Maki x Nico (Love Live)

Mad Lovers

Nico knew she was screwed. Contacting the jester's group of friends and bringing a light machine gun into Japan's most godforsaken penitentiary establishment was no laughing matter.

How could she not do it? Whenever she saw that sloppy grin the jester had always flashed for her when they met, she couldn't help but be enthralled. Those dazzling amethyst eyes gazed into her soul, capturing the psychiatrist's very being time and time again. The way the jester's cherry kissed tresses shook with every nod along with an affirming hum whenever she answered a question related to Nico's profession put her in a trance.

When Nico joked around with the clown to ease tension, she was blessed with the most harmonious laughter from the softest lips imaginable. Yes, there was no doubt. She had to do it.

Nico had accepted the dangerous job of being the doctor of one of the most hazardous criminals in the world: Nishikino Maki, also known as the "Scarlet Jester". Though, that pretty smile on her gorgeous face and her tuneful laughter pierced through Nico's heart and made her practically forget about all of Maki's wrongdoings.

She was pretty much willing to do anything at this point just to see the jester laugh at any given moment. And now here she was, tied to a table as Maki stood nearby, holding some sort of ominous instrument that sparked and crackled.

"Nico-chan? Are you willing to come with me and live beside me as my queen?", the jester asked with a lopsided grin.

"Me? A queen? Hmm... I have been longing for a life like that for awhile...", the psychiatrist said somberly, thinking that she had failed to help her patient's and that she let her desires cloud her judgment.

"Then grit your teeth. This might sting a little."

Nico panicked as Maki pressed the instrument to the temples of the raven haired doctor. After that, it was a blurry ride; a ride full of thrill, suspense, happiness, passion, romance and insanity.

The Scarlet Jester is bloodcurdling whenever she lets out a psychotic laugh and terribly frightening when mad. People knew if the Joker let out a cackle when she was upset, they were done for.

Never piss off a comedian.

Nico saw this first hand as they entered through a hole in the wall into the Yakuza base. It was the same place she first bloodied her hands and soul. She didn't know who the first person she had killed was but she didn't care at the moment when she saw Maki place her slender fingers on the head of a man while making a shooting motion. That's when she did the deed.

Nico later found out that the man Maki had ordered her to kill was the boss of a group who majored in international human trafficking.

It seemed the jester wasn't as terrible as the rumors let out. Nico giggled at the thought but then remembered that she probably had a couple loose screws in her head as well.

She too became notoriously infamous after the incident and went along with the jester's acts of domination in a fanatical, wild method of manipulation, betrayal and intimidation.

Maki was something. Most of the time she gave off an air of goofiness as she madly laughed but there were times when Nico caught sight of her sitting in the grand chair, face stoic as she stared straight at the wall while deep in thought. It was kind of a tranquil experience to Nico. It was a spectacle that she could watch all day without ever getting bored.

At times when they are both snuggled in the bed, Nico would sometimes envision a life where she and Maki could live normally – where Nico could become an Idol like how she used to dream before instead of her former boring medical profession and Maki could pursue a music career. Maki had told the Queen of her aspirations of becoming a professional pianist after a night of passion, saying that it was just a childish dream of hers. Now Nico couldn't help but see the image of Maki smiling while playing a grand piano on a big stage and a small smile gracing her normally snickering face.