Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

The warmth that suddenly faded was quickly driven away by the slightly cooler air in the room. Zhe Li paused for a moment, and just as he was about to turn around, he heard hurried footsteps. The girl circled around and stood in front of him, staring at him.

Nagasaki Suyo's expression wasn't serious. Her thoughtful eyes made her look like a petty thief weaving an excuse.

"But," she whispered, "I'm always the only one who gets something from you."

"……so?"

Zhe Li had a bad feeling.

And that premonition soon came true——

Nagasaki Suyo flashed an impeccable smile and opened her arms towards Baodeng Zheli.

"So you can act all you want to me all day long!"

"..."

The current time is 11: am.

In Ikebukuro, Tokyo, a 24-year-old man gazed at the girl who seemed to be glowing with divine light.

He half opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment.

"……unnecessary."

"Eh? Why?"

Su Shi shouted these words, but there was only a teasing smile on his face.

Seeing that expression, Zhe Li knew that Su Shi's personality change wasn't caused by hallucinations from eating mushrooms. Reassured, he crossed his arms and said coldly, "It's not proper for an adult to act like a spoiled brat to a middle school student."

So Su Shi put her finger on her chin and tilted her head slightly, as if she knew she was cute.

"I'm fine, huh?"

"I have connections!"

Wow! This is too much for a 24-year-old like me.

The girl raised her eyebrows, turned her head and snorted, "It's a rare opportunity. If you miss it, there won't be a next time, okay?"

"I think such a good opportunity should not belong to me."

"Huh?" Su Shi put her hands on her hips and glared at him. "Do you hate me so much that you want to push me to someone else?"

Zhe Li crossed his arms in front of him and said appraisingly, "The setting of a spoiled girlfriend doesn't suit you."

Then Su Shi nodded thoughtfully and put away his angry expression.

"Which setting do you prefer?"

"……what?"

She tilted her head in thought, "The older sister vibe isn't right, and neither is the tsundere vibe. What else is there?"

Thanks for the invitation, I'm in Ikebukuro. I don't think this is something worth pondering.

Zhe Li carefully observed Su Shi's expression, and after confirming that he saw no shadow in his eyes, he slowly spoke, "If you enjoy it, that's fine... but if you want to do something specifically for me, don't push yourself too hard."

He also tilted his head and smiled as he looked at Su Shi who was thinking and waving his little hands.

"I don't do this for anything."

"..."

Nagasaki Suyo paused.

She stared straight at Baodeng Zheli.

The silence was a bit scorching, and just as Zhe Li was about to say something, he heard her melodious voice, which contained a will that could perhaps be called determination.

"I wasn't joking when I said that just now."

"..."

"I'm actually very uneasy."

The girl folded her hands and gathered the folds of her long skirt in her palms.

The way she hunched her shoulders made her look unexpectedly petite, as if she was about to be crushed by this overly lonely space.

"So, if you keep treating me so gently like this... one day, I'll get used to it and start to think... that this is 'natural'."

The girl put her hand on her chest and seemed to be subconsciously grabbing her clothes.

"I don't want to take your kindness for granted... I want to be that special person."

Su Shi raised his head and smiled faintly.

"I know, I'm just a kid. I can't do anything, and I can't do anything well."

"Even Crychik decided to join because he thought it was the only way I could make you feel like I could do something, that I could make a sparkle in your eyes."

In this empty cafe, the girl was smiling at him.

"I used everyone for my own selfish desires. ...Will you hate me?"

"No." The man shook his head firmly.

"Yeah, I know." She chuckled a few times. "You've said it many, many times before."

The man raised an eyebrow and said in a slightly teasing tone, "Then why are you asking?"

"because……"

The girl suddenly kicked forward.

It was as if I had easily come to someone from a darkness so far away that it was unreachable.

“No matter how many times I hear it, I never get tired of it.”

It was so close, as if as long as I opened my arms, I would fall into his arms without hesitation...

"Because, I like you so much."

"So before you learn to like me, please tolerate my willfulness."

"...Then," Zhe Li asked, "what happens after you learn it?"

The girl couldn't help but curl her lips after hearing this.

"I like this willfulness as well."

"You're really sharp-tongued."

"That's right." Su Shi extended her index finger and pointed at Zhe Li's nose. "So, you have to be a little willful too!"

She smiled widely. "If I ever become annoying again, please tell me so."

The girl put one hand on her waist and pointed at a man with the other. She looked like she was lecturing him, but her smile was so gentle.

"I don't want to be hated by you! But, even more, I don't want to see you fall in love with myself, who I hate."

Baodeng Zheli looked into her bright eyes quietly, with a smile spreading across his face like ink.

How can I hate a girl who can say such words?

Su Shi also chuckled like a fool, and spun around, letting her white skirt flutter in the wind, like a fairy dancing in the light. Her bright eyes looked out the window somewhat absent-mindedly, at the street that was bright in the sky but was far more deserted than the street around him.

"...You know what? I've started to like Crychik, too."

"I can tell."

"Yeah. Not as much as I like you. But, I'm happy..." She opened her hands to the light. She looked at her carefully manicured nails, at her fingertips where calluses were already visible. "I'm learning from you, working hard to achieve something, to protect something. It's really, really happy."

“I know you work hard.”

The girl looked back at the man and pouted in dissatisfaction: "Really, you're praising me again."

"This is what you deserve."

"……real?"

"real."

"Really?" She laughed foolishly. "I feel like I'm one step closer to you."

"You're one step further away from me. I'll have to work harder to catch up with you."

"...Then, come closer to me."

Baodeng Zheli blinked——

Nagasaki Suyo stretched out her hands to him.

The girl's smile was brighter than ever before. It was like a starry night gradually turning into morning, letting all dreams transform into flowers blooming on the ground; just one step forward, and there would be sunshine, birds singing, and the fragrance of flowers.

So Baodeng Zheli just smiled and nodded, then stood up and took a step towards the girl.

And the girl almost ran towards him at the same time, anxious and hurried, making him have to hold her in his arms with cherishment——

It was heavy. Just like the weight of someone's life that he had chosen to shoulder.

...But even so.

He had made up his mind.

Even though I am so ordinary and powerless...

"I will also be your hero."

……

Once again, the girl hugged his neck tightly.

But this time, a slightly red little face filled the field of vision.

It doesn’t matter if you’re lost. It doesn’t matter if you walk slowly.

She smiled brightly.

...Let's move forward together.

Lost Star Chapter 56 Summer Record: Episode "Spring Shadow"

The spring breeze is getting weaker, and the summer heat wave is following.

But the changing seasons seem unable to affect this quiet cafe.

Just sitting in a familiar place, looking at the usual street, listening to the soft classical music playing in the store, it seems as if in a few weeks, months, or even years, you can experience the same feeling in the same place.

Surrounded by such a monotonous situation, Ruo Yemu quietly sipped from the straw.

Then,

"This is my first time writing lyrics..."

Along with these words, the lyrics book that Takamatsu Deng handed to Toyokawa Shoko broke this "status quo".

——The Golden Week holiday is coming to an end.

After five consecutive days of intense group training and a good day of rest, CRYCHIC gathered in nascita again on Sunday afternoon.

Toyokawa Shoko shouted, "Let's have a celebration!" and spent nine cents to have the store manager prepare a table full of exquisite desserts. When Shiina Ritsuki asked what they were celebrating, she acted mysterious and waited until everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and the table was cleared before she invited Takamatsu Touma to come out.

It turns out that it was Takamatsu Touma who wrote the lyrics for CRYCHIC's first memorable original song.

(Although "Want to Be Human" is also an original song, it is not strictly a CRYCHIC song.)

"Huh? Is this your first time writing lyrics?" Nagasaki Motoyo cast a curious look at Takamatsu Deng: "What about the previous one...?"

"Ah. Uh."

Deng quickly lowered his head, his eyes looking at his nose, and his nose looking at his heart.

Because of what Toyokawa Shoko said at the first CRYCHIC meeting, Takamatsu Deng still hasn't been able to muster up the courage to say that what he wrote in his notebook wasn't actually lyrics, but just a diary entry...

"..."

Toyokawa Shoko was reading quietly.

...Suddenly, tears rolled down from my eyes without any warning.

"Xiao Xiang?" Su Shi quickly turned his gaze over.

"I am fine."