Just as Maki and Honoka waved goodbye, they saw Eli running towards them.

"Hey girls!! I-I need your help!" Eli called out, waving her arm in the air and looking like she was carrying something in her hand.

Honoka and Maki looked at each other, both with the same thought. "Uh oh..."

Once Eli caught up with them, she bent down to catch her breath for a moment, before standing up and showing them what she had in her hand.

Standing on Eli's sweaty palm were the shrunken Nico and Kotori.

"Let me guess, they ate Nozomi's cupcakes too?" Maki asked.

"How did you know that they...? Aren't you surprised...?" said Eli rather confused.

Without a word in response, Maki simply opened her purse and pulled out Hanayo and Rin, while Honoka held out her palm with Umi on it.

"O-oh... oh my... this is a bigger problem than I thought..." muttered Eli.

"Or rather a lot of smaller problems! Nayaha!" laughed Rin, not really seeing the severity in the situation.

"Seems like we all have a bone to pick with Nozomi tomorrow!" said Honoka with a giggle.

"Yes, it seems so. I haven't seen her since idol practice, and she's not answering my texts. I was planning on letting Kotori and Nico stay with me tonight. Were you two planning to do the same with your, um, tiny comrades? Eli inquired.

"Tch, I don't wanna stay with anyone, I can take care of myself..." muttered Nico, to which Kotori chastised her.

"We should be thankful Eli didn't squish us, Nico!"

"Yeah with her big butt she almost sat on us!" complained the black haired idol.

Laughing at their apparent comedy duo routine, Honoka chimed in. "Well you'll never guess how Umi got my attention, she started climbing me and got stuck on my pan--"

"HONOKA!" Umi cried out with her face completely flushed red.

"Ahem, a-anyways, now that we all seem to be on the same page, why don't we just have a sleepover tonight. I'll invite you all over my place. Then tomorrow we can go to school together and confront Nozomi. I'm sure she can fix them," offered Eli, to which everyone agreed.


The group of eight walked to Eli's house, chatting along the way. The three normal sized girls were in their own world while the shrunken five were placed in Maki's purse for safekeeping.
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June 1, 2023