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Pregame Prep

Bocchi cautiously stepped out of Kita's shower, wrapped a towel around herself, and strolled into the living room of Kita and Ryo's apartment.

Kita jogged over from the kitchen. "It's only six hours till your very first show as Andromeda. Are you nervous?"

"I don't think I can go through with it."

"That's the Bocchi we love. Now let's clean you up. Sit here and open the towel." She patted a chair.

Bocchi sat, opened, and looked around. "You and Ryo have a very nice place. How long have you been roommates?"

"Next Sunday, it'll be seven months. I wish she'd pay the electric bill once in a while instead of spending all her money on instruments and gadgets. The things we do for love." After kneeling, Kita put her hands on Bocchi's knees, spread them, and bent forward. "When the gods passed out bodies, you really were blessed. You've got such a pretty vagina." Kita rubbed Bocchi's fuzz. "But we're going to need to shave all this away." She rubbed shaving cream into the hair.

"That tickles." Bocchi squirmed as the razor did its work.

"Stay still or I might cut you. You wouldn't want me to scratch this perfect body of yours."

"It's not perfect."

"It's pretty close." She set down the razor.

"That was fast."

"There wasn't much to remove." Kita rose. "Now stand and take off the towel."

"Why?"

"I need to do an inspection."

When Bocchi obeyed, Kita studied every square inch of Bocchi's body. "Your skin doesn't have a single birth or beauty mark." Kita patted the chair. "Nothing that'll give you away."

"Give me away?" Bocchi took her seat.

"People are going to be taking a ton of video and pictures." Kita pulled out two makeup pencils, one black, the other brown. "Nijika had a great idea to throw people off." She raised the brown pencil to Bocchi cheek and drew the outside of a mole. She filled in the center with the black pencil. "I'm going to give you two beauty marks. One on your face and one on your breast." She drew a second beauty mark on Bocchi's left breast. "There."

"I don't understand."

"We put out a rumor that you quit the band, but a lot of people are still going to think Andromeda is you. But Bocchi doesn't have any birthmarks while Andromeda does."

"I see."

"You can get dressed now. It's almost time to meet Nijika and Ryo at Starry."

Bocchi looked at her feet. "I don't feel so good. I might be catching a cold."

Kita placed her hands on her hips. "Are you going to make me tie you up and carry you?"

Bocchi reached for her panties. "No."