There are always girls in bands who want to date me

"...Ha, it's okay, just pretend I didn't ask." Seeing that he was unwilling to reveal, Shiina Riki sighed softly and spoke in a somewhat stiff tone, his beautiful lavender eyes turning to the side.

"Well, I didn't say I couldn't tell you. After all, this isn't something that needs to be kept secret, but..."

Sakuragawa Aki blinked slightly, and a smile of interest appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"But, to be fair, since I've answered your question, please answer mine as well."

"...What's the question? Ask it." Shiina Riki frowned slightly, not knowing what question the other party would ask him.

However, she really wanted to know what Deng and the other two had said, and what the whole story was.

Why did that pink-haired guy suddenly break through the defense and run away?

"It's okay. Since I'm the one who proposed it, I'll say it first as a gesture of sincerity."

Sakuragawa Aki shook his head, then recounted his experience after chasing Aine-chan and ran away, briefly repeating what had happened.

Of course, he also omitted most of the content, including Aine-chan's unexpected encounter with her junior high school friend, which led to her second breakdown, and her failed experience studying abroad.

These were all the girl's privacy, so he naturally chose to gloss over them lightly, only saying that Aine-chan seemed to have chosen to escape when faced with setbacks, so she was more sensitive to this aspect.

Of course, he also omitted the somewhat ambiguous close contact of "princess hug".

Well, telling only part of the truth and keeping silent about information that is unfavorable to her is Miss Nagasaki Motoyo's specialty.

"So... that guy also has the idea of lighting..."

As for Shiina Tatsuki, Sakuragawa Akira naturally focused on explaining the little penguin's mental journey, describing her small determination to "move forward even if she gets lost," and her efforts to comfort and encourage Aine.

Well, Brother Lixi was really moved.

The girl lowered her lavender eyes, gently bit her crystal lips, and her long black hair fluttered gently in the wind.

Sakuragawa Aki looked ahead,

Before I knew it, the metal railings prohibiting passage had been raised, and the tram gradually moved away with the melodious sound of the whistle, its huge outline disappearing into the layers of night.

There was no longer any obstacle in front of the two of them, nothing at all.

After a while, the girl with long black hair came back to her senses and looked at the boy next to her with a soft look.

"...Thank you."

Shiina Riki took a deep breath and spoke seriously. "You may ask your questions now. No matter what they are, I will answer them truthfully."

Really? Can I have your measurements?

...Just kidding.

I don’t want to have a real-life PK with Brother Lixi.

Sakuragawa Aki sighed, then put away his joking attitude and became serious.

“…Ritsuki, what do you want to say to Aine now?”

He asked the question he had already thought of.

He could clearly see the hesitation and uneasiness hidden beneath the black-haired girl's slightly strong appearance.

Under the dim light, a soft halo appeared in Sakuragawa Aki's ink-black eyes, as if the moonlight from the sky was pouring down and projected into his eyes.

He looked at the girl quietly, waiting for her answer.

Chapter 114: The drummer turns out to be a Leo

"I……"

In response to Sakuragawa Aki's question, Shiina Riki hesitated for a moment.

However, for Li Xi, whose style of doing things is to "comply with the rules" and "be righteous", it is obviously impossible for her to go back on her word.

I think that even if the question raised by Sakuragawa Aki was really something vulgar like "three measurements", Shiina Riki would still get very angry and tell him the truth.

Of course, we might end up breaking up afterwards.

"I... those words I said before were clearly all for Deng's sake, but in the end... they hurt Deng and that guy..."

Shiina Riki lowered her eyes, and the expression on her delicate face became a little confused and fragile.

She turned her head slightly, and the shadow cast by the dim light covered the girl's face. It seemed that Brother Li Xi didn't want Sakuragawa Aki to see his other side.

"So, I want to apologize to that guy..."

Shiina Riki bit his lower lip lightly, and after finishing the rest of his words, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now...are you satisfied?"

She glanced at Sakuragawa Aki, suppressed the slight shyness that emerged in her heart, picked up her schoolbag and prepared to leave.

But the next moment, Sakuragawa Aki's answer made her expression stunned and she stopped in her tracks.

"How can I be satisfied?"

Yingchuan Qiu frowned slightly, narrowed his eyes, looked at the black straight-haired girl in front of him, sighed and said, "Why don't you say these things to the person in person?"

"...Huh?" Shiina Riki glared at him slightly and said with a somewhat awkward expression.

"How, how could you possibly say that, idiot?"

Did you get that tsundere personality from somewhere? Oh, you said drummers are tsundere by nature, then that's fine.

But tsundere has long since retired!

Sakuragawa Aki shook his head and extended a hand towards Shiina Riki.

"cell phone."

"what?"

Shiina Riki took a half step back, her pretty face showing a nervous expression, and asked in a very stiff voice.

"What do you want with my phone?"

"Is there even any need to ask? Of course, go and tell Aine what you just said." Sakuragawa Aki said it as if he was asking 'what do you want to eat for dinner', and his tone did not fluctuate at all.

"what??"

His lavender eyes widened slightly, and Shiina Riki's face was full of disbelief.

"Why! Why do I have to... apologize to that guy..."

However, at the end of her speech, her voice gradually became softer and her tone became less tough.

Sakuragawa Aki smiled slightly.

"Because, this is what you want to say to her in your heart, isn't it?"

He looked into the girl's somewhat wandering eyes and spoke in a soft tone.

"Since you can't say it, then let me say it for you. After all... we are friends, aren't we?"

I am Li Xige’s mouthpiece (dog head).

Well, since we are friends, we should naturally help each other, find out each other's shortcomings and fill them in, and do things that are difficult to do because of our different positions.

Just as Tatsuki Shiina would put pressure on his teammates in a tough manner, Aki Sakuragawa would also gently soothe the girls and heal their wounds.

The two of them really have a complementary relationship. As a band or a team, it can be said that neither of them can be missing.

If you want everyone to stay together for a long time, there naturally has to be one person who plays the good cop and the other who plays the bad cop, looking for a better future in a dynamic balance.

“So, cell phone.”

Sakuragawa Aki waved to the girl, and the hand he extended was slender with distinct knuckles, which really looked like the hands of someone who often played the piano.

Now there is nothing in his hand, which is very conspicuous.

"I... I didn't ask you to do such a thing." Shiina Riki pursed his lips and said with some lack of confidence.

I'm sorry, but given our bond, there's no need for such formal requests, drummer~

Sakuragawa Aki raised his head slightly, looked at the stars above his head, and spoke in a somewhat casual tone.

"I remember that you asked me for help regarding whether or not to 'participate in the Live', so I remained neutral and didn't object to my 'friend's' opinion."

He blinked slightly, a hint of teasing in his eyes.

"...Does this count as you owing me a small favor, Riki-san?"

"Woo..."

Qianxun/1○⒊⑺⒐⑧

This sentence completely broke down Shiina Riki's already shaky defenses. Naturally, Riki was very reluctant to owe favors to others.

Of course, I’m not sure whether this is the case of a tsundere girl who says one thing but does another (laughs).

Therefore, Riki, who has a very upright personality, is naturally completely helpless when faced with Sakuragawa Aki's attitude of asking her to "return a favor."

He is a professional in capturing the awkward and tsundere black girl.

"Cell phone, Rikki." A smile appeared on Sakuragawa Aki's lips.

Instead of calling her 'taki' as usual, he used the nickname 'rikki' to tease the girl, just like the pink-haired Aine-chan.

“…Don’t call me that!”

A hint of bright red suddenly appeared on Shiina Riki's crystal-clear cheeks.

There was a hint of reluctance in her lavender eyes, yet they were filled with a faint watery light, I don’t know if it was because she was moved or something else. With the embellishment of the teardrop mole at the corner of her eyes, she looked very awkward and beautiful.

She hesitated for a moment, then slowly reached into the pocket of her uniform skirt, took out her cell phone, which still had some body temperature, and placed it in the hand that Sakuragawa Aki extended.

"No, don't do anything weird..."

Don't worry, I won't use your phone to browse strange websites, drum team member.

Sakuragawa Aki took the phone and turned on the screen.

"password."

"...0809"

"Oh? It's your birthday, isn't it?" Sakuragawa Akira unlocked the screen and smiled slightly as if she was amused. "Hmm...it seems you're a Leo, Riki~"

"I don't want you to care!"

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Returning home early, the pink-haired girl, who had already taken a nice bath and blow-dried her hair, was lying on the bed relaxing.

Her long pink hair was a little fluffy and very soft after being blown, and her skin was even more tender and smooth. Aine-chan curled up her body slightly, as if she was lying in a big pink ball of fur, feeling very comfortable.

The girl wore a pair of black-framed glasses, and her fair and tender cheeks seemed like they could squeeze water out of them, with a faint blush from after getting out of the bath.

Chihaya Aine was thinking back on everything that happened today, especially that somewhat novel experience...

Being, being held in Qiuqiu's arms like a princess, that firm touch, the pleasant smell, Qiuqiu's gentle words, and then the two of them holding hands...

Unconsciously, the blush on the girl's face gradually deepened, even her earlobes turned a little red, her slender legs swayed slightly, and her small toes were a little crystal-like.

Da-mee-da-mee~ Anon-chan, stop thinking about weird things...!

The pink-haired girl turned around suddenly and buried her face deeply in the pillow.

Smelling the familiar scent of shampoo beside her, and a somewhat strange yet slightly familiar smell, Aine-chan's calves slapped the bed happily.

Although Aine was very sad to meet her former junior high school classmate by chance, but... being able to have such close contact with Qiuqiu was also a very precious experience!

Should I tell the girls in my class about this tomorrow? Should I?

Hey hey hey ~

Just when Anon-chan was unconsciously laughing, the message reminder on her phone suddenly rang, attracting her attention.

"...Eh? rikki?"

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(Correct typos and make up for the word count)