Lonely Rock for the Blind

"Who in the band ended it? Or Hiroi? Or was it the store manager?!"

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru was silent.

"Why aren't you talking? Seriously."

Daikoku Otomi patted Nekoyashiki Haru on the head.

"Hurry up, hurry up, tell me, I won't tell anyone."

“…Four people…”

Nekoyashiki Haru said in a daze.

"Uh-huh, four people... huh?"

Daikoku's eyes widened.

"Four?"

"Ah."

"End the band?"

"Um…"

"... "

Da Hei Yin opened his mouth.

"Exactly...what happened?"

"…around the day I was about to stay, I knew Niji and Yudai liked me, and I made a deal with them… that they would make me like them."

"…Then what?"

Da Hei Yin is fully focused.

"...Then, a long, long time passed, and there was no progress. It seemed exactly the same as before...but it also seemed a little different. I was a little anxious."

"What did you do?"

Daikokuone asked.

"...No...but...Ryo and Ichiri also say they like me now..."

"what?"

Da Hei Yin was stunned.

Nekoyashiki Haru opened a new beer and started drinking it.

“…You’re an adult, right?”

"Hmm? For the time being?"

“…I…what should I do next?”

"Ask me that?! I have no idea."

Daikokuinmi shook his head and said.

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru lowered his head.

snap…

"?"

Da Hei Yin was stunned when he heard the voice.

pat pat pat.

"What should I do..."

Nekoyashiki Haru raised her head, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"?!"

Da Hei Yin's eyes widened.

Why are you crying?! Are you someone who cries so easily?!

Ahhh…Are you drunk?

Daikoku Otomi looked thoughtfully at the small pile of beer cans.

"So... who do you like?"

Da Hei Yin asked quietly.

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru lowered his head and stopped talking.

“…You don’t dislike any of them, do you?”

Da Hei Yin was shocked.

"…I…"

Click click click…

Nekoyashiki Haru clenched the beer can.

"... "

Daikokuin tilted his head and looked at the scene.

Chapter 214: Minors

Heat filled the room.

Having already taken off his thick down jacket, Nekayashiki Haru continued drinking in light clothing.

"...I bought this to stock up on. If you keep drinking like this, you won't make it through the night..."

Daikokuonmi said.

"... "

Nekayashiki Haru raised his head, took out his wallet, took out a stack of banknotes and handed it to Okuro Otomi.

“I don’t mean to ask you to pay…”

Da Hei Yin said helplessly.

I feel even more like a kid when I'm drunk.

No… Actually, he was just a child.

"That's enough, don't drink too much."

Daikokuon reached out and took the wine from Nekayashiki Haru's hand.

Nekayashiki Haru didn't try to grab it, but just sat there quietly, her purple pupils seemed to be looking at herself, although she couldn't actually see.

"... "

Snap… Snap… Snap…

The tears began to flow again.

"?!"

Daikoku's eyes widened.

"Wait a minute, don't cry!"

Okuro Otomi quickly put the beer back into Nekayashiki Haru's hands.

"... "

The tears stopped.

"...I can only say that she is worthy of being Hiroi's friend...I wonder what she has done to you."

"…sorry."

Nekoyashiki Haru bowed his head and apologized.

"You're apologizing again."

Daikokuyin shook his head.

"By the way, how about you stay here tonight?"

Daikokuonmi said.

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru faced Ootomi Daikoku quietly.

Daikokuyin smiled.

"After all, it's so late and you're drunk. It's too dangerous to go back, and I don't want to send you back... It's too cold outside."

"…good…"

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded in agreement.

"Eh?"

Da Hei Yin was stunned for a moment.

"I thought you were going to refuse for a while."

"... "

Nekayashiki Haru shook his head, said nothing, and continued drinking.

"Ah la…I've really become drunk."

Okuro Otomi held his chin with both hands and watched Nekayashiki Haru drinking.

How should I put it, it feels quite strange.

Suddenly I picked up someone and took him home.

"By the way, if you don't like it, why not just reject it all?"

Daikokuone asked.

"...If I reject everyone, no one will be happy...and as I said...it's up to them to make me like them..."

"Haven't they done that yet?"

Daikokuin asked, tilting his head.

“You can…”

Nekayashiki Haru said as if he himself was unsure.

"So you came out just to relax today?"

Daikokuyin asked, raising his hand.

"Just because there are two more people who like you?"

“…It’s not [just]…”

Nekoyashiki Haru shook his head.

"There will be more and more sad people... and... and I feel more and more wrong..."

"what?"

Daikokuone asked.

"Hongxia..."

Nekayashiki Haru opened his mouth to say something, then suddenly stopped.

"What happened to Xiao Hongxia?"