My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

Favors

After the culture festival was over, Ishi was hoping that life would return to some semblance of normality for the remainder of his final year of high school. As fate would have it, the literal next day had already given him something to complain about.

"So, about that date I got with Otoya." Rinse asked him as they reached their first break. "Is it really tomorrow?" She was hoping that there would at least be some time before she would have to deal with it. However, given the schedules of her idol career and his as a high school boy. This was the only available time that they could find that was relatively soon. Especially since she would be busy with what would be coming up during the festival.

"I'm sorry, but that's the best we can all do." He replied. "Can't you just try and survive for one day? I already promised I'll do whatever you want if that makes you feel better." Though whatever her wish was going to be, Ishi wasn't looking forward to it.

"I was actually thinking of cashing it in now." She wanted more time to ask this of him, mainly because she wasn't certain how he'd react to her request. "You see, I don't want to go on a solo date with your friend."

"Do you really need a babysitter?" He asked, knowing that Otoya would never attempt to wrong her in any manner. "He's weird, but he's a good guy."

"No. I meant that I want you to go on a double date with us." Somehow the words 'double date' had really gotten into his conscious ever since her arrival. Though he never dreamed that she would be the one suggesting it while also dating his best friend.

"Fine, then I'll-"

"And you can't go with Youna." That was a problem for him. At least with that girl, he'd have something to talk about. Though now that she brought up the limiting factor, Ishi was certain what she wanted out of this favor. This girl wanted to see how he'd react to trying to romance a stranger. What was going on now, was this idol really just testing him?

"You really know how to make things the most inconvenient for me." He quipped as he pulled out his phone. If he couldn't ask the girl sitting a mere couple of desks in front of him, then he'd simply check other contacts he had. His extra searching netted him a grand total of... One other girl he was acquainted with. That being the girl over in the next class. "Guess that leaves me with Kamagata."

"So you want to keep it comfortable for yourself?" Rinse took a mental note of that. Maybe he was the type to keep things in his comfort zone so he'd always have an advantage.

"I want to actually find a date in time for tomorrow." The boy countered, as he was limited in options that would actually lead to making her dealine. When he said date, everyone else in class turned their heads to listen into their conversation.

"Did Hirose just say date?" Someone said.

"Wait, as in, he's asking someone out?" Another person spoke up. This caused quite a stir among their classmates as this was major news.

"Who do you have a crush on!?" Now people were beginning to bother him once more. Ishi didn't think to make this conversation private, since it wasn't a big deal for him. As it turned out, this was a huge deal for everyone that had known of him for years now.

"Ah, well you see. He just doesn't want to be left out because his best friend's got a date with Rinse." Otoya only added more fuel to the fire with his words. Most of the boys were aware of the promise that Ishi had made for him. On the other hand, the girls were rather shocked that this boy was going to be Rinse's first date.

"Eh? But why him?" One of them asked.

"Yeah, you could totally do better than that loser." Ryugi had to include herself into this drama, as this was ripe for a person like her. "His best friend is Ishi, so that should tell you everything you need to know about him." The idol attempted to calm the crowd as she explained to them that this was a deal made and she was keeping up her end of the bargain. Though she didn't agree to it at first, the girl was certainly going to be using it to her advantage.