Arc-2 Ep-21
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I twisted just my neck in panic and saw that the person clinging to me was Erika-san. In other words, the soft objects pressing against my upper back were her huge breasts.
“E-Erika-san… good work today.”
“Oh My… not the reaction I expected…”
“I just wasn’t expecting it at all, so I was startled.”
Of course anyone would be shocked if breasts were suddenly pushed against them. No. If someone suddenly hugged them from behind.
“Sorry. When I saw Mikuri-chan’s back, I just thought it would be fun to surprise you.”
“…So you did it on purpose.”
“Ah, the truth slipped out…”
When she said it that cutely, everything was forgiven. Especially when a glamorous beauty was hugging me; to me it felt like a reward.
“Jeez… By the way, is the encore over?”
“Eh? Yes. Today’s show is finished… So, how was your first full concert?”
“Ah, yes. I was nervous, but I think we finished safely.”
“Good. I’m glad.”
While we talked, I signaled with my eyes to Nozomi-chan and Chie-chan, who had been waiting, to go ahead. The two lightly bowed to Erika-san and walked down the corridor toward the waiting room.
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“Erika-san, where are the other members?”
“If you mean the Sistema Solare members, they’re free to do whatever they want. We’re used to it, and there’s tomorrow too.”
“I see…”
“After tomorrow’s show, things get really busy.”
She was a veteran who had performed since the very first full concert. And an elite who had stayed in the first-tier internal group the entire time.
“I watched the sixth-gen stage. You were good. I couldn’t really see clearly during opening and ending, though.”
“Ah, thank you very much. I personally think we did even better in opening and ending than in the exclusive song.”
“Is that so? If you’re that confident, you’ll be fine.”
We moved to a quiet corner backstage and kept talking. Unlike me, she had been onstage for much longer, so she was sweaty, her skin flushed, and somehow it was incredibly sensual.
She was already a sexy older-sister type, but after the concert she radiated even more allure and stirred the man deep inside me.
“E-Erika-san, you were onstage for a long time. Are you okay without taking a break?”
“Yeah, I’m a little tired, so I was heading to rest in the waiting room.”
“Then I shouldn’t keep you.”
“Oh my, does Mikuri-chan hate talking to me?”
Making that lonely face was unfair. When an older beauty acted cute, it hit hard.
“N-No! Absolutely not!”
“Really!? That makes me happy.”
“Erika~ let’s go back to the waiting room~”
The voice that cut in belonged to Saturnus member, Suzuka Kiyota-san. She had spotted us standing in the corner just before entering the corridor that led to the waiting rooms.
“…Fine, fine~”
She turned to answer Suzuka-san, then faced me again.
“Well then, I’ll go. Tomorrow will be tough too, but do your best.”
“Thank you. Please do your best too, Erika-san.”
“Yes, thank you.”
I thought she would leave with that, but instead she stepped closer and hugged me again.
“E-Erika-san!?”
“Looking forward to next year♪ I’m expecting us to share the same stage.”
Her breasts and soft body pressed against me, and she whispered bewitchingly into my ear.
The ticklish sensation made my body stiffen. She released me, flashed a bright smile, turned on her heel, and left.
I could only watch her back as she joined Suzuka-san and disappeared from backstage.
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“I’m back~”
“Welcome back~”
“Good work.”
In the sixth-gen waiting room, a few people were missing, but the rest had finished changing and were chatting with drinks in hand. I walked past them to one of the pipe racks in the back and started taking off my idol costume.
“Mikuri, you’re pretty close with Wakisaka-senpai, huh?”
“We happened to practice dance together once when I was excused from vocal training.”
“I see…”
Nozomi-chan’s reply sounded cold. I kept changing with my back to them and continued talking.
“After that we just exchange a few words when we pass in the agency hallways.”
“I didn’t know that…” Chie-chan’s voice was cold too.
For some reason, the atmosphere felt like I was being accused of cheating; my hands slowed as I changed.
Still, I couldn’t keep changing forever.
Once I was in my going-home casual clothes, I sat in an empty chair with an expression that said “nothing happened at all.”
“Did Wakisaka-senpai say anything?”
“She said she watched our stage and that we were good.”
“Really!? I’m so happy…”
Sayaka-san looked delighted to be praised by a popular Sistema Solare member.
“I didn’t notice her at all~”
“That just means we were concentrating.”
Nozomi-chan responded to Yuna-san. I remembered a few people watching from the wings, but not exactly who.
“Today’s concert gave me a bit of confidence.”
“Yes. Chie feels the same.”
“Confidence is good, but don’t get overconfident. There’s still tomorrow.”
Chie-chan agreed with me, and Sayaka-san cautioned us. That was the peculiar sixth-gen dynamic: ride the wave just enough to succeed.
Surely tomorrow would go well too. As rookies we showered last, so while the others talked, I passed the time in that pleasant atmosphere.