Love Live Oneshots

Distracting Tactics (AiRina)

(Published November 13, 2021)

No One's POV

You could say this has become a routine for them.

Leave the clubroom after changing into completely dry comfortable clothes, wait for the other girls of the same year, yawning out in the hallway out of tiredness, a short hangout time with them, and then finally get back into the comfort of their own sheets. Also before getting some sleep, check on the others if they got back home without any problem, then some shut eyes.

This was happiness for the once lonely Tennoji Rina.

It wouldn't be the same anymore if she were all by herself at school anymore. It was because of the club in the first place that she warmed up to her classmates. She is eternally grateful for the club.

Another yawn leaves her lips but she minds her manners and covers her face with the board.

"They are taking longer than usual... Could there be something wrong that is happening?" Rina was about to get back in the clubroom again but was stopped by the very first person that reached out to her. Ai-san.

"Rinari! Come spend time with me for awhile!" The blonde put her hands on both of the shorter girl's shoulders.

In response, Rina put on her board with a suspicious stare in her eyes on it.

"It's definitely nothing suspicious! Why are you even putting that up?" Ai's voice wavered a little at the first sentence but she quickly saved it by the next question as she gets the board out of Rina's hands.

"Then there's definitely something suspicious going on. Why are you not letting me get back in?" Rina keeps her poker face while her hands were busy trying to get the board back into her hands. Ai ultimately throws the board to the table inside the clubroom.

"A-ah!" Ai takes the moment to look behind her but she was quickly greeted with sharp eyes to her. She decided then to just take Rina's hand and kindly escort her out of the premises. "Let's just go somewhere together Rinari~."

"Ai-san!" Rina's protest falls on deaf ears as Ai is not going to be compromising her way of handling things. If she didn't do this, Ai is sure that they would force her to eat Setsuna's cooking. "I don't even hear anything from Mifune-san from inside the clubroom. Now, I'm sure there is something."

Due to her protesting, Ai had to do the thing she's doing to Rina right now. A princess carry. Rina was in no way expecting Ai to do that, so there she was getting tongue tied and really embarrassed, that really no words were coming out of her mouth. Even is Rina doesn't exactly show it on her face, she knows that Ai knows.

"I actually have something for you. Let's eat it together." Ai looks down on the girl in her arms and smiles her brightest. "My grandma gave me red bean rice cakes. She gave me too much and thought that it would be a good way to celebrate your day."

Rina only gave a little nod as her answer. It was enough for the excited blonde.

The older girl gently puts down Rina and let her wait for her to get her time to retrieve the aforementioned sweets. The moment Ai left, Rina covers her face and sits down on the nearby bench.

"Ai-san is really unbelievable at times..." Rina finally let out a voice once she was calm and took in a breath of air.

"What's unbelievable?" Ai suddenly jumped to the side and into the line of sight.

"Nothing! It's nothing to worry about, Ai-san." Rina looks at what was in Ai's hands and looks delighted at how the sweets looked. Ai notices this and smiles, she takes her place beside Rina and opens the sweets.

"It really is delicious! Grandma's red bean rice cakes!" Ai put one in her mouth as soon as she sat down, she later put another one in Rina's without thinking about how Rina would think about it.

Without a choice, Rina chews on the rice cake in her mouth and feels like her mouth will melt at how delicious it was. Ai smiling by her side definitely says that she has the same sentiment about the rice cake.

After that, as planned they were having a conversation and Rina was actually having fun from that. It got her mind out of thinking of what the others could be doing in the clubroom. Plus, Ai was getting a little lonely from getting her time with Rina from the first years.

"There you are."

"Karin-san." Both Rina and Ai looked back to see the provocative idol.

"Let's go back to the clubroom." Karin smiles with a hand on her hip. She looks to the side and furrowed her brows. "I told you I'd be fine in finding them on my own."

"But you have a terrible sense of direction. I can't just leave you." Emma makes her entrance and goes to Rina. "Rina-chan, can I hug you?"

"You can't do that, Emma-san." Ai stands between them with a visible sign of dislike.

"You really are something Ai." Emma retorts.

"What are you guys doing? We should be getting back to the clubroom." Karin sighs and faces to the hallway. "Which way was it again?"

"You're hopeless, Karin-chan. Just follow me." Emma backs down and guides them back to the clubroom.

"You guys kept us waiting!"

"Sorry it took so long."

"You were supposed to only keep her company for few minutes!"

"They were so worried after finishing up."

"It was my bad, Yuu."

"Rina/-chan!"

"Everyone..."

Rina is in awe at the sight she was seeing in the clubroom.

It was the same old. The bickering silhouettes of her fellow club members and the smiles of everyone just enjoying the presence of everyone. It was something that Rina has placed in her heart. It was precious.

The girls hears the call of Rina and looks to her direction, smiling.

"Happy birthday, Rina/ri/-chan!"

There was something that welled up inside of Rina that she still can't understand. In that time, Ayumu walks to her and puts a hand on her head.

"Don't worry. We all know how you feel."

"Ayumu-san..." Rina looks up to her and nods. "Thank you everyone."

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Heyo, Shun-chan here!

I just knew today that today was Rina's birthday.

So I quickly whipped up something for her.

As always,

Thanks for dropping by!