My new Neighbor's an Idol!?

Birthday gal 1

After a crazy time during the festival, it seemed that things had calmed down for Ishi and his friends. So much so that his daily life mainly consisted of surviving silly escapades with the girls and his other classmates. However, little-by-little, things were beginning to change. And today, that change was going to come in the form of people blowing on party horns.

"Ahh, this is going to be such a blast." Ryugi's friend, Nayaka couldn't contain her excitement as classes had come to a close for winter break.

"Yeah, it's hard not to be excited about Christmas, New year's, and your birthday." Said Non. Ryugi's birthday landed on a very special date. That being on December 25th, better known to the rest of the world as Christmas day.

"We're gonna to throw a totally huge party that day." Ritsuko continued on. It seemed that none of them even cared to keep it a secret since that was practically impossible given the time period. "Let's invite the entire class, except for that Ishi kid." She had to have known he could hear them as he was simply sitting at his desk, getting his things into his bag.

"Oh come on, don't you think you're being unfair?" Ryugi defended him. "Besides, it would be horrible to not invite him, especially since..." Ishi wasn't going to like what she had to say next. Mainly because he absolutely despised that this was a fact of their lives. "It's his birthday too!"

Yes, despite the unlikelihood, she wasn't lying. Ishi and Ryugi were both born on the same exact day. On Christmas too, to make it all the more absurd. Either way, he wasn't a fan of sharing something like that with the gal of all people. On the bright side, since she was the popular girl that everyone cared more about, he was usually able to slip away undetected. However, this time was a little different considering the girl standing in front of his desk now. "So what do you said, Ishi?"

"I don't know, my breaks are usually supposed to be a break from all you guys." He answered. "And don't think you can just say we're sharing in the celebrations. We both know that you'll just end up overshadowing me." Not to mention that everyone else probably didn't care about him turning into adulthood.

"But it would be tons of fun." Rinse pleaded their case as she still sat besides him. "Like they said, they're going to invite the entire class, so it'd be nice if you came along too."

"I agree." Youna spoke up as she had gone around the desks to make sure everything had been in order before everyone left the school for the break.

"Aren't I popular." He quipped as Ishi put all his things away. "It's whatever, I've never really been into birthday parties." That was regardless of whether they were for him or anyone else. As the boy stood up from his seat, the others only looked on, wondering why he was hesitant on coming.

Sure, it was Ishi Hirose. Plenty of their other classmates would say that's just him being himself. A boy who didn't care to have fun with anyone else and would rather stay at home reading some books and being lame. However, they knew he was willing to join them on some festivities. He even said that he'd be willing to go places if Youna asked.

"Wait!" After standing still in front of his desk, Ryugi finally snapped back into reality to see him about to exit the room. Ishi was confused as to why everyone just stopped doing stuff, so he decided to not waste any more of his time and began to leave. Everyone in class paused in what they were doing themselves to watch the pair have their conversation from across he classroom.

"What's wrong now?" He responded annoyed that his return home was going to be delayed.

"How can you say that you don't want to come to my birthday party?" She asked.

"Forget it." Since their conversation wasn't private, other people were able to cut in with their own thoughts about the matter. Ryugi's friend Ritsuko certainly had her own opinions on the boy. "He's just a loser who shouldn't be invited to parties."