Lonely Rock for the Blind.

"So you can definitely find something in a short distance, and there must be people or things around you that need you."

Michiyo Goto opened the closet door.

"Remember to eat fruit. If you get hungry, call me and I'll make you a midnight snack. Well... eating it might make you fat."

Michiyo Goto walked out of the room.

"Keep it up, Iri!"

"... "

Goto Ichiri lowered his head.

Chapter 167 What kind of person am I?

Splash splash splash splash...

In the dark, cold sky.

Raindrops pattered down, wetting the ground.

Nekoyashiki Haru's cane tapped gently on the ground.

Nekoya Saki, who was holding an umbrella beside him, looked at him without saying a word.

She deliberately held the umbrella herself and didn't call a car.

She deliberately walked beside the boy.

Are we going to walk all the way to the airport?

Nekoyashiki asked.

Nekoya Shiki nodded in agreement, then hesitated for a moment before asking.

"Will you feel...warmth from my company?"

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru chose to remain silent.

Nekoya Shiki seemed to have gotten the answer, so she didn't ask anything further.

She held her umbrella high in the sky and walked away with Nekoyashiki Haru into the distance.

The rain was accompanied by a light breeze, but it wasn't very strong.

They didn't enter the umbrella's range; they just lingered outside it.

Nekoyashiki Haru suddenly remembered the scene a few months ago when she took a group photo with the members of the End Band.

He turned to Nekoya Saki and asked.

Are there... parks nearby?

"?"

Nekoya Saki paused for a moment, then looked around.

"Yes... what's wrong?"

"...Can I go over and take a look?"

"Um…"

Nekoya Shiki nodded.

She did not refuse.

Nekoyashiki Saki took Nekoyashiki Haru's hand and walked towards the park.

Nekoyashiki Haru and Nekoyashiki Saki stood in front of the park.

“I think I took a group photo with them here a few months ago.”

Nekoyashiki Haru said calmly.

"... "

"At that time, I wasn't actually that familiar with them, except for Hongxia."

Nekoyashiki Haru's purple, fragmented pupils behind her sunglasses closed.

"I am unfamiliar with both their appearance and their inner qualities."

"...Are you familiar with it now?"

"Nekoya Shiki asked."

"I have a little bit, but I wouldn't say I fully understand it."

Nekoyashiki Haru answered calmly.

Nekoya Shiki Saki lowered her head and then took Nekoya Shiki Haru's hand.

"Let's go to the airport."

"... "

Nekoya Shiki Saki pulled Nekoya Shiki Haru along as they continued towards the airport.

"Hongxia has changed a lot compared to before."

Nekoyashiki Haru spoke.

"I used to be a little silly, and very willful, prone to crying, and clingy."

"... "

"This seems completely different from my independent self."

"!"

Nekoya Shikiki paused for a moment.

"Things are completely different now."

Nekoyashiki Haru smiled gently.

"Tolerant, gentle, caring, no longer likes to act spoiled or like a willful child."

"I guess... people change as they grow up?"

"For example, I can no longer be independent."

"... "

Nekoya Shiki Saki held Nekoya Shiki Haru's hand a little tighter.

"Yamada Ryo... you mean the bassist? What does he look like? Blue hair? What color are his eyes?"

"…gold…"

"Ah."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded.

"He doesn't talk much, but he thinks a lot. He's a bit eccentric. According to others, he usually seems aloof."

"But actually, she's just too lazy to think about it that much. Maybe she's even more sentimental than Hongxia."

"I'm surprisingly timid; I'm afraid of roller coasters."

"Also...someone who cares a lot about friends."

Nekoyashiki Haru took a deep breath.

"She seems to have her own pursuits, but she wouldn't give up other important things for the sake of so-called pursuits. She is actually quite fragile and afraid of change."

"She didn't say anything that day."

Nekoyashiki Haru gritted her teeth.

"To be honest... it's quite infuriating, but I can understand her because I've also thought about her wanting to run away."

"You don't need to tell me so much..."

"I have to say it."

Nekoyashiki Haru shook her head.

"Or do you not want to hear it, Mom?"

"!"

Nekoya Shiki pursed her lips.

"Yu Dai... that is, the lead singer. By the way, has she told you her full name?"

"…Kita Ikuyo."

"Ah, I already said it. Actually, she doesn't like people calling her by her full name because it sounds like a lame joke, and she thinks the name [Yudai] sounds like it's from the last century, although I don't feel that way at all."

Nekoyashiki Haru put away her cane and let her mother lead her.

"When I first met her, I thought she was quite noisy, and I still sometimes think so now, but she is actually very thoughtful."

"And she's willing to work hard, and sometimes the positive energy she exudes is irresistible to Hongxia."

"Well... although she probably has a lot of gloomy thoughts too."

"She was very tired, but also very kind. She craved attention and wanted to be unique, which is why she embarked on the path of rock and roll. Sometimes I wonder if it would have been okay for her if it weren't rock and roll. But since she's already on this path, there's no need to think about anything else."

“I gave her my spare guitar and my first pick. How about that? Doesn’t it feel a bit like a passing down of the torch? Hey… just kidding.”

Nekoyashiki Haru laughed to herself.

"She idolizes me... I think so? She even said she wants to learn all the instruments I know and then call herself my student. To be honest, this is the first time I've met an admirer like this, but I don't find it annoying at all."

"She's a super social butterfly, haha."

Nekoya Shikiki is feeling increasingly uneasy.

She didn't know why, but at that moment, Nekoyashiki Haru's voice seemed to be full of joy.

Why? Have you resigned yourself to your fate?