Iruma-san wants to win the Akutagawa Prize

For some reason, Nagasaki Suyo noticed a smile on Wakaba Muliu's lips.

【Is it related to Xiang? 】

Although this idea had no basis or reason, it still grew in Nagasaki Suyo's mind, and Nagasaki Suyo couldn't help feeling depressed and sad.

It was as if the joy of spending time with Iruma Hibiki again yesterday had been completely wasted.

Nagasaki Suyo felt distressed.

But she had no channel to vent her feelings or ask about it.

Ultimately, between her and Iruma Hibiki—

Not lovers.

Yes, not lovers at all.

Even though they were still in the same band and still got along, when we went out together yesterday, Hibiki was still as gentle as ever, but there was no reason for them to hold hands anymore, and no reason to say:

【What did you and Wakaba talk about? 】

Such a position.

Nagasaki Suyo felt a little sad.

There was no reason for this, and she herself couldn't understand it, but she was just sad. The idea of wanting to possess Iruma Hibiki was definitely not false.

Her chest felt tight.

She developed some emotions that she herself was not aware of, as well as prejudice towards Wakaba Mutsu in front of her.

As for Ruoye Mu, she was just watering the cucumbers and felt a little happy.

After all, in the past, apart from Toyokawa Shoko, she was always alone, had no special friends, and no one to talk to.

Apart from Toyokawa Shoko, the only friend left was Cucumber, and his spare time was also filled with family arrangements.

Like a puppet.

Without emotions of my own, I have no freedom of my own.

Go with the flow.

But now everything has changed. For Wakaba Mu, joining the band is something worth being happy about, not to mention——

Actually, yesterday, later, Iruma Hibiki talked to her about guitar issues for a long time.

【What kind of music does Wakaba-san like? 】

【do not know. 】

[Eh? How could you not know?]

Faced with Iruma Xiang's surprise, Wakaba Mu thought for a long time.

[I used to practice according to the book, and I didn't have any particular favorites.]

My head hurts...

Iruma Hibiki sent a distressed expression.

Afterwards, he began to recommend songs to Ruoye Mu, of various styles and genres.

Wakaba Mu would occasionally respond at a loss with something like "hmm" or "oh".

However, Hibiki Iruma finished her recommendation without seeming to feel perfunctory at all, and even asked:

[I got carried away with my own recommendation! I'm so sorry, but I hope Wakaba-san doesn't find it bothering you?]

In this case.

Wakaba Mu responded as a matter of course.

Then after hesitating for a while, he continued:

I am very happy.

Wakaba Mu didn't know why he was happy.

I just smiled when I noticed it.

In fact, Ruoye Mu is not particularly good at online chatting.

After all, she is the eldest daughter.

The daughter of a comedian and an actor.

Are Iruma-san and Nagasaki-san lovers? They seem very close.

Afterwards, after thinking it over again and again, Wakaba Mu decided to take the initiative to chat with Iruma Hibiki, so she sent this message.

【no. 】

It wasn't until five minutes later that Hibiki Iruma responded.

[It was before, but not now.]

Then the conversation between the two came to an abrupt end.

Did she do something wrong?

If Ye Mu didn't know.

Ruoye Mu just sat in the chair in silence until it was time to go to bed.

As for Hibiki Iruma, his distress had not actually dissipated at all, although chatting with Shoko Toyokawa had somewhat relaxed him a lot.

But the problem still has not been solved.

On the other hand, Takamatsu Touma's side——

Iruma Hibiki originally thought that the other party would be someone who was difficult to approach at first, just like Goto Ichiri, but he didn't expect that Takamatsu Touma was actually surprisingly talkative.

When talking about something he likes, he will talk endlessly.

so cute.

Just like when Hibiki Iruma told her the story about the pink starfish and the yellow sponge——

[Squidward asked Patrick, why did you bring the stone to the hotel?]

Patrick suddenly pointed at Squidward's nose and said, "How I live is none of your business."

In fact, Iruma Hibiki has his own purpose in telling such stories.

After all, Takamatsu Deng's behavior at parting was indeed somewhat...

interesting.

Totally fun.

In fact, Hibiki Iruma might be completely different from ordinary male high school students, or he might have been trained by Ichiri Goto to become a specialist in dealing with some special groups of people.

In short, Hibiki Iruma has no prejudice against Takamatsu Touma's behavior. Instead, he has an urge to write it into the novel.

【Then what? 】

Sure enough, Gao Songdeng was attracted by such a story and immediately asked about the follow-up content.

[But... wouldn't it be a nuisance to bring a stone to a hotel?]

[No, because that's something Patrick really likes, and his home is also a semicircular stone.]

Hibiki Iruma couldn't remember how long the story segment lasted.

In short, only after Takamatsu Deng was satisfied did Iruma Hibiki stop.

Thank you, Iruma-san! I understand!

In the end, Takamatsu Touma also understood the reason why Iruma Hibiki told this story.

【After that! Can I trouble you, Iruma-san?】

【trouble?】

Faced with Takamatsu Deng's invitation, Iruma Hibiki was a little confused.

After all, the situation between him and Takamatsu Deng probably wasn't to the point where one of them would cause trouble to the other.

"Iruma-san, are you interested in rocks and marine life? As for me, I really like those—"

Afterwards, Iruma Xiang's phone was flooded with messages.

There were countless photos from the aquarium.

Among them is the oceanarium and open-air exhibition stand of Rinkai Park, which is very familiar to Hibiki Iruma.

The photos of stones were varied. Takamatsu Deng seemed to have no intention of hiding her thoughts at all and took photos of all the stones in her room for Iruma Hibiki.

The message kept ringing for several minutes.

There are at least dozens of photos.

[As for me, I once had the urge to go to the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang to look for agate. As for marine life, the aquarium in Linhai Park is amazing!]

Iruma Hibiki responded.

Although the previous news was a bit scary, he roughly understood the emotions that Takamatsu Deng wanted to express.

Where are the stars?

【Star?】

[Hmm! For example, Orion and Centaurus!]

"Ah... My understanding of this aspect is just average, but I can't say I'm not interested. It's just that I haven't learned about it before."

Hibiki Iruma answered honestly.

The conversation between the two continued around this topic.

However, Iruma Hibiki actually wanted to talk about the lyric book, but he never had the chance to start.

05 Want to Become Human

[Takamatsu-san, actually, I have some concerns about the previous song.]

Iruma Hibiki waited until after school the next day before he found an opportunity to talk about this topic that particularly concerned him.

[Please speak! ]

Takamatsu Touma's reaction was a bit intense. Even though it was just typing, Iruma Hibiki couldn't tell for some reason that the other party had been looking forward to it for a long time.

Such a reaction would make people happy no matter what.

Of course, he is not the kind of troublesome guy who would be bothered if the other party did not reply to the message immediately.

[Xiang, are you busy? ]

It was at this time that Nagasaki Suyo followed up with a string of messages, urging her.

And Iruma Hibiki had to put aside the matter of Takamatsu Touma and respond to Nagasaki Soyo.

"No, I was just checking something that bothered me. Toyokawa-san is very reliable and charismatic musically, and is definitely an excellent captain and leader, but she's surprisingly clumsy in some areas. So I thought it would be best if I could handle the areas that Toyokawa-san isn't good at."

Iruma Hibiki responded to Nagasaki Suyo seriously.

Is it about the band?

【Yes. 】

After replying, Iruma Hibiki actually hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should change the topic with Nagasaki Motoyo and talk about something else.

"Band matters are more important. Thank you for your hard work, Xiang. If there's anything you need my help with, please feel free to ask. Xiang, get to work."

【Um. 】

However, Nagasaki Suyo interrupted his thoughts, and her response pushed Iruma Hibiki towards Takamatsu Touma.

So naturally, Iruma Hibiki returned to Takamatsu Touma's chat box and asked the question that he had been concerned about before:

Takamatsu-san's lyrics book actually gave me a diary-like feeling at first. I don't know if it's just my imagination...

Finally, Iruma Hibiki asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time.

It took a while before he received a reply from the other party.