Iruma-san wants to win the Akutagawa Prize

At that time, I was unable to speak frankly:

【We are husband and wife. 】

Yes.

In their suitcases, there was a marriage application filled out in Shanghai, although this document had no legal effect in Tokyo.

So they are husband and wife, not lovers.

28 People in the audience

Goto Ichiri's emotions are always complex and compromised.

For example, she would be jealous and feel bad about Kita, but her attitude towards Nagasaki Suyo was simply unreasonable.

[If Suyo wants to date Hibiki, I don't mind.]

That's what she said at the time.

For Nagasaki Suyo, this was a statement that could penetrate a person's CPU.

She's clearly the current boyfriend, and she's the loser, but now the current boyfriend says she wouldn't mind if they could date. What does that mean? Is it a mockery? A taunt? A slap on the head?

So Nagasaki Suyo quickly asked.

As a result, something even more terrifying happened.

Goto Ichiri is serious.

She simply said:

"Xiang is very concerned about the past, but you are the only one who knows about these things, so I think this way..."

I'm a terrible person, totally useless. I can't help with some things, especially important ones, so I'm saying...

-

Nagasaki Suyo understood what Goto Ichiri meant.

So her mentality is gradually changing.

The two began to chat more frequently.

And Goto Ichiri suddenly discovered that Nagasaki Suyo, who had actually let go of her hostility towards her, was actually a very gentle person.

She is really as gentle as a mother, and the price for this gentleness is just a little companionship.

Later, it was Nagasaki Motoyo who decided to do something for Iruma Hibiki.

So she found Shoko Toyokawa.

She wanted to be a hero for once, regardless of the consequences—

She wants to revive Crychic, who is extremely important to Hibiki Iruma.

Because of this, she persuaded Wakaba Mutsu, Shiina Tatsuki and Takamatsu Touma to stand on her side.

"It looks like Ryo-senpai is going to be late."

"Liang this guy!"

Ijichi Hongka pretended to be angry and wanted to call Yamada Ryo.

Kita, on the other hand, became a complete follower of Hibiki Iruma, bringing up one topic after another, making the waiting time not boring at all.

Sometimes she would also pull Goto Ichiri into the conversation.

"It's okay, we just need to wait. Liang should have found some interesting store. Maybe he'll send us the address later."

Iruma Hibiki said helplessly.

"That's a really cool style."

And Ijichi Hongxia also came over.

She was a little impatient to say something to Iruma Hibiki, but because of the excited Kita, she had no room to intervene.

only--

Seeing Iruma Hibiki and Kita chatting happily, Ijichi Nijika also felt happy.

Because for her, the friendship with Hibiki Iruma is very important.

But what’s more important is that Hibiki Iruma is happy.

Ijichi Hongxia is a very young girl. If it is good for her friends, she can accept separation and wish each other well.

But this lightness is also a kind of heaviness.

Because sometimes, letting go of one party is the heaviest way to keep someone.

"But the shops Liang always found were very good. Hongxia, do you remember? At the beginning -"

Hibiki Iruma suddenly started talking about the time when he first ended his band.

Perhaps he also felt some apology towards Ichichi Hongxia.

An unspoken apology is like poison in the mouth.

The next moment it would melt and be swallowed into the stomach, taking away its life, but at this moment, there was no space for it to be spit out.

Iruma Hibiki really wanted to say a lot, a lot, to Ijichi Kouka.

But now the two of them can only show their goodwill in such a clumsy way.

But even if it is clumsy, it is still communication, and it is also a part that can make people feel at ease.

Ijichi Hongxia felt a little relieved.

And Iruma Hibiki also felt a little relieved.

Kita is driven by the perfect atmosphere.

Until Yamada Ryo opened the door to the stars, put on a cool look of being late and taking it for granted, with a wild grass at the corner of her mouth.

"Awaited."

"Ah, it's okay. Ryo-senpai must be late because he's doing something important."

"Ah."

Yamada Ryo nodded in agreement with Kita's words.

She then added:

"We passed by a very interesting music store on the way and listened to quite a few albums."

"Be on time!"

So Ijichi Hongxia used her signature knife to feed the grass-eating Yamada Ryo. At the moment of the hit, a gurgling sound came from Yamada Ryo's head.

"Welcome back."

Then Yamada Ryo looked at Iruma Hibiki and spoke to her.

"Well, I'm back, Ryo-senpai."

“Whose performance is next?”

"Looks like it's from a new band."

For some reason, Yamada Ryo also chose to chat with Iruma Hibiki at this time.

On the other hand, Iruma Hibiki didn't find it strange and responded in this way.

"Hongxia said that this band is like the end of the band, so she recommended that we check it out."

"I see."

Yamada Ryo nodded, then looked in the direction of Ijichi Hongka.

And Ijichi Hongxia smiled at Yamada Ryo, of course, the smile was a little complicated.

After buying drinks, several people entered the exhibition hall together.

The new band had already started the most basic preparations for the lighting tubes. The professional PA lady stood by the lighting control console at the door and greeted the people who came in.

[Like ending a band——]

This is what Ijichi Hongxia said.

The four people standing on the stage at this moment are a lead singer with guitar, a bassist, a lead guitarist, and a drummer.

It is indeed the configuration that ends the band.

The performance began soon.

The conversation among the few people also stopped temporarily and turned to listening to the performance of the band in front of them.

Because it was morning, there were actually very few people coming.

The treatment of new bands is indeed not very good at the beginning. Not to mention the technical skills, the very expensive indicators are also the threshold for getting better positions to perform. In addition, the standards of Ijichi Star's songs are indeed very high.

However, the performance of the band in front of me, although unfamiliar, also had its merits. It seemed that part of the audience was from the fan club and they cheered loudly.

"ring."

Ijichi Hongka tugged at Iruma Hibiki's sleeve.

And Iruma Hibiki also quietly moved closer to Ijichi Kouka.

"..."

Ijichi Hongxia seemed to say something, but due to the noisy environment, Iruma Hibiki couldn't hear anything.

So I had to move closer to Ichichi Hongxia and said:

"Sorry, could you please say that again? I didn't hear you clearly."

"I said."

Finally, Iruma Hibiki could hear Ijichi Kouka's voice clearly.

"Whenever I first saw a performance like this, I always dreamed of standing on the stage myself."

"This time, my dream has come true."

"It just suddenly occurred to me that we also have such moments."

"ring……"

"I want to say."

"Thank you."

……

Ijichi Kouka's words froze Iruma Hibiki in place.

Until the show ends.

A small gap between the two of them.

It was wiped out in an instant.

29 Lunch for several people

Hibiki Iruma stood in front of the vending machine, feeling conflicted.

He and Ijichi Hongxia volunteered to take charge of the food ordering process. The performance just now was very impressive. It’s not that the performance was as exciting as that of a professional band, but it just brought back some memories.

Especially those who have worked hard in the band.

Rather, such songs were probably sung for colleagues rather than for the audience, and they told the story of the fledgling band.

Ijichi Hongka smiled at Iruma Hibiki, then stared intently at the ordering machine in front of her.

"It's so hard to choose between ramen and rice. What does Hibiki want to eat?"

Ijichi Hongxia asked, and at this moment they had already bought two bowls of ramen -

Yamada Ryo ordered the pork bone ramen with three slices of meat, a salad and miso, while Goto Ichiri ordered the simplest vegetable ramen with a serving of rice.

As for Kita, she ordered the strange-flavored hot pot with rice, which seemed a bit strange but was a hot seller in this restaurant. Iruma Hibiki and Ijichi Nikka didn't think about it because they were the ones who took the orders.