Guitar Hero also wants to play Kasuga Shadow!

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"how come……"

It was all my fault for not wanting to carry money with me when I went out. I let it slip at a time like this. "If there's only one cup, then give it to Pochi... I just drank it."

"Eh? This is..."

Although it would be nice for Lenai to treat me, it would be a shame if I could only watch from the sidelines while I drank...

"I see."

Mu, who was watching their interaction, suddenly had an idea. He quietly took out his wallet and placed a few Fukuzawa Yukichi pictures on the table.

"I'll just treat you."

"Gu..."

Le Nai looked at the numbers over there, then looked at the few coins sitting alone on his side. The huge disparity made Le Nai feel that Pochi might really be stolen...

"Okay... okay, it's just a drink, it won't cost that much."

Rather, Mu has always carried so much money on her? Is this the eldest daughter?!

"Oh."

Mu obediently put away all the money and sat there quietly.

"And... there's also Lenai. You don't have to treat Lenai. How about I treat you? I'll treat Lenai to her favorite matcha parfait."

"Today... there's no matcha parfait..."

Lenai lowered her head, feeling a little aggrieved. She had clearly called her over because she missed Pochi, but she found out that there was already someone else beside her...

I feel like I'm the redundant one...

"No matcha parfait?"

Pochi looked up at Rinrinko with confusion.

"Yes, we have. We have just restocked it."

"Then one parfait and two glasses of mango juice."

"Okay, please wait."

Rinrinko, who watched all their interactions, couldn't help but sigh, Pochi is really gentle, no wonder he is so popular...

"Okay, there's Buffy to eat~"

Pochi spoke to Lenai again. Compared to the depressed Lenai now, Pochi still preferred the Lenai who would smile on the stage.

He looked at the guitar leaning against Lenai's feet, and the whole set of effects pedals he always carried with him, "Lenai, later... start playing the guitar."

"Play guitar?"

Lenai raised her head.

"Yeah, I haven't heard Lenai play guitar in a while."

"Pochi, do you like my guitar?"

"Of course. I still remember the first time I played guitar in front of people was here."

He glanced at the speakers in the corner of the coffee shop. "At first, I had to put on the 'Fully Ripe Mango' to play it. Do you remember, Lenai?"

"Fully ripe mango..."

Thinking of that somewhat funny box, but... isn't this also the reason why I like Pochi?

"What is a 'perfectly ripe mango'?"

Mu on the side asked curiously.

"It's...that's..."

Pochi didn't know how to explain it, and he didn't really want Mu to know about his previous embarrassing behavior.

"So you didn't know!"

Finding that she knew Pochi better than Mu, Lenai's mood brightened visibly. "'Fully Ripe Mango' is a bigger and better Pochi!"

"Bigger...bigger and better?"

Mu looked at Pochi, not understanding what Lenai meant.

"Alright~ Lenai's parfait, and two glasses of mango juice."

Rinrinko placed the drinks on the table, "After we finish eating, do you want to play guitar?"

"Um... um, please excuse me, Rinrinko-senpai."

Nagasaki Motoyo ended her celebration party with the club members early and returned home. Mom was coming home today...

But... every time I take the elevator to the 45th floor alone, open the empty door, and face the empty and dark living room, I feel overwhelmed by boundless loneliness.

Because of this, I felt the same way when I couldn’t have my mom home.

I changed into my home clothes, put on an apron, took out the ingredients I had prepared long ago from the refrigerator, and prepared to make my mother's favorite soup.

After a busy and fulfilling period, I sat at the dining table with a pot of thick soup.

"I accidentally did too much..."

But these are minor issues. I looked at the time and it was time for my mother to come home, but...

I looked outside the door, but there was no other movement. After finishing cooking, the house was silent, eerily quiet.

After sitting at the dinner table for a while, I received a text message from my mother.

[Sorry, Sushi, I might be back a little late.]

Really...it's just a little late, it's okay...

[It's okay, Mom will just take care of her own business first.]

I put down my phone and stared blankly at the endless loneliness.

……

"Su Shi! I'm going back..."

Su Shi's mother almost rushed into the room and saw Su Shi sleeping on the table in front of the dining table, and then she shut her mouth again.

Is it worth doing this yourself?

I asked myself this question again and again.

When I walked to Su Shi, I saw the thick soup she had prepared for me on the table, but it was no longer hot.

I picked up the spoon and took a bite. It was still the taste I liked. Or rather, I like all the food made by Su Shi...

"Mom...Mom? You're back?"

Su Shi rubbed her eyes and sat up, "I'm sorry, I fell asleep while waiting for mom."

"It's Mom's fault. Su Shi doesn't need to apologize."

He put down the spoon and looked at his proud daughter, "I really like the soup made by Sushi."

"Eh? Have you drunk it yet? It needs to be heated up."

Seeing this, Su Shi wanted to stand up, but her numb body, which had been sleeping on the table, did not support her doing so. She fell forward before taking a step.

"Su Shi?!"

Fortunately, her mother was close enough to support Su Shi who almost fell, "You have been sleeping on the table for so long, you should get up slowly."

"Hug...sorry..."

I actually made my mother worry. I am really bad...

But the mother just hit her daughter on the head.

"It hurts!"

He rubbed his head and looked at his mother in confusion.

"I've already said it, don't apologize!"

The mother put her hands on her hips, which was a rare sight, and said in a lecturing manner, "It's because I came home late that Su Shi fell asleep."

Su Shi lowered his head and said nothing.

Seeing this, the mother rubbed Su Shi's head and said, "Okay, leave it to mom from now on. Su Shi, just take a rest."

"Okay... okay."

Watching my mother walk into the kitchen, I felt the loneliness in the room fade a little...

temporary……

104

Chapter 104: Bandmates.

"I am back."

After Ring took turns playing Lenai's guitar for a while, he said goodbye to Lenai and Mu and returned home.

I have to say I'm a little tired. I left home in the morning and didn't get home until night fell. I would never have dared to think about this before.

"Sister is home!"

Erli ran to the entrance to greet him as usual, "Sister, you've been so busy lately that you don't even have time to spend with me on weekends."

"Eh?!"

Pochi, who was sitting on the ground taking off his shoes, was stunned for a moment.

In my memory, I would play guitar in my room on weekends, maybe in the closet, or just sitting on the bed. Erli would sometimes come to my room to draw or something, but we didn't talk much. "Er... Erli, do you need your sister to accompany you?"

"Of course, my sister's guitar is reassuring."

Erli said as he walked behind Pochi and held his sister's head with his little hand, "It's been a long time since I heard you play the guitar."

"Eh? Then... I'll play it for Erli later."

"I always feel like... my sister is getting busier and busier... She used to stay home all the time on weekends, and on weekdays too, she'd come home early in the afternoon and play guitar for ages."

"Two...two miles?"

Erli held her head down, so she couldn't look back or get up. "The shoes have been changed, please...let me get up first."

"But I don't know when my sister started coming home later and later. She also has to go out on weekends, so she has less and less time to play guitar at home."

Erli's tone gradually became lower and lower, "Hey, sister, do you still remember that you said you would teach me to play the guitar?"

"Of course I remember."

Although he still remembered it, Pochi thought it was just Erli's impulsive idea at the time and didn't take it too seriously. But now it seems that this is not the case?

But, Erli is still so young, how can he play guitar? "Tomorrow... tomorrow I won't go out, how about I teach Erli to play guitar at home?"

"Great!"

Erli let go of his hand, and Pochi was finally able to stand up. I always... I always feel that Erli today is a little different from usual?

"How about it?"

Erli smiled and made a pistol gesture to his sister, "The way of speaking that my classmates taught me is very useful, isn't it?"

"Uh... I'd better not learn Erli. It's scary..."

Moreover, it always feels a bit inappropriate to hear such a lively child like Erli say such things.

"Hey~ But if I say that, Sister can accompany me tomorrow. It's so useful."

"No, Erli can talk to his sister normally, and his sister will accompany him."

I feel like if I don't correct Erli now, she will go further and further down some strange path.

"It's time to eat~"

Mom's voice came from the house, interrupting the sisters' conversation.