It started with being hated by the girl in the band

"Xinxin, what are you doing here at the Astronomy Club?"

Chihaya Aine stroked the guitar and looked at Nakagawa Nobuyuki who was sitting next to her in a very good mood.

"Because I still have some time to come over from my part-time job, I thought I'd come and see how my guitar practice is going."

Nakagawa Nobuyuki smiled, picked up the music score on the table and flipped through it.

Why is it still this song Kasuga Shadow… I’ve been listening to it every day recently.

After a while, I felt a strong presence coming from Xiao Deng's position...

Nakagawa Nobuyuki couldn't help but look in the direction of Takamatsu Deng.

The moment his eyes met Nakagawa Nobuyuki's, Takamatsu Deng was a little flustered and awkwardly looked away.

"...Ah, um, Nakagawa-san..."

He stumbled over his words, as if he was trying to say something.

Gao Songdeng lowered his head and tapped his toes lightly, looking very hesitant.

After a while, under the increasingly strange gazes of Nakagawa Nobuyuki and Chihaya Aine, he seemed to have made up his mind and slowly spoke.

"…Nakagawa-san, welcome to the Astronomy Club."

Although it took him a long time to say it, Xiaodeng still seemed a little dissatisfied. His pretty eyebrows were slightly frowned, and he looked at Nakagawa Nobuyuki with a forced smile.

...?

On the side, Nakagawa Nobuyuki and Chihaya Aine both had huge question marks on their heads.

All this stumbling around, is it just for this?

Looking at the two people with even weirder expressions, the already forced smile on Xiaodeng's face suddenly froze and slowly withered until it turned into a cute expression of anxiety.

"...Did I say something wrong again?"

Looking at Xiaodeng, a classmate who seemed a little melancholy, Nakagawa Nobuyuki walked up to him with a smile and tapped Gaosongdeng on the head gently, which finally brought Xiaodeng's attention back.

"So after thinking about it for a long time, you just want to say hello?"

Chihaya Aine, who was standing beside her, was holding a guitar and asked with a curious look on her face.

"...Neither."

Gao Songdeng shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and finally expressed his inner thoughts.

"…Just now, I wanted to say hello to Nakagawa-san, so I wanted to ask, [Nakagawa-san, what are you doing in the Astronomy Club]…but I felt distant and uncomfortable."

As he spoke, Gao Songdeng gently covered his chest with his hands, a confused and uncomfortable expression on his face.

Hearing Xiao Deng's strange worries, the two of them exchanged subtle glances.

This kind of worry may not be too radio-related.

At this moment, I miss Yao Le Nai who has the same feeling as me... I should rely on the cat's intuition here!

"…Is it because the tone of [What are you doing here] is a bit stiff?"

Chihaya Aine raised a finger and spoke tentatively.

Confused Gao Songdeng pursed his lips, thought seriously, and finally shook his head: "Maybe... but it feels a little different."

Afterwards, Nakagawa Nobuya proposed several ideas, but they were all rejected after Xiaodeng's careful consideration.

“…Um, could it be because it’s [Nakagawa-san]?”

At this time, Chihaya Aine, who had been thinking for a long time, suddenly brightened up her eyes and looked at the two people who were still thinking hard.

"because I?"

Nakagawa Shin pointed at himself with a strange look on his face.

"I'm not talking about the letter! I'm talking about the address..."

As she spoke, Chihaya Aine pushed up her glasses and looked at Takamatsu Touma who was staring at her in a daze.

"Xiao Deng, why don't you try calling Xin Xin's name?"

"After all, Xinxin has already said that she is our fan for life. If she still calls me by my last name, it must be very strange."

Chihaya Aine looked at Takamatsu Tomori who was a little dazed with sparkling eyes.

"Letter...letter?"

Gao Songdeng muttered to himself.

“…It’s [Xin], not [Xinxin].”

Hearing Takamatsu Deng calling out like that, Chihaya Aine felt anxious for some reason and quickly corrected him.

However, Xiaodeng didn't care much about this. He just moved his eyes slightly and looked at Nakagawa Nobuyuki who was standing beside him.

"……letter."

As soon as he said it, Gao Songdeng gently covered his heart which was beating with excitement.

"Does it feel less weird now?"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki was leaning on the table, looking with amusement at Takamatsu Deng, who had a dazed expression and a slightly open mouth.

“…It’s true that it’s gone.”

Gao Songdeng nodded in a daze, feeling that the uncomfortable feeling in his heart had disappeared, and he felt it was quite magical.

It's just a name, why does it have such magical power?

"So from now on, we'll just call it [Light], right?"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki looked at Xiao Deng, whose mood had turned from cloudy to sunny, and smiled softly.

"...That would be great."

Gao Songdeng was a little absent-minded, and no one knew what he was thinking about. He just looked at Nakagawa Nobuyuki with gentle eyes.

If my relationship with Nakagawa... and Shin gets better, will I also be attracted by the same mysterious [gravity] of Shin?

Is it just like Xiaoxiang and Lixi?

Maybe, we can finally reunite in some way?

Because we agreed that Xin would be a fan for life.

Looking at the two people who suddenly seemed to have established some close communication, Chihaya Aine blinked and suddenly felt a little regretful.

Mingming, Xinxin only called me by my name, right?

Obviously, I am the only one who calls [Xin]'s name, right?

76

Chapter 76...Ai Yinyin?

After calling out Xiao Deng who was in a state of depressed radio waves, Nakagawa Nobuyuki had just exchanged names when he was pulled outside the astronomy club room by the little pink-haired girl next to him.

Nakagawa Nobuyuki looked helplessly at Chihaya Aine who was turning her face away in front of him.

"…What are you in such a hurry for?"

But Chihaya Aine in front of him seemed to have no intention of explaining. She just bit her lips lightly, her face a little too red, as if she was having some intense psychological struggle.

“…Call me [Aininin].”

Suddenly, a voice as thin as a mosquito's buzz sounded in Zhonghe Xin's ears.

The voice was so quiet that Nakagawa Shin really couldn't hear it clearly. He could only ask in confusion: "What?"

In many traditional love comedies, if the male protagonist with poor hearing doesn't hear clearly, the embarrassed beautiful girl will never say it a second time.

But Nakagawa Shin really didn't hear it, Aine's voice was indeed too soft.

Fortunately, Chihaya Aine really suppressed her shame and said it again.

"…I said, call me [Aininin]."

As if she had given up on herself, Chihaya Aine turned around, raised her face which was already red enough to bleed, and spoke in a deep voice.

“…Since, since I’ve always called you [Xinxin], then it makes sense for Xinxin to call me [Ainin] or something like that…!”

Chihaya Aine grabbed her sleeves, trying to suppress her shame monster that was about to go berserk, and repeated it haltingly.

"But why... this name sounds a bit like a pet, right?"

Zhonghe Xinxin felt a little strange and immediately complained.

"…First, call first!"

Chihaya Aine frantically twirled the corners of her clothes, her tone stiff.

Unable to resist the sudden impulse of the little pink-haired girl, Nakagawa Nobuyuki could only follow her words: "Okay... Ai Yinyin, Ai Yinyin..."

As a result, the little pink-haired creature in front of him buried its head even lower, and there seemed to be a wisp of steam coming out of its head.

After a while, looking at Chihaya Aine who seemed to have calmed down a lot, Nakagawa Nobuyuki asked helplessly: "What happened?"

With the remaining blush on her face, Chihaya Aine's eyes were still a little evasive. She bit her lips lightly and said hesitantly: "Because, because..."

Because of what?

I can't say that I pulled Xinxin out of the door on impulse because I heard other girls calling her [Xin] and [Xinxin], and I was very unhappy about it!

...I even suddenly wanted Xinxin to call me [Ai Yinyin] or something... It's too, too embarrassing!

“…Xinxin, think about it yourself!”

She glared at Zhonghe Xin in shame and anger, then immediately turned on her toes and strode into the department office.

"Oh...what if I can't think of one - Ai Yinyin?"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki said "Ai Yin Yin" again as if nothing had happened, and even emphasized the tone.

The little pink-haired girl suddenly stood up, and rushed towards Nakagawa Nobuyuki, waving her pink fists in anger.

"Ahh! Stop talking about that! Forget it!"

After fighting with the shy little pink-haired boy for quite a while, the two of them, both of whom were a little tired, agreed to fight again next time, thus resolving today's dispute.

After the two tired people opened the door and returned to the astronomy department office, they saw Xiaodeng, who was holding a notebook and staring at the door in a trance.

Seeing Xiao Deng’s serious attitude, the two of them stepped aside at the same time as if they had telepathy.

As if he had thought of something, Xiaodeng's eyes lit up and he started writing something on his notebook.

【gravitational】

【Connected】

【recovery】

【Born Together】

"Welcome back……"

"letter."

“And Aine.”

Gao Songdeng picked up his notebook and greeted the two people who came back excitedly, with an inexplicable glow of expectation in his eyes.

This is obviously a state of inspiration bursting out, I say.

Nakagawa Nobuyuki secretly complained in his heart.

-

At this moment, Nagasaki Suyo had just changed into the cafe uniform, tied her hair into a high ponytail, and prepared the materials in advance according to the list sent to her by Nakagawa Nobuyuki.

When counting the milk, Nagasaki Suyo suddenly seemed to think of something. She weighed it in her palm and couldn't help but smile.

Let’s buy a box of milk when we go back today.

Finally, after carefully wiping the originally clean table surface again, Nagasaki Suyo looked at Nakagawa Nobuyuki, whom she had been secretly eyeing for a long time.

Nakagawa Nobuyuki and Nagasaki Motoyo's eyes met.

"Ahem, good afternoon Nagasaki."