There are always girls in bands who want to date me

What should I do? What should I do now?

Aiyin-chan lowered her head, her body staggering. For a moment, she was in a state of confusion, her mind was blank, and she had no idea what to do next.

Should I go back and apologize to them, or just run away like this?

——However, fate did not seem to favor her.

The sudden sound of a girl's voice beside her ear made her raise her head subconsciously.

"...Chihaya?"

Two girls in uniform were walking towards her, looking at her with some surprise on their faces.

At the most embarrassing moment, Chihaya Aine reunited with the past that she least wanted to face.

Chapter 106: Actually, I am also a master of escape

"...Chihaya? It's Chihaya, right?"

A girl with a ponytail and wearing a dark green sailor uniform said with a surprised tone, covering her lips slightly.

Her uniform is the same as Ms. Nagasaki Suyo's, and it is obvious that the girl is also a student of the high school department of Tsukinomori Girls' Academy.

"Chihaya, are you okay? Why do you look so bad?"

The two girls trotted forward and looked at her with concern.

They were Aine-chan's good friends from junior high school, and they were also friends who had intimate conversations about the future with her.

"Chihaya, it's been a long time since we last met. How are you doing?" Another short-haired girl in a black uniform tilted her head with a look of surprise and joy on her face.

However, facing the somewhat cordial greetings from her former friend and the words that didn't seem distant, Chihaya Aine was now stiff all over, and her light grey eyes were even trembling slightly.

For ordinary people, an unexpected meeting with an old friend will definitely make them feel surprised and happy. After all, as the saying goes, clothes are worse than new and people are worse than old.

However, for Aine, that was the past that she desperately wanted to escape from and completely cut off.

When I was in junior high school, I was an excellent student, a popular student, and the student council president. Surrounded by my friends, I got a little carried away and announced my decision to study abroad.

Even though I knew nothing and had no idea... what I might face, I made the decision so easily and enjoyed the envy and admiration of my friends.

But unfortunately, the various difficulties she encountered later easily defeated her.

The psychological gap and the inability to adapt to the unfamiliar environment caused her to feel tremendous psychological pressure and she wanted to escape.

For some girls with "impure motives", Chihaya Aine's original intention was just to "be noticed and admired by others". Naturally, this level of determination cannot help her face and fight against the various difficulties in the future.

Because her decision to study abroad was initially just a spur of the moment decision.

There is neither a strong desire for a bright future nor a determination to "stand out".

How difficult is it for a person to persevere?

Obviously, in most cases, your original intention determines your persistence and whether you can fight against and overcome the hardships and setbacks that may come in the future.

Of course, suffering should never be glorified and has no meaning.

If you insist on suffering without any hardship, you are mentally ill.

So, to put it in a more realistic way, Aine-chan just wants to study abroad to gild herself and satisfy her own little vanity.

In the future, your identity as a returnee from studying abroad will also attract admiration from others.

Her original intention was so simple.

However, language barriers, poor accent, unfamiliar environment, indifference from classmates, isolation from the social circle, loneliness, inferiority complex, longing for home, relatives and friends...all these difficulties that are bound to be encountered after studying abroad completely crushed this extroverted and cheerful girl.

Chihaya Aine needs to get praise and attention from her friends and classmates, and get positive feedback, in order to maintain her cheerfulness and beauty, and to gain the strength to face setbacks.

This is her personality, characteristics, and her way of doing things.

She needs recognition from others.

Otherwise, even Saint Aine would be hurt.

Even the band is the same.

When one day, Aiyin can no longer gain a sense of identity and belonging from her band members and is no longer needed by others, she will choose to turn around and leave silently, even if she has to endure the pain of separation.

"Chihaya, that uniform...Hyakua?"

"Eh? So, what about studying in England?"

"…Are you okay? Chihaya?"

The two girls in uniform both looked worried and confused.

Although they didn't know what had happened, the distraught expression on the pink-haired girl's face and her current clueless situation made them afraid to have too in-depth communication.

Ah, it's over.

Chihaya Aine leaned against the wall, her shoulders drooping in exhaustion, and the expression on her pretty face was very depressed and sad.

The girl, whose psychological defenses had already suffered a huge blow and was on the verge of collapse, suffered a second major blow in a short period of time.

Now, the most important friend is lost, and her former friend has seen through her 'disguise' and seen the real her, which is inconsistent with the perfect image she carefully created in the past.

It's really ugly. I wanted to escape, but not only did I lose the 'present', but now... I even lost the 'past'.

If you fail to study abroad and run away in disgrace, your former classmates and friends will definitely know about it.

How would my former friends view me? How would my former classmates talk about me?

There was nowhere to escape to... At this moment, Aine-chan felt that no matter where she escaped to, it was completely meaningless.

She was completely trapped here and couldn't move.

"Chihaya? Um...are you okay?"

"Eh……?"

The two girls were about to say something, but the next moment they looked puzzled and looked behind Aine-chan.

Only the pink-haired girl, who was still immersed in her own inner world and wrapped in all kinds of negative emotions, couldn't extricate herself, and hadn't noticed anything.

After a while,

A hand gently pressed on her shoulder.

"……Eh?"

The physical touch immediately brought Aine-chan, who was at a loss as to what to do, back to reality.

She turned back in a daze.

The familiar handsome face appeared in front of her, making her feel very close and at ease.

“Huh… Aine, that’s fast…”

Sakuragawa Aki breathed slightly and placed his hand on the other slender shoulder of the pink-haired girl.

The slender fingers clenched gently... so small, so soft, it felt as if it could be easily broken with just a little force...

At times like this, one can clearly realize that Aine-chan, who is always cheerful and lively on weekdays, is also a weak and cute girl.

Sakuragawa Aki lowered his eyes, feeling the girl's slightly trembling body, and couldn't help feeling helpless and distressed.

"……Autumn?"

"Well, I found you."

Sakuragawa Aki raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

It seems that I am more physically capable.

Aine-chan was obviously exhausted, but he still had some strength left, at least not to the point where he needed to hold on to the wall.

Won today too.

However, now is not the time to joke.

Sakuragawa Aki turned his head and looked at the two girls in front of him who were also wearing uniforms, with a thoughtful look on his face.

You, a pink-haired girl, always meet these two no matter where you run. Could it be that this is some kind of fate from your previous life?

However, since I want to cut off the past, I should at least learn from Pochi-chan and go to a school that is more than an hour's train ride away from home.

In that case, unless you use the traditional method to open the box, your former classmates will definitely not be able to find you.

“…Why are you catching up with me…?” Chihaya Aine lowered her head and murmured in a weak voice.

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The light grey eyes that used to sparkle were now dull, like gems that had lost their luster, no longer beautiful and sparkling, which made people feel pity when they saw them.

"...Chasing? No."

Sakuragawa Aki quickly adjusted her breathing, thought for a moment, and said calmly, "I'm not chasing you, Aine."

"Eh?"

The pink-haired girl raised her head slightly, pursed her cherry lips, and glanced at him secretly with some confusion.

Sakuragawa Aki stared quietly into those light grey eyes, and did not choose to clear her up immediately. Instead, he spoke softly with a serious expression.

"...Escape, aren't you going to continue?"

"!"

Chihaya Aine trembled slightly when her thoughts were spoken.

There was no doubt that Qiu had seen him fleeing in such a panic, and he probably saw Deng as well...

He will definitely look down on me...

"Hug, sorry..."

The girl whispered in an unnatural tone.

"Why are you apologizing?"

Sakuragawa Aki blinked lightly, a slight smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

“It looks like you’ve completely lost all your strength, Aine-san.”

"—In that case, it's my turn now."

"Eh……?"

Chihaya Aine looked at him blankly, totally not understanding what he was saying.

However, the next moment, a strong feeling of weightlessness came over me.

After a dizzying moment, Aine-chan was surprised to find that she was actually picked up by that person with both hands!

"Qiu, Qiuqiu!?"

That handsome face with a touch of friendliness slowly enlarged before my eyes.

"I told you, I'm not chasing you, I'm running away."

Sakuragawa Aki looked at the girl's rosy cheeks and her dull reaction as if she didn't understand the current situation, and spoke in a slightly gentle tone.

"We are friends. If we are going to escape, of course we should run away hand in hand, Aine."

"It's the same no matter where you're escaping to."

Chapter 107: Aine-chan gets a big score!

One hand supported the slightly fragile shoulder and wrapped around the curvy back, while the other hand was placed under the pink-haired girl's white and tender thigh, and both hands gently exerted force.

Very easily, Chihaya Aine was picked up by him like a princess.

So light,

The pink-haired girl in my arms felt like a piece of light paper that would fly to a distant place with a gentle blow from the wind.

He was surrounded by a light fragrance, a bit like the scent of flowers. His soft pink hair fell on his chest, and a few strands of hair playfully rested on his arms, fluttering gently in the breeze.

Sakuragawa Aki lowered his head and looked into the slightly widened light grey eyes of the girl in his arms. His expression was very calm and serious, without the slightest hint of joking.

“Unfortunately, it seems I have more physical strength, so from now on, I’ll have to take Aine and run away.”