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

Kita Ikuyo didn't dare to meet Shirakawa Sawa's gaze.

If feelings could be visualized, she would be completely soaked in sweat from head to toe.

"I really want to escape..."

Kita Ikuyo felt a bitter taste in her heart.

"But there's no escaping it..."

If we weren't in the same school, or if we were off-campus, we might still have a chance to escape, but now we're facing students from the same school, and we even revealed our class during our self-introduction.

In this situation, there's simply no way to escape.

"Um... Ze-kun, I actually can't play the guitar."

After much deliberation, Kita Ikuyo decided to confess.

"I lied just now because I wanted to join Ryo-senpai's band."

"I'm so sorry!"

"I've delayed your practice because of me, and I'll make it up to you!"

As Kita Ikuyo spoke, she took out her wallet.

Shirakawa raised his hand to stop the other person's movement.

"If you want to apologize, you should go and apologize to Senior Ryo."

"After all, you're deceiving her."

"No need for compensation or anything like that. We're all classmates, there's no need to be so serious."

Shirakawa Sawa had naturally anticipated this situation.

However, he did not intend to elaborate too much on the matter; he would stop short of making a point.

After all, we may have more in-depth exchanges in the future, so there's no need to be so meticulous from the beginning.

Kita Ikuyo was surprised by how easy the other person was to talk to, and gave Shirakawa Sawa a serious look.

"Zejun, thank you so much for your understanding."

"If you need any help in the future, please feel free to contact me."

Shirakawa looked at the girl in front of him and decided to help her in a small way.

"Actually, if you had talked to Ryo-senpai about this properly, you might have been able to join the band."

Kita Ikuyo's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again.

"But... isn't Ryo's band short of a guitarist? I can't play the guitar."

Shirakawa Sawa continued to guide.

"So what can you do?"

Kita Ikuyo thought about how she often went to karaoke and how her classmates always praised her singing.

"Um...does singing count?"

"Does Liang's band need a lead singer?"

Shirakawa Ze waved his phone.

"Now that you have Liang's contact information and know where they are active, you can go and ask them yourself."

Hope rekindled in Kita Ikuyo's eyes. She grabbed Shirakawa Sawa's hand and shook it forcefully.

"Ze-jun, thank you so much! I'll go ask right away!"

"This is a good opportunity to apologize to Senior Liang in person!"

"goodbye!"

After saying that, Kita Ikuyo got up and left.

Shirakawa Sawa continued sitting in the music classroom, took out his guitar from his bag, and practiced alone, recalling the basic knowledge that Yamada Ryo had taught him yesterday and combining it with tutorials he found online.

About an hour later, Shirakawa put away his guitar, prepared to go to the cafeteria for a meal, and then continue practicing.

At that moment, he received a message from Kita Ikuyo.

"Sawa-kun, I am Kita Ikuyo. Please forgive me for asking Ryo-senpai for your contact information without permission."

"But I'm so happy! Senior Ryo forgave me, and Captain Nijika even agreed to let me join the band as the lead vocalist!"

"This is all thanks to Ze-jun's suggestion! I will definitely thank you in person tomorrow!"

Shirakawa returned a happy smiley face and continued walking towards the cafeteria.

As he passed by the nearby public music classroom, Shirakawa Sawa saw Toyokawa Shoko playing the piano inside.

"Does he come every day?"

Shirakawa opened the back door, entered the classroom, sat in a corner, closed his eyes, and began to listen.

After listening for a while, Shirakawa Ze felt his mood getting heavier and heavier, as if something was weighing on his mind and he couldn't let it go for a long time.

Having lived two lives, his mindset has become much more open-minded. In this life, few things can weigh him down, and he has largely let go of the heavy experiences from his previous life.

So after being influenced by the music, he didn't actually have any related images or events to support this emotion. He just felt heavy and increasingly depressed, as if he was being constantly intensified by some invisible gravitational field.

"This music sounds so heavy..."

Shirakawa Ze felt really uncomfortable and said something.

The sound of the piano stopped suddenly.

Toyokawa Shoko looked at Shirakawa Sawa with some surprise.

From an auditory perspective, the piece she's playing doesn't feel heavy at all; on the contrary, it's a very upbeat piece.

The so-called heaviness is my current mood, a deeply hidden emotion.

The encounter with Gao Songdeng at noon made her very concerned.

The appearance of the lamp was a reminder to her once again that the beauty of the past had been shattered.

And it's because of her that things have turned out this way.

She couldn't explain it.

Her pride prevented her from expressing her true feelings to others, and also prevented her from showing even the slightest weakness in front of others.

Even though reality was incredibly harsh, she didn't want to show it.

But when she was playing the piano, during one of the few times she could relax, she still let her emotions flow into the music.

However, this emotion is very subtle and most people cannot detect it.

At this point, Toyokawa Shoko was basically certain that the other party could hear the emotions contained in her music, and that the other party had an extremely accurate perception in this regard.

Thinking back to yesterday when she thought the other party wouldn't have any such perception, she couldn't help but marvel at how quickly the boomerang had arrived.

Although the other person could sense the emotions contained in her music, she did not intend to engage in much communication with them.

I chose Xiuhua High School because of its scholarship system. As long as you can get a high ranking in the final exams of each semester, you can get a corresponding scholarship based on your ranking.

If you can rank in the top ten, you'll have some scholarship money left over after paying tuition.

Furthermore, the top ten students will be able to eat lunch for free in the school cafeteria for the entire following semester.

Therefore, her only goal at this school is to study hard and strive to be in the top ten.

The piano in the public music classroom was more of an unexpected surprise for her.

With this mindset, Toyokawa Shoko felt that interpersonal relationships were neither important nor necessary.

Because it will not only take away from my study time, but may also affect my part-time work time.

The losses that would result from being late for a part-time job due to interpersonal interactions are unimaginable.

So at this moment, although she was somewhat interested in Shirakawa Sawa, Toyokawa Shoko did not intend to have any contact with him. After closing the piano key cover, she nodded to him and then got up and left.

"Xiangzi's piano playing was much heavier than yesterday's..."

Shirakawa Sawa thought of Takamatsu Akari, who had been squatting in front of the convenience store at noon, and a guess formed in his mind.

"Could it be that she ran into Deng at noon?"

"If I had gone to the convenience store earlier, I would have seen the two of them meet..."

Shirakawa Sawa's forehead was slightly sweaty. He stopped thinking and headed to the cafeteria with his guitar on his back.

Volume 1: Chapter 9 The Stars Are Like Me

At 7 p.m., Shirakawa arrived at the Astronomy Club activity room and found the door already open. Takamatsu Akari was sitting inside, writing something in a notebook.

"Good evening, Takamatsu-kun."

Shirakawa Ze stood at the door and greeted them.

Takamatsu was startled and immediately closed his laptop, looking towards the door.

Upon seeing that it was Shirakawa Ze, her body relaxed slightly, and her gaze softened.

"Okay! Good evening."

Shirakawa entered the activity room, glanced at the sky through the window; the moonlight was bright, and the stars were dazzling.

"Today is indeed a perfect day for stargazing."

Takamatsu looked out the window and nodded.

Shirakawa looked at the various observation equipment neatly arranged on one side of the activity room.

"Is Gao Song familiar with these observation devices?"

Takamatsu Akari immediately perked up, got up, and walked to Shirakawa Sawa's side.

"Know something."