My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

All Dressed up

Ishi woke up the next morning not looking forward to the day. It seemed that this was becoming his life as of late. Where he had to do things when he'd rather enjoy the weekends at home to himself. Or perhaps he was worried about making a bad impression on the first date of his life?

Nah, it was definitely the first part.

Either way, he needed to prepare himself. That meant enjoying a nice breakfast with his family and taking a deeper shower than usual. When he began looking out for what to wear, that was also when his mother took note of his actions.

"This isn't like you." She mentioned the different approach he had for the day, when usually he wouldn't even bother since the boy wouldn't even leave the house on a weekend. "Is Otoya coming over?"

"You could say that." He responded. The boy would've rather preferred to not let on his mother know about this date. She would act very insufferable to him if she found out. Though lying wasn't something he was a fan of, so he simply withheld information. Which is still lying by the way.

"Hmm? He didn't tell you?" Unfortunately, Koto lives here and goes to the same school. So he was both aware of the situation, and unaware that Ishi didn't want it to be known. "Ishi has a date today."

"You're going on your first date!?" His mother glowed with excitement upon hearing the news. Meanwhile, Ishi shook his head in disappointment as he made a mental note to punish Koto later. "Who is it with? Is it Rinse?"

"No." He replied, trying to get passed his mom now blocking the only exit to his room. "It's with a girl named Chinae, I tutored her during the Summer break." To say during the break was overselling it, since he only tutored her twice.

"Ah I see, the you two hit it off and you've had a crush on her ever since." His mother believed she had figured out the pattern as it was very comment according to the other parents.

"It's not like that at all." He corrected her, informing the woman that he was going to be with Otoya and Rinse for today as well.

"Ah, double date then." His mom still wasn't getting it, nor was she letting him leave either. Not until he was absolutely ready to go on a proper date.

Her treatment of him felt like torture, but it really wasn't that bad. His mom got out all of best clothes that were fashionable, but not too formal for a midday date. She also gave him a little bit of his dad's cologne to ensure that he would smell very attractive.

"You're not touching the hair." He stopped her from gelling back his hair. That would be far too much for something like this. Plus, he knew that Chiane would certainly not try hard at appearing appealing to him, as they didn't actually like each other and this wasn't a real date.

"I know you don't care about how others look at you, but if you want a girl to take notice. You've got to at least try." She countered.

"Good thing I don't want to be noticed then." He responded, ending this little session of improving his appearance. Perhaps a part of him was aware of how he would look to them, since surely they wouldn't be trying that hard. Except for Otoya, since he was going to be going out with an idol.

Finally, after dealing with his own mom the entire morning, there was a knock on their door. It had to be at least Rinse coming to take him so they'd meet their dates. Ishi opened the door, ready to leave, but the sight he got gave him pause. "What's up with the getup?"

Now, if she was dressed extravagantly, he might not have batted an eye. Though he would've thought that to be overkill. It's just that she wasn't dressed amazingly at all. In fact, it was as if she was hiding who she was, wearing sunglasses, a sunhat, and plain dress.