A Musical Practice

[honokairo]

Who: The Love Live! Girls, anyone who lives at Hikawa Shrine, and anyone leaving and entering the shrine! And stalkers. There are stalkers.
What: Practice for performing on stage! Their first practice ever.
When: Sometime in the afternoon, after school is over.
Where: Hikawa Shrine, Union.
Summary: Honoka has finally managed to amass a group of people to get together as a little musical group to perform. They are going to try to practice together for the first time, and that could go any number of ways.

"Hello everyone!" She shouts once all the girls who she expected to come to practice arrive. "I wasn't sure where we could practice, but I'm so glad Rei let us come here and use the courtyard! So!"

She stands, feet at shoulder width, in front of the girls, looking determined as ever.

"We'll do some singing first! And after a little break, we'll try dancing! Someone will need to clap for us to keep time, but we can alternate who does that so everyone gets to practice dancing. And then! We can get something to eat when we're done! If there's someone you don't know, get to know them a little bit before we begin our practice!"

"Okay! Let's start!"

Comments

[honokairo]

[She tries it again. Almost screws it up, but manages.]

Let's try it together now, Kotori!

[Somehow she's afraid this won't end well.]

[unbalancedlove]

[What can go wrong besides everything?]

Okay. One, two... three!

[And they do. How long until they spin into each other quite painfully?]

[honokairo]

[It seems to be going well until Honoka misses a beat, spins late, and WHAM

right into Kotori...]

[unbalancedlove]

[The pain! Kotori lets out a shriek at the crash and tries to move away, one of her legs getting entangled between Honoka's in the process. Down they go.]

[umiiroshoujo]

[Sigh. Umi facepalms. Come on, it's not that hard!]

Honoka, your timing was off.

[honokairo]

[Her face scrunches in pain as she tries to untangle herself from Kotori. From the ground, she looks up at Umi.]

I missed a step!? [Oh noooo]

[unbalancedlove]

[She tries to do the same thing which makes raising from the ground easier. Their clothes are dirty now though.}

Did she?

[Neither of them even notice...]

[umiiroshoujo]

You spun just a moment too late.

You'll need to work on your timing.

[honokairo]

Ohhhh.... [She's not sure if she'll get it but she has to get it she has to]

Come on Kotori, let's try to get this right. Maybe we should slow down and work on it before we put it together again.

[unbalancedlove]

That sounds good... speed isn't good for us.

[It really hurt and you are not light, Honoka.]

Whenever you are ready.

[honokairo]

Okay! [This time, it's taken slower. Step, spin, stepppp....

Teeeeteeeerrrr....... oh nooooo she's losing her balance...]

Yaaaaah! [TRYING NOT TO CRASH INTO KOTORI....HOPEFULLY SHE DOESN'T SPIN INTO HONOKA....]

[umiiroshoujo]

[Umi watches them like a Talonflame examining its prey. Step it up, you two!

When she spots Honoka starting to lose her balance, she holds her breath. Come on, don't mess it up again...]

[unbalancedlove]

W-waah!

[Not again! This time the birdy girl is mentally prepared and defies the step by spinning to the other side. This means nothing is stopping Honoka now though!]

[honokairo]

[MISSES KOTORI AND LANDS ON THE GROUND IN A HEAP BOOM]

Owwwwww!!!!

[umiiroshoujo]

[Aaaaand Umi sighs. They've still got a long way to go.]

[honokairo]

Maybe...I shouldn't of spun so fast...

[Trying to pick herself up off the ground again. That hurt.]

[unbalancedlove]

[A certain bird offers a hand to her friend.]

Sorry, I should have caught you...

[And then they'll both be in the ground, wouldn't they?]

[honokairo]

No, it's okay! Next time I'll get it.

[They would both be in the ground. Sadness.]

[umiiroshoujo]

I don't expect you to get it immediately, but you'll need to practice.

[unbalancedlove]

Maybe we should work on it separately first?

[Would that help on not crashing?]

[honokairo]

[Holding her head as she stands up, still grimacing, she has to agree.]

Yeah, I think we should. I don't want to end up on the ground again!

[umiiroshoujo]

[Umi nods.]

It'll get you used to the steps, at least.

[unbalancedlove]

Let's do our best, Honoka.

[For the sake of not getting hurt at least.]

[honokairo]

Yosh! We'll practice on our own then put it together. I'll call you when I think I'm ready, Kotori!

[unbalancedlove]

Okay! Good luck~!

[And they practice alone for a while with surprising determination.]