Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

"My phone just happened to be broken, so I can't text you back."

"..."

Nagasaki Suyo said nothing.

Zhe Li was puzzled and was about to look up at her.

But he only saw the girl slowly approaching him one step, stretching out her white jade-like arm——

Remove the branches and leaves that are stuck to the hem of his clothes.

“…Really.”

The girl brushed the dust off the other person's clothes and murmured:

"Why are you in such a hurry? I'm not going to run away."

"Oh, oh..." The man was a little stunned for a moment.

The girl first cleaned the dirt, smoothed out the wrinkles, and stood on tiptoe to straighten his collar. Finally, she stepped back half a step, looked at the man in front of her, and then smiled with satisfaction.

Baodeng Zheli just stood there quietly, letting her do all of this.

After a long while, Nagasaki Motoyo tilted her head slightly and asked, "Aren't you leaving?"

"Sorry." Baodeng Zheli said again.

The girl put her hands on her hips and snorted, "Why do you keep apologizing? I'm not angry."

"I was the one who broke the promise first, so of course I have to apologize," he said.

“…….” The girl’s smile faded slightly.

She looked deeply into the eyes of the man in front of her.

"But, you came anyway. So it's okay."

——Because no matter how many times, I will keep waiting.

"……Yeah."

Baodeng Zheli also looked quietly at those eyes as big as the sky.

It is so bright that it seems to contain tiny stars.

More brilliant than anyone else, more brilliant than ever before.

"—Then I won't run away either."

His voice was soft and gentle, yet as solid and calm as ever.

The girl suddenly raised her face.

But he saw that Baodeng Zheli was just smiling slightly; there was some amusement in his expression, but not at all frivolous.

"No matter how long it takes, as long as you are willing to wait, I will come back."

"...How's that? This apology is quite sincere, isn't it?"

and.

Nagasaki Suyo stared at him blankly for a long time.

Wait until the wind blows away the dark clouds and wait until the sun drives away the stars.

Until the rain that was hidden deep in my heart finally disappeared in the voice that could warm the whole world.

She finally whispered:

"I'm serious, huh...?"

"Then take it seriously."

The man raised his eyebrows, imitated the girl's behavior not long ago, put his hands on his hips and hummed:

"It's true anyway."

"..."

The girl looked at him like this and wanted to laugh at him, but her red lips trembled for only a moment and she suddenly couldn't control herself.

She tried hard to suppress the unintentional curl of her lips, and uttered words of defeat in frustration:

"...You're really good at making girls happy."

"Only you would be happy like this."

“I’m not happy…”

"Then I hope you'll be happy."

“…….” “…….”

The chuckling man and the girl with raised eyebrows looked at each other in silence.

Until the girl's pretended angry expression was finally completely melted by the overflowing joy.

She turned around, leaving the man with a brisk back view.

"...Okay! Stop rambling and let's go! We have a lot of shopping to do today, 'Brother'!"

"Wow, still pulling? Su Shi, you're so strong."

"I don't understand what you're saying~!"

"..."

Spring days tell of emotions, and the breeze whispers secrets.

And she just wants to walk through all four seasons with her knight in this intoxicating fragrance.

Lost Star Chapter 25 Summer Time Record: Chapter Chase

Saturday.

Tsuki no Mori Girls' Academy.

Long, melodious notes lingered in the huge auditorium.

Paul Brown, in his 2000 book, A New History of the Double Bass, noted: "In sacred music, the double bass naturally serves as an ornament, in choral music it is crucial, and in Italian opera, accompanying arias, it achieves one of its most impressive effects, greatly complementing the singer's dramatic music."

This description seems to be able to perfectly describe the role that Nagasaki Motoyo plays in the wind band.

Her piano music enriched the chords and stabilized the rhythm.

Her presence itself gives the younger members of the wind band club the confidence to perform on stage with peace of mind.

This elegant senior always has a smile on her face and is always willing to patiently answer questions and provide support to others. At the same time, she is as inconspicuous as her piano playing, and you will only realize that she is always by your side when you need her.

At the annual Tsuki no Mori Music Festival, Nagasaki Suyo, as usual, pressed the strings, pulled the bow, and filled the bass part with mechanical precision.

She played song after song, until the melody fell silent amid the applause and the bow was buried back into the violin case with the sound of the crowd leaving, she remained calm and composed, with a quiet smile on her face.

Incredibly elegant.

Also extremely alienated.

……

Nagasaki Suyo slowly walked out of the auditorium carrying a music stand.

Beneath the girl's calm expression, she hides an anxious heart.

——Today is the performance day of Bao Deng Zeli in RiNG.

Rather than this meaningless music festival that she could miss this year, she would still be able to attend next year. She wanted to drop everything immediately and rush to the live house in Ikebukuro to see the performance of one of the people she cared about the most.

In fact, she had even prepared all the materials for applying for leave.

but.

"That's the annual grand event of the wind band, right? As a senior third-year student, you can't run away from it."

When Hoto Okuri honestly asked Suyo in Nagasaki to take a leave to watch his performance, he said this to Suyo:

"Although I won't be there, I will find a way to see your performance. This may be the only chance in my life to see you play the violin on stage! Xiao Sushi, can you really bear to let me miss it?"

The overly exaggerated performance made Nagasaki Suyo just laugh out loud.

But Su Shi believed that this man would do anything he promised.

and so……

No matter how annoyed or anxious she was, Su Shi still came to school and diligently completed her work.

I just thought that I should at least let that person see my most perfect performance.

"Huh." Outside the auditorium, she subconsciously stopped and breathed a sigh of relief.

I'm still a little nervous.

...All this time, I was just playing the role of a "reliable member."

Although her mother even bought a double bass at home for her to practice on her own after school, she knew that she had only put in the "necessary level of effort" from beginning to end and it was not "perfect" at all.

How can I possibly give a "perfect performance" when I'm like this?

However, if it were that person, he would just keep praising her.

Saying things like you've tried your best.

Then he maliciously admired her cheeks that turned red with shame, and then did not hesitate to pierce through her defenses -

At this moment.

"Shigasaki-san?"

A voice as clear as running water called her back from her own world.

Su Shi turned around and looked.

The person who came was a girl with blue hair tied in twin tails.

She asked hesitantly, "Nagasaki Suyo-san?"

...Who are you?

Nagasaki Suyo even wanted to show a look of disgust at the first moment.

The dream, I mean imagination, uh, I mean the expected scene was just beautiful, but suddenly a woman of unknown origin suddenly appeared? This made Xiao Sushi's mood suddenly become very bad.

Fortunately, the facial expressions that had been honed over a long period of time in the magical realm called Moon Forest did not betray her.

She gave a polite smile. "Yes, I am. Excuse me?"

"I'm Shoko Toyokawa from Class C. I'd like to ask you something—"

The strange girl suddenly smiled widely.

"Are you interested in forming a band?"

"……Eh?"

In the corridor outside the auditorium, the floor-to-ceiling windows are casting yellow sunlight.

That smile is deeply imprinted in this moment.

Was it confidence? Was it hope? Or was it something called courage that Nagasaki Suyo lacked?

A smile as bright as the sun, a calmness that seemed to show no belief in failure, and the gesture of extending his hand without hesitation even to such a woman...

It's like, a carbon copy of someone.

If he met a girl like this...

Just staring at the girl in front of me, I suddenly felt a little breathless.

——Buzz, buzz.

Nagasaki Suyo was a little at a loss when a vibration in her skirt pocket woke her up from her dream.

She looked thankful and apologized to the girl named Toyokawa Shoko, then impatiently took out her phone and clicked on the screen -

"..."

Toyokawa Shoko opened her eyes wide in surprise.