I have pure love with them

"lyrics."

"Well, wait a minute. Here."

Clicking on the lyrics of 'Haruhi Kage' that he had prepared long ago, Quan played the mp3 version of 'Haruhi Kage'. It was not the version by Aine or Ayatsuji, but the original version.

It didn't take Hachiman Kailing, who was already good at noting music, long to memorize the lyrics of 'Haruhi Kage'. As the melody became familiar to her, she quickly told Quan that she had memorized the lyrics.

"So, let's start?"

"let's start."

Although she had to do something she was not good at, Hachiman Kailing remained unmoved and silently looked at the music score. Seeing her reaction, Quan also gently plucked the strings and began to play...

Just as Hachiman Kairin herself described, she is not good at singing, or it can be said that she is not good at singing songs that require high notes. Hachiman Kairin tried several times, but she just couldn't bring up the high notes when it came to the 'Sparkling' part. Quan felt helpless when listening to it, so he simply changed the music score slightly on the spot without changing the lyrics, making the original high notes more soothing.

Finally, I successfully recorded Hachiman Kairin's version of 'Haruhi Kaguya'.

As the time was almost up and Hachiman Kailing had appointments with other people, after recording a version that Izumi was satisfied with, she took her bass and left the recording studio.

"Hachiman Kairin, Wakaba Mu, Sankaku Hatsuka, and one is Meow?"

Of the four members of Toyokawa Shoko's new band, Quan could only remember the names of three. As for the name of the internet celebrity, Quan couldn't remember it clearly. He only vaguely remembered his speaking habits.

"Well, among her four teammates, two of them can play 'Haruhi Kage'. The remaining two are Mikado Hatsuka and Meow. We can find a way to contact them. If we teach them, then Toyokawa Shoko will be surrounded by 'Haruhi Kage', right?"

Although he paid a price of 3 yen, the gains were considerable. He has decided to fall asleep tonight listening to "Haruhi Kage" by Hachiman Kairin.

After a quick tidying up, I found that there was nothing I had left behind in the studio, so I left the studio and left the rest to the clerk to deal with...

"What's wrong? You look upset?"

After waiting for Aine and her band's practice to finish, Izumi accompanied Aine home. On the way, seeing Aine who was in a low mood, Izumi glanced at her and asked casually.

"My... guitar skills, are they really that bad?"

Aine, who was feeling depressed, heard Izumi's question. Previously in the recording studio, she had been suppressing the problem in her heart and was unable to talk to the band members. But after Izumi asked the question, she no longer had so many concerns and showed her vulnerability and lack of confidence to Izumi.

"For a new player, you've made a lot of progress, but if you compare yourself to the members in your group... it's hard to compare, but objectively speaking, as an important guitarist, you still have a lot of room for improvement."

The guitar and bass are not easy to compare, and the guitar and snare drum are also very different, so they are not comparable. So Quan gave the answer of "not easy to compare". From the perspective of guitar technique and experience alone...

If he were at home, Quan would definitely not have any scruples and would make the comments objectively.

But now the two of them were on the street, and if she gave an overly objective answer and made Aine feel dissatisfied, and then she started running away like the heroine in a TV drama, then she would be looking for trouble when there was nothing to do.

There were strangers around, and considering Aine's ability to bear it, Izumi chose a tactful comment that she could relatively accept.

"Can't you?"

Although it was meant to be encouraging, Aine also understood what Izumi meant, and she sighed helplessly.

"What happened?"

"...When the band was practicing, that person suddenly started to give me instructions on how to play! Really... She's a drummer and she doesn't know how to play the guitar!"

When Izumi asked her what happened, Aine became like a boiling kettle, her mood instantly became ashamed and angry, and she began to pour out her dissatisfaction in her heart and her complaints about Shiina Ritsuki to Izumi.

Although she used 'that person' as a substitute, the only person who would criticize Aine and make her so angry was the straightforward Shiina Riki.

“It shouldn’t just be these, right?”

Aine was sulking, thinking back to her feeble rebuttal when Shiina Riki commented on her. It was hard for her to remain calm even now when she thought back on it. Suddenly she heard Izumi's question, and she thought back to what happened later during practice, and her eyes couldn't help but become vague.

"Huh? What? There's nothing...ah, it's getting late, we have to go back quickly, hurry up, go back!"

If Shiina Riki's doubts only made Aine feel dissatisfied, then what happened afterwards dealt a heavy blow to Aine's self-confidence, making her feel extremely ashamed and she had no courage to tell Izumi in front of her.

Under the influence of strong shame, she didn't even dare to look into Quan's eyes. She quickly quickened her pace and walked forward with her head down.

Seeing Aine change from walking to jogging, Izumi, who was walking behind her, pursed his lips slightly. He could already guess what happened in the recording studio. He could even foresee what would happen after today.

'It's hard for Aine to not get complained about by Shiina Riki at her current level, and Shiina Riki only cares about Takamatsu Touma. With Shiina Riki's thorny personality, it's hard for her to avoid conflicts even in other bands. Aine's great personality also has a bottom line, and it's only a matter of time before she explodes after being questioned by Shiina Riki one after another.'

In order to avoid the escalation of the conflict, either Aiyin should acquire the guitar skills of Goto Ichiri overnight... or even half of them would be fine, or she should quit the current band.

But realistically speaking, neither is possible.

"Well, just treat it as a necessary test for Saint Aine. Only after this test can her character be truly called great."

174. The only place I can hide is my brother’s room

Aiyin, who had just come out of the bathroom, put on pink and white pajamas, gently rubbed her long hair with a towel with both hands, humming a song, and walked to the door of Quan's room, she suddenly stopped.

"Hmm...what are you doing?"

Ai Ne stared at the door, pursed her soft lips, and gently leaned against the door, with her fair ears pressed against the door, trying to eavesdrop on what was going on in Izumi's room.

Although when in front of her, Quan always maintained an indifferent and gentle image, occasionally showing a humorous side, and almost no flaws that could be criticized, it was precisely for this reason that Aiyin suspected that he kept his bad side when he was alone.

"Izumi is already a healthy male high school student... but he has never had a girlfriend. It's really weird no matter how you think about it."

Ai Ne, who currently attends a girls' school and also attended girls' schools before, does indeed seldom come into contact with boys of the same age. However, in the information age, she still gets a lot of information about 'male high school students' through her cell phone.

Even though most of them are stereotypes about "male high school students", judging from the content seen in the girls' discussion community, these stereotypes are indeed universal.

To sum it up, it is probably because we have entered puberty, our bodies have developed, and driven by hormones and instincts, we often do some strange and confusing things, and then... we have a strong curiosity about the opposite sex.

However, in Izumi, Aine couldn't see any curiosity about girls. There were many girls around him, but his relationships with them were all normal.

'Would a normal boy reject Shuangshi's confession? '

From Aine's own perspective, if she were a boy, she would have no reason to reject Nagasaki Souyo's confession.

The eldest daughter of Tsukinomori Girls' Academy, with a gentle temperament and face, and there was nothing to fault with her manners and words. She was like a holy nun who listened to troubles, and Aiyin felt that she had a faint glow on her.

"If it's Shuangshi, it would be very suitable to wear a nun's uniform, right?"

But unfortunately, she is not a boy, nor is she the Izumi to whom Shuangshi confessed, so there is no point in thinking about these things.

'Nothing happened.'

Aiyin listened for a long time but didn't hear any movement. She felt a little depressed and unwilling in her heart. Then she leaned back slightly, stretched out her hand to push open the door in front of her, and stuck her head into Quan's room, trying to catch evidence of Quan doing "bad things" alone in the room.

In a room that seemed spacious because of its simplicity, Quan was sitting alone in front of the computer, typing something on the screen that she couldn't understand. She could tell that he was programming, but that was all she could tell.

"..."

Seeing that she had entered the room but she didn't even turn her head to look at her Izumi, Aine puffed up her cheeks sullenly, walked behind Izumi, and stared at Izumi who was typing on the keyboard with a dissatisfied look.

She wanted to see how long the other party could ignore her!

One minute……

Two minutes...

"Nah~ I've been standing there for so long, and you don't have any reaction at all?"

Before three minutes had passed, Aiyin, who was standing behind Quan, had completely lost her patience. Her slender, white, soft and smooth hand rested on Quan's cheek. The slightly cool temperature of her palm made Quan temporarily stop what she was doing and save her current progress. She held Aiyin's left hand with her left hand and moved it in front of her. She licked the tip of her slender white index finger with the tip of her tongue.

The moment the warm and moist touch came from her fingertips, Aine subconsciously retracted her left hand. She cried out "Ah!" and took two steps back, staring at Izumi who was turning the seat to look at her. Her expression changed from dazed and nervous to embarrassed and annoyed.

"So dirty!"

"Who told you to put your hands where you want? Besides, isn't it common sense to knock on the door before entering a house?"

Quan didn't have the slightest bit of shame on his face for Aine blaming him. Instead, he pointed out that Aine had entered his room without even knocking, causing Aine to avoid Quan's sight and look away from the room, pretending she didn't know.

"Eh? What? A language I don't understand..."

"You're already in high school, right? If you can't understand this, I'll have to worry about your future."

"Izumi will take care of me, right?"

"It's better to rely on yourself than to expect others."

Facing Quan's sermon, Aine just took her steps silently, her pink and white trouser legs swinging along with her fair and slender legs. After she came to the edge of Quan's bed, she lay down on the bed and covered herself with Quan's quilt.

"Sleep."

"Go back to your room."

Seeing Aine lying down on her bed as if she had returned to her room, Quan felt helpless. She could sleep at his place, but Quan would have nowhere else to sleep.

"Isn't Yili coming over after the holiday? Then, let her sleep in my room and I'll sleep in yours."

"You know this is impossible, right?"

"Then let her sleep in your room?"

After hearing what Izumi said, Aine instantly became interested. She was originally lying on Izumi's bed with her eyes closed, but suddenly she opened her eyes, propped up her cheek with her left hand, and looked at Izumi with interest.

"Are you going to sleep in the same room with her?"

"It's not impossible."

"Eh~ Do you hate me that much? You would rather sleep in the same room with a strange girl than with your own sister."

A look of contempt fell on Quan, and Aine had a look of dissatisfaction on her face, as if she was disappointed by Quan's indifference.

"From my perspective, it seems more like you are disliking Ichiri as a friend. Why don't you want to sleep in the same room with Ichiri?"

"I'm not disgusted with Ichiri, I'm just disgusted with the idiot who invited me without asking me first! Um... by the way, should I stay at Shuangshi's house during this holiday?"

Facing Izumi's accusation, Aine denied it at first, and then she thought of something. Since Goto Ichiri came to her house to stay overnight, she could also stay overnight at other people's houses.

"I came here mainly to give you special training. Miss Guitarist, you don't want to be blamed by the band members, right?"

"Uh-huh..."

After hearing what Izumi said, Aine thought of Shiina Riki's accusations against her, and the expression on her face suddenly became depressed and irritable.

The white and slender fingers grasped Quan's quilt and covered her face directly, acting like a coward, leaving only her messy long hair scattered on the pillow outside the quilt. Quan, who was sitting on the chair, looked at Aine's reaction and shrugged helplessly.

175. I wish you happiness

"Dad and Mom both agreed that I could stay at classmate Suquan's house, but..."

"Ok?"

"No, it's nothing."

Facing Izumi's confused gaze, Goto Ichiri opened and closed his soft and moist lips slightly, but swallowed the rest of the words and hid them in his heart.