There are always girls in bands who want to date me

"So, could you please explain a little bit, Goto-san? Honestly, we're confused right now. Why would you suddenly say something like that in the classroom?"

Chapter 9 My first encounter with him

——Inside the "Stars" Livehouse in Shimokitazawa.

⒏14 The Age of

"So, today is really unlucky. I guess I'll have to spend a lot of effort to explain it to my classmates tomorrow."

Sakuragawa Aki complained in a helpless tone while mopping the floor.

"Ahahaha, Qiu-kun is so pitiful. I never thought that he would be mistaken for a school bully."

The blonde girl wearing an apron, supporting her chin with one hand, leaning against the bar, smiled happily, with a hint of gloating.

"Hongxia, do I look scary?"

"I didn't say that. It's just that from what you mentioned about Goto Ichiri, he seems to have a very interesting personality. What do you think, Ryo?"

"Ah, it sounds like a great injustice that can easily borrow money..."

"Hey! Don't say that! And don't borrow money from strangers!"

Ijichi Hongxia quickly interrupted her friend and asked what to do if the police came to her house.

"But, I bought a bass that I really liked a few days ago, and now I'm broke and can only eat grass every day to survive..."

"That's all your own fault, Liang!"

Watching the interaction between the two girls at the bar, Sakuragawa Aki put down the mop and let out a sigh.

It's been a week since I started working at the "Stars" Livehouse, and I feel like I'm almost getting used to the ordinary daily life.

"So, you're going to come half an hour later every day from now on?"

A blonde woman with a nice figure and a slightly mature appearance, who was sitting on a chair in front of the bar, spoke.

She is very beautiful, but her eyes are a little sharp. Her red pupils are like the finest blood agate, which makes people feel very oppressive at first glance.

"Ah, there won't be any customers during the afternoon hours anyway, Sister Xingge."

Livehouses usually open around 17 p.m. and operate for a few hours every day, with more shows on weekends.

"I already told you not to call me Sister Xingge, but Manager!"

"Hmm... indeed, it's a bit of a stretch to call me 'sister' when I'm thirty..."

"Hey! I'm going to dock your salary!"

Ijichi Xingge glared at him unkindly. It seems that even if a woman is not yet thirty years old, no matter how old she is, she is very sensitive about her age.

"Also, over there, no chatting during work hours."

Ijichi Hoshige patted the bar, ruthlessly stopping the interaction between Ijichi Hongxia and Yamada Ryo, and pointed to the back door and said.

"Since you're so free, go and restock the stock. The drinks are almost sold out, and the stock is in the warehouse. You energetic kids can go move them."

"Is it possible that a drink that costs 500 yen will ever sell out?"

"Hey, kid! You don't think I'm robbing you, do you?"

"How could that be? How can you earn more by robbing than by opening a shop?"

"..."

Sakuragawa Aki yawned lazily and walked slowly towards the warehouse.

"Humph, what an unlovable little brat."

Ijichi Xingge watched the tall figure disappear around the corner, hummed softly, and turned to look at the two girls at the bar.

"You guys hurry up and get over here, or else people will think you're bullying in the workplace."

"Hey~ But the bar hasn't been wiped down yet, sis."

"I told you to call the store manager here!"

Ijichi Xingge sighed helplessly and looked at the girl with short blue hair beside her.

"Then you go with him."

"I'm sorry, but I've been eating grass these past few days, and the remaining nutrients in my body don't allow me to do heavy physical labor..."

Yamada Ryo covered his stomach and tried to avoid working, but facing the sharp eyes of the blonde woman, he had to walk towards the warehouse obediently.

After the two of them left, the bar at "Fanxing" became silent, with only the slight sound of Ijichi Hongka wiping the bar.

"Coffee is here~"

At this time, a woman with long black hair walked in from outside the door and shared several cans of Max coffee in her arms with the two of them.

"Thanks, PA."

Ijichi Xingge thanked the black-haired woman, opened the can of coffee and took a sip, then looked at Hongxia at the bar.

"Come to think of it, it's been a week since you picked that guy up."

"No, sister, seriously!"

Ijichi Hongxia complained slightly.

"I just found him a job, that's a weird thing to say."

"After all, ever since he came, I feel like the number of customers at 'Fanxing' has been slowly increasing. It was really great to have him in charge of reception, Xiao Xingge~"

The black straight haired PA lady sitting next to them said with a smile, holding her chin with her hands crossed.

"It's just the extra traffic, and it seems most of them are women."

"Ha, that's fine. I'm just curious. You haven't told me how you met him in the first place."

Ijichi Xingge glared at the PA lady in dissatisfaction, and then said indifferently to Ijichi Hongxia who was cleaning the bar.

“When you asked me to take him in to work here, you said he was a friend you met online... That was fake, right?

So, what is the truth? Now I can tell you.”

"... Uwaaa, I still couldn't fool you, sis. I thought I acted really well..."

Ijichi Hongxia stuck out her tongue playfully, then sighed slightly, her thoughts seeming to go back to that afternoon a few days ago.

…………

It was a cloudy day, and because there was little food left in the refrigerator, Ijichi Hongxia had to risk the rain and go to the supermarket to buy some fresh food.

As a result, because I happened to come across a supermarket sale, I got carried away and bought too many discounted ingredients, which completely delayed my time.

Not long after she walked out of the supermarket, she was stopped halfway by a heavy rain.

Next to a closed shop,

Ijichi Hongxia was holding a big bag with both hands. The bag was full of various ingredients, making it a little difficult for the girl to hold it with both hands.

She half-knelt on the ground, looking up helplessly at the raindrops falling rapidly from the sky.

Knowing that it might rain, the careful Ijichi Hongxia naturally prepared an umbrella in advance. At this time, a transparent umbrella was leaning against her side.

Unfortunately, she miscalculated one thing.

That's because I accidentally bought too much food, which resulted in bags that were so full that it was difficult to even hold them with both hands.

In this way, there is no third hand available to hold the umbrella.

Ijichi Hongxia sighed softly with some disappointment, and even the triangular hair on her head wilted a little.

Should I call my sister to pick me up? But...it's raining so hard, even if I ask her to come, it won't help.

By then, I'm afraid both of them will be soaked.

It seems that we can only wait here for the rain to stop.

Just when she was feeling depressed, a figure on the side of the road caught her attention.

Chapter 10 The Rain Keeps Falling

Ijichi Hongxia squatted under the eaves of the shop, staring blankly ahead.

A young man was walking past her.

The man didn't have an umbrella, and the heavy rain soaked his clothes. His short black hair was soaked by the rain and fell in a messy manner in front of his forehead.

He was a very handsome man.

Black hair and black pupils, a pair of cold eyes, sharp eyebrows, a high nose bridge, thin lips, and drops of rain across the handsome facial lines, adding a touch of dreamy moisture.

Ijichi Hongxia blinked lightly and found that the man didn't seem to notice her. He just raised his head slightly and looked at the heavy rain falling from the sky with a very calm expression.

A strange feeling arose in the girl's heart. She always felt that the man seemed to have a temperament that was incompatible with the world.

Deserted streets, old buildings, heavy rain, a young man with black hair and black eyes walking slowly in the rain, his brows slightly furrowed.

The scene before my eyes was as beautiful as a painting, like a dream reflected in reality.

No, to be honest, her first impression was that the other person was a god walking in the rain, or a transformed monster.

Ijichi Hongxia had a dazed expression, her red eyes slightly widened, and she just watched the young man in black casual clothes slowly walk past her.

She opened her mouth, and just as the young man was about to pass by her, she finally mustered up the courage to call out to him.

"...Um, um! Excuse me, would you like to take shelter here from the rain?"

What nonsense is she talking about! The other person is soaked to the skin, so there's no need to take shelter from the rain!

Could it be that there is something urgent? But the man walked very slowly. Could it be that his home is nearby?

Seriously, why are you so rash as to talk to someone? What if I get treated like a weirdo?!

Ijichi Hongxia was thinking somewhat self-deprecatingly in her heart, but she found that the young man reacted to her words.

The man slowly turned his head and looked at her quietly.

Those black eyes were like clear springs, with raindrops falling on them. From the shadows cast by the long eyelashes, the girl seemed to be able to clearly see her own reflection.

The other person seemed to blink slightly, then walked over slowly and stood under the same roof with her.

…………

Ijichi Hongxia secretly looked to the side. When the man came over, he rolled up the hem of his shirt and wrung out the rainwater on it. His black hair hung down, covering his clear black eyes.

The soaked clothes clung tightly to his body, with broad shoulders, a slender figure, arms with a few traces of muscle, and well-defined abdominal muscles under the black casual clothes... Hongxia, what on earth are you looking at?!

Ijichi Hongxia quickly turned her head away, her little face flushed, not daring to look at the scene over there again.

For a moment, everything was quiet and the only sound was the crisp crackling sound of raindrops falling on the ground.

After a while, Ijichi Hongxia finally plucked up the courage to look at the other person again, and found that the man had put down his clothes, and was raising his head slightly, quietly watching the raindrops falling rapidly from the sky.

So, could this really be some divine being walking among the living?!

The girl took a deep breath and spoke softly.

“…Um, are you okay?”

Hearing her words, the young man slowly turned his head, looked at her for a while, and spoke slowly.

"I'm hungry."

"……Eh?"

"I'm too hungry to walk."

Sakuragawa Aki looked at the dazed blonde girl in front of him and sighed.

"Please treat me to a meal."

…………

In a family restaurant,

Ijichi Hongxia sat obediently with her hands supporting her chin, looking at the black-haired young man in front of her who was eating curry rice with big mouthfuls.