Guitar Hero also wants to play Kasuga Shadow!

The school bell rang, and as usual, Pochi took some time to recover, and found that Xiangzi in front of him was gone.

"By the way, take good care of Xiangzi!" He should be in the music classroom now, so he quickly picked up his guitar and walked out of the classroom.

...

Shoko Toyokawa sat at the piano in a daze, feeling as if something had changed. Her fingers pressed the keys, and the sounds were the same as before, so why couldn't she play them the same way?

I tried another song again. The first few notes were normal, but then it became chaotic.

Tsk... what are you doing, Toyokawa Shoko? If you can't even play the piano well, what good are you?

I paused, placed my hands on my head, and pondered the difference between myself now and before. I pondered for a long time, but nothing came to me until the melody I had composed came to my mind again.

I turned around suddenly and seemed to see a pink-haired girl sitting there holding a guitar and smiling at me.

Could it be...

"Pochi?" The classroom door opened, and a pink figure carrying a guitar appeared before him. "Why are you here?"

"I...um..." You can't say that Deng asked me to take care of you, "I want to listen to Xiangzi's piano."

"Really..." His inner surprise was masked by astonishment, and he didn't notice the corners of his mouth turning up. "Then I want to listen to Bochi's guitar too."

"Eh? Ok...it's OK." Hehehe, this was the first time my guitar was recognized by someone other than my family in real life.

After a burst of powerful music, Pochi silently put down the guitar in his hand, and Xiangzi turned around and looked at Pochi with a complicated expression.

"Pochi... is he sick?" We played so well together last time, why is he...

"No...no."

"Then why..."

Yeah, why?! I'm a guitar hero, right? I look down at my hands. Why aren't they obeying me? Last time, we were just two people, and I played it perfectly...

"Pochi, have you never played in front of others?" Toyokawa Shoko thought for a while and came to her own conclusion.

"Um..."

"That's really difficult. You've formed a band, right? It's not okay to act like this then."

"Eh? Eh?!" Yes, if this happens on the stage, my life will be over!

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"Look, that pink-haired guitar-playing loser even called himself a 'guitar hero' before the show! It's hilarious~"

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"Quack! I don't want this!"

"Po...Pochi! Calm down!"

Toyokawa Shoko was shocked by the way Pochi twitched and lost color. She was stunned for a moment before speaking, but it seemed to be of no use.

"Pochi!" This time he stood up, grabbed her hand, and slowly helped her calm down.

"Is everything okay now?"

"Well, it's okay."

"I say, they must be...Pfft!"

The noise coming from the classroom door made the two of them look over and found that the door had opened a little crack at some point, and the two people from the orchestra section had stuck their heads out to look inside last time.

"Why are you elbowing me again?"

"Shut up!" The more stable girl noticed the two people's gazes, "Oh, sorry to bother you." Then she closed the door.

"It's time to go." Shoko Toyokawa let go of Pochi's hand.

"Um..."

Pochi put his guitar on his shoulder again and walked side by side with Xiangzi on the campus.

"Pochi is such a good guitar player, why has he never played in front of others?"

"Because... I don't have any friends..." He said this while scratching his face and tilting his head to the side.

"...Pochi is so cute."

"Cute?! No...no."

“Of course there is one~”

Toyokawa Shoko smiled and said, "If..." But when she turned the corner and walked through the school gate, the figure she least wanted to see appeared before her.

"Eh?" Pochi was still grinning and wanted to continue listening to Xiangzi's praise, but suddenly found that there was no movement. He looked in the direction Xiangzi was looking.

"Su... Su Shi?"

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Chapter 17 She Escapes, She Chases

"Wait...wait a minute!" Pochi was panting and was grabbed by Xiangzi and ran forward, with Nagasaki Suyo chasing closely behind him.

He was not good at sports to begin with, and this time he was forced to run with a guitar on his back. Pochi felt like he might fall to pieces at any moment.

"Wait a minute, please, I have something to tell you!"

Looking back, Su Shi was still trying to persuade him to stay. Pochi had never expected that such an elegant Su Shi would lose his composure like this.

"It is none of my business."

Xiangzi in front was still so determined, running forward without looking back, and didn't even notice that Pochi was almost foaming at the mouth.

"I've been looking for you!" As if she understood Xiangzi's determination, Nagasaki Suyo stopped and made a final attempt to persuade him to stay. "Why did you transfer?"

Hearing this, Xiangzi finally stopped and looked back. He found that Pochi was not in a good state, and his expression finally softened. He quickly helped her take the guitar off her back, patted her on the back, and looked at Su Shi who was not far away with a warning.

Why can he show such an expression to others? And he is so determined to crychic?

"Is it because of crychic?"

Nagasaki Suyo still didn't give up and continued to ask the same question as before.

"It has nothing to do with this." Toyokawa Shoko said, taking out a bottle of water from her bag and handing it to Pochi, "Drink slowly."

"Tsk..." Why can he show such a gentle expression... "Why is that?!"

"I already said I have nothing to do with you..."

"No...don't quarrel..." Pochi finally caught his breath after taking a sip of water. "What's the matter...can't we just talk it out?"

Pochi also looked at Xiangzi with some confusion.

"No...I..." Don't look at me like that...I just don't want everyone to know...

I can handle it myself, it just takes time.

"It's... something I can't tell you..."

As expected, Pochi turned around and secretly glanced at Su Shi, lowering his head with a gloomy look, and turned around to ask in a low voice,

"Xiangzi quit...was it also because of that incident?"

"Hmm..." Xiangzi nodded painfully, clenching his fists. As long as he spent less money and slept less, he could definitely do it...

"Xiangzi...don't push yourself."

"Eh?"

"Because Xiangzi's expression is very painful."

"Is... is that so..." Xiangzi lowered his head and said, "It really is ugly..."

"No... no!" Pochi took the initiative to grab Xiangzi's fist this time, "Strong Xiangzi, very handsome."

"Huh?" Xiangzi raised his head and looked at Pochi with a little shock. The pink girl in front of him seemed a little unfamiliar.

"But, Xiangzi from before is still the most handsome when he smiles, so... so, don't force yourself too much..."

In such an atmosphere, Xiangzi's clenched hands gradually loosened, and Pochi's hand gradually touched his palm.

Just then, the phone in my pocket vibrated. The ringtone that reminded me every day that it was time to go to work made me face reality again.

"I...I have to go." He said as he pulled his hand free from Pochi's grasp.

"Eh?" The sudden avoidance made Pochi wonder if he had said something wrong again.

"Yes, it's important." Xiangzi glanced at the gloomy Su Shi over there with concern, and said to Pochi, "Although I'm avoiding Su Shi, it's still okay to form a band with her. Just be careful if she has other intentions."

"Other...purposes?" Pochi didn't understand what other purposes there were for forming a band. While he was still thinking about this, a message came from his phone.

"Pochi-chan, where are you now? Can you come to the ring?"

Toyokawa Shoko also saw the message and found that the sender was Aine, so she felt a little relieved. "Well, anyway, just pay more attention."

"oh oh..."

"Well, I'll be leaving now. See you tomorrow, Pochi."

"Well, see you tomorrow."

Pochi watched Xiangzi's figure disappear around the corner, then turned and walked to Su Shi's side.

"That...that..."

"Xiao Xiang also calls me Pochi~ I didn't expect that."

"Eh?" Looking at Su Shi who had the same gentle and elegant smile as usual, Pochi didn't react for a while.

"What's wrong?" Nagasaki Suyo smiled, but there was no smile in her eyes.

Why? !

How long have you known Xiangzi? And you're already so close?!

"Nothing...nothing." I always feel that Su Shi is a little scary now... "Um...Aine asked me to go to the ring, it should be about the band. Su...Su Shi should have received it too..."

"Ah~ Let me see... Yes, let's go together."

"Oh...Okay..."

Walking along the road in silence with Su Shi, Bo Qi thought he was walking slowly enough, but Su Shi was still following him even slower. Looking back, she was still smiling.

"what happened?"

"No...nothing."

"Nothing..." Pochi turned around, and Nagasaki Motoyo glared at him fiercely. It was just a transfer to the same class...

"Pochi...how did you become friends with Xiaoxiang?"

"Eh?"

Su Shi, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke. Pochi turned around and saw Su Shi reflected in the sunset, as if they were back to the day when they first met.

Yeah, Su Shi isn't scary at all, she's actually very gentle. She helped me find someone when we first met and we didn't know each other...

"Becoming friends with Xiangzi..." I really haven't thought about how to become friends with Xiangzi. I was obviously very cold at the beginning..

Oh! I remember! The bench next to the vending machine.

"We are together..."

No, no, no, that's not right... Xiangzi said not to tell anyone...

"Hey~ what are you doing together?"

"Together...together...we went to a coffee shop together!" Phew~ This answer should be fine.

"Pochi also went to the coffee shop, what a surprise."

This was definitely not what she wanted to say at first. Nagasaki Suyo narrowed her eyes again and looked at the back of Pochi's head.

"Hey, it's my first time there."

"It's your first time there, what did you drink?"

"Mango juice."

"Mango...juice?" The familiar preference made Nagasaki Suye think of another person.

"Hmm, very sweet!" Pochi didn't notice anything unusual and continued walking forward without looking back. "Ah, it's not that black tea is bitter and unpalatable~" He remembered the hot Earl Grey black tea recommended by Ring Sushi. Maybe I'm not good enough to taste it...