the idols race for love, are you ready? | book one | utapri

chapter thirteen

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『 your p.o.v 』

"Where's Tomo-chan?" I asked, Haruka and I walking side by side down the hallway.

The pink haired girl looked to me with a sheepish smile. "She ran off to a fashion show in the city." Haruka said with a small laugh. "Turns out she's more into fashion than I had thought."

I couldn't help but laugh at that. "Yeah, no kidding. We're getting our grades for our first songs and already she's skipping class- truly a legend if I've ever known one."

"She'll be back later tonight... Probably." Haruka sighed. "Knowing Tomo-chan, she might just stay with a friend in the city or something."

Turning a corner, more and more students came into view crowding around the board hanging next to the A-Classes classroom. "And leave you behind alone in our dorm room with lil' ol me? She would never." I reassured as my attention flicked back over to all the students. "What's going on there anyways?"

Haruka followed my gaze to the crowd of students all gathered around the bulletin board. "Oh! That must be where our grades are."

"Really, they'd put it outside for everyone to see..?" I mumbled to myself, the two of us making our way over to the board just as all the other students are.

"I mean, I guess you'd want to know how you stack up compared to the other students," Haruka said softly, "the people at the bottom might want to pair with someone higher up for this next song and it would be good for everyone to see who's on top. We're all aiming to be the best so we can have our professional debut at the end of the year after all."

Glancing to her, I sighed. "True, it's just, everyone's already staring at us." I whispered.

True to my words, all the students who had been crowding around the bulletin board stared at Haruka and I as we walked towards it, the other students even taking steps back just so we'd be able to walk right up to the two long papers posted. Neither Haruka or myself had to look for our names what with the way everyone is staring at us. We both knew where we ended up.

"Tomo-chan and I got second!" Haruka said as she looked to me with a bright smile. "She'll be so happy when I call her later."

I couldn't help but return the sweet girls smile. "I'm happy for you two, you both worked hard for these results."

My fellow composer beamed at that as she looked back up to the two papers. "Oh! You got the highest score, congrats! We should go tell Natsuki." She then said, not caring about the stares of the other students in the least bit.

"He'll find out in a bit. C'mon, let's go see what I got on my S-Class song." I said as I easily grabbed her wrist and began leading her further down the hallway, not particularly keen on staying where we're just being stared at...

Just as we were beginning to walk away, the whispers broke out among the crowd of students we're leaving behind. I quickened my pace ever so slightly. It's annoying having everyone always talk about me but it's bearable, having them talk about Haruka now as well? Now that's something I could very much do without.

The further down the hallway we walked, the more students stared at Haruka and I. If I listen closely, I can just barely make out our names. I guess it must be quite the gossip material for an idols younger sister and a girl who didn't come from a wealthy family to suddenly become the school's top composers. I'm not sure if it's a better or worse thing that Haruka and I aren't in the same class. Part of me wishes that we could shoulder these whispers together, but the other part of me hopes that with me being in a different class than herself, maybe it'll save her from the brunt of the gossiping since, after all, I'm the one with a famous sibling.