Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

"Didn't I wear it once before?"

"That was so many years ago?" Yuzhen's tone was a little dissatisfied. "The past is the past, and the present is the present. I want to see the current Hoshika-senpai wearing a maid outfit."

Xingge looked around, then grabbed Youzhen's ear and made him lean down: "There's no way I'm going to wear that kind of thing right now, don't even think about it."

"Huh? How could this be?"

Yuma rubbed her ear, which Hoshiga had released, with disappointment. Thankfully, Hoshiga hadn't used too much force, so it didn't hurt.

Seeing his disappointed look, Xingge glanced at the band working in the maid café, said nothing more, and pulled Youzhen away from the classroom.

She was still thinking about going on a date with Yuuma at the school festival.

……

After finishing their work at the maid café, the four members of the band were led by Kita to the gymnasium. They would be performing here tomorrow.

There were only a few students cleaning inside the gymnasium. The band finished their performance and stood at the door, watching the stage they would be on the next day.

"You guys are here too." Youzhen led Xingge by the hand and came up behind them. The two of them had come to check out the venue for tomorrow's performance, but they didn't expect to run into the four of them.

"Why are my older brother and sister here too?"

Hongxia didn't expect Youzhen and Xingge to come over.

"Can't we just reminisce about our youth?" Yuma said, wanting to pat Hongxia's head again, but then he thought about it and withdrew his hand.

"The first time Xingge took my hand was during the school festival performance. She actually jumped off the stage and pulled me onto the stage." Yuzhen looked at the stage in the gymnasium, and she was probably feeling nostalgic. Although this wasn't their old school, it was pretty much the same.

Why do you remember such things so clearly?

Xingge thought Youzhen had brought her here to talk about something, but it turned out it was just this kind of thing.

……

"This is for you. Thank you for watching the store." Yuzhen handed the gift she brought back to PA, who was staying in the exhibition hall.

When Xingge arrived at the store, she said she was tired and wanted to go home to rest. She asked Youzhen to watch over the performance hall for her when the store opened in the evening.

Of course, she said there would be a reward in the evening, but she didn't say what it was.

PA was in charge of everything at the store today. However, Yuma had brought in a few employees from his restaurant to help out, so she wasn't too tired.

"So you guys still remember me." PA muttered as he opened the gift and took out two figurines.

The figures are actually the two that Yuma got in the lottery. One is a ramen noodle press, which is Nao Tomori. The workmanship is so-so, and it is probably a product of some small factory.

The other figure is of the virtual YouTuber Alte, and the workmanship is just average. This kind of virtual YouTuber figure is probably a collaboration product with a certain café.

Yuuma only watches this streamer when he's bored and isn't really interested in these kinds of merchandise, but he brought them back thinking of giving them to PA. He remembered that PA and Eliza had gotten along quite well talking about the music drama Alte before, so he thought she would like them.

"This...that..."

Yuma felt confident when she saw PA's reaction; look at her, she was so excited she could barely speak.

Chapter 87 The Arrogant Maid

After a long day, Kenzaki Yuuma locked the doors of the performance hall after seeing PA and the band members off, and then prepared to go home.

Hongxia said she was going to stay at Liang's house for the night to discuss the opening of tomorrow's performance, so she didn't go home with Youzhen.

Although Ryo is usually quite unreliable, she and Nijika have been friends for so many years, she couldn't possibly sell Nijika off. So Yuuma trusted Ryo and let Nijika go with her.

Yuma returned to Ijichi's house alone. Hoshika had promised him a reward that night, and he was still looking forward to it.

As he took out his keys to open the door, Xingge opened it from inside, then reached out and pulled Youzhen inside before quickly closing the door.

What are you doing?

Yuzhen was pulled in by her, and just as he stood up and complained, he saw Xingge standing in front of him in a maid outfit.

"What are you looking at? You've seen this before, haven't you?"

After returning home, Ichiji Hoshika found the outfit.

The outfit Kita wore before was bought by Hoshika for Nijika. Nijika noticed Kita wearing it to atone for her sins, and then she asked Yuma to get Hoshika a set as well. However, Nijika took the clothes, and Yuma forgot about them. Unexpectedly, they are being used now.

Xingge went home early for this reason. She thought she would get used to the maid outfit after wearing it for two or three hours, but she still felt awkward walking in it.

She felt that the clothes were restrictive and that she wasn't used to wearing stockings. She also felt that the matching leather shoes made her feet feel a bit stuffy.

However, Yuzhen agreed to cover her shift, and she also promised to give Yuzhen a reward, so she would keep her word and just endure it for a little while.

"Didn't you say you would never wear a maid outfit?"

"what!?"

Xingge glared angrily at Du Youzhen, who had uttered such nonsensical words.

She was dressed like that, and she even called Hongxia to get her out of the way, but the first thing this clueless guy asked was this.

"Why are you breathing on me? I was just a little curious." Yuzhen scratched his head innocently. When he saw Xingge in a maid outfit, he subconsciously thought of what Xingge had said at noon.

But you can't really blame him for this. Xingge set a goal for himself at noon, and now he's contradicted himself. Asking "why" or "does it hurt?" doesn't seem like a problem, does it?

“I clearly said ‘it’s impossible now,’” Hoshika stood facing Yuuma with her arms crossed, her casual posture hardly resembling that of a maid.

"That time and now are definitely not the same time. Just because I couldn't wear it then doesn't mean I won't wear it now."

“I understand, Ichiji Hoshika is free.”

"Huh? Is that another way to interpret it?"

Hoshika didn't deny it. After she finished speaking, she kept staring into Yuuma's eyes.

Yuma felt that there seemed to be some kind of desire in her eyes, a look that seemed to yearn to be praised by her boyfriend.

Although Yuma knew that Hoshika was a tsundere, was she the kind of tsundere who would turn her blushing face away and retort "Who asked you to praise me?" after being praised for being "cute"?

That seems a bit too much, doesn't it? And Yuzhen remembers telling her she was cute quite a bit last night, even though her weak words sounded like she was whining, she was definitely being scolded. Doesn't she get tired of hearing that?

"So cute."

"Who asked you to praise me?"

Yuma ultimately chose to offer a compliment, and he successfully triggered Yuma's tsundere defense mechanism.

“Speaking of which, shouldn’t maids say ‘Welcome home’ or something like that when their master comes home? Why haven’t I received that treatment?” Yuma stared at Hoshika in front of her, waiting for her response.

"Welcome home."

"What should I call you?"

"You..." Xingge was thinking of telling him not to push his luck, but then she remembered that she was the one who promised to reward him, so she had no choice but to grant his wish: "Dog Xiu Jin Sa Ma..."

"Nice!"

Yuma was so pleased with what she heard that she couldn't help but shout it out.

"What are you yelling about! You'll disturb the neighbors!"

Xingge grabbed his ear and covered his mouth to stop the guy's disturbing behavior.

……

Yuuma enjoyed a delicious dinner that day. Since the blonde, arrogant maid wasn't a good cook, he was in charge of preparing it. He did provide some feeding, though it wasn't as gentle as Yuuma had imagined.

After finishing their meal, the two moved to the sofa, where Youzhen was helping Xingge stretch her legs. Xingge had gotten a leg cramp while they were washing dishes in the kitchen.

"Be gentle, it hurts."

"Just bear with it, it'll be over soon."

Xingge sat on the sofa with her legs stretched out on the coffee table. Youzhen grabbed the front of her foot and bent her toes toward her knee.

"Honestly, what kind of master serves a maid?" Yuma let go of Hoshika's feet and sat down on the sofa. This was quite physically demanding; it was really tiring.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, then suddenly remembered that he had just grabbed Xingge's foot with that hand. But Yuzhen thought about it and figured it should be fine; Xingge was usually very hygienic, so it wasn't a big problem.

"Isn't this a special case?"

Xingge was looking down and kneading her legs, which were covered in white stockings.

Yuma looked at her legs; the tops of the stockings were covered by the skirt, but that didn't stop Yuma from imagining her thighs in white stockings. The way the flesh was outlined by the tops of the white stockings was absolutely a beautiful sight.

Even if he can't figure it out, he can satisfy his curiosity by looking at it himself at night.

"Speaking of which, you shouldn't wear stockings if you have leg cramps." Yuzhen looked at her hands massaging her calves. "Won't wearing these things restrict blood circulation? Would it feel better if you took them off?"

"That makes some sense."

Neither of them knew anything about medicine, but they both felt that taking them off was better than wearing them. Anyway, there was no harm in Xingge taking off her stockings now.

"Then let me help you take it off." Just as Youzhen reached out and touched her leg, Xingge grabbed her wrist.

"W-What's wrong?"

"No, I just prepared a gift for you." Xingge let go of Youzhen's hand. "It's on my bed in my room. Take it out first. There's no rush here."

What could be so important? Yuma went to Hoshika's room with a question in her mind, and came out with a bag.

Inside the bag was a butler's uniform and a monocle. Next to the bag was a cane, which Yuuma took out as well.

"I thought it was something important, is this all?" Yuzhen picked up the clothes and looked them over. "You bought this for me? When?"

"Don't worry about that, just put it on." Xingge sat on the sofa, her left leg, which had just cramped, still dangling on the coffee table. "It can't be just me wearing this kind of thing, you have to wear it too."

"What? Why should I wear this? It's so uncomfortable to wear."

Yuma recalled his high school days when he wore this thing during the school festival.

"I'm wearing a maid outfit, so you have to wear a butler's uniform too."

"Why? Xingge, wasn't your maid outfit a reward for covering for me?"

“The reward is wearing it for you to see.” Xingge paused for a moment, “and then we’ll provide you with so many services, none of which are free.”

"I want to file a complaint! You're playing word games to deceive consumers!"

"Complaint invalid!"

Chapter 88 (Untitled)

Kenzaki Yuuma had no choice but to put on the butler's uniform and then turn around in front of Hoshika.