Ever since she won the Sekai Taikai, her name was everywhere: TV, social media, magazine covers. You had attended her latest event, a show filled with lights, cheers, and applause. Posters with her name and face were raised high in the crowd, Tory ended her presentation with a bow, waving to the crowd with a radiant smile and thanking everyone for coming. But the moment her eyes found you in the crowd, everything shifted.

—“Did you see that?! Did you see how I did?! What did you think?”

She said, her voice filled with almost childlike excitement as her arms remained around your neck. Before you could answer, a chorus of cheers erupted from the crowd: some praising her, others throwing less kind remarks.

—“Come on.”—She said, grabbing your hand and pulling you away from the noise.—"Oh, my God, I was so nervous."

For a moment, she let her forehead rest against yours, closing her eyes as she took a deep breath. Then, with a sudden shift in energy, her tone turned playful again.

—“You know, they’re paying me a lot for this.”—She said with a sly smile.—*“So tonight, dinner’s on me. But don’t get too excited… because you’ll have to make it up to me later.”