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✦ - sorry this chapter is way shorter than usual, this was all I could think of. I hope you enjoy anyway!

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✎ Emu was admiring Tsukasa from afar. he was talking with Rui about their next show. Emu fawned over him more until she heard a few loud stomps coming towards her. she shivered, trying to ignore it.

"hello, Emu," Nene greeted calmly from behind, making Emu jump in surprise. "oh, hello... Nene-chan!" Emu greeted back, loudly but awkwardly. she thinks she might've got caught!

"what'cha doing, Emu?" Nene asked in a sing-song voice, as if to tease Emu.

'oh no! I'm sure I've definitely been caught now!' Emu thought to herself, panicking, though on the outside, she looked totally calm.

"oh! y'know, Nene-chan! just Wonderhoy!!~" Emu did her usual pose, trying to make it seem more convincing. despite that, she was still lying very horribly, making it more obvious she was trying to hide something. so, the pose didn't help at all, not to mention she didn't do it as naturally as she usually would.

"yeah, righttt... well, to me it seems like you're peeking at Tsukasa-kun... again," Nene teased with a soft smile. Emu blushed, realizing she was one hundred percent caught.

"I-I- uh- I was just-!" Emu tried to make up any excuse she could on the spot, twiddling her thumbs shyly while doing so. let's just say she had nothing. "yeah... I know you were just fawning over Tsukasa a few minutes ago," Nene finished Emu's sentence in a teasing manner. Emu turned bright red at the accusation, which was totally true by the way.

Nene smirked at Emu's reaction. "okay... how about you go kiss him on the cheek? nothing wrong with that, right? just a friendly kiss," Nene dared, poking fun at Emu by knowing it wasn't just a friendly kiss on the cheek if it's your crushes' cheek.

"what?! Nene-chan, noooo!! I can't do that!" Emu cried out, cupping her vividly pink cheeks with her hands."c'mon, Emu! go, Emu!!" Nene cheered her on. "but- Nene-chan!" Emu whisper-shouted, still flustered. "y'know, Emu... I notice the way you look at him, everyone can tell how much you're in love with him," Nene stated in a deadpan tone.

continuing, "I heard from, let's say, the grape vine... that Tsukasa has a thing for you too. so, I would say you should give it a shot," Nene advised very seriously and passionately, a bit jealous of how passionate each of them were for each other, but happy for them at best.

Emu gasped before smiling from ear to ear, her eyes glowing with happiness. "really, really?!? what's he think about me?!" Emu asked excitedly, jumping up and down at a rapid speed.

"okay, jeez! quiet down a bit..." Nene agreed to tell Emu about Tsukasa's secret opinions on her, making Emu calm down.

after the secrets were revealed, Emu felt riled up, as if she was ready to make a move. "thank you, Nene-chan! I think I'm ready to try!" Emu confessed, very hyper while doing so, making Nene smirk before pushing her out from behind the stage to onto the stage.

Emu slowly tip-toed towards Tsukasa, stopping in front of Rui and him. "Tsukasa-kun, I just wanted to say... thank you!!" Emu shouted, bending over and puckering up. she kissed Tsukasa on his cheek before she ran off, giggling uncontrollably.

Rui glanced at Tsukasa, he was caressing the cheek Emu had kissed before bursting into a flustered rampage a few seconds later. "AAAAAAAAAHHH!!" Tsukasa shouted, as red as a tomato. Rui smirked at Tsukasa, and impressed by Emu for making the first move.

Emu ran as fast as possible towards Nene. 'I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST DID THAT!' Emu turned as red as Tsukasa was in a panic, continuing when she stopped in front of Nene, "I think I enjoyed it..." Emu confessed, fading into a darker shade of red.

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✦ - 07/29/2023