The Leader, the Designer and the Archer

Pairing: Honoka x Umi x Kotori

Genre: Romance

Disclaimer: I do not own Love Live or any of its characters

Author's Note: (jumps and waves) Hello, everyone! My name is Yuri and welcome back to my Love Live Threesome Love Story Collection! I decided to start my HonoKotoUmi fanfic another go since, well, my last one kinda sucked. if you remember the last story "Three is the Magic Number" the first chapter is similar, but I added something towards the end, so that it's more enjoyable and you're not just reading the same thing. So, here's a brand new threesome story for you all, staring my favorite childhood friends that started it all~! Enjoy!

"A-are you sure about this?" Kotori nervously asks as she looks over at the ginger, who is humming to herself on the desk just a few feet away from them.

"What do you mean?" Umi says while glancing at Honoka. "You're the first person I ever told!"

"So, what should we do?" Kotori asks.

"I say I should suck it up and go for it!" Umi declares.

Kotori blushes and waves her hands back and forth. "N-no way! She'll never understand!"

"Huh? What do you mean by that?"

The ash-brown haired girl nervously fiddles with her fingers. "W-well, the thing is . . . I also like her. I love her."

"You what!?" Umi is completely flipped out by this sudden confession.

"I-it's true . . ."

"So . . . you like Honoka and . . . I like Honoka . . ."

"Yes?"

Umi puts her hand on her face as she sighs. "You're right, Kotori. This is never going to work."

"What's never going to work?" the happy ginger says, now standing in front of them.

"Ah! N-n-nothing!" Umi stutters while waving her hands back and forth. "Nothing at all!"

Honoka smirks as she leans toward the blue haired archer. "Were you talking about me~?"

"Huh!? You can literally hear us!?"

"I was about three desks away from you and I can still you guys!" Honoka says.

"W-we weren't talking about anything particular about you, Honoka-chan," Kotori tells her ginger haired childhood friend.

"Ah, okay," Honoka says as she grabs her school bag. "Well, shall we get going to my place?"

Umi and Kotori nod as they follow their childhood friend to her house. Unaware to Honoka, Kotori and Umi have red faces as they try to come up with the right time to tell their childhood friend.

At Honoka's room, the three were all silent as they were doing their studies when Honoka quickly becomes bored and rests her head on her notebook. Umi immediately takes notice and gently bonks her on the head.

"If you don't get this done, you won't get a good grade on the test next week," the blue haired archer says while waving her pencil.

"Aw, studying's boring!" Honoka whines as she lays on her back.

Kotori giggles. "Umi-chan's right, you know?"

"Yes, but can't we do that some other time?" Honoka asks.

"No," Umi quickly says. "Study or I'll have to force you to do it. And you know what that means."

Honoka looks over at her blue haired friend, who is making a scary glare at her, causing Honoka to panic.

"A-alright! Alright! I'll do it!" Honoka cries while quickly getting to her notebook quicker than the speed of light.

Kotori lets out a giggle again. "You never cease to amaze me, Umi-chan~!"

Umi just focuses on her own notebook. "I had to do something to get Honoka to focus."

The three keep on studying until it gets late at night. They've been studying for a good 3 hours, even after they had dinner together. However, one thing has been bothering Kotori and Umi: confessing to Honoka. They know that one of them should since both of them confessing to her at the same time might just confuse her. Even when they were studying, in their minds, they were still debating on whether or not one of them should confess to her. However, if they wait any longer, they might not have a chance soon.

Honoka stands up and stretches out her arms as she glances at the clock. "Wow! 9:30 already? Boy, that's a longest studying session I've ever done!"

"I think that's the ONLY longest studying session," Umi corrects her. "Since I was the one who made you do it tonight."

"You meanie~!" Honoka playfully sticks her tongue out at the blue haired archer, in which she receives another scary glare from her.

Umi sighs after she relaxes. "You know, this test costs about 40% of our grade. You don't want to fail another test after that last one, do you?"

"No . . ." Honoka says, quietly, remembering exactly how she had failed her last test. She had scored a 20 out of 100, just because she was too lazy to do it.

"I'm counting on you to study at least a bit harder," Umi says. "If you fail another test, then it's a retake during the weekend. You don't want that, do you?"

"No . . ." Honoka repeats.

Kotori giggles. "Oh, Umi-chan, you're always lecturing Honoka-chan as always~! How cute!"

"That isn't cute!" Umi denies. "I'm just telling her about doing better on tests!"

"That's exactly lecturing," Honoka says.

"Shut up!" Umi cries while having a blush on her face, which makes Honoka and Kotori giggle.

After a few more minutes of making a few adjustments, Honoka is on her way out the door when Umi and Kotori quickly exchange looks and nod.

"Honoka!" Umi says.

"Yes?" The ginger turns around before she can even open the door. "What is it, Umi-chan?"

"U-um, before you leave," the blue haired girl says while blushing harder. "There's something you should know."

"Hm?" Honoka tilts her head in confusion.

Umi takes a few deep breaths before looking at her childhood friend in the eye. "You know we've been together for years until now. And . . . well . . . I've been . . . kind of having these strange feelings during those times."

"Strange feelings?" Honoka asks. "I don't understand."

"Y-you see, Honoka," Umi says while gathering up all her courage. "I've been wanting to tell you . . ." She takes a deep breath again and starts to speak when Kotori steps in as well.

"I LOVE YOU!" both of them say in unison.

"Wh-what!?" Honoka backs away a step, almost falling backwards from the sudden confession from not one, but both of her childhood friends.

Umi and Kotori blush as they look at each other, feeling very embarrassed.

"Kotori!" Umi scolds. "I thought I told you that this might not work!"

"I'm sorry!" Kotori apologizes. "But I just had to let it out somehow!"

"Girls," Honoka says while raising an eyebrow. "What is going on? You know, you two have been acting a bit strange ever since we've been walking home from school."

Umi and Kotori exchange looks again and beckon Honoka to sit on the bed. The ginger follows them and sits in between her two childhood friends.

"Listen, Honoka-chan," Kotori says. "The thing is . . . we're in love with you. Both of us do. Though, both of us were thinking that maybe loving two people is impossible."

"Huh?" Honoka is still confused.

Umi sighs heavily and grabs the ginger's shoulders. "Honoka, both of us LOVE you, get it? However, I was thinking that if one of us were to confess to you, it would work out. However, if both of us confess to you . . . then, you might be face with a difficult decision. And we don't want that."

Honoka looks at both Umi and Kotori, her two long time friends who had just confessed their love to her. Her mind is filled with a ton of questions, however, she doesn't have the heart to ask either of them.

Umi sighs again as she stands up. "Kotori, let's go."

"What!?" Kotori gasps as she looks up at the blue haired girl.

"Honoka needs some time to decide for herself," Umi specifies. "Because it's obvious that she is confused. I knew that we shouldn't have done this at the same time."

Kotori looks at the ginger with a worried face before standing up and follows Umi out the door. Honoka is left sitting there, staring at the wall as Umi and Kotori's confession echo in her head. Umi-chan . . . and Kotori-chan . . . .love me . . . she thinks to herself. I can't believe . . . I haven't realized it from the beginning . . . She decides to sleep it off for the night and make her decision tomorrow.

The next morning, Honoka is still plagued with indecisiveness. She doesn't even bother saying "Good morning" to her childhood friends when they enter the classroom early. Umi and Kotori exchange looks, thinking that the decision they had made was a bad idea. Class starts a few minutes later. However, Honoka doesn't bother paying attention to what the teacher is saying since she is still deciding on whether to return Umi and Kotori's feelings. Can such a relationship even exist in this world?

However, Honoka's eyes widen as she remembers the times she, Umi and Kotori did together as children. They always had the opportunity to play together on the playground and the park to play tag together. They practically did everything together; from elementary school to middle school, until now, in high school. Honoka smiles to herself as she recalls the good times she and her childhood friends have. Yes, she thinks to herself. We've been together for so long that I was too blind to notice that Umi-chan and Kotori-chan have feelings for me. Both of them love me. And I love them. Yes, that's it. I love them. Umi-chan . . . Kotori-chan . . . I love them both. It doesn't matter if it's impossible or not. So, right at lunch time, I WILL return their feelings.

Lunch starts after a few more periods, which gives Honoka the perfect opportunity to beckon her childhood friends to their usual lunch spot. Umi and Kotori were hoping that Honoka has made her final decision, whether it's to choose one of them or reject them both. While the three of them were standing there in silence for about a few minutes, Umi is the one to break the silence.

"So . . . what did you decide?" Umi asks. "Do you love me or Kotori?"

Honoka just smiles. "To tell you the truth . . . I love both of you."

Umi and Kotori's eyes widen. "WHAT!?"

"But why!?" Kotori asks.

"Well, first of all, I was really surprised that you two had the courage to confess to me, right at the same time," Honoka explains. "Indeed I needed some time to think. But as class was in session, I started to have these flashbacks of us three together when we were kids. We shared so many good memories together. And then I realized: all the times we shared as kids, all the times we shared as Muse, I had loved you both as well. So silly of me to not realize that until now. Hehe~! So, yes. I came to love both of you. Umi-chan and Kotori-chan."

Both Umi and Kotori stare at Honoka. The ginger expects them to smile after that, but it's not happening.

"What's wrong?" Honoka asks.

"Honoka," Umi says. "Is this really okay for you?"

"What do you mean?" The ginger asks while frowning.

"Umi-chan's not really sure . . . if we can pull it off," Kotori says, having small tears in her eyes. "I mean, how can a three of us be in a relationship? How does a three-way relationship even work?"

"Exactly," Umi says. "So, I don't think it's possible-"

"It WILL be possible!" Honoka cuts Umi off.

Umi and Kotori stop talking as they listen to what their childhood friend has to say.

"Umi-chan, Kotori-chan, you two are my best friends," Honoka says. "We've shared so many memories together. Don't you understand that? It would be unfair for one of you to confess to me when both of you have feelings for me. So, it's okay. Both of you can love me."

"But, Honoka," Umi starts.

"So please," Honoka gives Umi an immediate hug. "Please stay by my side. Forever and ever."

Umi is on the verge of tears from Honoka's words, and tries to hold them back, but with no avail. "Idiot," she says. "I guess I can't say no to you anyways."

Honoka smiles as she turns to Kotori. "What about you, Kotori-chan?"

"Eh?" The ash-brown haired girl gasps softly as she puts a fist on her chest. "I . . . I don't know. I mean, is this-"

"Yes," Honoka cuts her off with a smile as she takes her hands in hers. "It is possible. Both of you are my best friends, remember? After you confessed to me, I felt that I had to return both of your feelings, too. So, you're not alone, Kotori-chan." A couple tears fall from her eyes. "You're not alone. I promise to stay by both of your sides for as long as I live. And I know you'll do the same for me." She gives her childhood friend the best smile she could muster before it fades when noticing Kotori in tears as well.

"Honoka-chan . . ." Kotori chokes a sob. She buries her head in her hands as she sobs even more. "Honoka-chan . . . thank you! I promise . . . *sniff* . . . to stay by your side, too!"

The ginger's tears fall freely as she hugs the ash-brown haired girl tightly. "Oh, Kotori-chan! Don't cry! Please don't cry!"

Umi is also in tears as she comes over to hug both of her dearest friends, now lovers.

"Honoka-chan!" Kotori sobs as she hugs both Umi and Honoka tightly.

"I love you!" Honoka cries. "I love you, Umi-chan and Kotori-chan! So, please don't cry!"

Soon, all three of them sob their hearts out. All of them realized that they loved each other very much after all those times of being together, even together as Muse. There's no need to decide whether or not to choose one of them to be Honoka's girlfriend. Both of them are fit together just the way they are.

By the time the sobs settled, the three of them pull away and smile at each other with Umi and Kotori taking each of Honoka's hands.

"We love you, Honoka," Umi whispers.

"We WILL make this three-way relationship happen," Kotori says. "Just like we made Muse happen."

Honoka nods. "Thank you, you two. I love you both so much~!"

Umi and Kotori lean in to kiss each side of Honoka's cheeks and pull away. The ginger giggles and kisses her new lovers back.

"Come on~!" she says as she takes both of their hands with a smile. "To celebrate our new relationship, let's sleepover!"

"That's a great idea!" Kotori says.

Umi nods in agreement. "Let's go."

The three childhood friends walk toward Honoka's house, hand in hand with smiles on their faces.

That night, after dinner, the three of them are getting ready for bed when Honoka places a large futon in the middle of the room. She gestures Umi to sit in the middle, which the blue haired archer looks at her with a confused face.

"Why am I sleeping in the middle?" she asks.

Honoka and Kotori giggle.

"You'll see, you'll see~!" the ginger says.

Umi shrugs as she slips into the futon. In an instant, Honoka and Kotori slip in as well on opposite sides with Honoka on the left and Kotori on the right. They snuggle close to their new lover with Umi blushing.

"Wh-what are you two doing!?" the blue haired girl asks.

"Snuggling with you, silly~!" Kotori replies. "We want to get comfortable when we sleep tonight~!"

Honoka looks at her with the puppy dog eyes. "You don't want to…Umi-chan?"

"No!" Umi sits up and crosses her arms with the other two following the suit. "I'm not falling for that one!"

"Umi-chan…" Kotori's voice is quiet for a second, yet so close to Umi's ear that it makes her quiver a little. When the lyricist looks back, Kotori clutches her chest with her hand and with a desperate look in her eyes, she cries out, "ONEGAIIII~!"

"WAH!" Umi falls back and hits her head on the futon with Honoka giggling. She sits up as she rubs her head. "Geez, did you really have to do that, Kotori!?"

"It's the only way to persuade you," the designer says with a smile.

"So, is it okay to sleep with us with you in the middle now?" Honoka asks.

Umi looks back and forth at her two lovers and sighs heavily. "If you insist…" She lies back down with a blush on her face with Honoka and Kotori lying down with her.

"Good night, Honoka. Kotori," Umi says as she closes her eyes.

"Good night, Umi-chan," Honoka and Kotori whisper in unison.

They lean in and give a loving kiss on each side of Umi's cheeks. A smile slowly appears on the lyricist's face with a blush.