Lonely Rock for the Blind

"It's the kind of person Qing likes who can rely on her in some way... Of course, it's not just the usual kind of person like feeding her... Ugh, it's someone who can be relied on in a more abstract sense... Ah!"

Goto Ichiri realized that he had talked a little too much, so he quickly shut his mouth and spoke in a low voice after a while.

"I…I'm just guessing."

"Um…"

Kita Ikuyo thought for a moment, then raised her head.

"Thank you!"

"Eh?"

"What Ichiri just said might actually be useful!"

Kita Ikuyo patted Goto Ichiri on the head.

"Thank you, Ichiri!"

"Ah... um."

Goto Ichiri nodded.

Chapter 174: Lunch Break (Part 2)

"I'm so sorry, Liang still hasn't paid you back the money he owed you."

Ijichi Hongxia lowered her head and apologized to a girl.

"Ah, it's okay, it's not that much money anyway."

"sorry."

Yamada Ryoya beside him nodded and said.

"Give me some sincerity..."

Ijichi Hongxia glanced at Yamada Ryo and said dissatisfiedly.

"no, I'm fine."

The girl took the money and left with a smile.

Ijichi Hongxia sighed and looked at Yamada Ryo.

"That one just now was the last one, right?"

"Well, it's the last one."

It was lunchtime at school, and the two of them came to pay back the money after finishing their meal.

I used to pay them back one by one slowly, but today I am finally done.

"Now you only have one creditor, right?"

Ijichi Hongxia asked.

"Well, it's only sunny."

Yamada Ryo said.

"…clear?"

Yi Dizhi Hongxia was confused.

"Aren't you called Kitten like me?"

"Didn't you say last time that I plagiarized your title?"

"... "

Ijichi Hongxia was stunned.

"You still remember..."

"I'm just single-minded, not brainless."

"... "

Ichichi Hongxia was silent.

Yamada Ryo walked towards the rooftop.

"Let's go up and get some fresh air."

"Ah."

"You actually agreed? Aren't you afraid that I'll call you up to the rooftop and push you off?"

Yamada Ryo said with a wicked smile.

"Just don't let me kill you."

Ijichi Hongxia shrugged.

...

On the rooftop, Yamada Ryo was lying on the railing.

"It's autumn now, and it's really cold."

Ichichi Hongxia straightened her yellow hair that was messed up by the wind.

"It's cold too. Be careful not to catch a cold next time."

"Ah."

Yamada Ryo nodded slightly and looked into the distance.

The leaves in the distance are slightly yellow.

"Ah, it's almost time to enjoy the red leaves."

Ijichi Hongxia walked over and said.

"Are you going then?"

Yamada Ryo asked.

"Hmm... that should be fine."

Ijichi Hongxia nodded.

“I’d rather stay home.”

Yamada Ryo said.

"Then you can just stay home. At worst, we can take some photos for you."

Ichichi Hongxia sighed.

"... "

Yamada Ryo narrowed his eyes.

"When you invited me to join your band, it was also on the rooftop, right?"

"Ah."

Ijichi Hongxia nodded.

"You looked very sad at that time."

“I’m not particularly sad.”

"Sadness is sadness. Even if you can't show it on the surface... I can feel it."

Ichichi Hongxia stood on tiptoe and lay on the guardrail.

"…cold."

"Ok?"

"I'm sorry for arguing so fiercely with you the other day."

"You really should apologize."

Yamada Ryo nodded as a matter of course, and then was lightly kicked in the calf by Ijichi Hongka.

"You should follow the trend and apologize to me too!"

"I am a woman who is not controlled by the atmosphere."

The corners of Yamada Ryo's lips curled up slightly.

"Aha…"

Ijichi Hongxia sighed.

Yamada Ryo looked at Ichichi Hongka and suddenly said.

"Help me think of a new name."

"what?"

Ijichi Hongxia asked doubtfully.

"To Qing, calling her by her name feels so impersonal."

"Think about it yourself..."

"Um...how about Cat Barrett?"

"What a weird name... If you get hit with a cane by calling me that, don't come to me."

Ijichi Hongxia sighed.

"I also need to apologize to Pochi and thank her, but I haven't had the chance to tell her yet."

"... "

Yamada Ryo lowered his head, then raised it after a while and said.

"I want to thank you, too."

"How about you apologize to me first? It feels weird that I'm the only one apologizing, when you were the one who started the argument."

Ijichi Hongxia suggested.

"It's because what you said was so irritating."

Yamada Ryo's golden eyes closed.

"I already said that's not what I meant... Never mind..."

Ijichi Hongxia turned her head away.

“Maybe there is a little bit of that meaning…”

"By the way, when did you fall in love with Cat Barrett?"

"I told you not to call me that weird name!"

Ijichi Hongxia said dissatisfiedly to Yamada Ryo.

Then take a deep breath.

"I can't remember."

"Ok?"

“I think I’ve liked it since I was a kid…”

"Are you too precocious?"

"My preferences back then were different from now! It's just... it's evolved now..."

Ichichi Hongka's small leather boots gently kicked the guardrail.

"After all, the kitten has always been with me...it's his fault that I fell in love with him..."

"You are so unreasonable! Can you still be called the Archangel of Shimokitazawa?"

Yamada Ryo asked, tilting his head.