It started with being hated by the girl in the band

At this moment, Goto Ichiri, who had been silently curled up in the cardboard box, suddenly raised his little hand timidly.

Under Nakagawa Nobu's curious gaze, Goto Ichiri seemed to have mustered up some courage, and said quickly with his head down: "These are the urban legends that Liang wrote on the whiteboard when Hongxia just went out!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he fell back into the cardboard box like a meteorite.

The air suddenly became a little stagnant.

"……cold?"

Hongxia's gaze suddenly turned calmly towards Yamada Ryo, and her body, which had originally felt a little weak, suddenly seemed to have strength again.

“…I just asked [what we wrote], and since I wrote these myself, I said no.”

Perhaps Hongxia's sudden indifferent gaze was too hurtful, and Yamada Ryo immediately spoke quickly to defend himself.

"Oh, I see……"

While saying this, Hongxia slowly approached Yamada Ryo with a charming smile on her face.

Ignoring Miss Yamada who was blinking at him frantically for help, Nakagawa Nobuyuki pretended not to see it, humming a little tune and turning his eyes away.

After a chaotic chase, Hongxia also captured the suspect Yamada Ryo.

If it weren't for Kita who kept making excuses for Liang with his eyes wide open, Liang might have been sentenced to the death penalty of not being allowed to drink the Starry Drink for a month.

Even so, Miss Yamada still covered her head pitifully, silently accusing Hongxia of having a brain collapse.

"Alright, alright, if you have nothing else to do, go back. The electricity will have to wait until tomorrow to be repaired anyway..."

Ichichi Hoshige, who had witnessed the whole process, yawned and waved.

Zhonghe Xin took out his cell phone and saw that although it was still early, it was already time for the power company to get off work... He didn't know why the power outage occurred.

"Oh, right!"

Hong Xia, who was about to leave with Xingge, seemed to remember something and turned to look at Nakagawa Nobuyuki.

"Nakagawa-san, let's continue this conversation on Line when we get back. Pochi-chan and we are on different paths... If it's okay with you, Nakagawa-san, can you also give Pochi-chan a ride?"

Hongxia looked at Nakagawa Nobuyuki with a somewhat apologetic look.

Nakagawa Nobuyuki waved his hand nonchalantly, indicating that he had time.

It just so happens that I have something to say to Yili, and I was originally planning to talk to him on Line. Now it seems like it would be a good idea to talk in person on the way back.

He knocked on the cardboard and finally pulled Goto Ichiri out of the box like a kitten.

"Xin, Xin classmate... good evening... good evening!"

Goto Ichiri lowered his head slightly, not daring to look into Nakagawa Nobuyuki's eyes, and even stuttered a little due to nervousness.

I haven't talked to Xin for a few days... I kind of forgot how to talk...

Looking at Goto Ichiri who was still bumbling in front of him, Nakagawa Nobuyuki smiled helplessly.

"Okay, it's too late to say hello now... You haven't moved yet, have you?"

"No...no!"

Listening to Goto Ichiri's hesitant and decisive answers, Nakagawa Nobuyuki did not say anything, but just gently touched Goto Ichiri's little head.

Goto Ichiri kept his head down, not daring to look up at all. He just followed Nakagawa Nobuyuki timidly, like a shy puppy.

Goto Ichiri's small face was hidden in his thick bangs.

……

I quietly raised my eyes and could see Xin's reliable back through the gap in his thick bangs.

When I was in junior high school, I looked at the back of Xin classmate like this... and walked with Xin classmate on the way home from school countless times.

Xin's hands are still so big... so warm...

Hehehe...I'm a little shy.

Nobuyuki...I'm really sorry, but please forgive me first...I am so gloomy that I got entangled with you without your permission.

……

On the tram.

Not knowing what Goto Ichiri beside him was thinking, Nakagawa Shin had also gotten used to Goto Ichiri's silence, so he just shared some meaningless things in a light tone.

After a while, Nakagawa Nobuyuki suddenly stopped talking and just looked at Goto Ichiri who was sitting next to him.

Of course, Goto Ichiri was also aware of Nakagawa Nobuyuki's sudden silence, but he seemed to be struggling with his brain, trying his best to control himself from looking at Nakagawa Nobuyuki.

"One mile."

Nakagawa Nobuyuki suddenly spoke.

“…Ah, here it is!”

Startled by Nakagawa Nobuyuki's sudden words, Goto Ichiri, who had just been immersed in his own world, immediately stood at attention subconsciously and responded in a loud voice.

…It was too big, and half of the people in the tram subconsciously looked in the direction of the two people.

Without paying attention to the strange or curious looks from everyone, Nakagawa Nobuyuki just asked softly: "Aren't you writing lyrics for the band or something... How's it going?"

Nakagawa Shin still has some vague memories. He remembers that Yili seemed to be responsible for writing lyrics in the band Ending.

"Ah... I'm still working on this..."

Goto Ichiri lowered his head and answered honestly.

Because I haven’t come up with the lyrics yet… Words like band, summer, dream, bond, etc. are too far away for me…

As for those gloomy words that I usually write, they certainly cannot be sung as songs, right?

I still remember when I was in junior high school, my class sent out an ambition survey, and there were three columns to fill in your dreams...

Three dreams or something, that's a bit too much for me...

So, I filled in housewife, pet, and friend.

Because, because I really can’t think of what else someone like me can do besides being a housewife!

"Oh, I see……"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki nodded suddenly, then patted Goto Ichiri's petite shoulder, and immediately felt Ichiri's shoulder tremble slightly.

"Yili, you have to work harder on writing lyrics... If I ever form a band, I'd like to learn how to write lyrics from Yili."

Nakagawa Nobuyuki let go of Goto Ichiri's shoulders with a smile.

Suddenly, Goto Ichiri seemed to realize something, and his blue eyes widened and looked at Nakagawa Nobuyuki.

"Xin-san, do you want to form a band too?"

"Ah... maybe we can form a group in the future?"

Nakagawa Nobuya was a little uncertain and just shrugged his shoulders, looking noncommittal.

69

Chapter Sixty-Nine: A mile in the past.

Because it was still early, Nakagawa Nobuyuki simply sent Goto Ichiri directly to his doorstep.

Nakagawa Nobuyuki looked around the extremely familiar neighborhood with some emotion.

...He really hasn't changed at all since I was in junior high school. Even the little calico cat on the street whose name I can't remember can still recognize me and comes up to me to ask for a pet.

"One mile, we've arrived."

Letting go of the kitten that was purring comfortably after being touched, Nakagawa Nobuyuki softly called out to Goto Ichiri who was still lowering his head beside him.

"Ah, okay..."

Goto Ichiri was immediately pulled back to the real world by Nakagawa Nobuyuki's call.

The familiar house and the nameplate of "Goto" in front of me proved that I had returned home...

So the way home is so short?

"Yili, did you see me that time?"

"Xin, Xin classmate, see you later too."

He lowered his head and said goodbye timidly. It was not until Nakagawa Nobu turned his back that Goto Ichiri quietly raised his head and waved goodbye stiffly.

It was not until Nakagawa Nobuyuki's back completely disappeared in the golden pink street corner under the setting sun that Goto Ichiri slowly put down his hand, just like he did every night in junior high school.

"...Goodbye, Nobu-san."

Looking at the street corner in the distance, Goto Ichiri's eyes showed a slight trance, and he murmured softly.

Goto House.

"Mom and Dad! Today my sister came home with a big brother that I don't know!"

Because of what their little girl said, Goto Naoki and Goto Michiyo were dragged by Erli to a room on the second floor facing the street.

"Speaking of boys I met in Ichiri... I can only think of [Shin-kun] from junior high school."

"Yeah, we went home together every day then?"

Goto Naoki and Goto Michiyo quietly stuck their heads out of the window.

Thanks to the street lamp standing right in front of the main entrance of Goto's house, the couple happened to see Nakagawa Nobuyuki waving goodbye to Ichiri under the street lamp.

"...Dear, that... is [Nobu-san], right?"

Michiyo looked at the familiar figure outside the window with a hint of surprise in her tone.

"It should be... It's been a long time since I last saw [Nobu-san]."

Naoki narrowed his eyes and confirmed it.

"Why don't you ask Yili when you get back?"

That’s right, the couple had known about “Xin-san” when Ichi-ri was still in junior high school, although they still don’t know what “Xin-san’s” full name is.

Since kindergarten, Yili has always been timid and cowardly, and even at home he is quite taciturn. Although it is not a serious matter, it still makes the couple worried.

Until a while ago, the first thing my daughter did after putting down her schoolbag when she came home every day was to run back to her room and either start practicing guitar or make no sound at all. No matter how much I called her, her voice was unremarkable.

At first, the couple thought their daughter was being bullied at school and held a small family meeting to discuss the matter.

As a result, their daughter just shared with them all kinds of things about that "Xin classmate" with a longing look on her face, as well as the places they had been to together, the things they had talked about, and even the kittens they had touched on the roadside together.

I originally thought that this "Xin-classmate" was just one of the thousands of friends my daughter fantasized about, until that day, a boy really walked back to the doorstep with Yili shoulder to shoulder.

From that day on, until the third year of junior high school, this happened almost every day.

four Seasons.

But whenever Yili was asked about [Classmate Xin], Yili would always blush and stammer about irrelevant things to change the subject.

However, seeing their daughter becoming more cheerful day by day, the couple felt that it was no big deal.

During these days, time passed slowly and soon the day of graduation from the third year of junior high school arrived.

The day of the graduation ceremony was a day with neither good nor bad weather, and it was a little foggy, which was very special in March of that year.

But just like every other day, [Xin-san], dressed in a neat uniform, stood shoulder to shoulder with Yili at the door of his house.

The two of them smiled and waved goodbye as usual, nothing was different.

Things started to go wrong at the beginning of my freshman year of high school.

It seemed that "Xin" was not walking the same way as Yili. Only Yili was walking alone on the sidewalk with a guitar on his back.

I originally thought it was just an occasional absence of one day, but after more than a month, Yili returned home in the same manner every day. I guess that [classmate Xin] was admitted to another school.

But Yili's condition became more and more depressed and silent, until he said he didn't want to go to school no matter what. It was even worse than when he was in junior high school.

The parents, who loved their daughter very much, had no choice but to arrange for her to take a leave of absence from school. Of course, they also saw many psychologists, but no matter which psychologist she faced, Yili was never willing to speak. With such non-cooperation, treatment naturally could not be carried out.

During the days of suspension from school, Yili didn't get any better and locked himself in the room all day long. But fortunately, he still played the guitar every day.

Naoki, who was once a guitarist, told Michiyo: "If you can still play music, then it's not bad!"

It was not until one day a few weeks ago, at the dinner table, that Ichiri suddenly proposed to go back to school, but he wanted to go to Yuqiu Middle School rather than his original school.

The overjoyed couple immediately contacted all the connections they could, but the old stubborn people in Yuqiu refused to give in and were unwilling to accept Goto Ichiri, who had been on leave for such a long time.