[ Once Riku's done checking his phone, he ends up jogging over to the tree, because there's only so much rain his jacket can take before it becomes completely ineffective. This is so silly, he thinks, and he knows that once he finds shade, he'll try to pinch himself. Maybe then, he'll wake up, and everything will be as it should be. He'll be in his bed, in the IDOLiSH7 dormitory, and he'll wake up and either try to fall back asleep or go and get some food. Who knows what time it is in reality...

Either way, that sounds like a good plan.

...Or so he thinks. This is the furthest thing from a dream and a good part of him knows that, with how real the rain feels, with how the windchill makes a shiver run down his spine. In any case, the tree is here. Riku approaches and sees someone else on the other side of it – a boy with blond hair, also getting soaked by the rain. Someone he's never seen before. How could he dream of someone he's never met, he wonders?

But Nirei calls out to him, and Riku's eyes go wide. ]

W-who am I? Who are you?!

[ That's his kneejerk reaction. Sorry, Nirei. He realizes though that this was in poor taste, and he pauses for a second before laughing a little sheepishly. ]

Ah, sorry! I was a little startled...but, um, I'm Riku. I don't really know where I am or how I got here, so I hope I'm not in trouble?