*SCHOOL IDOL CLUBROOM - URANOHOSHI GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL - UCHIURA - SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE*
AKI: "..."
DIA: "A-Akihiko?! What are you doing here?!"
KANAN: "I thought nothing stopped you."
DIA: "I can make exceptions!"
MARI: "..."
I did the right thing in this situation... Suzuki traditions be damned.
I dropped to my knees, pushed my nose to the floor, and begged for forgiveness.
AKI: "I AM SO SORRY!!!"
CHIKA: "..."
AKI: "More specifically, I want to apologize to Chika."
CHIKA: "Huh?"
MARI: "Chika-chi?"
AKI: "I let a loss get the better hand over me. Acting like I was on a downward spiral, self-destructing and severing bonds.
Thinking that I could play damage-control, I didn't want you to get hurt because of my actions.
Chika came to cheer me up when I neared my breaking point, and I said horrible things to her—calling her a selfish center-stealer.
But who am I to tell another leader how to lead their unit?! All I did was let my School Idol Club implode...twice.
Even so...you still came to my aid when the girls broke through to me. I heard all about the balloons you gave them, alongside Honoka and her equipment.
I-I-I realize just how much of a lucky bastard I am to be friends with you. The amount of guys who would kill to be in my position is astronomical, I bet.
If you want to sever the ties between us, then I understand. I'll walk out of the door and won't come back."
CHIKA: "Aki..."
AKI: *Sob* "I'm sorry... I'm really sorry... I-"
*STOMP*
AKI: "ACK!"
YOSHIKO: "We get it!"
RUBY: "Yoshiko?!"
HANAMARU: "Wait, she knows what she's doing."
YOSHIKO: "You've done bad things, so what?! I'd expect better from you than to drop to your knees and grovel!
I find it hard to believe you're the same boy who said I was blowing my relationship with my Mom out of proportion!"
AKI: "..."
YOSHIKO: "The Right Hand of Yohane doesn't fall. He's there to pick her up when she falls."
AKI: "Yoshik- Mistress Yohane..."
HANAMARU: "Now you've got him calling you that..."
YOSHIKO: "Hey!"
YOU: "Are you giving up?"
AKI: "Huh?"
YOU: "Or, are you going to get up?"
RIKO: "If you try walking out that door, I will stop you. Like you stopped me when we first met."
AKI: "Yeah, but I won't threaten to pepper spray you."
KANAN: "You carry pepper spray?"
RIKO: "Sometimes."
DIA: "Th-That's prohibited on school grounds!"
YOSHIKO: "Great work. Lili. Yohane's Left Hand must carry her weapon at all times!"
DIA: "D-Don't encourage her!"
RIKO: *Sigh* "This isn't Yoshiko you're talking to. I'm more competent than you think."
YOSHIKO: "Hey! And it's Yohane! YO-HA-NE!"
My knees were pressed against the floorboards; I could feel them bruising by the second. It made it all the more difficult to stand.
But when I did...
*HUG*
AKI: "?!"
CHIKA: "Welcome back. I thought I'd lost you..."
AKI: *Sigh* "No way I'm ever leaving you. We're rivals, remember?"
CHIKA: *Chuckle* "Right!"
YOU: "Um... Earth to Chika, you can let go now."
CHIKA: "EH?! Oh, uh... Sorry."
AKI: "That's okay."
It looks like Aqours, forgive me. But I should update them on my situation...