Lonely Rock for the Blind

senior…

No pick, just the fingertips to pluck the strings.

senior…

While thinking about the boy's appearance, Kita Ikuyo's fingers played faster and faster.

An electric guitar without an amp produces a sound that is even duller and weaker than a bass.

Kita Ikuyo played quickly as if in a trance.

Faster and faster...

then…

Zheng!

"it hurts!"

Kita Ikuyo subconsciously withdrew her hand and looked at her fingertips.

"... "

Red pearls emerged on the fingertips.

"... "

Kita Ikuyo put her fingers into her mouth and sucked them with a wronged look on her face.

Too careless...I...

If everyone sees this tomorrow, they will definitely be worried...

Ijichi-senpai will be worried, Ryo-senpai will be worried, Goto-san will be worried too...

Seniors will also worry...

Worried...worried?

Kita Ikuyo was suddenly stunned for a moment, then took her finger out of her mouth.

He looked at the red on his fingertips, then looked down at the strings.

"…Senior, you can't do anything about…the poor child…"

Suddenly remembering the conclusion she had reached before, Kita Ikuyo's pupils shrank slightly.

Squint your eyes and purse your lips.

With trembling hands...Kita Ikuyo reached out for the guitar and touched the strings with her fingers once again.

"I'm just... practicing fingerstyle, which is... good for the band..."

Kita Ikuyo said this, as if suppressing some dark and heavy emotions.

The dull and gloomy piano sound continued to surround the room.

Chapter 121 Disinfection (Return)

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the door, and Nekoyashiki Haru looked up.

Then walk towards the door.

It's the weekend, Yu Dai is here.

Although thinking this in his heart, Nekayashiki Haru still asked.

"Who?"

"…I."

Kita Ikuyo's voice was heard, Nekayashiki Haru nodded, and then opened the door.

Kita Ikuyo, wearing a beige dress and carrying a guitar, walked in.

"Good morning, Senior."

The pitch wasn't as high as usual.

"Having a bad mood?"

Nekayashiki Haru suddenly remembered that Kita Ikuyo was in a bad mood before, and it seemed that the tone of her voice should be lower.

“No…”

Kita Ikuyo shook her head and gently pushed Nekayashiki Haru.

"Let's go and practice."

"it is good."

Nekayashiki Haru nodded. Since Yudai didn't say much, there was no need for him to ask more.

It is important to keep your distance...

But I don't want to keep my distance from you.

Kita Ikuyo thought about it, then sat down on the sofa and put on her headphones skillfully.

Nekoyashiki Haru also sat down on the sofa, then took out his headphones and put them on.

Kita Ikuyo's heart suddenly became excited.

The band-aids on their fingers rubbed against each other.

When will you find out? What kind of expression will you have when you find out?

Worry? Blame? Something else?

But it feels... not bad...

Kita Ikuyo's breathing quickened slightly. She held the guitar tightly and gently plucked the strings with her fingertips wrapped in Band-Aids.

Nekoyashiki Haru was slightly stunned.

The sound feels... a little wrong?

Nekoyashiki Haru frowned.

"Your hand is injured?"

"I was practicing alone yesterday and got accidentally shot."

Kita Ikuyo said.

“Obviously, it shouldn’t happen anymore…”

When Kita Ikuyo first started learning guitar, she often got band-aids on her hands, but logically speaking, that shouldn't happen anymore...

Taught her everything she needed to pay attention to...

"...Senior...Would you like to see it?"

Kita Ikuyo suddenly said, and then placed a hand on Nekayashiki Haru's thigh.

Nekoyashiki Haru was stunned for a moment, then reached out to touch the hand.

First, Nekayashiki Haru touched the girl's tender back of the hand. He followed the back of the hand and touched her fingertips.

What exists there is the texture of a Band-Aid wrap.

The little finger, ring finger, middle finger, index finger, and thumb were all covered with Band-Aids.

Nekoyashiki Haru shuddered slightly.

Kita Ikuyo couldn't help but tremble.

The yellow-green eyes looked at Nekayashiki Haru, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

The corners of Senior's mouth turned serious...

Although I can't see everything clearly because of the sunglasses, but... I can still feel that he should have a serious expression now.

Are you going to scold me?

Kita Ikuyo suddenly felt a little scared, but it was quickly replaced by a strange sense of satisfaction.

Kita Ikuyo subconsciously placed her other hand on the back of Nekayashiki Haru's hand, and then touched the back of Nekayashiki Haru's hand with the tips of her five fingers.

"Actually... this hand is also..."

Kita Ikuyo said softly.

"!"

The purple pupils behind Nekayashiki Haru's sunglasses widened.

"So why?!"

Nekayashiki Haru frowned and said seriously to Kita Ikuyo.

"Why are all ten of your fingers injured? You've been learning for so long, and I've already told you the necessary protective measures, right? Why did you still hurt your hands like this?!"

"…sorry…"

Kita Ikuyo lowered her head in disappointment.

Lost is not fake, but...

The sweet and sour pomegranate flavor squeezed out from under the repression is also not fake.

"Senior...are you angry?"

Kita Ikuyo's mouth opened and closed as she asked the question that she had thought of asking last night.

"Of course I'll be angry! Yudai isn't a beginner anymore, right? I'm not saying she has to play perfectly, but at least she has to protect her hands! It's too much of an exaggeration to say both hands are completely destroyed!"

Nekoyashiki Haru picked up Iku Kita with his hand.

"Has it been disinfected?"

"This kind of wound doesn't need it..."

Actually, I've...

"…Just put a Band-Aid on it without any treatment?"

"…Um…"

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru gritted his teeth.

"You really made me a little angry, Yudai..."

"Um…"

Kita Ikuyo nodded, her lips tightened.

Nekayashiki Haru grabbed Kita Ikuyo's hand and gently tore off the band-aid on Kita Ikuyo's fingertips.

"Are there any changes in the wound?"

“…feels…normal, no redness or swelling…”

"That's fine."

Nekoyashiki Haru got up and walked into the kitchen. After a while, he came back with a few bottles of purified water and a bottle of iodine.

"If there's no redness or swelling, there's a high probability that there's no infection. But for the time being, you should still clean and disinfect the wound, then change the bandage."

"Um…"

"Tear off the band-aid yourself."

"Okay..."

Kita Ikuyo's voice suddenly became sticky.

She tore off the band-aids on her hands one by one, and Nekoyashiki Haru handed her some purified water.

Kita Ikuyo originally wanted to start disinfection right away, but suddenly she was stunned.

"senior…"