Succession Concert
“But I’m not really radiant….?” Tochi started to protest, looking highly confused at that remark. Chieri was radiant (she was their Center Nova!). Miyuki was… radiant in a way if personality counted. The 77th generationdefinitely had their thing going on. Tochi was just Tochi, or rather, she was Tochi but also Karen, though she was still a little confused as to how to refer to herself now.
When Miyuki suddenly remembered the concert, though, Tochi dropped the subject, and watched as the older girl ran about the dorm room, panicking. When she finally settled down, Tochi blinked, before speaking again.
“Um… I got a ride back from Ritsuko-sensei, actually!” she said, as much as she dreaded riding back to the theater with the former successor, “If you hurry, you could still probably get on the bus with the others that was going to the theater!”
“A-ah, you’re right! But won’t that bus have left by now…?” She shook her head, grinning. “Doesn’t matter! I can run there if I have to, I have confidence in my stamina at least!” She started stretching, as though she was really serious about it; which, knowing Miyuki, she probably was.
“As for the radiance thing…I think you are…In your own way,” Miyuki said, a little absentmindedly with the airheaded expression she got on her face sometimes. It was the look that she got when she struggled to find a way to say something - even though her intelligence wasn’t the highest for a girl her age, she could still say good things at times. “Sometimes…It feels like the room gets a little brighter when you’re in it, y'know? It’s the same with the other successors. I’m not talking about how I light up the room personality-wise, that ain’t really anything special. It’s just high energy and lots of bouncin’ around. But for you, just being there, you kinda gave off this aura…You’re giving it off even now! It’s your radiance, and whether you know it or not, ya got it if that kirara is any indication. It’s not only that though, it’s your heart as an idol.” She placed a hand on her chest, and playfully poked Tochi on the cheek. “Your idol heart developed first out of all of us. I feel that you were chosen because of that. So don’t worry about it, hmm? You might not feel your own radiance all the time, but I’m sure the fans do!”
