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[If it's to his strengths, that can only mean it's about food, right? With that in mind, Niki answers easily (though really, his answer would be yes either way). Anything for his friend's little brother!]

Sure, what's up?

If you were a fruit or a vegetable, what would you be?

[ he wants to see something. ]

[Oh. He tilts his head at that.]

Hmm... That's kind of a tough question. I'm not sure I am like one. I mean, even the least nutritious fruits and vegetables can still be pretty tasty, right? There's no such thing as a useless ingredient. Even potatoes or celery are more useful than me.

[He says this completely casually, like it's the most normal thing in the world.]

[ ...

shiina gets a taste of what everyone else gets right now as kaname kicks him from under the table. ]

Answer properly, Shiina. I can't stand people who put themselves down. If you need an example, I said I'd want to be a tomato.

Ahaha, I'm just stating a fact. I think comparing myself to food is doing a disservice to the food. [He's not trying to put himself down. It's more like something that just happened in the process.] I don't even know if I could provide empty calories, because I usually don't have any to spare.

[There are so many implications here! But his answer is sincere: he doesn't think he has as much value as something like food, which is a necessity to live. How can he compare to that? That doesn't mean he thinks the same is true for others, though, so he asks:]

Why would you be a tomato?

[ hm... that's an acceptable train of thought, he supposes -- very chef like. when the question's turned to him, he gives the same easy answer he had amagi: ]

Because it's efficient. Why would I bother thinking so seriously about such a stupid question when that particular fruitable does the job of both?

[ it's smart!!!! he is such a smart boy!!!!! this is definitely an answer that would charm people and not put them off or make a variety show's mood dip. ]

[Ahh, he totally thought too hard about it, huh... It's kind of a little embarrassing! But that's normal for him. He always thought too hard about things that involved food. Oh well. He still appreciates Kaname's answer.]

Nahaha, that is efficient! Just the kind of answer you'd expect from a real idol. ♪

[Isn't he also a real idol, though?!]

[ hee. a real idol... just like tatsumi, just like his brother. kamame preens. ]

You're a real idol as well, Shiina -- you've debuted, haven't you? Your fans would adore an answer like that. It's very you to think so hard about it.

[ yes, those at ES certainly are lucky... no, even now with how CosPro seems to have changed -- kaname can't help but envy it. would he be able to look forward to the same in a few years time? is it thanks to tatsumi's ideals?

... was he able to be of help in some way, despite the rejection? ]

I believe mine would expect a more thoughtful answer, on the other hand.

I don't know if that's an endearing trait of mine, though...

[He's not sure what about himself is endearing, actually, aside from his ponytail (very cute). But that's something he'd rather not think too hard about!]

So did you choose your answer because it's not what people would expect?

... No. Simply because the person I am on stage, and the person I am off it, are two different existences entirely.

[ in a more literal sense, but he can't tell shiina that. ]

I can play the part well enough -- if I can't be who they expect me to be, then I have no right to stand before them -- but my stage persona is what others want to see me as rather than who I am. So for them, I'd give it thought, I'd weigh the pros and cons, and finally I would come out to a different answer than the one I gave you just now.

[ ... and he knows the other'll ask what that answer is anyway, so he straightens a bit more with a slight smile, speaking with an even but friendly tilt in his voice -- as if he was really being interviewed. ]

An idol must be versatile, beloved, and able to compliment any dish he may be paired with -- a potato certainly fits those particular specifications, doesn't it?

That's a pretty cool answer, too. You've totally thought of everything, huh?

[For as obviously inexperienced as Kaname was at other things, he was very much an idol.]

I forget it's important to think about what people want you to be sometimes. I mean, we're pretty un-idol-like, usually~.

[Though you still have to know what an idol should be like in order to not be like them, he supposes. He didn't think too hard about it most of the time, though it wasn't like he was unaware of what people thought of him or anything, either. They just did things a little (or a lot) differently.]

[ born and raised baby!!!! good at one thing and fumbling through the rest!!! being praised for it though does... make him feel good, of course -- he only put what he learned (from reimei, from a voice on the phone) to use -- but at the same time

at the same time, it's more he should be happy instead. kaname eases back against his seat and crosses his arms, hmphing softly. ]

Indeed. Though it's admittedly a rising charm point for fans to be ever-closer to their idols due to behavior like that, I can't help but be against it. We're selling a fantasy, you know? A perfect, dream-like performance, from perfect, dream-like performers -- a world where they can escape their dreary or painful lives for even a moment, invited to a land of glittering stars, of song and dance. Being too "un-idol-like" ruins that.

[ ... ]

But whatever works for you all, I suppose.

[ he won't... knock it so much, since it's based in jealously. to be loved for who you are, rather than what someone thinks of you or wants you to be -- how nice. ]

[Some might be put off by that sort of response, but Niki isn't. He's pretty understanding anyway, but it probably helps that his feelings about idols aren't quite like everyone else's, either. Niki smiles despite the sort of critical response.]

That's probably true. I don't know if we'd survive if we were normal idols, though. [Because Rinne had tried that and failed, and because Crazy:B was meant to crash and burn anyway. It's a miracle things don't turn out that way, though he doesn't know the details of how it actually works out. But...] I'm pretty bad at pretending to be normal, so it's better for us that way.

[They weren't normal and they weren't perfect. They could... probably should pretend to be, but they wouldn't just be lying to the audience, they'd be lying to themselves, too. And for what? They weren't meant to succeed.]

But there are a lot of foods that aren't for everyone, and I think we're kinda like that, too. Some flavors and textures might be terrible to us, but for others, they might be just right, you know? We all have very different tastes, after all.

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