Love Live! Moonshine!

Chapter 16:- The little girl within

Opening: 不安定な神様 - Suara

Ending: RED AND BLACK - SCREEN mode

-Maki was in the living room as she was eating a tomato sandwich with a cup of milk as she was watching the anime "Strike Witches" on TV, Shinji woke up as he walked out of the bedroom and yawned and stretched his body, he saw Maki as they were both looking at each other, she was had her bear on her lap as she waved at Shinji as she was still eating, Shinji bowed slowly as he was still half asleep as he would then go to the bathroom and take a bath as he has school to attend to, in half an hour after Shinji had taken a bath, changed and ate his breakfast, he kissed Maki on the cheek and left for school as Maki had a day off on every Friday, the Chick was on her head as it was sleeping while she watched TV and hugged the bear in her arms-

Maki: Maybe I should go out. -She went to change and left the Chick in a small cage with food and water in it as she got ready to go out, before she went to wear her shoes, she looked back at the couch and ran up to the couch slowly. She was out of the apartment as she locked the door and walked as she had worn a brownish red jacket and had worn a light brown sweater as well as she was holding her teddy bear with both of her arms, she was walking down the shopping streets on her own as she was looking around with her bear in her arms, as she was walking with her bear, some of the older folks smiled and wave at Maki as she was walking by them as they found her to be cute with the bear in her arms as she looked like a little girl, some of the men saw her and were blushing at the sight of Maki. As Maki was walking on the sidewalk, she looked to her side to see the beach as someone scared her from behind- Ah! W-What the..?!

Kanan: Hey! Whatchu up to?

Maki: Hi. Just taking a walk.

Kanan: With your little teddy~?

Maki: Y-Yes! Is that a problem?

Kanan: Not at all! It's cute to see you cherish it so much and I thought the bow tie was red?

Maki: I have extra bows so I change it everyday.

Kanan: That much dedication?

Maki: I-Is that a bad thing?

Kanan: Maybe? But I don't think so, coming from you, it means you're innocent.

Maki: You're not working today?

Kanan: I am but I'm was running awhile ago until I saw you.

Maki: Ah alright.

Kanan: You're having a day off, huh?

Maki: Yeah. I was bored at home so I thought I'd walk around.

Kanan: Well it's only 9 a.m so you have a lot of time still.

Maki: A lot of time?

Kanan: Before your boyfriend comes back home~

Maki: What?! -She'd blush as she got embarrassed by what Kanan said out loudly-

Kanan: Come on~ Be honest, you really love him, don't you?

Maki: -She looked down as she hugged her bear cutely as her face was completely red and nodded-

Kanan: -She blushed a little and was a little shock to see how cute Maki was acting- W-Wow..I guess I now understand why Shinji-san likes you so much. A-Anyway, what do you see in him until you're in love with him? Even though he's your blood related brother, normally incest wouldn't be a thing.

Maki: When we were kids, I loved him as a brother who I always cared for and he always take care of me before himself but after he left home, I hadn't seen him a long time, I forgot what he looks like and when I saw him during my final year in school, I fell in love at first sight. I didn't see him as my little brother back then when he came to visit me on my graduation while he was a first year in high school. He looked more like a man than a brother to me. Papa and Mama didn't come to see me during my graduation since they were busy but Shinji skipped his last day of school just to see me graduate. It was then I fell in love with him- Wait..Why am I telling you this?!

Kanan: I asked and you said it without hesitation so I thought you wanted to speak out your mind. Come on, continue~

Maki: F-Fine. Ahem! When he came to visit me during my graduation, all of my friends and classmates were with their parents but I had no one back then. I was afraid that I was gonna be alone until he walked up to me and hugged me, I pushed him away since I didn't know who hugged me until I looked at him and saw a man that couldn't be more handsome than anyone in the world to me but I didn't know he was my brother until he called me "Onee-chan" and that I saw his eyes were completely different than everyone else's. If you were there, you'd think I was crazy since I cried really loudly and everyone around me was staring at me and Shinji as I was hugging him tightly. Rin and Hanayo were there to comfort me back then but the four words from Shinji made realized that I was important in someone's life.

Kanan: What were the four words?

Maki: He said "I missed you Onee-chan.". -Kanan's eyes widened as she blinked a few times as she started rubbing her nose and eyes and realized that she was crying a little- On that moment, I realized that I was in love with him and from that day until today, I see him as a man that I want to be with for the rest of my life.

Kanan: Oh my.. Y-You just said it!

Maki: S-Said what?

Kanan: "I want to be with for the rest of my life."! That sentence means that you want to marry him!

Maki: Eh? -She looked to the side and thought to herself as she hugged her bear and smiled with a blush on her face, she would then smile at Kanan as she lifted her bear's left arm as a sign of "Yes".-

Kanan: Y-You mean it? You really do?

Maki: Yeah. I want to marry him but he's in high school, if he's under the pressure of being married, he might worry a lot and get overly stressed out.

Kanan: You're such a nice girlfriend!

Maki: I am?

Kanan: Yes! Yes you are! You want to marry him but you don't want him to get stressed out so you're waiting for him to finish school so you can marry him, you love him so much that you don't see him as your brother anymore! You're so protective of him until you won't even let any other women touch him! Even Dia doesn't even have the guts to touch him now! You care for him so much that if he forgot his lunch, you would go all the way to his school to give it to him personally. You wouldn't hang out with your friends that often because you don't want him to be alone at home!

Maki: Y-Yeah? What's your point?

Kanan: You have the mind set of a wife! Not a girlfriend anymore! You'd even cook for him when he comes back home and everything! I remembered that he told me that you skipped work for a few days just to take care of him when he had a fever. Maki-san, this is love! This is true love!

Maki: S-So...You're saying that..

Kanan: You're no longer his girlfriend nor his sister, you are now his wife! The things you did and you do for him aren't something a girlfriend would do. It's something a wife would do to her husband when she is madly in love! You're just like Riko-chan.

Maki: What? I am? I'm like Riko-san?

Kanan: Whenever Arata gets into trouble, she would get in front of him and help him even when she's scared, last year, she even skipped school for a week just to take care of Arata when he had food poisoning and a fever too. She makes meals for him everyday, comfort him when he's depressed, tends to his wounds and even protect him from whatever trouble he got into even though she's afraid! You two are exactly the same and Arata-kun and Shinji-san are quite similar too. Their histories, stories, life, love life and the people they are around with are the same! The only difference is that you and Shinji-san are moving faster than Arata-kun and Riko-chan.

Maki: Moving faster?

Kanan: You and Shinji-san are more mature, both mentally and physically mature than Riko-chan and Arata-kun, which is why you two are ahead in everything a couple would go through together. You both had fights but Riko-chan and Arata-kun have not. You're growing up.

Maki: And you don't even have a boyfriend..

Kanan: I will! Soon... Oh hey! Look at the time! I better head back to work! I'll see you sometime soon, Maki-san! -She said as she ran back to her father's shop and waved goodbye to Maki as Maki used her bear's hand to wave goodbye to Kanan. Maki thought about what Kanan said about before as Maki then blushed madly and came to realize that she's obsessed with Shinji, she quickly shake her head and turned around and continued walking ahead. As Maki was walking, she heard a car drifting from a distance as she looked to her left and saw a truck was coming towards her with immense speed. The sound of the truck hitting the road fence was heard loudly as Maki's bear was on the floor as it was dropped-

-TO BE CONTINUED-