The new generation
Miyuki waltzed into the dorm room in her usual way - recklessly, clumsily, and going much too fast with no regard whatsoever for the people around her. She crashed straight into a girl, and she gave a little gasp.
“Ah! Sorry about that! I never look where I’m going…” She looked at the girl’s face, and gave a little shriek as she realised who she had just danced into. “Lovetan?! Oh my god, I’m a huge fan! I’m Takahashi Miyuki, and I’ll be in your care from now on, senpai! I hope I can learn a lot from you!“While trying to spot some new Kenkyuusei Lovetan suddenly crashed into an especially fast person. It wouldn’t have taken much more and the small successor would have fallen straight to ground. Luckily, she was able to achieve a balance and could save herself from such an embarrassing incident.
"What do you think you are doing?”,slightly annoyed she turned around to lecture the careless crasher, but stopped immediately when she noticed that the other girl was already apologizing. “Well it’s fine. Nothing bad happened so as long as you watch your step from now on…",she said in a still lecturing but not very harsh tone.
Lovetan hadn’t seen this girl around until now. But before she could assume that she must be one of the new Kenkyuusei then, the bubbly girl already introduced herself visibly excited that she had run into the successor.
“Yep, I am Lovetan or Ota Aika the 12th.Thanks for being a fan!”, she started a little self-introduction, gently smiling.To be honest, she couldn’t really be mad at the understudy anymore after hearing that she was a fan.
“So you are Miyuki, then? Nice to meet you,too! I hope I can live up to your expectations as a Senpai but I’m going to do my best.So if there’s anything you don’t understand don’t hesitate to ask me.”, she continued with a determined look.
“I see you are kinda the bubbly type…where are you from?”, it was one of the questions she probably asked every new Kenkyuusei but Lovetan was the curious-type and wanted to figure out as much as possible about her new understudies.
Miyuki grabbed the other girl’s hands, then suddenly became very conscious of the height difference - Lovetan, at around 148cm, was almost a head shorter than Miyuki, who was at 175cm. She tried her best to make herself look smaller, then gave up and decided to ignore it. She was pretty sure she was taller than almost everyone else, if not everyone else, in 0048. She would have to get used to it - she had always been tall for her age, and her flat chest lended to the view of her friends that if she cut her hair short, she could be mistaken as a guy.
Miyuki enthusiastically shook Lovetan’s hands. “No need to thank me for being a fan! I think you’re amazing! I think all the successors are amazing, that they can succeed one of the original AKB48 members! And you’ve already lived up to my expectations of being my senpai, just by being here!”
Miyuki giggled as Lovetan said ‘bubbly’. It was one of the many nicknames her friends had called her, and it was well warranted considering her high-energy personality. “I’m from Akibastar, born and raised there!”
