Love Under The Spotlight | Oshi no Ko [Hoshino Aqua x OC]

Chapter 20

"That was the best concert of my fucking life! Like Opal is such a monster on stage!"

"It's crazy to think that she's only seventeen but is already sooooo damn talented like girl I'm shocked!"

"Opal woke up and said I Imma show how the job is done! And she slayed!"

"That b*tch can't even dance well!"

"Performing is her job. She had been trained for that but she still got the choreo wrong after so many years?? That's the girl y'all stan?"

"She's so lazy on stage. Y'all pay to watch that embarrassment??"

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'Opal, the First Arena Tour' was a success so far. Two weeks had passed since the start of the tour. Each concert would always trend on Twitter. Videos were always shared, especially of the moments Opal would interact with fans or of the encore where she would take fans' gifts. Even when the show was over, the fun remained on social media. It was a way for the fans who could not get tickets to still feel part of the moment.

But of course, haters would also get to see these videos. They would comment and thus, fan wars would start all over again. Haters adored picking and choosing, overanalyzing and pointing out the little mistakes Opal made, and then claiming it was enough to call her a narcissist who did not take her fans seriously. But it was always those who didn't attend the show who had the most to say. Luckily, Himeka was too focused on the tour to care about what people had to say about her.

However, Aqua was seeing these bad comments, and though it annoyed him at the highest, he knew he could not do much. Still, Himeka meant to him more than he could allow and he would find himself checking her Twitter hashtag after each concert to know how she was. Since they hadn't talked that much these past few weeks, it was his way to still be in touch with her.

"So we're going to play at the TurnAround?" He heard Akane say.

Looking up from his phone screen, Aqua saw his pretend girlfriend conversing with Himekawa. The cast of Tokyo Blade was reunited for rehearsal. Aqua had never really cared that much about theatre. He was more of a cinema guy and even then, he was not not that much into acting. It was just a means to his goal. Which was also why he had accepted this role in the play. Himekawa had a tie to the bigger story related to Ai's death. From his investigation, there was a high chance that Himekawa and Aqua shared the same father, making them half-brothers.

"It's the biggest theater for 2.5D adaptations, right?" Kana asked, and Himekawa nodded.

Akane turned to Aqua with a smile. "It will be a good first experience for you, Aqua-kun."

"You're lucky to be able to stand on such a stage as a beginner, especially when you have no knowledge of theatre," Kana sharply said, still true to herself.

Aqua could not help but roll his eyes. "You haven't played in any play either."

Kana's face slightly flushed in embarrassment, knowing well that he was indeed right. She was an actor, but a screen one. "Yeah, but I have plenty of knowledge of theatre!"

"If you say so." Aqua shrugged as he came to stand beside Akane. His eyes then darted down to the flyer she was holding. It was a promotional paper on the TurnAround Theater. He slightly pressed his lips. "I did hear of the TurnAround,"

But his knowledge of the TurnAround Theatre was not based on the same ground as the other. The reason he had first heard of this theatre is not the sweetest.