Love Live: Hikari's Romance with Idols is such a Joke

Chapter 3: The Ramshackle Dream is Still Bound by an Imaginary Fetter

AN: Phew, it's been... 2 months and a half right?

Hikari: I guess?

AN: Finally, summer vacation for me!

Hikari: Yeah, yeah, at least you'll be concentrated right?

AN: Maybe...?

Hikari: You need to!

AN: Okay, okay. We should start this chapter.

Hikari: Right.

AN: Okay, get reading, viewers!

Finally, after school, he met the driver again, who drove him to Otonokizaka.

The driver looked back to him. "We're here, Hikari-sama."

"Hm? Oh, thanks." He opened the door and closed it before he heard him say, "I'll be waiting for you after you are done."

Hikari nodded to him. He walked on the coral pink sidewalk and looked at the map on his phone.

"Okay, just hope I don't get lost." He said as a cherry blossom petal landed on his arm before it was blown away, unnoticed.

...

That said he was getting lost. Luckily, Hikari didn't waste time. He still got lost anyway as all he had to do is take the stairs that were on his right side.

He let out an exhausted sigh. "Gehhhhh… why do I get exhausted so easily?"

Hikari however, continued his walk and went inside the school through the gate. It was empty but he was mesmerized by the straight line of cherry blossom trees. He then saw a lady who wore a white coat that was buttoned up with a black collar buttoned shirt under it. She had long brown hair, a bit darker than his, but had a weird big bang hanging neatly on the top of her head; it still contributed to her beauty though.

The women noticed and called out to him. "Are you Kaminari Hikari-kun?"

He wavered a little. "Um, ah, yes, I am. You are…?" His habit for being formal to older people stood out as he moved his hand to where he would give a handshake.

She noticed and brought her hand out to shake his hand. "I'm the principal of Otonokizaka; you can call me Minami-Kouchou."

He nodded as they brought their hands down before he said to her, "Hm, alright then, Minami-Kouchou."

"Okay, follow me to my office." She began to walk forward to the school's entrance.

"Yes." He followed her to the office.

...

The principal did not sit in her usual seat where her desk was but instead sat where the two couches were.

He saw how neat the room is as he sat down on the couch. From what he could see from his seat, besides her desk, there were three windows overlooking the front of the school and a glass cabinet that contained several books and documents.

She signaled him to sit. "Let's talk here."

He nodded and sat. She began the conversation by asking him:

"Did Rendou-san tell you everything?"

"I guess, she told me to meet you and that you were to give me a tour of the school."

"Yes, I just wanted you to get comfortable here." She gave him a nice smile.

"T-Thank you." He had a small blush on his face, his shyness making an appearance.

She sat up. "I'll show you around now."

...

First, Principal Minami showed him the halls and the classes. She showed him the class he was going to be in. "This is the one you'll be transferring to."

"Okay, 2-2…" He made a mental note to write down the classroom's number late. After that, she showed him the auditorium.

They went outside to check more stuff, but that's when the principal started asking some personal questions to Hikari.

"How's your mother doing?" She looked back to him.

"She's doing fine, you knew her?"

"Yes, I was also in a class with her as well. She was very smart and athletic and nice to everyone, however…" She placed a hand on her lips, though she mentally grimaced. That's what Hikari guessed though.

She said. "Rendou Kazuha made a lot of people try her… 'food' out…"

"..."

Hikari felt the same way she did: remembering his mother's food was so horrible that it would make his mental and physical state break down!

He lied, with a sweat drop. "I-I see. I'm sorry about that."

She gave him a small smile.

"But I never knew she had children though," Minami-Kouchou said to him; he scratched his head.

'Mom is that kind of person…'

Then, as they continued, he saw a stable that had… alpacas? They kept on walking forward, ignoring the stables.

"Even though that was the most horrible part of her personality, that didn't mean she hated anybody, you know."

"I see." The conversation stopped as she showed him the following areas: the basketball field, the baseball field, soccer field, the track field, and finally the gym. She opened one of the doors in the gym and both entered in.

"Looks like a normal gym. " The school is a lot more ordinary than what he initially thought.

Then, he asked her. "Is that all?"

They began to walk out of the gym, "Yes."

"So what day is club orientation because Aunt Ku- Kuzuha-san told me that I'll be transferring that day?"

"Ah, we did talk about that but you'll be transferring the day after that."

"I see." He looked down and thought. 'She probably changed it; it wouldn't make sense if I did transfer on that day after all.'

He looked back to her, "I'll be coming back tomorrow right?"

"Yes, we wouldn't want you to get lost on the day you transferred."

"...Did Kuzuha-san say something about that?"

The principal giggled. "Yes."

He sighed again. 'She probably said something about me getting lost in a place that's definitely not the mansion.'

His displeased face disappearing, he asked her. "I heard from Kuzuha-san that you announced the school's closure today right?"

"Yes, it would be best to announce it around the first week-" However, as she was very close to finishing her line, Hikari stopped to see two students that had appeared in front of them.

"Principal." The girl in front spoke out. "Why is there a man here?"

Hikari's eyebrow rose. '...How blunt. But this girl is…. A foreigner?' She had natural blonde hair which was put up in a ponytail and blue eyes that was totally different from Honoka.

In a calm manner, Principal Minami spoke. "Ayase-san, this is Kaminari Hikari-kun, who's going to help us."

"N-Nice to meet you." He extended his hand out to her. Although she stared at it for a few seconds, she immediately shook his hand too to not be… rude.

She quickly said to him. "Nice to meet you, I'm Ayase Eli, I'm the student council president. And this one next to me is-" She looked at the girl beside her who already had her hand extended to him.

"Toujou Nozomi. I'm the vice president. Nice to meetcha~" Hikari shook it, heat surrounding his body and face.

The vice president had purplish hair that had been tied in twin tails and spoke in a dialect which he seemed to recognize a bit. 'Kansai…?'

"Y-Yeah same here." After the introductions, Eli spoke to the Principal.

"Kouchou, are we really making Otonokizaka co-ed?"

"It hasn't been decided yet."

"What are the chances of Kaminari-kun being a bad influence for the girls in the school?"

'...Looks like I found one, Mom…. but their uniforms…. doesn't it look like Kousaka-san's uniform….? Different ribbons though.' Hikari could feel that she didn't like the idea of a co-ed school at all.

"Then it will be decided by the students if they want to keep him here or not. If not, he will be expelled."

As if the principal was speaking a blunt manner to the man, Hikari shockingly thought. 'WHAT!?'

"U-Um Minami-Kouchou… if I do get expelled, will a new student replace me or not…?"

"It will be decided by me." After she said that, the student president looked like she had her questions answered. "I see. I have my answers… now excuse us."

The vice president, Toujou Nozomi, gave him a smile and waved at him in a friendly manner, "Good luck!"

"Eheheh…" He scratched his head with a somewhat happy laugh, looking at Nozomi.

Then, they were gone.

The principal and Hikari started walking again but then Hikari had an embarrassing, curious question.

"Anyone more questions?"

"Yes, Minami-Kouchou." He stopped walking.

"?"

"...U-Ummmm, well, i-it's just that…" He scratched his head embarrassingly.

"How would I use the….. the bathroom….?"

…

Meanwhile, the student council members, Nozomi and Eli, were working in the student council room. Nozomi kept calm and quiet again as she listened to Eli's blabbering. She was already finished with her documents so she waited for the president.

"There is no way I'll accept that man." She wasn't making fun of him, Nozomi guessed, but she called him 'man' instead of his name.

"Elicchi, you said that four times after we talked to him, he doesn't seem like a bad guy." Eli looked at her, a bit scornfully.

"Then what do you think of him?"

"What I think…?" She closed her eyes and placed a finger on her lips.

"Hmmmmmmm…. I think he's cute~ don't you think so too?" She said out loud which prompted Eli to blush.

"C-Cute!? W-Why would I like a man who's going to ruin my precious school!" She looked down on the documents as she quickly worked through them. Nozomi brought out her tarot cards and shuffled it.

"You never know, you never know Elicchi, you never know a person if you don't talk to them, just like you met me." She still kept shuffling.

"Nozomi…" Eli said.

Nozomi stopped her shuffling and picked only one card out. She didn't show it to Eli but her grin grew wider, gleefully.

"Yes, you never know…" She walked to her and placed the card on the table as both can see what it was.

This card had a man in stylish garments carrying a bag with a white rose clutched in his left hand. Next to him was a dog with a sun in the background.

This card was considered to be the wildcard as it was different from the other tarot cards. It symbolized beginnings, and freedom. Nozomi finishes off with the last meaning of the card:

"A new journey will start, I wonder how 'he' will fare…~" Nozomi teases as she scooted next to Eli as the school president kept staring at the card.

The card's label said on the bottom: The Fool

…

After Hikari exited Otonokizaka High School, he accidently tripped on a soda can and fell. "Agh! Why!?" He rubbed his head, alleviating the pain.

"Ow, ow, ow… gehhh…" He sighed deeply, with his eyes closed, moving his head downward.

After, he opened them in an irritated way and realized something. "Hm?...My bag."

He looked at his sides and his back, his hoodie (that part he didn't need to look at.) "Oh come on! I left my bag in the principal's office!" He jumped back up on his legs and ran back to the school entrance.

As he ran through the halls to the office, he heard a melodic sound, someone was singing.

"…Aishiteru banzai…. Koko de yokatta… watashitachi no ima ga koko… ni aru."

It was a beautiful voice that reached to his ears even though it was far. Thinking he has more time, Hikari ran to the mysterious singer.

The sounds were getting closer and louder, as if he could hear the lyrics coming right out of her mouth. When he reached there, he slightly peeked through the door's glass. The glass showed a girl with red hair playing the piano and singing.

He was amazed; at times he never had anyone in his school that had this kind of voice. The song sounded cheerful as he heard the words; the piano matching with her as one.

"…Woah… She sings well." He stood there, astonished, still as she finally stopped her singing at the last part of the song saying "look forward". She opened her eyes to hear him clapping, instinctively. Of course, she was surprised to see a man in the school.

He realized that she noticed him. Fearing that she thought that he was a pervert, Hikari opened the door and yelled out to her.

"N-No, please, I'm not a pervert I swear!" Though, he ended up freaking her out even more.

'Oh god! If she thinks that I'm one, the chances of saving the school with me in it will go down!' While thinking that, he blurted out more words to make her understand.

"I-It's just that you really had this b-beautiful v-v-voice, so I-I-I-I wanted to see who was playing! I swear I didn't mean to interrupt you!"

He clapped his hands above his head and looked down as a sign of apology. She could only look at him before Hikari heard her sigh.

"Okay, okay, I believe you for now so… j-just stop that pose."

"Eh?" He looked up to her, with some sweat on his face which he quickly wiped off.

"But still… why is a guy like you in this school?" She questioned him, her fingers now on her lap.

He rubbed his head nervously, "O-Oh it's just that I know the principal and I… left my bag here…" He shrugged his shoulders. He switched his arm position to where he scratched his cheek with his finger.

Bluntly, she said to him, "What the heck are you stupid or something?"

A mental spike hit his chest. 'Ow! This girl, who has a good singing voice and can play the piano well, is totally not like the song she just sang!'

He gave a fake smile and said "I-I guess?" He chuckled a little at the end. When he brought his hand down, he opened his eyes to see her stand up.

"Well, I have to go now." The girl moved around him as he looked at her, switching his position.

Suddenly, he said to her. "I-I see b-but…"

It prompted her to stop and look at him, a bit annoyed. "What?"

"U-Um, e-eh, w-what's… y-your n-name?" Again, he returned his habit of scratching his head, blushing.

She blushed too and looked away from him. "E-E-Eh? W-Why should I give you my name? We don't even know each other."

"Y-Yeah, I-I'm sorry, now I sound like a pervert now huh?" He slouched down dramatically. The girl took this chance to look at him and thought for a few seconds as she curled her hair with a finger.

Finally, she said. "Nishikino Maki."

"What?" Again, he looked at her, confused.

She began to get really annoyed when he did that, so she immaturely yelled at him. "Geez! Nishikino Maki, that's my name! You get it?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I-I get it, I get it." He nodded repetitively.

Still curling her bangs, now she asked him for his name. "So what's your name?"

"Hm? I'm… Kaminari Hikari."

Finishing curling her hair, she took it as a sign to get going. "I see, then I'm going now, Kaminari-kun."

"U-Um, N-Nishikino-san…" He raised his voice with an open hand.

She sighed deeply. "Now what?" In an annoyed tone. To her surprise, Hikari's open hand formed into a handshake motion.

He gave her a soft smile, although he started his sentence nervously. "I-It's n-nice to meet you…"

She could only look at him with silent shock, trying her best to not show a weirded-out face, she shook his hand.

"I-I guess… nice to meet you too, Kaminari-kun."

"Yeah." They dropped their hands.

Finally, she left the music room, leaving the man in the music room alone. Hikari looked at the piano's keyboard which was now covered with a red cloth.

Now alone, he thought, 'Nishikino Maki…. where have I heard of that name?'

While Maki walked back to her class to get her bag, she began to talk to herself about Hikari.

"What a weirdo… " She stopped to look at the sign that displayed the school's public closure.

"But… every time he stuttered or was nervous, I couldn't help but to look at him… I even gave him my name." She heavily sighed and closed her eyes.

She recalled his smile and those gentle green eyes. In her mind, she could only think of a puppy or a cute teddy bear that would have those eyes.

She realized the directions her thoughts were heading to and blushed to the point it matched her hair color. "Jeez… he's definitely a weirdo!"

She stomped her leg in the lonely hallway as she yelled to herself, the hallway echoing Maki's voice.

…

Finally getting his bag back from the principal's office, he got back in the car with Toji and they went back home.

"Goodbye Hikari-sama, have a nice night."

"Yeah, you too, Toji-san." He exhaustedly closed the door and the car drove off. He grabbed his keys and opened the front door.

"I'm home." He quickly took his shoes which he left lazily at the entrance.

His mother welcomed him. "Welcome back."

"Welcome back!" Tatsuhime said but didn't look at him. She sat on the couch he slept on and was playing video games.

He placed a hand on his side and said to her, "Hey, don't we need to get the stuff out?"

"Just a little longer… I'm close to clearing this level!" She pressed the buttons on the PS3 controller faster as she focused her gaze on the screen.

He gave a smile but sighed and sat down with her looking at the screen as well. "Which one is it?"

"It's the last level! I'm close to finishing him off…. Dammit!" Hime's player's health points immediately decreased to zero as the boss stabbed the ninja. The screen showered a black screen that read 'GAME OVER' in big red letters.

"Right, now you can start getting the luggage out now, it's my turn, gimme the controller." He snatched the controller from her.

"Hey!"

"You said just a little longer. You didn't say to clear the level, so go help Mom take the stuff out, I'm exhausted."

"Jeez, Hikari-kun! It's my turn when you die!" She slid off the couch and went to help their mom.

"Yeah, yeah…..*yawn*" He held the controller as he yawned with an open mouth. As the loading screen came, his sister suddenly came back to him.

"Hey, hey Hikari-kun."

"What?" He looked back to her.

"There's something I want to tell you…"

"?" She whispered in his ear.

"WHAT!?" He dropped the controller which hit the start button prompting the menu of the game to display.

...

After packing up some stuff, everybody was exhausted but they had their own furniture in their respective rooms. However, though Tatsuhime was tired, her fatigue disappeared as she dragged her brother. In a very energetic, forceful way.

He used the hand that wasn't forcibly dragged by his sister to cover his mouth as he yawned sleepily; the bags underneath his eyes were proof that he stayed up later than usual.

"...Hey Tatsuhime… Do we need to…-"

She looked back at him; she didn't even have any bags underneath her eyes at all. "Of course! Today we get to see an A-RISE concert!"

"...But I'm tired…" He let out another big yawn.

"Don't worry, it won't be long, I told Nana-chan to meet me at the school!"

"Yeah yeah…" He said as his sister steadily pulled him with more force. Tatsuhime used her brother's phone to call Kuzuha to ask their driver to arrive a little more early which she approved.

'Honestly, why did she want to go with me instead of Nanaka-chan,' he thought.

"We're here!" She stopped suddenly which made her brother slouch on her.

"What…" He rubbed his eyes and looked up. Then, his eyes became wide as saucers.

A-RISE is an idol group, specifically a school idol group. Their school was close to their new home so Tatsuhime took this chance to see one. Hikari never looked them up or saw what school they went so he was utterly surprised to see that their school was extremely tall.

"Wow, their school is larger than I thought." His sister said in surprise; he finally got off her and looked up too.

"Tokyo is scary…" He said, he also noticed they had a huge TV outside which displayed the UTX High School news to bystanders who were really interested in A-RISE news.

"AH, Onii-chan, the concert is starting, come on!" She grabbed his arm again.

"H-Hey!" He yelled but to no avail as she rushed them.

The song finally began as the long-haired girl with curly bangs began to sing.

"Oh my God! It's Yuuki Anju-chan!" She literally screamed like a fangirl. "Good thing I brought my camera." She quickly began snapping images on her camera; her flashes were akin to blinding lightning.

Her brother covered his eyes from the snip snap.

"H-He- Don't just suddenly start snapping!" Unfortunately, even though he yelled, his sister was completely focused on the idols on TV. He sighed and looked up ahead.

"T-That's…" He didn't concentrate on the TV, the crowd, or his sister because he saw a certain individual.

The individual was Kousaka Honoka herself. She was on a fence with an excited face for some reason.

"Hey." He elbowed his sister.

"What now?" She asked, Hikari pointed to Honoka.

"What the, that's Kousaka-san right? Yukiho-chan's older sister?"

"Yeah." It was quite obvious; he remembered prominently her yellow hair tie and her gorgeous brown-orange hair.

He shook his last thought out of embarrassment and looked back at her. The song wasn't close to the end but it reached the best moment because the crowd began to get rowdy with Tatsuhime being "Woooooooooo…". He also looked up too to see the idols being great, rhythmic, and to top it off, shining as well, despite being on television.

Unlike the crowd and his sister, he was the exception. He was quiet, staring it as he reminisced something. It was a leisurely process as he remembered a certain event where he saw idols. It was a memory engraved in him by a certain someone. Someone special to him. His train of thought was broken by his sister as she suddenly pulled at him before saying:

"Come on, Onii-chan~ let's say hi!" She said joyfully looking at him and turned to look at the four girls, with one hand on her camera.

"W-Wait what…!?"

They got closer and closer to her immediately and when they did, Tatsuhime shouted: "Kousaka-san!"

'She did call her out!' Hikari loudly thought, with a dismayed face. The girl turned around quickly upon hearing her name called out.

"Huh?" To her surprise, the siblings were already in front of her. Hime pointed to her who Hikari thought was rude; he was still catching his breath from the strong, tight grip pulling him around like a rag doll, how could a girl have this much strength already?

"You're Yukiho-chan's older sister, right?"

"Y-Yeah." Her excited face came back on again. "Aren't you… um…"

"Don't worry our names are long you know, I'm Kaminari Tatsuhime!"

"Right, then you're…" She looked at Hikari who finally stood up from placing his hands on his knees to catch his breath.

"You're Kaminari… Hikari-kun?"

"Y-Yeah." He looked away, rubbing his neck. Looking at her reminded him of their first meeting.

"So just saying…" Tatsuhime said out loud.

"You saved Onii-chan from starvation right?" She pointed to him now.

Instantly, Hikari covered his sister's mouth.

"Oh my god, shut up about it!" He yelled at her.

"Eh…" Honoka could only stare at them, which they noticed and promptly let go of each other.

Tatsuhime coughed to catch her breath with a hand near her mouth. "So what are you doing here, Kousaka-san?"

"Oh I'm trying to find an idea to save my school!" She held her hands near her chest.

Hikari raised an eyebrow. 'Save my… school?'

"Um… Kous-"

His sister interrupted him with her question. "What school is it?"

"Oh, it's-"

*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*

As if it was a coincidence, Honoka's phone began to ring incessantly.

"I wonder who it is." Honoka innocently said as she answered her phone.

"Hello?"

"HONOKA!" A voice roared through the phone as the siblings could hear it as well. She turned around and crouched down, holding the phone still.

"U-Umi-chan…" She weakly whispered to the phone which in turn yelled again.

"Where are you right now!? The bell is going to ring in ten more minutes! Get here right now!" If Hikari had to rub his eyes to see that the yelling voice blew wind to Honoka's hair, he would have thought how similar it was to the experience with his phone call with Kuzuha.

"Y-Yes!" With a crying face, she pouted. Then after, she placed her phone back in her bag with a defeated sigh.

She walked to them and rubbed the back of her head with a small chuckle. "I'm sorry you heard that…"

"Um, no problem." Hikari gave her a signal by waving his hand gently. Honoka beamed up again as if the phone caller wasn't there.

"Who was that?" With a curious glance, his younger sister asked.

"Oh, that was Umi-chan, my friend!...OH! I have to get going now, see ya!" She realized as she ran the opposite way and waved back at them.

They waved back to her, Tatsuhime yelled to her too, "Bye bye!"

Afterward, Hikari looked at his sister and said "Well I guess you got what you got so let's go back to Toji-san."

"Yeah!" And they ran back to the super nice car. They managed to make it in time; maybe Honoka did as well?

…

The driver took Tatsuhime to her school first since it was close and then Hikari's Eichizaka High School. Today was the day that they would announce Hikari's transfer to another school.

Hikari stood in front of the class, a bit shy but he tried his best to look calm. The teacher began to announce the news.

"Okay class, from today on, Kaminari-kun will be transferring to another school." Upon hearing the simple sentence the teacher said, his classmates began to chatter.

Some like, "Woah seriously?", "Man, I wanted to talk to him…", "Maybe the car that took Kaminari-kun away was the reason?"

The teacher tried to silence the class. "Now now, quiet down class! I know you will miss him but I'm pretty sure you'll get to see him again someday. You may sit down now Kaminari-kun."

"Yes." He went back to his seat and sat. As if the timing couldn't be any more accurate, the bell rung.

"Alright, class dismissed!" The teacher clapped her hands. Some of the students began to whisper to each other as they walked away.

"Kaminari-kun really is transferring away?"

"Probably, maybe that's why that car was there?"

Those were the only comments he heard as he gathered his stuff and walked out of the classroom. He had to admit, he would miss the school a little but not that much.

Of course, because of how he saw himself, he didn't try to have any friends. He tried, as he still made the effort to talk to his classmates a bit.

Finally, after a few minutes of getting out of the school, he stood at the school gate and said. "I guess this is my last day here huh?"

With that, he turned around and walked to the driver's car parked far away.

He looked up to the blue sky with the gray spongy clouds as he walked. "I have to admit though."

He kept looking, a hand on his bag which was slouched on top of his shoulder, the other into a fist. His green eyes transcended, combining the color with the sky and clouds.

"...It wasn't a bad year."

He quietly said out loud, with no one caring to hear.

Arriving at the car, he opened the door to see his sister, Tatsuhime, in the car waving at him.

"Yahello Onii-chan!" He got in and shut the door.

"Hey... Toji-san you're taking us home right?"

"Yes." He started the car and the engine started making the *BBBBLLLLUURRRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG* sound.

Within a few minutes, he suddenly got a call. It was his aunt.

"Hello."

"Hello, Hikari, did they announce your transfer?"

"Yes, do they know about the school I'm transferring too?"

"Yes, but I told them not to say it of course."

"So… when will I transfer to Otonokizaka again?"

"On the day after their club orientation day, Minami-san will announce it and you will be there to fully introduce yourself. Next day, you will transfer then."

"Okay then."

"Okay, I will call you soon, bye."

"Bye." He hung up on her.

"Kuzuha-oba-chan?" His sister questioned, he replied with a nod. "So you will be transferring… when?"

"The day after club orientation."

"When is that?"

"I don't know she keeps changing it."

Then, the driver answered them. "It's next week."

"Next week?... Wait really?" He said. Toji nodded at his response.

"Eh… I thought it was going to be this week though… wait I guess that would be too fast to say. What am I going to do for the rest of the week to the deadline Toji-san?"

"You will have to ask Kuzuha-sama for that, Hikari-sama." There was a chance she told the driver to not say anything at all, only wait for orders.

'Keeping it from me, huh?' He sarcastically thought. He crossed his arms.

"Next week huh… wait doesn't that mean you have no school for the rest of the week too!?" His sister looked at him with shock and disbelief.

He sweat-dropped, averting his eyes to the car's ceiling. "I-I guess…?"

"Yes, he does." Once again, Toji said in a polite, blunt, matter with a smile.

Tatsuhime gave a face of immature anger to Hikari and said,

"No fair!" With her, slamming her knuckles on the seat.

"W-What am I supposed to do?"

The siblings begin to argue in the car as Toji stopped at another red light and looked over them, he smiled again with a sigh and closed his eyes.

...

Since his last day in Eichizaka was yesterday, he had no school for the rest of the week and went to his part-time job waiting for the day he'll go to his new school. This time, his manager didn't question him and immediately told him to take care of a delivery.

"The location should be… here." Stopping his bike, he looked at the house that had a plaque that said 'Hoshizora'

He opened the gate and pressed the button when he reached the door.

A voice came out from inside. "Coming…"

The door opened, "Yes?" It showed a woman with long, spiky brown hair with a yellow apron over her clothes. He recognized this woman because this home ordered ramen a lot.

"Um, delivery from Kikanbo's Ramen." He held the box higher to show her.

"Oh that was earlier than usual. Thank you as always, nya~" She took the box from him.

'...nya~?' If he could, he would've tilted his head to the side in curiosity, but his professionalism helpfully prevented him from doing so.

"Here's your payment, oh and tip too." She gave him the payment and his tip.

"Eh, really?"

"Yes, nya~"

"Thank you then." He gave a small bow and exited out the gate and went back to his bike.

…

Today was Thursday, just six more days to go till the deadline for transferring in. His phone began to ring again; he guessed it was his aunt.

He pressed the call button and said "Hello?"

"Hello, Hikari, how do you feel?"

"I feel fine. Just got back from my part-time job."

"Part-time job… Hikari, there's something I got to tell you."

"Hm, what?"

"Otonokizaka… doesn't let you have part-time jobs." When she said that, her nephew could only stay quiet, in stoic shock.

He could only respond back to her with a blank, "What?"

"Yes, they don't let their students take part-time jobs."

He came back to reality and he yelled in the phone. "Wait, why? Why don't they let you!?"

"Probably because they don't want rumors or weird stuff happening to the students you know?"

"Who installed such a stupid rule!?"

"Probably the very first day the school began to get students? Hey, it wasn't us you know, we just donate our money to the school."

"Seriously…?" He heaved a sigh as Toji informed him they were at Otonokizaka now.

"Thanks." He got out of the car, holding his phone with her still on the line.

He began walking. "So what am I supposed to do?"

"Don't worry, I'll let you continue your part-time job but you can't let yourself be seen or tell anyone about it. If that happens, I can't help you."

"Alright, I'm here now by the way."

"I see… then I will call you again soon, bye."

"Bye." He began his walk to the school; once again another wind comes up to blow at his blazer and the pink petals away. He placed his earplugs on his ears and began to play an anime song his sister recommended to him.

He placed the phone in his pocket and began walking faster.

A sudden wind blew at him which made his earplugs fall out of his ears. "Woah!" He closed his eyes and had an arm blocking his face as a bunch of sakura petals blew onto him.

"What's with this wind!?" He yelled, and it instantly stopped. He dropped his defensive stance and took small breaths to get back his composure.

He breathed out, looking vexed. "Yesh… what was that?" He scratched his nose in annoyance.

That's until he heard… someone singing. Then, more people joined in the song.

It sounded like it was up ahead. He regained his posture and began moving slowly to the music; the falling petals would sometimes block his sight but he wasn't deterred.

He was getting distracted, but he had time and it looked like the melody was coming from the direction of the school he was going to.

'Just a little bit more… There!' He looked and walked between two cherry blossom trees, pushing the bushes with his legs.

He saw what looked like three figures moving as if they were dancing.

"That's-" He looked at one of the figures.

"Kousaka-san?" He couldn't believe his eyes as he kept looking. It was Kousaka Honoka in the center singing and dancing, with two more people: a girl with long navy-colored hair that reached to her waist and another girl with long, light brown hair.

"..." He looked on in silent shock as the song finished with them in a finishing pose.

Honoka was still in the center with the two girls standing next to her, side by side. He finally noticed that they each had a flower pinned to their hair: a red flower for Honoka, a blue flower for the navy hair girl, and a white flower for the light brown hair girl.

He heard Honoka say with a brilliant smirk, "I'm gonna do it! And I really mean it!"

Hearing that line, Hikari wondered what she was talking about.

In his lifetime, he never met someone like Honoka. He perceived her as nice, sweet, jolly (if not annoying sometimes), ambitious, determined, and a bit serious.

She was however not even close to 'that' person.

That year; that day; that meeting; that place; that music; and that dream they shared together. He couldn't believe that he would fulfill such a dream.

"..."

"What was it again?"

"...Yeah… it was-"

…

In a field of white clovers there stood two people. They were sitting side by side as they searched for something.

Earlier they were talking about finding 'it'; now, the latter asked the former a question.

"Hey, Hi-kun."

The former looked at the latter. "Hm, what is it?"

They stopped and looked at the former, life in their eyes. "Do… you have any dreams you want to pursue?"

The former was taken aback from that question "Dreams?" They sighed. "Don't ask me, you kn-"

"'You know I'm not that kinda person…' right?" The latter was looking back at the clovers, once again trying to look for more four-leaf clovers. The former had one in their hand.

"Geh!"

The latter giggled at his response to their predicted answer. The former rubbed their hair with their sweaty hand and blushed.

"Don't tease me."

Once again, the latter giggled again and raised themselves up. "Fine, I'll tell you my dream then." The latter looked at the former again, and said to them.

"My dream is-"

A wind blew past them, blasting their attire with force. It didn't faze them one bit.

"-with you."

The latter took the former's hand and squeezed it tightly. A new dream. A new life. They both started their paths, together and forever.

-Flashback End-

AN: A start of a dream... a start of a new dream... oh Hikari-

Hikari: S-S-Shut up!

AN: What? This isn't your point of view you know. So why should you be embarrassed?

Hikari: 'Cause it is!

AN: Oh fine, snooty-poo. We should meet up with everybody.

Hikari: EH? You mean the others beside me?

AN: Yeah.

Hikari: Well, I don't-

AN: Let's go and see ya guys in the next chapter!

Hikari: Huh? Author, wait, wait for me!