Juuna sits on the table, reading the book about recent stageplay. As she flips the pages, her mind remembering the play that happens few days ago.
*Flashback*
The first year trio look at Maya and Claudine that stand in front of the second years trio.
"What are you going to do now?" asked Maya.
"We'll continue performing," said Karen, determined.
"Karen-chan," said Mahiru.
"Why? I doubt continuing will make a difference," said Maya.
"We'll continue because we want to. I want to keep performing stageplay. I'm sure Hikari-chan and Mahiru-chan feel the same way. I never felt like this before. I'm truly glad that we went through with this," said Karen.
Maya still stares towards them.
"I want to believe in this feeling. We might never get anyone's attention. We might never have audiences to cheer on. But we'll keep trying. We'll do everything we can to get this feeling out there. This feeling in our heart that brought us here," said Karen.
Claudine smiles as she looks at Maya.
"Someday, someday, we'll definitely fill every seat in this auditorium," said Karen.
Maya then walks away, followed by Claudine.
*End flashback*
Juuna leans on her chair. 'Believe in the feeling' thinks Juuna. She closes the book and sighs.
*Flashback*
6 years old Juuna walks along the road, holding a bag full of academic books. She walks pass a small stage that has few people on stage. She stops and looks at the stage. The audiences begin to fill up. Juuna still stands there, not moving as the stage play begins.
*End Flashback*
The bell rings, indicates the school time begins. She sighs as she stands up and walks out from the library. She passes Karen, Hikari and Mahiru that stand at the window.
"We still can't form a club?" asked Karen.
"According to Okaasan, only student council can approve the clubs," said Mahiru.
"And since Tendo-san is in student council..." trailed Hikari.
"We can't just give up," said Karen.
"I know but what should we do?" asked Mahiru.
"We don't have much option left," said Hikari.
Later, at the classroom, Juuna reads the book as Kaoruko and Futaba play chase. She sighs as she looks at the duo.
"Hanayagi-san, Isurugi-san, stop running. This is classroom," scolded Juuna.
"Sorry Hoshimi-san," said Futaba.
Juuna sighs as she continues reading. Kaoruko stops in front of Juuna.
"What do you think of our sempai's stageplay?" asked Kaoruko.
"Why do you ask?" asked Juuna.
"We saw you at the play so we want to ask," said Futaba as she stops beside her childhood tsundere friend.
The purple haired girl sighs.
"They have a lot of work to improve their play. Their story has too many holes, Aijou-sempai keeps on forgetting her dialogs, Kagura-sempai's act are stiff, Tsuyuzaki sempai stutters on her dialog. Their stage is too empty and they rely the background on LCD screen," said Juuna.
"So, do you want to help them improve?" asked Futaba.
"What do you mean?" asked Juuna.
"You said yourself, Hoshimi-san. They have too many flaws on their stageplay. So you should said that to them so they can improve," said Futaba with a shrug.
Juuna looks at Kaoruko that looks away while playing with the tip of her hair.
At lunchtime, Juuna eats at the garden alone. Karen, Mahiru and Hikari walk pass her.
"Looks like your time have improved, even just a little," praised Hikari.
"I tried my best," said Karen as she smiles sheepishly.
"Your best being us forcing you to wake up early and go jogging with us every single morning," teased Hikari as Karen pouts and Mahiru giggles.
Juuna looks at the trio that sit on their bench nearby, opening their lunchbox.
"Your lunch looks tasty, Mahiru-chan," praised Karen.
"Thank you, Karen-chan. I woke up at 5 to cook my lunch," said Mahiru with a smile.
"You will be a great cook," said Hikari.
Juuna looks at the trio, still eating her lunch.
"Go ahead."
Juuna looks at Futaba and Kaoruko that stands nearby.
"Go and tell them what you feel," said Futaba.
The purple haired girl looks down.
"I don't know, Isurugi-san," said Juuna.
Futaba smirks as she grabs Juuna's hand.
"What are you doing?" asked Juuna.
"Bringing you to them. Since you won't go there, we bring you to them," said Futaba with a grin.
Juuna looks at Kaoruko that looks away, playing with her hair.
"Somebody help me," cried Juuna.
Meanwhile, Maya and Claudine stand at the vending machine. Claudine looks at Nana that stands at the window, looking at the 2nd Year trio talk with 1st Year trio. She smiles as she walks towards the ponytail blonde and stands beside her.
"Curious?" asked Claudine.
"They have no idea the harsh reality of Stage Idol," said Nana as she walks away.
"It's not as harsh as you think, Daiba-san. Most of it based on luck, not just talent and skills," said Maya.
After school, Karen, Hikari and Mahiru warm their body on the roof as Futaba, Kaoruko and Juuna walk in, in their sports attire.
"Thanks for joining the group. Let's train together for our next stageplay,' said Karen.
"I'll do the script this time," said Juuna.
"Sure, Hoshimi-san," said Hikari.
The 6 of them begin to warm up their body.
At night, Juuna sits on the table, reading a stageplay. Few books related to stageplay on the table.
"Looks like you are interested in stageplay."
She looks at Nana that brings a cup of coffee.
"You can say that, Daiba-sempai," said Juuna as she returns her focus on the book.
The twintailed blonde puts the cup on the purple haired's table and heads towards the kitchen.
"But you should know, stageplay is not all fun and excitement. There is a dark side of stageplay that you will regret being a Stage Idol," said Nana as she enters the kitchen.
Karen looks at the kitchen door. 'Dark side of stageplay? Stage Idol?' thinks Karen.
"Karen-chan."
She looks at Mahiru that looks at her, worried.
"You should focus on your homework, BaKaren," teased Hikari as Karen pouts again and Mahiru giggles.
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Fanfiction"Being a Stage Idol is more than just acting" Karen Aijou (Momoyo Koyama), has interest on stageplay after she and her best friend Hikari Kagura (Suzuko Mimori) watched a play when she was a little girl. Now in Seisho High School, she finds out ab...
