Love Fest!

"Look he's so focused on his notebook." Yasuo pointed at Hiroto who didn't even look at them and was so focused on what he was doing. Writing some pointers and teaching aids for his group.

"He's that determined to teach his club members." Yasuo felt some admiration for him and whispered to Takeshi.

"Note that all of his group members were all girls!" Yasuo added, which Takeshi nodded.

"Yeah, and this guy has been doing this for a week already, I admire his dedication." Takeshi flicked his glasses. Hiroto had been doing this during early class dismissal and whenever he had time. Yasuo and Takeshi bantered for a moment before they head to their respective clubs. They were now busy with their club stuff and they were happy with it.

"We'll be going now." Yasuo and Takeshi patted his shoulder before Hiroto waved his hand to them as he focused on writing again.

"This guy."

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Hiroto went to Kirisu's office. He opened the door and saw her using a laptop while listening to something. The moment she heard the door open, she quickly paused the video and closed the laptop but Hiroto had listened to some part of it.

'A music?, It kinda resembles something I had heard before?' Hiroto removed the thought before looking at the impassive looking Kirisu who was looking at him with her usually calm face.

"What is it?" Hiroto asked her with an inquisitive face. Kirisu had some drops of sweat on her cheek, before calming herself down.

"You asked me to teach a group before don't you remember? I'm free tomorrow after school, is the time okay? Kirisu looked at him impassively.

He thought before nodding with his approval. "Yes, very much so!"

"Where will the group study be held? And how many students will come?" Kirisu asked the main point of the negotiation.

He raised his arm and showed a count of 7 fingers in front of her. "Only 7 including me and we haven't selected where will the study be held at." He describes the group terms, the three who's in the second year and them in the first year. While he will ask the others were should they had their group study. He could maybe do it at home but his mother's teasing will be a pain in the a.s.s.

"Doable, but just this time and after that, you can't ask me anymore and I will only teach what subjects they have a hard time with and contact me or inform me tomorrow morning so that I can confirm that the event will be held." Kirisu looked at him with a questioning look.

"Yes, Sensei!" Hiroto nodded gratefully before hearing someone knock on the door.

Maki was waiting for a reply before Kirisu called her inside the room. It surprised her seeing him here, she had a questioning look at why she was needed here.

Kirisu saw their confused look before standing up while looking at the two with her impassive face. "Congratulations on the two of you, for earning the awards from the competition last week." Kirisu held out her hand before shaking their hand.

"Eh?" Hiroto and Maki got surprised by her sudden declaration.

"You saw it sensei?" Hiroto asked curiously, it might be their song that they played in the competition.

"Ehem, I happen to see it earlier." Kirisu looked at the side as she put her hands on her c.h.e.s.t

'Eh? so she pays attention to us., Well that's good.'

Maki wondered, 'Is this the Kirisu-sensei I knew?'

"That amazing!?, I thought it was just a friendly competition." Hiroto wondered, while it didn't feel like an award for such appraisal for him but it seems it was. He was right to give it to Maki since she might have some use for it.

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All members of the school idol group were present. The classes were finished for today, while they were supposed to practice their dance moves and voice enhancing. But the rainy seasons had started, they had gone to practice yesterday but the rooftop was soaked with water so they could only practice in the packed music room as an alternative. They saw that it wasn't raining so they decided to practice in their usual training place.

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Honoka's enthusiastic expression was displayed. "As the school idol group, let's have our headcount again for today!" while raising her hand and initiated the first count.

"We've been doing this for two weeks already, don't you get bored?" Umi put up a helpless expression.

"I know, but I'm just so excited that I can't help it!" Honoka beamed with a smile, before making a soldier stance.

"Now, let's do the usual. One!" Honoka started their roll call, the others happily replied while saying their number.

"Two!", "Three!", "Four!", "Five!", "Six!" Honoka approached him with anticipation.

Hiroto was sitting on the floor while he was typing on the laptop. He got startled seeing the energetic smiling Honoka near his face.

"Ugh, do I need to say it as well?" Hiroto had a helpless smiling expression, starting last week Honoka had been initiating what she called a roll call duty on the group. He could only sigh at her energetic personality since the others weren't that bothered.

"You're part of the group after all." Honoka looked at him with beaming eyes. The other made their comments as well.

"That's right nyah!" Rin said enthusiastically, Maki smiled wryly.

"Besides your group might add more members in the future, I'm fine just being able to help at the back." Hiroto gently smiled, he was happy for her consideration but he didn't want misunderstanding from others. He will honestly help them since they were friends and he was a part of the group. He could as well count as the manager for the group, while he will trouble himself to make their performance the best possible condition as possible.

"Kuh! We already have enough members!" Honoka wiggled her body out of happiness, minded herself while the others got curious over what he had been engrossed in these few days.

"That's right, besides don't bother him too much and look at what he's busy these days?" Maki showed a rare smile with a proud look on her face.

"Eh?" Umi showed curiosity in her face. She had been seeing him silent and focused, While sometimes Maki would approach and sit beside him, his serious face would always make him so blushy and it was just her subconscious thinking while she also had some instance of imagination.

'Kyah!!!' Umi crouched on the floor while covering her face so that her embarrassed face would not show.

"Are you okay, Umi-chan?" Kotori asked while helping her get up, she could see her embarrassed face while she had some inkling over what she was thinking but she didn't ask.

"I'm fine.." Umi showed a helpless laugh to Kotori before looking at the Hiroto with the other group members near him with curious expressions.

"Yeah, right what he had been doing this week, I would see him focused on the laptop during our practice," Kotori said with interest while trying to think about the time they were practicing.

"Th-This is..." Hiroto didn't mind satiating their curiosity.

"You're m-making a game!!" Hanayo said profoundly with some amazement in her face.

"Game!!" Honoka heard what she said before instantly crouching beside Hiroto while looking at the screen.

Hiroto had been busy writing game programs. The games were already ready to be played. He made a few casual games that didn't have similar games on the game store of mobile devices.

"Casual games? are those that don't need the internet right?" Honoka asked curiously, she copied his game and downloaded it to her phone.

"I'm only making it in my free time it isn't that much of a great deal, but I will make bigger sized games in the future, for now, it's like this." Hiroto picked his mobile phone before showing a game on the screen. Rin immediately caught the phone while the others felt curious about what he made.

"What is this, amazing!" Honoka said with elation as she got into playing the game.

"Don't play too much we still need to practice later," Umi said with her usual strictness.

"Hai!!" Honoka played with the game and got engrossed for quite a time, although it was unpolished from its drawing and ill.u.s.tration since he hasn't made an actual design and just used presets based on the game editor.

The others played his mobile games and he made them give reviews about it since it was their first time sharing games like this so it turned enjoyable. What they had been doing this month was continuous practice after all. It could get boring sometimes.

"Make it cuter!" Honoka said while she gestured comically.

"That's right, those sparkly and pink!" Kotori had lights on her eyes.

"It's fine I guess but you could have improved with the designs as for the character make more designs and cuter." Umi analyzed his game with a professional perspective which made him scratch his head.

"...."

Maki mumbled to him as the others got engrossed playing. Hiroto got reminded of time with Maki earlier and couldn't help but chuckle. He whispered to Maki that they will have a group study tomorrow. She couldn't help but laugh as she announced it to the others with a joking face.

Hiroto knew that Kirisu would hold onto her promise since it came from herself, her pride will not leave him hanging.

"I have something to announce for everyone, Kirisu-sensei will be teaching the group for study lessons tomorrow as it will help everyone so good luck.." Maki dropped a bomb, the others got dumbfounded hearing her words before looking at her with open wide mouths. Hiroto and Maki looked at each other before laughing.

"Ahh!!! Is that true, you're joking right?" Rin asked with a troubled face.

"That Kirisu-sensei huh? I heard she's a strict teacher, a cold looking one.." Honoka said while shivering. Hiroto wryly smiled while he thought about making some words from her.

"She's not that cold, why would she accept teaching us and besides you mustn't say any words about school idols. If she heard it, her mood might turn sour but I hope she doesn't." Hiroto warned them about his teacher's personality. She was a person who was always focused, her m.a.t.u.r.e aura can be relied on but her actions based on his perspective weren't. He found it laughable how people would react if they knew that sensei was actually so clumsy over things.

'I'm surprised how she hid the fact, maintaining her impassiveness on things. I guess if she committed something but failed, she will instantly recover, and that's just her. Hiroto smiled wryly as he thought about the lovely and clumsy sensei that always needs some help.

"Why do we need to study?" Rin said despondently.

"We need to study Rin-chan that's why we go to school," Hanayo added while approaching Rin who was troubled.

"B-but Kirisu-sensei will be teaching us, that sensei you know."

"You had a bad event with sensei?" Hiroto asked Rin, she seems to be in denial of seeing Kirisu. So he thought that she had a deal with the teacher.

"Yeah, she kept urging me to study and I don't like it.."

"....."

Hiroto felt smacking her head but he just made a reprimanding tone."That's a given since she's a teacher in the school besides, she just wants you to care for your studies more since you only focus on physical subjects in class."

"But I only like physical subjects," Rin said with a low voice.

"If you don't study then you won't pass the first term." Maki crossed her arms.

"Ehhh, Awee.." Rin felt gloomy but Hanayo was on her side looking at her with care.

"Don't worry Rin-chan, if Hiroto-kun said so then Kirisu-sensei must be nice. I hope so."

"Thanks, Kayochin." Rin stands up before hugging Hanayo.

"I've finished the game! Hahaha.'' Honoka said proudly while pointing at her top score. Hiroto and others saw her score while they made some tsukkomis in their mind, only Hiroto was brave enough to make a joke.

"It's not that high you still suck.." Hiroto jokingly said.

"Her score is better than mine," Maki mumbled as she had compared herself with the energetic school idol leader. Which made her slightly sour.

"Don't be too mean, I tried my best and I'll try again!!" Honoka's eyes turned fiery before she got into playing a game again.

"Honoka! We need to practice now!" Umi said while she was also playing a game, Kotori rolled her eyes at them but she didn't stop them.

After a moment or so, Honoka and the others got up before she looked at the smiling members before her.

"We have enough members now..." Hiroto interrupted before Honoka was able to say anything.

Honoka turned wide-eyed before beaming a heartfelt smile. "That's right! It's like we're a real Idol Group!"

Hiroto stood up and closed his laptop before putting it in his bag, he coughed. "And I'll be managing the group onwards, can I?" He looked at the group, meanwhile, every one of them turned surprised.

"Why? Aren't you already doing so?" Maki turned sideways.

"Haha. Just make it an official thing now." Hiroto smiled wryly to Maki who just made a tsukkomi, before looking at Honoka. She understood his look before making an enthusiastic announcement.

"Yeah, Hiroto will be helping at managing our things from now on!" Honoka smiled. Everyone nodded without a thought, what he had been doing, after all, is helping them at the back, it will not make any difference if his role changes just a slight bit.

"I wish we could be enthusiastic as every day like Honoka-chan." Rin was still worried about what Maki told them about their group study later.

Honoka looked up while raising her hands counting. "I love being around a lot of people, and with so many of us in the group and people won't notice that I can't sing that well."

"We just have to teach everyone right? Maki had some understanding of voice strengthening. What everyone needs is to make their voice reach high notes as possible with control." Hiroto looked at Maki, which she understood with a nod. She understood where he got that idea from, she had learned his ability to sing at his Livestream after-all. She pinched him after they met up since he hid the fact.

"Yes, we will be in charge of improving everyone's voice is that right?" Maki showed a strict looking face, Honoka raised her hand with a sergeant post.

"Also If I mess up the dance--" Honoka remembered.

"Honoka!" Umi interrupted her with a dismissive tone since she kept belittling herself.

Honoka waved her hand. "Just kidding" while rubbing the back of her head.

"Each of us still needs to practice hard." Kotori with a slight reprimanding tone.

"But we have been doing it every day?" Hanayo remarked and she was right. Hiroto remembered the scene from this morning. The girl with the twin-tails mentioned about breaking up.

"Doing it every day is not enough, we must be more zealous about it!" Honoka said pointed her hands to the top.

"Overworking is no good, let's maintain what everyone has been doing before," Hiroto said with a scolding tone, he got worried that Honoka might affect the other girls with her energy. Not everyone can be as energetic as her.

"Hiroto-kun's right, we don't need to be zealous about everything and that's just Honoka's thing.." Umi said while looking at Honoka who was making a comical face.