Peony Hello~ Thank you! Haha I have a lot of kemonomimis for some reason--
I think I'll pass on Reese, but I like Holly and the ideas you suggested! Maybe it could be a combination of fanboy and aspiring musician? ;0 Perhaps he could do covers of VALOR songs and put recordings on YouTube or singing sites and use the covers he's done in singing auditions and stuff?
I think he might go well with Nickolas? He doesn't have much on his profile, but he's like, the groups's techy guy. He manages a website for the band as well as does most of the work with all of the band's official social media. If Holly were to put up videos of himself singing wnd/or playing VALOR songs, Nickolas might see them? And then they could meet for the first time at a fan signing, like you said, and Nickolas could recognize him?
Also, your art is super cute oh my goodness