Chapter 34 Be On a Livestream?!
Airi's POV

Once we were done with our performance, we went outside the live house; where we found our friends waiting for us.

"Ichika-Chan, Saki-Chan", Homami greeted as she walked up to them. "Congratulations on your performance. You both did very well."

"Honami's right", Shiho added. "Good job, you two."

When Saki heard her friends say this, Saki became emotional.

"Hona-Chan. Shiho-Chan", she exclaimed, flinging her arms around them. "You two are the bestest friends ever! Thank you so much for all the support you've given me and Ichi-Chan."

"What Saki said", Ichika added. "Homami, Shiho, thank you both very much for your support."

"You're welcome, Ichika-Chan and Saki-Chan", Honami said as Saki let her go.

"And thank you so much for coming as well, Onii-Chan", she said to Tsukasa.

"But of course", he said. "I wasn't going to miss my little sister's first live house performance! You were excellent up there, Saki! You gave a performance worthy of the little sister of the world's number one star!"

"Thank you, Onii-Chan", Saki said, before putting her hands on her waist with a confident look on her face. "Who knows? If I keep this up, then maybe I'll become a star too someday?"

"Of course", Tsukasa replied excitedly. "As my little sister, I'm sure that you have the same star potential that I do!"

As the Tenma siblings continued to talk, Shizuku suddenly came up to me.

"Airi-Chan, congrats on your performance", she said. "You were super cool up there!"

"T…thanks, Shizuku", I said, my cheeks now turning pink from embarrassment.

"I'm surprised you came, Akito", Ena said as she walked up to him.

"Tsukasa-Senpai said that we should support our sisters", Akito revealed. "You did a good job, Ena."

"Thanks", Ena said.

"So, now that your live house performance is over, what does Youthful/Friends plan on doing next", Homami asked.

"Actually", I started. "We were focusing so much on the live house performance that we didn't really think about what we were going to do after it was done."

"Well", Shizuku started. "If you guys need ideas, Shii-Chan and I actually have one for you."

"You do", I asked in confusion. "What is it?"

"We were wondering if Youthful/Friends would be interested in being guests on our next livestream?"

When Shiho asked this, we all looked at her in shock.

"Livestream", Saki asked. "As in, a Yume Yume Jump! livestream?!"

"That's right", Shizuku replied. "Many of our fans seem to know that I know Airi-Chan, and they've been asking what she's been up to."

"Our manager suggested that having an idol who's now in a band could be an interesting topic to talk about on stream", Shiho revealed. "She also thought that it'd be interesting to have two of my childhood friends on stream as well."

"Wow", Saki said in awe. "Getting to be on a livestream would be so cool!"

"Plus, Yume Yume Jump! is really popular right now", Ena added. "Being on their livestream could give us a great boost in popularity."

"What do you say, Airi-Senpai", Saki asked me. "Should we go on the livestream?"

The truth was that I was unsure about going on the livestream. But Ena was right. It could greatly boost Youthful/Friends popularity. So, I put my personal feelings aside, and gave my bandmates a determined nod.

"Let's do it!"

After we all went our separate ways, Akito and Ena offered to take me home. As we were walking, I nervously thought about the livestream; which Ena seemed to notice.

"Are you okay, Airi? You seem worried about something?"

After Ena asked me this, I let out a sigh of defeat, and decided to let her know what was on my mind.

"If I'm being honest", I started. "I'm actually kind of nervous about going on Yume Yume Jump's livestream."

"You are", Ena asked in confusion. "How come?"

"I haven't really interacted directly with the idol community in a while", I revealed. "I'm…worried what kind of comments people will end up leaving for me during the stream."

"I see", Ena said. "You know, Airi, we don't have to do the livestream if you don't want to. I'm sure that Ichika and Saki will understand."

"No", I replied. "It's like you said earlier. Going on this livestream could greatly boost Youthful/Friends' popularity. I'm not going to let the whole band miss that opportunity because of my own personal feelings."

"Are you sure", Ena asked.

"I'm sure", I replied.

"Well…okay then", Ena said. "In that case, If anybody leaves you a negative comment, then I'll just have to make sure to put them in their place!"

"I'm not sure that's a good idea", I revealed. "You can get heated very easily. You sure you want that to be captured live on stream?"

"Huh", Ena asked angrily, which got a chuckle out of Akito. "Why are you laughing? You can get pretty heated too, you know?!"

I laughed as I watched the Shinonome siblings argue. Then, my mind went back to the livestream, and I clenched my fist in determination.

For the sake of Youthful/Friends' growth, I need to put my personal feelings aside.