Summary: It's Valentine's Day, everybody is being showered with lot of gifts and chocolates except Nico, making her feel unlovable but that will change with the help of Nozomi and Eli.
Nozomi/Eli/Nico

We'll be your Valentine

Her locker is empty.

It doesn't matter how much she keeps staring into it, it keeps being empty. So with a resigned sigh, Nico grabs her shoes and closes her locker at the same time the bell rings indicating the start of a new school's day.

When she arrives to her classroom, she can't help the quick change she experiences in her mood and the irritation she feels.

Everybody is chattering lively, showing off how many chocolate boxes they've already got while she's just there, sat in her chair looking at their acquisitions with a scowl on her face which is not worthy of the number one idol in the universe.

The drawer of her desk, just like her locker, is also empty and her dream of being showered with chocolates and love in this special day slowly fades away as the ache in her fragile heart increases until it ends getting completely broken by the end of the day as she looks with sadness and envy how everybody leaves the school with bags full of chocolates and even some teddy bears.

Nico sighs heavily and shoves her books into her school bag to make a quick stop by her locker to see if she has received anything before going to practice but then again it's completely empty.

With a fake smile plastered on her face, she closes her locker and heads with firm step to the rooftop pretending it's all okay, that it doesn't bother her in the slightest even if that's a complete lie.

When she opens the door, everybody is already there gushing about their Valentine with a happy smile on their faces and Nico's heart never felt so heavy before, she never felt so unloved and close to cry like she does in that moment but thankfully she doesn't have time to take pleasure in her own misery when Umi claps her hands to gather everybody's attention and start the practice and with it, Nico's heart and mind calm a bit.

When practice ends, Nico is the last one leaving, taking her sweet time gathering her things so she's left alone with her thoughts and feelings.

Is she really that unlovable that nobody wanted to give her a little gift? Not even wish her a happy Valentine's Day or something?

She wonders as some tears escape from her eyes, falling onto the ground before she wipes them away and finally leaves to go home with her family whom really loves her, walking through the school's hallways with her head high even if she's breaking inside and then, she opens her locker and shrieks, shocked to find not one but two chocolate boxes and a teddy bear hugging a heart that says "I love you".

- Happy Valentine! – exclaim happily two voices in unison.

Nico quickly turns around to find Nozomi and Eli smiling widely and tenderly at her with their arms wide open, making her heart flutter happily while more tears begin to slide down her face again.

Nozomi giggles, being the first one hugging her, followed close enough by Eli wrapping her in a tight hug that makes her feel warm and full of love and care.

- Idiots – Nico whispers against them, hugging them tighter while resting her head over their shoulders as more tears escape from her eyes.

- Aww Nicochi – Nozomi teases her, poking and kissing her cheek.

- We love you Nico – Eli says, kissing her temple which only makes Nico cry harder.

- Look Elichi, we turned her into a crybaby – Nozomi teases her again, gaining a light shove from Nico and a scowl from Eli that she just brushes off – But she's our crybaby! – she says again, kissing Nico's nose and takes her hand, interlacing their fingers as Eli does the same and they drag a teary Nico back home with them and her family to have a Valentine's Day all together.

- I love you too idiots – murmurs Nico embarrassedly but happily, feeling loved while Nozomi and Eli share a knowing look and smile at each other, sandwiching Nico between them while kissing her cheeks at the same time in a funny way – Urgh, you two stop! – Nico yells completely flushed but deep down really happy thanks to her best friends.