The group chat blinked to life with two new arrivals.
Yuezheng Ling has joined the group!
Eli Ayase has joined the group!
Almost immediately, the virtual room seemed to hum with new energy. The digital silence, which had settled like soft snow for a few hours, was now completely scattered.
"Welcome, newbies! …Wait—A-Ling?!"
"Is that… Eli-senpai?!"
Luo Tianyi and Kotori Minami's surprised greetings popped up one after another, both laced with recognition and just a hint of disbelief.
And then—
"Eh?! Energetic Ling is here too? Welcome!"
Kagamine Rin, who had been quietly lurking in the background until now, finally surfaced. Her sudden message felt like a pebble dropped in a calm lake.
"Tianyi, foodie queen—how dare you join this group without inviting me?"
"You're here too, Steamroller?!"
…Steamroller?
The moniker, dropped casually by Tianyi, clearly referred to Rin. And Rin, unsurprisingly, did not let it slide.
"Energetic Ling! How many times have I told you not to call me 'Steamroller'?! And you—'Bento Ling'—you've got no right to talk!"
The playful insult hung in the chat like an inside joke only half the room understood. "Bento Ling"? It was... certainly not a flattering title. In any context, calling someone a bento usually implied they were a sacrificial side character—someone who gets written off early in a story.
"Still the same old tsundere, Steamroller. You know, girls like that have a hard time finding boyfriends~"
Yuezheng Ling shot back with teasing ease, brushing off the earlier jab with a wink emoji. She was clearly enjoying this.
"I'm fourteen! What do I need a boyfriend for? You should worry more about yourself. Now that you've joined, it won't be long before your 'sister-obsessed' big brother finds his way in here too."
"AHHHHH!!!"
That hit a nerve.
"Tianyi," she typed in a rush. "Do you think Longya-gege will try to follow me here too?!"
The string of panicked emojis that followed made it crystal clear—Ling had just stepped on a landmine. Yuezheng Ling's tone, normally confident and upbeat, suddenly turned frantic.
"Group Owner! Group Owner, where are you?!"
Kyren, the ever-silent Group Owner and founder of the group, sighed and reluctantly poked his head above water.
"I'm here… What's the emergency?"
"Promise me this: if someone named Yuezheng Longya ever tries to join—don't let him in! Please!"
"Well… technically, Hatsune Miku also has admin rights—"
"@Hatsune Miku, Miku-neesan! I'm begging you! If you let my brother in… I-I don't know what I'll do!"
Miku, who had been passively watching the chaos unfold, was pulled into the fray with an unceremonious tag.
"A-Ling, if your brother finds out you're blocking him, he'll be heartbroken…"
"Good! That sister-obsessed maniac should be heartbroken for once!"
"Then why are you doing this?"
"What's the point?"
"I'm telling Longya-gege right now~"
That last line, delivered with mischievous cheer by Rin, set off a fresh wave of digital exclamation marks.
"I finally found a place he doesn't know about. You have no idea how hard it is to be the little sister of a certified siscon when you're completely not into that whole dynamic…"
"Steamroller, if you dare sell me out, I will fly to Japan and have a very long talk with you about life."
"Stop calling me Steamroller! And no, you're not coming here! Go bother Tianyi instead!"
Somewhere in the virtual space, Tianyi let out a dramatic sigh.
"I feel so betrayed, Rin-chan… As punishment, I hereby suspend all gourmet support for you for one week."
"Tianyi, that's brilliant," Yuezheng Ling replied with a smirk. "Let's see how our dear tsundere survives that torture."
"…"
"…"
They all knew the truth. For all her sass and snark, Rin was a low-key foodie with a terrible weakness: Tianyi's posts. Every day, like clockwork, Tianyi would upload snapshots of whatever dish she had tasted that afternoon—fluffy steamed buns, syrupy taiyaki, matcha parfaits with gold leaf… It was a daily food diary in full, high-definition torment.
While Miku and Luka were largely indifferent to the culinary tease, Ling—Tianyi's self-declared gourmet-in-arms—had long since developed an immunity. Rin, though? She was a ticking hunger bomb. Especially now that this group had a built-in food-sharing thread.
The moment Tianyi dropped her next post… Rin would be powerless.
She knew it. Everyone knew it.
Rin pouted in the chat, sending a crying emoji in defeat. Miku, who had been quiet, finally stepped in.
"A-Ling, maybe lay off Rin-chan a little. We all know she's a tsundere—it doesn't need to be spelled out every time."
"Et tu, Miku-neesan? You too?"
"What? I'm helping you~"
"Miku, you're the only one in this group I truly respect," Yuezheng Ling said, only half-joking.
The dialogue spiraled into laughter and reaction stickers, until Eli, who had remained mostly silent, blinked at the screen in mild disbelief.
This... is the idol chat group Kyren told me about? she thought, watching Rin get virtually dog-piled by four singers with the chaotic energy of a high school comedy troupe.
In the background, Kyren quietly offered a silent prayer for Rin's dignity.
He knew the rhythm of this group well enough—whenever the spotlight wasn't on her, Rin was usually the one everyone teased. Today was just business as usual.
But he also realized… The newcomers, like Kotori and Eli, might be feeling a little lost.
Shifting gears, he quickly typed:
"Eli-san, don't be alarmed. These girls may be idols, but at the end of the day, they're just regular girls who know how to have fun. Luo Tianyi, Hatsune Miku, Rin, A-Ling… even Luka—they're all professional vocal idols."
He paused, then added with a smile:
"But don't let the titles fool you. They're as chaotic as any friend group."
That seemed to put things into perspective.
"Maybe we should all introduce ourselves?" Kyren suggested. "This group's been running for a while, but we've never actually done that."
"Starting with the group owner!" Miku chimed in.
"Me? Really?"
"Exactly! We don't even know your name or age," Tianyi added.
"That's what you care about?"
"Of course!" Rin fired off. "What if you're younger than us, and we've been calling you 'Onii-san' this whole time? We'd have been scammed!"
"Hey, I didn't bully you today! Why the sudden betrayal…"
Kyren sighed and gave in.
"Alright. My name is Kyren. I'm 22. And… my job? Let's call it a soul-crushing corporate grind."
"Eh? You're older than Luka-nee? But your avatar looks the same age as us…" Miku typed, clearly intrigued.
She didn't miss a beat before continuing:
"Okay, my turn! Hatsune Miku, 16, idol singer."
"Luo Tianyi, 15. Idol singer."
"Kagamine Rin, 14. Idol singer."
"Yuezheng Ling, 16. Idol singer."
"And Luka-nee, who's offline, is 20. Also—idol singers!"
Kyren stared at the list forming in the chat: six girls, seven counting Luka. All idols. All wildly talented.
And then… him.
A lone overworked office drone in a sea of starlets.
Tianyi's right, he thought. This is slowly turning into a full-on idol collective.
"Alright," Tianyi rallied. "Now it's Kotori-chan and Eli-chan's turn! Come on—you're the only ones left!"
The message was met with a flurry of applause emojis from Miku, Rin, and Ling, complete with confetti and digital fanfare.
And just like that, the group felt whole—an unlikely chorus of voices from different worlds, drawn together by fate, fandom, and just the right dash of chaos.
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