For an ex-idol as self-absorbed as Kaori was, those rhinos were surprisingly subtle. She didn't so much as blink at the subject change.

"I guess I am a bit," Kaori admitted, studying the ground in front of her as she walked. "But it's nothing I can't handle," she added quickly, swatting aside the nagging inkling that perhaps she was biting off more than she could chew by coming to such a radically different environment.

"It's just a lot to take in and nothing like my old school."

After all, it'd been rare for any of the students in her old class to stay the whole time with photoshoots, concerts, interviews, and an assortment of other celebrity obligations to be fulfilled.