(Author's Note: I just got back from a dentist appointment about twenty minutes ago, and two or three of my teeth (only on my bottom jaw!) still hurt. I'm updating for all of you, though! ^^ Please enjoy the fanfiction~ uvu)
"Who do you want to succeed?" Manami spoke, leaning on the table with her elbows, and a hand on either side of her chin/cheeks.
"Nyan-Nyan…maybe? Mayuyu is cute, too…" Nana drifted ever so slowly back into her daydream.
"Yuko Oshima or Takahashi Minami!" Mai pumped a fist in the air, while she crushed a chip bag with her other hand.
"Really?! You'd go for the AKB captain?" Nana leaned forward as her and her soft voice snapped back into reality. Mai gave a determined and sharp nod.
"Why not?" She smirked in reply. "Go big or go home."
Manami gave a deep breath out. "It still feels like a dream.." She thought. All there was was just another round of auditions: The final selection. And the three of them were chosen out of all the other girls in the galaxy! So they couldn't make any mistakes now- they had to try harder. Perfect outfits, perfect voices, perfect make-up, and for Manami and Mai's first time: perfect. Girly. Make-up.
As soon as she looked up to see her friends had gotten their strength and energy back, she got up. "C'mon. Let's go hang out in my room for awhile."
In her room, Manami put on a fashion show for her friends. She would never know how much help she would need to find her perfect outfit. Or even one that was in her closet.
"What about this?" Manami added several necklaces, and a cowgirl hat to her already colorful outfit.
"Eh…" Nana didn't know what to say for once. It definitely wasn't 0048 material. A frilly skirt over jeans with a bright green collared top with ruffles down the middle. Well: at least she tried.
~~~~~Timeskip, a day later, in the morning (day of departure for final auditions!)~~~~~
Manami flung open her closet doors, as she frantically scrambled to look for something: the perfect outfit. Would jeans work? Probably not- it was a hot summer. A hoodie? She didn't need one, and it might give her a lazy look.
"What would Nana and Mai wear…" Manami mumbled to herself. She picked up a tutu. "No…Nana would wear that." She thought. The redhead picked up a black short-sleeved jumpsuit. She loved black, and the pants' legs would be a little shorter than halfway to her knees. Perfect! To put underneath it, she got an old T-shirt, which once belonged to her mother.
Manami remembered the stories she had been told regarding her mother. Her mother constantly fought for entertainment, and was even an AKB0048 fan! AKB ran in Manami's blood.
The T-shirt was a vintage one, from an old English-speaking group. The group went back even decades before the original AKB started on Earth, but the faded teddy bears on the shirt were too cute to leave behind. Manami snatched the shirt, and saw that it was still a size (or several) too big, so she took a rubber band and tied it around the excess t-shirt she pulled and twisted together at the bottom. She zipped up part of the jumpsuit, and began looking for a cute belt to go through the belt loops.
When Manami rummaged through her dresser, she found a cute aqua-bedazzled butterfly-buckled belt, and slipped that on. She got socks with black and aqua sneakers on, got a black chain bracelet, and slipped it on.
After completing her outfit, Manami had to pack her bag. Curling irons, hair accessories, all her jewelry, two changes of clothes, a couple of small stuffed animals, and a pair of pajamas were all that fit into her bag. She walked downstairs, feeling a surge of excitement race through her.