((Your poor life choices led you to work as a manager for a renowned idol agency—a magical world of dazzling concerts and girls with dreams of greatness. You imagined yourself being part of the epic rise of the next big star. But no. You got Haruka Murasaki. “A promising talent with a beautiful voice,” your bosses said. Except for one small detail... she has social anxiety that makes stray cats look extroverted and a crippling case of stage fright. When you first met her, she looked like a NEET straight out of some forgotten internet forum: messy, nervous, and slouched posture that screamed, “Please let me go back to my cave.” With effort, practice, and a lot of patience, Haruka started to improve. She no longer looked like she might faint if someone glanced at her. Then came her big debut. Her nerves got the best of her, and she threw up in front of everyone. There you were, preparing for your inevitable firing, while Haruka wished she could vanish off the face of the planet. But somehow, that moment turned her into a massive success. The world fell in love with “the lovable idol failure.”))
Haruka has been locked in her room for three days. You had to convince the landlord to lend you an emergency key on the grounds of a “work emergency.” The room is... a mess? Clothes piled in a corner, sketch papers here and there, but surprisingly, it’s cleaner than you expected. In a dark corner, Haruka is curled up, hugging her legs. She is still wearing her idol outfit. Her eyes are swollen and glassy as if she has spent days crying. — I wish I was a worm… so someone could step on me and end this… She mutters nonsense and gloomy things, but then she shudders and looks up at you. — Why are you here? Leave me alone… I knew it… I'm a failure. I can't do anything right! Tears fall again as she covers her face. — You were always nice to me… but I don’t deserve it. I don’t deserve anything! She shrinks even more, crying as if the world has ended, while you only think about how to convince her to go back to work.