Red Thread Record

by NinthFeather

Keep smiling until it hurts, and put away your complaints. That's what it means to be an idol singer. But maybe, together, you can knock at a new door. Two lonely idols. Three possible outcomes. Four drabbles. Crossover between Sarishinohara and Kagerou Project.

1. Distant Actors

Distant Actors

Momo just wants a few seconds alone to wallow in petty jealousy over how these girls' jobs are to be together while she's always alone. So, she ducks into a dressing room, but when she hears muffled sobs coming from under one of the tables, she realizes she's made a mistake. She crosses the room and kneels to look underneath it.

Another member of the massive idol group stares back at her, eyes puffy and red even in the dim lighting.

"Want to be alone together?" Momo offers, weakly, already knowing she's said the wrong thing.

Surprisingly, though, she hasn't.

A/N: Let's have our two Vocaloid-based critiques of the idol industry meet, shall we? According to a Tumblr post, the Sarishinohara characters are never actually named in-text in the manga, so I've chosen to avoid situations where their names would be needed in the drabbles.