A/N: I know people are probably going to kill me for this, but I've run into a writer's block for the other stories. Not that I ran out of ideas. I know how I want each story to progress but I just can't put into words yet. So take this as a peace offering until my work load from school loosens up and I figure out how to type again. I don't own Love Live.

"Cheers for the love~!" Honoka sang under her breath as she walked briskly to the clubroom. Umi and Kotori were still in the classroom since the two of them had clean-up duty and both had urged Honoka to go ahead without them. The ginger desperately wanted to run to the club and find the student she had been waiting to see since they separated the previous day. But she didn't, because the Student Council President and the Vice President would catch her. And punish her. Not that it ever happened, even if she ran. But she preferred not getting in trouble for now real reason.

"I'm here~" She said cheerfully, pushing the door open before her. The clubroom was silent. Not a single member was there. "Huh? Where's everyone? …I thought Maki-chan would be the first here, for sure. Or Nico-chan. She practically lives here when she's not in class." Honoka frowned, having been so excited to see what she considered her most important person.

"Oh well." She sighed, walking forward to the table and taking a seat on one of the chairs. "Guess I'll have to wait then." Becoming bored almost immediately, the ginger rested her head on the table and stared at the opposing wall. She slowly shifted her gaze, eyeing every facet and decoration on the wall. She turned her head completely to the right and then down to the floor, where she saw something she hadn't noticed earlier. A pile of clothes, the school uniform to be exact, was on the floor next to her. She decided it was interesting enough to investigate and got down into a kneeling position next to the pile. Honoka gingerly poked it with one finger. A sharp gasp came from the pile and it shifted away from her. Honoka flinched back and saw something else. The blue ribbon of the first years had fallen from the rest of the uniform and it lay on the floor. She picked it up and turned it around in her hands.

"A moving pile of school uniform that belongs to a first year student…" Honoka muttered, not understanding the situation she was in. At the sound of her voice so close, the pile shuddered. As Honoka watched, a small head poked out the top of the shirt portion of the pile. Amethyst eyes sparkling with curiosity framed by strands of crimson hair peered at the shocked second-year.

"W-what's going on here?!" Honoka screamed at the top of her lungs. Thanks to her idol practice, she hit a very, very high note with her scream and it rang loudly through the halls of the school. The child, which she recognized as Maki, did not like the scream. So the red-head did what any normal child would do when screamed at. She started to cry. Loudly. Almost at the same noise level as Honoka's scream.

"No, no, no! Don't cry, don't cry!" Honoka said, frantically looking around for something to distract the crying child. Meanwhile, Maki continued to sob, tears streaming down her face and snot running from her nose. She held her arms at her side instead of trying to wipe her face, probably because the ends of the sleeves were stuck under the skirt, which she was standing on.

"What's going on, Honoka?" Eri asked, walking into the room. Nozomi was right behind her, though Eri blocked her entrance with one arm as she scanned the area.

"I don't know, Eri-chan! She surprised me, so I screamed and now she's crying and won't stop!" Honoka wailed, which the two third-years barely heard over Maki's renewed sobs.

"She? She who?" Eri said, confused. She let Nozomi into the room, and the purple-haired girl made a beeline for the source of the crying.

"It's Maki-chan, Eri-chi!" Nozomi said, surprised. She knelt down by the crying girl as Eri walked over to get a better look.

"…What?" was all Eri was able to come up with. Nozomi ignored her, finding it more important to stop the sobs first.

"There, there. It's okay. Honoka-chan didn't mean to scare you." Nozomi murmured, rubbing Maki's back with a slow circular motion. Tearful violet eyes met the emerald eyes of the high-schooler. Maki tilted her head, questioningly, then looked at Honoka. Honoka smiled, even though she was still weirded out by Maki becoming a child. Maki smiled back, even though there were still tears in her eyes.

"Okay now?" Nozomi asked. Maki nodded, giving the spiritual girl a shy smile. Nozomi returned it gently. She pulled a cloth out from her bag and wiped Maki's face clean of the tear stains and snot.

"How did this happen, Honoka?" Eri asked, now that Maki was calm again.

"I-I don't know! There was a pile of clothes on the floor and it turned out to be her!" Honoka said. Nozomi had picked the girl up to sit her on the table. Maki was only dressed in her older blouse and jacket, seeing as everything was too big to fit her anymore.

"How old are you?" Nozomi asked. Maki thought about it then held up a hand with all five fingers extended. "So, you're five right now?" The red-head nodded, kicking her legs up and down. "Do you remember any of us?" The response was a shake of her head. Nozomi stood up to her full height and Maki stared at her with wide eyes.

"This isn't good, Eri-chi. She's five years old and doesn't remember us." Nozomi said, basically repeating what the other two had just witnessed.

"Is Maki-chan here nya?!" Rin shouted, bursting into the room. "She went to the restroom and didn't come back earlier!" Hanayo followed her more energetic friend, though she was equally worried about Maki. The girl in question stared wide-eyed at the two newcomers in silence, her mouth forming the shape of a small o. Honoka turned away from the awkward tension and instead set about picking up the rest of Maki's clothing. 'A skirt, her socks, her shoes, and…'

"I found Maki-chan's panties!" She gasped, holding the article of clothing in the air before her. The child turned her attention at the sound of her name, though she seemed unbothered by the fact that it was her underwear in the air. Then again, Maki was too young to comprehend the implications behind Honoka's statement.

"No perverted actions, please." Umi said, striding up from behind Honoka to snatch the cloth away. Honoka lunged for it and Umi chopped her on the head, before heading to Maki's dropped school bag and shoving the cloth inside. Honoka, who had gone into a squatting position after getting chopped, cried silent tears. Maki got on all fours and looked down at Honoka in confusion.

"Hey. Why is everyone just standing around?" Nico asked, having to stop at the doorway since Kotori was still blocking the way into the room. The ash brunette stepped aside to let the club president in. Maki sat back on her knees and looked at the third-year student. She tilted her head in a questioning way.

"Hey…what's wrong with Maki-chan?" Nico zig-zagged her way around the other Muse members and up to the where the child sat on the table. The red-head gave Nico her full attention, staring attentively at her with inquiring eyes.

"…she hasn't said anything nya. Don't you think that's weird?" Rin muttered, loud enough for everyone to hear.

"But don't you think we should get her actual clothes instead of letting her wear her jacket only?" Kotori asked, bringing up the most important topic that no one else had thought of before.

"Oh! We should! But who should go?" Nozomi said, tapping her chin with one finger. Honoka, who had recovered at some point, raised her hand.

"I volunteer as tribute!" She shouted.

"No more Hunger Games for you." Umi muttered, facepalming.

"Eh?! But it's like one of the only book series I read!" Honoka said, shocked.

"Um…can we get back on topic?" Hanayo said, sweatdropping a little.

"Why don't we go with Honoka-chan?" Kotori said, volunteering herself and Umi.

"Then let's go!" Honoka yelled, taking off. She didn't wait to see if the group was approved or even for the other two to agree and follow. Umi groaned and jogged after Honoka, Kotori trailing slightly behind.

Within half an hour, the three second-years were back with bags of clothing.

"We didn't know how much she would need." Kotori explained.

"Honoka actually wanted to buy more than this." Umi grumbled. "We had to talk her out of most of it."

"But I thought Maki-chan would look good in it!" Honoka said defensively.

"Now that you're back…who's going to actually take responsibility and get Maki-chan to change?" Eri asked. Honoka raised her hand.

"No. I think everyone agrees, seeing as how you reacted with Maki's …that…. Before." Umi said, ignoring Honoka's pout.

"She's got a point." Nico said. She had been keeping the girl in question amused with her 'Super Idol' antics but now she stopped. Maki frowned slightly but decided that there were other interesting things to do besides watching Nico. Like finding out what were in those bags for example. She crawled on her hands and knees over to one of the clothing bags and peered in.

"I can do it, if no one else wants to." Nozomi said. No one protested so Nozomi took some of the bags in one arm and tucked Maki under the other and went into the other room.

Once inside, she set Maki on the floor in a standing position. The red-head watched her rummage through the bag.

"Maki-chan, can you unbutton your jacket and shirt?" Nozomi asked, not looking up from the bags. Maki nodded, even though the other couldn't see, and started on her task. However, the jacket sleeves were too long and she could barely get her hands out when she rolled up the sleeves to her elbows. She looked down, found the first button, and fumbled with it, trying to get it out. After a couple seconds of trying, she gave up and looked at Nozomi for help. But the other girl was still busy.

"Hello, Maki's mom." Eri had found Maki's cell phone and decided to alert the red-head's mom in case that there was something they weren't aware of when Maki was a child. It took her a few minutes to explain the situation to the elder woman.

"Is Maki speaking to any of you?" The woman asked after a lengthy pause, long enough that Eri put the phone on speaker.

"No. She hasn't said a word to anyone, though she cried." Honoka said, sheepishly.

"Hm… Well, there's nothing strange about it. Maki was not a child who spoke unless it was an emergency." Maki's mom said.

"Thank goodness. I thought there was a deeper reason for her not speaking." Eri said.

"It's nothing. She just didn't like talking, for some reason. Is she there right now?"

"No, Nozomi-chan's changing her clothes in the next room." Kotori informed her.

"When you're done, can you bring her and her stuff to my house? Oh, and, you can stay over if you want so bring whatever you need. I'd better go now." Maki's mom hung up the phone.

"So…sleepover at Maki-chan's place, nya?" Rin asked.

Maki was panicking. She had been told to unbutton her shirt but she couldn't even get the button free from her jacket. And the other girl, Nozomi, was still busy and wasn't looking at her.

"N-N-Nozomi!" She said, getting the other girls attention.

"Hm? What is it, Maki-chan?" Nozomi said, with a gentle smile. Maki fidgeted, not wanting to admit that she couldn't unbutton her shirt. "If it's nothing then~" It was a tease but Maki fell for it.

"I-I c-can't unbutton my j-jacket…" Maki blushed and looked down at her feet. The spiritual girl chuckled softly and stepped over to the child.

"Here. I'll help you, okay?" Nozomi said. Maki nodded, falling silent again, now that the situation had been addressed. The third year unbuttoned the jacket and the shirt, leaving the small child standing there without any clothing. One by one, Nozomi helped Maki into the new clothes that had been bought for her. First, the underwear, though secretly she wondered who had bought this part of the needed clothing. Then she pulled Maki's new shorts up. They were white in color and very soft to touch. She picked out a simple light purple t-shirt for Maki to pull on, followed by a calico colored hoodie. The socks that they had picked out for the child were white, which went with the white Mary Janes they had bought.

"Let's get back to the others shall we?" Nozomi said, stuffing the over-sized jacket and shirt into one of the clothing bags. Maki nodded and held her arms up for Nozomi to pick her up. The third-year obliged and the two of them headed back to rejoin the other Muse members. They opened the door just in time to hear Rin's comment.

"So…sleepover at Maki-chan's place nya?"

A/N: Not sure this should be continued or not. I'll let the readers decide since I dunno if this should continue.