LBF: Book 2 - "Borderland of Broken Stars"

Supernova: The Beginning of New Kinds

(Biography Chapter: Nagisa POV)

..my name is Tomoko Nagisa, an idol from the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

Long story short, I was born in the city of Sapporo, located in Hokkaido, Japan. Later, as I got engaged into the career of being a part of these famous idol groups and communities, I moved and trained in the location of Hiroshima, where my training as an idol began. I succeeded in becoming one of the famous idols and singers of Hiroshima, and I soon aim to be famous in the entirety of the country of Japan.

July 15, 2026.

My brother, Tomoko Iwasaki, had later been assassinated by a crazed, insane fan. After the news of his death has passed to my place, I sobbed and yelled to the top of my lungs in great despair. Ever since his passing, I have felt lifeless. He was the only thing keeping me going. The only one who had supported me up to this point. Now that he's gone, I have no idea where to go.

And even though I had a successful idol career, and made new friends, everything about this once bright and colorful life, had now felt empty and worthless for me. It felt as if nothing was worth doing anymore. No one was there to have my back, to lift me back from the voids of trauma.

And so, on one night, I climbed to the top of a building, and stated to end my life and I had already planned to join my brother. I leaned to the edge of the building's roof, and was about to jump, until a certain girl gripped my wrist and pulled it back away from the edge.

"You idiot! You mindless dumbass! Why, out of all the things you would do, would you decide to jump off a building?! For goodness sake, don't you dare put a single foot midair off that edge, PLEASE.." Rie says, as she pulled me back and sobbed on my shoulder, begging me to stop my decision and head back to the reality I once lived in.

Rie, my childhood friend, before I moved to Hiroshima, was the closest I had to Iwasaki. She may be a jerk sometimes, and a smart idiot, but she was the second person who always had my back before Iwasaki.

"Leave me alone, Rie, you haven't experienced even half of what I've been through. Why even bother stopping me when you just don't get it..?!" I asked her with a shaky voice, also starting to tear up.

"I may not have the similar burdens you hold on your shoulders, but I am always a person who helps the people who need help. So, even if you decline my offer, or even try to do so, I will help you no matter what, and nothing will stop me from doing my job. As for your condition, Nagisa.. I understand that Iwasaki was the support you had your entire life, and you two depended on each other no matter the situation you two are in. But his passing doesn't mean that your life ends this easily. If you die right now, do you think that those who also genuinely care about you would ignore the incident you caused? No! They cared about you, and just like how you grieved over Iwasaki's death, they will sob and cry and yell over yours. Think of them, think of the progress you had so far in life. Will you end it right here, right now, or will you make it bigger and perhaps try to make a change to the world?" Rie's words hit me right in the chest like daggers. Did she really mean that? She was honestly a jerk to me, but did she really mean that as a friend..?

I finally gave up jumping off the building, and immediately tightened my grip around Rie, hugging her while I cried. Even if we acted like idiots to each other, we still genuinely had our backs like supports to a house, or gears to a machine, like unbreakable ties to a union.

August 16, 2026.

Me and Rie made a new friend named Rasikh. He has a thing with nature and the night sky.. I wonder what hobbies he likes doing that hs relevant to his favorite things. When we both met him, he looks like a unique guy, and so we invited him to our team.