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

After a moment of silence, Shiina Tatsuki looked at the boy in front of him.

"What are your plans for the weekend, Shirakawa-san?"

Shirakawa looked up at her.

"I'm going to practice guitar with a senior guitarist tomorrow morning. I don't have any other plans for the rest of the time."

Shiina Tatsuki nodded and remained silent.

I was a little curious. Didn't he and Deng go out to play on weekends?

The silence between people will eventually be broken.

Shiina Riki looked at the counter in front of her, wondering whether it would be Shirakawa Sawa or Rakuna who broke the silence.

Is that the sound of paying the bill, or the sound of ordering a matcha parfait?

But she was wrong about all of them.

Because she didn't expect anyone else to come.

"Ah~ Ze-kun and Li-xi are both here~"

When Shiina Riki heard Nagasaki Motoyo's voice, she no longer needed to guess what was going on in her mind. She looked up and saw that the other person was carrying a shopping bag containing some fruits and vegetables.

The former walked to the counter with a genuine smile on her face, placed the shopping bag next to the chair where Shirakawa Sawa was sitting, and then looked at Shiina Tatsuki.

"I was a little tired after shopping, so I wanted to come here and rest for a bit."

"Lixi, could I have a cup of black tea, please?"

Lena turned her head and sniffed her, then looked at her face and said,

"Rose."

Nagasaki Motoyo smiled awkwardly and didn't reply.

I thought to myself, how come this cat has such a keen sense of smell?

She naturally wouldn't admit that she had taken a bath with rose petals the night before; such a thing was a bit too early for a sixteen-year-old high school student.

Yoro Nai sniffed at her again and spoke once more.

Hormones.

Nagasaki Motoyo felt a slight sweat on her forehead; she admitted that she had indeed felt a little romantic last night.

The feeling was strange; she roughly understood it, but didn't want to admit who caused it.

In her opinion, these feelings would gradually disappear as long as she didn't acknowledge them in her heart.

So she made up her mind not to admit it, not to overthink it, to maintain a calm and stable mindset, and to stick to her principles...

Then she saw Yoru Nai sniff herself again, chuckle, and turn to look at Shirakawa Sawa, preparing to say something.

Nagasaki Motoyo immediately spoke up,

"Lixi, could you please bring this little girl a matcha parfait?"

There was a hint of panic and urgency in his voice.

She realized this too.

She hadn't even finished saying what was on her mind when the boomerang came flying at her.

However, Rakuna's attention was diverted by those words, causing her to forget what she was about to say and start watching Shiina Ritsuki make the matcha parfait with anticipation.

Actually, Rakuna didn't realize who Nagasaki Motoyo's hormones were for.

She turned to look at Shirakawa Sawa, simply wanting him to smell Nagasaki Motoyo's scent, because the other woman smelled really good.

Sharing beautiful things is a way for cats to express approval.

"Ah~"

Shiina Tatsuki sighed deeply. She couldn't understand why Nagasaki Motoyo also doted on Rakuna so much.

Moreover, these two are only one year apart in age, so why do they seem like they are from different generations when they are together?

Seeing that Kaname's attention had been successfully diverted, Nagasaki Motoyo breathed a slight sigh of relief, while also feeling a bit curious.

"Is she really that amazing, able to sense even things like this?"

For a long time afterward, Nagasaki Motoyo would deliberately feed the cat and instill in her the concept that "he who eats another's food is bound to him."

Yoro Nai didn't know what that sentence meant.

But she knew that if she acted as if she understood what the other person was saying, she would get another matcha parfait next time...

Book 1: Chapter 51 Refusal and Foul

Shirakawa Sawa was naturally unaware of Nagasaki Motoyo's thoughts.

After chatting for a while, he left RiNG.

It was late at night, but now that the daytime temperature was high, the nighttime breeze no longer carried the chill of before.

As he passed the tram stop, Shirakawa Sawa saw Toyokawa Shoko getting off.

Their eyes met.

However, the other person's attitude changed noticeably. Upon seeing him, they immediately looked away and then quickly walked in one direction.

Unlike Nagasaki Motoyo and Takamatsu Akari, Shirakawa Sawa caught up in just two steps and easily overtook them.

After all, at 1.8 meters tall, it wouldn't be difficult for him to pursue Toyokawa Shoko, who is only 1.5 meters tall.

Seeing that Shirakawa was catching up, the girl immediately lowered her head and started running, but she still couldn't shake him off.

Finally, Shoko Toyokawa couldn't run anymore. She turned around and glared fiercely at Sawa Shirakawa, her tone no longer as gentle as it had been in the public music classroom.

"Why are you chasing me?"

"Did they send you to persuade me?"

Shirakawa's breathing was steady, and his tone was calm.

"I don't really know much about the relationship between you, or the rights and wrongs, and I'm not really interested in being a mouthpiece for either of you."

"I'm standing here because I don't want to lose a friend."

"Whether it's listening to you play the piano in the public music room, venting your emotions in the park, or walking on the tree-lined paths of the campus in the evening, I feel very happy."

“I feel that you can bring strength to people, but you also seem to deliberately conceal your own brilliance.”

"Some of the people I know do know you, and I've learned a little about you from snippets of conversation."

"But I have never asked you anything about you."

"Because I want to get to know you for myself."

"Although we haven't introduced ourselves to each other yet."

Shirakawa Sawa reached out his hand to the girl, looking at her intently with clear, bright eyes.

"Hello, I am Shirakawa Ze from Class A, Grade 1 at Xiuhua High School."

The moonlight was bright, and even without streetlights, Toyokawa Shoko could clearly see the boy's appearance, the seriousness on his face, and his pure, unadulterated eyes.

To be honest, she never imagined she would make friends in high school.

One reason was that she deliberately avoided it. After all, she had to maintain her academic ranking, keep up her piano skills, and work to support herself, so she really didn't have the energy for socializing.

On the one hand, no matter where she is, whether it was Tsukimori in the past or Xiuhua now, social interactions are about give and take. Given her current situation, she doesn't want to and can't engage in social interactions.

Looking back now, Shirakawa Sawa is indeed a bit strange. The places where they came into contact were all free areas, and the activities they participated in were all free.

In terms of time, we didn't have much contact to begin with, and it was either after class or before bedtime, so it didn't have much impact on her life.

Most importantly, even though they knew about CRYCHIC's relationship, they never asked or mentioned it.

This suggests that what he said was true; the other party had no intention of being interested in her past or getting involved, but simply wanted to get to know her after a few interactions.

To be honest, if we could turn back the clock by a year, I probably would have become friends with the other person much sooner.

Although we've only met a few times, the other person has a very interesting personality and would be a good friend.

Shoko Toyokawa thought a lot about it, and she was basically certain of the other party's sincerity.

But she still couldn't bring herself to make this friend.

She feels that she can no longer be the same as before; she no longer has enough time and energy to maintain interpersonal relationships, nor enough money to engage in social interactions.

She has a little savings now, but it's set aside as a dream fund.

She feels that she will have enough capital to invest in anything she wants to do in the future, or when she encounters an opportunity.

Therefore, we try to save money wherever possible in all aspects now.

After hesitating for a while, Toyokawa Shoko decided to stick to her own ideas.

She stepped forward, shook Bai Chuanze's hand, her expression calm, her eyes resolute.

"I'm glad you want to be my friend."

"It is foreseeable that becoming friends with Shirakawa-kun will be a very interesting and happy thing."

"However, I still hope that we can just be ordinary classmates."

"I wish you all the best in the future. Goodbye."

After saying that, Toyokawa Shoko turned and left.

As she turned around, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, but then returned to normal.

In that instant, yet another weak little Xiang was killed.

Watching her departing figure, a thoughtful look appeared in Shirakawa Ze's eyes.

He foresaw that it would be very difficult to open Toyokawa Shoko's heart.

But to my surprise, as soon as I opened a crack, it was closed again.