Iruma-san wants to win the Akutagawa Prize

"Because... Xiang seems to care about Xiangzi's opinion."

……

83 Goto Ichiri came first

In the bathroom of the Goto family, Goto Ichiri soaked himself in warm water. Today was a rare opportunity to take a bath. Although it was not winter yet, taking a bath in this season was indeed too comfortable.

Goto Ichiri put her washed hair up and then lay in the bathtub. Occasionally, she would look at her body through the clear blue water.

The reason why the bath water is blue is that Goto Ichiri used an ocean-style bath ball before. At the end of the bath, you can get a small toy of marine life. There are five types of bath balls in total, and Goto Ichiri has collected four of them.

She has not yet collected the fifth type of salmon.

That box is almost used up, and it is one of the last few chances.

Watching the sizzling bath ball emitting bubbles continuously on the water surface, Goto Ichiri just stared at its strange trajectory in a daze. Occasionally, it floated to the edge of the bathtub, and she would lift her white feet and gently poke it with her toes to allow it to continue "sailing" on the water surface.

Today, after dinner, Goto Jiri took Jimmy Henry to her friend's house to play. After all, Goto Jiri is different from her. Goto Jiri is a lively and interesting little girl. She has many friends among her peers and gets along well with people around her. Almost everyone likes her.

So naturally, Goto Ichiri, who was alone, felt lonely in his spare time.

She touched her temples gently.

The touch there brought her back to memories.

That was probably when I was in junior high school.

It was probably the summer of her second year in junior high school, very close to summer vacation. At that time, she was still in a terrible dilemma -

Summer vacation is great, it's an important and long vacation. She can relax for a while and not interact with people. It lasts for more than a month.

However, when summer vacation came, I didn't see Hibiki Iruma very often.

What does he do during his summer vacation?

Goto Ichiri would think so at that time.

Then I imagined a lot of things.

And the end of these fantasies became the "Iruma-san" in his imagination.

Probably at the end of all these entanglements, Goto Ichiri encountered bad weather. It was only a short time since the beginning of summer, but the weather that year was very changeable. Almost in an instant, a storm poured down. This was a complete disaster for Goto Ichiri. She had no umbrella and no friends to share an umbrella with.

She was currently on a street not far from the school. If she chose to run to a nearby place to shelter from the rain, not only would she be late, but she would also get wet even if she ran to a nearby store.

Next to Goto Ichiri, students who were traveling the same route began to gather in groups of three or four around those who had umbrellas, while others were running wildly in the heavy rain with their friends, carrying their backpacks.

What should I do?!

At this moment, Goto Ichiri was stunned and stood there. When she came to her senses, she was already soaked. She had only thought for a few seconds, but the torrential rain had soaked her to the point of exhaustion.

Finally, Goto Ichiri decided to run—

Faintly, she heard a very unfamiliar voice.

"Goto-san!"

"Goto—"

By the time she reacted, Goto Ichiri had bumped into someone's chest and her head was covered by an umbrella.

Subconsciously, Goto Ichiri tried to wipe the water off her face so that she could see the person in front of her clearly. However, no matter how she wiped, her wet bangs kept dripping with water, and her sleeves were already wet to the point of dripping.

"Huh—come with me."

Then, someone grabbed her wrist.

It was at this time that Goto Ichiri realized that, yes, the invisible person in front of her was her "guardian" Iruma Hibiki.

The one who has always been by her side.

When she realized this, Goto Ichiri couldn't hold back and shed tears silently. Because her tears were mixed with rain, she didn't have to worry about being discovered crying.

-

More than ten minutes later, when Goto Ichiri changed his clothes, put the wet clothes in a bag and walked out of the locker room, Iruma Hibiki was waiting for him there, holding a hair dryer borrowed from the infirmary in his hand and shaking it at her.

That day, in the infirmary, Iruma Hibiki was right behind her, helping her blow dry her hair, and they spent the first class of the day together.

of course.

Because of the rain, the teacher did not pursue the students’ lateness that day. He even did not teach much in the first class, but let everyone take a good rest.

So that day, on Fujiichiri's blog, the daily life of "Iruma-san" that she had been updating changed.

From best friend to boyfriend [Iruma-san].

Perhaps for Goto Ichiri, her dependence on Iruma Hibiki remains the same as before, and if her love for him had to have a beginning, it would definitely be that rainy day.

Goto Ichiri remembered many things that happened in junior high school.

She gently ran her fingers over her body.

"Xiang, do you remember? What happened between us..."

She kept muttering this.

The hot water made her feel a little dizzy.

Some intense and strange emotions began to replace reason and climb to the peak of the brain.

"If only it were Christmas..."

She kept muttering this.

I have more anticipation for Christmas.

As for Goto Ichiri, she actually also has some self-deception.

For example--

She subconsciously forgot about the part about being Hibiki Iruma's lover.

Although [Iruma-san]'s blog is no longer updated.

Occasionally, fans would dig out her old updates and ask if the "Iruma-san" was the "Iruma Renjian". Goto Ichiri would avoid such topics and only reply "No" when she really couldn't.

But for her.

Iruma-san's fantasy continues to this day.

She didn't want it to end no matter what.

One of the most beautiful fantasies -

Goto Ichiri soaked in the warm water for a long time. When he could no longer bear it, he reluctantly got up, dried his body and changed his clothes.

She soaked in the water for too long today, so much so that the skin on her fingers was slightly wrinkled.

After drying his body, Goto Ichiri couldn't wait to open his mobile phone. Kita was sharing his daily life with everyone, Ijichi Nikka was busy at the counter of Fanxing as usual, and Yamada Ryo was nowhere to be found.

The band next door seemed to have started rehearsing, and Ichiri Goto saw today's update.

It was just a quiet chat with Iruma Hibiki, without any noise.

84 Playing "Kasuga Shadow" in front of Toyokawa Shoko

Shiina Riki has lost count of how many times he has practiced Kasuga Shadow recently.

In fact, at the beginning, she was terribly uneasy about the performance.

Maybe she doesn't seem like someone who would be upset by such things, but in fact, for Shiina Riki, her nervousness probably came earlier than anyone else at the beginning.

That came from the habit of always living in the shadow of her sister.

I habitually lower my status and habitually feel at ease only after torturing myself through practice.

So in the beginning, Shiina Riki practiced Kasuga Shadow over and over again, until he had already memorized every drum beat, every note, and even every part of the song.

Later, when did the frequency of practice begin to decrease?

It probably started on the day Hibiki Iruma returned to Tokyo.

From that day on, Shiina Riki rarely practiced Kasuga Shadow when they were not together. She practiced other songs and would read more arrangement books and online tutorials when she was at home.

It's not that I don't like it anymore.

It's that I've practiced it to perfection, and the passion I had when I first played the song has slightly disappeared.

Although she thought she still liked the song, but...

I don’t know when it started, but this kind of love has faded a little.

In the empty practice room, she looked at Wakaba Mutsu who was standing aside and didn't say anything for a long time. Takamatsu Deng seemed to be still having dinner, and although it was very close to here, it would still take some time.

Nagasaki Motoyo and Iruma Hibiki both announced that they would be arriving soon.

But soon, a response came from the other side that would come a little later.

This made Shiina Riki a little confused. After all, this was not like Iruma Hibiki's style, so she asked:

[What happened with the negotiation on your side? ]

Shiina Riki felt that she should ask this.

Of course, she saw with her own eyes what happened between Nagasaki Motoyo and Iruma Hibiki that day at the hotel.

To be precise, should it be considered a dispute between the ex-girlfriend and the current boyfriend?

Shiina Riki was very unfamiliar with this.

In other words, she is a complete idiot when it comes to love, the kind of person who can suddenly say "I found a really awesome album" during a chat.

But despite this, she could still see the atmosphere that day.

Something happened between Nagasaki Suyo and Iruma Hibiki.

And today, during the break caused by the unexpected incident, they should have met privately to deal with it.

After all, judging from the tone of Nagasaki Motoyo and Iruma Hibiki, they should be together now.

【We haven't had dinner yet, so we'll have a quick bite to eat nearby.】

Suddenly, Nagasaki Suyo replied.

A photo was then attached.

The only person in the photo is Hibiki Iruma. At this moment, Hibiki Iruma is looking in the direction of Nagasaki Soyo with a faint and gentle smile, with a hint of melancholy between his brows. Coupled with his somewhat handsome face, the guitar bag leaning to the side, and the dim lighting, the whole photo gives people an inexplicable, handsome feeling.

In Iruma Hibiki's hand was a crepe, which seemed to have come from a street cart selling mobile food nearby.

The one that Hibiki Iruma ate seemed to be chocolate banana flavor, and it looked like there was ice cream on it?

Is it really appropriate to eat ice cream in such a cold weather?

As Shiina Riki thought so, he became unconsciously fascinated by the photo in front of him.

Nagasaki Motoyo's photography skills are very impressive, and she is worthy of being the person in charge of the official account operation.

Just a casual shot shows the handsome side of Iruma Hibiki.

"Su Shi, stop taking random photos of me."

Of course, Iruma Hibiki saw the message in the group, and he said to Nagasaki Motoyo somewhat helplessly.

"is it not OK?"

Nagasaki Suyo asked the question even though he knew the answer.

It was as if she really didn't know the reason.

"You know Sushi."

Iruma Hibiki sighed and said nothing more.

Yes, Nagasaki Suyo's words made him understand that if he could distance himself from Nagasaki Suyo because of his relationship with her, then he would be truly getting along with Nagasaki Suyo with the mentality of not even being friends if they were in love.

but--

Now is not the time to explain these things to Toyokawa Shoko.

The rest of Crychic's time and the rest of the performance are shaky and may fall apart at any moment.

"Hibiki wants the show to go on, right?"

Nagasaki Suyo came and sat next to Iruma Hibiki.

Eating on a bench on the street was something Nagasaki Suye had never experienced before. The slightly crowded crowd at the moment made her, who already felt insecure, feel even more uneasy.