Chapter 2
"…And the winner will get the chance to record a single with their favorite STARISH member on top of performing live at our next concert!" Ittoki's excited voice rang throughout the crowded lunch room.
"So, all of you talented ladies send in your best," Ren's sultry voice evoked a chorus of excited squeals from a group of young girls. They had been watching the promo on a friend's phone. They were ecstatic, beyond ecstatic. The thought of them being able to sing with STARISH was a dream come true for some of them. The thought of them being able to even record with such an infamous recording company such as Saotome Records excited them all. But they knew; they just knew that not all of them had what it took.
Just like they agreed on how most of them didn't have what it took. They also agreed that two of their friends did have whatever they were looking for. "Kanae, Ami, you two would be perfect!" One of the girls smiled at a girl with dark pink hair.
"I don't know about me, but Ami certainly would!" Kanae objected, giving her friend a small smile. The girl named Ami just smiled sheepishly, twirling a piece of her curly black locks in her finger.
"I don't think so…" she said with a shy giggle.
"But come on you two!" One girl pleaded. "If both of you enter, one you damn sure has a chance of at least getting in the final cut!"
"Please, do it for us!" Another one added.
Ami blinked, nervously scratching her cheek as she looked from the girls across the table from her, to Kanae. "I-I'm not sure…only if Kanae enters," Ami stammered. She looked at her dear friend with pleading eyes. Ami was too nervous, unsure of her abilities to even think of sending in a tape of her singing to be analyzed by professionals with hit records out. She couldn't do that unless she knew for a fact that a friend was going to do it. Something about seeing someone else she knew doing something made her feel better about doing it herself. Silly right?
Kanae smiled reassuringly at Ami, nodding as she stuck her thumb up. "Sure, why not. It'll be fun," Kanae giggled. Ami smiled in relief, giving her a giggle as well before she saw her friend offer her pinkie. "Let's both do our best, Ami-chan," Kanae smiled.
"Of course!" Ami grinned. She locked her pinky with her best friends, giving a happy and excited laugh.
The table was soon filled with excited chatter, as well as song suggestions for the two. Both just listened and laughed at their friends' actions.
"Hey! Ami, Kanae!" One girl exclaimed out of the blue. "Whoever wins has to get everyone first row tickets and backstage passes!" The other girls chimed in with, "Yeah!" "Do it!" and "We'd do it for you!"
After being bullied into it, Kanae let out a loud laugh before nodding her head. "Alright, alright, it's a deal!" she smiled. "When we do win, you guys have to cheer as loud as possible! Got it?" she demanded with an amused laugh.
"We have to win first, Kanae," Ami reminded her.
With a playful pout, Kanae gave Ami's cheek a rather tight pinch. Ami flailed as she whined, holding her cheek when Kanae finally let it go. "Don't be so negative, alright Ami-chan?" Kanae smiled. Ami nodded, rubbing her reddened cheek. She finally smiled before she looked down at the clock on her phone.
She gasped as she jolted up, startling the other girls around them. Everyone looked at Ami with somewhat confused looks. "Ami-chan…?" Kanae asked.
"It's time for class, Kanae! We gotta get going!" she exclaimed before bolting to the door. Confused, Kanae quickly looked at her own phone before racing after Ami. When they were gone, their friends just laughed loudly.
Those two deserved to be best friends.
