In music anime, band girls won't be alone.

After exchanging greetings, Ijichi Nijika used the key to open the STARRY door, then looked at Shirakawa Sawa.

"Zejun, you guys go in first, I'm going upstairs to sleep for a while longer."

Shirakawa Ze raised his hand to indicate the breakfast in his hand.

"Senior Hongxia, would you like to take some breakfast upstairs?"

Ichi Nijika smiled and waved her hand.

"Thank you for your kindness, Zejun, but I'd rather sleep right now, so I'll skip breakfast."

After saying that, she left.

Yamada Ryo then leaned close to Shirakawa Sawa's ear and calmly spoke.

"It's okay, I can eat two servings."

Shirakawa glanced at the other person, his voice completely flat.

"You're really amazing, senior."

Yamada Ryo immediately cupped her face in her hands, looking shy and bashful.

"Shy~"

Shirakawa Sawa handed him the breakfast he was holding.

I wasn't complimenting you.

Yamada Ryo took the breakfast and stuffed it into his mouth without reacting to what was said.

After entering STARY, Yamada Ryo boasted and said...

"Zejun, because we need to prepare for the live performance, our band will need to spend more time practicing from now on."

“Besides band practice, I also have a part-time job at STARRY, so I can only teach you guitar when I don’t have a job or band activities.”

Shirakawa nodded, indicating that he understood.

After Yamada Ryosuke finished speaking, he glanced at the time.

"It's 8:05 now, let's practice until 12:05."

"The band will have an event this afternoon, and they should be here after lunch."

Shirakawa Sawa responded and then took out his guitar.

The morning's practice mainly focused on the fingering of the six commonly used chords in the key of C.

Around 10 o'clock, a radiant Ijichi Nijika arrived, bringing two bottles of drinks, which she placed next to the two of them.

"Liang, when are you guys going to stop practicing?"

Yamada Ryo opened the drink and took a sip.

12:05.

Ichi Nijika nodded and then left.

At noon, Ijichi Nijika entered STARRY, and after the two finished practicing, she clapped her hands.

"Liang, Ze Jun, lunch is ready. Please tidy up and come up!"

After saying that, she left.

Above this performance hall is a residential building, where Ichiji Nijika's home is located.

Shirakawa Sawa was surprised that Ijichi Nijika would invite him as well. He turned to Yamada Ryo and said, "Wait for me," before leaving.

After leaving, Shirakawa went straight to a nearby fruit shop and bought two fruit gift boxes.

Yamada Ryo didn't wait inside STARRY, but came out and stood downstairs in the apartment building. When she saw Shirakawa Sawa running over with two fruit gift boxes, her eyes flickered.

Then Yamada Ryo led Shirakawa Sawa to the door of Ijichi's house and rang the doorbell.

A moment later, the door opened, and Ichiji Nijika appeared with a warm smile on her face.

"Liang, Ze-jun, you're here!"

"Come in quickly, the bowls and chopsticks are already set!"

There are slippers on the shoe rack, please make your own!

As she spoke, her gaze fell upon the fruit gift box that Shirakawa Ze was carrying.

"Ze-jun, you're too kind. I just came over for a meal!"

Shirakawa Sawa smiled and placed the gift box by the door.

"Because I didn't expect that Senior Nijika would invite us to dinner before we came, I just went with Senior Ryo to buy some fruit nearby."

Hearing this, Ichiji Nijika almost couldn't help but laugh, glancing at Yamada Ryo.

"Ah~ thank you so much, Ze-kun and Ryo (emphasis)!"

Yamada Ryo glanced at Shirakawa Sawa, a serious look appearing in his eyes like never before.

Book 1: Chapter 26 The Cat Who Swears

Hearing the noise, Iji Tomoka, who was tidying up in the kitchen, came out and nodded to Shirakawa Sawa and Yamada Ryo as a greeting.

Yesterday, while watching a live show at STARRY, Shirakawa Sawa and Ijichi Hoshika had already met each other thanks to Ijichi Nijika's introduction.

Ijichi Nijika prepared four dishes and one soup. All four dishes were hot, and the soup was daikon miso soup.

After dinner, the group went downstairs and saw Goto Ichiri standing in front of the STARRY store, muttering to himself and pacing back and forth.

"A little lonely?"

Ichika Nijika called out curiously, then looked at Shirakawa Sawa and explained.

"Little Loneliness is a nickname that Ryo gave to Ichiri-chan, hehe."

Upon hearing the sound, Goto Ichiri was startled, then looked up at the four people.

"Ah~ haha, good afternoon everyone..."

Ichi Nijika walked over and pushed open the door.

"Come in, little Lonely."

"Have you had lunch?"

Goto Ichiri nodded.

"Ah~ I've already eaten."

After everyone entered the exhibition hall, Shirakawa Ze picked up his guitar, said goodbye to them, and left.

They have band activities coming up, so there's no need for me to stay there.

I had only walked a few steps when I saw Kita Ikuyo running wildly toward me.

The other person also saw him and immediately waved at him.

"Ze-kun! Good afternoon!"

Shirakawa Ze greeted her with a smile.

Kita Ikuyo didn't stop, her eyes still glistening with tears.

"I have to talk to you now, I'm going to be late!"

Then he ran over and pushed open the STARRY door.

Shirakawa Ze also heard her voice.

"Sorry, I am late!"

After the interlude, Shirakawa Sawa arrived at RiNG, intending to have a cup of tea, enjoy a leisurely afternoon, and then go back to practice his guitar.

Upon arriving on the second floor, there were few customers at this time; Shiina Ritsuki was standing behind the counter, lost in thought.

"Shiina-san."

Shirakawa Ze greeted them first, then walked to the counter.

"I'd like a cup of herbal tea."

Shiina Ritsuki nodded, her gaze sweeping over the guitar case behind him.

"Shirakawa-san...did you just finish practicing guitar?"

Shirakawa nodded, took the guitar case off the counter, placed it against the counter, and sat down.

Anyway, I'm not busy right now, so sitting at the counter and chatting for a while won't disturb other people's work.

Not long after, Shiina Tatsuki placed a cup of herbal tea in front of Shirakawa Sawa.

"please."

The tea was still very hot, so Shirakawa Ze didn't rush to drink it. He turned his head to look at the bustling traffic outside the window and cleared his mind.

“Matcha parfait.”

A sweet, innocent voice suddenly rang in Shirakawa Ze's ear.

He snapped out of his daze and saw a girl with short silver hair and heterochromatic yellow and blue eyes sitting next to him, tilting her head to look at him.

"To Lenai."

Shirakawa Ze was somewhat surprised.

"As expected of a cat-like girl, she didn't even notice when she sat down next to me."

He raised his hand, took a sip of tea, and then continued to look out the window.

At this moment, Kaname, who was looking at Shirakawa Sawa, suddenly spoke up.

"CD (a vulgar term)."

Upon hearing this word, Shirakawa Sawa almost spat out the flower tea he was drinking.