My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

Bad News & Good News (Vol. 1 End)

Thank goodness his cousin wasn't going to be staying here for much longer. Ishi knew that he wouldn't be able to handle much more admiration towards Rinse from Koto any longer. Things were also looking up from the news that renovations for their spare room were finished. That meant he didn't have to have a room so close to that idol.

Right now, the boy was surveying his room. There was going to be a lots of things needing to be moved fairly soon before this Summer break ended. Chances were that he wasn't going to be receiving much help from people who would want to keep him in this room.

"Ishi, I got some great news for you!" Koto came barging into his room unannounced. Of course, to this point they were sharing it while this boy was visiting. So he wasn't expecting much privacy for the time being.

"Hopefully it's you going back home soon." While he was more than ready for this boy to leave his life. It was a little sad that they wouldn't be seeing each other anymore. Not after his cousin moved away from the country with his parents.

"That's the thing, this is my home now too." Ishi shook his head in response. Did he just hear that right?

"Mom, dad, what's the meaning of this?" He asked after calling them into his room.

"We wanted to keep it a surprise from you." They answered him.

"You know I hate surprises." They usually were not will with any joy for him. This example being the most prominent.

"Well, surely you would've figured out why we were renovating the extra room." It turned out that this was known to them for at least a couple of months. Koto's parents felt bad about taking their child out of Japan after he spend all his life growing up here. Which is why Ishi's parent agreed to take the boy in to allow him to not have to worry about a massive change in lifestyle.

"Great..." He responded sarcastically. There went another set of his plans down the drain. Perhaps he could've asked his cousin if that boy wanted to room next to Rinse. Then again, that kid was really annoying to him as is. If he had the chance to irritate the idol, then that was no good. Ishi wouldn't want that fate set on anyone, not even his enemies. Not that he considered her to be an enemy.

"That's good to hear." His mom exclaimed. "Now, the rest of his things will be coming in a truck later. So we'll be helping him finish the move-in today." Another thing to put a damper on his day. The boy really didn't want to do more physical labor.

Though that's what he had to do as the vehicle came in with all the stuff a young teenage boy would own. Which turned out to be quite a bit.

"What do you have in here?" He complained as he struggled to pick up one of the boxes. "Weights or something?"

"How'd you know?" It turned out that boy had been attempting to work out. This was spurred due to the comments about his rather feminine nature, so perhaps muscles could fix that problem. So far that wasn't working.

"Why do you have so much manga?"

"Well, I like having the physical thing. You never know what might happen to digital."

"And I'm pretty sure you'll never need to shave."

"...Y-you never know..." While they were taking the multiple trips in and out, their conversations caught the ear of one specific girl.

"What's up with all this?" She walked up to the pair. "You aren't moving away are you?"

"Sadly, no." Ishi answered. "My wonderful cousin is actually moving into my place."

"Really?" While she didn't hate the boy or anything. Koto was a little bit much into her personal space. Hopefully that would fade once he was used to her presence. "Do you two need help with any of this?"