Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

Let the song travel through time and space, and let the memory be engraved in the sunshine.

"I'm so powerless. I'm so powerless."

And she was crying in the light.

"Even with this feeble song, I still want to save you!"

"I want to save you..."

Until the sunshine that has continued until now ends before the last dark cloud.

It was as if a timid girl raised her head and looked at her with the same nervous eyes as when they first met.

As if to say——

'This time, it's my turn to reach out to you.'

Chapter 128 of Lost Stars: Summer Time Records: Chapter Please Never Let Go

After the last note, the lights went out completely.

Then, with a snap, ordinary lights came on, and the four performers on the stage came into view. Thunderous applause and cheers rang out in the performance hall.

Gao Songdeng seemed still not used to such a loud volume. She shrank her shoulders and waited until the decibel level dropped a little before she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

The drooping body looked as if an invisible curtain had been lowered. The hysterical lead singer was no longer on the stage where the "performance was over". There was only a girl holding the microphone carefully, looking up at the audience below like a small animal.

Nagasaki Suyo finally felt relieved when she saw the figure return to its familiar appearance.

She knew that the lights would look very different when they were in the right state, but the emotional expression she had just shown was beyond any previous practice - maybe she was the type who could only show her strength after she was on stage?

According to the rehearsal schedule, it is now the lead singer's emcee time.

Everyone knew it was a difficult task to have this girl, who was even less articulate than Wakaba Mu, serve as the emcee. However, there was no other way; she was the lead singer, after all, so Su Shi had previously warned her to simply introduce the songs and members.

This short time was just enough for Su Shi to get some water and remind her to replenish her water before the next song.

So Su Shi prepared to take off her bass and go get her a water bottle.

"Thank you for coming today."

“…….” Su Shi stopped halfway.

Through the light, you can notice that she has an earnest expression on her face, staring somewhere in the audience.

Su Shi followed the girl's gaze and immediately saw the tall figure he was so familiar with. Then he saw his hand resting on a young girl's shoulder...

"At that time, I didn't sing well. I disappointed everyone."

"————."

Su Shi paused and turned his gaze back to the gray-haired girl beside him who seemed extremely fragile.

“…I feel so bad, so bad.”

"I think it would be better if it wasn't someone like me."

She clutched the microphone tightly, her pale, thin hands showing arched tendons and joints.

Her expression was calm, but her voice was far from calm, as if there was another her hidden in the deepest part of her throat, forcing her to desperately use her lips and teeth to suppress the screams that resounded through her chest.

"I'm thinking, I'm never going to form a band again..."

She closed her eyes tightly, and her small body trembled slightly, as if she could no longer hold on.

"...Today, I've been feeling very scared too."

"But when I saw you, I felt encouraged by you."

"Maybe it wouldn't matter even if it was me. Maybe..."

She said no more.

It seemed that, since that last spring rain, the water drops that had been continuously falling in her heart could no longer be stored by her weak heart, and could only turn into sounds, songs, climb up her throat, and form sobs.

"……but."

The girl suddenly looked up.

"—'Please don't give up.'"

It was as if a breeze was blowing her hair.

And Su Shi smiled at her quietly.

"—'Always with you'."

It was as if a flame was ignited in my heart.

Li Xi stared at her back in a daze.

“…Everyone, said that to me.”

“So, even if I lose my way, I still want to keep working hard to move forward…”

She took a deep breath.

finally--

The endless night is coming to an end, and the extinguished sun is peeking out from the horizon.

And the star of hope that guided her was no longer hanging far away in the sky at this moment, but was heading towards the dawn from the small spark in her heart.

“————All I can do is sing with all my might!!”

She held the microphone and shouted loudly.

"Because, my song..."

"Yes, the 'inner cry'!!"

The melodious and lingering melody sounded almost at the same moment.

...Shoko Toyokawa opened her eyes wide.

The green-haired girl, who had always stood quietly at the edge of the stage like a puppet, also raised her eyes silently at this moment.

The girl plucked the strings lightly, performing a melody that Xiangzi was very familiar with with a completely different timbre.

Xiangzi's fingers trembled unconsciously, but at this time Wakaba Mu had slowly closed his eyes - the piano melody echoing in the girl's mind was gradually influenced by the equally smooth guitar sound.

Xiangzi silently cast his gaze towards the girl surrounded by light in the center of the stage.

"Haggard heart, trembling eyes"

"I'm all alone in this world..."

Layer upon layer of familiar yet unfamiliar melodies, just as Xiangzi had originally designed, pushed the singing of this girl, who was always extremely withdrawn and timid, yet also extremely sensitive and emotionally rich, to the highest peak.

Now there is no longer her own piano in this music, but she has accomplished what she was unable to do before.

"A spring that knows only withering"

"Every year, I am treated coldly..."

—No. It's not like that.

Toyokawa Shoko smiled quietly.

The clenched fist lost its strength little by little and slowly loosened.

……

In the darkness, walking forward alone.

"Why, choose me?"

Just, just writing some random words.

Even though I know that expecting is futile——

"You wrote the lyrics, so it would be better if you sang it yourself."

"Because the lyrics of 'Light' are a cry from the heart."

Still going on, seeking redemption.

……

Heart-wrenching yet endearing——

"I really want to be human!"

Now, I seem to understand.

"You can yell whatever you want here."

Happy yet confused—

'Come on, let's shout together!'

……

“I couldn’t cry that day!”

The gray-haired girl held out her hand high.

Towards the sky, towards the light, towards the sun that has already gone out.

“There’s light—”

"Take me with you gently!"

There was no longer even the slightest flicker in the girl's eyes.

It was as if the scorching sun had ignited the fire in my heart at some point in the spring, and was desperately preserved in the ice and rain of June.

And then, finally...

The sky turns blue after the rain, spring goes and summer arrives.

"Through the layers of clouds, shining and bright"

"Inner thoughts overflow"

"When I came to my senses, my cheeks were shining."

"Hot, hot wet face..."

The girl clenched her open palm into a fist towards a certain girl.

She couldn't catch the petals flying in the air that spring day. But if it were you——

"Why are your palms so warm?"

"Hey, please."

"Please never let go from now on..."

Always, always...

Never, ever let go!

……

……

The reverberation still echoed in the speakers.

Shoko Toyokawa just held her breath and looked up at the girl who stretched out her hand in the light.

He looked up at the extremely withdrawn, timid girl, who seemed to be crushed by the darkness just by standing on the stage. He saw her fist stretched straight out towards him.

Waiting for her to respond to this belated invitation——

Lost Star Chapter 1 Summer Record: The Finale Blooms in the Mud

At the end of the song, the audience was once again filled with deafening cheers.

The noisy crowd could not block my eyes, and the dense cheers could not block my ears.

The girl was breathing heavily, but her eyes, sparkling with starlight, never left her body for a moment.

She clenched her fists so tightly that even from a distance one could see her fingers were almost twisted, and her nails might have pierced her palms even earlier.