Gravity Girl Shining

"Everyone, please give me some advice."

Sushi still had a perfect smile on her lips, but Uehara Hibiki beside her could see that it was a little more genuine than usual. There was still a long way to go, and Nagasaki Sushi's transformation would still take time.

After everyone had been introduced, Takamatsu turned back to the audience, her voice still firm.

"We are all lost people who have suffered some painful things and can't find our direction, but music brings us together."

Gao Songdeng closed her eyes, and in front of her was no longer the audience, but the whole world.

Since childhood, Takamatsu Deng has longed to express his inner thoughts to the world.

"Ever since I was a kid, I've always felt like I couldn't understand others, and I couldn't be understood by others."

The audience gradually quieted down, even the noisiest corners fell silent. Takamatsu's words held incredible power. Despite her inherent flaws, which made it difficult for her to understand others, she also possessed a natural talent: the intense emotion within her heart, which made her impromptu speeches as beautiful and moving as poetry.

On the stage, Xiang's fingers gently touched the piano keys. A simple yet moving melody slowly flowed out, like a stream flowing quietly under the moonlight.

This is the prelude to the song that wants to be human. This semi-finished work from the Crychic period is only two minutes long. There is no guitar, bass or drums, only gentle keyboard accompaniment, but it carries the heaviest emotions.

……

(lyrics)

Although I have friends like everyone else.

Although I am with everyone, I feel like I am alone.

I really want to live like everyone else.

Want to be human.

……

Gao Songdeng raised her head, her gray bangs spread out, revealing her eyes filled with tears. The lyrics were obviously sad, but with the accompaniment of the gentle keyboard, she was full of hope.

In the audience, Takamatsu Yuji quietly wiped away tears. This man, who always faced his daughter with a gentle smile, was extremely relieved at this moment. He knew his daughter's loneliness better than anyone else, the loss of standing alone in the corner of the kindergarten as a child, the heartbreak of giving her beloved insects to a friend only to be rejected.

For more than ten years, he and his wife could only accompany their daughter in the most clumsy way, but they were never able to truly enter that lonely inner world.

But now, Takamatsu Deng stands on the stage with an unprecedented shining attitude, incorporating his own voice into the music.

As a father, Takamatsu Yuji can only celebrate his daughter's growth with tears, smiles and applause.

In the front row of the audience area, Shoko Toyokawa's blue twintails trembled slightly.

She remembered that morning, her first meeting with Deng. She also remembered the glint in Deng's eyes when she improvised the song "I Want to Become a Human." She still remembered that evening, she and Deng stood on the overpass, shouting to the endless stream of cars, "I Want to Become a Human!"

Toyokawa Shoko couldn't forget again. The memories came flooding back like a tide, breaking down her carefully constructed defenses. Silent tears streamed down her cheeks, dripping onto her tightly clasped hands.

Wakaba Mutsu just stood quietly beside Xiangzi. This was not the first time she heard this song. Before Kasuga Shadow created it, everyone in Crychic had been practicing this improvisation.

But, what’s different in the song?

Gao Songdeng, she was completely different from Crychic back then. Although this song is sad, it is full of hope.

Takamatsu Deng, is she going to become a human?

The long green hair almost blended into the shadows under the dim light. Ruoye Mu looked at the stage expressionlessly, but his pair of demonic golden eyes were deeper than usual.

Can I become a human being?

Uehara Hibiki, it was with his help that Deng became what he is now.

So, if I also...

……

(lyrics)

Obviously looking at the same thing.

Obviously in the same place.

But it seems different.

Want to be human.

……

Every word seemed squeezed from the deepest depths of the heart, carrying the weight of years of pent-up emotion. Deng's voice trembled slightly in the chorus, taking on a touch of sobbing, but miraculously remained in tune, making the pain even more real and palpable.

When the last note faded into the air, Gao Songdeng slowly opened her eyes. Tears had blurred her vision, but she didn't wipe them away, letting them slide down her cheeks.

Through her tearful eyes, she couldn't see the expressions of the audience. Her focus was solely on Toyokawa Shoko. Even without words, the two, once close friends, felt a strange resonance.

It turns out that Xiangzi also wants to become a human being.

At that time, Xiangzi's cry had such a meaning.

"I once thought that I was like a watermelon worm hiding in the shadows, and that my future life was destined to be bleak."

Takamatsu Deng's voice still had a tearful tone, but after wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, her eyes stared with the utmost determination at a certain area under the stage, where stood the person who had once saved her.

"Until that day, you invited me to join the band. You told me that my singing was the cry of my heart. Because of you, I saw the spring sunshine for the first time."

Although she didn't say a name, the members of Crychic all knew who she was talking about. Su Shi's fingers trembled lightly on the bass strings, Li Xi tightened his grip on the drumsticks, and Xiangzi in the audience suddenly raised his head.

But this time, Gao Songdeng stood on the stage, under the spotlight, high above everyone else.

And Shoko Toyokawa was trapped in the shadows below the stage.

"Although the band soon fell apart, I have always kept that brief period of time in my heart. It is a precious treasure in my life."

The sound of the lights became more and more excited, until finally, it was almost shouting.

"All I can do is sing, because you said that my singing is the cry of my heart! Thank you for saving me at that time! So please listen to this song of Spring Shadow!"

Hibiki's fingers fell upon the keys once more, and the prelude of "Haruhi Kage" flooded the entire venue like a tide. Takamatsu Tou stood beneath the spotlight, tears glinting in his eyes.

……

(lyrics)

Heart-wrenching and endearing (harmony)

I feel like I can understand it right now.

Makes people happy and obsessed (harmony)

Shining on me who can't cry.

The light gently carries me along.

……

The singing and crying almost blended together, but miraculously made the singing more heart-shaking.

Heart-wrenching emotions slice through the air like a sharp blade, making every word weigh a thousand times heavier. Takamatsu Deng has never taken any professional vocal lessons; her voice is a gift from heaven, the cry of her soul.

Chihaya Aine looked at Takamatsu Deng anxiously. Deng had never been so excited during previous practices. She also noticed Xiangzi and Mutsu below the stage. Was it because of them?

But her anxiety was immediately drowned out by the gentle keyboard.

Like a magician, Uehara Hibiki harmonizes the tones on stage. He soothes Aine's anxiety, curbs Rakuna's willfulness, and...

Gently wiped away the tears that were equally uncontrollable in the eyes of Nagasaki Suyo and Shiina Riki.

……

(lyrics)

It keeps shining through the layers of clouds.

Fills the heart and overflows.

My cheeks were shining unconsciously.

Hot tears wet my face.

Why are your hands so warm?

please.

Never let go from now on.

……

Shoko Toyokawa could no longer ignore the tears in her eyes, but no matter how she wiped them away, even though her sleeves were soaked, the tears did not diminish at all.

She used to be so confident that she could promise everyone a community of shared destiny. She thought she could grasp her destiny and gain her own happiness.

but……

Shoko Toyokawa escaped.

By the time she revisited this once deliberately forgotten memory, fate had already pushed time into a new phase. Broken promises made it impossible for her to maintain her proud appearance.

"sorry Sorry!"

But she has already let go of that hand, just as she said to Deng last month.

"Deng, the hand you should hold now is no longer mine."

Chapter 103: Girls who long to shine.

Shoko Toyokawa's apology came too late, and the disbandment of Crychic was a foregone conclusion.

Toyokawa Shoko's apology came at the right time because they had not yet become strangers.

"Forever and ever, never let go!"

In the last line of Kasuga Ying's song, the sound of the lamp suddenly rose, pushing the song to its climax. The pain and longing in her voice made the audience hold their breath.

At that moment, all the members of Crychic - Deng, Sushi and Lixi on the stage, and Xiangzi and Hehe in the audience - seemed to have returned to that sunny spring day, back to the time when the five of them were still together.

When the music abruptly stopped, the entire venue fell into a brief silence, followed by thunderous applause. The lights came back on, illuminating the three people on the stage with tears streaming down their faces.

But Shoko Toyokawa stopped crying, and let go of her hands that were covering her face with trembling hands. She chose to show her true self - tears and smiles - to her best friend in her heart.

Xiangzi looked at the lights on the stage, and the lights were looking at Xiangzi under the stage.

light.

I'm crying because we missed out on being each other.

I am smiling because you have found your own happiness.

Ruoye Mu stood quietly beside Xiangzi, a rare wave of emotion in her golden eyes. She gently held Xiangzi's trembling hand, but found herself shaking unconsciously too. As the person who understood Xiangzi's pain most, she understood the weight of this song better than anyone else.

And my own regret.

If you want to apologize, you must apologize yourself.

"Xiang, this is...Haruhi Kage who doesn't belong to Crychic."

"Yes, I know, Mu. In a few days... at least until AveMujica is formed, I want to formally apologize to everyone at Crychic."

"I will accompany Xiang together."

Xiangzi and Mu are the other half of the soul. As long as the two are together, they will have nothing to fear.

At the back of the performance hall, Sanjiao Chuhua followed Gao Songdeng's line of sight and finally saw the touch of blue in the crowd.

In the dim light, no one recognized her as a popular idol, and no one could detect the inner pain beneath her seemingly calm face.

"I'm sorry, Xiangzi. It's all my fault. The disbanding of Crychic and your pain are all my fault."

Sankaku Hatsuka's whispers dissipated like the wind, drowned in the boiling performance hall. Even Junda Mana, who was standing right next to her, couldn't notice anything unusual about her.

On the stage, Takamatsu Touto wiped her tears with her sleeve and accepted the cup of water from Aine. After a brief pause, she took another deep breath and began her story.

"After my last band broke up, I was devastated... I felt so bad, and I never wanted to go through something as painful as that again. I also felt like... I never wanted to form a band again. But, luckily, I was so happy that I met someone else."

She turned around, her eyes passing over the lights, and fell on Uehara Hibiki behind the keyboard stand, the man who had made a lifelong promise to her.

"He told me...it's okay even if I get hurt."

The sound of the lights gradually became clearer and no longer intermittent.

"It doesn't matter if I get lost, because he can lead me forward in the confusion until I find a new direction. It's the same for everyone else, led by him and gathered in this band."

Aine nodded and shook her head from the other side of the stage, her long pink hair bouncing joyfully with her movements. Motoyo and Riki were busy wiping away tears from their earlier performance of Kasuga Kage, but the smiles they shared were incredibly gentle. Even Rakuna, who was usually daydreaming, glanced up for once, a serious glint in her heterochromatic eyes.

“This is where we all belong.”