Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

This spinning wheel has five prizes: fourth prize to first prize, and a grand prize.

Shima remembered that Hiroi had said yesterday that the grand prize was tickets to their band's concert.

"The performance is tomorrow. What if we can't sell the tickets if no one comes to the raffle?"

"Don't worry," Hiroi said confidently. "I've already met my quota. These tickets are extra ones I got from Kogane."

"That's good."

Shima nodded, as long as it wouldn't interfere with the performance. Then, seeing that everything was alright, she prepared to go inside and sit for a while, but Hiroi stopped her.

"Shima, how about trying it out?" Hiroi looked at Shima expectantly. "I can give Shima one for free, want to try it out?"

"What's with the weird saying 'let's have a go'?"

"Isn't that how they always talk about lotteries?"

"Do you think this is a gacha game?" Shima said as she walked to the roulette wheel and placed her hand on the edge of it. "Since you've invited me, I'll spin it once."

Shima was quite strong; she spun the wheel with all her might, and the two of them waited a long time before it stopped. The pointer on the wheel pointed to the first prize.

Shima felt that her luck was pretty good. The grand prize was a ticket for her band, which she definitely wouldn't need. The second prize and below were definitely useless junk, which she also wouldn't need.

She began to look forward to the first prize. Driven by curiosity, she was about to ask Hiroi what the first prize was when she saw him pull out a bottle of what looked like an expensive bottle of wine from under the table, his face contorted with despair.

Shima only just noticed that the first prize on the roulette wheel was marked as having only one winner, while the other prizes were numerous. Was the first prize actually more valuable and rarer than the second prize?

With a reluctant expression, Hiroi handed the bottle of wine to Shima.

Shima looked at the bottle of wine and realized that it seemed really expensive. Hiroi must have lost money completely. Seeing Hiroi's expression, she felt embarrassed to accept it.

"Don't be sad, I won't accept it." Shima pushed the wine back. "Keep it for yourself, I was just playing around."

"Hehe, I knew Shima wouldn't accept it." Hiroi's expression suddenly changed from cloudy to sunny. "Actually, I was just pretending. I knew Shima wouldn't take advantage of me."

Seeing her like this, Shima couldn't help but give her a light chop to the neck. However, Hiroi immediately covered her head and squatted on the ground.

"It hurts! Shima, you're so mean!"

Shima looked at her hand. She hadn't used any force, so why did it hurt? Had her strength increased again? She quickly squatted down and apologized to Hiroi:

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Are you alright?"

"Hehe, it really doesn't hurt." Hiroi looked up, a triumphant smile on her face after successfully fooling Shima. "I was just joking."

Then she received a solid chop to the head.

……

Although a few customers did come to participate in the lucky draw, it was as good as nothing. After a day like this, Hiroi lost his patience, packed up his things, and closed up shop.

Shima helped her pack her things into the exhibition hall, and together with Hiroi, they distributed the bag of items to everyone in the hall to play with. The sunglasses Hiroi was wearing were eventually bought by Otsuki Yuyuko.

"Hey, what are you trying to achieve by doing all this?" Shima and Hiroi sat at the bar. She watched Hiroi's huge bag of stuff being divided up, not understanding his thinking. "If you do this, you'll lose your performance fee."

"What does it matter? Everyone had a great time."

Hiroi opened the bottle of wine that looked expensive and poured a glass for Shima as well.

"Moreover, I originally wanted to make Shima happy, and only later did I think about setting up a stall to make money."

"Huh? Make me happy?" Shima held her wine glass, not understanding Hiroi's thoughts.

"Because you've been looking so serious lately, Shima, I wondered if you were under too much pressure, so I thought of a way to make you smile." Hiroi finished his drink and poured himself another. "That's how the idea of ​​setting up a stall to make money came about. And Shima, you did smile when you won the first prize, didn't you?"

Iwashita Shima stared blankly at Hiroi's clear smile. She looked down at the wine in her glass and took a sip.

Inside was Demon Slayer Sake; Hiroi had poured several boxes of Demon Slayer Sake into this seemingly expensive-looking bottle. Shima took a sip and made her judgment. As for the sake that was originally in the bottle, this guy probably drank it all.

Shima couldn't help but smile. Had she been tricked by Hiroi? However, noticing Hiroi's gaze, she wiped the smile off her face.

"You're always so stern? Isn't that all because of you? You always have to clean up your messes when you drink outside." She said, taking another sip of her drink. "But you have been much better behaved lately, which makes things easier for me, and I'm quite relieved."

Shima looked at Hiroi beside her, but all she saw on Hiroi's face was a look of astonishment.

"Actually, I was just talking nonsense." Hiroi scratched his head guiltily, with an embarrassed smile on his face.

"what!?"

Shima took a big gulp of the drink in her glass. Hiroi was still the same Hiroi, still causing her worry. She had just been so touched…

"Well... but I really can't live without Shima." Hiroi tried to comfort Shima.

"Hiroi! Whenever I am moved by you, you speak!"

"Shima, you're not angry about something like this, are you?"

Hiroi's tone was full of uncertainty.

Shima looked at her, sighed, and left. She needed to go home and get a good night's sleep to recharge for Hiroi's future.

After Shima left, Hiroi's guilty expression turned into a smile.

"It's fine as it is."

She muttered to herself, picked up the glass that Shima had just used, and drank the rest of the wine in one gulp.

We can't waste it.

Chapter 83 Hiroi's Unusual Generosity

"Since Pochi really doesn't want to go up, why not just cancel the registration?" Yuma asked Kita. "Or is your school one of those schools where you can't cancel after you've registered?"

“I’ve asked, and it can’t be cancelled.” Kita lowered his head. “I’ve tried to negotiate again these past few days, but the chances are slim.”

Since things have come to this, there's not much more to say.

Yuzhen felt that the rule that registration cannot be cancelled was a bit inhumane. If a registrant suddenly had an emergency, it would be really troublesome.

The reason this rule exists is probably because not many students from Pochi and Kita's school signed up to go on stage, so their school had no choice but to do it this way.

"Hey, I'm here to mooch a drink."

Yuma's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door opening and Hiroi greeting her. The drunkard, leaning on the stair railing, squinted at the crowd gathered around the coffin below. She didn't seem to understand why everyone was squatting around the coffin either.

There is no alcohol here.

Yu-ma waved her hand, trying to dissuade her from drinking there.

After that celebration party, the employees at Yuzuru's izakaya got to know Hiroi, and he set a new rule: no alcohol could be sold to Hiroi without his permission. She probably couldn't buy any alcohol, so she came downstairs here.

"Senior, did Kenzaki-senpai catch your temper? Why are you talking so rudely?" Hiroi looked aggrieved and tried to lean on Hoshika, but Kenzaki Yuuma pulled her aside.

She looked at the two seniors in front of her who looked disgusted, squeezed out a few tears from the corner of her eyes, then turned around, squatted down next to Hongxia, hugged her, and rubbed her face against Hongxia's.

"Why have your older brothers and sisters become so arrogant? Little sister still welcomes me, right?"

Hongxia's expression changed from helplessness to displeasure. She glanced at Hiroi, who was hugging her and smelled of alcohol, and then Hiroi felt a chill emanating from Hongxia.

"Excuse me, please leave now, we're about to open for business."

No one could detect any emotion in Hongxia's voice, and there was no sparkle in her eyes as she stared at Hiroi.

'Hongxia's eyes are becoming more and more like Xingge's.'

Looking at Nijika like this, Yuuma felt that she was completely different from her usual cheerful self. Even from this distance, he could feel a chill.

……

Hiroi came to invite the band to watch her performance, and she took out the tickets she had prepared from her pocket and gave them to them now.

"You actually prepared some for us too."

Yuma and Hoshika also received tickets from Hiroi, and PA also got one, but it's unlikely she'll go.

"And they didn't even charge me."

"What do you mean, Kenzaki-senpai? Do I look like the kind of guy who would swindle money from high school girls and their seniors?"

"So you weren't?" Yuma looked up at Hiroi, who was still defending herself.

"Damn it! How could you think of me like that?" Hiroi put on a grief-stricken look, and pulled out another box of Demon Slayer from somewhere. "Our band's tickets sell pretty well, and we make a lot of money from merchandise too."

"Then why do you keep drinking cheap alcohol?"

Kita asked with clear eyes.

"And they often come to our house to borrow our bathroom."

Hongxia also took the opportunity to express her dissatisfaction.

"They haven't paid me back the money from before."

After Pochi emerged from the coffin, he huddled in a corner.

"You even borrowed money from Boqi?" Xingge couldn't sit still after hearing Boqi's words. Hiroi had actually started swindling money from high school girls.

"You were indeed cheating high school girls out of their money." Yuma looked coldly at the drunkard. "Give me my money back now."

"I'll pay you back." Hiroi felt a chill run down his spine under the menacing gazes of his two senior colleagues. As he took out his money to pay, he muttered, "That time was just an accident..."

Yuma looked at Hiroi, then glanced at Ryo, who was standing by watching the commotion.

Yuzhen couldn't let Ryo eat and drink for free at his restaurant, but she didn't prevent him from running up his tab; she did pay off the debts he owed.

However, it might not be the case in other places. He remembered that Liang had borrowed money from Boqi to buy things, but he didn't know if the guy had paid it back.

"Boqi, did Liang pay back the money he borrowed from you?"

Yuuma had barely finished asking when he saw Ryo trying to slip away. It seemed there was no need to wait for Pochi's answer. He grabbed Ryo and dragged her in front of Pochi.

"You scumbags, pay back your money! And apologize to Pochi!"

"I'm sorry!" ×2

Two bassists who owed money and refused to pay it back were brought to justice.

……

Yuma went to Shinjuku with the End Band. Hoshika was worried about leaving Hiroi with the four kids, so she sent Yuma along.

He felt the atmosphere here was very different from Starry Night, and also different from when he had been here before. Perhaps it was because it wasn't open yet.

"Um...excuse me, are you Mr. Kenzaki Yuuma?"

As soon as Yuma followed Hiroi inside, she saw several well-dressed girls sitting nearby. Judging by their age, they seemed to be around the same age as Nijika and the others.