Hello guys! The name's Eraviel~ New author in Love Live! School Idol Project archive. I've been on different archives before x3 I've been a fan of Love Live! For a few months now and I decided to make a fanfic out of fandom XD
This is going to be an alternate reality story, like some sort of "What if" x3 Hope you'll like it. Took place after No Brand Girls, but I added some elements.
A-Rise's meeting with µ's will be different too, I hope you'll like this one X3
I do not own Love Live! If I did, it's gonna be a pure Yuri story. Kek.
Alright, onto the story! Harasho~
A certain ginger-haired high schooler was wandering on the streets one afternoon. She just got out of Otonokizaka High School as her classes and practice already ended. She's supposed to be with her two childhood friends to walk home, but she doesn't feel like going with them right now.
Why? That one-worded question will surely be the first question to be asked.
The girl wasn't happy as she kept on walking down the streets, but kept her smile as people pass by her. She's a little popular on her school, as most students overtaking her greeted her.
She's a school idol by the way. A member, and the center of Otonokizaka High School Idol Group, µ's, read as Muse. A group of nine girls. And she's the leader of the said group.
"Take care of yourself, Kousaka-san!"
She waved back at the student who told her that. Wondering why?
This ginger-haired girl, Kousaka Honoka, had an accident when they performed a live show on their school's roof, on a rainy day. A lot of things happened after that incident, which took place a month and a half ago.
Something that did make her happy, but at the same time, felt regret and sadness.
~o~O~o~
(Flashback)
Sou da yo kakugo wa dekita!
Oh yeah!
Un makenai kara!
Oh yeah!
'Don't…' The µ's center thought as she kept on dancing on the rain. She kept her movements firm, but her body doesn't cooperate well.
Oh yeah!
'Please, don't…' She thought again as her vision's getting blurry.
Oh yeah!
'Don't… please…'
Oh yeah!
The song ended.
'Huh…?'
Honoka stood up after their pose, but her vision suddenly went pitch black, losing her balance, tripped and fell sideward. But she didn't just fall down, she hit the side of her head pretty hard on the floor, which caused her to bleed and lost consciousness.
"Honoka!" A certain bluenette immediately turned her attention to her childhood friend.
"Honoka-chan!" A gray-haired girl had a shocked expression as she saw Honoka on the floor.
"Honoka, are you alright?!" A blonde-haired girl came to her side and checked her status. "She's burning!"
"She's bleeding too!" A girl with crimson hair cried while covering her mouth due to shock as she saw blood on Honoka's head.
~o~O~o~
"Haahh…" Honoka sighed. She just found herself in the hospital after that event.
But it didn't end there. She met another shocking truth when she woke up after her accident.
~o~O~o~
(Flashback)
Honoka slowly opened her eyes, feeling very, very weak. She met a white ceiling after she fully opened her eyes. She could feel her head a little heavier than usual. She reached for it and felt something covering her hair, a bandage.
"Ah…" She tried to speak. Seems like she still has her voice.
"…oka-chan?!" She heard a voice spoke. "Honoka-chan?!"
She slowly turned to the source of the voice, and saw two girls, specifically her childhood friends, beside her, holding her right hand. They seemed to be relieved when they saw her woke up, yet they're teary.
"Honoka!" A girl with blue hair called her name as they saw Honoka regain consciousness. "Kotori, push that button!" She said to the other girl as she pointed at the button on the wall behind Honoka's bed.
"Umi-chan…!" The other girl, named Kotori, nodded and abided with the bluenette's orders and pushed the said button.
After a few moments, a nurse entered the room but left quickly after saying some words to Umi and Kotori, which Honoka didn't quite catch. Her hearing might've been a mess still.
"Honoka…!" Umi's eyes were in tears as she called the ginger-haired girl's name, who was lying on the hospital bed. "Thank goodness…!"
Honoka sighed and smiled at her. "…Umi…-chan."
"Honoka-chan…!" Kotori held Honoka's hand as she cried.
"…Kotori-chan…" She was happy that her childhood friends were there beside her. "…Relax, I just fell asleep. Hee…hee…hee…" Honoka tried to cheer the two up, but seemed to worsen their feeling.
"Fell asleep?!" Umi reacted a little mad. "You were asleep for almost a week!"
"…!" Honoka's expression became sullen for about a second after hearing Umi's words. "Wooaah, that's pretty long." She hid her shock by giving them a deadpanned look, though Umi knew it already.
"So, what happened?" Honoka asked the two.
"You passed out after our live show on the rooftop…" Kotori said.
"Huh…? Did we have one?" Honoka asked in confusion.
The bluenette and the gray-haired girl had a shocked expression after hearing those words from her.
"Ehehehe… My head is kinda weird right now…"
Her two childhood friends went silent. Well, at least, she didn't forget µ's.
~o~O~o~
"Haaahhh…" Her sigh became longer than usual. She really didn't like it when people says 'Take care of yourself' to her, as she just remembers what happened that day.
She remembered that 'live show' few days after she regained consciousness, as explained by her doctor that she had a minor memory loss, because of a concussion while she suffered extreme exhaustion. She danced on a rainy day with serious fever, after all.
But honestly, Honoka wished that she hadn't remembered that at all.
Lost in her thoughts, she found herself already at the sidewalk by the river. The sunset blended nicely with the water, giving a pleasant sight. The weather's clear, and it doesn't look like it's gonna rain.
She sighed again.
She sat down on a bench and cooled herself off. Yet, it didn't end there. A lot of things had changed when she was back on the group.
And she remembered it all again. The joy she had, the happiness she gave, and lastly, her sadness.
~o~O~o~
(Flashback)
A ginger-haired second year high school was walking up the stairs of Otonokizaka High school, heading towards the rooftop. µ's had a scheduled practice in which she had five minutes left before it starts. It's been more than a week since she woke up from her coma and got discharged.
The next Love Live! Competition was just around the corner by the way. That's why they decided to practice even though Honoka was still in the hospital, in fact, it was Honoka's suggestion.
'Ah, it's nice to be back.' She thought to herself, before reaching the doors of the rooftop.
She could hear the voices of her friends on the other side of the door as she stood up there for a few moments. It's been a while since she stepped on the rooftop, where they held their everyday practice for the Love Live! Competition.
But yet, she felt guilty at the same time.
Not about the accident of course. That source of guilt of hers was already resolved, but still, she can't take it off her mind.
It was the decision of her childhood friend, Minami Kotori, to study abroad.
And her decision? No, she didn't study abroad, as she was afraid what would Honoka feel if she wakes up from her coma and Kotori wasn't there beside her.
Without wasting a second, she blasted the door open and shouted, "Hello, everyone~!"
The people on the rooftop turned their heads to the second year who made her lively entrance. They have mixed emotions painted all over them as they learned who entered the rooftop.
"Honoka (-chan)!" Eight voices called her name in unison and gathered around Honoka.
"Are you feeling well now?" A blonde asked her as she walked behind Honoka and grabbed her shoulders.
The ginger-haired girl turned to her and replied, "Eli-chan, yeah, I'm feeling well now, but not on a certain point that I can join practice, or so my doctor says." She rolled her eyes and sighed in disappointment.
The rest of the girls' smiles turned into a frown after hearing her reply.
"Ah, don't worry about me! I'm here to watch you guys so I can still learn the steps." She said and made a peace sign.
"Okay, let's prepare for practice so Honoka-chan can catch up with us!" A purple-haired girl declared.
With that, everyone walked away from ginger-haired girl and started their warm-ups while Honoka sat down on the floor beside the door.
She took her phone out from her pocket and saw a bunch of message which contained the same texts. It was from her little sister. The text just said:
"Don't go to practice yet!"
She sighed and replied a single message to her sister containing:
"I know, I know! You don't need to repeat it!"
She placed her phone back in her pocket after sending her message and directed her attention to her friends. She smiled as she saw them warming up for practice. To her, they're really serious about it, which is always true.
But her smile disappeared and replaced by something more playful look after seeing something unusual, or rather, something new from them. Kotori's smile was different from her usual smile, like she was excited, in a different way, as she pushed Umi's back for stretching. Rin was tickling Hanayo every time her chest touches the ground during stretches, while hugging her from the back. Nico and Maki were bickering with each other on process, though it's not something new to Honoka, but she could see a different atmosphere around them.
'Eli and Nozomi…' She thought to herself as she stared at the two seniors.
Nothing out of the ordinary aside from attempting to washi-washi Eli with every chance she had. Well, it's probably normal, for Nozomi at least.
Honoka smiled again, seeing them getting along with each other. But that's not the main reason. She also knew that someone has a thing for the other.
Which gave birth to a great idea for Honoka.
Or is it really?
(End of Flashback)
~o~O~o~
It didn't take a week for Honoka to successfully execute the plan she had in mind after discovering something between her friends. Wondering what that is? It's just simple, very, very simple.
She just gave four of them a light nudge, and the matchmaking between the eight of them was successful. Honoka talked to her childhood friend, Minami Kotori, about Sonoda Umi, her other childhood friend, which cleared her hunch that the gray-haired girl having a thing for the bluenette.
Hoshizora Rin approached Honoka with regards her weird feelings towards her childhood friend, Koizumi Hanayo. Honoka was more than surprised that the orange-haired freshman initiated that conversation to her.
She just wondered why, of all people, Rin approached her for advice.
With regards to her seniors, Ayase Eli and Tojo Nozomi… Honoka didn't actually do much for them. Let's just say that they're pretty mature for that kind of thing, and they already know what to do. She just asked Eli if she likes Nozomi, which was true even if she didn't ask, and helped her confess to the vice-president.
With Yazawa Nico and Nishikino Maki, this was the toughest challenge for the ginger-haired sophomore, but it was the easiest to spot among the rest. Well, it's just because they're not really honest with their feelings.
It was Maki most of the time giving trouble, whenever Honoka told Nico what she would do to capture the redhead's heart. She's the number one tsundere in µ's, after all. Many attempts were tried, but all of them failed.
But at a certain point that Maki learned what the third year felt about her, it was the time that she finally opened up to her.
In the end, everyone got paired with each other…
Except for one.
~o~O~o~
"Haaah…" Honoka sighed again after remembering those days. She even questioned herself why did she even do that in the first place.
But she always had the answer in her. It was for the happiness of her friends. But she can't help but feel left out.
She sacrificed her happiness, for her friends' happiness. She thought that it was the best she can do for them.
Yes, for her friends, but not for herself. Honoka was never a self-centered person and always cared for the people dearest to her. She wanted to bring happiness to the people around her, as she could also feel joy whenever she sees them smile.
But right now, she couldn't feel that happiness in her, when she's supposed to. She even knew it herself as to why she's feeling like that. She was lonely, and left out.
Honoka stood up from the bench and walked to the fence beside the river. She stared at the sunset light projected on the water, somewhat giving her a slight ease.
She didn't even know if there's someone near her, or pass by her. Like she has been disconnected from reality.
She muttered, no, sang a tune as she closed her eyes while slowly walking towards the fence. It seems like she's having a hard time containing her emotions.
Forget… don't forget
I hold you…
I'd rather choose the destiny which leads me to turning to ashes.
Forget… don't forget…
Both are me.
While wishing you happiness, I walk into the darkness
LOVELESS WORLD…
Look at me… don't look at me…
My heart is screaming.
My memories are torn apart by a destiny I can't be bound to…
Look at me… don't look at me…
Both are me.
Give me a farewell kiss, I'm leaving to the country of sadness
LOVELESS WORLD…
She leaned her elbows on the fence and covered her face with her hands, seemingly holding her tears from coming out after singing. The negative feelings inside her were building up, and she wanted to release them all.
"I know the answer already… I know it…!" She mumbled under her breaths.
'Oh, please no.' She mentally said to herself as she attempted to stop herself, but she failed.
""Why did I even do that in the first place?!""
The ginger-haired girl noticed that it wasn't just her voice that spoke those words. She turned to her right and saw someone beside her, around three meters away from her, who was also looking at her. It was someone she knew but not personally, and someone she didn't expect to meet in this kind of place.
And someone she's not expecting to say the words she just said.
"Kousaka… Honoka…?"
"Kira… Tsubasa…?"
The two stared at each other after calling each other's name. Could it be…?
Alright, chappy 1 is done~ Short chapter because it's a prologue :3 I usually have 3-4k words per chapter except my story's prologues.
Anyways, if you have questions or if you have suggestions, don't hesitate to ask! They are widely accepted.
See you at the next chappie~ Ja~