My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

Prospect

"You want to talk?" Ishi was surprised Rinse's boss would be interested in him at the moment. They had just capped off what seemed to be a successful concert. One that the boy more or less had nothing to do with other than his conversation with the star idol. "Sure, if that's what you want."

"Of course, I'm not making any mistakes here." The man laughed. "And believe me, I think you'll like what I have to say." Ishi's experience in hearing that phrase caused him to lose confidence in what this conversation was going to bring. Most of the time when people told him that, he hated what was said. "Just come here and sit with me. No one's going to bother us."

Hopefully, this wasn't going to be a dealing with someone who probably shouldn't be near people Ishi's age. If so, then the boy was going to deal with it swiftly.

"Okay, so why do you want to talk to me about?" He asked. There didn't seem to be any connection between the two outside of Rinse. It's not like his dad ever worked a job for this studio before. And certainly their family had nothing to do with idols ever.

"I think you're a really special boy." This wasn't off to a great start. Maybe he could find a way to slide out of this one. "And I've noticed some of the things you've done lately." Okay, so this person was keeping an eye on him. Again, not anything that calmed his nerves about this situation.

"If you could get to the point." Ishi felt a little uncomfortable about this. So he wanted to rush things to try and return to his friends prompty.

"Sorry, I tend to ramble on sometimes." Teruhisa laughed. "Anyway, my point being that I wanted to offer you a job at the agency."

"What?" A job? He wanted him to work under this man?

"I mean after you graduate high school." He clarified his offer. "I hope you haven't gotten into your university of choice, because I don't think I can wait on a talent like yours."

"You must be mistaken." Even though Ishi couldn't believe this was happening, he knew that the wool wasn't being pulled over his eyes either. This man was being completely serious about asking him to work for him. "I don't even like idols all that much."

"Really? But you're pretty close to Rinse." He replied. "Plus, I'm aware of what you did for her today." Again, another revelation he wasn't prepared for. This man really had been paying a lot of attention to him. "I even checked in during your school's culture festival where you had some good advice for the young lady on stage." Apparently he saw that too somehow.

"What are you trying to say? That I'd make for some good producer in my future?"

"You said it yourself." He smiled, knowing that his intentions were understood. "I'd like to take you under my wing. So here's my business card, but I suppose if you ever wanted to talk. Rinse can help arrange a meeting for us."

"Um..." He was speechless as he accepted the card. There wasn't any good response that he could come up with after being given such a rare opportunity. "Thanks?"

"Please, I'd like you to strongly consider my offer. You've got plenty of time before you're done with schooling. So make your decision then." He let him go back to his friends. It seemed that this wouldn't be the last time they would ever see each other.

However, if Ishi thought his return to friends was coming up next, then he was going to be disappointed. Again, someone else had pulled onto his arm to give the boy a bit of a detour. This time, it was Chiana.

"Ishi, it's wonderful to run into you." She said to him in her cheerful manner.

"I guess it's nice to see you too." He replied, still a little jilted about his prior conversation. "Well, how about we join the others now?"