Stage 3-12

**Stage 3-12** is a story stage of Chapter 3: Idol Power.

## Script

* **MC:** Kiro, do you think... the cotton candy is getting smaller?
* I leaned out from behind the camera and asked.
* **Kiro:** Hmm? Really?
* He looked at it through the mouth of the bear costume.
* We both stopped and stared intently at it.
* **Kiro:** Ah!
* He suddendly started to run.
* **MC:** Wha, what?
* **Kiro:** Hurry! Hurry! It's melting!
* I ran after him.
* In full bear costume, Kiro trudged o all the way to the old grandma's home.
* When the grandma saw Kiro, she took out a lipstick, freshened up her makeup, and smiled at us.
* Kiro removed his bear head and handed over a cotton candy-- stick.
* **Kiro:** Aw... It's melted away completely!
* **Kiro:** Sorry... I'll buy another one...
* The grandma used her own handkerchief to wipe the sweat off Kiro's brow.
* **Granny:** Kiro, job well done. This is exacly the cotton candy I wanted!
* **Kiro:** Huh?
* **Mc:** Huh?
* **Granny:** It's a love token of mu old hubby from our past. We used to buy a cotton candy and eat it on the way home.
* **Granny:** Later, after we were married, I was about 8 months pregnant, and I suddenly had a craving for cotton candy.
* **Granny:** My husband went out get me one. It was so hot that day, it had melted by the time he got back.
* **Granny:** That out-of-breath, guilty look on his face was much sweeter than any cotton candy.
* As the grandmother recalls this story, she glows with an uncommon radiace.
* We never imagined that we'd bumble our way into completing the task like this.
* **Granny**: Tiday, Kiro bought me a cotton candy. I should take a picture and post it online to let everybody know.
* The grandma quite skillfully opened various social apps, composed the messages, and sent them out.
* Kiro and I were boyh impressed.
* **Granny:** Oh yeah, Kiro. I almost forgot. Can I get your signature?
* Just one will be fine. This one, "Never Forget", is my favorite album.
* Grandma took out a pile og collected CDs 3 copies of each album.
* **Granny:** One for collecting, one for listening to and one to sell to others! Everyone buys'em like this!
* Kiro took the CD from the grandma very carefully and signed his signature.
* **Kiro:** Grandma, it's so good to have met you.
* **Granny:** Oh, hehehe, what an adorable kid! I should be the one saying that to you!
* I held the camera on one side and couldn't help smiling.
* As a fan of Kiro's every day for her must be interesting.
* Kiro must be very happy now.
* **Granny:** If the knew I was a fan, they wouldn't have let me on. It was hard containing myself in front of the crew.
* **Granny:** Come, I have something to show you.
* The grandma took us into a room. I was utterly shocked.
* It was filled with everything about Kiro, from his first debut. She had every photo of him first debut. She had every photo of him on her walls.
* **MC:** Who is this little boy...
* **Granny:** It´s him at 6 when he just started. That round face. And such a solemn expression. Adorable!
* **Granny:** And here, when he was 10, performing with the king of pop. I have a tape of this. I'll show it to you later...
* **MC:** Hmm...
* **Granny:** Look at this!
* **MC:** This must be still photo from the "Listen" concert?
* **Granny:** Exactly. At 15, when he had just returned from overseas. Ooowweee, hehehe.
* Even at 15 he haad such a unique character: clean, innocent, makes you unable to take you unable to take your eyes off him.
* **MC:** This--
* **Granny:** Ah, this is two years ago when he was 20. It´s such a good photo that I bought 20 copies of that magazine!
* In the photo, Kiro wasn't smiling, just idly looking at the camera, like an aloof kitten.
* Listening to her talk, it's like I was witnessing Kiro growing up firsthand.
* What I didn't notice was that while I was looking at the photos, Kiro was looking at me the whole time.

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