My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

Idol Promos

Of course, the idols were Rinse and Chiana. Ishi wasn't anticipating seeing either of them here at this shop. The latter of which especially. The two of them had come into this shop as it was a really popular location for beach goers to get some way to cool off from the heat. The fact that they had chosen to eat here as well shouldn't come as a surprise to many.

The owner of this establishment was certainly glad that a pair of idols, one of which was very popular, had entered his store. This also led to the large number of people now checking it out thanks to them.

"Wow, you really brought a lot of business here." He said them as they got up to order. "How about I give you a couple of bowls, on the house."

"Oh please, we couldn't possibly just take it for free." Rinse declined the offer. When she did so, Chiana followed suit. From the way they talked and acted, it seemed that neither of them had noticed Ishi and others were already inside. As a result, he covered his face a bit to not be seen by either of them.

"What's wrong?" Youna was the first to notice him do so. As she was sitting across from him and generally spending a little bit too much of her time looking at him.

"Just don't want those idols to see me, that's all." He replied. Unfortunately, there was someone at this table that did want the idols to spot them.

"Hey, Rinse!" Ryugi greeted them from across the room. "Who's your friend there?"

"Hmm? Ryugi?" Rinse looked over to the table, then spotted that both Ishi and Youna were hanging out with her. "Wow, can't believe we ran into each other like this."

"Yeah, what a coincidence." Ishi groaned as his cover was blown. "What about you Chiana?" He asked the other idol, which surprised everyone else to hear that he knew her name. Not only that, but he called her that so casually.

"I'm always having a wonderful day." She responded with the high energy expected of a rising idol. He wondered why she came here, especially while pretending to be Chiana rather than just sticking as Chinae. As it turned out, Youna wasn't the only person going out of their way to invite others. Rinse wanted to have some fun with her close friend outside of the studio.

"Eh? How does Hirose know who that is?" Someone else asked. It seemed that his life was now dominated by people just being shocked that he somehow had a social life.

"Is he really friends with two idols?"

"Yes!" He yelled out in frustration. "I know two idols, but I only know of Chiana because of Rinse. That's it." When these people were out of his life, then he would know peace once more. Whether that would happen ever again in his lifetime was another question. Sure fame fades, but would he ever part from the people around him? According to Ishi's mindset, yes. After all, that's what his college plan was modeled with.

"Plus, Hirose is a good guy. That's what Rinse tells me anyway." It seemed that Chinae wanted to back him up on this matter. He couldn't determine if this was because of his knowledge of her situation. Or did she have another personal reason?

Unfortunately, her kind words did little to aid in his current circumstances. If anything, his fellow classmates were now more jealous about his apparent fortune to be close to so many idols. Even though it was only just two.

"This is what I was worried about." He got up from his seat, now finished with his bowl of ice cream. "I'm sorry for this, but I'm going to leave now." Ishi thanked the store owner for the meal as he tossed the trash and began to head for the exit.

"Wait." A hand grabbed him by the arm. Since he lacked a shirt, it was the best spot that could be touched instead of a sleeve. "I don't want you to go away." It was Rinse, who looked at him with sad eyes. She barely been able to see him all day, and the girl really wanted to be able to spend some time with him. The problem was that the crowd made it hard for her to choose between her personal and professional feelings.