My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

Gal Magic

Ishi wandered the grounds outside. He wasn't paying too much attention to what was available for him and the rest of the students, since he wasn't interested in doing any of it. Everyone else around him certain was though, with all the laughing smiles they had on. He had a very neutral expression on his face, which might as well as looked like a depressed frown compared to the people around him.

But he wasn't sad. In fact, this was the most happy the boy had been in a long while. Kind of, since this was what he had been asking for the past couple of months now. Yet now that Ishi was getting what he wanted, it was a little disappointing. Somehow, it felt like something was missing that should be right besides him.

Last year when he did the same thing, but he didn't feel this way. What was going on with him, he wondered. Perhaps Rinse's influence did hit him after all. Not in any major personality changes, but more being less willing to live a life of idleness. Probably because she lived a life of idolness instead which gave him something to be interested in.

"You look like a real bored person." While he was walking, lost in thought, a person running a stand called out to him. She was running a carnival game type deal with darts. "Care to give my stand a try?"

"Sure." He came up and dropped a coin to participate. This was a simple game of popping balloons, so the boy figured that he'd be winning without much effort. He tossed the first dart. Miss. The second one came out of his hand. Miss.

"Aw, looks like you're down to your last shot." The host spoke teasingly. "Let's see if you've got what it takes to win." Ishi entered a state of laser focus with his last dart. He eyed up the target from his hand and prepared to throw.

"Wait!" A hand came from behind and stopped his attempt. It was Ryugi holding him back.

"What are you doing." He pulled his arm away from her. "You're going to mess me up."

"Judging from your first two shots, I think you're already messed up." She took the dart from his hand with a nice slight of hand. "You're thinking too hard, just do it. Don't over think it." Then she closed her eyes to make the throw with his last dart.

"D-don't do that." He scolded her, putting his hand up to protect his eyes. However, when she made her toss, a pop of a balloon proved her aim to be true.

"That was incredibly dangerous, but congrats." The host handed a stuffed animal to her. "I swear this happens all the time."

"Yay!" Ryugi did a small jump into the air upon receiving her gift. "Don't think you can just take it because you paid for the darts."

"I mean, I did pay for them." He responded. "But I don't care about stupid toys like that." However, he did have another question for this girl. Why was she here with him all alone? She was a very popular student at school, maybe the most before Rinse made her arrival and stole all the thunder.

"Ah, they're all too busy with their stands and stuff to hang out with me." She answered. "Plus, some of them have little brothers and sisters in the first year and are helping with the play." That reminded Ishi, he was going to have to check it out. Not because he cared about the story being told on stage, but to see what was to happen with his cousin.

"All right, bye then." He then made his move to leave her.

"Wait." She stopped him. "I'm really bored and I can't just go do stuff here all alone. That would make me look lame."

"Then go look for some other boy to take you around." As stated earlier, she was a very popular girl. Surely nearly every boy near them would love to take her around like it was a date.