The day started no different from any other day. Skip took her sweet time getting ready, Chao picked her up and both walked to school together.
"Yesterday I heard a weird rumor that you were literally on fire. What was that all about?"
Skip explained what went down.
"... But when I caught up to Atsuko, half the school had already heard her screams and the rumors started."
"Sveta doing magic, huh...? Still kinda hard to believe, to be honest." Chao was baffled. "So, what did Atsuko need from you, anyway?"
"Oh, that! She asked me to photograph her unit's practice today, after school."
Chao hummed an 'I see'.
"Hey Skip, can I ask you something?"
"Of course, shoot it!"
"You get involved with so many school idols, photographing them, giving them tips and stuff... Have you ever thought of becoming one yourself?"
Skip's eyes widened.
"Ahaha, don't be silly Chao! My voice is pretty average and I can't dance, I'm too clumsy for that!"
"But you have an Idol's charisma. Just saying~."
Skip stopped walking for a few seconds taking in what her friend told her.
"Me, a school idol? Nah, I wish!" She thought to herself.
When Skip and Chaokumo reached the school gates, they heard a mechanical sound becoming louder and louder as they walked.
Skip jumped sideways and avoided getting hit by Nullsilver's drone.
"Aha! I evaded it!" The girl grinned, proud of herself.
However, the drone hit someone else and that person fell on top of Skip, bumping heads with her.
"OUCH!" Both exclaimed.
The unfortunate person regained her posture and glanced over at Skip.
"Ah, Skip! I'm sorry!"
"It's okay. Are you alright, Edelweiss?"
The girl nodded.
Nullsilver, once again accompanied by Aelic, came to apologize.
"Where's Akemi? We need her to complete the clumsy trio!" Chao snickered.
Both Skip and Edelweiss pouted.
The group burst out laughing.
Suddenly they fell quiet.
There was an ominous presence in the air.
From behind Chaokumo, a red-head emerged and, in a low tone of voice coming from a creepy smirk, said:
"Helloooo, Skip...~!"
Everyone jumped, their hearts beating hard, except Skip.
"Oh, good morning Sveta." The girl greeted.
Sveta offered another smirk and went away.
"W-W-Was that... Sveta-senpai?!" Edelweiss was shaking.
"Waaa, that scared me!" Chao let out.
Similar scenes happened throughout the day.
-During P.E.:
Skip and her classmates were running. Sveta was passing by and decided to wave with a huge grin on her face. Everyone froze, including the teacher who broke into a cold sweat.
-Lunch break:
Skip and Chao sat down with Kyoko and Lulu. The group was happily talking about their Idol activities until Sveta showed up.
"Hi...~!"
The girls went "Eeeek!".
"Say Skip... Are you friends with Sveta-senpai?" Kyoko asked.
"Hum... I guess? She's pretty cool."
"Cool, huh..." Lulu wondered.
-After school:
The brown haired girl met up with Atsuko, as promised.
"Oh, I didn't know you had asked Skip to take the photos!" Lulu turned to Atsuko. "If I had known, I'd have said something at lunch break. Thanks Skip."
"Ah, no problem!"
"Shall we start practice, then?" Atsuko suggested.
Skip took her camera out of her bag and adjusted the ISO and White Balance. She gave them the 'Okay' afterwards.
The TROPiC members stretched their muscles and soon enough started dancing.
Once again, out of nowhere, Sveta intervened and disappeared as fast as she showed up.
"Waaaa!" They all screamed.
"Hum, why does everyone freak out whenever Sveta says hi? She's just being nice." Skip was confused.
"That's no normal way of saying hi..."
"The way she grins is as if she's placing a curse on us..." Atsuko followed Lulu's train of thought.
"I'm pretty sure that's not the case, though." Skip smiled.
The practice resumed and lots of pictures were taken.
Obs: Ryqoshay's Aelic and Nullsilver and Karai_Sky's Atsuko are featured again~.
Edelweiss belongs to XCrescentX, Kyoko is Lex-chan's creation and Lulu is Makishima's.
Thank you for reading~! ^w^
