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Who: The Chitoku inaugural class.
Where: Chitoku campus, various locations.
When: Sunday, April 3, 2022, two days before the start of spring term.
What: The school has opened its doors.

After eight years of careful planning and preparation, the campus of Chitoku Academy for the Gifted was coming alive at last. Helpful staff members had been posted everywhere in anticipation of the crowd, and seemingly every variable had been accounted for in order to make the move-in and initial orientation go as smoothly as possible...

Save, that is, for the weather.

The sky had just opened up on several hundred students and their families. Boxes and suitcases were being hastily hauled to whatever shelter could be found, with the aforementioned helpful staff members now acting as guides to the most convenient locations, and clusters of people seemed to naturally form around them, waiting for the downpour to slacken so the day could proceed.

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When Haruka finally got to her room, she felt the slightest bit dryer after losing a good amount of water on the way up.

She shut the door after her and left her bag at the door. She waited for a few moments, listening for movement or a sign of her roommate but she only heard the people running around outside. Lucky for her, she guessed.

The descriptions online had told her what to expect but she wanted to map the place by herself. After she was dry. She didn't think her roommate would appreciate her leaving even more puddles around than she already was.

After feeling her way to the washroom, she picked out a few dry clothes - including blue tank top with a dog with wings on it and a pair of jean - from her bag before entering and locking the door. Within a few minutes, the shower began running, offering blissful warmth for Haruka.

Himeko slowly made her way through the girls’ dorm. There were lots of people everywhere and the small girl couldn’t help but feel a little lost.
After all the trouble she had coming here, all by herself because her family couldn’t find the time to come along, everything she wanted was finally putting her pretty heavy bags down somewhere in her room.

“Room 510…Room 510…”, she mumbled the room number given to her, while checking the doors she passed by. Finally getting closer to the number she was looking for, she caught sight of a small group of girls standing right in the middle of the hallway, excessively staring at her. Himeko led out a quiet sigh and tried to ignore them as best as she could. Luckily for the small girl, they didn’t even bother to start a conversation with her. All they did was whispering behind her back.
Sadly, this was pretty normal for her already. She knew that they were most likely talking about her family, hoping that at least her sister would show up at Chitoku as well someday.
Finally, Himeko reached the door she was looking for. Not wanting to suddenly interrupt her roommate, if she happened to be there already, she decided to knock on the door before stepping inside.
At a first glance nobody except for herself seemed to have arrived yet. Then, she spotted a bag near the door and heard the sound of water in the bathroom.

Himeko placed her own bags next to the ones of her roommate and stepped directly into one of the puddles on the ground. She figured that the other girl must have gone through the rain without any umbrella, which was probably the reason for her taking a shower at the moment.
Looking around some more, she decided to sit down on one of the beds and waited for the other one to come back to their bedroom to properly greet her.

Ten, maybe fifteen minutes after Himeko entered, the washroom door cracked open and out came Haruka, wearing distinctly now dry clothes and her long hair untied and a bit damp but neat for now. She'd heard the room door open from the shower, so that meant that her roommate was probably here.

She side stepped where she had a feeling she probably dripped before and turned her head around for a bit before calling out, "Hi?"

After a while, Himeko spent with organizing at least some of her belongings , her roommate finally left the bathroom.
The small girl took a minute to size her up, watching the way she behaved closely. She was pretty. That was her opinion, at least. In addition to that she had a somewhat calm presence, which was definitely to Himeko’s liking.
And there was something about her eyes. The fact that the other girl didn’t open them at all had to mean that she couldn’t see, right?

Though she had never met a blind person before, she tried to ignore it for now and began with her introduction.
“Sorry for coming in so suddenly! I’m Uehara Himeko. I think we will be roommates starting today! It’s nice to meet you!”, she said cheerfully, putting on her typical cutesy act while bowing slightly; well aware of the fact that the other girl probably wasn’t even able to see it.

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Haruka tilted her head a little as she absorbed what she heard. She replied, once she formed a thought,

"Well, if you're assigned to 510 then yeah, we are. If not this is a bit awkward." She shrugged and nodded her head. "I'm Haruka Shikata. Nice to meet you I guess."

"Um…", for a moment Himeko seemed like she had lost the thread of the conversation.
"I probably expressed that awkwardly…but we really are! Roommates, I mean. I double-checked!", she said, well realizing that she sounded just plain naive here. She didn’t really care, though. She tried to keep her act going, so that it could hopefully break the ice between both of them.
If there was something she didn’t want, then it was a roommate she couldn't get along with.

"Shikata Haruka-san...Haruka-tan...Haruru! I think that would be fitting!", she smiled, looking at her roommate. "Nicknames!", she then started her explanation to not leave the other girl in a state of confusion. "I like to give them to people, I meet. …As long as they aren’t older than me, at least. It would be kind of disrespectful to call a senpai by some nickname, right? Ah, but if you prefer being called by your real name, that’s fine!"

"Naah, Haruru is fine. Thanks, I guess," Haruka replied. That seemed to be the theme of the day. She already had 'Kiri-chan' and now this. "So does that mean you need a nickname too? Just 'Uehara-san'?"

"You like it? That’s great!", she said cheerfully. Since her roommate accepted the nickname given to her, Himeko felt a little relieved. This had to mean that they could get along, after all.
"You can call me whatever you like! Just don’t use my surname...I’d prefer something cute!!, the small girl explained.
Himeko disliked being called by her surname with a passion. It wasn’t just because it reminded her of being part of that family. She also somehow really hated the sound of it.

"Cute, huh..." Haruka turned her head upwards as she seemed to think.

Cutesy...probably average or smaller...higher pitched voice....hyper...

"Hachi?"

Himeko thought about her roommates' answer for a moment.
Hachi...that kind of nickname was new to her.
But it wasn’t bad and she had to admit it did sound cute,too.
"I’m fine with that! Hachi it is!", she finally responded.
"Well then~ I hope we'll get along well!", she added after a short pause, thinking about some more questions to ask her.
"What kind of things are you specialized in, Haruru?"

She had always been curious. And since they were roommates now and therefore would probably spend a lot of time together she needed to know what kind of person Haruru was.

"Drama," Haruka replied, smiling a little that the nickname apparently went fine. "I'm in swim club and drama club too. You?"

“The dance club and the school band! I'm specialized in music.”, she answered the question.
“Drama seems like a cool choice,too! I’d like to see you perform someday!”, Himeko added cheerfully and slightly impressed.

"Huh. Interesting," Haruka said. "I used to do a lot of piano. What's your specialty?

"Hopefully soon?" She smiled but there was...a very slight tension for a moment in her muscles that quickly faded as she lightly massaged her shoulder. "It's my specialty so it'd be sucky not to let me actually apply it."

"I'm not that good with instruments...Just had a few guitar lessons a while ago.",Himeko admitted and chuckled a little at the thought of her guitar teacher getting all worked up because she neglected practice again.
"I just sing!", she then answered Haruru's question.
"But piano is nice, I guess! My sister used to be very talented as far as I remember."

She noticed something a little odd in her roommate's reactions for a few seconds as she spoke about her drama activities but initially left it at that, just observing her a little closer.
"I hope so, too! I'd like to see how good you really are!", she nodded to herself while speaking.

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"Sounds cool," Haruka replied. "I've done a few songs for fandubbing but not my specialty? Must be pretty good if that's what you're here for.

"Thanks. You'll probably hear something here eventually anyway." She smiled a little. "Probably so loud and obnoxiously you'll be throwing things at me to get me to stop 'FOOLISH FOOL'ing."

"Well~ I've had lots of training ever since I can remember.It's some kind of family thing...", Himeko shrugged. "But you are into fandubbing? I've seen a few videos online. That's interesting!"

She laughed a little at Haruru's comment. "As long as you don't start screaming while I'm asleep that probably won't happen! I don't guarantee for anything, though.", she replied jokingly.
"But if there's an important audition coming up, I'll end up being the one, that will annoy you instead, I guess."

"Yep. I have my own MeTube channel too, as JacqliFrost," Haruka said. "It's not in-depth training but its practice.

"Okay then. Let me know and I'll know when to avoid sharp objects." She tilted her head though, looking genuinely interested, as something pricked her interest. "You actually go to auditions?"

"I really need to check it out, then!", Himeko said a little excited.

She nodded in response to Haruru's question but shortly after she remembered that this wasn't an appropriate answer for someone who couldn't see.
"Ah, yes I do. In order to become an idol there's no way around them. I'm only going to the ones for huge agencies, though.", while speaking suddenly something came to her mind.
"Before I forget! I know a lot about the entertainment industry and auditions in general. There are a lot of audtitions for people specialized in drama as well. So if you need any information, just ask!", she offered in a friendly manner.

"Wow, aiming pretty high," Haruka said, but she looked a bit impressed. "Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. Haven't tried a formal audition but I've always wanted to."

She was far enough from home anyway that she wouldn't need to worry about checking in first too.

"You been to a lot of auditions?"

"Yeah~ maybe. But as I said it's more of a family thing. Only the best agencies are acceptable!",Himeko noticed Haruru's slightly impressed expression. As always she didn't really feel like she deserved it in any way.

"You should really try, then. It could change your entire life drastically!...And it's surely an experience", she continued cheerfully.

However, her roommate's next question made her mood drop a little.
"Yep. Probably been to more than you can imagine."

"Maybe?" She turned her head upwards. "If I were one of those super lucky prodigies or the star of a shojo, that'd probably be the moment of discovery, changing everything and starting a climb through turmoil and rivals and the trials of show business and maybe even love, culminating into either being the top of the show world or crashing and burning.

"But more likely I'd just get a rejection. Experience either way I guess." She shrugged a little.

"Interesting. Have you gotten any parts yet?"

Himeko chuckled at Haruru’s fantasies.
“Just try it out! Even if it’s just for the experience.”, she said with a nod in her direction.
“I’ll keep an eye on drama auditions for you and tell you when something interesting pops up!”
Acting was normally not her métier, given the fact that she sucked at it. The only thing she could do was her cutesy act.
But she had her connections and was sure that she could obtain some usable information, soon.

“Not really. Just some advertisement work, when I was a little younger.”, she answered truthfully.
“I still lack something… “, she added, sighing deeply.

"Thanks. I'd appreciate it." Haruka smiled. "It might be a good chance to get more variety."

She tilted her head slightly at the sigh. "No feedback from those auditions to give you a hint?"

“No problem!”, Even though she knew Haruru couldn’t see it, Himeko smiled back at her.

“Not really. Huge agencies have better things to do. They would never give you any hints. My instructors back in Tokyo vaguely told me what it is I lack… but I still don’t fully understand.”, she replied. The thought of her failed auditions and the time after that made her shudder.

"Sucky," Haruka commented with a succinct nod.

"What did they say, if it's okay to ask?"

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