There are always girls in bands who want to date me

Looking at the girl with long black hair who was slightly avoiding his gaze, Sakuragawa Aki smiled slightly and spoke.

"Then it's settled. It's getting late today, so let's see you tomorrow."

He waved at the little penguin.

Takamatsu Deng was looking at Shiina Tateki beside him with some confusion, his amber eyes blinking, with a silly and cute look on his face.

If Pochi's ability to read people's expressions is negative and she often does stupid things in public, then the little penguin's social skills are zero and she has basically said goodbye to the passing line.

She simply couldn't understand Li Xige's complicated emotions.

However, let alone the little penguin, even the social expert Chihaya Aine was completely unable to understand the current situation.

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She came up to Sakuragawa Aki with a happy look on her face and waved gently to the little penguin and Brother Lixi.

"Bye~Dengdeng, Rikki~"

In Aine-chan's heart, Riki-kun is not even a competitor, and he is probably not even as good as Paramecium, whose combat power is equal to five.

After all... that's Rikki, the one who usually looks cold, taciturn, and not very good at communicating with others.

If she heard that Lixi had awakened some love affair or girlish heart, I'm afraid this pink-haired girl would be so rude that she would hold her stomach and laugh non-stop.

How is that possible?

With his lavender eyes slightly narrowed, he looked at the pink-haired creature and Sakuragawa Aki who were very close to each other. For some reason, Shiina Riki felt a surge of inexplicable anger in his heart.

She glared at the sugar-powdered creature with a bad look on her face, then turned to Sakuragawa Aki and spoke briefly, stumbling a little.

"See you tomorrow."

After saying that, she quickly pulled the little penguin away as if escaping.

"Hmm... Come to think of it, isn't Lixi acting a little strange today? Did he just have an upset stomach?"

Watching the two girls' backs gradually disappear from sight, Chihaya Aine tilted her head and asked with some confusion.

"Hmm, what a coincidence. I also have this feeling inexplicably. Could it be that your practice level today is too bad?" Sakuragawa Aki shrugged.

"No, I've been practicing really hard lately. Li Xi even told me during practice tonight that I'm improving very quickly."

Although the original words were "it's so-so".

Aine-chan puffed up her cheeks slightly, somewhat dissatisfied with his looking down on her.

Um, are you really just being polite?

No, Lixi Ge shouldn't say such polite words. Since she praised this pink-haired cat, it must be from the heart.

Sakuragawa Aki shook his head. He had thought that Brother Li Xi had something to talk to him about tomorrow, but actually he wanted to discuss with him about kicking this stinky pink-haired guy out of the team (laughs).

However, this thought quickly disappeared.

After all, Brother Lixi still values the band members very much, otherwise he would have kicked this newbie pink-haired girl out long ago and would not have waited until now.

"So, what do you want to talk to me about today? You don't just want me to take you home, do you?" Sakuragawa Aki gave a blank look to the pink-haired Aine-chan beside him.

"Shimokitazawa is very far from your home, it's completely in two different directions. If there is nothing special, I will really beat you up~"

Sakuragawa Aki slowly bent his fingers and shook them in a demonstrative manner.

Seeing this, Aine-chan, who was often hit on the head, immediately covered her forehead with her small hands as if it were a conditioned reflex.

"...No, I really have something important to discuss with Qiuqiu."

She pursed her lips slightly, slowly lowered her hands, no longer playfully, and her expression became somewhat serious.

The girl said with a little hesitation.

"It's about Su Shi-san, Qiu Qiu."

"Oh? About Sushi?"

Sakuragawa Aki turned his head and looked around. There were still many people walking on the streets of Ikebukuro at night.

From time to time, eyes would fall on the two of them, especially on him for a long time. Not far away, there were even a few female student groups gathered together whispering, looking eager to try.

"Let's go, let's take the tram first. We'll talk about it in detail when we get near your house." He sighed softly.

"Um……"

Aine-chan nodded slightly as well, and the two of them walked shoulder to shoulder towards the train station.

…………

They took the tram all the way and soon arrived at the station near Aine's house. After getting off the tram, the two walked slowly on the street under the night sky. The evening breeze blew gently, and the neon signs on the tall buildings in the distance emitted a hazy glow.

Unlike the bustling streets of Ikebukuro, the streets in residential areas are rarely visited at night.

Come to think of it, there aren't many opportunities for me and Aine to be alone together like this, especially in the quiet atmosphere of the night.

Although he had met up with Aine once before when she was strolling around the mall, they only went home in the afternoon.

Sakuragawa Aki turned his head and looked at the pink-haired girl walking side by side with him.

The pink long hair under the night sky is no longer as bright and translucent as during the day, but it has a dreamy and hazy feeling, which makes the girl's petite and slender figure look like an elf under the moonlight, very cute and charming.

Especially since the girl was carrying a large guitar bag on her back, there was an inexplicable contrast.

"What's wrong? Being so silent all of a sudden is really unlike you, Aine."

Sakuragawa Aki smiled slightly.

Unlike her usual cheerful and chattering self, Aine-chan seemed a little silent today, as if she was thinking about organizing her words.

"No, um, Qiuqiu, I said before that I wanted to talk to you about classmate Su Shi."

Chihaya Aine paused and spoke vaguely.

"...That's right, what do you think of Sushi-san?"

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"Um...what do you mean?"

Sakuragawa Aki showed a puzzled expression, thought for a while and said.

"If we're talking about musical proficiency, then Su Shi's level is pretty passable, probably... a little better than yours?"

Aine-chan practices hard every day, while Ms. Nagasaki Motoyo is just playing poorly every day. The gap between the two is naturally narrowing rapidly, and the advantages brought by years of practicing the double bass are also gradually disappearing.

This is how musical instruments are. If you don't play them for a while, your level will start to decline significantly.

Moreover, in this world, talent is more important than hard work, and a genius who works hard is above all else. Judging from talent alone, this pink-haired cat is clearly more than one step ahead.

"No, that's not what I meant~" Chihaya Aine puffed up her cheeks slightly and rolled her eyes at him.

"Besides, it's okay if I'm a little better than you. I'm also practicing hard. I'll surpass you one day!"

The pink-haired creature obviously didn't hear the implicit praise in Sakuragawa Aki's words.

Aine already knows that her level is at the bottom of the band, so she practices hard every day. She doesn't want to be looked down upon by others, especially Qiuqiu.

That's really a lofty dream. However, there is still a little possibility to surpass Brother Lixi and Ms. Sushi. To surpass me, who has cheats, and Maomao, who has a lot of talent, um... why don't we try to reincarnate again?

Sakuragawa Aki looked helpless and could only gently touch the long hair of the cute pink-haired girl and comfort her.

“Yeah, I believe that Aine-chan will definitely become a super popular girl who surpasses me in the future (reading in praise).”

"Wow... th-that's more like it." Aine-chan, who received praise and recognition, immediately became happy again.

"Ah! No, no, that's not what I meant."

After drifting off for a moment, she finally reacted, grasped the hand on her head with both hands, and pulled it to her side.

"What I mean is, Qiuqiu... do you think there's something strange about Su Shi's usual behavior?"

The light grey eyes looked fixedly at Sakuragawa Aki beside her, and a trace of seriousness appeared on Aine-chan's little face.

"Oh? So you've noticed that too?" Sakuragawa Akira raised an eyebrow, not wanting to keep the secret, and spoke. "It seems you're quite perceptive, too. You've even noticed that Sushi's attitude towards us is different from Riki and Deng's."

In fact, if you observe carefully, you can find that Ms. Su Shi tends to favor Li Xige and Little Penguin to a large extent, both in attitude and words, but this is actually very normal.

After all, there will always be closeness and distance in interpersonal interactions, and it is natural to have some different treatments when getting along with friends.

"But this isn't what you wanted to say, Aine." Sakuragawa Aki turned to look at the pink-haired girl beside him and smiled slightly.

"Hmm...Qiuqiu, tell me, Su Shi-san, does she really want to form a band with us?"

Chihaya Aine gently held his hand, as if she wanted to get a little encouragement from the warm touch.

She pursed her lips and said hesitantly.

"Qiuqiu said before that she wanted to form a lifelong band with us. Deng and Lixi have the same idea, but what does Sushi think?"

"Although I still find it difficult to understand such a lofty goal as 'a lifetime'." Chihaya Aine lowered her eyes, a hint of seriousness emerging in her tone.

"But if I'm with Qiuqiu and Deng... for some reason, I don't want to be apart... I want to be together forever."

"I think Deng Deng probably thought the same when he said he wanted to form a lifelong band with everyone."

"But...Ms. Suyo, she doesn't seem to want to form a band with us..."

Chihaya Aine looked at the familiar handsome face beside her, and after a moment of silence, she finally mustered up the courage and whispered her true thoughts.

"Or maybe, the band member that Sushi-san really wants for life...isn't actually us?"

That way, everything makes sense.

Why did she usually only care about Li Xi and Deng? Why did she act so indifferent to Qiu Qiu and Lenai Jiang's previous unexplained absences? Why did she always perfunctorily perform band practice? Why did she refuse to play Kasuga Shadow's song with everyone in the band...

All these doubts and somewhat unnatural places all point to one fact.

Sakuragawa Aki looked at the pink-haired girl beside him who had a confused look on her face and smiled gently.

"Well, Aine, you're right. There was never a place for us in the band that Suyo-san really wanted to form."

Hearing his answer, Chihaya Aine paused and slowly came to a stop.

The girl clenched his hand slightly with her slender fingers, and she felt that the heavy stone in her heart had finally fallen.

Her intuition was not wrong, Su Shi-san indeed thought so.

"As expected...Ms. Su Shi..."

Aine-chan pursed her cherry lips, a hint of loss emerging in her heart.

"Qiuqiu is really perceptive. When did she figure it out?" She sighed softly. "I thought Qiuqiu would be shocked when she found out the truth."

"You're lying! You clearly know what I'm thinking. You're really naughty, Aine." Sakuragawa Akira smiled and reached out to gently pinch the girl's cheek. "Are you trying to trick me? Such a wicked Aine with such deep thoughts must be punished."

"Wuwuwu (I was wrong) Wuwuwuwu (Qiuqiu, I'm sorry) ~"

Ai Ne-chan, whose face was pinched, made a vague yet cute sound of begging for mercy, and gently shook his other hand with both hands, indicating that she had given up.

After playing around for a while, seeing that the pink-haired cat's mood had recovered a little, Sakuragawa Aki stopped what he was doing and smiled gently.

"Yeah, you guessed right, Aine."

He looked at the pink-haired girl who was gently rubbing her slightly red face, his dark eyes drooping slightly, and said lightly.

"From the very beginning, I knew that Nagasaki Suyo didn't really want to form a band with us."

"……Eh?"

After hearing his words, Chihaya Aine looked at him blankly, and even stopped the movements of her hands unconsciously.

She originally thought Qiuqiu would notice something unusual earlier than she did, but she didn't expect it to be so early! ?

"That's actually not that hard to guess," Sakuragawa Akira shook his head. "Remember when we first met Su Shi? Her tendencies were already very obvious back then."

When he first met Nagasaki Suyo at "Fanxing", the other party took the initiative to ask him to create an opportunity to communicate and exchange with Xiaodeng.

Even if Sakuragawa Aki did not have the ability to foresee the future, it would not be difficult for her to discover Ms. Nagasaki Motoyo's hidden thoughts just by relying on her excellent observation skills.

A band that has already ended a long time ago is still looking for former teammates to communicate. Apart from wanting to get back together, are there any other possibilities?

Who would call their ex-girlfriend for no reason?