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Deng explained that this was a "letter" she had written to the chairman, a sentiment that couldn't be expressed directly in words but could only be written down on paper. Chihaya Aine looked at the "letter" written by Deng Takamatsu and felt strangely uncomfortable. Of course, she hadn't realized it was a love letter from Deng Takamatsu to Shirakawa Haru, and had assumed it was just a "letter" or a "poem."

Although it is a bit strange, it is not surprising that Deng has such feelings for the chairman.

After all, the chairman is Deng’s first “lifelong” good friend.

Chihaya Aine pondered the reason why Takamatsu Tou wrote this "letter". After Shirakawa Haru took the initiative to become Takamatsu Tou's "lifelong" friend, Takamatsu Tou asked the girls in the band to become "lifelong" friends.

Everyone agreed.

Takamatsu Deng is very happy. She hopes that this band consisting of one boy and five girls will never disband.

Don't be like crychic, which withers before it blooms.

The buds that were originally waiting to bloom turned out to be the flower's last beauty.

As long as she can be with Shirakawa Haruka and her friends in the band forever, she will do anything! She doesn't fight or compete, and doesn't want anyone to leave her.

Because we agreed to be together for a lifetime, so we must be together forever.

Chihaya Aine knew that Shirakawa Haru was the first person to be Takamatsu Tomo's lifelong lover, so she thought that Takamatsu Tomo would have heavy feelings for Shirakawa Haru, which was understandable to her.

Deng is a bit mysterious, and is known as the "Mysterious Girl of Hinomori Academy" together with Goto Ichiri.

But she still felt a little strange watching Shirakawa Haru discussing her debut performance with Shiina Riki. She thought to herself, was she jealous? Jealous that Deng liked the chairman?

Chihaya Aine puffed her cheeks, poked her phone in dissatisfaction, and glanced at Takamatsu Deng's serious face with a warm smile from the heart. Takamatsu Deng's face actually became a little charming because of the expression in his eyes.

Could it be that Deng has fallen in love with the chairman?

It's not the kind of liking for friends, but the kind of liking between men and women. Just like her, it's the kind of liking that makes her admiring Shirakawa Haru.

"Deng, do you like the chairman?" The thought of this possibility made Chihaya Aine's heart surge with some indescribable emotions. Her tone was definitely not calm.

Language is one of the most beautiful things in the world. The same sentence can have different meanings when spoken in different tones. She is implicitly asking Takamatsu Deng whether he really "likes" Shirakawa Haru.

But Takamatsu Deng is a particularly pure girl. Especially after she kissed a boy of the same age, she realized that the relationship between men and women can not only be friends but also lovers. She also realized that her true feelings for Shirakawa Haru were liking, love and admiration, so she didn't understand the subtext of Chihaya Aine's question at all.

"I like it!" Takamatsu Deng answered Chihaya Aine's question without thinking. He pressed down hard with the tip of his finger holding the pencil, and only when the tip of the pencil broke did he realize what he had just said.

What a direct answer. Chihaya Aine thought that since she could answer such a question without changing her expression, it was possible that Deng really didn't have that kind of feelings for the chairman...

In fact, even if Deng had such feelings, Chihaya Aine could accept it.

After all, the chairman is so outstanding, his abilities are needless to say. Chihaya Aine has heard many stories about the chairman from the student union. No matter whether they are seniors in the high school student union or juniors in the junior high school and even elementary school, as long as they know the chairman, there is no one who does not praise him.

Moreover, the chairman has red lips and white teeth, and a pair of charming and affectionate fox eyes. It is said that when he smiles, it is like cherry blossoms falling on a clear ditch and causing ripples. His black hair is slightly curly and he has a well-proportioned figure. Even if you don't talk about his moral character, many people will fall in love with him unconditionally just by looking at his appearance.

The chairman also took good care of Deng.

To be precise, the chairman is very caring towards the girls in the band, even to the point of doting.

Chihaya Aine's mouth corners curled up into a smile, with her fangs slightly protruding from her plump lips. She thought that even if all the girls in the band fell in love with the chairman, this kind of thing would not be impossible.

However, love is selfish, and love is also sacred and inviolable.

A boy can only fall in love with one girl in a relationship, and that girl will be her, Chihaya Aine. She thought it must be her, and only her.

"I see. I like the chairman just like Deng." Chihaya Aine showed Takamatsu Deng the photos in her phone album.

"I know." Gao Songdeng lowered his head deeply.

Looking at Takamatsu Deng, she wondered if she could understand the meaning of her words, but... Chihaya Aine suddenly felt a little guilty, wondering if she shouldn't have tested Deng like this.

She actually didn't mind that Takamatsu Deng also liked Shirakawa Haru, but she didn't want Takamatsu Deng to lie to her and say that she didn't like him.

Deng knows that she likes the chairman, but maybe even if she does, she won’t tell me, Chihaya Aine thought.

Even if I like someone, I will say I don’t like him/her for my own sake.

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"Shirakawa Haru, you seem very busy these days? You've been coming to the rehearsal room less and less often." Shiina Riki took out her phone. The panda on the phone was hanging in the air, shaking continuously as Shiina Riki tapped the screen. She opened the calendar and showed it to Shirakawa Haru. Several days were circled in red. "These are the days you were absent from rehearsal. I say, do you want to come to the rehearsal next Saturday evening?"

"Rehearsal next Saturday evening... Sorry, I have my own things to do." Shirakawa Haru looked at the days marked in red and refused.

He wanted to come, but that was the day the band was wrapping up their debut performance.

Last week, the band passed the test of Ijichi Star Song and held their first performance. Their debut performance will be held in two weeks.

This was a date set long ago.

Shirakawa Haru didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, because it would rain for the next half month.

It would be fine if the rain was light, but if it rained heavily... no one would buy a ticket to be a spectator.

Not to mention that Ijichi Star Song's Live House is underground and water might flood in.

"What do you want to do? You've been absent from rehearsals. Are you still a member of our band?" Shiina Riki's eyebrows furrowed when he heard this, and then he said to Shirakawa Haru mercilessly, "This sheet music in our hands was written by you and me together. At this point, you still want to escape?"

Shiina Riki wanted Shirakawa Haru to rehearse with her. She discovered this a few days ago: as long as Shirakawa Haru was in the rehearsal room, the band would be in very good shape that day, even she would be the only one.

This was not without warning.

She was at home, and after turning off the lights, she looked at the panda doll on the table more and more often. This was a sign.

Therefore, she hoped that Shirakawa Haru could stay with her and them more in the rehearsal room.

"No, I really want to join the rehearsal. But I have my own things to do," said Shirakawa Haru.

"What's up?" Shiina Riki's expression finally softened as she looked at Shirakawa Haru's face. She'd always been gentle, just like her sister Maki, but with a hint of cynicism. She knew that if she didn't differentiate herself from Maki's personality, no one would notice that she was outshined in every way. That's why she'd become so serious and earnest. She believed that only by achieving perfection in everything could she compare to her sister.

She thought that if Shirakawa Haru could explain his situation, she would probably be able to understand him.

"I'm going to see a band's debut performance that day," said Shirakawa Haru.

"Huh? Instead of accompanying us to rehearse with your band, you go to watch another band's first performance?" Shiina Riki's tone, which had just softened, immediately became hard again.

Shirakawa Haru, you! Explain all this to me!

Shiina Riki gritted her teeth. She subconsciously compared their band to the band whose debut performance Shirakawa Haru was about to see, and then compared their band's drummer to herself.

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"So the reason why the chairman didn't come to our rehearsal one day last week was because he wanted to attend another band's rehearsal? And his rejection of Rikki's request to rehearse together was also related to that band. He wanted to watch their debut performance?" Chihaya Aine walked to Shirakawa Haru and slapped the desk. Her aggressive look scared Takamatsu Deng who was beside her.

Takamatsu Deng's pencil rolled to the ground. After picking it up, she saw that Chihaya Aine, Shiina Tatsuki, Nagasaki Suyo and even Kaname Rakuna were all there, surrounding Shirakawa Haru.

"What's wrong?" Shirakawa Haru looked a little surprised and confused. "Just like everyone in the band sometimes can't attend rehearsals because of their own things, I'm the same."

"No, no, Chairman, I don't mean to blame you. What I want to say is, why do you think other bands are more important than ours?" Chihaya Aine looked directly into Shirakawa Haru's beautiful eyes, her throat moved slightly, and she swallowed.

I have to say that it does take a certain amount of courage to stand in front of Shirakawa Haru and look him in the eye. His natural aura of a superior always reveals itself unconsciously, and his indifferent, unconcerned eyes put even more pressure on people.

"Because they are also my friends." Shirakawa Haru said, "Goto is the guitarist of that band. She is Goto Ichiri, the girl sitting next to me who has pink hair like you." He described it in detail.

"Goto-san! Ever since I enrolled in Hinomori Academy and joined the band, I've been trying to improve my guitar skills every day. Every day, I'm either watching instructional videos or watching others play guitar... Goto-san, I don't really know that much about her. She's not very talkative either." Chihaya Aine's mind flashed with an image of an "incredible girl" with a gloomy expression, who seemed to be able to pull out a guitar at any time and had all kinds of band fashion items pinned to her backpack. "No wonder she's been so secretive lately. I don't know what she's been busy with, and she keeps asking the chairman questions like 'next time' and 'when'."

Chihaya Aine's eyes flickered. The person she had the best relationship with in the class was the chairman, followed by Takamatsu Touma, and then the classmates around her. Although in her eyes Goto Ichiri also belonged to the chairman's small circle, she didn't pay much attention to him.

"After the school festival of Hinomori Academy, Goto joined the Ending Band and became the band's guitarist. In addition to Goto, the Ending Band also has a drummer, a bassist, and a guitar vocalist." Takamatsu Deng walked slowly towards them, holding a notebook.

"Deng, do you know about the end of the band and Goto-san?" Chihaya Aiyin glanced at Takamatsu Deng.

"Yeah... Yeah, I know." Takamatsu Deng lowered her head because she found that all the girls present were staring at her. "During class, Goto told me about this on a note..."

"Why didn't Deng tell me earlier? If I had known earlier, I would have found a way to go there with the chairman and keep a good look at him. The End Band, like ours, is a band formed entirely by girls. Who knows if the chairman will have any bad thoughts when he is with them." Chihaya Aine was bold for once and dared to directly make fun of him in front of Shirakawa Haru. However, she knew that Shirakawa Haru liked her and would not care. She straightened her chest, and her slightly bulging chest made a pair of small hills on the Hinomori Academy uniform.

"Well... I don't think this is... a big deal." Takamatsu Deng hid behind Shirakawa Haru, only showing the upper half of his face to look at Chihaya Aine.

But this is very important!

Chihaya Aine puffed up her cheeks and wondered what she would do if someone in the band fell in love with her chairman after they ended.

This is not impossible.

Although she currently has a big advantage in the progress of conquering the chairman, she has not yet conquered the chairman!

"I'm... I'm sorry, Aine." Takamatsu Deng held the notebook in both hands and let it fall on her lower abdomen. She didn't tell Chihaya Aine because she had her own selfish motives: she originally planned to tell Chihaya Aine, but ever since a certain cooking class, she had vaguely felt some "hostility" towards Chihaya Aine.

She thought to herself, she knew about Shirakawa Haru but Chihaya Aine didn't. Does this mean that she knows Shirakawa Haru better than Chihaya Aine?

It's like the competition between children, groundless, pure, and sincere.

"That's enough, you bastard. Stop dragging Deng into the matter between you and Shirakawa Haru." Shiina Riki looked at Chihaya Aine's somewhat aggressive attitude towards Deng and couldn't help but speak up to defend Deng, "You like Shirakawa Haru, but Deng doesn't like him."

As soon as Shiina Riki finished speaking, the entire rehearsal room fell into a mysterious silence.

Shiina Ritsuki suddenly realized that this was the first time she had made Chihaya Aine's feelings for Shirakawa Haru known to the public.

Everything was tacit before.

After all, Chihaya Aine's feelings are so passionate, and many seemingly insignificant actions that can be done between girls and girls' groups will take on new meanings once the target of implementation is changed to boys.

In other words, the girls in the band all knew that Chihaya Aine liked Shirakawa Haru.

"I'm sorry, Deng." After Chihaya Aine came to her senses, she immediately took Takamatsu Deng's hand and apologized to her.

Shirakawa Haru remained silent, adjusting and altering the new music sheet that Shiina Riki had handed him. He had no experience dealing with this kind of situation.

He was like the girl in the play who was a bit dull and was teased by other students in the class, saying that he and so-and-so were in love.

"Haru, are there people like me in that band called The End? Are they fun? Are they fun, or am I more fun? Do you want to play with me?" Kaname Rana squeezed out from between Nagasaki Suyo and Shiina Tatsuki, staring at Shirakawa Haru's face with a pair of beautiful starry eyes of different colors. Her eyes were like autumn water, her spirit was clear, and she looked lively.

"Lena?" Shirakawa Haru, who was not very good at dealing with girls, seemed extremely stunned after hearing Lena's jaw-dropping words.

"Qing, besides us, you actually have a band outside. You even support another band. For them, you gave up us." Yao Lenai leaned close to Shirakawa Qing, raised her nose and gently sniffed some unknown smell, and opened her eyes after a few seconds.

"As expected, she smells like some other girl I don't know. I'm a little angry and don't want to play with you anymore." Yao Lenai ran back to the corner and fiddled with the refrigerator on the suitcase.

"..."

"I think Shirakawa-kun needs to talk to me about this matter." Nagasaki Suyo's pair of soft hands touched each other, and the cinnamon-colored nail polish seemed to be flowing slowly under the lights in the rehearsal room.

Are you kidding me? Why is Shirakawa-kun so attractive to girls?

Now in front of her is a group of super beauties with different personalities and all shapes and sizes, but somewhere she doesn’t know, there is another group!

"Okay." Shirakawa Haru talked for a while about the current situation of the band with the girls in the band present.

"In short," Shiina Riki said unhappily, "You have to regard us as more important than them." When she said this, Shiina Riki's tone fluctuated obviously, but she quickly controlled her emotions.

Young Mu Ai, perhaps even Shiina Riki himself didn't realize when he developed some different feelings for Shirakawa Haru, but they were very light and subtle. "What is life like? It should be like a flying wild goose stepping on the snowy mud. Occasionally leaving its fingerprints on the mud, the wild goose flies away without a trace of east or west." It was like a dream that ended without a trace.

It could be when Shirakawa Haru jumped from the tree into the classroom, it could be when he threw the panda doll at her, or it could be when she looked at Shirakawa Haru's clean and pretty profile while sitting in the shadow under the overpass in a taxi.

Even someone like Shiina Riki, who appears to have a slightly strong personality, has to admit that she did receive a lot of care from Shirakawa Haru.

Therefore, it is normal to pay a little extra attention to the boys around you who are good-looking, capable, and have good personalities.

"That's terrible!" Shiina Riki said, "It's a shame, but since you have your own things to do, Shirakawa Haru, just follow your own plans. But I have to remind you that our band's debut performance is coming up soon. You have to focus on us."

"I will." Shirakawa Haru showed the printed music scores to Shiina Ritsuki, "These are the scores you created before. Some of them were adopted by you, and some were discarded. I printed them all out."

The A3-sized sheet of music was densely covered with traces of these modifications. Some scores had only a few alterations, transforming the entire piece into a whole new look, while others had been altered beyond recognition.

"I've been keeping a good record of every piece Shiina-san creates, and I try to revise and re-arrange it. It's not just Aine and Touma, I'm also keeping an eye on Shiina-san. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come directly to school to see you last time," Shirakawa Haru said. "Shiina-san, composing music must be incredibly hard work. If you don't get some rest, you'll be getting dark circles under your eyes. As the band's amateur manager, my simplest and most important responsibility is to care about you all."

"Huh... you barely pass. I don't know why you kept these things and even printed them out, but at least your attitude is pretty good." Shiina Ritsuki crossed his arms across his chest, glanced at Shirakawa Haru with half-open eyes, raised his chin, and spoke in a blunt tone, but Takamatsu Deng, who was hiding behind Shirakawa Haru, saw that Shiina Ritsuki's crystal ears were slightly red.

Shiina-san is quite cute.

Baichuan Qing thought silently in his heart.

The last time he went to Hanasakigawa Academy to look for Shiina, he jumped from a tree into the window. At that time, Shiina Riki had a particularly panicked expression.

That day, the expression on Shiina Riki's face seemed too soft.

Shirakawa Haru has reason to believe that this is what Tatsuki Shiina really looks like, or what her background is.

Thinking of this, he chuckled.

"What are you doing? Are you looking for death?" Shiina Riki rolled his eyes at Shirakawa Haru, not knowing what his sudden laughter meant.

"It's nothing, I just think Shiina-san is actually quite cute." Shirakawa Haru said.

"You're so smooth-talking!" Shiina Riki looked away.

Four people in the rehearsal room pricked up their ears, ready to eavesdrop on the conversation between Shirakawa Haru and Shiina Tatsuki. But they were disappointed. Shirakawa Haru said, "Nothing, I just think Shiina-san is actually quite cute." and didn't say anything else.

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"Le Nai, what are you writing?" The rest of the band members had already gone home, and only Shirakawa Haru was still in RING's rehearsal room because Le Nai insisted. "Aren't you going home yet?"