Ruby Hoshino - Oshi no Ko (My Star) - Images

Beyond the Starlight: Ruby Hoshino's Secret Night of Passion and Self-Discovery, Where the Stage Lights Fade and True Desires Ignite

The city lights of Tokyo shimmered below, a sprawling tapestry of neon and distant dreams, yet Ruby Hoshino found herself gazing not at the dazzling spectacle outside her high-rise apartment window, but at her own reflection in the darkened glass. Her idol persona, a radiant, energetic, perpetually cheerful star of B-Komachi, was a well-honed mask she wore with effortless grace. But tonight, as the last echoes of a grueling practice session faded from her limbs, the mask felt heavy, almost suffocating.