I'm here to form a band, what do you want to do!

"Okay, give me the phone."

Ito Rin found her mother's chat interface and thought about sending it. When she finished reading it and was leaving her comments, she put away her phone.

"Talk a lot?" Ruoye Mu tilted his head.

"At least more than before."

Wakaba Muqingya nodded and looked into the distance.

Seabirds splashed silver water on the shimmering surface.

Welcome to the mature maple forest, dyed red and yellow.

She retracted her gaze and said softly, "It's only like this in front of you."

Ito Rin, who was looking for a suitable branch by the river, looked at a loss when she heard her words.

Seeing him like this, Ruo Yemu covered his mouth and smiled expressionlessly.

"Miss Wakaba, your smile is so scary." At this moment, Ito Rin hated her own straightforwardness.

How could someone who is usually good at talking suddenly speak his mind at a time like this?

Just a little compliment on being cute, and that's a very normal conversation.

"Yeah, it's really scary." Ruoye Mu stopped smiling and turned to look at him, "Do you want to know the reason?"

"I've never been very curious!" Ito Rin blinked, "but I'm still quite curious."

A smile appeared on Ruoye Mu's lips.

"I... am actually a monster without emotions," she said. "At least in my mother's eyes, I am such a monster. Everything I do is meaningless to me. The joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness I express are all just an act."

Ito Rin said nothing and took two steps towards her.

"From a very young age, I showed this trait. Minami Mori noticed it, but she couldn't be sure. She would often take me on TV. Our performances were perfect, but I didn't like it."

"I can probably understand this feeling." Ito Rin nodded.

The two continued forward along the riverbank. Ito Rin saw the branches on the side of the road but did not bend down.

"Actually... it's far more than that. The reason I don't trust doctors is that they can't see my problem at all. In my mind, there are many people, and each of them is a part of me. When the need arises, a matching personality will appear to perform."

As she spoke, she was looking at Ito Rin and noticed that his expression was complicated, but there was no usual fear, so she couldn't help but ask.

"Are not you afraid?"

Ito Rin clapped her hands, whistled, and said in a tone that tried not to care: "Why should I be afraid? This is super cool!"

Ruoye Mu covered his mouth and laughed with real emotion, "I knew you were different."

Ito Rin said seriously: "Miss Wakaba, please don't misunderstand me on this point. I'm really not a pervert."

The two walked to a deserted place. Ito Rin sat down on an old bench, looking at the calm river, and patted the chair to invite her to sit down.

Wakaba Mu pressed down her long skirt and sat next to him.

"Am I really different?" Ito Rin said, "I just think you are my good friend. If that's the case, then those questions don't matter."

"Because I haven't finished yet."

"Please speak." Ito Rin looked at her, "Anyway, I can handle it very well."

Wakaba Mutsu lowered his chin and gave a malicious smile: "Now, I no longer have multiple personalities."

"Ah? Is it the doctor's fault? No." After denying it herself, Ito Rin looked at Kamoe again: "Anyway, it's good to be free. This is a disease, not your fault."

"No, I killed all the other personalities."

"..."

"It sounds

It seems incredible, but I can do it. When I make up my mind to do it, they slowly disappear from my mind, and gradually, I become the only personality. "

Ito Rin opened her mouth to say something, but her head was buzzing, and how should she judge her situation?

What's more, having never experienced similar pain, he had no way of knowing Ruo Ye Mu's true feelings, and his words of comfort were only out of pity and sympathy.

The ripe maple leaves on the tree were blown into his arms. He picked up the leaves and put them into Ruoye Mu's hands.

Looking into her clear eyes, he spoke in a calm tone.

"No matter what, as long as you can live happily."

"No matter which you are, you are still Wakaba Mu, the one who doesn't like to talk but is my good friend."

Wakaba Mu suddenly became sad. She realized that Mori Minami's feelings for her for more than ten years were not as deep as Ito Rin's feelings for her in the past few months.

She raised her face, and crystal clear tears flowed down her cheeks.

"...Don't cry, what I said just now was wrong. You are now the Wakaba Mu who is my friend!"

Wakaba Mu smiled, wiped away her tears, and raised the leaf.

"I just suddenly thought of something sad, Rin, you don't have to comfort me."

"Can't you call it something else? That's weird."

"Okay, but you won't want it." Ruoye sighed like an adult, pinching the maple leaf with her slender fingers.

"Ito? Ito-san? That guy? These are all what I like." Ito Rin gave up on herself and downgraded herself to that guy's level.

"It seems like you definitely don't want to accept my new name. What a pity."

"Indeed, life is sometimes very precious."

"Aren't you curious? Why should I tell you this?" Ruo Ye Mu looked at him.

"Not curious." Ito Rin threw the maple leaf into the river.

He knew full well that curiosity killed the cat, so he really didn't want to listen.

“For the first half of my life, the only thing that kept me going was the guitar.”

"Miss Wakaba, you still have a long way to go in your life. The past ten years or so cannot be considered the first half at all." Ito Rin said seriously.

Ruoye Mu rolled his eyes at him and continued, "But after meeting you, I developed new feelings."

"What feelings?"

"It's hard to say." Ruo Yemu looked at the river with a tangled expression. "This feeling is very complicated. It's not like my instinctive love for guitar. If I had to describe it in words, it's a combination of family and love. If you were here, I might be able to be more normal. It's a very strange thought, isn't it?"

"Of course it's strange. I can barely understand love, but what the hell is family love?"

“That’s love.”

"Let's talk about family ties," Ito Rin replied. "Let's just do this: from now on, you call me brother, and I'll treat you like my sister."

"I used to be moved, but now it's too late." Ruoye Mu said softly, "But brother, I don't like my current sister-in-law."

Her voice was light and her tone was playful, just like a girl next door acting coquettishly.

"You have to like her even if you don't like her." Ito Rin stood up and stretched her arms. "And as long as I like her, that's enough."

Wakaba Mu looked at his back.

"Do you really like her? Wasn't it during that cultural festival where you were forced to accept her public confession? Strictly speaking, you two aren't that familiar with each other. There must be many people pursuing her like she does."

"Don't talk nonsense." Ito Rin denied it flatly, "I like Soyo the most."

"What about me?" She tilted her head.

"I like it too, but I like it like a younger sister."

"I see, you cunning man." She nodded. "Where are Ijichi Hongka and Yamada Ryo?"

"We're just teammates!"

The seabirds were startled and flew into the sky. The reeds around them swayed. Ruo Yemu covered his mouth with his hands and laughed so hard that his body shook.

The sun was about to set, and the two people bathed in the sunlight turned and walked towards the avenue.

……

He did not choose to escape. In the car that took her back to the hotel, Ruo Yemu leaned on his arm and fell asleep.

Fortunately, Nagasaki Suyo did not appear near them out of nowhere.

……

When he returned to the hotel where Shimokitazawa High School was staying, he was exhausted and just wanted to lie down on the bed and sleep.

As a result, even at this time, there are still people who are keen on gossip.

Ito Rin looked at them and said firmly: "Shut up, that's my sister."

"Damn it, here you go." Nagasaki Hiroshi's face was full of anger, and he took out a 100-yen coin and handed it to Ando Takao.

"See, I knew it. All bad guys would describe girls as their sisters, but... aren't you an only child? Where did your sisters come from?" Ando Takao took the money contentedly, looked at the 'corpse' lying on the bed, and asked enthusiastically.

"That's true, but she's also my sister. Get lost."

"Since you make money for me, I won't bother you anymore. If another girl comes to see you, should I wake you up?"

"No, just be quiet." His face was buried in the pillow, and his tone was dull.

The noises around were getting quieter and quieter. Ito Rin, who had been busy since last night, finally had a good rest.

When I woke up again, it was completely dark outside. Many classmates had returned to the room and were busy playing cards and eating.

So if you just imagine how bad the smell in the house was at that time, you will know how bad it was.

He picked up the phone with lifeless eyes. Nagasaki Suyo didn't contact him, but there were a lot of messages from his mother.

【The scenery is beautiful.】

【The King of Kyoto is too stupid.】

[That's not right. Who is the girl you photographed? ]

[Wait, who filmed the video for you! ]

It seems that his mother has the potential to become a detective, and she can actually figure out the problem step by step.

After thinking about it, he decided that adding another member to the Ito family without permission might be unacceptable, so he decided to just tell a white lie.

[My classmate, pretty, right?]

Almost at the same time, the message came.

【Not as good as Xiao Hongxia】

"..."

It seems that for mothers, Senior Hongxia is definitely the best one.

After chatting with her for a few sentences, when he logged out, he looked at the lit avatars and thought about the complicated relationships behind them. His head began to ache uncontrollably.

This world is so strange. It is always keen to add a bit of marriage to a young man who sticks to the ideal of pure love.

Well, it's all the fault of that broken system.

He put on his coat and went out to eat.

Volume 2: Chapter 89: Son-in-law

At ten o'clock in the evening, the streets were no longer bustling.

Nagasaki Hiro, who followed him out, chattered non-stop. Ito Rin, who was still thinking about where to eat in the evening, looked at them and spoke in confusion.

"What are you doing out here?"

"Let's eat." Takao Ando said after finally putting away the game console.

"You guys... forget it, just follow me." Ito Rin was too lazy to talk.

The three of them walked a few steps and met Hong Xia and Yamada Ryo who had returned from outside.

Ito Rin was rarely at a loss, and Nagasaki Hiro poked his arm and glared at him.

Hongxia saw them

The smiles on the faces of the three people, mainly Ito Rin who was in the front, gradually disappeared.

Ito Rin stepped forward and asked, "Senior, are you back just now?"