In truth, she had no idea where she was supposed to press, but this spot was fairly exposed, making it easy for someone to notice something amiss... She had even made a special trip to the restroom just now to check carefully for any marks.
Her gaze darted away, and her body felt hot, especially her delicate earlobes above her earrings.
She had better not tell Little Shoko about this sort of thing, lest she worry about her and feel guilty...
Strictly speaking, she hadn't exactly lost out either!
Rather than pleasing someone else, she had felt more like the one being served—and personally served by such a beautiful young lady, at that...
It was her first time experiencing that feeling... I'm going to die~ I'm going to die~!
The elevator soon reached the ninth floor. A purple-haired girl stood outside, and they came face-to-face.
The girl seemed to be waiting for the elevator, though not quite, since this wasn't the only elevator. She, too, seemed startled when she saw them...
"Please..."
"Thank you..."
After politely yielding to one another, they traded places.
Once the elevator doors closed, Toyokawa Shoko asked tentatively, "Was that Miss Hoshino, the idol who's been so popular lately? Is she with your agency too? She's every bit as cute as I'd heard. Such beautiful eyes~"
"Ah, yes. She's in the idol division, just like me, but we don't interact much, and we handle somewhat different kinds of work."
"You don't usually talk to each other?" Toyokawa Shoko asked in surprise.
"How should I put it~ Our work here follows a fairly direct chain of command. Basically, we only need to communicate with our managers, without dealing with all that troublesome stuff."
Miyako Shizuka rested a hand against her chin and thought for a moment. "Since