The Idol Story 9 Chapter 9 Phobia

'My unit's name will be changed?' Kasumi asked in her mind with a face that looked like she doesn't know what to do.

They have now arrived back home as she finished her thought. One of their maids open the door for them to get off of the car. "Good Evening, Mistresses" A maid with brown curly hair greeted the both of us with a business-like smile on her face.

'I'm worried now... What if Uzuki didn't pa.s.s?' Kasumi puts a hand on her chin as she got off the car, disregarding that she was now walking towards the front door of her house without paying attention.

Her mother Kiara immediatley notices that she's doing exactly that and taps her on the shoulder. "You shouldn't be doing that, you might hurt yourself." She said in english.

'Why is mother suddenly speaking english?' Kasumi now has a confused look on her face due to her mother suddenly speaking english.

Meanwhile Kiara just starts walking towards the house's entrance after telling Kasumi to stop being absent-minded.

As Kiara opened the door Darjeeling was at the other side of the door as if awaiting for the both of them to get back home.

With a smile on her face she greeted both of them: "Welcome home, Mom and Sis" She's currently still wearing her school uniform since she just got home when the two have arrived.

"Who's school?" Kiara asked her younger daughter as she goes into the house.

"It's been ok so far." Darjeeling answered in a cheerful way with a smile still on her fourteen year old face.

Kasumi soon after followed them into the house as Kiara got inside. 'I'm so tired right now... I could literally sleep like a dog tonight...' Kasumi thought making her way to her bedroom.

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At the talent agency at round afternoon the next following week...

Yamato currently acting nervous as if someone had threatend her just sits on a bench inside the dance studio holding a bottle of water in one hand.

'Why is Yamato suddenly acting nervous?' Kasumi noticing Yamato who is seated across the room from her having shaky hands.

Kasumi got up from the bench and goes to Yamato's side and asks: "Did something happen?"

"Some boys in my school started fighting during PE and i can't stop thinking about it... I think i have Androphobia or something." Yamato's hands still continued to shake.

As Kasumi heard her answer she sits beside Yamato to help her calm down. "Did you see who or what started the fighting?" She asked.

'This might get in the way of our upcoming debut concert... I might have to tell Miss Uzumi about this...' Kasumi thought waiting for Yamato to answer her.

"No... But it really startled me when is was playing volleyball with my group during that time..." Yamato started to sob covering her face at the same time.

Yamato now revealing how sensitive she is to things like a bunch of boys fighting has now opened up to Kasumi... How will this newly revealed problem affect their rehearsals?

Kasumi holds Yamato's shoulders trying to comfort her. "It's ok, Yamato. If it's hard for you to talk about it then I'm not gonna force you to talk."

"I-It's ok, I trust you anyway... That's why I told you about this..."

Yamato now saying that she trusts her, she now can't just tell Uzumi about this phobia that she recently got. As it may make her upset once Kasumi tells Uzumi about the problem.

'The audience are probably gonna be mostly guys at the debut concert... Will she be ok?'

Kasumi pondered still trying to calm down her purple-haired friend.

"All right, if you say so..." Kasumi replied still feeling really concerned about Yamato's current situation.

Yamato gave Kasumi a nod ending their conversation.

Kasumi let out a sigh as she entered her home...

Darjeeling who was already home at that time saw her arriving but just decides to leave her alone because of the look on her older sister's face.

Now in her bedroom, Kasumi sat down at her study table and turns on the tv in her room. whilst still thinking about their upcoming live performance.

"She said she'll be fine, I need to stop worrying about it is what I promised myself...

But, I just can't stop doing it..." She murmured switching tv channels.

She finally found a channel that had a show that she found interesting after four minutes of just browsing through all of the channels that she had access to, but someone started knocking on her bedroom's door.

'I'm too tired to even ask who just knocked...'

"Come in."

She invited the person on the other side of the door who just knocked, turning off her tv in the process.

The younger alcott sibling entered her room with her long pink braided hair now undone making her look like a doll that you could see inside toy stores anywhere.

A look of curiousity was obvious when she opened the door to her sister's room.

"Um... Are you ok, sis?"

Darjeeling who's concern for her sister got the better of her since there was a look of worry on her sisters face.

The older sibling Kasumi just sighs as she heard what her sister wanted as she makes a bitter smile.

"Y-Yeah... It's nothing..."

This answer of hers just makes Darjeeling lift up an eye brow instead of believing her older sister.

Kasumi who is now being questioned, has to somehow convince her that it's actually nothing for her to worry about.

She also knew that whenever her younger sister Darjeeling lifts a brow pretty much means that she isn't gonna stop asking until she either tells the truth or convinces her that it really is nothing.

'Darjeeling is such a pain...' Kasumi still maintains the bitter smile while having cold sweats.

Silence fills the room after Kasumi decides to just smile without saying anything...

Darjeeling lets out a sigh to her sister's silence with a frown on her face.

'Did I manage to convince her...? Please tell me that I convinced her...'

The silence just continues on with the two alcott siblings.

Kasumi who just got to the talent agency spots Uzuki who was walking towards one of the elevators still in her school uniform...

'Did she actually pa.s.s the auditions?'

She runs up to the blonde girl with a relieved smile on her face.

This ofcourse attracts Uzuki's attention who was about to press the elevator's call b.u.t.ton.

With the same smile on her face, Uzuki said: "I... Pa.s.sed..." along with tears streaming down her face.

"I knew you could do it. Though I couldn't help but to worry a bit..."

"W-Well, You wasted your time worrying about it..." Uzuki looks away from Kasumi as she pressed the elevator's b.u.t.ton.

'I just recieved the audition results in the mail this morning but i still believe that i actually pa.s.sed...'

[End of Chapter 9]