Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

"Wait a minute, you'd better watch out."

Xingge walked forward with her head down, and Youzhen quickly grabbed her and pulled her into her arms. She almost bumped into two children running towards her.

"What's wrong with you? Why aren't you looking ahead when you walk?"

Yuzhen let go of Xingge, and then he felt Xingge take his arm.

"Thank you." Xingge felt like a complete idiot. "Let's go together, it'll feel safer that way."

Yuzhen pulled her arm out from the crook of her arm, grabbed her hand, and intertwined their fingers.

"Let's do it this way, it feels a bit hot with you holding my arm."

"Alright."

Yu-Zhen is quite good at catching colored balls; he caught more than ten balls in one go. At first, he thought the two of them had a great haul.

However, the stall owner pointed to the rules written on the blackboard next to him: if you scoop up ten to twenty bouncy balls, you can only take two with you.

"Sorry, you gave me one too."

Xingge held the yellow bouncy ball in her hand. She wasn't really interested in these kinds of things, but since it was given to her by Youzhen, she kept it and could also take it back for Hongxia to play with.

“I’m not really interested in this kind of thing. You can have it all.” Yuzhen threw the bouncy ball in his hand to the ground, then caught it again after it bounced up. “But, did my annoyed look just now scare the stall owner?”

Xingge listened to his question and helplessly looked at Youzhen in front of him again.

It has been more than a year since Yuma changed her image. Although she and her family have gotten used to Yuma's appearance, other people's first reaction to seeing such a tall guy with dyed hair and an earring is definitely that he is a delinquent.

She still remembers how shocked she was. When she felt someone hug her at her doorstep, she recognized the familiar feeling as Yuuma. But when she looked up and saw Yuuma, who had secretly changed her appearance, she almost kicked him.

"Does this outfit of mine actually look scary?"

Yuma looked on incredulously.

"You're only just realizing this now?" Xingge covered her face with her hands in exasperation. "Seriously, is it really okay for you to look like this at school?"

In Hoshika's memory, the people at Waseda University are all bookworms who are inseparable from their books. Won't Yuma be kicked out as a suspicious person from outside the school?

"It's alright." Yuzhen scratched her head. "When I first enrolled, no one dared to approach me, but it's much better now. Everyone talks to me very politely, although I always feel a sense of distance from them."

'Isn't it because they're afraid of you?'

This is what Xingge thought.

But then Hoshigo thought again, if no one was willing to get close to Yuuma, it meant that no other girls were willing to talk to him.

Yuma must be lonely at school without any other friends, right? Hoshika felt she shouldn't be so happy.

But then she looked up and saw the gentle smile on Yuuma's face. This guy was hers.

What's wrong with you now?

Yuzhen saw that Xingge suddenly smiled again and was a little confused about what she was thinking tonight.

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm happy that you don't have any other friends."

"Was it a good thing for you that I couldn't make friends in college?"

"Just keep this image, don't change it."

How much do you not want me to make friends?

Chapter 96 A Trip for Two (The End)

"Aren't you going to watch the fireworks?"

Xingge and Youzhen were walking back to their guesthouse.

They strolled around the festival, bought lots of delicious food, and then Yuuma noticed that Hoshika seemed a bit listless; she must be sleepy. So he decided to go back and rest with Hoshika.

"I don't really care, but does Xingge still want to see the fireworks?" Youzhen asked her. "Aren't you sleepy? It's not good to force yourself to stay awake."

"I am indeed a little sleepy."

Xingge lowered her head and walked forward hand in hand with Youzhen.

She looked down at the ground, remembering how Yuuma had taken care of her again. Yuuma was clearly looking forward to watching the fireworks with her.

"But aren't you looking forward to watching the fireworks with me?"

"I'm really looking forward to it," Yuzhen didn't deny it. "But how could I possibly ask my girlfriend to force herself to stay with me for something like that?"

"Besides, there's plenty of time to watch fireworks, right? Maybe we'll watch them every year for the next few years, and after a few years we might get tired of watching fireworks together."

Yuzhen squeezed Xingge's hand. He felt that this kind of thing was bound to happen, after all, Xingge would never leave him.

I'll never get tired of being with you.

"what?"

Xingge spoke too softly, and she kept her head down.

Yuma stopped, leaned down slightly, and whispered in her ear, "Could you say it again?"

Xingge watched as the guy leaned closer and deliberately spoke loudly in his ear, "I said, it's my fault that you couldn't see the fireworks! But I won't apologize!"

After she finished speaking, she shook off Yuzhen's hand while he was rubbing his ear and took a few steps forward.

"I need to go now, I'm going back to sleep."

Yuma had no choice but to follow behind her.

'Won't you get tired of being with me?' Yuma actually heard everything clearly. 'Your tsundere attitude is so cute, I forgive you.'

……

The two went back the next day. Although they said they ran away from home, they had only been out for two days.

Aunt Ichichi was waiting for Hoshika at the station with Nijika. Nijika was still sulking and hugged Yuuma the whole time, completely ignoring Hoshika.

"Hey, let him go! How is he supposed to walk if you keep holding him like that?" Xingge looked at Hongxia, wanting her to let go of Youzhen.

"No!" Hongxia hugged Youzhen even tighter. "Brother is much better than sister. After I showed brother's picture to the bad upperclassmen, they didn't dare to bully our classmates anymore."

"Hongxia, please don't ruin my public image like this, okay?"

Yuzhen forced a smile. Hearing what Hongxia had done at school, he felt that his reputation was absolutely ruined.

He didn't go to Yidizhi's house with Xingge and the others; he went directly to the school, where he happened to have class in the afternoon.

However, when he got home after class, he found Xingge sitting at his door.

"Why are you here again?" Yuzhen walked up to him. "You didn't have another fight with Hongxia as soon as you got home, did you?"

"how is this possible?"

Xingge stood up and followed Youzhen into the house.

She came here simply to spend one night with Yuma, because her embarrassing plan from two days ago failed, and she still has some lingering thoughts about it.

However, how could she tell Yuzhen about this? So when Yuzhen came into the house and asked her, she made up a random excuse, knowing that Yuzhen wouldn't kick her out anyway.

"Then stay here tonight." Yuzhen tossed the keys on the table, rolled up her sleeves, and went into the kitchen. "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you."

"Just make something simple to eat."

Since she came here on her own initiative and stayed at Youzhen's place, she naturally couldn't ask for anything more.

While Yuzhen went into the kitchen, she went into Yuzhen's bedroom and hid the things she had bought on the way there under Yuzhen's pillow.

'Is one box enough?' She glanced nervously at the door.

There was no other way; she only remembered this one box when she passed by a vending machine. And since there were only convenience stores near Yuzhen's house, she was too embarrassed to buy it there.

'If it's really not enough, we can just not use it. Anyway, we shouldn't have anything to do these next few days.'

She secretly slipped out of the bedroom, calmed herself down, and lay down on the sofa as usual, turning on the TV.

What were you doing in the bedroom just now?

Yuma came out of the kitchen.

"I...I'll go check if you've tidied up the bedroom since you got back," Xingge quickly made up an excuse. "I don't want to live in a messy room."

"As if your bedroom is very tidy."

"So verbose!"

After dinner, we sat on the sofa watching anime together, then I took a shower, and then...

Xingge finished showering first. She sat on the sofa, listening to the sound of water in the bathroom, thinking about the arrangements for tonight. Her mind was a little messy.

Will Yuuma refuse? Don't let his current scumbag-like appearance fool you, he's actually quite innocent.

But that's fine too. She now feels that things should just take their course tonight.

……

"What's going on? Why are you going to bed so early today?"

Yuzhen was pulled into the bedroom by Xingge, and the two of them are now sitting together on the edge of the bed.

He had just finished showering when Xingge said she was going to sleep and turned off the lights and TV in the living room. They were in the bedroom now, and Xingge drew the curtains as soon as she came in.

The two of them lay in bed, and Yuma could only hear the sound of the air conditioner next to them and their breathing.

He felt Xingge crawl into his blanket, just like usual.

He turned around and hugged Xingge, but something was different from usual; Xingge wasn't wearing pajamas. No, she must have quietly taken them off after turning off the lights.

Xingge's waist is so smooth.

"You're really enjoying touching it."

Xingge's voice came, pulling Youzhen back to reality.

"Um... you're not wearing pajamas to bed anymore?"

"Today only."

"Ok?"

How is the soundproofing in your bedroom?

"Fortunately, I sometimes tap the keyboard, and my neighbors say they can't hear it."