I have pure love with them

"Will you live here for two years?"

As for the apartment chosen by Izumi, Nagasaki Shoyo had only heard about it from Izumi but had never seen it in person. Now looking at the environment here, Nagasaki Shoyo also had the idea of ​​moving out.

"Ah."

"That's great. I..."

Nagasaki Shoyo opened her mouth and wanted to say that she also wanted to move out of the house, but when the words reached her lips, she choked back. She was already living alone now, and it actually made no difference whether she moved out or not.

"Can you hold me for a moment?"

Looking at the sunset outside the window, Nagasaki Shoyo looked at Izumi and asked softly.

Quan did not answer the girl's request, but quietly came to the girl's side. Under the setting sun outside the window, he gently put his arms around the girl's slender shoulders. The two of them sat on the sofa, leaning against each other, like a delicate painting, exuding warmth but also making people feel a little melancholy.

……

After living alone, everything became quiet. Without her sister appearing in her room, Quan felt a little lonely every time she returned to the apartment alone after school.

He tidied his room in an orderly manner and prepared dinner for himself. When it got dark, he sat alone in the living room, looking at his computer and browsing the personal homepages of Goto Ichiri and Shinonome Eina to kill time.

"Have you ever considered getting a cat?"

Chihaya Aine, who had no band activities and didn't want to go home, came to her brother's apartment. After hanging out with Izumi for a while and returning to Izumi's apartment together, Chihaya Aine suddenly spoke.

When looking at his sister, Quan didn't think that the other party was acting on impulse, but rather felt that it was a long-planned move.

"Too much trouble."

"But you live alone, don't you feel lonely?"

His eyes were still on Quan. She seemed to be very interested in raising pets, but no matter how interested his sister was, Quan would not be interested if the task of taking care of the pet fell on her alone.

"No, I have a Tamagotchi."

"What is that? An electronic dog?"

After hearing what Izumi said, Chihaya Aine was stunned for a moment, then she thought of the battery-operated remote-controlled electronic toys and looked at Izumi with confusion.

"almost."

But the meaning of 'Tamoxifen' was a little complicated, and Quan, who didn't want to make his sister seem strange, didn't explain the meaning of the term to her in detail, but just nodded slightly.

"Speaking of which, didn't Shuangshi come here today?"

"Didn't she tell you to take care of her bass?"

"No."

Chihaya Aine shook her head. She did not ask Nagasaki Soyo. During the period after Izumi left home, Chihaya Aine's feelings towards Nagasaki Soyo suddenly became complicated. She did not really want to hear how she got along with her brother, so she rarely asked about Nagasaki Soyo herself.

"It's getting colder."

After whispering softly, Chihaya Aine looked at her brother.

"Ah."

“Even if I stay in the room, it feels a bit cool.”

"Have it?"

Chihaya Aine looked at her brother and felt a little dissatisfied as he seemed unmoved. She slowly moved to her brother's side and looked at him.

"You don't believe me?"

She stretched out her slender white hand and handed it to her brother. Quan looked at Aine's white palm and his eyes fell on her face.

"Ok?"

"Touch it and see."

I held Aine’s hand, and it did feel a little cool.

"Period?"

"what?!"

After hearing what her brother said, Chihaya Aine's face turned red, and then she looked at him with disbelief. She didn't expect that he would think so.

"no?"

"...Well, it is true...but! This has nothing to do with whether it is 'that' or not!"

"Even though you're already in high school, are you still like an elementary school student, feeling shy about normal physiological terms?"

"Isn't this a given?!"

Chihaya Aine stared at her brother with embarrassment and annoyance. She didn't understand why her brother was so indifferent to these terms.

"Come to think of it, he seems to have the idea of ​​becoming a doctor. Is he really planning to be a doctor?"

Recalling what her brother had told her, Chihaya Aine looked at her brother in a strange way again. Her eyes fell on her brother, and after a moment of silence, she withdrew her gaze.

"I said... you can let go now."

"Is it warmer?"

Looking at the hand held by her brother, Chihaya Aine pursed her lips, feeling inexplicably complicated.

My hands were warm, but my mood became uncomfortable.

"When you're not home, it feels... much quieter. It's not as lively as before."

"Want me to move back?"

"We just moved out, and... we've already signed the contract, right?"

Looking at her brother, Chihaya Aine really hopes that Izumi can move back home, but she doesn't think her family will agree with such behavior, and it also feels that it will be somewhat similar to her previous behavior. She doesn't want her brother to become like herself and do things like that that will cause trouble for their parents.

"If it's because of me... then it's the second time."

Even though Chihaya Aine didn't think her brother would really do that, if he really did it, she would be making the same mistake twice.

……

Besides Nagasaki Sōyo and Chihaya Aine, another person who often goes to Izumi is Goto Ichiri.

Occasionally, when she did not need to perform in the band, she would come to his apartment with Izumi, and then Izumi would give Goto Ichiri some tutoring on his homework. As long as Goto Ichiri got a question wrong, he would have to accept the punishment from Izumi.

After each tutoring session, Goto Ichiri would inform his family that he would stay overnight at his classmate's house.

As for which classmate it was, the Goto family did not ask, and Goto Ichiri did not tell his family, and everyone maintained a certain tacit understanding.

No one else noticed what happened between Izumi and Goto Ichiri. However, Akatsuji Koto accidentally discovered that Goto Ichiri had a scent similar to Izumi's, which made her pay a little more attention to their relationship. However, it had no impact on other things.

In addition, Izumi's visits to 'STARRY' have also increased.

"You, do you still have to go to school tomorrow?"

Ijichi Hoshige looked at Izumi who was sitting in his shop, walked slowly to his side, and slowly asked a question.

"I have a privilege granted by the principal that my record will show perfect attendance whether I go to school or not."

"…Privileges for top students?"

“Ordinary top students don’t get this privilege.”

Ijichi Hoshika, who had never been an excellent student, had a subtle expression after hearing Izumi's answer. She seemed a little... annoyed?

"Students, please don't stay here so late at night. Go home as soon as possible."

However, Ijichi Xingge, who was unable to preach to Quan, could only use his age to drive the little devil in front of him away and make him disappear from his sight.

“I paid for the ticket.”

"If you don't go back to bed early, there won't be any tickets for you next time."

Staring at Izumi in front of him, Ijichi Hoshika had no idea what Izumi was thinking, but she just felt that if she continued to let him stay in her store, something bad would always happen.

After glancing at her sister who was still working in the store, Ijichi Hoshika turned her gaze towards Izumi in front of her.

"Well, see you tomorrow."

"..."

Under the gaze of Ijichi Hoshika, Izumi slowly stood up and walked towards Ijichi Hongxia. The two seemed to chat for a while, and then Izumi left the Livehouse, and Ijichi Hoshika slowly withdrew his gaze.

"Should I remind Hong Xia..."

Ijichi Hoshika always felt that there was a "carnivorous" aura about Izumi, and felt that she should ask her sister to pay attention to him and keep some distance from him.

After leaving 'STARRY', Izumi was walking on the street, preparing to go home, but he unexpectedly heard a burst of singing on the street.

"A wandering singer?"

The song filled with emotion and power made Quan stop and look in the direction where the song came from. A girl with silver-gray hair holding a guitar was standing on the street and singing.

"Looks a little... familiar?"

When he saw the girl, Quan felt that she looked a little familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere before, but he couldn't remember the specific place. Quan, with a slightly frowned brow, stood quietly on the street, watching the other person finish singing the whole song.

There were many people on the street, but not many of them stayed to listen to the other person finish singing the song. Quan walked slowly in front of the other person.

"Want to buy an album? This is our band's album."

Seeing someone walking up to her, Momoka Kawaharaki looked at the other person and found that it was a boy who looked young. She smiled and started to promote her band's album to him.

Looking at the album the girl handed to him, what came to Quan's mind was not the album or the band, but that he thought he could have a set of speakers in his apartment.

'Then I'll buy some albums and put them in my apartment. I can listen to them occasionally to kill time.'

"how?"

Seeing that the boy was just looking at the album quietly without saying anything, Kawaharaki Momoka was a little confused. She frowned and asked.

"How many?"

"Ah, 500 yen is enough."

After hearing the boy speak, Momoka Kawaharaki smiled and quoted the price of the album, and Izumi nodded and took out her wallet. Under Momoka Kawaharaki's gaze, she found that the boy in front of her seemed to be a young and wealthy promising young man!

"That stack must be over 100,000 thick, right?!"

If the person in front of her was a middle-aged man, Momoka Kawahara would not be surprised, but Izumi gave her the feeling that he was not very old, and at this age his wallet was still so thick, it was hard not to be surprised.

'His monthly living expenses? A college student?'

Momoka Kawahara's thoughts were wandering, and Izumi took out a 500 yen coin from her wallet and handed it to her.