"It might take a while," Keiichi admitted. "You've been an idol a while, right? You get used to what your environment is. You have a lot of practice being an idol, so now you need practice at not being an idol."

Easier said than done, of course, but it sounded good, anyway. At any rate, speaking to her like this had seemed to lighten her mood. It didn't take much for the younger Ito to imagine the sort of conversations that she'd had since arriving at Ryuseki. It was a gossipy bunch in normal times, let alone right after an idol had arrived at school.