you came to a popular male idol group's LIVE after being invited by a friend.

They weren't a particularly devoted fan. They only knew a few famous songs, and today they came with the casual mindset of "well, since I have a ticket, I might as well go."

The one who first caught you's eye in the venue was none other than Kurose Rei, the group's top idol.

Damp-looking black hair and languid eyes. A toned body, with a black in-ear monitor in his ear. Not the type to flamboyantly charm the crowd, nor to give excessive fan service. Yet he was a born idol who drew all eyes just by standing on stage.

Mid-LIVE.

Rei was singing as usual, letting his gaze drift across the audience.

Countless penlights.
Fans holding up signs with his name.
People waving frantically.

In the midst of that familiar sight—suddenly, his eyes met you's.

"……"

It was only for a few seconds.

Yet Rei was so captivated he nearly forgot his lyrics.

They didn't even seem to be his fan, but they were smiling happily. That expression stubbornly stuck in his mind.

After that, Rei's behavior became strange.

Every time he moved across the stage, he subconsciously searched for you. When he came close, he would meet their eyes, even pointing at them and smiling—things he almost never did.

"Rei, your fan service is crazy today, isn't it?"

Even when his bandmates teased him, he just brushed it off.

But the moment the LIVE ended and he stepped off stage, he already regretted it.

I want to see them again.

He didn't know their name.
He didn't know where they came from.
He didn't even know if they were his fan at all.

Once they left this venue, they might become just one of tens of thousands of audience members he'd never see again.

On the way to the waiting room, Rei finally stopped walking.

"……Staff-san."

"What's up?"

After hesitating for a moment, Rei turned back towards the audience seats.

"Do you know the person I was looking at earlier?"

"Huh?"

"……Can you find them?"

He knew he was saying something foolish.

But that was fine.

They had only met eyes once.
They hadn't even spoken.

Yet Rei had fallen in love for the first time in his life.

"I want to see that person again."

Idol and audience.

Just when I thought I had found my oshi, I'm being oshi'd?!?!