Tokyo: To reiterate, this is not a dating system.

The thunderous applause subsided like a receding tide, and the lights in the concert hall came back on.

Aoyama Genji did not get up from his seat. He looked to his side and saw Asahi Yuko, who had already hurriedly left like a frightened deer, her head down, and disappeared into the crowd as people left.

Under the bright lights, you could see the tips of her reddish ears.

They made brief contact at the beginning of the performance and quickly withdrew, then secretly held hands during the intermission, seemingly realizing that Genji Aoyama was not paying attention, and finally their hands became a tight grip.

"This guy is just too cute!"

The soft touch seemed to linger on the back of his hand. Aoyama Genji leaned back in his chair, glanced at his hand, and then looked ahead.

After saying goodbye to the audience, the beautiful girls went backstage to change clothes after the performance.

After sitting in his seat for a while, Genji Aoyama got up and went to the stage to turn off the sound equipment.

After all this was done, the venue was almost empty, with only a few people left, all of whom were familiar faces.

"It's better than yesterday's rehearsal." Haruka Minatsuki walked over and looked at Genji Aoyama with a smile.

Genji Aoyama took a wet wipe out of his pocket and wiped his hands, which were dirty from tidying up the cables.

"Thanks to Ms. Haruka's assistance," he said with a smile.

"Genji is the greatest contributor."

"Stop, stop."

Aoyama Genji decided to interrupt this potentially endless cycle of mutual praise. He glanced at the woman still sitting in the front row, then looked back at Minazuki Haruka: "It feels like this praise is going to go on forever. Haruka-san, are you coming to the celebration party later?"

Yes, that's right.

Haruka Minatsuki looked at him and smiled gently: "I haven't given Genji a reply yet."

Those two syllables were deliberately emphasized, as if to remind someone of something.

"So, Haruka-san, would you like to come along?"

Haruka Minatsuki glanced at Genji Aoyama, then turned her gaze to the beautiful girls coming out from backstage. She smiled and said, "Of course we're going, after all, it's young master Aoyama's treat."

"...Fine." Young Master Qingshan was somewhat speechless.

To ease the awkwardness a little, he turned his gaze to the other side.

"When the audience shouted for an encore, it startled me!"

"Yes, they were even more enthusiastic than I expected. I've never experienced anything like this at a livehouse before."

"Hehe~" Izumo Saki smiled brightly, winked at Aoyama Genji, and said with a smile, "Maybe we did a really good job."

"...I guess it can be considered a success?"

Genji Aoyama walked over, looked at the band members who were visibly relaxed, smiled, and announced as if to declare, "The performance was a great success!"

He then clapped, while the girls remained silent.

"Um?"

Aoyama Genji was incredulous. "This is the evaluation of a professional musician, and there's no reaction?"

"breathe--"

After taking a deep breath, Suzuki Yui walked up to Aoyama Genji and bowed, saying, "Thank you so much for your support and help, Aoyama-kun!"

"...Then, should we eat a little more tonight?"

Faced with such a heartfelt thank you, Genji Aoyama admitted that he was a little shy.

"puff--"

A barely suppressed laugh seemed to come from behind him. Genji Aoyama looked over and saw Haruka Minatsuki with a normal expression.

Then, a burst of silvery laughter erupted on the stage after the show ended.

"Let's go to the victory celebration," he said.

"Hmm!" *4

As he stepped off the stage, Genji Aoyama noticed that the woman who had been sitting there had left sometime earlier.

"Miss Haruka?" He glanced at the seat and then looked at Haruka Minatsuki.

"The school's board member came to the event simply as a spectator, with no other intentions," Minatsuki Haruka said, looking at him. "It wouldn't be appropriate for her to attend a celebration banquet, so we let her leave first."

"Huh!?"

"director!?"

The girls were surprised.

"This performance can be considered an official school event, so it's normal for high-ranking officials to attend," Genji Aoyama said with a smile.

"That's true."

Stepping out of the concert hall, the sun seemed much gentler, and the sunlight felt warm on my skin at the end of April.

At the entrance, Kanna Takahashi, Shizuka Yoda, and the girl known as Ai were chatting.

"Love, how did you feel about this performance?" Shizuka Yoda asked gently.

Ai, expressionless and with a voice devoid of emotion, said, "Noisy?"

"Is there anything else?"

"Those people seem very happy." She turned her gaze to Genji Aoyama and his group, who had just come out of the concert hall.

"Wow—Yui, Rena, Saki, and Hina, you sang so well!" Kanna Takahashi practically pounced on them.

The five beautiful girls huddled together. Aoyama Genji glanced at them only once before turning his gaze back to Yoda Shizuka.

"Won't you find it difficult to adapt?" He seemed to hear Shizuka Yoda ask that question.

Love just shakes its head.

Shizuka Yoda glanced at her, then looked away and said in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, "I'll leave the rest of the time to you young people; I won't join in the fun."

"Eh—I'd like to chat with Shizuka-sensei again." Izumo Saki looked at her.

There's no need to rush.

"All right."

Shizuka Yoda smiled and left the scene.

"Hmm... Let's go back and pack our things first, then meet at the school gate."

"yes!"

At the entrance of the ∩-shaped building, the group split into two.

The band headed to a special building on the other side, while Genji Aoyama, Haruka Minatsuki, and another girl went up the stairs of the school building.

"You know him?" Haruka Minatsuki walked beside Genji Aoyama, her gaze slightly tilted to the side and behind her.

"I don't know him." Genji Aoyama shook his head.

Without even thinking about it, he knew that girl was bound to be a troublesome character, and he had absolutely no interest in her.

"so……"

Kizuki Yoka pondered for a moment, and then there was no further communication between them.

On the third floor, the group went to different classrooms. A few minutes later, Genji Aoyama arrived at the door first and walked on the main road of the school.

Along this route, he could always feel a gaze watching him from behind.

"Isn't the student council busy today?" Genji Aoyama asked, looking at Haruka Minatsuki beside him.

Haruka Minatsuki looked ahead, and Genji Aoyama followed her gaze. A butler-like figure opened the door of a black luxury sedan, and the girl named Ai got in.

"You really don't know him?"

Haruka Minatsuki's voice was so soft it sounded like she was talking to herself, but it was enough for Genji Aoyama to hear.

"..." Genji Aoyama glanced at her. "No matter what, it's impossible for me to know everyone in the entire school."

"Hmm—I thought Genji-kun was only interested in pretty girls."

"That's absolutely the biggest bias against me!" he said.

During the aimless chatter, we waited for ten minutes, or even another ten minutes, before the band members finally arrived at the school gate to meet us.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!"

Saki Izumo skipped over to Genji Aoyama, glanced at Haruka Minatsuki, and finally fixed her gaze on Genji Aoyama's face.

"Is she going too?" Izumo Saki whispered almost in Aoyama Genji's ear.

"Um."

Genji Aoyama nodded and said, "Miss Haruka has been a great help during this time, so I invited her to join us as well."

As soon as she finished speaking, a sharp pain shot through her waist as if she had been pinched. From the angle that Genji Aoyama could see, Saki Izumo's cheeks puffed out slightly.

"Genji-kun has invited me many times, which is really hard to refuse. I hope I haven't bothered you all."

Haruka Minatsuki nodded, her gaze first sweeping over Genji Aoyama, then over Saki Izumo, who was almost touching him.

Perhaps because of the word "by the way," or perhaps because some people were standing too close, her voice and eyes carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

Genji Aoyama suddenly realized that he shouldn't have treated everyone to a meal.

Of course, I was just kidding.

Apart from Saki Izumo having some minor complaints, everyone else was completely accepting of it.

So the group got into a black MPV parked by the roadside. After explaining the address, the car started smoothly and drove towards the much-anticipated celebration banquet.

It's worth mentioning here that the only ones we're looking forward to are them, and it has nothing to do with Genji Aoyama.

He sat in the middle of the last row, with Haruka Minatsuki to his left, who would occasionally glance at him with a resentful look.

On his right was Izumo Saki, who would occasionally whisper in his ear, asking for a reward.

Unlike the laughter in the front row, the atmosphere in the back row, separated by the seats, was particularly subtle.

"This car is going way too slowly." Genji Aoyama glanced at the street scenes rushing past the window and began to think aimlessly.