It started with being hated by the girl in the band

"I don't want to either! Who knows what this high school boy who lives alone is doing at home right now!"

Standing in front of the door of this somewhat old apartment, two girls of similar height were not talking about old-fashioned topics such as time and era, but were arguing about what the guy in the house was doing.

"If I really want to say it, it should be in [○○]."

Hachiman Kailing looked quite calm, touched her chin lightly, and spoke a completely unexpected harmonious word as soon as she opened her mouth.

"ha--?!"

Shiina Riki's face turned pale with fear. Before he could even show any time to be shocked, he hurriedly covered Hachiman Kailing's mouth with his little hand. He immediately looked around and only put down his hand after confirming that there was no one else nearby.

"Don't, don't say that kind of thing with such a serious look on your face!"

The exceptionally innocent Shiina Riki blushed slightly, and forced herself to look stern, lecturing her friend in a low voice.

"Isn't that what you mean?"

Hachiman Kailing raised her eyebrows without blushing or beating her heart, and looked back at Shiina Riki who had a particularly strong reaction in front of her with an honest look of confusion.

“…You can’t just say that!”

Shiina Riki gritted his teeth and forced himself to resist the urge to throw this guy down from the second floor.

"But you were the one who started this topic."

Hachiman Kailin frowned slightly, and with a righteous look, she kicked the ball back to the ashamed Shiina Riki.

"…If you followed me here just to tell these boring dirty jokes, I will throw you off the second floor right now!"

Shiina Riki glared fiercely at Hachiman Kailing, who had extremely strong defense, and with gritted teeth sentenced the boring guy in front of him to lynch by throwing him from the second floor.

"That's fine, actually."

Hachiman Kailing nodded thoughtfully, took out a small notebook from the pocket of her school uniform, handed it to the unhappy Shiina Riki in front of her, and said: "Just give this notebook to Nobu-san."

There are convenient notes stuck on the palm-sized hinged book, and the small square handwriting is both elegant and handsome.

[Record of jokes that did not receive effective criticism (ツッコミ) T0P317+19]

It is obvious that the position of the numbers has been erased and overwritten many times.

"……What's this?"

Shiina Riki looked at the hinged notebook in his hand, slightly suppressed his annoyance at the guy in front of him telling dirty jokes, and asked softly.

...Tsukomi or something like that, do you really think you're talking about manzai?

“Oh, this is a record of the jokes that didn’t get through to everyone I chatted with.”

Hachiman Kailing shrugged and frankly admitted the purpose of the book.

Although he was speechless about a friend who kept a notebook that held grudges like an elementary school student, Shiina Riki still sighed slightly and casually opened the notebook in his hand.

“It’s actually recorded in separate items…”

【Neosaitama Band: 11】

【TIME Kirakira Band: 6 tracks】

【…】

In the notebook, every band she has visited is recorded in detail, and the number at the end should be the number of "jokes that were not understood".

Looking at such detailed data, Shiina Riki couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows slightly, and said softly: "So many people don't understand your joke... But, no one should be able to get it all——"

My throat suddenly choked.

【Nakagawa Shin:0】

"…Are you two reading each other's minds?"

Looking at the big [0] indexed after Nakagawa Nobuyuki's name, Shiina Riki, who felt a little overwhelmed, was speechless and didn't know what to say. He could only complain along the lines of what he wanted to say.

"Nice rant."

After hearing what Shiina Riki said, Hachiman Kailing showed a very surprised look and said with a slight approval.

Suddenly, Shiina Riki, who was turning the pages, frowned, turned the previous page, and asked in a strange tone:

"Come to think of it, it seems that there are only about a hundred of them in total? I saw that there were more than three hundred in total - (turning the page)"

【Shiina Riki: 217 (+19)】

There was silence.

One second, two seconds, three seconds, four seconds...

"Mr. Li Xi, the time for answering is almost up."

He took out a stopwatch from somewhere and held a mechanical pencil in his hand, ready to change [+19] to [+20] at any time. Hachiman Kailing reminded him calmly.

"...Hailing, do you prefer to land on your head or feet?"

Shiina Riki slowly closed the hinged book in his hand, and his cold voice sounded like a demon urging him to die.

"Oh, I prefer sweeter crepes."

Hachiman Kailing blinked, thought for a moment, and gave her answer.

……

knock knock knock.

The old wooden door made a dull knocking sound, attracting the attention of Nakagawa Nobuyuki and Nagasaki Suyo who were washing dishes and chatting.

Originally, Nakagawa Nobuyuki was planning to open the door, but because Nakagawa Nobuyuki was right inside the pool, it was inconvenient for him to get out. The considerate Miss Su Shi of course saw through it at once.

"It's okay, I'll just go open the door."

He shook his head and stopped Nakagawa Nobuyuki who was subconsciously about to open the door.

"Okay, wait a minute~"

Nagasaki Suyo raised her head slightly, her fair and slender neck like a swan, and she responded softly.

He wiped his hands gently on the towel rack at the side, and after making sure his hands were clean, he slowly walked towards the door.

Click.

The wooden door was opened gently.

"Hello, may I ask what you may do..."

Looking at the two people who appeared in front of her quite unexpectedly, Nagasaki Suyo's soft smile suddenly froze.

……

Wha, what's going on?

Shiina Riki blinked blankly, as if he had not reacted yet, and even his hand that was knocking on the door was frozen in mid-air.

...I shouldn't have come to the wrong place, right?

Looking at Nagasaki Motoyo, who was still wearing an apron and slippers and looked like a housekeeper, Shiina Riki began to doubt the message his brain was receiving.

"Nagasaki, who's here?"

Looking at Nagasaki Suyo who suddenly froze, Nakagawa Nobuyuki put the washed dishes back into the cupboard and asked with confusion in his heart.

"…Um, it's Riki and Hachiman-san…"

"Shiina?"

Hearing Nagasaki Suyo's somewhat embarrassed voice, Nakagawa Xin felt even more puzzled.

...Shiina, how did you know I live here?

However, since his friend came to visit him, it was impossible for him to block others at the door. Nakagawa Nobuyuki came to his senses in an instant, wiped his hands quickly, and walked towards the door.

"Uh... I heard you were sick, so Hailing and I came to visit you."

Looking at the two people who were squeezed in the same door frame, even their movements of supporting the wall were exactly the same, Shiina Riki suddenly didn't know what to say, and could only hand over the plastic bag in his hand stiffly.

“But he looks healthy.”

At this time, Hachiman Kailing, who had a fist-sized bump on her head, also interrupted with a calm expression.

"...Hailing, did you travel through time from some comedy comic... This way of expression is too exaggerated."

Looking at Nagasaki Motoyo taking the plastic bag handed over by Shiina Riki, Nakagawa Nobuyuki complained with a twitching eyebrow.

"Really? It's not bad."

Hachiman Kailing raised an eyebrow when she heard this and said softly: "I remember that pink-haired guitarist from [Stars] can also turn into powder, right?"

"...I've been curious about this question, too. To be honest - let's not talk about this for now, come in first."

Looking at Hachiman Kailing who had a serious and puzzled look on his face, Nakagawa Nobuyuki could only smile awkwardly, change the subject, and awkwardly gave way.

137

Chapter 137: Zhonghe left me, it really wasn’t going to work.

In the small rented house, there were four people, Nakagawa Nobuyuki, Nagasaki Motoyo, Shiina Tachibana and Yawata Kailing, squeezed into one room.

To be honest, this little house probably has rarely received so many people in its life.

Shiina Riki's face turned slightly red. She didn't know what she remembered, but she was just carefully observing if there was anything inappropriate in the room.

“…It’s quite clean.”

I thought that the home of a high school boy living alone would be filled with anime posters and figurines everywhere...

There are probably some strange books and comics hidden under the bed that shouldn't be seen by children, and the trash can is full of tissues with a strange smell.

did not expect……

The tip of Shiina Riki's round nose twitched slightly, and all she could smell was a faint lemon scent and a faint aroma of incense, not the strange smell she had imagined.

Because there were no extra slippers, Shiina Tatsuki and Yawata Kairin had to take off their shoes and walk on the slightly cool floor of the room with only their socks on.

Fortunately, it is summer now, and even though the air conditioner is on indoors, the floor is not too cold. In addition, Nakagawa Nobuyuki and Toyokawa Shoko have just cleaned the floor these two days, so the floor is quite clean.

As for Nagasaki Suyo, the current situation is a little embarrassing...

I haven't heard that Lixi and her friends will come?

Especially since I just went to meet Riki and Hachiman in that state... What if, what if they misunderstood that I was living with this guy!

After secretly casting what she thought was a vicious look at Nakagawa Nobuyuki, Nagasaki Suyo twirled her hair and stood up somewhat awkwardly.

"Um, barley tea, please?"

Nagasaki Suyo twirled her hair, bowed slightly, and asked softly about Shiina Riki and Hachiman Kairei who had just entered the room.

"For me, iced barley tea will do."

Hachiman Kailing looked quite serious and just nodded slightly to express her gratitude.

"...I want iced barley tea too."

Shiina Riki was still looking at the books neatly placed on the bookshelf by Nakagawa Nobuyuki, and also indicated that he didn't care.

"Then Riki and Hachiman-san please wait a moment."

With an extremely perfect smile, Nagasaki Suyo leisurely picked up a few paper cups and walked towards the refrigerator.

Looking at Nagasaki Motoyo's extremely businesslike smile, Shiina Riki and Nakagawa Nobuyuki who were present couldn't help but shudder at the same time.

"…Hey, what's wrong with you? You didn't go to class today."

Shiina Riki calmed down his disgusted expression slightly, exhaled lightly, and immediately asked in a somewhat impolite manner.

"What's the tone of voice... Is that bad? I am also a patient, right?"

Nakagawa Nobuyuki looked at Shiina Riki who had a bad face in front of him and immediately complained with a dark face.

"Hmph... You know what you did... So what happened?"

However, it was obvious that Shiina Riki was very dissatisfied with Nakagawa Nobuyuki's irrelevant answer. After making a sarcastic attack, he paused for a moment and asked in a low voice.

"It's not a big deal... just a little dizzy."

Nakagawa Nobuyuki spoke vaguely. He originally wanted to get away with it casually, but the result was obviously not what he wanted.

Hearing his vague answer, not only Shiina Riki frowned slightly, but even Yawata Kailing raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she was surprised by his answer.