My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

Don't Have to

Youna quietly slipped on her free water as she silently and awkwardly sat alone at one of the tables. She had been here a while now after Ishi informed her that he was also here. However, the girl was hesitant to tell him that she had arrived. Despite the fact that he essentially invited her, that boy was still on a date with a girl who wasn't her.

She lamented that as she finished off her drink. The crowd around her was loud and it was causing her to feel anxious just sitting all on her own. What was she thinking when she actually decided to come here just to meet with him. It wasn't as if she had any other friends to chat with, so this was only for Ishi. If he was busy with someone else, a girl no less, then what was the point in coming here?

Youna knew full well why she came here, but her cowardly nature disallowed her from even admitting it to herself. She came here in a futile attempt to 'interfere' with his date. Surely she shouldn't give up on fighting for him. At the same time, her nature didn't want to mess anything up between him and Chinae. Partially because the latter was kind of scary, but also because the former deserved to be with someone he liked. So even if that meant she would lose out on the end, then so be it.

Not that it wouldn't just break her heart out every time she had to see him afterwards.

"Class rep, you made it." There was one person who took note of her arrival. It was Ryugi, who had been really enjoying herself at this party. She had been chatting up with all the guests. Plus, she also had the excitement within of making an announcement when this came to a close. "Sorry, I don't know where Ishi snuck off to with Kamagata."

"It's fine though." She replied. "After all, they are on a date." It hurt her more to say it out loud to another person. The statement only served to cement the facts for her to confront.

"What a jerk though. He invited you and now he's not even going to greet you." She complained. It also hurt her a little that somehow he was able to convince someone to join one of her parties. Ryugi was the queen, people should be jumping at the chance to come hang with her.

"He probably just didn't want me to miss out on the fun." Youna would be majorly disappointed if she couldn't at least see him during this party. Otherwise she'd be spending the rest of today quietly sipping on her water. "Or maybe he forgot about me... Because his date's going so well."

"Doubt it." Ryugi giggled at her apparent ignorance. "He didn't seem all that interested in Kamagata last time I saw them." His lack of charm really had to make her laugh when she thought about it. How did that loser plan on ever getting married? "Plus, he told me that he was planning on asking you out, but Rinse wouldn't let him." That part was the most crazy for her. First because he seemingly had this strange interest on their class rep, but also that the idol somehow had control over his decisions.

"He said that... H-he'd ask me on a... On a d-date?" She stuttered out-of-control in disbelief. This girl had to be pulling a sick trick on her, right?

"Yep, he even said that to me right in front of Kamagata. Can you believe it, right in front of his own date?" To her, it seemed like classic Ishi to not care about the feelings of those around him as long as he was telling the truth. "Anyway, can't stick with just you all day, so I'm going to go hop on the stage." Ryugi left, but Youna's mood had entire turned around from when she first came here. Immediately, she went and told Ishi that she was here and began to wait to see what his response was going to be.

Her heart raced simply from the thought that he would've asked her out on a date. Sure it was an obligatory one as he mentioned considering what Rinse asked of him. Yet still, she was beyond happy to think that he actually considered her first of all people. Perhaps there was still a chance for her to finally confess her feelings to him. There was no way she'd repeat the mistakes of the past.