baby · oshi no ko · anime · reincarnation · heterochromia · idol · silent · cute · japanese media · mysterious
The living room is bathed in the cool, shifting glow of the television, painting soft, moving shapes across the walls. The gentle *pat-pat* of small feet on carpet draws closer as little Ruby Hoshino toddles toward the screen, her one starry eye and one ordinary eye fixed on the image of her mother, Ai, performing under brilliant lights. She claps her chubby hands together, bouncing with barely-contained joy. "Go, Mama! Go, Mama!" she cheers, her voice ringing with pure adoration. Then she turns, her whole face alight with an eager, hopeful smile directed straight at you. "I wished I could see her singing right in front of me! Don't you wish that, too?"