Love Fest!

Maki greeted Honoka and co. on the backstage albeit she received a hug from Honoka..

"Stop, why are being so clingy!" Maki got fl.u.s.tered as she tried to remove Honoka's bear hug. In the end Honoka cheerfully back of while eyeing Maki with happiness and joy.

"Nehh, nehh!! Maki-chan did we do good?! Did we do good?!" Honoka was still elated and energetic as if she had recovered from her fatigue dancing earlier.

"Well, your live concert was good, well it's just expected.. we helped out after all." Maki looked at the side while she twirled her carmine hair.

"..."

"Thank you Maki-chan, by the way where is Hiroto-chan?, we want to thank him a-allot!!.." Honoka over exaggerated..

"He said he was going to the broadcasting room, he brought a camera so he might have gone to record the live concert, he's really concerned about your stuff, hmmm." Maki looked at the side and crossed her arms.

"He's really good to us, we haven't had a chance to thank him except saying thank you." Umi felt really grateful and Honoka and Kotori felt the same way too.

"He doesn't need you to thank him, it was his decision, he said that he saw Honoka's desperation when she was practicing by herself back then. So he wanted to help out.." Maki smiled but still helping other girls felt weird in her heart, but they were her friends so she removed the feeling.

"!!" Honoka wasn't able to speak out of her energetic personality, she suddenly got fl.u.s.tered and remembered something.

"!!" Kotori whispered at Umi.

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"Umi-chan, you should tell him about your feelings, so you don't feel sad, it'll be too late if you do in the future....." Kotori whispered to her.

Umi quickly stopped Kotori from speaking by covering her mouth. Although she still got fl.u.s.tered, she covered her red ears.

"What are you talking about?" Maki asked the suspicious Kotori and Umi who was getting more and more red hearing what Kotori said.

"N-no..Kotori was just teasing me, you should stop it Kotori, I-i haven't thought of it like that.." Umi denied but her embarrassed face denied the fact.

"Umi-chan, don't you want to? you'll break your heart if you don't." Kotori said cheekily.

"I-its okay...why are so insistent with that idea." Umi sighed.

'Because, I'm jealous too, I can't help myself to show my frustration.' Kotori sighed internally.

"...Sorry, Umi-chan.." Kotori apologized.

"It's okay.."

"I said what are you guys talking about.." Maki pouted.

"Yes.. yes, leaving us out like that.." Honoka pouted but she remembered something as she quickly held Maki's hands. Maki was surprised by her sudden action.

"Iya!, what is it?, remove your hands!" Maki said quickly.

"Neh..neh, Maki-chan, can you join us to become school idols? We currently don't have enough members to create the idol club...and we need more members, especially cute girls like you!." Honoka said with enthusiasm, she removed her hands to make Maki calmer.

'Becoming a school idol..huh' Maki felt sad for some time but she remembered what Hiroto said to her before.

'Don't think about the future for now, the future wouldn't tell us what would happen in the present, so rather than thinking about it right now, why not just enjoy the process and save the hard stuff later.' Maki touched her heart with her closed hands.

"I'll think about it later but don't get your hopes too high.." Maki looked to the side while she blushed.

"Maki-chan!!" Honoka beamed as she approached her near her face.

"E-eh!?, What is it?!" Maki looked at her, with a bit of shyness.

"Maki-chan" Kotori did the same.

"Mou!, don't say my name so much." Maki-chan said loudly and she pouted.

"Hehe." Honoka and Kotori looked at each other and smiled.

"Honoka, Kotori, don't tease her too much.." Umi-chan reprimanded them.

"Okay…" Honoka salluted comically

(AN: Hai!)

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Hiroto entered the backstage and saw Maki chatting with the others.

"Hiroto-kun!, thank you for everything!" Honoka quickly headed as she held his hands and waved it up and down.

"No, no it's nothing, don't be to bother about it, why don't we have another celebration party for everyone!" he suggested, he didn't really want them to repay him of anything, what he did was just because he wanted to truly help without other intentions.

"That's a good idea and we could but, the money might be the problem." Umi analyzed before she said with a bit of shyness.

"Well...don't worry about that, remember the coupons we got from Cure Maid Cafe?, they had a space for celebration and stuff, we just had to pool some money and with the discount coupons it would be much cheaper."

"But, we don't want to trouble you anymore." Kotori said to him while looking directly in his eyes.

Hiroto lightly scratched his cheek, meanwhile Maki spoke "Why don't I pay, it isn't that much so…." she said while looking away with crossed arms.

"Eh?!, Maki-chan?, how?"

"What do you mean how?, I say this, my family is well of you know...,and it isn't that much." Maki found Hiroto snickering at him, while she got more embarrassed.

"Yeah, let's make Maki treat us this time, so it isn't me. Is that okay?, and Maki said it so she's okay with it." Hiroto smiled.

"Then, it's settled, yosh let's have a good celebration." Honoka said while smiling.

"Let's set the celebration on Sunday, is that okay?." he said.

"Yes, we will." Kotori said.

"Then, let's head back maybe you're tired after the concert? you guys get some sleep." Hiroto said but with the expression of happiness to the three's face, his advice was unneeded.

"N-no, we will go to Honoka-chan's house later."

After changing to their school uniforms, they head out of the backstage but were greeted by the curious helper and few students. Honoka and co. entertained them for a while.

"Would you really guys, perform at the big stage, like a big stage?, that would be so amazing!" one girl said energetically.

"Yes!, we just need to get our Ranking better!" Honoka said as she smiled.

"We will support you good luck really guys….."

"Thank you very much!" Umi bowed gracefully.

Now, they really have actual fans, asking already signatures for some of their things. It seems this student was already giving a high regard to the talented trio. It made Honoka, Kotori and Umi motivation to continue more passionate. Meanwhile they thanked Yasuo and Takeshi's group for helping out. They invited them to go to the celebration but they declined.

"Iyah, we just want to help out and that would cost money right?, just enjoy your time especially with Hiroto-kun." Yasuo said as he tapped Hiroto's shoulder while winking at him.

"Then, we still thank you for helping, if you need anything from us just say so and we will help." Hiroto highfive Yasuo and Takeshi before parting with their own groups.

Hiroto accompanied Maki as they waited for her mother's hail. They were holding hands at a bench. He gave her a copy of the 'Haruhi Suzumiya' light novel.

"Eh, what's this?" Maki held the paper bag and she opened it before he said.

"That's the light novel being advertised yesterday, you can borrow my copy and see if it's good, I 100% that it will be good." Hiroto raised his thumbs up and showed his teeth.

"I'm just going to try it, okay, let see if it's good as you say it." Maki smiled at him.

"You know, can we have a date again?.."

"What are you saying, you just want to tease me again didn't you but I'll accept your proposition...." Maki felt shy but she just looked at the side.

"Should we watch a movie next time or do you have a place you want to go?, I can teach piano as well.."

"Th-then let's have a picnic, just us.."

"Ahh! Okay, we will talk with each other to the fullest!" Hiroto hugged the adorable cute Maki.

"D-don't do that, I'll pinch you..if you don't stop."

"Maki..." Hiroto looked at her face to face close to each other.

"I love you..." Maki closed her eyes because she was feeling embarrassed with his serious look.

"Mnm.." She felt his breath getting closer to her, she got scared but at the same time secured.

'Cough!, Cough, isn't this type of thing done in private, arehh Hiroto-chan?' Shio had a slightly angry look on her face. They were curious about their relationship and she understood that but doing it in this in a park where there was only a dim light was something she doesn't agree with. What if something happened to them, in the end it was because of the perverted Hiroto who was mind controlling Maki with his seduction.

"M-mama!, this is!, were not kissing or anything!! ahh!, that didn't happen." Maki blurted it out without noticing it in the first seconds but when she did she got red and redder like a tomato.

"I see, I guess this is the consequences of what I am making you go through, but Hiroto-kun, you're still in highschool, you mustn't do anything rash and bad to my daughter or if I heard it from Maki then…."

"Stop, it isn't Hiroto's fault, we both got to t-the m-mood..I didn't stop him.." Maki pouted as she looked at Hiroto, he forgot that they were waiting for her mother to fetch her up, thankfully her mother was the one who picked her up as always. If it was her father, then he would be dead.

Maki was still holding hands with Hiroto, she didn't leave showing her preference to him.

'This is something bound to happen and I was also part of that motivated her to accept their relationship...'

"Just be moderate with what you two are doing, it isn't but doing this in public is so unladylike Maki!!""

"Sorry, Mama."

"Well let's go home, be a good boy Hiroto-chan..."

"Yes, Shio-san and sorry for betraying your expectations.."

"You just had to promise me that you don't leave and betray Maki, don't think that I'm meddling, I'm her mother…."

'I'll have trust in him, they probably got in the mood and were just showing their affection…'

"Shio-san, I love Maki-chan that I will never leave her...I would promise this with you." he showed a serious and determined look, Maki twirled her hair as she got shy.

"I know, you're thinking m.a.t.u.r.ely after-all discussion we had."

"Maki, I'll counsel you in relationsh.i.p.s...what do's and doesn't." he rubbed her hand and looked at her before she went in the car. Shio looked at him before waving and saying goodbyes.

Meanwhile, after they went to the car, Maki got an earful of lessons in relationsh.i.p.s. She got embarrassed as her mother talked more about it. She listened focused since she wanted their relationship to go longer.

"Mama, Hiroto asked me if I want to join our school, school idol..."

"...listen to me Maki. what you want to do, you just have to do it... Mama's always here for you, inheriting the medical hospital is for the future."

Shio realized that she was pressuring her daughter, she was a lovely hearted mother that thinks of her daughter as her precious person. Not limiting her happiness, she changed her perspective during the time she saw the difference in her daughters look. Talking with Hiroto about his thoughts and what he wanted to do in the future. What she needed just now was to be a supportive mother rather than persuading her into something she didn't like but Maki still felt it due to her huge filial piety to them since she loved them dearly. Except that her father might get angry at the idea, so she hid it to him for now.

"But, if I did then I wouldn't be able to study for the medical examinations."

"You're still hesitating?, our lovely daughter is really caring to her Papa, but you don't have to worry, college examination needs time, but I think you could do it in the future…if Hiroto's still with you in the then it would be much easier for you to think about what you want to do.."

She happens to be an acquaintance of Kirisu, Maki didn't want to go to study UTX and Kirisu helped them process Maki's doc.u.ments. She asked about Hiroto last week and heard that he was talented in teaching, he happened to clear the exam given and he was fast at adapting to any lessons and subjects. She felt they were a perfect fit, with the Kirisu's word and her good word to him. His credibility increased in her heart.

Being a school idol is short lived since you are set to only become one if you are enrolled in a school highschool or middle school even. In the end all of them had to pursue another job even if they put all their focus in being an idol.

"You love Hiroto-kun dearly right?, you must not leave him...or he might get taken away by others.."

"Mama!, don't say that, it's our first time and he isn't a person that betrays his promises." Maki retorted.

"Ara, ara. Looks like Maki-chan was thinking like an a.d.u.l.t already, he-he must be because of love!"

"Mama!"

Being a school idol is short lived since you are set to only become one if you are enrolled in a school high school or middle school even. In the end all of them had to pursue another job even if they put all their focus in being an idol.

"Then..."

"You don't have to hesitate..."

'Should I join being a school idol, besides being with them would give me more time with Hiroto, I think in the future he would linger with the group'

'It isn't that bad as well, now that Mama had said her words…'

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Hiroto got home. He remembered the sudden quest he was given by the system.

"The system wouldn't possibly screw me up right, it had given me so much after all. Since it's a special type of quest, the rewards should be good! But the requirements could be difficult as well." Hiroto hyped himself as he prepared.