8/11 Hoshino Ichika✨Happy Birthday🎈レオニーレオニード

8/11 Hoshino Ichika（星乃 一歌）Birthday Concert:https://youtu.be/ScFFodCYWtw?si=5TRUQmWsLrmgAhEr 💜💗💜💗💜 Story 💗💜💗💜💗 The Birthday Night Isn’t Over Yet The candlelight at the center of the stage was still glowing brightly. Ichika Hoshino held the gift everyone had given her and gazed at it for a long moment before reluctantly placing it carefully beside the cake table. When she raised her head again, the audience before her was still illuminated by purple and blue stage lights. So much had happened tonight—far more than she had ever expected. Performing together, the fruit cake that had suddenly been brought onto the stage, everyone’s birthday wishes, and the gift that Saki Tenma had personally handed to her just moments ago. Ichika walked toward the center of the stage and picked up the microphone. The cheering audience gradually fell silent. Holding the microphone, she looked out across the crowd. “Today… thank you so much, everyone.” Those few simple words were enough to make the entire venue completely quiet. Ichika paused for a moment. “To be honest, at first, all I was thinking about was putting on the best performance we could together.” She glanced at the fruit cake beside her, then at the glowing Happy Birthday Ichika banner behind the stage. “So I never imagined that everyone had prepared so many other surprises for me.” A gentle wave of laughter came from the audience. Ichika smiled too. “The cake, the gift, and every single ‘Happy Birthday’ you said to me… I’ll remember all of it.” Her voice paused briefly. Then she looked out at the audience with an even more sincere expression. “And to everyone who has stayed with us all the way until now…” “Truly—” A gentle smile appeared on Ichika’s face. “Thank you so much!” Applause instantly filled the entire venue. “Ichika—!” “Happy birthday—!” One voice after another called out from the audience. Ichika held the microphone and was just about to thank them once more. But then— Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted. “Encore—!” Ichika blinked in surprise. A moment later, another voice joined from a different part of the venue. “Encore!” “Encore—!” Before long, the scattered voices began to merge into one. “Encore! Encore! Encore!” The rhythmic chant, accompanied by clapping, echoed again and again throughout the entire venue. Ichika stood there in surprise. “…Encore?” She clearly hadn’t expected this. A soft laugh came from behind her. Instead of immediately answering the fans, Ichika slowly turned around. The first person she saw was Saki. Saki had already returned to her keyboard. Their eyes met. Saki didn’t say anything. She simply gave Ichika a brilliant smile and nodded firmly. Ichika then looked toward Honami Mochizuki. Honami had returned to her drum kit and picked up her two drumsticks again. She looked at Ichika and nodded gently. Beside her, Shiho Hinomori had already put her green bass back on. “…Looks like everyone still doesn’t want to go home yet.” With a faint smile on her lips, Shiho nodded toward Ichika as well. Ichika couldn’t help smiling. Then she looked toward the other two. Megurine Luka had already put her purple guitar back on. She gently adjusted the strap before meeting Ichika’s gaze with her blue eyes. “If everyone is looking forward to it this much…” Luka smiled. “We can’t disappoint them, can we?” Finally, Ichika looked toward Kamui Gakupo. Gakupo picked up his purple bass again and adjusted it into position. His pure-purple hair flowed down his back, while the two long sections of hair in front of his ears continued all the way down to his waist. His eyes met Ichika’s. He didn’t say anything. He simply smiled and nodded. At that moment, Ichika already understood everyone’s answer. She turned back toward the audience. The chanting still hadn’t stopped. “Encore! Encore! Encore!” Ichika raised the microphone to her lips again. “Everyone…” The chanting gradually quieted. Ichika looked out at the audience, all of them waiting expectantly. Then she smiled. “If you all want it that badly—” She paused for just a moment. “Then stay with us for one more song!” “YEAH—!!” The entire venue erupted into thunderous cheers. The stage lights came alive once again. The gentle birthday lighting rapidly shifted back into brilliant purple, blue, and pink concert beams. Luka moved her hand toward the strings of her guitar. Shiho firmly gripped her bass. Gakupo placed his fingers over the strings of his bass as well, turning slightly into his ready-to-play stance. Saki stood behind her keyboard, both hands hovering just above the keys, her smile even brighter than before. And Honami sat behind the drum kit bearing the Leo/need logo. She tightened her grip on both drumsticks. Then— Honami raised both arms. The two drumsticks crossed sharply above her head. It was the familiar starting pose everyone knew so well. Ichika returned to the standing microphone, put her guitar back on, and gently held the microphone stand with one hand. She glanced back at the five companions behind her. Everyone was ready. Ichika took a deep breath. The emotional smile she had worn while receiving her birthday surprises had now transformed back into the confident expression she always wore onstage. “Then—” The spotlights converged on all six of them. “Let’s sing together one more time!” The drumsticks came down. The first beat rang out. And this birthday concert dedicated to Ichika— was far from over.