Iruma-san wants to win the Akutagawa Prize

Chihaya Aine met Nagasaki Motoyo, who was alone in an unknown corner, desperately wiping away her tears.

She came out to buy drinks because she wanted to leave some time for Iruma Hibiki and Ijichi Kouka, and she never expected to run into Nagasaki Soyo here, so Chihaya Aine was a little surprised when she first saw her.

"Good afternoon, Nagasaki-san. No, according to Tsuki no Mori etiquette, we should say hello, right?"

Chihaya Aine took the initiative to walk forward and then cornered Nagasaki Suyo to prevent her from escaping.

after all--

Of course she wasn't looking for trouble.

She was a little surprised to see Nagasaki Suyo crying at this moment, and she also wanted to confirm something.

"Eh?"

The frightened Nagasaki Suyo raised her head and quickly tried to disguise herself, but her crying was too obvious and the disguise was meaningless at the moment, which only made her look a little too funny.

"Are you crying because you're missing today?"

Chihaya Aine asked while looking at Nagasaki Suyo in front of her.

"Actually, I'm also really sorry that I couldn't perform with you, Nagasaki-san, in the end."

"Don't say such hypocritical things at this time!"

Then——

Chihaya Aine heard Nagasaki Suyo's fierce rebuttal.

"Do you want to laugh at my joke? If so, you've seen enough. Please get out of the way!"

Faced with Nagasaki Soyo who was about to run away, Chihaya Aine actually did not try to stop her.

"No, rather, the fact that you cried upon seeing Nagasaki-san was a little surprising to me, because didn't you say before that it was all a lie and then walked out on your own?"

The facts told by Chihaya Aine made Nagasaki Suyo stand still, clenching her fists tightly.

"so what?"

She returned to normal in a short time, and this time she turned her head angrily, questioning Chihaya Aine in a cold tone.

"Chihaya-san, what exactly do you want to say?"

"Wow! Your face changes so quickly!"

Chihaya Aine was actually a little frightened.

But facing such a Nagasaki Suyo, she actually didn't feel that surprised.

Say 〓meaning zero instrument from V〩寺wu〒] pull 〩逼怩 scar to the end——

Nagasaki Suyo should be like this, but it is not the case.

"What I want to say is, Nagasaki-san, if ending the band still means something to you, would you like to go back with me later? A proper farewell is necessary."

"Don't you think it's too late to say such things now, Chihaya-kun?"

"Eh? Really?"

Chihaya Aine asked knowingly. She looked at Nagasaki Suyo and suddenly sighed and regretted talking to her. But for the time being, she chose to trust her intuition and continued:

"Actually, I don't think it's too late. I'm sure everyone is disappointed that Nagasaki-san didn't come today, but I just felt like I couldn't mention you in front of Iruma-san."

When the topic turned to Iruma Hibiki, Nagasaki Suyo's indifference was obviously shaken.

"Nagasaki-san, don't you know? The band's disbandment was caused by my own fault, but Iruma-san at that time always gave people a particularly painful feeling. He was very sad every day, and he would sit alone at the Shimokitazawa station for a long time."

"It was so worrying that even I thought Iruma-san might die if things continued like that. After all, I once ran into him near Ikebukuro and he was sitting on a bridge."

……

Nagasaki Suyo wanted to say something.

But facing what Chihaya Aine said, she could do nothing.

There was no way to refute it, no way to speak.

In the end, these words only turned into her sadness.

So she was so important to Hibiki Iruma in the past?

So Hibiki Iruma was so sad because of separation from her?

Nagasaki Suyo thought so.

She felt a flicker of joy in her heart, and then she felt like she was falling into hellish pain.

"Ugh……"

Chihaya Aine sighed, looked at Nagasaki Suyo and asked softly:

"Nagasaki-san, you look really grim right now. Speaking of which, even though it's probably true, let me confirm for the moment. Did Nagasaki-san actually say to Iruma-san, 'Love is a lie?'"

Do not know why.

This time, Nagasaki Suyo did not refute but just nodded.

Perhaps it was because Chihaya Aion was very confident and had a feeling that made people trust her subconsciously. And perhaps at this moment, Nagasaki Suyo subconsciously felt that Chihaya Aion might be able to help her.

"Why do you say that?"

Chihaya Aine said in a slightly questioning tone.

Without even realizing it, she displayed a bit of the courage of a student union president.

"If you're just trying to make fun of me, then stop it!"

As if her sore spot had been touched, Nagasaki Suyo quickly became angry, and there was even a hint of hysteria in her voice.

"I'm not teasing you, but seeing Nagasaki crying, I thought I could help you before I go to England so I don't have any regrets."

Chihaya Aine said with a smile.

“So, if you don’t know the reason, it won’t work.”

"So what if you know? Are you going to blame me?"

Nagasaki Suyo glared at Chihaya Aine fiercely.

"Yeah, yes. If I didn't know anything, this would definitely be your fault, Nagasaki-san. You're a scumbag, you're a cheater, you're hopeless."

Along with Qianqunchawuyiqibabazerowifesix1saoaiyin's words, a slight grinding sound came from Nagasaki Suye's side. It was obvious that she was really angry at the moment.

"It's all Goto-san's fault. If Goto-san and Hibiki hadn't been involved in this unclear relationship and wanted to interfere in our band, I wouldn't have said it at that time."

……

In fact, Chihaya Aine was a little surprised after hearing such an answer.

"You're very petty, Su Shishi."

"Eh?! Are you saying what I did was wrong? If Chihaya-san's boyfriend was getting intimate with another girl, wouldn't you be angry? Wouldn't you do the same? Would you just pretend nothing happened?"

"Am I the only one who would do something like this?"

The angry Nagasaki Suyo didn't even complain about the strange name but instead refuted it fiercely.

"Puff—box box..."

Suddenly Chihaya Aine laughed out loud.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to laugh, but I get it! Su Shishi, you're lying about liking me!"

In fact, at the very beginning, when Chihaya Aine saw the crying Nagasaki Motoyo, she had a vague premonition.

If you really don't care it's just a lie.

Why is Nagasaki Suyo here crying alone today?

Now she just naturally induced Nagasaki Suyo to tell her the answer she wanted to hear.

39 Fun Man vs. Wild Snake and Cucumber Sword Princess vs. Deep Sea Octopus

"Well, then, Senior Liang, why did we come to this place..."

Goto Ichiri stood shivering at the door of Fanxing's bathroom. She was dragged out by Yamada Ryo. When she realized that her destination was the bathroom, she began to feel something was wrong.

Images such as bullying began to play on loop in her mind.

Until finally, she asked aloud with some uneasiness.

"Iruma and Nijigasaki will need some time. We'll only cause them trouble if we're here."

Yamada Ryo explained lightly, with a calm expression on her face showing no signs of emotion at all, as if everything was just as she had expected.

"By the way, Pochi, if Chihaya-san comes back with drinks and asks us for money, you have to pay for it for me. I don't have a penny in my pocket."

"Ah...um, Hongxia said..."

"Ok?"

"Sorry! I didn't say anything! I get it! I'll pay!"

With just one question from Yamada Ryo, Goto Ichiri immediately changed his attitude and began to touch the wallet in his pocket, trying to confirm whether his money was not enough, whether he could return home safely, how he would spend the rest of the month, etc.

After all, for her, working to earn a living is, no matter how you look at it—

"What did you think of today's performance, Pochi?"

"Eh?"

Faced with Yamada Ryo's question, Goto Ichiri temporarily put away her wonderful little social anxiety tricks and became a little nervous and scared. She remembered that when she showed the first version of the lyrics to Yamada Ryo, she got a similar response.

"Did you try your best?"

Yamada Ryo asked softly.

"I……"

Faced with this question, Goto Ichiri lowered his head and thought for a while.

"I was thinking about something else entirely at the time, so..."

"Well, today's performance was completely unsatisfactory. We were lucky to be able to fool the audience."

Yamada Ryo gave his own answer.

"But it's really great."

Then, she looked at Goto Ichiri with a serious face and smiled faintly, and this smile made Goto Ichiri ponder for a while what the so-called "great" meant.

After a brief thought, Goto Ichiri looked up at Yamada Ryo in surprise and said:

"Could it be that the Iruma classmate reunion..."

"will not."

"Eh……"

As expected, Goto Ichiri confirmed with a hint of joy the direct and accurate rejection he received from Yamada Ryo.

"Iruma, he won't be coming back."

Yamada Ryo said this, and then stared closely at Goto Ichiri's face.

In fact, at this moment she was already prepared, ready to be the one to tell the truth, but before she was fully prepared, Goto Ichiri was the first to waver.

"That's it..."

Her surprise disappeared, but to Yamada Ryo's surprise, there was not much sadness in her eyes, so Yamada Ryo looked at her for a while longer. After confirming that Goto Ichiri would not have any extreme reaction, Yamada Ryo breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Ryo-senpai, for thinking of me so much... But... I'm really looking forward to performing with Iruma-san and being in a band together, but..."

"my words……"

Goto Ichiri lowered his head.

She looked at her toes, which were difficult to see.

As she did this, she seemed to be able to vaguely smell the scent of mothballs on her body. The pink sweatshirt that she had worn for a long time and had been with her for a long time had a small thread coming apart near the zipper.

Goto Ichiri's pink bangs covered her eyes. She used everything in front of her to divert her attention, and finally said:

"As long as I can see Iruma-san continue to perform and sing the songs he wants to sing, that will be great."

Then she spoke softly.