Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

The room was dark, and Yuzhen didn't turn it on so as not to disturb Xingge. He quietly walked to Xingge's side, gently grasped the edge of the blanket, and thought of covering her up with it.

However, when he tried to tuck Xingge's arm back under the covers, he noticed something was wrong. Xingge's bathrobe was folded up and lying next to him, and it seemed that she didn't have any bra straps on her shoulders.

He couldn't resist peeking into the blanket he had slightly lifted, and then saw the scene he expected.

'Oh no! I can't sleep!' Yuzhen lay in bed, not knowing how much time had passed.

His mind is completely occupied with what he just saw, and he can't sleep at all. He needs to think of something.

Yuma thought to herself as she looked at her hands.

He placed his hands on his neck.

'Why don't you try knocking yourself unconscious?'

Xingge was dazed for a while after waking up in the morning, then suddenly became clear-headed, sat up, and looked at Youzhen's seat next to her.

Yu was sleeping with her back to her.

'I'm such an idiot!'

She touched herself, and it seemed like nothing had happened last night; she had fallen asleep without even realizing it.

'No, no, no, don't blame me. Who knows why he came back so late?'

Xingge, looking annoyed, gently pounded her forehead with her clenched fist.

"What are you doing?"

Yuuma spent a long time falling asleep last night, but now he's been woken up by the noise Xingge is making next to him. He sat up and looked at Xingge.

Xingge was tilting her head back in annoyance, her fists outstretched as she rubbed her hair. The blanket, which had been held between her arms, suddenly slipped down.

Yuzhen never expected that he would see it a second time in such a short period of time.

"Turn your head away!" Although it was a bit late, she quickly pulled up the covers. "Get out! I need to get dressed!"

"it is good!"

……

After having breakfast, the two walked together in the town.

They both got up quite early; the streets were quiet. And of course, it was quiet between them too.

"You saw everything?"

Xingge nudged Youzhen's arm. Although she was very determined last night, she realized that it wasn't so easy when she actually faced this situation.

"I saw everything."

Yuzhen felt there was no need to lie about this; he had actually seen it last night.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"how do you feel?"

Yuma's words were interrupted by Hoshika.

"Ok?"

He didn't understand what Xingge was thinking. Shouldn't girls usually throw a tantrum in this kind of situation? Like in anime or TV dramas, they say things like "I'll never get married" and then drop little pearls.

No, Yu Zhen has figured it out. Xing Ge doesn't need to worry about not being able to get married at all, since he will marry Xing Ge.

"Huh what?" Xingge looked at Youzhen with a displeased expression.

The two of them walked to the seawall and stopped there.

Yuzhen watched as the sea breeze ruffled Xingge's hair, and he reached out to tuck her hair behind her ear.

"sorry."

“I didn’t ask you to apologize.” Hoshika grabbed Yuuma’s wrist, staring directly into Yuuma’s eyes. “I asked you how you felt. Why did you keep giving irrelevant answers? Is this how Waseda University professors teach you to answer questions?”

"I feel..."

Yuuma couldn't think of a way to describe his feelings. Was he supposed to tell Hoshika that his body felt stiff? That would be completely indecent.

"I feel like I want to be with Xingge forever."

"That's really inappropriate to say." Xingge released Youzhen's hand. "How could such an awkward scene make you feel this way?"

“So…” Yuzhen whispered in Xingge’s ear, “Back then, I wanted to have Xingge.”

Xingge paused for a moment, then pushed away Youzhen's face that was close to hers, crossed her arms and looked at him.

She was still trying to maintain her previous assertive demeanor, but the blush on her face betrayed her.

"You barely pass." She couldn't keep up the act anymore, relaxed, and rested her forehead against Yuzhen's chest. "It's a promise, you...you have to take responsibility."

"Of course I can." Yuzhen placed her hand on her head and stroked it gently like petting a cat. "I can do it without you telling me."

……

Just like the old lady at the guesthouse said, there weren't many tourist attractions in this town, but Yu-ma and Hoshika found a dagashi (traditional sweets) shop.

"Well--."

Yuzhen sat at the entrance of the store with a big bag of popping candy in his mouth. He felt that as soon as he opened his mouth, the candy would pop out.

"Are you OK?"

Xingge glanced at him, then at the packet of popping candy in her hand, and only poured a tiny bit into her mouth.

"Wow, this candy is really strong."

"I shouldn't have eaten such a big bag all at once." Yuzhen finally finished eating the candy in her mouth. "I can still feel the residue on my tongue."

He stuck out his tongue, and after the tingling sensation disappeared, he looked around.

"Xingge, do you see a photo studio over there?"

"Seems to be."

Having a photo studio makes things much easier; we can just print out all the photos Xingge took along the way.

"These photos are great, no wonder Xingge took them." Youzhen looked at the developed photos, then noticed one that looked different. "What's this?"

"What?" Xingge peeked at the photo, then snatched it and put it in her pocket. "I'm taking this."

"How could this be?"

Although the photos were stolen, Yuma had already seen what was on them.

That was a photo of Yuma and her taken when Yuma graduated from high school. Hoshika in the photo looks quite unhappy because she repeated a year.

Chapter 95 A Trip for Two (Part 4)

"Xingge, have you changed your clothes?"

Kenzaki Yuuma knocked on the bedroom door.

He and Xingge took a stroll around the town today, and after returning, they had dinner at the guesthouse. They planned to go to the festival tonight. However, Xingge accidentally smeared some sauce on her clothes.

"Should we change clothes?" Yuuma waited expectantly outside. In his memory, couples usually wore yukatas for festival dates.

Although he had already seen Hoshino in a yukata, he had never actually gone to a festival with her in one. Yukata, festival, fireworks, and maybe even a special CG at the end. Just thinking about it made him excited.

Just as he was still daydreaming, the door opened.

Yuma looked over expectantly, only to find that Hoshika had simply changed his clothes.

"What's wrong with you? What are you disappointed about?" Hoshigo stood in the doorway with her arms crossed, looking at Yuuma. "Were you expecting me to wear a yukata and stroll through the festival with you?"

"Isn't this something I should be looking forward to?" Yuuma scratched his head, looking completely matter-of-fact. "When I think of festivals, I naturally think of festival dates. Girls usually wear yukatas for these kinds of events, right?"

"You should play fewer visual novels."

Xingge tapped Youzhen on the head and left the room first.

"What? You were already conquered by the things I learned in galgames before." Yuuma rubbed the spot on his head where he had just been tapped and muttered under his breath.

"What are you doing? Aren't you coming up with me?"

"Coming, coming." Yuma quickly caught up with her. "Seriously, Hoshika, why are you walking so fast? Do you want to go to the festival alone?"

"Isn't it because you've started to make unwarranted expectations of things that aren't quite right?"

Hoshika and Yuuma walked together on their way to the festival. Hoshika glanced around and noticed that most of the girls passing by were wearing yukatas. She looked at herself and felt that she lacked a certain femininity.

However, the sight of a yukata now reminds her of her shameful thoughts from last night, and she has absolutely no desire to touch that thing anymore.

……

Here, candied apple.

Yuma handed the candied apples she had bought to Hoshika.

Xingge took a bite; the outer sugar coating was indeed quite sweet, but the apple inside was a bit sour.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, the apple is just a little sour." She took another bite. "It's okay, not too bad."

"I'll try it."

Xingge held the apple candy to Youzhen's lips, and she watched as Youzhen took a bite right next to where she had just been about to go.

It was strange; they did this kind of thing quite often, but when she saw it just now, her heart raced. Was it because of the lights? Or because there were so many people around?

Yuzhen swallowed the apple in her mouth and noticed that Xingge was staring blankly at the candied apple she had just bitten.

"Are you shy?" Yuzhen looked at Xingge's expression, then glanced at the people around them. They usually did this kind of thing all the time, so why were they suddenly shy? Was it because there were so many people around?

"Here you go." Xingge stuffed the apple candy into Youzhen's hand. "I ate too much for dinner, I can't eat anymore."

"Are you sure it's not because you dislike me?" Yuzhen shook the candied apple in her hand and took another bite. "Although I can't waste it, I don't like this kind of sweet."

"There's a ball-catching service over there, let's go check it out."

Xingge pulled Youzhen's arm and walked towards the stall where they were catching colorful balls.

"Wait, let me finish eating first." He quickly ate two more bites.

He felt that Xingge was right; the candied apples were a bit too big, and Youzhen was feeling a little full.