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oumiyuki · 3 years

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Always A Special Day

Summary: Honoka visits Dia on New Year’s Day to celebrate her girlfriend’s birthday. With a big surprise planned that Dia would have never guessed.

Pairing: Honoka x Dia

Genre: Fluff and Romance

Read me at fanfiction.net or AO3 too~ ^w^

Author Notes

HonoDia for the New Years!! :D

May we all enjoy~ >w<

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Honoka visits Dia for New Year’s and most importantly for her girlfriend’s birthday! With a huge, wide, classic Honoka smile, she greets Dia’s parents and was invited in warmly but with watchful eyes as the Kurosawa parents made sure their first daughter was in the right hands.

Ruby was surprisingly the first Kurosawa daughter to greet Honoka. With a sheepish and excited smile of her own, “O-Onee-chan is getting dressed, H-Honoka-san.”

“Honoka-chan will do, Ruby-chan~” Honoka encourages and the redhead ducks her head lower with a shy and quiet “pigii!”.

“H-H-Honoka…chan.” Ruby does her rubesty and Honoka stands to pat the adorable little sister.

“You’re so cute, Ruby-chan!”

“Pigyaa…~” Ruby sounds; loving the headpat from The Kousaka Honoka and also because she loves praises.

“Ahem.” The sound of someone clearing their throat catches both girls attention in an instant.

Honoka bounded over to the kimono-clad black-haired beauty who sported a blush at the sight of the energetic gingerhead rushing towards her – pearly whites gleaming to her and just her, blue eyes brighter than any full moon and-

“Dia-chan!!!” Honoka threw her arms around Dia despite the protest and warning that she would mess up the kimono that Dia painstakingly took the time to get in.

Dia’s heart fluttered like the wings of a hummingbird. Her hands wrapped around her girlfriend.

“Dia-chan. Dia-chan. Dia-chan~ Dia-chan!!” Honoka calls repeatedly as she rubbed her cheeks against the taller girl.

“H-H-Honoka-san!” Dia scolds, her cheeks growing redder with every second of warmth filling her heart and passing through her bloodstream and her skin.

“Aww~ Again with the ‘san’. Even though you sang not to in “MY LIST” to you~” Honoka pulls back and shakes her head at her girlfriend.

“I didn’t sing-” Dia opens her mouth to retort but Honoka was faster.

“Even if you didn’t sing those exact lines. I’m super sure that it was written just for you!” Honoka giggles as she spins out of Dia’s hold.

“Honoka-san!” Dia called exasperated but a sad pout not going unnoticed by the gingerhead from Honoka leaving the embrace.

“Am I right, Ruby-chan~?” Honoka reels in her ally and Ruby quickly nodded.

“I think so too.” Ruby smiles apologetically to her older sister who wore a shocked look that her very own sister has betrayed her. “Honoka-chan is right.”

“Ha! See that!” Honoka’s expression could not be any smugger.

Dia huffs defeated but stubbornly. “Honoka…”

Honoka threw her hands in the air with a silent ‘yay!’ and took Dia’s hands in hers. “Shall we go on our date, Dia-chan?”

Dia made a mysterious noise as she turned her head as far away from her girlfriend smiling cutely and charmingly at her, nodding her head as an answer, knowing she can trust that her voice would betray her if she spoke.

Honoka looked to Ruby and the smaller girl nodded enthusiastically, leading them to the door. “Happy birthday, onee-chan. And enjoy your date!”

“Thank you, Ruby…” Dia opened and closed her mouth several times as she accepted Ruby’s earnest and simple wish for her to enjoy her date. “And you enjoy your new year.”

Ruby giggles and puts up a stern voice, mimicking her sister. “And I expect you home before it turns dark.”

“Wha-”

“I’ll be sure to bring your sister home in one piece!” Honoka chuckles.

“I certainly would like to return in one piece,” Dia commented on those word choices.

Honoka only laughed again, which was just so contagious as Dia laughed quietly too. They waved goodbye to Ruby and went on their way.

“So…” Honoka leaned closer, tiptoeing to whisper into her girlfriend’s ears. “I didn’t say this earlier but…you’re really beautiful in your kimono.”

Dia clenches her fist and breathed in hard, doing her best to calm her heart and not combust from being injected with so much love and cuteness on the morning of her birthday.

It was only until they boarded the bus and it started moving that Dia squeezed Honoka’s hand holding hers, the gingerhead looked over patiently. “Thank you…”

Honoka beams. “It’s the truth.”

The couple reaches their stop and Honoka leads the way, always replying with a wink and “You’ll know when we get there.” each time Dia asks where they are going.

They soon reach the end of the street, facing a nameless store. “Here we are!”

“And where exactly-”

“C’mon.” Honoka opens the door and Dia is greeted with a simple setting.

There was a singular table and two chairs in the store’s space, closer to the front where there were a small stage and a mic. A grand piano sat beside the stage. And with only one curtain at that corner, Dia assumes is where the staff would come out from.

“What are we doing in a place like this?”

Honoka leads Dia to their seat, even pushing the seat in as Dia sits as a gentleman would; Dia would have never guessed that Honoka trained to do it! “It’s my birthday surprise gift to you~”

Dia was done scanning the room and she looks to Honoka, the gingerhead returned a reassuring smile. “I know you’ll like it.”

Dia smiled wryly; worried about what surprise could come her way as she was fully content with just having Honoka smiling beside her and spending the day together. “It’s not a jump scare, right?”

“I didn’t know you liked jump scares. I’ll plan it-”

“I don’t. I…don’t. I was just worried.” Dia quickly explained; not wanting any jump scares in her foreseeable future.

Honoka sighs in relief. “That’s good! Now…are you ready?”

Dia did not notice three people appearing from the curtains and taking their places. But at Honoka’s lowered volume and the lights dimming, Dia looked up to see the spotlight on the tall figure in a hat, hands on the mic.

The moment she spoke, Dia’s jaw fell agape not believing her ears.

“Dear Dia. This is from your beloved girlfriend, Honoka and…I guess you could take it as a gift from us too.” The figure raised her head, and threw her hat to the side of the stage, her long blonde hair flowing in her signature ponytail and electric blue eyes smiling.

“A-A-Ayase Eli- How- I-”

“May you enjoy.” Eli nods to Honoka and nods to the pianist.

Dia barely kept her voice down as she gasped, “Nishikino Maki!?”

Honoka squeezes Dia’s hand and with the first few notes playing from the piano, Dia had her attention back on stage where Eli sang “Happy Birthday” to Dia.

Usually the song would only take 10 seconds, maybe a little longer, a full rendition might be 3 minutes with all the additional well wishes sung in the song. But Dia felt like it was an eternity, she wanted it to last forever. Having Honoka holding her hand, having THE Ayase Eli, her idol, sing to her, and THE Nishikino Maki playing the piano…

Dia only returned to Earth when she felt a gentle finger brush under her eyes. When did she start crying?

“You’re beautiful even when you cry.” Honoka smiled sheepishly; knowing that was way too mushy even for a birthday.

Dia laughed-cried. “I can’t believe it…”

“Oh, you better believe it~” A new voice floated to Dia and emerald eyes landed on the purplenette who wore a grin from ear to ear. She walked up the stage and without missing a beat – cupped an equally surprised Eli’s cheek, winked at Dia, and kissed Eli.

Honoka’s chuckle was cut short when Dia short-circuited and fainted in her arms.

“D-Dia-chan!?”

“N-NozoEli…is real…” Dia said as she was held by Honoka.

“Nozomi!” Eli chided her girlfriend for causing the birthday girl to be rendered somewhat unconscious.

Nozomi giggles unabashedly. “It’s her birthday gift~”

Maki rolls her eyes with a smile where she sat.

Honoka shrugged as she smiled lovingly at Dia who wore a silly grin in her “fainted” state. “Happy Birthday, Dia-chan.”

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Author Notes

Dia is a diehard Ayase Eli fan. No way Honoka was not going to gift that to Dia! XD hahahaha

I hope y’all all enjoyed this!! And happy new year to all of you!!

Leave a comment if you like~ ;D (Dia will be awake again to read them with Honoka and everyone who came to surprise her! XD hehe~)

See you next story~!! :D

#honodia #kurosawa dia #kousaka honoka #fanfiction #fanfic #writing #love live #love live sunshine #dia kurosawa #honoka kousaka #fluff #romance #ayase eli #toujou nozomi #nishikino maki #nozoeli #nozoeli is real ;D #happy birthday dia #this is so smile-inducing! XD

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writer-and-artist27 · 6 years

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Helping a Drunk Marine

Note: To @unlucky-marine, yet again. Happy Birthday, Eli~

Here is another little offering from the writer who loves Davy and your artwork. As thanks for loving Tomoko as much as you do.

Also, throw-out to @ask-lieutenant-wendy, because your character is beautiful and even if I don’t know her that well, Davy does, and they both deserve lots of appreciation~!

The song for this is Clannad’s famous Dango Daikazoku. The original song and/or Kyle Landry’s piano version work really well for this. :)

*curtsies softly before creeping away* That’s all I have to say. Please enjoy~! ;D

“…Wendy-san?”

“Yes, Tomoko-chan?”

I glanced up at the older woman with the nicest frown I could muster, in spite of the questions tugging at every part of my heart and mind. Because I was short in spite of my drinking all the milk in the world. “Why is Davy-san…”

“What the fuck is a circle…” went the named Marine while staring at a blank sheet of paper. He apparently didn’t notice us with the paper in front of his face.

Wendy gave me a sheepish smile while brushing through some of her blond ponytail. “Drunk?”

“Drunk,” I repeated for emphasis, tugging at the hem of my Sylveon-themed kimono dress skirt all the while. “I thought he would be stressed, not drunk…”

Wendy only laughed softly before reaching over to rest a hand on the top of my head, rustling my white hair ribbon with the gesture. “Paperwork is a bit—I mean, a pain in the butt!” I didn’t miss how she immediately backtracked from what was clearly forming a curse word, ruffling my hair all the while. “And no one in the Marines likes doing it, so unfortunately…” she trailed off.

“Circles should be squares! They’re easier to draw!” Davy-san shouted in-between hiccups. “Less stress for all—!” He then face-planted into his desk with a loud slam.

Oh no.

Oh dear, Hisako said for me mentally. Tomoko-chan, do you have any idea of what to do?

Hisako, Vy’s dad never got the chance to be drunk because of an alcohol allergy. I don’t know!

Well, we have to do something!

I know that! Any ideas?!

My Nobody racked her head against the nearest mental armchair in the library before raising an energetic hand. MUFFINS!

…Muffins?

Blueberry muffins. I think Wendy said those are his favorite, right?! Hisako was jumping up and down now, hands flailing all the while as she was grinning like the doofus she was. So go ahead and do that, Tomoko-chan! No one can resist blueberry muffins coming from an adorable ten-year-old girl!

Hisakoooo, I-I’m not adorable…

Too late. Hisako was already on a roll as she ran around the library, happily cooing and squealing praise I couldn’t make out.

Outwardly, I looked up at Wendy while trying not to panic. Blushing was not going to help me at all. And Davy-san was still drunk. “W-Wendy-san?”

“Hm?” The older Marine got down to sit on her knees, looking at me from eye-level now as she smiled. “What is it?”

“Do you have a kitchen? Eggs, sugar, and blueberries?”

The blond woman only blinked at me.

Baking the blueberry muffins were simple enough. Thankfully, no one in the entirety of the Marine kitchen crew seemed to ask why a ten-year-old girl was working in the kitchen, in a white-pink-blue kimono dress too. They essentially steered clear of…well, basically every pathway I needed to get ingredients, strangely enough.

I had a feeling Wendy-san was the person to thank for that.

Still, as expected of a traveling sea crew. They had everything a cook and baker could ask for, from all-purpose flour to things like the regular milk and substitutes like almond milk. For safety reasons, I decided to go with almond milk when stirring it into the batter.

The muffins came out almost too perfect. Smelling sweet, blueberries almost melting, and tops bouncing back from a simple poke.

I couldn’t help but feel nervous when a blue gift box and magenta ribbon magically showed up when I was looking away a few minutes later, just after the muffins cooled from being in the muffin tin.

Hisako?

My Nobody was cleaning the Oblivion Keyblade when I called for her. Nonetheless, she dropped it to look up at me. What is it, dear?

I outwardly put down baking paper to line the box, setting down muffins in an attempt to calm myself. I can do this, right?

Of course you can, Tomoko-chan. Hisako’s voice turned soft. Davy’s still Davy. He’s still a massive dork who gets way too much work on his hands, and he’s never rejected you. You’re okay.

I took a breath as soon as the lid went down to cover the muffins and I tied it down with the magenta ribbon. The bow was nice but finding a nearby star sequin to seal the deal helped. Okay. Okay.

I nodded to myself, slapped my cheeks, and took the box in my hands to walk down the hallways leading back to Davy-san’s office.

I can do this, I can do this.

When I opened the door, Wendy-san was at his immediate right side, organizing some of the loose papers that had scattered from…well, the gigantic piles of paperwork flanking Davy-san’s head. If anything, the scene paralleled some of the worst moments I saw on the Hokage’s side back in Konoha, where canon Tsunade kept complaining to Shizune about the workload. Don’t get me started on how Boruto showed Naruto as a workaholic who couldn’t even spend time with his family.

There was no way I could let Davy-san become like that.

Wendy-san still noticed me as soon as I walked close, smiling happily at the box in my hands before nudging the apparently slumbering Davy with a hand. Not a good sign. Weren’t drunks not supposed to sleep the alcohol off? “Davy, Davy, Tomoko-chan’s here for you.”

“Buuuuh?” he slurred, slowly raising his head from his desk, and I tried not to flinch at the massive bedhead and redness covering his person. He was definitely bowled over. “Tomo—?”

I tried to push the embarrassment down as much as I could, even with the familiar heat of nervousness and anxiety flooding my face. My hair ribbon was on the other side of my head, being the left instead of the right, and I wanted to fiddle with it so much if not for the task at hand.

Tomoko-chan, breathe. You’re okay, you can do this.

I-It’s okay, it’s okay.

As Hisako instructed, I inhaled as much air as I could. Even with how red I was getting, I still extended my arms to offer the box in his direction. If not for me standing a few inches away from his desk, I might as well have shoved them in his face. “Muffins f-for Davy-san! They’re blueberry, and, and, I know that you’re busy and all, but I thought these would help, so—”

Dear gosh, I was rambling. I was doomed.

Davy-san only stared at me blankly.

Wendy-san’s proud stare in my direction helped a bit. At least.

I inhaled again, opening my eyes slowly to look at him with the best smile I could muster right now. Probably shy-looking and nervous as all freaking hell. “I know you work a lot, so I thought you’d like these…” I raised the box again, trying not to jostle the sweets inside. “I baked them myself?”

I was not expecting Davy-san to disappear in a matter of seconds and reappear right behind me, hugging me from behind. “I would literally kill for you.”

What.

“Eh?” I blinked. Something wet was starting to drip into the back of my hair, and the grip on my shoulders was pretty strong as the scent of cologne mixed with something definitely related to alcohol graced my nose. Wendy-san was starting to laugh into her hands, and the muffin box was limp in my own.

He didn’t even take the box.

I was more worried about the declaration that was just said. Without thinking, I detached one of my hands from the muffin box to instead reach over and pat one of the arms still holding onto me. “Davy-san?”

The Marine was silent.

Dork. I smiled while leaning back against him, still holding onto the box while reciprocating the sudden hug via patting his arm. “You don’t have to kill for me, okay? All that would make me happy right now is to see you happy. Relaxed, free of work, and able to enjoy a blueberry muffin. That’s all I want.”

I have enough people willing to kill for me already.

That was left unsaid, though.

Davy-san was quiet for a few more moments, but his grip on my shoulders tightened as a nose brushed the side of my head. “Thanks,” was the soft reply, and he squeezed me again. “Sis.”

OH MY—

My heart leapt up in my chest as Wendy-san nearby started to take on sparkles, raising a camera. I didn’t even have time to think about where she got it. I was in this situation, with a drunk Marine, and gosh. Even with the impending embarrassment and cooing spiel from Hisako and Wendy-san both, my reply was honest. He was a dork. “Love you too, Davy-san.”

“Aaaaah,” was the reply. Then a rough kiss pressed to the top of my head.

Goodness. He really was drunk if he went on to do that.

The scent of alcohol was still strong though, so I poked that same arm with my hand. Talks could be saved for later. “Now c’mon, you need rest! I have muffins!”

It was something. At least.

#birthday gift #writing #hoshino tomoko #davy jack #lieutenant wendy #beware FLUFF #crossover #long post #unlucky marine #Seaside Sibling Train

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oumiyuki · 7 years

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Happy maker!

Summary: August 3rd is a very, very special day. So special, that Honoka couldn’t keep her excitement down for a week after she came up with the best plan to spread the joy and love she felt with all her friends.

Pairing: Nope, not pairing. Muse is a group of tight-knit friends here. :'D

Genre: Friendship and Family

Author Notes It’s midnight. 2am? And I finished scouting for our dear Honoka~ in SIF! *O* 400+ loveca stones!! And I managed to get 2URs and 5SSRs! Ahh~~! Honoka is so~~ cute~~! Ahem! X’P Sorry ‘bout that. Happy Birthday, Honoka! :’D May everyone enjoy and smile~! *W*

Honoka woke with a smile on her face, and that's perfectly acceptable since today is a special day. But she woke before her alarm clock sounded, that brought a whole new sense of accomplishment in the gingerhead's life.

"Woah! I can totally brag about this to Umi-chan and Kotori-chan later!"

Waking before her alarm was one thing, having plans that she's going to carry through all on her own, without any form of assistance by her childhood friends or family is another positive and possibly shocking difference for this special day.

Ah, but I think Umi-chan will be mean and just say: "Honoka, this is something you should be doing everyday."

Honoka pouted for a second.

At least Kotori-chan will praise me! Something like: "That's amazing, Honoka-chan! I'm so proud of you!"

Honoka laughed happily as she thought of how her childhood friends will react when she told them she woke before the alarm rang.

Kicking the blankets off with excess enthusiasm, Honoka wore her wide smile from her bed, to the closet, to the bathroom and back.

Donned in her school uniform, she gave her red bowtie a strong pull to tighten it, the gingerhead giggles to herself.

"Today is going to be so fun!"

And the more-energetic-than-she-would-be-on-normal-days gingerhead bounded out of her room towards the kitchen fridge.

"Good~ Morning~ cake!"

Honoka flashed a blinding smile to the cake she practiced many a times to bake before it was a success, and was currently sitting in the fridge for her to take.

"It's time for a walk, cake-san~"

The eldest daughter of the Kousaka house chuckled as she carefully pulled the cake out and into a neat cake box with green heart shape patterns.

I sure hope she likes it! And I made sure it's edible too! Hehe~

Honoka ran up and down the stairs to her room and around the house to grab all that she have been preparing for a week; all for this special day.

"Yosh~! I double, triple, checked this five times already! I most probably, shouldn't have- definitely have all that I need!"

Honoka had her hands to her hips as she nodded proudly at the stuff she needed to carry to school, not forgetting her school bag.

At the sounds of footsteps she knew belonged to her younger sister, Honoka spun around and ran up the stairs once again.

"Yukiho~~!"

Yukiho's alertness skyrocketed as she blinked up to a smiling widely older sister running at her with her arms spread apart – probably for a hug.

"O-Onee-chan?! Mm-"

The excitable ginger engulfed her younger sister in a warm, tight hug, slamming some air out of the younger Kousaka too.

"Good morning, Yukiho! I love you!"

Honoka pecked a kiss to her younger sister's pink cheeks before Yukiho could recover.

"Eh? Um...I love you too..?"

Yukiho barely managed a reply after returning a squeeze to her older sister's bone-crushing hug, and said older sister was zooming down the stairs again.

The young redhead wore a lopsided smile as she heard her older sister's loud and energetic voice from downstairs; a huge smile the gingerhead is definitely sharing with her parents too.

"Onee-chan, happy birthday." Yukiho whispered; knowing it'll take awhile before she gets to see her older sister again today.

The moment Honoka spotted her mum and dad, she dashed and threw her arms around them.

"Good morning, okaa-san! Otou-san! I love you!"

A peck on her mother's cheek as Kousaka-mama giggled and rubbed warmly on her daughter's back, and another peck on her father's cheek as Kousaka-papa patted his daughter's head.

"We love you too, Honoka. Take care, okay?"

"I will! I'm off~!" Honoka shouted as she exited her home with all her prepared gifts, not staying to see her father shed happy, manly tears while her mother laughed heartily.

Honoka skipped down the streets to Otonokizaka Academy, that huge, upbeat grin becoming permanent on the gingerhead's face.

Spotting a head of long ash-grey and another with long dark blue hair, Honoka's grin became a full blown smile with her pearly whites gleaming as she sped up to catch her best friends.

"Ko~to~ri~chan~! U~mi~chan~! Good~ mor~ning~!"

Her two childhood friends stopped in their tracks and turned around, finding an orange haired high school student who had clearly over packed for the day, running over.

The stricter of the two was about to open her mouth to reprimand the gingerhead about many things, but didn't get a chance to begin as her jaw dropped from the lines spouted from the gingerhead next.

"Kotori-chan~ I love you!"

Honoka had jumped the ash-grey haired girl the moment she was in glomping distance, eliciting a surprised yelp from Kotori. Honoka only proceeded to rub her cheeks on her childhood friend's soft, rosy cheeks, making Kotori giggle and return the hug.

The reciprocal hug only lasted a second as Honoka's love declaration not only froze one, but two of her childhood friends.

"Eh?" Kotori managed after some time.

Honoka pulls away from the hug, leaving her hands on the surprised ash-brunette's shoulder, beaming happily like nothing out of the ordinary happened.

"I've got something special for you today, Kotori-chan."

Honoka continued in her own pace as she reached for the bag she packed the cake in, before handing it over to the still too stun to react girl.

"I baked a cake for you. I hope you like it. Ehehe~" Honoka laughed sheepishly with a hand rubbing the back of her head after Kotori accepted her gift.

"Um..." Kotori didn't know what to say; though it seems like Honoka wasn't seeking for a response, as the gingerhead switched her attention to the bluenette who had frozen beside them.

"Umi-chan!"

Honoka easily hooked her arms around the archer's neck and pulled the bluenette into a tight, warm hug.

"I love you~" Honoka cooed loudly; repeating a similar rubbing of cheeks with the current childhood friend in her embrace.

"H-H-H-Honoka?!" Umi stuttered out.

Honoka giggled as she took a step back and pulled her gift for Umi – new archery gloves wrapped in an ocean blue gift paper covered with yellow stars.

"I know yours are quite worn from all your practicing daily, so I got you a new one! I even made sure it's your size, so don't worry!"

Umi blinked twice, accepted the gift, blinked another three times before she looked at the gift.

"But it's..?"

Umi was going to question why Honoka is giving out presents on her birthday, but her words fell short at the sight of the brightly smiling gingerhead. Is this the feeling of awestruck?

"Ah! I've got another six gifts to go, so. See ya in class!"

Honoka ran off into the school with her remaining bags (which was still a lot), leaving her two childhood friends to watch her go.

"Umi-chan, what just happened?" Kotori asked, her eyes not leaving where Honoka just ran off to.

"I think we just got presents from the birthday girl." Umi shook her head with a disbelief but happy grin.

Kotori giggles softly. "That's just like Honoka-chan. Always surprising us."

"Indeed."

Honoka figured that two of her seniors will be easily found in the student council room since they said they'll help out this morning, and so to the student council room the Leader of Muse went.

In all her excitement, Honoka forgot basic manners of knocking as she threw open the door, causing Eli to shout in surprise and Nozomi to raise both eyebrows.

Honoka was not one to be knocked off her momentum easily as she closed the doors loudly and ran up to the former Student Council President and engulfed the recovering blonde in a huge hug.

"Eli-chan~ Good morning-I love you!"

"Ehh?! Honoka?!" Eli was wide eyed and was holding onto the desk so as to not fall out of her chair due to Honoka's powerful hugging or from the consecutive shocks she had received in a span of two minutes since the Leader of Muse has arrived.

"Elichi, I didn't think you would..." Nozomi who already recovered from the initial surprise teased.

"What?! No, Nozomi!" Eli was exasperated.

Nozomi and Honoka chuckled at the same time, while Honoka moved herself back to a proper standing position to grab her gift for Muse's dance instructor.

"Dear Eli-chan!" Honoka started with a too familiar, playful smile.

"Please don't start this, Honoka..." Eli rubbed a hand to her temple, though a bemused smile played on her lips.

Honoka giggled once more before holding her gift box out to Eli.

"This is for you."

"For me?" Eli couldn't think of a reason she should be receiving any gifts today, especially not from the girl they were going to give gifts to.

"Yup. I'm 100% sure that you'll love them!"

Honoka knew how in love her senior was with chocolate; so she went out of her way to find out which was the most well-known and praised to be really delicious before she bought them, and got them beautifully wrapped in brown gift paper and a golden ribbon.

Eli was going to ask why or what the present is for, but the gingerhead already started for the purplenette who lowered her crossed arms, readying for a hug; which she received.

"Nozomi-chan, I love you!"

Nozomi giggled and pulled her junior in for a tighter hug; because she likes how warm Honoka felt, and also because she didn't want Honoka to see how much she was blushing.

"Where are these pleasant surprises coming from, Honoka-chan?" Nozomi queried when Honoka wriggled out of the embrace to fetch her gift for the Spiritual Mother of Muse.

"Because today is a special day!" Honoka answered with a ginormous smile, handing her gift over simultaneously.

"It sure is~" Nozomi grinned as she took the gift from Honoka into her hands.

"I, er...know that Nozomi-chan is usually really lucky already, but... this is...more than just a lucky charm. It's to protect and bless you all round!"

Honoka fidgeted with the hem of her skirt, slightly nervous that Nozomi might find her gift kind of overly simple- it could be seen as just a fortune slip after all.

Nozomi smiled sweetly at Honoka being nervous as she brought the precious paper close to her chest.

"I love it, Honoka-chan. And I'll treasure it even after I pass on." Nozomi winked.

"Mou... Nozomi-chan..."

Honoka pouted for a moment before smiling again and bounded out the door.

"I've got more gifts to share. See you later!"

Nozomi and Eli both grinned at the shut door which the bubbly gingerhead left from.

"Are you going to eat them now, Elichi~?"

Eli shook her head, smiling.

"Nozomi, how do you even know it's food?"

Nozomi chuckles. "Intuition."

Eli gets off the chair and walked over to the mini fridge in the student council room, and placed her gift inside.

"We'll share it with everyone later."

Nozomi grinned wider as she joined Eli at the desk to finish up the miscellaneous paperwork.

The next viable location would have been the first year classroom to catch all the first years, but Honoka's gut was telling her to go to the music room instead.

As she was getting closer, melodic piano notes reached her ears and she couldn't help but smile even wider than before.

Honoka stops just outside the music room to wait for the redhead to finish playing, and when she did, Honoka clapped – loudly and enthusiastically.

"Vuee?!" Maki looked up alarmed. "Honoka?!"

Honoka beamed as she entered the music room and walked inside.

"Maki-chan really plays the best music!"

"Wh-What are you saying, Honoka?" Maki turns away and started twirling her hair out of a nervous habit.

Honoka chuckled and sat herself beside the pianist.

"Maki-chan."

Maki wanted to remark that she didn't give Honoka permission to sit beside her, but stopped when Honoka said her name so gently.

"What is it?"

Honoka pulled out her gift for Maki.

"I got this for you. I hope you like it. It's, er... I wish for Maki-chan to keep doing what she loves!"

"Vue? A gift for me..?" Maki stopped twirling her hair to take the rectangular gift, wrapped in pink and red gift paper and a lot of smiley and musical notes.

Honoka grinned happily when Maki's lips pulled into a smile, and the inevitable hug reaches the unsuspecting redhead.

"Maki-chan~ I love you!"

"H-Honoka?!"

Maki toppled backwards on the bench while Honoka just laughed.

"See you later, Maki-chan~"

Honoka gave a final squeeze and smile to the flustered redhead before she ran off.

Maki stared at the ceiling as she collected herself.

"How is it that even on your birthday, when I was going to do something special for you, it's you who beat me to it?"

Maki propped herself up and smiled at her gift.

"It's probably something stupid... And probably something I'll like..." Maki placed a hand on her gift, her grateful smile still lingering.

Honoka pulled the first year classroom's sliding door open with a resounding slam, startling the students inside.

"Rin-chan! Hanayo-chan!" Honoka called loudly as she made eye contact with her two friends. "Come outside!"

Rin didn't see a need to question why as she ran outside, while Hanayo apologized to her classmates before following behind her bestfriend.

The moment Rin stepped outside, she was pulled into a hug by Honoka.

"Rin-chan, I love you!"

Hanayo shrieked in surprise as she shut the door tightly, and Rin laughed heartily.

"I love you too, Honoka-chan, nya!"

Honoka laughed along as she got Rin's gift out.

"This is for you, Rin-chan!"

"Wahh!" Rin cried out as she took the book of vouchers. "Ramen?! Voucher?! Nya?!"

"That's right!" Honoka smiled widely, proud of her own capabilities to make her friends so happy; she knew collecting a whole lot of free Ramen vouchers for the ramen-loving-cat girl is a brilliant idea.

"Thank you, Honoka-chan, nya~" Rin glomped Honoka once more, as the two of them laughed happily.

"Um..." Hanayo stared at the two gingerheads nervously.

Honoka untangles herself from her junior's hug to give Hanayo one.

"Eh? Eh? H-Honoka-chan?"

Hanayo stammers in surprise, not sure what to do but hug back.

"I love you, Hanayo-chan!"

"Ah..! I...I love you too, Honoka-chan!" Hanayo tightens her hug on her close friend.

Honoka chuckles as she pulls away. "I'm glad you do! This is for you, Hanayo-chan."

Honoka lifts a heavy looking bag over to the timid girl.

"A-A gift?"

"Yup! It's top grade." Honoka winks as she passed the gift over to Hanayo.

"Ah!" Hanayo almost drops the gift. "I-It's heavy!"

"It's your favourite!" Honoka chuckles and waves to the two first year before running off again; one final gift to give.

"How heavy is it, Kayo-chin?" Rin hopped over to assist her best friend, surprised by the weight.

"I think Honoka-chan got me top-grade rice...But..."

"But?" Rin blinked in wait, wondering what was wrong.

"How was Honoka-chan able to run over so quickly with a 2kg bag rice, and who knows what other things she had!?"

Hanayo exclaimed with disbelief. Rin laughed.

"Hm~ Only one place Nico-chan will be!" Honoka decides as she takes off towards the Idol Research Clubroom.

"Ni~co~chan~" Honoka chimed as she skipped into the clubroom.

Nico turns around from her chair at the computer, putting on a displeased look.

"What is it, Honoka? You're awfully loud this early."

"Ehehe~ It's cos' I'm happy!" Honoka beamed wider as she pulled the grumpy third year into a bone crushing hug.

"H-Hey! What are you doing?!" Nico struggled and tried to push Honoka away. "You're crushing me! Honoka!"

Nico wasn't pushing Honoka away because her bones were being squeezed though, she was just feeling embarrassed from the extremely warm hug and attention.

Honoka chuckles as she pulls away. "Sorry, I didn't mean to crush you."

Nico sighs and quickly looks away to hide her reddened face. "It's fine. What do you want?"

Honoka was smiling broadly once again at the reminder. "I've got a gift for you!"

"Huh?! What are you saying? Today is when you receive gifts!" Nico huffed angrily.

"Ehehe~ I suppose. But I want to share the happiness of this special day. So I decided to give everyone gifts!" Honoka pulled out a 30 x 40cm collage board she made with Nico merchandise like pin badges or bookmarks, and snippets of magazines of Nico and Muse, a bunch of pictures she took of Nico, solo or with Muse and herself.

Nico was left speechless at the gift that obviously took more than a night to put together; indicating how Honoka's whim to give gifts on her own birthday was planned.

"I...hope you like it..." Honoka took a turn for shy, similarly with Nozomi, as she scuffled on her feet. "I kind of pasted a picture of me hugging you in the centre before I placed the other pictures... sorry if you find it embarrassing. Nico-chan could paste another picture if-"

Nico snatched the collage board from Honoka carefully, to stop the gingerhead from blabbering.

"Who said I don't like it? This is going to be hanging in my room from now on!" Nico declared, not bothering to hide the blush on her face anymore.

Honoka's confidence and happiness meter flew back to 110% at Nico's honest words. "I love you, Nico-chan." Honoka remembered to add before she left for her classroom.

"Love..?" Nico shook her head as she lifted the collage filled with love, effort and memories; Nico smiled at it.

"That idiot... It's your special day so let us make you happy instead."

Honoka is popular. Very popular; as expected of the girl who brought eight friends together to challenge something new and seemingly "a crazy idea" to save her school.

After the gingerhead gave her gifts to her cherished friends she loves oh-so-much, she was swamped by classmates, underclassmen, underclassmen and even teachers; each wanting to wish the bewildered Leader of Muse a happy birthday, and to give their gifts to her.

The school day passed with a whole lot of smiles, presents and well wishes (and some love confessions), Honoka was happy, happy but slightly exhausted.

The gingerhead walks out the school gates and releases a short breath of air.

"Hwah. Today sure was eventful! Exciting. And fun! Hehe~"

Honoka stretched towards the blue sky, in preparation to skip home-

"WAHH! N-Nozomi-chan!"

Honoka whined and shook in protest to break free from the purplenette's washi-washi hold.

Nozomi giggled. "Hm-hm~ You were wide open, Honoka-chan~"

"That doesn't mean you should..." Honoka couldn't quite bring herself to say the words 'grope me', and she trailed off, her face red from embarrassment, especially since her senior's hands are still on her breasts.

"I shouldn't what~? Mm, Honoka-chan~" Nozomi teased as she gave her captive's growing chest another squeeze, eliciting a whine from the gingerhead.

"Let me go, Nozomi-chan..."

Nozomi relented; she didn't mean to make Honoka cry, and a teary-eyed Honoka pouting at her was a bit too potent to even to the usually unfazed Spiritual Mother of Muse.

"Sorry 'bout that, Honoka-chan~ my mission is to bring you to my house actually~ not too much on the washi-washi~"

Nozomi grinned with her eyes closed to hide how flustered she was feeling from the very cute display Honoka was presenting.

"To Nozomi-chan's house?"

Honoka straightened her back and tilted her head to a side, not understanding why she needs to go to Nozomi's house.

"Yes, silly. For your birthday party." Nozomi started walking towards her house.

"Oh! Well, no one told me... or reminded me... was I informed?" Honoka jogged to catch up with Nozomi.

"There was a golden invitation letter in your locker, but was probably missed out, along with all your other gifts~"

"Eh?! Really? I'm sorry for not noticing!" Honoka was wide eyed, and couldn't believe she almost missed out on her own birthday party with her friends.

"Who knows~" Nozomi giggled suspiciously.

"Eh? What's that supposed to mean? Nozomi-chan~!" Honoka whined cutely for part way of the walk to Nozomi's house until she came to a conclusion that Nozomi was probably just joking with her about the golden envelope.

The moment Nozomi opens her front door; the two were met with happy chatter, mouth-watering aroma of Nico in the kitchen cooking and warm smiles of their friends.

"Wow~ This is too much! You guys didn't had to go so far for me..."

Honoka had pink tinting her cheeks as she took in the birthday decor setup in her senior's apartment – happy coloured balloons (red, orange, yellow) floating around or stuck to the walls, along side a happy birthday banner that was definitely designed and drawn by Muse's designer herself as she saw the all too familiar illustration of herself in the center, the rest of Muse located on different parts.

Nozomi's dining table was already filled with plates, bowls and trays of food; most definitely whipped up by Nico the number one cook, and desserts; high chance was single-handedly baked by Kotori yet again. Honoka didn't miss out on the rice balls though; no doubt that Hanayo played a part in that.

"Honoka-chan."

"Honoka."

Honoka was tearing up again for an entirely different reason; she was greatly touched by her friends efforts for her, and she quickly used the back of her hand to wipe the appearing tears when they called her name.

"We want to do this for you, Honoka." Eli emphasized the genuine desire to give Honoka an unforgettable and heartfelt birthday.

Watering ocean blue locked eyes with soft light blue, and Honoka felt tears incoming again; what did she do to deserve the attention of all these wonderful friends?

"I don't know what to say..."

Kotori approached Honoka with a handkerchief as she dabbed gently away her best friend's tears.

"You don't have to say anything, Honoka-chan."

"Thank you...Kotori-chan..." Honoka breathed strongly from her nose.

"Yeah, you can be thankful. But we are here wondering if this is enough, because of you trying to one-up us this morning, Honoka!"

Nico gestured at the entire house with mock anger; Nico is more than over the moon from Honoka's surprise gift, and is quite confident that the party they planned is flawless.

"I'm...sorry?" Honoka seeked forgiveness from the petite third year.

"You don't have to be. Sheesh. Stop crying and enjoy the party, okay? You have to finish all the food I cooked. And we have two cakes!"

Nico shook her head with a blissful smile.

"Eh? Two cakes?" Honoka composed herself and asked.

Kotori giggled and the gingerhead look over to her childhood friend for answers.

"I baked a strawberry shortcake for Honoka-chan's birthday. And you gave me a cheesecake this morning, Honoka-chan."

"Oh...Well, the cheesecake is meant for you, Kotori-chan." Honoka grinned at the blushing ash-brunette who shook her head.

"I want to share with everyone."

"Well! Everyone is eating all together anyways! Let's party!" Honoka cheered, and it didn't take long for the rest to join in.

"Wahh! Top grade rice really tastes different! From the texture, to the sweetness, to the stickiness..."

Hanayo begun a long speech as she gushed about the top grade rice Honoka gave her, and she asked Nico to use to cook for everyone.

Honoka chuckles as she took a bite of the rice ball Kotori offered to feed her; happy to have made Hanayo that happy.

Soon, they decide to bring the birthday cakes out to sing happy birthday to Honoka and eat some cake before they get too full.

"Hehe~ Having two birthday cakes feels really special!" Honoka giggles happily, she felt like poking the cakes to steal a taste, but Kotori was there to take the laughing gingerhead's pointer finger away before it touched the cake.

Maki clears her throat and silence followed as all eyes landed on the redhead; Maki twirled her hair out of habit.

"Honoka..."

Hesitant violet met excited and patient cerulean; Maki smiles, feeling more confident.

"I made a disc filled with me playing the piano since you say that you like my piano playing so much-"

"The best!" Honoka chimed with a broad smile.

"And...We got together to record a 'Happy Birthday' song for you, accompanied with my piano. Um, this is for you."

Maki quickly hit the play button before it got any more awkward, and everyone begun clapping as they sang 'Happy Birthday' to Honoka.

"Aww man. This is..This is..."

Honoka was so overwhelmed with emotions and feelings from the piano playing, the recording, and the actual live singing from her friends all around her, she felt like crying tears of joy again.

"Make a wish and blow the candles, Honoka."

Umi instructed in a soft, gentle and understanding tone, giving Honoka's shoulder a reassuring squeeze.

Honoka nodded and shut her eyes, bringing her hands together in a prayer as she made her wish.

"I wish to celebrate our birthdays together, year after year after year after year, forever! Even when we're white haired grandmas!"

Honoka opened her eyes and blew out the candles, her permanent smile widening.

"I love you all!" Honoka exclaimed, running around to give everyone heartfelt hugs once more.

"Hey, what's Umi's gift to Honoka?" Nico asks pointedly as she took a bite of the cheesecake Honoka baked, having already finished a slice of strawberry shortcake.

Umi looks over to an expectant Honoka, and the lyricist grins.

"My gift to Honoka is..."

"Is..?" Honoka's eyes sparkled in anticipation.

"To turn a blind eye to Honoka's slacking."

"Ehh~" Honoka whined.

"Once."

"Only once?!" Honoka couldn't take it as she shook Umi's shoulders in disbelief; the bluenette just laughed softly at Honoka's unimpressed face, and the rest laughed along, not expecting Umi's answer.

"What about you, Rin?"

Maki asked after lots of laughing.

Rin bounced to her feet, and ran to her bag and back to the birthday girl.

"I got Honoka-chan some cat ears!"

Honoka laughed and gladly accepted the cat-ears, apparently they were wired to be able to sense the user's emotions and the ears will move accordingly; such as droop if she's feeling sad.

"Aww~ These are really cute and fun! Thank you, Rin-chan!"

"Nya nya nya!" Rin exclaimed happily. "Rin will be Honoka-chan's pet cat for the rest of the party too~"

Rin rubbed her head against Honoka's thighs, eliciting a happy chortle from the gingerhead.

"I got a really adorable cat!" Honoka tickled Rin's chin as a show of appreciation which Rin purred happily to.

"How about Elichi~?" Nozomi grinned knowingly at the blonde, Eli shook her head as she beckoned for Honoka to go over to her.

"Eli-chan?"

"This is for you, Honoka. Take it as our graduation gift too."

Eli passes her green bowtie to Honoka; a memento of a third year, and student council president since it's from Eli.

Honoka fought the urge to be emotional again as she hastily removed her own red one to put Eli's green bowtie on.

"Now I'm everybody's senpai!" Honoka had her hand to her hips, expecting someone to play along, but no one addressed her by 'Honoka-senpai', instead the room was filled with happy laughter yet again.

Honoka pouted for a moment before joining in the laughing. This is how Muse is after all – no senpai-kouhai relationship; Muse is a family.

Honoka was gifted a smile filled, joy filled birthday spent with her family, and she couldn't wait for the next.

Author Notes

:'D Happy Birthday Honoka. X'D

I hope everyone will keep loving Honoka, and enjoyed this story, and received the smiles Honoka and I wanted to share with everyone. *O*

Wow, it's 3am now. -chuckles- Time to dream of Honoka! X'D

Leave a comment if you like~ And keep~ smiling! X'D

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