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Westcoast II

Muse temp office

Days later

Beep

"Hey hey." Nico waves at the camera, "Nico-Nii here. Sorry for the late upload, but I'm finally here in LA." Nico starts to walk around the room, "I'm gonna be super busy after this so I should give you guys a heads up. Concert is gonna be in three weeks so I hope to see you nii's there."

Nico pauses for a second before speaking again, "Sorry for the short video but I gotta get ready soon." Nico grins and gives her signature sign, "Don't worry I'll make this the best concert you'll ever see. Nico out." The idol turns off the recording and then the camera.

Nico walks out of the room and makes her way to Hanayo's office space. In a few moments she reaches there and opens the door. "Yo Hanayo."

The technician turns around, "Hey Nico."

Nico walks over and places the camera on the table, "Can you upload this for me?"

"Oh was there another recording?" Hanayo takes the camera and plugs it into the computer.

"Nah. Just a short video for the fans." Nico leans on Hanayo's chair to stare at the screen; it was a figurine of Nico. "There's merch being sold already?"

"Hmm? Oh yeah your fans are buying your merchandise at a very fast rate."

"How fast?"

She presses the mouse a couple times and more windows pop out; there are posters, shirts, hats, and other things you can plaster her face on.

Nico's eye almost bug out, "They're almost sold out!?"

Hanayo nods as she now starts editing the video, "Your company is trying to make more before the concert." She raises a finger up, "Another thing, there are more people interested in you after watching your commercials."

'Damn, this is getting better and better.'

Bzzt

Nico takes her phone out; it's a message from Eli: [ We're going to have to leave in about 30 minutes. ]

[ Alright I'll meet you at the front. ] Nico pockets her phone and pats Hanayo's shoulder. "I'm about to go and I got one more place to check at. See you at the hotel later?"

"Okay. Good luck out there Nico."

Nico smiles, "Thanks." She gives one more pat and leaves the room

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Armor Design

"Hey Kotori how you've been?" Nico walks over to the designer.

"Hi Nico and I'm good."

Nico stops next to Kotori, "So how's the workspace?"

Kotori shrugs, "I didn't bring my machines with me but your company was able to find some decent substitutes."

"Nice." Nico leans closer to the table, "So what do you have?"

Kotori opens s book with different sketches of dresses, "So I've been going around the stores to get a feel of the fashion here." She points at a couple of designs, "After some research I got a few ideas. What do you think?"

"Hmm," Nico peers closer and points at a part of the sketch, "This part looks familiar."

Kotori looks at the spot, "Oh yes I tried to combine two styles together."

"It looks really nice. I like this one so far."

Kotori and nods, "I'm glad you thought as well."

Nico grins, "Nothing less from the best. So do you need anything else?"

"Yes," Kotori turns to Nico, "How's your progress with Eli and Nozomi?"

Nico's grin falters, "H-Huh?" Nico grins again, "It's going great."

Kotori raises her eyebrow.

Nico sighs, "Not much."

"What's stopping you?"

"I've been so busy with the idol—" Nico shakes her head, "That's a poor excuse." The idol sighs again, "It's just... I guess I got used to what we have right now."

"But you want more."

"Yeah I really do." Nico looks to the side of a wall and breathes again. After a while she looks back at the designer, "I'll tell them after the concert."

Kotori nods. "Whatever you think is best."

"Sorry for that little vent."

"Oh no It was kinda my fault for bringing it up."

Nico raises her eyebrow, "What brought this on?"

"During my trip I saw a lot of couples that remind me of you three."

"Oh."

"And you're becoming more obvious."

Nico palms her face, "Seriously?"

Bzzt

Nico takes out her phone to see Eli's message: [We have to leave soon. ]

[ Alright alright I'll see you soon. ]

Nico looks up, "I'll be going." She waves and starts walking to the door, "I'll see you later."

"See you Nico and I should have the dress done in about a week."

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Dance studio

"Aaaand stop." Grace claps her hands, "Alright everyone that'll be it for practice today." Everyone makes their way to stuff while Grace walks up to the idol, "You did good Nico. You lagged at some parts but overall you kept up with the tempo."

"Thanks." Nico pants as she takes a swig from her water bottle.

Grace nods, "I'll see you tomorrow."

Nico waves her hand, "Until tomorrow." Grace waves back and walks to one of her students. Nico's gaze follows the instructor and saw her guards at the side of the room; she quickly looks back to her bottle. 'C'mon focus. That can wait until after.' She shakes her head and walks to them, "What's on the schedule for today?"

Eli pulls out her phone, "You have a photo-shoot at the beach and then a meet-and-greet event later."

"Ohohoho." Nozomi hides her mouth, "We get to see Nicocchi in a swimsuit."

"Psh. You better bring some sunscreen 'cause you might get burned from my dazzling skin." Nico holds a V sign as she follows Nozomi and Eli to the car. She sighs in relief as she walks behind them; her cheeks are still flushed.

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Beach

Knock Knock

"Miss is there any problems?"

Nico shakes her head, but realizes there is a wall, "Nope I'll be out in a minute."

"Okay."

Nico hears the footsteps fade away from the trailer. Nico sighs and takes a look at the mirror was wearing a two-piece pink swimsuit with a mesh wrap skirt that reaches down to the middle of her thighs.

'A little risqué but still looks nice.' The idol leans on the table, 'You got this. Idol mode: on.' She takes a deep breath and walks to the door. She opens the trailer door and she had to cover her face from the bright sunlight. Taking a few moments to recover, Nico looks around the beach to see only the camera crew and her guards. 'Wow John works fast.' She begins her way to the staging area.

A woman with red hair walks up to the idol and holds her hand out, "Hello Nico I'm Gwen and I'll be taking your photos for today."

Nico smiles and shakes the photographer's hand, "Hi Gwen it's a pleasure to meet you." They both chuckle and walk to the first spot.

Gwen directs her crew and holds her camera up, "Okay Nico I want you to pose and..."

Two hours later...

"Perfect! And we're done here." The crew starts to pack their gear away as Gwen looks over the picture. "There are great Nico. You know what you're doing."

Nico slips on a jacket, "Aw thanks Gwen."

Gwen holds out a card, "It's been a pleasure working with you. If you ever in town again please call me."

Nico accepts the card, "It was really fun to work with you and I'll definitely will." They nod at each other and split off in opposite directions. As Nico walks to her area, she sees Eli and Nozomi huddled together with the violet-head holding up her phone. The idol gets close enough to them so say, "Hey what's up?"

Eli jumps away quickly with her cheeks slightly flushed, "N-Not much."

Nico raises her eyebrow and looks at Nozomi; the guard smiles and shrugs while pocketing her phone.

Eli coughs into her hand, "A-Anyway we should get going soon for your next event."

Nico stares Eli for a while but shrugs as well, "Alright."

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Convention center

Nico stops before the stage curtains and fiddles with her dress; she looks at both Eli and Nozomi, "Hey is anything out of place?"

Nozomi smooths out a part of the dress, "There. Better now."

Eli peeks around for a while and then she nods at Nico, "Everything is perfect Nico."

Nico nods and smiles at them, "Thanks." She turns around and peeks at the edge of the curtains to look at the crowd; she gives a short whistle. 'Wow.' The room is filled with people in suits and dresses. 'Oh crap, it's that one chick who played in that one comic movie.' As Nico sweeps her gaze across the room she recognizes other public figures. 'Hey it's that blogger who shared my first video.'

"Elichi did we went to the wrong location?"

Nico looks back, "What?"

Nozomi smiles at the idol, "Sorry Nicocchi I thought they were a pack of wolves for a moment."

Nico lightly punches Nozomi's shoulder, "Rude. Most of them have a fan base of their own."

Nozomi keeps smiling while Eli just shrugs.

Nico shakes her head, "Anyway it's about to start so you two ready?" They both nod and Eli walks off the backstage while Nozomi stays in place. "Right." Nico starts walking to the stage and the crowd quiets down as the notice the idol. Nico reaches to the center and taps the microphone.

"Hello everyone and welcome to Nico-Nii's first international meet-up! Now I want to thank all of you who came here tonight. So please enjoy the food and drinks." Nico poses, "I'll be sure to meet everyone here."

The crowd claps at the small speech and Nico gives a short bow. The idol walks to the front and down the mini-stairs to see Eli waiting at the bottom level. Nico didn't get ten feet away from the stage when people start crowding. 'Ohhh here we go.'

1 hour later...

"Ahem."

The group surrounding Nico turned to the source of the interruption; Nico tries to peek around to see who it is. 'Who is that?'

"May I have some time with the host?"

The group immediately parted and Nico's eye slightly widens as she finally gets to see the unknown person, 'Wow.' The person has a black one-piece dress that reaches slightly above her knees while there is a white capelet on her shoulders. She has blue eyes and blonde hair that reaches down her shoulders. Behind there are two ladies with the same faces, hair, and suits; the only way to tell them apart is their red and blue ties respectively.

'Twins huh.' Nico suddenly blinks as she looks around, 'What the? Where did everyone go?' Nico looks behind and raises her eyebrow; Eli and even Nozomi seem serious. The idol looks around again to only see her guards and the new group nearby.

The lady lightly dips her head, "Hello Nico."

Nico blinks, "H-Hi Miss...?"

The lady smiles, "Please call me Alice." Alice gestures to an empty table near them, "Shall we have some time alone?" She waves her hands and the twins step back.

"Uh sure." Nico looks back and nods at her guards; Eli and Nozomi then stare at each other before they step back the same distance as the twins. Nico and Alice now walk to the nearby table and stood in silence as the only sounds were chatter in the background. She feels the silences getting to her and Nico blurted out, "So you know Japanese huh?" 'Oh great nice one dumbass.'

Alice smiles, "It is beneficial to be fluent in multiple languages for my position. I also figured that it will be more convenient for you to speak your native tongue."

"Oh," Nico gins, "Thanks."

"It is of no consequence." Alice places her hands on top of the table, "How has Los Angeles been treating you?"

"Oh I've been very busy so I didn't see the entire city but overall I like being here."

"Hmm," Alice nods at the answer, "Forgive me if this is too forward but why go through so much effort for a concert in the United States?"

"O-Oh well..." Nico takes a moment, "Well I wanted to show my international fans my thanks for all of their support. Not only that, this is a great chance for more people to see my concert."

"Why is that?"

Nico beams at Alice, "I want everyone to smile."

Alice blinks a couple of time before she smiles, "I see." One of the twins with the red tie comes to Alice's side and leans down near her ear. Alice slightly nods as she listens to whatever Red tie is saying. The lady steps back and Alice focuses back to Nico, "I'm afraid I have to be somewhere else." Alice stands up and offers her hand, "I apologize for ending this conversation on such an abrupt note."

Nico stands up and shakes Alice's hand, "It's no problem. It was great talking with you."

"Likewise. I wish you luck on your concert."

"Thank you."

Alice nods and walks to the exit with the twins following after her.

Nico watches as she leaves, 'What an interesting lady.' She notices something at the edge of her eye and the idol turns to see a different group coming toward her table. Sigh 'Round 2.'

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Hotel

"Urrrrgh." Nico flops face-down on her pillow. "That took forever and there's still more to do."

Nozomi pats her shoulder, "You did say that you wanted to meet and talk with all the guests."

"Shut it Nozi." Nico flips over, "Where is everyone?"

"They'll be coming later."

The door opens and Eli walks in three tubs of ice cream, "I got your flavor Nico."

Nico takes her tub, "Thanks." She presses on her forehead, "Ahhhh." Nico hears the others opening their ice cream and she decides to do the same. She takes a scoop of the strawberry and plops the ice treat inside her mouth. "Mmmm."

Eli takes a seat next to Nozomi, "Don't worry Nico. You can do it."

'God this is why I love you two." Nico takes another scoop and lets the ice cream melt.

"...Eh?"

Nico turns to both them staring at her and blushing; she furrows her brows, "What?" Then her eyes bulge out of their sockets, "Oh shit." Nico's cheeks flush to a pink hue and she immediately jumps to gesture wildly with her tub of ice cream. "Wait! I don't mean— Well I do—But—"

"We understand Nicocchi."

"Huh?" Nico stares at them, "Really?"

Eli nods with the blush still on her face, "Being here gave us a lot of perspectives."

'This is it!' Nico takes a deep breath and then stares at both Eli and Nozomi. "Eli. Nozomi." They gave her their full attention. "Can you wait for me after the concert to properly tell you how I feel?"

Eli and Nozomi stare at each other for a while as they leave Nico in silence. Just as Nico starts to fidget, they both turn to Nico and smile, "Of course."

Nico sighs, "Thank you." She sits back down and all three of them start eating again. After a while Nico stops eating and stares at Eli.

Eli notices and turns to the idol, "W-What?"

"Oh!" Nico points her spoon to them, "Who was that blond lady?"

They gape at Nico.

"Like seriously who is she? She seems pretty famous but I don't know her."

Eli works her jaws several times, "...That was Alice Murgatroyd."

"Mmmm," Nico shakes her head, "I got nothing."

"She's the CEO of Sphera."

Nico taps the spoon on her lips, 'Hmmm...wait...' She drops the tub of ice cream and jumps up. "WHAT!? How come you didn't tell me!?"

Eli jumps up as well, "She wasn't on the invite list and we were just as surprised as you were. She came on her own."

Nozomi pats their shoulders, "Now now what's done is done. Let's just move past that and eat."

'Holy Shiiit! Why is Alice interested in me?' On the outside Nico just grumbles as she picks up her ice cream and starts eating again. 'God what a fucking day.'

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And fin.

I'm BACK... and now I'm going to go back to hibernation. Sorry for the month delay but I'm almost down. YAY! Pro tip: don't take science classes in the summer.

So this chapter will be the last setup and we can go to the main event.

Another character enters the stage. So who wants to guess the inspiration for the new character?

See ya in two weeks.

Thanks for reading

Constructive criticisms are appreciated

Bravo Tango out.