It was now the week of the winter concert and Kiara had just finished her rehearsal and now was heading home...
This is was now the final stretch of her rehearsals before the upcoming concert-- The last few days before the big day.
With the preperations now on the way in the agency, Kiara was told to come to her father's office on one of these days for an announcement.
The silence inside of her father's office had been different than usual, this actually made Kiara quite anxious.
"I'll get straight to the point, Kiara."
W-What...? What could it be this time...?
Don't tell me it's one of those sudden things again...
She had a bad feeling ever since she heard her father's voice as she sat on one of the sofas inside the room, she knew that out of all of the times that she was called to his office... It was mostly for a sudden announcement.
"You're gonna be the leader of our newly bulit theater." her father announced, sounding serious.
"What?"
Did I mishear that...? Surely...
The leader of the new theater of my family's talent agency?
No way... This must be a dream...
"You heard me, You're gonna be the leader of the newly formed unit that's gonna be assigned there after you're performance at the winter concert." He continued, without even cracking a grin.
This must be a nightmare... I'm already having a hard time trying to maintain my own performance... I couldn't possibly manage a whole group... That's just mental...
Unfortunately, her father was quite serious about this. He handed her a folder containing the profiles of her future unit, with photos, name, age, and hobbies, along with other information regarding them was inside the well-kept folder.
"Kana Ryuo" she read out loud, that was the name of the person that was on the first page. She recognizes the girl on the photo on the said page which made her eyes widen.
With the feeling of confusion she said: "Am I seeing things? What is kana doing in this folder, father? What's the meaning of this?"
"It's just as you see, she came here the other day and asked if she could audition and I allowed her since she looked like she was serious about it."
He did what?? I mean, I don't hate her but... Why is she suddenly trying to be an idol?
She didn't even look like someone who had any interest in being one...
Kiara had trouble understanding Kana, who by the way she didn't know all that well since they only met once and didn't talk to each other that much during the photo shoot.
I guess I don't have a choice... Since there's gonna be someone that I'll know in the unit, I'll just join... I wasn't planning on just going with it because of how awkward it'd be to walk into a room that's filled with strangers... But since I know one of them... I guess it wouldn't be so bad...
She made up her mind quickly. Without even thinking about it more, she agreed to it now feeling a sense of relief that there was someone that she knows in the unit.
She wasn't a solo artist anymore-- She was now a unit member... Well, atleast once the winter concert is over.
This announcement was highly confidencial and she wasn't allowed to speak about it during any interviews, this was something that was gonna be a big deal in Kiara's fan community once this was revealed to the public.
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"Are there any future things that you're working on right now?"
"Um..."
Crap... What can I tell them...?
Having trouble answering the given question, she quickly thought of the things on her schedule that she could use as an answer.
The interviewer which was working for a idol magazine publisher stared intently in to her eyes, expecting her to give a interesting answer.
Can I just say that I'm currently doing training for something?
No, That's not gonna end well...
He'll just ask about that once I mention that 'something'...
Her thoughts switched between her schedule and the upcoming winter concert opening act, she was in quite a bit of trouble.
Most of the things on my schedule aren't even worth mentioning...
I guess I'll can just say no?
Sighing, she ended replying with a "I'm not really allowed to mention it...".
This reply of hers only further fueled the curiosity of the person that had been interviewing her, making him ask even more questions regarding her statement.
Oh geez, Back off already... This is why I hate being asked that question now...
The number of times that she had been asked the same thing was something she had already lost count off...
It was like the media actually ran out of questions to ask her and is just re-using the same question over and over again expecting her to give them a different answer than what she would say to them everytime.
She inhaled then continued her reply: "None right now."
"I see."
The reporter quickly wrote something down on his notepad which he had on his lap the whole time.
With reporter closing the said notepad, the interview ended.
It's finally over... I can't believe I was asked the same thing again...
They really need to be more creative with the questions they ask...
Un-impressed with how the media was asking her about the same thing every single time, she slowly got up from her seat after asking her manager what the next thing on her schedule was going to be.
Her fans online were now going on a frenzy the moment her name showed up on a promotional video for the winter concert that was posted on a video streaming site- every single one of them posting about the announcement on several blogs and forums across the internet.
This upcoming performance of hers has now gone trending across the country as more and more people found out about it.
The announcement ofcourse didn't go without getting any negative comments on several forums, which she ignored since it was a waste of time to waste time on paying mind to them.
Kiara could only stare as she saw several news sites that had news about the same announcement when she had gone on her laptop to do some research for her homework.
I give up... I don't even care anymore...
Why did I even react in the first place...?
She thought, getting tired of reacting to every single article that she saw about herself.
There's only a few more days before the concert, I need focus on the rehearsals.
[To be continued...]