Authors Notes: Just thought of this and thought I should post it when I get the chance. This is basically a oneshot series featuring Ichika being paired with one of the girls, I apologize if my grammar is bad so please forgive me for that.

Chapter 1: Shinonono Houki.

Note: As you can see from the title these are daydreams of the heroines so any changes to canon events or how they act are because of their imaginations.

I'll also tweak the backstories of the heroines a bit so please bear with me.

Shinono Houki was a Maiden in love.

Though she would never admit it to anyone else, she had been in love with her childhood friend Ichika Orimura ever since they were kids.

Houki wasn't very normal when she was a kid. Due to being raised as a shrine maiden she constantly showed a stern façade which always made people call her "demon" and say she was boyish, because of this she had a hard time making friends

She herself didn't care about this.

Houki was fine with being alone, she thought that she wouldn't need any friends and that she should focus on her duties as a shrine maiden.

That was until she met Ichika Orimura.

Ichika was the little brother of Chifuyu Orimura, the childhood friend of her older sister, Shinono Tabane. It would have been inevitable then that the two became friends.

Or so you would think...

Houki was often cold to the energetic young boy, always trying to distance herself in fear of being mocked by him like all the others.

But Ichika never gave up, and slowly but surely her cold heart was melted by his warm kindness.

She spent more and more time with the energetic youth and eventually they became as close as family to one another.

But the people who mocked her had not stopped, and Ichika took it upon himself to help her as much as he could.

Back then he had saved her from bullies and always defended her when people called her "weirdo", "freak", and so on and so forth.

He even got sent to the hospital once when he tried to defend her from a bunch of bullies and got beaten up as a result.

She cried and asked him why he had done that but all he said was: "I didn't want to see Houki-chan cry, pretty girls should smile"

Houki cried even more when she heard his kind words and promised that she would smile as long as she was with him.

As long as she was with him...

They had been separated after her sister had invented the Infinite Stratos, and just like that, her first love was taken from her.

But things weren't completely hopeless.

She was startled one morning upon watching the news and seeing her best friend being interviewed by a bunch of reporters on TV.

"Mr Orimura, what are your plans now that you can pilot an IS?" One of the reporters asked.

"Well I-"

"Do you have plans to be a representative candidate for Japan?" Another reporter interrupted before he could answer.

"What? No! of cou-"

"Do you have any idea why you can pilot an IS?"

"No, I d-"

"That's enough!" A loud voice boomed out towards the reporters.

Chifuyu Orimura walked towards the Cameras before grabbing Ichika from the crowd of reporters.

"He will be attending IS Academy come next week and that's all we'll answer about that."

"BUT-"

"That's all!"

Houki turned off the T.V in shock, her hands numb and her mind blank. Her Best friend,no,,,Her first love was about to come to IS academy, was this God giving her a sign?

"This is my chance!"

Ever since that day she'd been waiting anxiously for next week to come, she didn't what to do. Should she welcome him with open arms? Act casual about it? Would she even remember her?

That was Houki's greatest fear ever since she left: Would Ichika remember her when she left?

It's been 6 years since she last saw him and she wondered how he would be like now that he had a chance to mature.

"I'm sure he'll be a mature person now."

The Ichika she remembered was an energetic person who constantly had a smile on his face. He was clumsy but his earnest attitude made others trust in him.

Finally the day arrived.

"My name is Ichika Orimura, pleased to meet you all"

He looked almost exactly as she remembered him: Dark hair reaching up to his neck framed his handsome face and he still had the same friendly expression.

His body had matured however. She could see the muscles beneath his uniform and the growth he showed reminded her that he was on his way to being a fine young man.

"Um..That's all."

...Or maybe not.

Ichika seemed to act the same as he did six years ago, constantly friendly to people around him and never showing a hint of shyness. Houki didn't know whether this was good or bad.

"Houki, come with me."

"Why?"

"Just trust me."

They ate lunch together and discussed how life had been the past few years. Though she would never admit it, it was the most fun she'd had in years.

"I heard you won the national tournament."

"H-How did you know that?"

"I read about it in the newspaper, congratulations Houki."

"Oh, thanks"

Houki felt sad for a moment before straightening herself up, it shouldn't have surprised her that Ichika forgot about the pro-

"Do you still remember our promise Houki?"

"W-What?"

"I said that if you'd won I'd take you out on a date. I know Its late but do you still want to go?"

"YES!"

"O-Okay then. There's a festival in the shrine next week, let's go together."

Houki felt giddy with delight as she walked back into her room.

She didn't know about the surprise waiting for her.

"HOUKI!"

"ICHIKA!"

""What're you doing here!""

"This is my assigned room here, what about you?" Ichika asked her.

"This is MY room, what do you mean you're assigned here?"

"ehehehe, I guess we're roommates then."

Things weren't as awkward as they thought it would be. Being childhood friends they had experience sleeping in the same room. It reminded Houki of her childhood.

The days passed by quickly until finally the day of the festival came.

"Houki, make sure to hold my hand. I don't want to get separated."

"A-Alright."

Houki wore a beautiful pink Yukata which showed her beautiful figure, hopefully this would help her in what she planned to do today.

They made their way around the festival and had as much fun as they could. Buying masks, catching fish and even playing in a shooting range (All of which Ichika lost in.)

Finally, as the festival was coming to a close, the final part of the evening arrived.

"Hey Houki, let's watch the fireworks."

"Alright."

The fireworks were beautiful under the night sky, their many colors cascading down in smooth drizzles and bathing everything around them in a radiant glow.

"Hey Ichikia I-"

"I love you"

"What!"

"S-Sorry! I know this is too sudden but-"

"Shh"

Houki placed her mouth against his as a gesture of silence, the fireworks continued to explode around them and seemed to make the scene as beautiful as a paining.

"I love you too."

Ichika looked shocked before he showed a warm smile and leaned in for anoth-

*Whack*

"Ah!"

"Shinono, I'd appreciate it if you'd stay awake in class."

Houki looked around her and saw that she was at her desk with Chifuyu Orimura standing in front of her. It looks she'd been asleep.

"*Sigh*Why didn't it last longer?"

Chapter 1 finished! Hopefully it wasn't too bad and if you can please read and review what you think about it.

If you're interested in this then please say in your review who's daydream you'd like to see next. Thanks for reading!