Nozomi walked into a classroom full of guilty smiles one autumn morning.
"A-ah hi Nozomi!" Eli stumbled, shoving something into the cupboards behind her. The other members kinda just froze there and stared.
Outside the window, crickets chirped in their ignorance.
"Ah. Did I interrupt something? I'll just make a quick trip to the washroom then."
As she closed the door again, she could hear relieved sighs. Nozomi felt her heart sink deeper. Did her friends not want her around? I don't know if it's just me or Muses has been leaving me out lately. Going to the prop shops for our clubroom decoration... Secret meetings all the time without inviting me...
She shook off these thoughts, put her warmest fake smile back on again and set off. It must be my old insecurities again... Pull yourself together Nozomi.
"Okay... She's gone!" Honoka smiled as she heard footsteps leaving at the other side of the door.
"Let's go then." Nico motioned for help as she snatched the air horn from Eli's hands. The eager girls went about climbing up to the door to attach the air horn, leaving Eli in her daze. That expression... Nozomi?
Rin and Honoka had their ears pressed against the door. Approaching footsteps could be heard. "Shhh... She's coming!" Honoka ran for her seat at the table, slapping the air for some reason. Rin followed with a "She's here nya!"
The set-up was perfect, really. Maki was 'teaching' Rin math, Eli and Umi were chatting about the next stage aka gibberish, Honoka had her face in her muffler pretending to sleep. Nico and Hanayo were checking info on their rival group and Kotori was- Kotori was just sitting there and staring in mid-air. What.
Meanwhile the air horn sat in a precarious spot at the corner of a shelf by the door, somehow attached to the door. It was just waiting to be pressed by the opening door.
The person at the other side of the door knocked. "I'm coming in!" Nozomi's angelic voice was muffled. Everyone snuck a glance at the door and held their breath.
BRRRRTTTTTT. The sound was so loud and jarring that the Muses all winced and Nozomi jumped 2 feet in the air. The air horn fell at her feet, ending the horrible sound prematurely, thank the gods.
All stared at the air horn.
Nozomi flushed immensely. "Ah s-sorry, I didn't know this was there!" She picked it up and placed it on one of the shelves.
"Ehh? N-no! This wasn't your fault at all!" Eli immediately stood up, going to rectify their mean prank.
"Will a representative of Muse come to the principal's office immediately. Thank you."
Shit.
Nozomi instantly stood up to go, but Kotori stopped her with a reassuring smile and a pat on the elbow as she left instead. There was no way Nozomi would have been able to explain what actually happened with the terrible noise.
All went on as usual after, except the fact that Kotori got a stern warning for sounding false alarms to cause panic, and Nozomi continued to wear that strange, serious expression for the rest of the day.
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Operation: Scare Nozomi
Fanfiction(Love Live! fanfiction) Nozomi always seems fearless, doesn't she? The Muses attempt to find out if she really is. This is a repost from my account on fanfiction.net. Sit back and relax for a laugh! Oh and some of the ideas are contributed from my r...