I push the kid!

"Can I come and take a look?"

At around seven o'clock, the street lights were on, but the effect of the publicity was still minimal.

"What's going on here?" Taku Makimura, wearing a full set of rabbit doll costume, walked over from a distance.

This area is in charge of Hoshino Ai.

"It doesn't seem to work." Hoshino Ai shook her head.

"It's been so long, and I've only managed to attract a few people."

"No one is very interested in underground idols."

Makimura Taku remained noncommittal.

Someone passed by, and Hoshino Ai went up to promote the group with a cardboard: "Excuse me, we are the newly formed idol group B Komachi, may I ask if we can..."

"Can you please get out of the way?"

She stopped where she was.

"Who cares about your underground idols? The quality is like that...any idol produced on an assembly line is better than you."

Chapter 68 Remarks on the launch

This book will probably be 1.5 million words.

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I want to be your kid.

Chapter 69 I Want to Be the Child You Push

Chapter 69 68. I want to be the child you push

"But."

"Don't waste my time." The man said finally, looking impatient, and walked away.

The sky, which had been hazy just a moment ago, suddenly became darker than the deep sea.

The sound of human voices filled my ears like raindrops.

A Honda Civic with its lights on drove across the road, leaving behind the noise of its tires rubbing against the ground.

When the car lights flashed across Hoshino Ai's body, she was still standing there.

It was as if I was observing the orange sunset that disappeared at some point, looking far into the direction that person left.

"But..." She was still mumbling.

There should have been more to say, but she made no further sound.

In Ochanomizu where neon lights flickered and people were coming and going on the streets, she saw Mai Watanabe, Sanae Takamine, and even the injured Ritsuko Ninomiya was still working hard for B Komachi.

Even if you are rejected again and again, which is a very common thing, it would be ridiculous to be defeated by such a small setback.

She held the sign that read "Please come and support our B Komachi!" in her arms, glanced down, and then looked back at Taku Makimura who was two meters away.

Taku Makimura took off the rabbit mask on his head, revealing his handsome face soaked with sweat.

He lifted the bangs that were stuck to his forehead and took a few steps towards Hoshino Ai.

The height difference between the two is perfect for head patting and caressing.

But there was sweat in Taku Makimura's hands. He just walked through the night and looked at the place where Hoshino Ai had looked before.

"That guy, it's such a shame to miss out on the best idol in the world."

The brightly lit Ochanomizu feels as bustling as Tokyo.

The transparent moonlight drifted here and could not find a place to stay in this city.

There are street performances across the street, a newly opened beverage shop with a long queue, an arcade with crazy songs, and cartoon clips broadcast on giant billboards on the buildings.

This scene is still not as beautiful as Makimura Taku's profile.

Hoshino Ai looked at him as if she was admiring a rare treasure that she had been longing for, and her eyes were as pure as a child's.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Taku Makimura and the members of B Komachi gathered together, and the five of them returned to the live house.

Everyone collected the crude promotional boards in their hands into the box, and Taku Makimura took off all his doll costumes.

Sweat was streaming down his temple. Hoshino Ai noticed it and hurriedly pulled over some pieces of paper, wanting to wipe the sweat off his face with her own hands.

"I can do it myself."

"Let me do it." Hoshino Ai said softly.

Makimura Taku was stunned by her words. He was just looking at her expression and didn't think about anything else.

That slightly rosy face was so beautiful that it didn't seem like something that could exist in this world.

"Xiao Ai." Gao Feng Sanae interrupted them.

"Yes."

"Let's go backstage and get ready." Gao Feng Sanae pointed behind her.

"Okay." Hoshino Ai straightened up, pressed the paper into Makimura Taku's hand, and said with a blink of her eyes, "I can leave it to you next."

She turned away, her purple hair cascading down like a silky waterfall.

The air was filled with her floral scent, and the bow ribbon was fluttering, just like her.

She always wears that bunny hairpin.

"Have a good rest here." In the dressing room backstage, after putting on makeup with the cosmetics that everyone had jointly purchased, Mai Watanabe took Ninomiya Ritsuko's hand and whispered to her.

"Yeah," Ninomiya Ritsuko nodded, then looked up and added, "Good luck to you guys!"

"Absolutely!"

Three meters away from them, Hoshino Ai was adjusting her bangs in front of the mirror.

She lifted the long hair by her ears, let it down, lifted it up again, and finally let it down again.

She adjusted the position of her hairpin and smiled at the mirror, imperfectly.

She smiled again, but it was still imperfect.

She finally felt better when she showed her white teeth.

This is not a big stage. If you watch it up close, even the degree to which the corners of the mouth can be raised needs to be carefully polished.

She wants to show her best side to everyone, to B Komachi's fans, and most importantly, to Taku Makimura.

Therefore, she absolutely had to be perfect.

"It looks good this way, love."

"Really?" Hoshino Ai was hesitating whether to put on a brighter lipstick.

Strawberry red? Tomato red? Orange red? Which one would Makimura Taku like?

She didn't know why she thought of these things. Looking at her blushing cheeks in the mirror, she stopped what she was doing.

At around ten twenty, Gao Feng Sanae called the two people over.

The three of them confirmed each other's attire, Mai Watanabe helped Hoshino Ai zip up the back of her clothes, and everyone took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

After exactly thirty minutes, they climbed onto the small plastic-wood platform one by one. The narrow space was pitch black, but it created a unique sense of mystery.

Behind a curtain that was unclear whether it was wax red or black, the girls stood in a row on the stage, full of anticipation.

"This is our own performance," said Takamine Sanae, standing in the middle. "There's no need to compete with anyone. Everyone, just relax."

The three of them held hands together, and Hoshino Ai nodded slightly: "Got it."

"Oh!" Mai Watanabe encouraged herself, "I have to be more serious than last time!"

"That's fine," Takamine Sanae sighed with a smile, and admired Watanabe's ability to stay energetic all the time, "Just do it the easiest way you can."

"Everyone, tell your number."

"Counting?"

"Well, I always feel that this will be more practical!"

"Ninomiya hasn't come yet. Do you think we'll feel more at ease with three of us?" Takamine Sanae reminded.

Mai Watanabe froze, then smiled the next second and said, "That's right."

The three of them stared at each other and smiled at the same time.

Deeper darkness shone through the cracks in the curtain, and the show began.

The stage cloth automatically slid to the sides, and the three of them lowered their heads slightly and closed their eyes.

The lights suddenly came on, and the view became wider. Everyone raised their heads and blurted out:

"Hello everyone! We are..."

No one uttered the three words "B Komachi".

Their expressions were frozen, as if they had witnessed an unspeakable disaster.

It was indeed a disaster. There was no one in the audience seats.

The empty darkness filled the entire place, and the cheap stage lights were buzzing non-stop.

Although they were standing under the light, they seemed to have fallen into darkness.

Even so, Mai Watanabe continued speaking intermittently to the empty audience: "Everyone...we...we are B Komachi..."

"Watanabe..." Hoshino Ai looked at Sanae Gaofeng with worried eyes.

"Don't be like this." Gao Feng Sanae also said to her softly.

"No one will come..."

"Maybe I should have thought of this result from the beginning." Gao Feng Sanae closed her eyes with a headache.

"Yeah." Hoshino Ai didn't know what to say. Any words would be superfluous. She understood this feeling.