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"Hello!"
Saki grinned as she ran up to her friends, dragging Toya behind her. "You didn't tell me you were all coming!"
Ichika, Shiho, and Honami were standing there.
"Ahah, to be honest, neither did I." Ichika laughed a little. "I thought only Saki was coming, so I decided to drop by… Not that I'm upset the others are here too!" she added quickly.
"Let's just go get our tickets now." Shiho sighed, walking away towards the ticket booth, Saki, Ichika, Honami, and Toya close behind.
The group of Leo/Need began to chat in line. Toya, unsure of what to do, took out his phone while waiting.
Toya: Hello everyone
Have you all already gone to the stage? I'm with Saki and her friends and we're getting tickets right now
akito: yea, me and ena are here
Kohane: About to get in line with An!
Yuki: I am walking right now.
I was wondering, @K, are you coming?
K: I might take the bus
It's really bright out though
amia: kanadee :(
come? please?
K: Maybe
amia: its already 2:45!!
PLEEEASE
like what are you gonna do at home
K: Moderate my subreddit
Honami: Yoisaki..
You have a subreddit?
Saki: ykw im checking my phone since honami is staring down at hers flabbergasted
oh.
enanan: is kanade secretly vicious
K: Maybe
Moderating a subreddit is hard work
akito: whats ur reddit username
enanan: why do you wanna know akito..
do you have reddit.
akito: yes BUT i dont use it i just have an account.
also why ru texting we are literally right next to each other
enanan: i'd rather text than stare at your face
shiho: i have reddit.
@K whats your karma.
Honami: Shiho…
What are you doing on reddit?
shiho: nothing.
akito: r/AskReddit "am i gay"
shiho: 😐
enanan: how do u know the subreddits?
akito: your mom
enanan: we have the same mom dumbass
"Thank you." Honami smiled at the person at the ticket booth as she took hers, and walked up to Saki, Ichika, and Shiho. After Toya had gotten his ticket, he said he was going to find Akito and wait for Kohane and An with him.
The group started walking to the stage. Saki was grinning, a skip in her step.
"Waah, I love Tsukasa's shows!" she squealed. "And it's gonna be so much more fun with everyone here."
"Don't forget about practice later today." Shiho reminded. "Just because we're going out, doesn't mean we get to skip later. We'll meet up in Sekai at 5."
The others chorused 'Yes.'
They continued walking. When they got there, they placed their bags on some seats.
Ichika looked up. "Shiho."
"Hm?"
Ichika walked closer to Shiho, brushing her bangs out of her face. Shiho went red. "What are—"
"You look a bit different today. Did you put on makeup?"
"A little. Now—" She attempted to back up a bit, because she was sure if she remained in such close proximity to Ichika for too long, she would combust.
However, since the universe seemed to have it out for her, Saki approached closer.
"You're wearing makeup!? But you never— Barely—"
"I felt like trying something new." Shiho replied drily. Seriously, all she did was curl her eyelashes and put on a little mascara, and her friends were so curious.
"I don't see it…" Saki sighed, inching closer to Shiho.
"It's her eyelashes, I think." Ichika said.
Honami then walked behind Ichika, looking at the others curiously. "What's going on?"
Suddenly, Shiho was feeling rather self conscious. She glanced at the floor, her bangs falling in front of her face. "Uh, let's go find some of the others."
She turned around from all of them, and started walking away.
"Uwaa— Wait!" Saki spluttered, running behind her and grabbing her shoulder.
Shiho turned around, stopping in her tracks. "Saki. What is it?"
"Can you look up for a second, please??"
In defiance of this, the silver haired girl only turned her head in the opposite direction. "Why?"
"Shii—" Saki whined, frowning.
"Let's keep going." Shiho was about to start moving again, when suddenly, she felt two warm hands on her cheeks.
Her face was turned around and jerked upwards, until she was nose to nose with Saki.
The other girl was studying her face, however, Shiho was frozen in shock, just staring forward with her mouth open. She swallowed and closed it, trying not to let herself stare into Saki's vibrant pink eyes for too long.
She averted her eyes downwards, and was met with the sight of the girl's lips. They were a soft rose color. She wondered how they would feel against her own—
No! No. Stop.
She eventually settled on just closing her eyes.
She then felt her face be released.
Saki had backed up, and was now smiling. "Your makeup looks so cute, Shiho!"
She hoped that the ombre haired girl thought that the redness of her face was from said makeup.
Akito's eyes brightened as he saw Toya nearby, seeming to search for him. About to walk towards him, he suddenly felt someone tug his hand roughly, pulling him away.
He almost shrieked, and he looked at the hand, which belonged to none other than Shinonome Ena. Bleh.
"Holy shit, Ena— What is it?"
The brunette pushed her hair out of her face, then placing her hands on her hips and staring up at Akito. (He was very proud of the fact that he was taller than her.)
"I have one condition for our… competition, or whatever."
Shit. This wasn't going to be good.
"Fine. What?"
"You have to rizz up Toya." she stated, smiling smugly.
He blinked a few times, staring at her. "I— Hey! Didn't we say anyone?!"
"Well, if you're so charming, you can do it, right? Make him flustered?"
"Okay, fine." Akito sighed, raising his hands in defeat. Ena looked triumphant, until… "But only if you flirt with Mafuyu."
Her jaw dropped. "No way."
"Then I'm not flirting with Toya, bitch."
Ena groaned, rolling her eyes. "Fine!"
The younger grinned. "What? You're not excited? To make your little Mafuyu-chan all cute and flustered?"
Her face flushed red, and she opened her mouth to speak.
"…Mafuyu-chan?"
Standing there was none other than Mafuyu herself. She was wearing her casual clothes that looked like they had been picked out by her grandmother— but in reality, they were picked out by her mom. Nevertheless, she somehow managed to pull off the granny look. "I heard my name. What are you two talking about?"
The two blatantly ignored her question.
"Oi, Mafuyu." Akito greeted, reaching out his hand, expecting her to dab him up.
The purplenette stared down at it in a look of confusion, before patting his hand slightly and then retracting. "Where are the others?"
Ena looked around. "They should be here by now. Let's go check out the stage, I think the show will start soon. We can find everyone there!"
Akito stared at her expectantly. However, he was ignored.
Well, she's gotta do it sometime.
Tsukasa adjusted his hair slightly, before looking out at the audience. He smiled, seeing Saki and Toya with their friends.
He knew they'd been to a few of his performances before, but he still loved to see them come. And the fact that everyone else was there as well?
He was already looking forward to seeing Saki smiling big, laughing or watching in awe as he and his friends performed.
Well, they were supposed to be friends, at least.
He definitely didn't like them in anything other than a platonic way.
But you see, that was irrelevant! After all, he was getting ready to go out. The play was going to be a Christmas love story— between him and Nene. And that wasn't weird at all. It's acting. It's acting.
Yet, why was the superstar's heart racing?