Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

"I'm so popular, does Senior Xingge like me a lot too?"

"Don't do this, someone will see..."

"There's no one else here, can I hug you a little longer?"

"You bastard... let go of me..."

Xingge poked Youzhen's stomach backward with the broom in her hand.

"Stop fooling around, come and help clean up."

Yuma felt a little ticklish from her poke, so she let go of her and picked up a broom to start cleaning the classroom.

……

Yuma dumped all the chocolates from her bag onto the table in the activity room.

"You're just showing off, aren't you?"

Senior Tokita looked at the chocolate on the table with a serious expression.

"He's definitely showing off."

Senior Omori looked on with a similarly solemn expression.

"I just couldn't finish it, so I brought it over so that the seniors could share it with me."

Yuma looked at the two of them with an innocent expression.

Besides receiving chocolates in the morning, Yuuma received chocolates from other girls throughout the day, but almost every girl who gave him chocolates mentioned that they were "obligation chocolates." However, Yuuma didn't recognize most of the girls who gave him chocolates.

"Kenzaki, here you go, duty chocolate."

As soon as Umino-senpai entered, she took out a chocolate from her bag and handed it to Yuuma.

"Thank you, Umino-senpai."

Yuma put the chocolate in her pocket.

"This is for Tokita, this is for Omori, and this is for Ijichi."

She prepared chocolates for everyone, but they were all obligatory chocolates.

"Thank you, Umino."

This is the first piece of chocolate that Omori-senpai received today.

Tokita-senpai received chocolates from his girlfriend when he left home in the morning.

"Did Yuuma receive so many chocolates?"

Senior Umino sat next to me, picked up a piece of chocolate from the table and looked at it.

“My older brother and I do this almost every year; we’re used to it.”

Yuma unwrapped a piece of chocolate and took a bite. It didn't taste particularly special; it was probably just something she bought at the supermarket.

"This kid is definitely showing off."

Absolutely.

Xingge felt Haiye, her senior, nudge her. Haiye leaned close to her ear and asked, "Did you give Yuuma chocolate?"

“I’ve prepared it.” Xingge glanced at Youzhen, then whispered in Umino-senpai’s ear, “But I don’t know how to give it to him.”

"Why not just give it to them directly?"

"This one……"

"Never mind, just remember to send it out today."

Senior Umino noticed that Hoshika was too embarrassed to give it to him directly. She wondered when Hoshika would ever change her awkward personality.

No one could eat that much chocolate; it gets too sweet if you eat too much. Besides, Tokita-senpai and Omori-senpai were working out and wouldn't eat too much, and Umino-senpai, worried about gaining weight, didn't eat much either. In the end, Tokita-senpai and Omori-senpai each took a few pieces home to save face, while Yuuma put the rest back in her bag.

"I want Star Song Senior's chocolate."

On the way back with Hoshika, Yuma still felt it was best to be direct with her, since given her personality, Hoshika probably hadn't figured out how to give Yuma the chocolate yet.

"You want it that much?" Xingge took a box of chocolates out of her bag and handed it to Youzhen. "My mom made it. You're lucky."

"Then I'm very lucky."

Chapter 38 Staying Overnight

Yuzhen was about to part ways with Xingge after crossing an intersection. However, Xingge remembered that this wasn't his usual route home. After some questioning, she learned that Yuzhen wasn't going home tonight; he wanted to check out the hotel Yuxing had mentioned earlier.

"So you're staying at a hotel tonight?"

"My older brother should have already booked a room for me at the hotel. I'll call him and ask. If all goes well, I'll be staying there tonight."

Yuzhen took out her phone and dialed Yuxing's number.

"Moshi moshi, Yuzhen?"

Yuuki's voice sounded really annoying, and Yuu really didn't know why this guy suddenly started talking in that tone.

"Who else could it be?" Yuzhen retorted without hesitation. "I asked you to book a room for me, is that alright?"

"I didn't manage to get one."

Yu Xing's tone sounded very casual.

"What do you mean? Where am I supposed to stay tonight?" Yuma was provoked by his attitude. "Are there really no vacant rooms?"

"Nothing."

Of course not. Yu Xing had booked all the empty rooms in nearby hotels in advance and then resold them online at the original price. He'd become quite wealthy since opening his bar, so this kind of thing was easy for him.

"If all else fails, you can go home."

"Then I'm going to have to endure my parents' glares tonight, no peace and quiet."

"Then I can only wish you good luck. I have to go work on my project with my group members."

"You bastard!"

Yuzhen wanted to yell at him, but the call had already been disconnected, and calling back would only result in another disconnection. Helplessly, he put his phone away.

"You have nowhere else to go?"

"It seems so."

"Then stay at my place tonight."

"Is that alright? Wouldn't that be too much trouble for you?"

Yuma looked at Hoshika, whose eyes were darting around, and thought for a moment. She had nowhere else to go anyway. Besides, her house should have a spare guest room, right?

Xingge called her mother to ask, and the answer she received was that there was no problem.

"Let's go, what are you standing there for?"

"Ah, oh, it's here."

……

"I am back."

Xingge opened the door and said this.

"Sorry to bother you."

Yuma followed her inside.

“No, Yuma, you should say ‘I’m back’.”

Mrs. Ijichi looked at the two of them with a smile.

'Isn't that something you only say when you're at home?'

Yu-chan didn't understand his aunt's idea, but he still did as she said.

"Ah, okay. I'm back."

"That's more like it."

Although Yuuma often visited the Ijichi family, he had never stayed overnight before. He was a little nervous, after all, it was too much trouble for them.

"Don't just stand there, let's go."

Xingge dragged Youzhen to her room.

As usual, the two did their homework in Xingge's room, and Youzhen would tutor Xingge after finishing her own homework.

"Brother, are you staying here tonight?"

Hongxia sat to one side, eating the chocolate that Youzhen had taken out of her bag for her.

"I will indeed be staying here tonight, so please take good care of me, Hongxia."

"Will you sleep in your sister's room tonight, brother?"

Upon hearing Hongxia's words, Xingge and Youzhen stopped writing.

"No, I won't." Yuzhen moved next to Hongxia and patted her head. "Brother will be sleeping in the guest room tonight."

"Ok."

What bad intentions could Xiao Hongxia possibly have? She lowered her head and obediently continued to nibble on the chocolate in her hand.

……

After finishing their homework, Xingge and Youzhen carried the sleeping Hongxia to bed, covered her with a blanket, and then sat together. Youzhen was about to start tutoring Xingge.

Xingge's attention didn't seem to be on the book today; she kept glancing at the chocolates in Youzhen's bag.

"Does Senior Xingge care a lot?"

"How could that be?"

Xingge turned her head to look at the textbook, but in the end she sighed and looked at Youzhen.

"Hmph, you'll accept it just because they offer it to you?"

Xingge pouted, and Youzhen could tell that she was obviously jealous again.