Yume no Tobira: A Love Live School Idol Project Fanfic

Chapter 4

The next day μ's was all gathered on the roof, except for Nico and Maki. That wasn't a surprise to μ's at this point though.

“Hey, class is gonna start soon. We should head down,” Eli stated.

Everyone groaned as they packed up. They all started to slowly walk down the steps and to their club room to gather the rest of their stuff.

They ran into Nico along the way. She huffed and continued past them, not saying a word.

“What's her problem?” Umi muttered.

They made it to the club room and walked inside.

“Maki-chan?!”

Maki was sitting in a seat reading a book. Beside her were crutches. Maki put her book down and looked at them.

“Yes?”

“C-crutches?!” Hanayo stammered.

“No duh. I can't walk without them.” Maki rolled her eyes.

“How come we didn't see you earlier?” Honoka asked.

“My mom dropped me off a few minutes ago. I've just been waiting for you guys here.” Maki replied, refusing to make eye contact.

“Oh…”

“Well, the bell is gonna ring soon. We should get to class.” Umi stated.

Umi then proceeded to drag a protesting Honoka out of the classroom with Kotori following behind her, smiling and chuckling about Honoka. Until they left the floor, you could still hear Honoka complaining.

“How does she have so much energy?” Eli sighed.

In that time, Maki had put her book away and stood up, “Hanayo, uh, could you... carry my bag?”

“Sure!” Hanayo quickly bent down and grabbed it for her.

“Well, shall we go then?” Nozomi asked, holding the door open with her foot.

Everyone nodded and exited the club room and went to their classes.

“So, you can't even come to practice now, nya?” Rin asked Maki as they slowly made their way to the room.

Maki nodded, “I don't think climbing that many steps is a good idea. And, I'm not very good at these things yet…”

“Maybe we could move somewhere else for a while? There has to be a place we can use, be it in the school or not.” Hanayo suggested.

“I don't care if I can make practice or not. Don't worry about me.” Maki mumbled, her face getting redder by the minute.

“Aw, someone's embarrassed that we care so much, nya!” Rin laughed.

Maki turned a bright red. Her blush was rivaling her hair color, “N-no! I'm not embarrassed!”

Hanayo and Rin laughed at the girl. That seemed to make her blush even harder.

Before they knew it, they had arrived at their classroom. The three of them entered to see almost everyone was there already. Normally, they got there earlier than most of the students.

Some of them started whispering, no doubt talking about Maki. Rin took her seat while Hanayo helped Maki to her’s.

…

After school was over, μ's met back up in the club room. Nico was still missing, though.

“What are we gonna do about her? We have a show in a month.” Honoka asked.

“Someone needs to get her to talk.” Umi stated.

Everyone looked over at Maki.

“W-what? You think I'd talk to her!?” Maki stammered out.

“You're the only one she's willingly approached.” Honoka protested

“Yeah, to attack me.” Maki scoffed, “You really think I can get her to listen?”

Honoka sighed, “Fine…”

“Why don't we all corner her? There's no way she could escape then.” Kotori suggested.

“But how do we do that? Won't anyone get suspicious if we do that?” Rin asked.

“Why don't we just take turns trying to get her to talk? If everyone fails, then we can try a new method.” Maki said, already annoyed with the bickering.

“Alright! Who wants to go first!” Honoka jumped out of her seat and slammed her hand on the table.

“Why don't you try? You seem ready?” Umi replied.

“Okay! I'll try!” Honoka nodded her head rapidly.

…

“Nico-chan? Are you home?” Honoka knocked on the door loudly, “Please open up!”

After a few minutes, the door finally opened a small bit to reveal Nico, “Leave me alone.”

“Wait! I just wanna talk…” Honoka called as Nico slammed the door in her face.

“Go away!” Nico yelled from the other side of the door.

“Nico-chan! Come on!” Honoka yelled back.

“Leave me alone!” Nico repeated.

Honoka sighed and walked away. She decided she'd try again at school. There were only so many places Nico could hide there. There was no way she'd be able to escape.

…

“Nico-chan!”

The moment Nico stepped onto the school grounds, Honoka was after her. The two girls ran throughout the entire courtyard. People watched them, confusion written on their faces.

“Get away from me!” Nico yelled as she darted into the school.

Honoka kept chasing after her still. She only stopped when Nico vanished from her sight. She frantically looked around, trying to figure out where she could've gone.

“Where did you go, Nico-chan?!” Honoka called.

She wasn't really expecting a response. And she didn't get one. Honoka sighed and headed over to the club room.

“I guess someone else can try their luck…” Honoka sighed, sad she couldn't catch up to Nico.

…

“She really doesn't wanna talk, nya~”

“Yeah. How are we gonna do it?”

“How about I try? I'm sure she'd talk to me.”

“Uh… just don't kill her, please?”