The Warm Melody

Chapter Three - "Awkward"

"Parfait?"

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*Eli's POV*

"So what makes you say that Maki-chan loves Nico-chan?" I asked.

"Mmm.. It's just a guess, though I'm probably right," Nozomi replied.

Just a guess? Nozomi-chan is so mysterious.

"Do you think Nico likes her back?" I asked.

She was silent, was she actually thinking of an answer?

I repeated my question. Her only response was a "Maybe..". That could be either a yes or a no. If it were a no, I'd feel bad for Maki. We finished our parfaits and headed back home.

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*Nico's POV*

"Nico-channnnn!" Mother called.

"What is it?" I semi-shouted in the process of heading to the living room.

"The boy we've been talking about is Kimida Koichi. I hope you get along with him." Mother said.

I wasn't excited for school. I didn't want to see what kind of guy he was. I was scared. I thought as I slowly drifted off to sleep.

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I reluctantly walked to school. I could hear whispers around the class about a new boy or something, probably about Kimida-san.

"Class, settle down! There's a new student today. Could you introduce yourself?" The teacher turned to look at the boy.

He was neat. His hair was a slight bit tidy and a slight bit messy. He seemed a bit muscular. He was rather... attractive...

"Hello everyone, I am Kimida Koichi. My given name being Koichi. Nice to meet you all," he spoke.

"You can sit next to Yazawa-san, the girl with pigtails over there." The teacher said.

He sat beside me. It couldn't be any worse could it?

"Hey, you must be Yazawa Nico, right? I'm the boy your parents were probably talking about." He said.

I couldn't think of anything to say, so I resorted to my idol persona.

"Yep! That's me! Yazawa Nico! Nico nico ni~" I replied, feeling horrible.

He probably thinks I'm weird, doesn't he?! This is bad. What should I-

"Pfft, that's cute," He laughed. He laughed! His laugh was so.. cute. I felt my face starting to heat up.

"Mmm.. yeah" I blushed. I could feel some stares at me but I didn't really care about it.

*Eli's POV*

"Hey Nozomi-chan, is it just me or is Nico-chan blushing?" I asked her.

"It's not just you.." she sounded, suprisingly, really serious.

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*Nico's POV*

"Kimida-san?" I asked.

"You can just call me Koichi," he suggested

"Yeah... Then, Koichi-kun, I have idol practice after school, everyone really wants to meet you. Do you want to come with me?" I asked.

"Sure why not?" He smiled once again.

I opened the clubroom door and shyly walked in, followed by Koichi-kun.

"Do you like it..?" I questioned.

"Yeah! It seems cozy!" He said, seeming pretty amazed.

I didn't seem to realise the rest of μ's were already here, and they seemed to just be staring at us.

"Uh.. is that your boyfriend?" Umi asked.

I blushed. Really hard.

"W-What?!" I replied, my face must be really red.

"Sorry for the sudden appearance. Nice to meet you all, I'm Kimida Koichi. You all must be Nico-chan's friends, right?" He introduced himself.

Everyone just stared at him.

"Did I do something wrong?" He turned to ask me.

"Not really.. they're probably just shocked.." I whispered to him.

"You got yourself a good one nyah!" Rin broke the silence.

"Mm... yeah.." I felt awkward..

"Jeez, this is too awkward! Let's go and practice already!" Honoka spoke.

Everyone agreed.