Singing My Way Forward

[echoing_queen]

Kouhino Hibiki, still gaining popularity as an idol, stood in the booth and adjusted her headphones. She was singing what would be her next single, conferring with the people operating the audio. "I want to do the verse one more time on that part," she says with a smile, nodding as the beat comes on again. She parts her lips and begins to sing.

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[loves_la_vie]

Caught up to Aino Minako? Minako freezes as she hears it, and avoids stepping out into the light. She listens to the rest, whining that flows right in one ear and out the other after long enough of befriending Tsukino Usagi, but she makes a face of impatience.

When she decides to reveal herself, she brushes past the girl on her way towards the sound booth. She wants to see for herself who's recording here today and what's going on.

[echoing_queen]

Hibiki blinked as she watched the girl brush past her. "So pretty..." One day, she'd get there. Maybe. She looks back to her crackers, then pauses a moment, reaching into her shirt and pulling out a gold locket, flipping it open and smiling. "I'll keep working hard," she promises the photo softly, before closing the locket again and slipping it under her shirt once more.

The manage blinked, looking at Minako as she entered. "Can I help you?" she asked, tilting her chin up as if to look her over.

[loves_la_vie]

Minako, all-but-fresh from the heady success of a Glitter Award, is a goal to aspire to indeed. But she doubts a fresh talent will get there very quickly. Only hard work moves a girl from the luck of her first jobs to stardom.

She wants to find out a bit more about this studio, so Minako decides to bluff her way through. After all, she can always claim a scheduling mistake or something if the manager calls her on it. (He seems... much less flamboyant than hers, she notices.)

"Aino Minako," she announces herself politely, offering the manager a smile. "Studio three should be reserved for my recording today."

[echoing_queen]

The manager raised a brow. "Aino-san," she muses, "Dyed your hair, I see." On the recording booth rested a prototype CD cover, a cute girl with dark hair on the cover. "Anyway," she continued, "Sorry, but we have this studio for the rest of the day." She shrugged, a small smile on her lips.

[starlightmaker]

...Where did Yaten and Leader go now? The Three Lights 'number one handsome boy' Taiki Kou looks around himself, mouth twisted to one side half in curiosity, half in frustration. Maybe they had gone ahead inside?

He notices the girl sitting on the bench. He comes a step closer, two, bending and placing his hands on his knees so he can see her a bit better. "If the crackers are so bad, you shouldn't eat them," he suggests, looking as if he's trying to hide the smile threatening to show itself.

[echoing_queen]

Hibiki blinked, looking up at the handsome boy and almost blushing. Was he working at the television studio nearby? "I agree," she finally replies, managing a smile, "But I had to eat something; I have more recording to get through."

[starlightmaker]

"Ohh!" he straightens. "A new talent~?" he guesses, lifting a finger to his lips and eying her up and down. In a playful manner, mind you. He winks at her. "You definitely should eat, keep up your strength. Being an idol is hard work." A sly glance to the crackers. "Trying to keep your figure?" he asks. It's not uncommon, and even less so in the idol world.

[echoing_queen]

Hibiki chuckled a bit. "That obvious, huh?" she replies, "I wish I could be one of those girls who can eat anything and not gain a pound."

[lighteningqueen]

Psh. Nexus. Typical. Because, ya know, she didn't really want to just go home, kick back and relax and maaaybe consider that maths homework. Nope, course not.

Still, that voice singing is pretty nice, and she is quite a stickybeak, so Jun follows it down the hall, trying not to clomp too much in her heavy boots. She passes room after room, checking them, but nope, most are empty. And then she stumbles onto Hibiki.

"Nice song," she says, plonking herself down on the bench next to Hibiki. She rummages through her school bag, accidently scattering pens and papers,keychains clattering together, before pulling out a bag of skittle like candies. She repacks her bag before tearing the bag of lollies open with her teeth and offering it to the girl, popping a few into her own mouth. "You want?"

[echoing_queen]

"Oh, yeas please!" Hibiki's eyes lit up; she was dying for some candy. "You're a total lifesaver~!"

[lighteningqueen]

Jun grins, pouring some into the girl's hands before eating her own. Ha, not yet, she was still in training. And there wasn't any danger to save lives from after all.

"Kujaku Jun," she says, leaning back and eating some of the candies. "Nice to meet ya."

[echoing_queen]

"Kouhino Hibiki," comes the reply between munches of candy, "Same here, Kujaku-san!" She almost called the girl '-chan'; anyone who was willing to give her candy was a friend in her book.