I'm aiming for something different than normal with this particular Fanfiction so it may not make sense at the beginning but I assure you that it will make sense by the end of it (the story, not this current chapter). I'm not sure if this should be considered an AU, in fact there's a lot about this story that I'm not sure about but this is new territory for me, so hope you like it. This is just a test chapter, if you want it to continue please leave a review.

Disclaimer: I do not own Love Live or any other anime mentioned.

Seventeen year old Maki had no last name. She was an orphan, her parents having died a few months prior. As she had been told by her temporary caretakers, she was in the accident that killed her parents but the trauma left her with no memory beyond her given name and age. Her two caretakers, Eri and Nozomi, were both 24 years old, barely having graduated from college. The red-head was grateful for their support in taking her in, and she wished deeply for them to actually adopt her, though the difference in age between them was only seven years.

"Guess what, Maki-chan?!" Nozomi burst into her room cheerfully. When she had woken up, she had found all her belongings packed up in suitcases, but Eri whisked her downstairs for breakfast before she could even ask what they were for.

"What, Nozomi?" Maki asked with just as equal cheerfulness.

"We found someone who is willing to take you in!" Maki continued to smile, even though she wished she could stay with Nozomi and Eri longer.

"Really? That's great! Are we going now to meet this person?" She asked, already expecting a positive answer. Nozomi nodded. Maki took hold of her bags, politely refusing Nozomi's offer to help her. Eri had the car running already in the driveway, no doubt getting the vehicle warmed up. The red-head put all of her things into the back of the car before sliding into the backseat. Nozomi got in the passenger seat.

"Everyone seat belted?" Eri asked, checking the backseat with her middle rearview mirror.

"All good." Maki responded, flashing an okay sign so that the blonde could see it. Eri edged out of the driveway and onto the road. "So who is this person going to adopt me?" She asked, once they stopped at a red light.

"Her name's Kousaka Honoka, heir to the Nishikino family hospital." Nozomi answered. "Here's some more information on her, if you want to read it." She passed several papers to Maki, which the red-head took and started to flip through. Honoka appeared to be a twenty-three year old, out of college, but not very known beyond her fame at being a school idol.

"Hey, Muse is the group that you two were a part of when you were both in high school right?" Maki asked. Nozomi nodded while Eri kept her gaze on the road ahead. "That's cool, was Kousaka-san a friend of yours then?"

"Yeah, but we haven't seen her in a while." Eri responded that time, with a tone that meant the topic was to be dropped. Maki fell silent again, folding the papers in half and handing them back to Nozomi.

"Oh, and Maki-chan? She doesn't want to be your mom, but an older sister figure. She thinks it'll be weird if she was your mom considering you two are only six years apart in age." Nozomi explained.

"Understandable." Maki said, leaning back in her seat. She stared out the car window as the light turned green again and they moved forward. Several minutes passed in silence before Eri pulled to a stop at a two story house.

"We're here." Eri unnecessarily said, putting the car into park and turning the engine off. Nozomi went ahead to notify Honoka of their arrival while Eri and Maki got the luggage out of the trunk. While Maki was able to argue with Nozomi about the matter of who carried the baggage, Eri was not a force to argue with, something Maki understood from the beginning of their month together. Nozomi came back down the lawn with another young woman in tow.

"Maki-chan, this is Kousaka Honoka." Nozomi said, introducing the two with a somewhat strained smile.

"Nice to meet you, Kousaka-san." Maki said politely, bowing to the older woman. "Thank you for adopting me."

"You don't have to be so formal, Maki-chan. Can I call you that?" Honoka asked. Maki nodded, seeing no point in arguing with this new person in her life. "Then you can just call me Honoka, too."

"All right…Honoka." Maki said, finding it weird to be calling someone older than her by their first name. However, she still found no reason to argue. This person would be her guardian from now on and she didn't want to antagonize her right from the beginning.

"Well, then, Maki. This is good-bye." Eri said, turning away and heading back to the car.

"Feel free to stop by our place whenever you want. You'll be welcome there!" Nozomi spoke up, no doubt trying to make up for Eri's curt farewell.

"Nozomi, let's go." The woman rolled her eyes and followed Eri, waving at Maki. Maki returned the wave, then turned to her new caretaker.

"Come with me. I'll show you around." Honoka said, leading the way into the house. Maki turned around one last time to see Eri and Nozomi driving off. She ran after Honoka, remembering to shut the door behind her.

The first floor had five different doors leading to five different rooms. Maki learned where the living room was, where the kitchen was, the first floor bathroom, and where Honoka's study was. However, the fifth and final room was off-limits. While Maki didn't pry any further at the moment, she felt a connection to that room, which was strange as she had never set foot into the house before today. The second floor had three bedrooms, two of which were guest rooms that had been turned into storage space.

"Sorry about this. Do you mind sleeping in the same bed?" Honoka asked.

"Huh? I don't mind at all. After all, we're both girls, right?" Maki responded, remembering sleeping with Nozomi several times. However, she had woken up by herself that morning, without a single person in the room, which was a bit weird.

"Great!" Honoka said, with way too much enthusiasm. Once again, Maki did not comment on how strange things seemed to be going. "Then you can just set up here. I'll be in my study. After you're done, feel free to explore the house and do whatever. But-"

"The last room down the hall on the first floor is off-limits. Don't worry, Honoka. I understand."

"Good. Then we'll get along fine~!" Honoka patted Maki on the head and headed back downstairs.

Maki found the space for all of her things in Honoka's room, as if the woman had known about her coming enough to make space in the room, but not to clean up the storage bedrooms. After she finished, she stowed the suitcases in the closet and headed downstairs. She could hear Honoka working on something in the study, and it was the perfect time to go and see what was in the forbidden room. But she didn't want to go and ruin Honoka's trust right away so she pushed the thought out of her mind. She headed to the living room and perused the bookshelves, most of which were manga.

"Oh! There's some magazines about Muse." Maki grabbed one and started to flip through it. Some of the pages had been cut through, and some pages were missing. Confused, she picked up another one and found the same thing. There were supposed to be nine members of Muse, if they were indeed named after the Greek goddesses, but most of the articles and images were mangled so that only a few members were shown. It mostly depicted Nozomi and Eri, both of whom she already known, along with two other members, Sonoda Umi and Minami Kotori. There was one time she found an article about Muse that ended with 'Kousaka' as the last word on the page, but the next page was an advertisement, most likely meaning that the page had been torn out. "Why would Honoka tear out pages that deal with her?" She wondered aloud. She continued to flip through the magazine, discovering another member of the school idol group, Yazawa Niko. Afterwards, she put the magazines down and started perusing the manga selection, having decided that if the magazines were all cut up in that sort of way, she would never find out any more information about Muse.

She was on the nineteenth volume of One Piece when Honoka rapped on the doorframe to the living room.

"You hungry?" The woman asked.

"A little bit." Maki admitted, standing up and putting the manga back where she found it. She followed Honoka to the kitchen, where she found that the food was already cooked before she got there. "You made all of this?"

"Well, yeah. I finished working a bit earlier than I thought and you were so absorbed in the manga that I went ahead and cooked. I just finished a few minutes ago." Honoka said, scratching the back of her head nervously.

"You should have told me. I would have helped, Honoka." Maki said. Honoka smiled sheepishly and just waved for Maki to sit down. The red-head did so and Honoka took the seat across from her. Maki picked up her chopsticks and started eating. "D-Delicious!"

"Thanks, Maki-chan~" Honoka chirped, only starting to eat now that Maki was eating.

Now that Maki was actually facing the prospect of sleeping in the same bed as Honoka, she suddenly felt a bit nervous. The woman, on the other hand, had no problem. Honoka climbed into bed and patted the space next to her.

"Come on, Maki-chan." Naturally, the red-head couldn't disagree unless she wanted to sleep in the living room on the couch and obeyed. Honoka pulled the blanket over both of them, tucking it around Maki as well. "Good night, Maki."

That was the last thing Maki was aware of as her eyelids slid shut.

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