I'm not a womanizer for Chihaya Aine

Qing has figured it out. Instead of explaining it with pale words now, it would be better to be close to Aine as usual in the days to come... No, even closer than before, and use her actions to tell Aine that she doesn't care about what happened today, nor does she care about what Aine did to her.

But when he turned around, his hand, which still had the warmth left in Aine's palm, subconsciously clenched in the air, but he could only grab the air that he couldn't take away, and he felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

Maybe, I like Aine more than I thought.

……

After returning home, Aiyin returned to her room in a depressed mood. After putting down her piano bag, she lay on the bed and became dazed. She did not cry, nor did she vent her emotions in this space that she was most familiar with. She was just thinking, thinking about the relationship between her and Qing.

This is exactly what Qing expected, hoping that Aine would seriously re-examine their relationship, but now that this situation has really happened in reality, both Qing and Aine have become unhappy.

There was a knock at the door, but Aine ignored it. After a while, the door was opened and Mrs. Chihaya walked in.

Mrs. Chihaya looked at the piano case casually placed against the wall, with no sign of being opened, and then walked to Aine's bed and asked, "Aine, why do you look so unhappy? Did practice not go well?"

Aiyin's thoughts were interrupted. She slowly raised her head and looked at her mother. She was still not very interested and answered weakly, "No, it went smoothly."

"Then why do you look so dejected?"

"Is it so obvious..."

Aiyin subconsciously touched her face, then stood up and picked up her bag, taking out a pencil and some draft paper from it, "I'm fine. I'm going to draw a design draft. Mom, you can leave if you're fine."

Mrs. Chihaya tilted her head. Based on her understanding of her daughter, if the practice went well, Aine would normally be unable to resist showing off. Moreover, Aine shouldn't act so nonchalant about drawing the design. Something must have gone wrong.

However, the educational policy of Chihaya's family still attaches great importance to children's independent opinions. Aine did not take the initiative to ask her for help, and Mrs. Chihaya would not interfere too much in Aine's affairs, so she left with doubts.

……

Late at night, listening to the sound of raindrops hitting the eaves outside the window, Qing opened his eyes in the quilt.

She couldn't sleep, she couldn't sleep at all. As soon as she closed her eyes, she thought of the scenes of her and Aine getting along these days, and Aine's expression when she begged her today.

"The rain is too loud..." Qing attributed the reason why he couldn't fall asleep to the sound of raindrops, which he usually treated as white noise. It seemed that just by doing this, he could give himself a reason to complain about his irritable mood.

"Forget it. I can't sleep anyway, so I might as well get up and work."

Qing got up from the bed, turned on the dim light, and sat in front of the computer to continue composing music.

Years of work experience have made work a part of Qing’s life. As long as there is a job, there will be no random thoughts, and as long as there is a work-life habit, one can settle down.

I once had the experience of my life falling into chaos after I quit my job. My daily routine was completely messed up. I felt I didn’t get enough rest even though I didn’t do anything. My health was getting worse and worse. Then I found a new job and all my problems were solved at once.

"It seems that the vacation is too long. Without the constraints of work and study, I suffer from insomnia again."

Qing murmured to himself, there is always a reason, but it will never be because of someone.

Qing put on headphones and began to compose music seriously. Time passed slowly. Dark clouds obscured the slowly rising sun, and the brightness did not change significantly. As a result, Qing did not notice the change of time at all, nor did he notice whether his nerves, which had been tense for a long time since he came to this world, could continue to force himself to stay up all night.

104

Chapter 104: Late, worried, and drowsy.

It rained all night and did not stop in the early morning. The rainy season in late spring and early summer came without warning. Although the rainfall was not enough to cause any accidents, it still caused trouble for those who wanted to go out.

The rain did not quiet down the bustling and noisy Tokyo. The streets of Ikebukuro were still crowded with people, but everyone had an umbrella on their heads. The umbrellas were rubbing against each other in the crowded crowd, making the already crowded crowd even more difficult to move.

There was a pink translucent umbrella in the crowd, which was also moving slowly along with the others. The owner of the umbrella was a girl with long cherry pink hair, which was similar in color to the umbrella. The girl was carrying a huge gigolo bag, a bag for a camera hanging on her chest, and a lady's bag on her waist that she usually used when going out.

Aiyin walked on the sidewalk with difficulty. The rain falling from the sky, the crowds of people moving slowly forward, the slippery road with puddles from time to time, the weight on her back, and her depressed mood like the gloomy sky, everything was hindering her from reaching her destination and meeting up with her companions.

It was too late. Aiyin was not a person who was not punctual, and it was not her intention to be late today. Who asked for that to happen between her and Qing yesterday? As a result, they had to practice together today.

Aine still doesn't know how to face Qing. If she continues to be as intimate with Qing without any sense of boundaries as before, will Qing feel disgusted?

Aine was so conflicted that she suddenly didn’t want to practice that much, especially when she thought about the awkward situation of running into Ao if she arrived too early. Aine decided to get to RING on the agreed timeline.

However, Aiyin underestimated the impact of rainy days on travel and how crowded Tokyo was during the holidays, and she was already late while still walking slowly on the streets of Ikebukuro.

While waiting for the traffic light to turn red, Aiyin took out her cell phone from her bag with difficulty, and sure enough, she saw the urging message from the band group.

[Lixi: The scheduled practice time has come, where are you guys? ]

Looking at the questioning text sent by Li Xi, Ai Yin could already imagine Li Xi's angry look. She quickly typed the chat content with one hand, sent the message before the green light came on, and then put the phone back into her bag, without even having time to add emoticons.

【Ain: I’m coming, I’m hurrying, I’ll be there soon! 】

After sending the message, Aine began to think about the wording in Riki's message, "Where are you?" Is there anyone else who is late like Aine? Who could it be?

Finally, they arrived at the RING. After entering the RING, Aine put away her umbrella and quickly walked to the door of the rehearsal room. Aine held the door handle with one hand, took a deep breath, and then slowly pushed the door open.

"Sorry, I'm late! It's a bit inconvenient after the rain. I'll pay attention next time."

After Aiyin entered the room, she apologized to the people inside and explained her reasons.

"Good morning, Aine-chan. Come in, this is a common occurrence."

Su Shi's familiar gentle voice sounded, and she said to Aine who was standing at the door with a familiar gentle smile.

"Good morning, Xiao Ai."

Deng had no intention of blaming Aine at all. Instead, he seemed a little happy about Aine's arrival.

"Good morning, Sushiro-san, Deng Deng... and Rikki."

Aine responded.

Aiyin looked at the last person in the rehearsal room. At this time, Li Xi was sitting on the drum set, frowning and looking at her sideways. She didn't speak at the first time. After everyone else had greeted her, she asked: "Are the others not here yet?"

"Uh... I don't know. I didn't see anyone from the other bands on the way."

Aine answered subconsciously. Aine was a little surprised that Riki didn't get angry with her, but she soon figured out what was going on.

Although Aine was late, she was not the last one, and at least Aine replied to Riki's message, and her apology after arriving was quite sincere. Compared with the other two members who had not arrived yet and had not replied to the message, Aine's situation was not worth getting angry about.

But Aine was more concerned about something else.

"Is Qingqing not here yet?"

Aiyin discovered that Qing was not in the rehearsal room, and she looked around but did not find Qing's bag or guitar bag. Some bad guesses came to Aiyin's mind.

It was Sushi who answered Aine: "Ao and Lenai haven't come yet."

After Su Shi finished speaking, Li Xi took another look at the message and said impatiently: "And these two guys haven't replied yet."

Deng said worriedly: "Did something happen to Xiaoqing and the others?"

The entire rehearsal room fell silent all of a sudden. Su Shi subconsciously turned his head to look out the window. The good sound insulation made it impossible to hear the sound of raindrops falling outside, but the old members of Crychic present all recalled that rainy day.

Su Shi turned around and looked at the people in the rehearsal room, the anxiously waiting Li Xi, the worried and frightened Deng, and the sad Ai Yin who seemed to know something. A familiar feeling made Su Shi feel distressed.

Li Xi seemed to have noticed that there was something wrong with Ai Yin's expression, and she asked in a rather impolite tone: "Hey, do you know something?"

Did Aine know something? She knew, but she also didn’t know because she knew that Ao had a reason for not coming to the practice, but she wasn’t sure if that was the reason why Ao hadn’t come yet.

Even when I was on my way to the joint practice, I was full of random thoughts and hesitation, not to mention Qing. After I did something like that, it was normal for Qing to subconsciously want to temporarily avoid me, right? So today Qing and I had the same idea and didn't want to arrive early, and it was not impossible that he even wanted to skip practice.

So Aiyin chose to play dumb. She touched her hair and said, "I don't know? I guess you have your reasons, right?"

Li Xi looked at Ai Yin's appearance and sighed, saying, "Come here."

Aiyin also put away her thoughts and walked to Lixi's side. Lixi handed Aiyin the tablet, which showed a sheet of music. He said, "This is a new song that has been adapted. You can't practice it for the time being. You should familiarize yourself with it first and play your part."

Li Xi's arrangement was still efficient and time-saving. Without a guitar or harmonica to provide the melody, the song could not be played with bass alone, so they could not rehearse before Aine came.

But even if Aine came, it would be difficult for her to support the melody of the song alone with her guitar skills. She would need another person to complete the performance, so they still couldn't practice together now.

However, in order not to waste this waiting time, Li Xi arranged for Aiyin, who needed practice the most, to practice individually.

Aiyin took the tablet and her first reaction after hearing Li Xi's words was surprise. She exclaimed: "So fast! Did you write a new music score in just one night?"

Lixi didn't say anything. In fact, she almost stayed up until morning to complete the music score, and only took a two-hour nap before coming to RING.

So when the three guitarists in the band were all late, Li Xi was really angry. If she had known that they would have such an attitude towards practice, would she have stayed up all night to finish the music score? If it hadn't been a rainy day in early May and a little cold, Li Xi would have almost fallen asleep waiting.

Then Aine began to look at the score carefully, but found that she didn't understand it, because the score that Li Xi gave her was the band's functional score.

Aiyin asked: "There's nothing on it? No guitar tabs? I don't understand this!"

Li Xi smacked his lips and said, "Aren't there chords written on it? The rest can be played according to the music."

After that, Li Xi sent the song to the group. Ai Yin was a little dumbfounded and asked quickly: "Didn't you have guitar tabs last time? I can't practice like this!"

Li Xi lowered his head slightly, and said in a tough tone: "It's too late to write, so just read it."

At this time, Su Shi came forward and proposed a compromise plan: "Xiao Lixi, can't you write a copy on your tablet?"

Li Xi refuted mercilessly: "No! And this guy should make some progress. The last guitar score was not written by me. I just made some corrections."

Aiyin was stunned when she heard this and asked, "What do you mean? If you said it wasn't written by you, then who wrote it?"

Li Xi seemed to remember that the guy who wrote the guitar tab was late today. He wanted to praise him a little, but his mood suddenly sank. He said unhappily: "It was written by Qing. She said that she wanted to learn music theory while resting her hands, so she volunteered to take on the task of writing the guitar tab. After she finished writing it, she will correct it for me... At least in this matter, you can learn from her."

Obviously, no one except Li Xi and Qing knew about this, so the whole rehearsal room was in amazement. Su Shi subconsciously praised: "It's amazing, this is not easy for a novice, right?"

Deng also nodded in agreement, and seemed a little proud. Aiyin was a little unbelievable, and murmured: "But why didn't Qingqing tell me about this?"

Li Xi thought for a moment and explained: "Maybe it's because I changed the score after receiving it from her, so I changed the guitar score and sent it to the group. If it were according to the normal process, I would send the modified score back, and then she would send it to you, so that would be considered telling you."

Aiyin stayed there in a daze, and began to imagine the scene if she followed the normal process and knew that Qing had worked hard to learn music theory and then sent the guitar score to her, she should be very happy, right?

In Aiyin's opinion, Qing might learn music theory in order to play in a band better in the future, but he took on the job of writing guitar tabs most likely for himself. This is not because Aiyin is too self-conscious, but the Qing that Aiyin knows is so gentle.

Thinking of this, Aiyin felt mixed emotions, was she worthy of such tenderness?

...No, Qing is gentle, so even if Qing wants to avoid me, he shouldn't do it by being late or absent, which would hurt the band.

Aiyin knew very well that Qing was only gentle to the people she cared about, and the band was undoubtedly what Qing cared about. With Qing's gentleness, she would never want to hurt the band. Even if she endured the discomfort in her heart, she would still come to the band practice as usual. So Qing didn't come to practice now, it should not be because of herself, but because something went wrong with Qing.

Aiyin frowned and quickly picked up her phone to check the messages. She found that the messages sent by Lixi and herself not long ago in the group chat showed that the number of people who had read them was 3. Obviously, the two people who had not read them were the two who had not arrived yet. Yesterday, Lixi and Lenai separated from the others and returned to RING again. Lixi invited Lenai to join the band group, but Lenai did not speak.

Seeing that Qing didn't check the message, Aiyin raised her head and asked for confirmation: "Have you all read the message I just sent in the group chat?"

Seeing the other three nodding, Aine also confirmed that Qing had not read the message, and the uneasiness in her heart began to grow. Now Aine would rather Qing didn't come here to avoid her, rather than something really happened.

Aiyin took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, and said to the other three people: "I will try to contact Qingqing."

Li Xi frowned. Whenever she arranged individual practice for Aine, she found excuses to do other things, which made her unhappy. However, she knew that there was no problem with Aine's practice attitude, and it would be better for the band's practice to call Qing over, so she just frowned at Aine and didn't say much.

Aiyin called Qing, but no one answered the phone. Every ring made Aiyin feel more anxious and uneasy. The doubts in her heart gradually grew, and she began to imagine the problems Qing encountered.

The most likely problem that Qing encountered at home was family or personal problems. Aiyin had guessed about Qing's family situation before. It was a family where no one cared even when Qing had a fight with others outside. There was a lack of concern for Qing in daily details, and there was indeed a possibility of problems.

But no one answered the call, which might be because Qing couldn't use her phone, or she didn't have it with her. And before she couldn't use her phone, Qing didn't even have time to tell them about her situation. An emergency? Did she encounter an accident on the road?

As for whether Qing might have simply overslept, Aine ruled out this possibility first. After all, Qing always gave people a very reliable impression, and she was not late for work. Logically, if she had a plan, she should have set the alarm. And if he kept calling her like this, even a pig should have woken up, right?

The more she thought about Aine, the more worried she became about Qing's situation. She clenched her teeth, and the nervousness and uneasiness on her face were clearly visible, which made the other three people in the rehearsal room nervous.

"Xiao Ai, how is it?"

Deng put his hands on his chest and looked at Aine nervously and asked.

"No one answered... I'll go out and look for her!"

Aine answered hurriedly, leaving without even hanging up the phone call.

"Little Love……"

Deng wanted to call out to Ain, but Ain walked out in a daze, as if she didn't hear him.

"Hey, what happened?"

Li Xi tried to yell at Aine to stop her, but she remained unmoved.

Aiyin was about to reach the door and stretched out her hand to grab the door handle, but her hand was suddenly grabbed by another hand. Su Shi had come to Aiyin's side without her knowing.

"Aine-chan, calm down. It's going to be okay."

Su Shi's voice was less gentle than usual, but more serious and earnest. The gentle smile that always hung on his face disappeared, replaced by a serious look.

"But, I can't contact Qingqing..."

Aine's voice became high-pitched due to her excitement, but she was quickly interrupted by Sushi's calm voice.

"How are you going to find her? Are you going to go directly to her house? Do you know where she lives? Everyone outside is holding an umbrella, so how are you going to find her?"

Aine calmed down after being asked a series of questions.

"…I'm sorry, I lost my composure just now."

Aine took a deep breath and apologized.

If it were any other time, Aiyin wouldn't be so impulsive. The main reason is that now Aiyin feels that she has done something wrong and wants to atone for her sins towards Qing, which makes her want to do something for Qing regardless of anything.

Su Shi's voice became gentle again. She turned her head to look at the rain outside and said softly, "Let's just wait here. We all understand your feelings, the feeling of being able to do nothing but wait."