Hi Darlings! by Maei and Aloi
So sorry to interrupt again, but the title is confusing, again. This one is basically "4.1 - Hi Darlings"
"Is that on?" Isolde asks.
"I don't think so, is your English rusty?" Lillie responds and walks over to the bed where Isolde is already sat down. Lillie's back is facing the camera as she's stood up in front of Isolde.
"Oh for sure"
"You sound fine though?"
"I think I might umm forget some words?" Isolde keeps on looking over Lillie's hip, over at the camera.
"Should we practice before we start-"
"Wait wait wait" Isolde puts a hand up, pointing towards the camera.
"What?"
"Kitten, the camera, the red light's on"
"What?!" Lillie rushes over to the camera. Isolde was right, the camera was on, and livestreaming.
Laughter rings out in their room, and the livestream chat goes crazy.
"Hello everyone! Welcome to our season of 'Off Stage'!" Isolde starts off, talking in English.
"In case you didn't know, 'Off Stage' is a reality show where fans are taken behind the scenes. We've collaborated with 'Off Stage' during this hard time where we aren't allowed to perform on actual stages." Lillie continues, also in English.
"We wanted some kind of way to let in our wonderful darlings during this hard time, and if we can, to provide some kind of comfort and entertainment."
"Our season is going to be broadcasted a day after it's going to be filmed."
"This means that each episode you watch is almost in real time! The difference is only by one day."
"We hope that this makes you happy."
"We're actually going to stay on live for longer than the other members" Lillie explains.
"We wanted to explain why we weren't in the latest batch of promotional materials. We chose to do this live in English, as it's more commonly spoken amongst our fans."
"I'm sure that there'll be subtitles in different languages, but we thought that this would be the language that reaches out to the most people."
"Now that all of that is out of the way, let us explain why we weren't in the promotional materials."
Hello again, I think that me telling this part would make more sense, a little peek behind the curtains you know?
"We weren't in the promotional materials, simply because it wasn't our turn. Our promo materials are coming out, don't worry, it is coming out, just not yet"
Yeah, they aren't ready for what we have in store. Our concept is just a bit different from the main group concept. The subunit concept is different for each unit, and ours have things to do with dates, so we're just waiting for February 24th to roll around. It's the 22nd today so they just have to wait two more days. It's going to drop out of nowhere with no warning, so darlings will be super surprised.
"A lot of people are assuming that the company made a mistake or that we aren't being treated fairly, which couldn't be any further from the truth"
"So, don't worry, it's coming to you. We also opened this live to answer some questions."
"So send us all of your questions in the chat, and we'll respond to maybe 3 or 5 questions" I smile at the camera.
"But we won't have any spoilers for any new songs or concepts"
"Yeah, no spoilers at all"
I'm totally going to try and spoil something
"Okay! Let's start off with this question, 'When are your birthdays? and how old are you?'"
"Our birthdays are both in March"
At least, we think our birthdays are in March.
"My birthday is on the 20th and pup's birthday is on the 24th, both in March"
"We're both 16 years old"
"User two-sixteens says 'Will you act in the reboot of Solari?'"
Oh yeah, we are doing that. Haven't started filming yet though. Wait, how do they know? It hasn't been announced to anyone yet!? Ah, no, they don't know. We have to play the fool here.
"There's a Solari reboot?"
"When did we film Solari?"
"When we were 4?"
4? We're 16 now so this was about 12 years ago? 12. That's a weird number
"Wait, so why are they rebooting it now? It's been 12 years right? 12 isn't a usual number for a reboot"
"It's usually a 5 or 10 year anniversary right?"
"Yeah, I didn't know the series was being rebooted"
"I didn't see any announcement so it's probably a ruse or a theory"
"Okay! Next question! I'm going to choose one this time. Let's see..."
How are you? Can we have spoilers? Are you excited? Where are the other members? I love you. What have you been doing? What did you want to be when you were little? Can we see the other members? Aren't there better things to ask us?
"Kitten, what did you want to be when you were little?"
"Same thing as you"
What? Damn, what did I want to be?
"Same thing as me? Which is?"
"I don't know, something you wanted to be, I wanted to be that too"
For real? I don't fucking remember what I wanted to be
"What did I want to be..?"
"I'm really not sure at this point, but we wanted to be the same thing"
Huh, okay, new question now. Are you really 16? Yes, next. Where are you? In our house, next. Oh? This one might be interesting
"'I love you all, I really hope you're staying healthy! My question is. Is there any new work coming out?' from user little-ty. Oh wow, thank you so much for your love little-ty! We're all staying healthy and safe."
I wink at the camera while I'm talking, I can see our fans saying that they're dying in the comments. This is pretty nice, I like flirting with our fandom.
"New work?"
"Yeah, yeah, solos? Units? Maybe duos?"
Oh wow, Lillie's thinking hard about this, I can see her face scrunching up. She looks really really pretty, even though she's not even trying.
"I can't say anything that might be a spoiler, but I am currently working on the last leg of a project."
Oh she's talking about our collab, I'm allowed to hype up my own music along with a members right? I'm going to assume that it is allowed.
"Oh you guys are going to love it! A while back, I heard a short sample, it was amazing!"
"Okay, let's see, user-"
"Waaaaahh"
Shit, that's Rai, he must have woken up. The chat is going crazy, of course they can hear him, he's in the same room. I get up to go soothe Rai, while Lillie goes on with the livestream. Rai's a good boy, and he quiets down quickly, I decide to walk around with him in my arms. There's this small time frame after small children wake up where they're conscious, but still sleepy and they'll be very calm. Rai's in this time frame right now, all cuddly and sweet. I use both my hands to hold him steady when he curls into my chest, one to support his feet and another to hold him close, on his back. I walk around the room, avoiding the camera. Why the hell would I want him on camera when he can't even give consent to anything yet? I don't want anything to be on social media forever, that's going to affect him when he goes out to the world. Fucking online families.
"That's just Isolde's little brother guys, no it's not a member's kid, how did you come to that conclusion?"
A members kid? They actually think that? That's a weird theory. Considering that most of the members aren't even sexually attracted to m-
"Dede, no cam"
"Oh no, yes, yes, I know, I know, no camera, we can go outside okay? Oh don't cry, we're going out, outside"
Come on Rai, shh. Be a good boy for me, baby boy.
"Kitten, I'm going to step outside, I'll be back when Rai's calmed down"
Fuck Rai, baby boy, honey boy, angel boy, what's wrong? Why won't you tell me what's wrong? Wait, I'm a fucking dumbass, babies can't fucking talk.
"Okay, guys, I'm going to turn the live off, because the filming for 'Off Stage' is about to start. Good bye~"
Lillie's turning the live off? Shit, the Lillie stans are going to rain hell on me, fuck, Rai. What if they decide to fuck over Rai? He's only a year old, still a little baby. Surely they wouldn't do that to a small kid... right?
Ah no, my thoughts are getting too personal, forgot that I was linked up to you, reader. I'll be going now, and the neutral one will take over again. Although, I do have to say that the neutral isn't as neutral as you would want it to be. Being around the eight of us is influencing it. Me and kitten's influence seems to be the strongest right now, but it might change later on.
I'll keep looking out for you, reader. Stay safe.