get along," Eli spoke up nervously.
"Yes, yes," Umi agreed, not meeting Maki's eyes.
"You guys are terrible at lying. Just tell me whatever it is that you're hiding." Maki leaned back into her chair and looked at her friends expectantly. "Well?"
Nozomi smirked and held up a random tarot card. "This is the card for honesty. Now, I suppose we have to tell her. Eli, do it."
Eli looked uneasy. "Um, I don't there's a way of telling you without making you mad, but well... Honoka put a GPS tracking chip into your phone."
Maki's jaw dropped. "W-when?"
Umi bit her lip. "In the cafe a few days ago."
Maki glared at Nico. "And how did you know that I was a surgeon?"
Nico shivered slightly. "Uh...er, your mother told us."
Maki shook her head. "Well, it does seem like something she would do..."
Everyone at the table braced themselves, waiting for Maki to explode in anger, passion, and tsundere.
Maki took a deep breath and did something nobody had expected.
That is... taking out her phone and opening the cover. And then taking out the tracking chip and dumping into Nico's orange juice.
"MAKI! WHAT THE HECK?"
Maki twirled her hair around her finger. "Now tell me what you guys have been up to."
Everyone chatted over a few drinks and snacks. As it turns out, Eli, Umi, and Nozomi were working in the same company and were doing very well in terms of money. On the other hand, Nico was not making as much money as the others, but she was happy and satisfied with her job. Which was great, until she tried to get Maki to go to her house to film a video together.
"Nico, cease this at once."
"But Maaakiiii! I want you to do the roast yourself challenge with meee!"
"No."
"Come onnnnn! Everyone else had to leave, and you're free! Besides, it's really fun!"
"Unlike you, I don't have fun by embarrassing myself in front of millions."
It just so happened that at this moment, Maki's mother walked by. "Oh! Maki! There you are! I was looking for you."
"Mom, let's go ho-"
"Miss Nishikino, can I bring Maki home for a sleepover?"
Maki gave Nico a dirty look. "Mom, don't listen to h-"
"What a wonderful idea! Maki, this is a great opportunity to catch up with your friends."
"Mom, no." Maki tried to walk away from Nico, but Nico grabbed her shoulder and began to drag Maki away.
"Bye!" Nico called over her shoulder to Maki's mother.
"Heeeey guys! It's Nico Nico Nii, and today I'm with my dear friend Maki, and today we are going to do the roast yourself challenge! Now, Maki please introduce yourself in front of the camera."
"No," came Maki's reply 5 meters away.
Nico gritted her teeth and attempted to drag Maki in the camera's view. Maki held onto a table's leg but ended up dragging it with her. "Nico, stop."
"No." Nico smiled when she finally got Maki in front of the camera. Nico held on to Maki with both of her arms. "Now, introduce yourself."
Maki covered her face with both of the hands. "NO."
Nico pried Maki's arms off her face. "Now, introduce yourself."
Maki looked at the camera with a deadpanned expression. "Hello, my name is Maki."
"Marvelous! We are going to begin now. I'm beautiful, cute, and smart. Maki is ugly, stupid, and mean-"
"Hey! You're the one making stupid videos for a living!"
"Well, you think you're so cool for being a surgeon! You haven't even started working yet!"
"Because I was getting my master's degree!"
"So what? You're not famous like me!"
"Just because you're famous does not mean you're better than me."
The insults went on and on, and, well, it was more of a roast each other video rather than a roast yourself video.
However, it did get 7 million views.
