Just as Maki was about to start stripping for her bath, she could her her phone ringing in the other room.

"Sorry, I got a call, I'll be right back. Don't jump in just yet, wait for me. I don't want you drowning in my bathtub~" Maki morbidly joked.

Walking back into her bedroom, Maki picked up her phone, wondering who could be calling this late at night. It was Nozomi, not someone Maki expected.

"Hello? Nozomi? What's up?"

"Hello Maki-chan... Is Nicocchi with you by any chance?"

"Umm... yeah... she is... Why do you ask?" Maki questioned, feeling suspicious after what Nico had told her.

"I have something to confess... By any chance, is Nicocchi... tiny right now?"

"What is her game here?" Maki wondered. "Yeah, she is... how did you know?"

"Oh dear... Well, I didn't want it to come to this, but I thought you should know... Our little Nicocchi has been deceiving us..."

"What do you mean deceiving? She told me that you made her shrink and put her in my shoe."

"Huh!? She said that? She really is a sneaky little one... Maki-chan, you must believe me, that isn't what happened. I'll tell you the full story..."

Maki peered into the bathroom and saw Nico's tiny shrunken body still sitting on the side of the bathtub, waiting for her to return. Walking into the hallway so their conversation couldn't be heard, Maki replied, "I'm listening."

"You see, a few weeks ago, I found Nicocchi all tiny and shrunken in our club room. She told me she apparently randomly shrank. Only for some reason, I found her struggling to get out of your panties... I believed her then and helped her out. She made me promise to keep it on the down-low between us. But over the next few weeks I'd been following her in secret. Almost every day after our school idol practice, I'd found her shrunken and sniffing around our clothes. Honoka-chan's panties one day, Elicchi's socks the next. Even Hanayo-chan's pantyhose... Nico doesn't know that I know, but I believe she's been shrinking herself on purpose to perv on us..."

Maki was too stunned to speak for a moment, unable to form a coherent response. "That... t-that doesn't sound like Nico..."

"I know. I had trouble coming to terms with the idea myself. But after hearing you say that she blames this on me... I can't believe she's throwing me under the bus to cover up her perversion!"

"I... I'll talk to you later, Nozomi-chan, thank you for telling me."

"Okay Maki-chan, thank you too. Good night~"

Nozomi and Maki ended the call. Nozomi let out a devilish little giggle, her plan had worked perfectly.

Walking back into the bathroom with a stern look on her face, Maki looked down at her tiny "friend"

"What took you so long, who were you talking to?" Nico whined.

Maki simply stared down at her, wondering what her next move should be.