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Collab with Soup

Location: Antique Market Venue

A short while later.

Kohaku: (Hmm. What’s goin’ on here? Looks like there’s a strange crowd formin’.)

(And just earlier, Trickstar’s… Uh, what was his name again? Hidaka Hokuto-han? — He was on stage singin’ with his father like they’re the best of pals.)

(Looks like a whole buncha idols were hired ta liven up the Antique Market a lil’. But even though it seems like a dull event, the lineup they’ve got goin’ on is of the highest caliber fer some reason.)

(That figures. The sponsor fer the Antique Market is the Producer Association after all, an’ I heard they’ll temporarily be takin’ all the proceeds from it as administration fees.)

(Which means this is a chance fer the four agencies ta get on the Producer Association’s good side by puttin’ their best foot forward.)

(Politics, eh. There’s always a reason behind everything. Well, I reckon that’s just my bad habit of only lookin’ at the dark side of things talkin’, though.)

(This time I really only got dragged into this against my will.)

(Madara-han’s pullin’ a mighty grim face ‘bout all this, though I don’t know what his connection is with this Shu-han from Valkyrie.)

(Nah, that ain’t it. Something must’ve happened between those two way back when, before my time.)

(I’m only in Double Face so we can meet the member requirement to form a unit, anyhow. As an idol, I’m just a rookie who’s only recently started activities at all.)

(Better keep my head down an’ stay outta trouble.)

Mika: Ngah~? Ah, uhm, are ya Oukawa-kun, from Double Face?

Hey~ m’over here~! Can’t ya hear me? It’s good to see ya♪

Kohaku: ...Why would ya just call out to me like that, kid.

Mika: Eh, is that bad? We’re performin’ together on the closing stage for the Antique Market today, though.

It’s common sense in this show biz that ya gotta greet yer co-workers properly, isn’t it~?

Heheh, well I guess it makes sense ya don’t know that, cause yer a newbie n’all...♪

Kohaku: ………

Mika: Wha-? M’sorry everyone, I didn’t forget about all y’all!

Lookie here, I’m signin’ these real nice for ya, mkay? Thank ya kindly fer always supportin’ Valkyrie, please make sure t’ continue goin’ forward too~♪

Kohaku: (? What’s he doing? Valkyrie’s Kagehira-han is surrounded by lil’ children… Reckon it’s ‘cause o’ him that this crowd’s formed.)

(Looks like he’s signin’ autographs for ‘em. Wow, he looks all idol-like...)

(That said, Kagehira-han’s so clumsy that the autographs are takin’ him a good while, which caused a line ta form, an’ now people are bein’ held up by it.)

Mika: Hm? Ah, yer right! Let’s all move over there then, so we don’t get in people’s way on the road — thank ya fer tellin’ me♪

M’not really the attentive type...♪

Kohaku: (Haha. One of ‘em lil’ kids scolded him, an’ now he’s movin’ the whole procession elsewhere in a fluster. Kagehira-han comes off as an average guy at a glance, but somehow he tends ta draw negative attention to himself.)

(But ya could say that attractin’ attention, regardless of whether it’s good or bad, is an idol-like trait to have — meaning my habit of concealin’ my presence puts me at a disadvantage as an idol.)

Mika: ~……♪

Kohaku: (In any case, he looks happy as a pig in mud. Reckon he loves to put a smile on children’s faces like this.)

(Though I doubt these kiddos even get what the noble art yadda yadda that Valkyrie boasts of is all about.)

(Nah, actually children got mighty flexible thinking compared to adults, so they’re probably adaptin’ to it just fine.)

(But if those things — the direction the unit’s takin’ and Kagehira-han’s personal disposition an’ nature — are at odds with each other, I’d feel kinda bad for the fella.)

(It’d mean he could only keep livin’ by killing his “self”.)

(Alright, enough of that. Analyzin’ other people is another bad habit of mine.)

(‘Sides, the folks at ES all don’t fit the mould anyway — The more I think about ‘em, the more I feel like I’m gettin’ lost in a labyrinth.)

(An’ in any case, I don’t have the right to worry about a member of Valkyrie to begin with. Not after how we hurt an’ mistreated ‘em the other day.)

Mika: Hey~ Oukawa-kun♪

Kohaku: …What's the matter with ya? Can’t'cha see the position you guys’re in? Or are you the kinda person who can’t read the mood?

Mika: Ngah~? Guess I don’t know myself♪

Anywho, Oukawa-kun, it looks like this lil’ kid here’s a fan of Crazy:B, and they want yer autograph.

The kid’s askin’ me to introduce ya to ’em, cause it looks like I know ya.

Ehehe, the kid looks kinda embarrassed, they’re fidgetin’ a whole bunch.

Kohaku: A Crazy:B fan? I had no idea that some of our fans were lil’ kids...

Mika: I think there are lots of Crazy:B fans who’re kids. It’s unexpected, but kids like things that’re extreme. They don’t really think too deeply ‘bout things ’cause if it looks cool, then they don’t really care ‘bout anythin’ else.

Well, I’m also real popular with kids, so is that how it is for me? Is it cause Valkyrie’s the coolest...?

Kohaku: ...Ya really don’t seem ta know yerself at all, Kagehira-han.

Mika: Ngah? Whaddya mean?

Kohaku: I’m under no obligation ta spell that out fer you. Well, fine by me though. All I gotta do is give that kid an autograph, right?

I don’t really have any experience givin’ autographs though, so I beg yer pardon if my signature’s not to yer likin’, ‘kay?

Mika: It’s alright, it’s the thought that counts~ ♪ If yer feelin’ anxious, I’ll be nearby to watch over ya!

Kohaku: (I don’t know what it is about this guy, but everything Kagehira-han says gets right up my nose...)

(From what I heard he’s always been the youngest member in Valkyrie, so maybe he’s happy that he gets to act like a big brother to me, who’s a younger member from the same agency?)