SID 04♪ Rin and One Night’s Mistake

sorry for the late post!! i went to Aqours 2nd delayed viewing today (it was a blast!!!!) and forgot to queue this like the fool i am :^ )

3 days left to Rin’s birthday!!

Hoshizora Rin SID masterpost



“Ah, a shooting star.”



As soon as Rin pointed towards the sky, Nozomi-chan laughed out loud.

“It feels like ever since ya got here, shooting stars started appearing more frequently. Does that mean you’re a goddess of luck? Or a goddess of plague that keeps making the lucky stars fall…“

Nozomi-chan said as she giggled.

Right now, we’re on Otonokizaka High School’s rooftop.

It has always been the place for µ’s practices, but once it hits 8pm, it’ll become pitch black— it looks like a completely different place.

Even though summer is almost over, today is still really hot. But, as if it accidentally broke in, a fresh breeze accompanied by the smell of autumn…

…blew across the dark night sky.

Tonight… was the last practice of µ’s summer camp.

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We held a two-days-one-night in-school training camp this time because we were going to hold the next concert soon, and decided to do one last strengthening training, although… Rin feels like it’s because summer break was almost over and everyone felt a little lonely, so we wanted to gather together and play, nya.

Our in-school training camp is us renting a mattress and blanket, and then having a sleepover in the classroom — this kind of simple training.

Because it’s a simple two-days-one-night training camp, we started the practice as soon as we gathered at 7am, ate lunch that we brought ourselves, had a tea time at 3pm with desserts each of us brought over (Rin brought baked pudding that she strongly recommends!), and cooked curry together in the cooking classroom for dinner— and we’ll have takeout for tomorrow’s lunch, nya!

Ahaha~ I’m so excited♪

Which shop should we eat at tomorrow?

Although Kayo-chin said she wanted rice balls, it’s not often we get training camps— isn’t it too boring to just eat some kind of normal lunch like that? We practiced nonstop, so no matter if it’s morning, afternoon, or night, we’ll be super-starved. Rin wanted to eat the big-sized fried prawn Salisbury steak lunch that the mobile stalls sells outside of our school more…… Ah! The Chinese takeout ramen our teachers often ate in the staff office sounds good too, nya! Rin has always wanted to try that~

Every time Rin got called to the staff office for her homework problems, Rin could vaguely smell pork bone soy sauce ramen around lunch time. After all, Otonokizaka High School doesn’t have its own canteen, so students can never have piping hot food— of course I would want to try it. Ooh~ I’m drooling just from thinking about it, better suck it back♪

No no, didn’t we just eat a huge bowl of extra-sugar super-sweet curry that Honoka-chan made using her secret recipe?!

With the break time after dinner coming to an end, it’s about time that we head to the sports complex for our nighttime practice.

The sports complex is normally occupied by the volleyball club and table tennis club, so we in µ’s don’t have many chances to have it all to ourselves; Rin was full of energy from her excitement. Also, the sports complex has a huge mirror wall, so we can see our own dance moves clearly!

But, huh? Nozomi-chan— where did she disappear to?

“Rin’ll go look for her, nya!”

Rin said after noticing Nozomi-chan was nowhere to be found, and left the classroom…

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Washroom, staff room, third-year classroom and shower room— Rin looked in all sorts of places. I thought it was pretty unlikely that she would be at our usual practice ground on the rooftop, so I went there last.

And I found Nozomi-chan there.

As soon as I opened the only metal door leading to the rooftop by the stairs, the cool night air blasted Rin instantly.

Whoo— it’s already this chilly!

Rin ran towards the centre of the rooftop, throwing her arms open— and looked around.

Nozomi-chan was right at the west wing of the rooftop. It’s the place where you can see the view below the clearest on the peak of Otonokizaka’s building, which was built on top of a hill.

Oh, what— there you are, nya.

Rin was surprised that Nozomi-chan didn’t head over to the sports complex already, since we rarely have the chance to practice there…

“Nozomi-chan, our nyaighttime practice is about to start—“

Rin said to Nozomi-chan by the metal door of the rooftop staircase.

Nozomi-chan was emitting a peaceful aura which was different than usual, lying alone in the middle of the rooftop… But, Rin gazed at her……

And thought that her figure was… really beautiful.

Rin approached unconsciously.

It was at this moment, that a ray of light blinked past.

A shooting star shined in front of Rin, and disappeared immediately.

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Nozomi-chan said, laughing: “Since you saw that many shooting stars, you must be a goddess of plague.” Rin isn’t some kind of goddess of plague— Rin originally wanted to retort back.

But for some reason, Rin suddenly thought that was funny too, and started laughing along.

“Is it goddess of luck or plague, nya~ I myself don’t know either, nya. Ah— but I have been seeing shooting stars pretty often since I was little. Maybe the spirits of shooting stars really like me. After all, the word ‘starry sky’ is in my name☆”

Rin purposely struck her signature ‘Courage Rin Rin Hoshizora Rin!’ victory sign pose, while doing a little dance for Nozomi-chan. Then Nozomi-chan, who was still lying on the floor, laughed heartily.

“As expected of the only person who can rival Honoka’s energy♪”

Huh… what’s happening?

The night wind—

…made a rustling sound as it blew past us.

It feels like making Nozomi-chan laugh today made Rin extra happy☆

“But, Nozomi-chan is really lucky too, right? You’ve seen many shooting stars since you were little too, nya? Did all your wishes come true?”

Rin asked Nozomi-chan out of curiosity.

“To be honest, Rin… even though I see shooting stars pretty often, I can’t decide what to wish for right away. Rin always gets anxious about wanting to quickly make a wish before the shooting star disappears, so much that Rin starts to panic, so I don’t manage to make a wish most of the time, nya. Heh heh heh.”

Rin scratched her head laughing as Nozomi-chan smiled while looking at her.

“I was determined to successfully make a wish next time, so I thought of a wish first so that I can just say it when I see a shooting star next time. But when I actually see a shooting star, I can only think of wanting to eat taiyaki or ramen or something. I only thought of this kind of wish in that instant, so even if the wish came true, I wouldn’t know if it’s due to the shooting star or if it’s just pure coincidence…“

Nozomi-chan smiled even brighter now.

“Ho ho— is that so? What a shame you waste all those wishes on such silly things. But, if everyone was as easygoing as you, this world would be more peaceful. But…. I think it must be that…“

Nozomi-chan turned over halfway saying that, looking straight up at the sky— gazing upon the stars in the night sky.

Her profile looked clear and moving.

Nozomi-chan continued:

“Y’know, I don’t think it has anything to do with the star gods blessing you. I think it’s because Rin-chan’s surname is ‘starry sky’— you look up at the stars more than other people ever since you were little.”

Nozomi-chan looked more serious than usual when she said that.

She lightly nodded to herself, and continued again:

“It’s probably because ya have a ‘star’ in your name that you naturally paid more attention to the night sky since you were young— so you look up at the sky a lot, right? If you look at the night sky more frequently, you’re bound to see more shooting stars. It’s surprising how these little innate qualities can affect people’s lives. Take me: because I was born in a family whose members keep transferring from jobs, I have to… transfer schools from one place to another. It even made me…“

Nozomi-chan paused a bit.

She started looking at the sky again.

And then giggled softly, saying:

“Thanks to that, I end up randomly mixing in Kansai dialect when I talk.”

Nozomi-chan gave Rin a faint smile, and went back to staring at the night sky.

Looking at this kind of Nozomi-chan, a mysterious feeling surfaced inside of Rin.

Nozomi-chan has an expression on her face that Rin has never seen before.

What… is she thinking?

I want to see what it is like in her mind.

Inside her mind— is it µ’s, nya?

Even though everyone gathered here for the training camp.

Nozomi-chan is stargazing here alone.

Rin suddenly felt uneasy.

Nozomi-chan— how do you see everyone?

Unable to hold back…

Rin said these kind of words, nya.

“Nozomi-chan, are you… lonely?”

A wave of silence appeared right above Nozomi-chan.

Silently.

All the sounds ceased.

It’s almost like we’re in the pitch-black of outer space.

What should I do?

Did Rin say something wrong?

Although…

It feels like a waste if you used this time to talk.

It feels like this silence… is very important.

Rin silently crouched down, and held Nozomi-chan’s hand.

Why?

Rin doesn’t really know either.

But it feels like Nozomi-chan wanted Rin to do this.

Eh? Or is it… Rin actually wanted to do this herself?

Heh heh.

Rin herself isn’t sure either☆

But… Nozomi-chan didn’t blame or make fun of Rin.

She just… didn’t move. Having held her hands, Rin felt like this.

Nozomi-chan’s hands are very soft, just like rice cakes that you can’t resist, and it’s those kind of freshly pounded big rice cakes, nya!

Nozomi-chan squeezed Rin’s hand a little… but the next second……

She started tickling Rin’s palm! Aaahhhh, it’s a tickle attack!

“Nyaa— That tickles! Nozomi-chan, what are you doing, ahahahahaha—”

Jeez, Nozomi-chan is so cunning, nya.

Rin is super ticklish, nya~!

But Nozomi-chan still continued attacking Rin, who was now laughing on the ground.

“It’s on ya for falling into my trap, and attacking me like that?”

Nozomi-chan grinned slyly after saying that, got up immediately, and unleashed another round of tickle attacks on Rin!

“Eek— Aah, not there, please not my tummy~! I give up! I give up! I lost, please, Nozomi-chan, stop~ it~ now~!”

Both of us lay on the ground, trying to catch our breath.

The silence from just now is already nowhere to be found.

Right now on the roof, there’s only the night sky that’s brightly but gently lit up by the stars, and Nozomi-chan with her usual cheery— and a little bit of— looking-down-on-you kind of smile.

“C’mon, let’s go!”

Nozomi-chan didn’t care about Rin tearing up from laughing, and stood up on her own.

“Huh? Go where…“

Rin asked, dumbfounded.

“Didn’t Rin-chan say it was time for our nighttime practice?”

Nozomi-chan dusted away the dirt on her skirt.

At the same time, she looked intently at Rin, who was still lying on the floor.

“What a view~ I can see your panties♥”

“Uwahhh—!”

Did Rin accidentally flash her favourite panties while rolling about just now?

Rin quickly tried to pull down her skirt— ah.

Rin is wearing her gym pants for practice.

“Jeez, Nozomi-chan, you liar!”

Rin stood up too, and clenched her fists, putting on an act to lightly punch her.

Nozomi-chan smiled as she grabbed Rin’s hands.

“I’m not sad anymore.”

She said this sentence briefly.

Huh…?

“My lonely life… has already ended.”

Nozomi-chan smiled as she finished.

“Because I met all of you.”

And then, Nozomi-chan roughly patted Rin’s head, until her hair was all ruffled.

“Wah—“

Rin should be used to this by now, but for some reason, it still gave me a shock!

“All right, let’s get going.”

Nozomi-chan turned around for real this time, and walked towards the staircase.

In the end, Rin still doesn’t really understand what Nozomi-chan is thinking. And that is the report Rin wrote after seeing Nozomi-chan in the late summer.

Feels like Nozomi-chan…

…is really hard to get, like a mysterious kitty kind of person. She must have a lot of things that Rin can’t imagine in her mind… Rin wanted to take a peek at what’s in her mind, but it feels like if I take a look, it’ll be like being in a haunted house— something scary will happen, nya.

Everyone in µ’s always tells Rin, “You’re too reckless, you never think about the outcome!”, but Nozomi-chan can actually make Rin ponder deeply; she’s really something else.

She’s just like a beautiful kitty walking on the night of a full moon with her head held high.

Cats don’t go in groups, instead preferring to go by themselves alone.

But, during a full moon night… cats will all gather together, making a cat party. And then, everyone will happily sing and dance together, enjoying their cat’s life, nya.

I hope the next time a night full of stars comes around, Rin will be able to sing with Nozomi-chan by her side.

Nozomi-chan’s party time.

That summer night, Rin thought that it would be nice if µ’s could go on forever and ever.

Comments ♥ Nico

Wow~ How could Rin-chan and Nozomi-chan secretly go on a date on the rooftop, that’s so sly-nico! I didn’t even know you two were on a secret date during that training camp. You girls must have done something that you couldn’t write in this diary~ Eek~! My heart is pumping really fast just from thinking of what you girls might have done♥ After all, Nico is an innocent idol who hasn’t had her first relationship♪♪ You two must never do this kind of thing that makes people’s heart race, like being off alone in secret again. Next time, remember to invite me too♥♥ I’ll keep hitting the shutter-nico♪

