[ Mizuki's been busy too, but at least he has some time to waste unlike Anya, whose rising status as an idol made her more scarce in the agency. He usually keeps to himself during working as he sees everyone else as competition, but he does notice her not being around that often and it... feels weird. It's not like he misses her or anything, but it feels off not being approached by her and being asked how to pose like this or wink like that in front of the camera.
So when he sees that text that afternoon in a nondescript coffeeshop in Chata after a long day: ]
just finished i see you've finally remembered to check up on your senpai
[ That sounds kinda cold, but yeah Anya it really has been a while, how have you been ]
[and on her end, she might be making a bit of a displeased noise. how is that even now, she's still managing to not ge things right when she finally has time?]
it is not about forgetting but i am still sorry there was no time but excuses are bad
you don't have to apologize we all get busy every once in a while, even moreso in other days than others and i get not contacting me, it's not like im your mother or anything but you have to reach out and let people know you're alive sometimes
[ there's really no use to get angry for anya like this, but sena doesn't get why he's being too grumpy about this?? ]
that's good at least you may be a rising star in this city but you still have much to learn before you really become one of those top idols are you really serious about where you're going with this because being an idol can be really sketchy
i mean suspicious, anya the idol life may be glamorous and even fun on paper but they have short shelf lives and they do so much work for so little pay and that's only the tip of the iceberg
i don't want that kind of life for you you have so much potential
[isn't it odd - to be told that she feels like she has potential makes her want to cry]
senpai ... it is a lot of work but i do not think it has been for money i like to make people smile when they see me and get excited i did not think i could do that i did not think i could do this any of it
but i know you worry and i will try to be careful and not forget what you taught me promise
[ and sena blinks at his phone because it almost feels like deja vu -- no, it's a memory. that that blond boy in large glasses was insisting that being an idol was something that he could treasure, that it was the first time he felt alive.
and that the sena from his point of view - izumi - felt absolutely bitter at this boy but mizuki can also feel a twinge of heartbreak as well... ]
suit yourself but there are other ways to make people happy like that without going into idoldom, you know you're already doing the same thing when you were modeling
but that's your life and i should respect that i guess so long as you still focus on your studies, of course
[ tries to sound all fussy and motherly but - yeah he'd be really out of this. that izumi... what IS his relationship with this makoto kid anyway? ]
when i model it is letting people take pictures of me which is nice and i like it but sometimes i worry that people only see anya and think ah she is a pretty girl not i want to be her friend or she makes me happy
that is why i do not think that i can do only modeling i do not want people to just see the outside
[ "But she'd still be a beautiful puppet, all dressed up and dazzling -- so if she does things on her own will, it'd be disgusting, wouldn't it?" At least that's what Izumi Sena would think.
But that's stupid... Mizuki is not Izumi at all. He's not -- ]
when you put it that way, it does make sense a lot from someone like you you really are naive
you might think that at first, but soon it'll take its toll on you the idol industry is a shady business, anya every girl gets lured in thinking that OOOH ILL BE AN IDOL TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY of course you'd think that
but wait for a few years and see if you'd still think that way
toll ? i hope not then i promise that i will not get tired then or i will do my best not to because i have other promises to keep that even when it is difficult no matter how hard it is i will keep going because i have a dream
[ what else can he give to her? she's already exceeded her expectations, and her popularity is soaring higher than ever. not that he's jealous or anything, he's not, it's just -
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So when he sees that text that afternoon in a nondescript coffeeshop in Chata after a long day: ]
just finished
i see you've finally remembered to check up on your senpai
[ That sounds kinda cold, but yeah Anya it really has been a while, how have you been ]
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oh no
sorry
[and on her end, she might be making a bit of a displeased noise. how is that even now, she's still managing to not ge things right when she finally has time?]
it is not about forgetting
but i am still sorry
there was no time
but excuses are bad
[so maybe she listens to his scoldings]
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you don't have to apologize
we all get busy every once in a while, even moreso in other days than others
and i get not contacting me, it's not like im your mother or anything
but you have to reach out and let people know you're alive sometimes
[ there's really no use to get angry for anya like this, but sena doesn't get why he's being too grumpy about this?? ]
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and not working today
but i still wanted to talk to you
even if you are not mama
you are mizuki-senpai
and you are important to me
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of course he's not mikejima]that's good at least
you may be a rising star in this city but you still have much to learn before you really become one of those top idols
are you really serious about where you're going with this because being an idol can be really sketchy
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like when people are
rude on accident ?
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the idol life may be glamorous and even fun on paper but
they have short shelf lives
and they do so much work for so little pay
and that's only the tip of the iceberg
i don't want that kind of life for you
you have so much potential
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senpai ...
it is a lot of work
but i do not think it has been for money
i like to make people smile
when they see me and get excited
i did not think i could do that
i did not think i could do this
any of it
but i know you worry
and i will try to be careful
and not forget what you taught me
promise
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and that the sena from his point of view - izumi - felt absolutely bitter at this boy but mizuki can also feel a twinge of heartbreak as well... ]
suit yourself
but there are other ways to make people happy like that without going into idoldom, you know
you're already doing the same thing when you were modeling
but that's your life and i should respect that i guess
so long as you still focus on your studies, of course
[ tries to sound all fussy and motherly but - yeah he'd be really out of this. that izumi... what IS his relationship with this makoto kid anyway? ]
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do you think ?
when i model
it is letting people take pictures of me
which is nice and i like it
but sometimes i worry that people only see anya and think
ah she is a pretty girl
not
i want to be her friend
or
she makes me happy
that is why i do not think that i can do only modeling
i do not want people to just see the outside
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But that's stupid... Mizuki is not Izumi at all. He's not -- ]
when you put it that way, it does make sense a lot from someone like you
you really are naive
you might think that at first, but soon it'll take its toll on you
the idol industry is a shady business, anya
every girl gets lured in thinking that OOOH ILL BE AN IDOL TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY
of course you'd think that
but wait for a few years and see if you'd still think that way
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i hope not
then i promise that i will not get tired then
or i will do my best not to
because i have other promises to keep
that even when it is difficult
no matter how hard it is i will keep going
because i have a dream
will that be ok ?
i hope so
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and it'd still be ugly for your skin, both as a model and an idol
[ even though sena works two jobs but WHATEVS ]
but
fine
good luck i guess, anya
just make sure you don't forget me when you've finally hit the big screen or whatever, got it?
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anya does not want to be ugly
okay
but you do not need to worry
i will never forget you
you are not someone that i could
promise
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don't worry, you can never be ugly so long as you keep doing what I've told you
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then i will do my best !
does senpai have more advice for anya ?
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can she really not forget him? ]
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[ if only that were easy for him. ]