NaruMika

NaruMika is the het ship between Arashi Narukami and Mika Kagehira from the Ensemble Stars fandom.

Canon
Arashi and Mika are both idols, though they are under different agencies. Arashi is part of NEW DIMENSION's Knights while Mika is part of COSMIC PRODUCTION's Valkyrie. Both attend Yumenosaki Private Academy, and they became close friends during their first year. In their second year, they were in the same class, Class 2-B. However, the two were in different classes in their third year.

Arashi is rather protective of Mika, and she often targets Shu because of this. Arashi often threatens to punch Shu if he exhausts Mika, and Arashi states that she would never forgive Shu if he makes Mika cry.

Reminiscence ＊ Marionette
Arashi hugs Mika from behind, which scares him. Mika tells Arashi that it's fine if she hugs him from behind as long as she doesn't do it by surprise. Arashi apologizes and says that Mika's reaction was cute. Arashi points out that Mika's finger is bleeding from sewing, and she rushes to get a bandaid to fix it up. Mika calls Arashi a drama queen and says that he's fine, but Arashi suggests taking Mika to the infirmary.

Arashi and Mika go to the infirmary and then to the garden terrace. Mika talks about how Arashi is irresponsible since she took Mika to the infirmary with the intent of getting out of class. Mika admits that he was afraid of Arashi when they first met since Arashi was more manly, but Arashi expresses that she wants to forget about that time. Arashi asks that Mika treat her to sweets, but Mika says that he's out of money. Arashi praises Mika and says that he has a pretty face, and Mika gives in and says he'll treat Arashi if she orders a cheap dish.

When Arashi's half-size cake arrives, she notices that Mika didn't order anything for himself. Mika says that sweets upset his stomach, and Arashi worries that Mika is too thin because he doesn't eat properly.

Bouquet of Desire
Mika works to buy flowers for Arashi.

Cheval Live
In chapter 1. Mika spaced out and doesn't responds when Arashi talks to him, Arashi starts to ask Mika a bunch of questions that might be the reason of why he spaced out. Mika eventually responds to Arashi saying that he's okay and that she doesn't have to worry much.

In chapter 3, Mika asks Arashi what her schedule is for the next week, if Arashi's free, Mika wants her to perform in a "Summer Fes" with him. Arashi asks what she has to do with it, Mika then says that he wants to give Arashi all the memories she can't make over the vacation, so he thought maybe they could do the "Summer Fes" together. Arashi blanked out upon hearing this, making Mika nervous. Arashi apologize as she explains to Mika how she's deeply moved by it, she thanked Mika and says she's super happy that Mika said that and then she says she'll participate in the "Summer Fes" with him.

A week later, they arrived in a horse-riding club, Mika realises that they were in the wrong location which lead him to panicking. Arashi comforts him, telling him to calm down and took a deep breath. After he calmed down, he explains how he made a big mistake by accidentally signing up a promotional live for the horse-riding club.

In the day of the promotional live, Arashi greets Mika with a good morning which Mika replies to with excitement. Arashi noticed how he's full of energy and said that his smile is the best, along with a compliment saying that his costumes are very stylish. Mika also compliments her back saying that she look's like a model and how he's kinda captivated. As everyone has mounted their horses, Mika is the only left and he tries to get on his but is struggling, Arashi then offers her hand to Mika tellng him to get on behind her. Before Mika could even properly speak Arashi grabbed his hand and pulled Mika right onto the horse, Mika is stunned at this and thinks that she's very strong and how she look's like a real knight now.

At the middle of their performance, Mika suddenly stopped moving, Arashi asks if he forgot the choreography and how she can take over while Mika just do the steps during the practice if he truly forgot. Mika suddenly apologizes to Arashi, Arashi asks him why he suddenly starts apologizing and says how it's fine and he can rely to her. Mika explains why he feels like he needs to apologizes for the inconvenience that he has caused, saying how he's a big idiot for it. However, Arashi doesn't think that at all, she is grateful that a friend of her try this hard for her, she tells Mika that doing this promotion for the riding club with him was the most wonderful memory she hope to make and thanked Mika because of him she has experienced a piece of the best summer ever. Arashi told Mika to lift his head up and sing and dance together with her, she also wants to show everyone how close they are. Mika says no as he thinks it'll be hot if Arashi clings to her and how she'll get sweaty because of this and Mika doesn't want it to happened as Arashi hates sweating. Arashi then tells Mika how she would't suggest it if she hates it, because MIka's special as he is her best friend. Mika eventually agrees and show everyone that Arashi is his most wonderful friend in the entire world. Arashi thinks so too since Mika said that, and how she wants them both to keep getting along, along with an "I love you" in her mind.

Requiem
Mika expresses his thankfulness to Arashi and asks if they can be friends forever and ever. Arashi is ecstatic upon hearing this, and she says that she would have fallen for Mika if they weren't friends.

Ensemble Stars!!
Both Arashi and Mika live on the first floor of the Starmony Dorms. This makes Arashi happy since she can easily check up on Mika and make sure he's alright. Arashi goes over to Mika's dorm room and has a girls night with Mika and Mika's roommate.

Quotes
"Naru-chan is my best friend, too! Everyone~ look, look! This is my most wonderful friend in the whole world ♪"

- Mika about Arashi in "Cheval Live" Epilogue 2

"My, my, saying that kind of thing... but, if you say i'm the most wonderful friend in the world, then i also feel the exact same way about Mika-chan. Let's keep getting along well from now on. I love you, Mika-chan"

- Arashi thinking to herself from "Cheval Live" Epilogue 2

Fanon
NaruMika is a relatively popular ship, though it rivals ShuMika. Some people like to view NaruMika as a T4T, transgender for transgender, couple. Some view the ship as het where Mika is a trans man, though others view NaruMika as a femslash ship where Mika is a trans woman. The pairing has a decent amount of fan art as well as 192+ romantic works and 61+ gen works on AO3. Fan content often depicts NaruMika being a wholesome and fluffy romance.

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Trivia

 * They have a height difference of 5cm, Mika being 171cm and Arashi being 176cm.

Variations

 * NaruShuMika refers to the ship between the two and Shu Itsuki