OK, I could name more than a few people who got me to start writing Love Live fanfiction. But the one whose stories I've been reading a LOT of recently is OuMiyuki. Seriously, that much fluff should be illegal. Anyway, this is going to be like In Good Spirits in the fact that this will contain mostly one-shots/drabbles, featuring both Muse and Aqours.

Housework. Something no-one likes doing, but is needed to be done regardless. But for someone like Dia Kurosawa, it was exciting. The idea of a clean and tidy house sat pretty well with her. In fact, she makes a plan for doing so, even before she starts cleaning. She leaves the floors for last because she knows she'll be walking all over it cleaning the rest of the house. Said plan was even hanging up as a small poster in the lounge room.

Today was one such day. Dia was cleaning the house while humming a few of the songs she helped write with Aqours, which her girlfriend Mari liked to tease her about ever since she caught Dia in the act. Dia tried to deny everything, but the dark red blush on her face at the time told the full story. Dia's mood didn't improve when Mari told the other girls.

Ruby was also home, and was currently idling about in her room with Hanamaru. Or, My Sweet Zura-chan, as she liked to call her. Ruby remembered Dia almost gagging at the sound of the pet name. They were looking through a rather large pile of idol magazines.

"How about this one, Zura-chan?" Ruby asked, pointing to a random idol group pose.

"I don't know, Ruby-chan. I don't think the others would be keen on it, zura." Hanamaru frowned slightly.

"It looks like it's fun though. And look, all nine of us can do it at the same time with enough practice." Ruby's eyes were sparkling with excitement. Hanamaru still wasn't sure about it.

"There's the problem of size differences though. Mari-chan is quite big, and you are the smallest out of us, zura. Plus, Yoshiko-chan would want to be on top. Y'know, the whole fallen angel thing."

Unbeknownst to them, Dia had finished most of the cleaning. She was curious about what the adorable couple were talking about, and had been listening to their conversation. Unfortunately, she had missed the important part of the conversation, which was the fact that they were talking about an idol magazine. Dia's blush when Mari caught her humming to herself didn't even compare to the blush she had after listening to Ruby and Hanamaru just then.

"They've been dating for several months already." Dia said to herself. "It's not surprising they want to take that next step. But why with everyone else? I know Mari and Chika joke about it sometimes, but that's just who they are. But my own little sister? My poor Ruby is losing her innocence..." Dia decided to shelve the matter until the next day. She felt she couldn't face Ruby right now.

Surprisingly, Dia managed to get some sleep that night. Hanamaru had to leave for the day for a family gathering later that night, but not before giving Ruby a peck on the lips, resulting in Ruby giggling with a cute pink blush on her face.

In fact, Dia almost forgot she was going to have a talk with Ruby in the morning about what she though was a rather awkward topic. She only remembered when she caught the end of a phone call between her and Hanamaru, which she ended with "I can't wait to tell the others. So exciting!" Dia cleared her throat.

"Oh, good morning onee-chan!" Ruby greeted with her usual bright smile.

"Ruby, we need to talk." Dia said, trying to keep her composure because of what she was about to say.

"What about, onee-chan?"

"About what you and Hanamaru were talking about yesterday afternoon. I couldn't help listening. I know the two of you are at the point in your relationship where it's fine to do that sort of thing, but please don't bring everyone else into it. Not ALL of us are into other girls you know." Indeed, it was a surprise when Kanan announced she was in a relationship with a student from an all boys school in Numazu. But he turned out to be a pretty nice person when Kanan introduced him to the rest of Aqours. And he was fine with at least 4 of them being lesbian, revealing that one of his classmates had a boyfriend.

"Onee-chan!" Ruby yelped, her face now resembling a tomato. "I may know about all that stuff, and have... done things with Hanamaru. But why would I suggest doing such a thing with the rest of the girls?"

"Did I hear wrong?" Dia asked, starting to feel ashamed of herself. Dia was starting to wish blushes never existed.

"Y-yes... we were looking at idol magazines, and we saw a group pose we could do at the end of a song..." Ruby answered, covering her face in embarrassment. This was NOT how she had expected her morning to go. They hadn't even started making breakfast yet. And it looked like said breakfast would be a very awkward one, to say the least. Ruby and Dia looked at each other for several minutes in silence before Dia finally decided to start making breakfast.

"Please..." Dia whispered to herself. "Please let Mari NEVER find out about this. I'll never hear the end of it if she does..."

I got this idea last night. Ruby and Hanamaru are naturally adorable together, Dia is quite vocal when it comes to what she considers shameless, and the classic "misheard conversation" can have some entertaining results. So why not combine them all? The result? Both Kurosawa sisters blushing like mad. As for the group pose, I was imagining a human pyramid. Keep an eye out for the next one!