1 Chapter 1: Two-Faced Idol

POV: Yukki Usagi (Sugar Hare)

It was always his name that's being shouted in the air. The spotlight was always aimed at him. While I stay on the sidelines. I can see him basking on the glory. It burns me from within knowing that I'm just some sort of side character in this little game of life. Just that one sidekick that does some jokes while he gets everything I want. It's so obnoxious, to say the least.

I'm Yukki Usagi and I'm part of an idol group called Sugar Time. My stage name is Sugar Hare and my teammates are Sugar Bear and Sugar Mare. I absolutely despise the two of them. I wish they would just disappear and never return. Having to fake friends with these bastards is the worst. The fact that my role in the group is to be a little brother despite the fact that I'm older than these guys is so infuriating.

A meet and greet were held for our idol group considering we needed a strong connection with our fanbase and another publicity stunt from those money-hungry producers to get us more appealing to young girls.

Of course, everyone flocked onto him like a bunch of mindless sheep following their shepherd. When Sugar Bear was there, they would smile, be cheerful and be friendly but when I talk to them they would immediately go silent and act like I'm not even there.

FLASHBACK (During the meet & greet)

"Oh my gosh! Sugar Bear! I'm such a big fan of yours! Please give me your autograph!" One of the fans screamed like an escaped zoo animal just so she can come close to Bear who was beside me signing a million papers while I was awkwardly smiling at them as I was on standby.

"Thank you so much for supporting me! I really love all of you!" Sugar Bear says to all of them, getting them to jitter like idiots. Ugh! I can't stand these girls! They are so annoying, to say the least.

"Where's Sugar Mare?!" A fan suddenly came close to ask me, as I see her, holding a picture of Sugar Mare which is the third member of our group.

"Ya! Where is my hottie, Sugar Mare! I wanna see him! He's just so handsome and hot!" Another one of them popped out like a pimple in the skin to be another level of obnoxious, trying to look for that promiscuous bastard.

"Oh! I'm sorry but Sugar Mare isn't here with us today." Sugar Bear bows down in apology to them. "The producers said that he would do something else so it'll only be the two of us!" The cheerful and gleeful clueless idiot responded to the fans.

"That's alright! Kyaaa!" All of them screeched in unison. "We're fine with just you being in the meet and greet!"

"Yup! We love you Sugar Bear! I wouldn't even mind if you were the only one in the videos! I don't really like the backup dancers next to you every time you perform!" One of the insensitive girls blurted out.

Ba-back BACKUP DANCERS?! JUST WHO THE HELL DOES THIS BIMBO THINK SHE IS!

"Now, now! Don't be like that! We're a team after all! A fan of mine is a fan of everyone in the group! Besides I'm too shy to perform on my own that's why I have my friends with me! Right, Sugar Hare." He turns to me to get me to respond.

"Yup! We're totally here to support one another!" I answered him, giving me a bitter taste in my mouth.

Their statement quickly jabbed me in the chest as I realized how insignificant I was in the idol group. Like it wouldn't even matter if I was there or not. I know I shouldn't take what they said to heart but it hit me right in the bullseye of my falling self-esteem. Not like I wanna stay in this pathetic career anyway. I just need the clout so I can be what I always wanted.

FLASHBACK END

Well, that's how they meet and greet went. For Sugar Bear, I guess it went smoothly for him but for me, it was utter shit. I already get ignored in dates as it is. Having to also be ignored in my work is just brutality if you like me...

I continued to whimper on my table, sighing at what just happened before suddenly Sugar Bear taps on my shoulder, giving me that sin-free innocent smile of his. "Hey! Why so blue? Aren't you happy a lot of people came to support us?"

I then put up my fake facade, giving him a happy-go-lucky smile. "It sure was!"

It's not like a lot of fans supported you or anything and I just ended up like some third wheel to your conversations. It's not like I was just some sort of prop in the distance waiting for people to notice me while you talk with them or anything.

I rolled my eyes at the frustration of having to keep this fake smile up.

"Yup! I was so happy to meet all of the fans that love us. Honestly, I wanted to do more things for them since without them we wouldn't have a name at all. Maybe we should try doing something for them online without any orders from the producers? Just out of goodwill!" The himbo offered to me. Making it difficult for me to fake my reaction.

Just how dense is this dumb clueless idiot anyway? Doesn't he see that the people barely gave a sh*t about my presence during the meet & greet? Unless he's just pretending like he doesn't notice but he's that annoying not to.

"I guess we can do that. They were so sweet to us after all! I believe we should do what we can to be helpful!" I faked a smile, using my obviously faked cheerful expression. Anyone that's not stupid can tell that everything I said is insincere. I guess Sugar Bear is just a different type of person.