Summer Heat

"Ahhhh... Why is it so hot today?"

I fanned myself as much as I can with my math notebook. But whenever I stop, the heat just gets much worse than before! I, Nico Yazawa, came to complain why the club room's AC is broken when summer's about to start! I just want to hurry up and swap uniforms already!*

Everyone gathered today in the club room for the usual meeting before practice. Eli said that it was about time to talk about composing a new song for next month's game update and photo shoots, too.

Nico never thought that the club room would lack oxygen with this much people. The windows were open but the air coming in was not even helping!

I can hear complaints about the heat and such from their individual conversations but unexpectedly, there was no evidence of sweat on any of them at all! What are they? Prone to sweating? Ahh... This is making Nico frustrated...

"Okay everyone, the time has come for us to make a new song for next month's School Idol Festival event." Eli paused for a while as she scanned the room, "Um, before that... Where's Maki?"

"Huh?"

Only then did Nico also realize that Maki-chan wasn't around. Everyone simultaneously scanned in search of her but she's nowhere to be found.

"She went ahead of us so Rin-chan and I thought she would be here."

Eyes laid on Hanayo, who spoke up. She wore a worried tone, unlike her usual self.

"Speaking of which, Maki-chan didn't look good today... Her face looked a bit pale earlier nyaa..."

Beside Hanaya was Rin who also had the same tone. But unlike Hanayo, her expression showed evidence of her worry.

Maki-chan has? That's rare. Was she feeling sick? Did she went straight home to rest?

"Hmm, if she went straight home, she would've at least told Rin and Hanayo about it or told us through *LINE."

As if Umi read my mind, she does have a point. It's not like Maki to just go home without telling us about it. That girl's making me wor-

"AHH! Nicocchi!"

"EH-? WHAT?"

"Your nose!"

"What...? Eh? ...GEH?!"

What? A nosebleed?! Why on earth?

"Nicocchi are you okay?"

It's a good thing Nozomi pointed it out early because one more second and it would drop. Blood stains are hard to remove!

...W-Well for Nico's valet of course. Ahahaha...

I immediately stood up and pinched my nose bridge as I look at the ceiling in an attempt to stop the bleeding. I heard chairs move in front of me as if almost everyone stood up.

Nico never had a nosebleed before but Nico's sister, Cocoa, did. Good thing Nico knows what to do at times like this.

"Hey Nico, you okay?" Eri seems to have followed Nico, "Someone get some tissues!"

"I-I'm fine." Obviously not.

"I-I'll be right back." Kotori's voice had some urgency in them. I'm pretty sure that a simple nosebleed is nothing to be urgent about.

Guhh, but for some reason, Nico's feeling a bit light headed now...

"Ahh-! Nico-chan!"

My knees gave in as I wobbled and sat back onto my seat, struggling to pinch bridge of my nose. Ehh, isn't this a bit too fast to weaken Nico with just a nosebleed? I closed my eyes as I felt my head began to throb.