Lonely Rock for the Blind

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“Actually, I’ve been a band hunter for a long time.”

"!"

Nekoyashiki Haru was startled.

"It's not after you left, Senior. I often came out to do this before you left..."

On the snow, the red-haired girl wrapped in a black sweatshirt took off her mask.

"You were wearing a mask just now, sir. Is your voice... not as good as usual?"

“…Yudai.”

Nekayashiki Haru's breathing quickened.

"I've always been worried that my voice wouldn't sound good enough to my seniors, but I was so excited just now that I forgot about it."

Kita Ikuyo laughed.

"Um, Senior, next... could you please listen carefully?"

Kita Ikuyo approaches Nekoyashiki Haru.

Step by step.

As he walked, he took out a bag from his coat pocket.

Sizzle…

The bag's drawstrings are loosened.

"Please...listen..."

The bag was turned upside down.

Wow…

The colorful picks and snow spun in the air and fell like fallen leaves.

Snap, snap, snap…

There should have been no sound when they fell on the snow, but because of their number, they suddenly made a sound.

Nekoyashiki Haru's pupils shrank.

"Although... although it's still very little..."

Kita Ikuyo's hands were behind her back, and the blush on her face became more and more intense.

"Compared to the boxes of my predecessors, the amount in this bag is nothing..."

Kita Ikuyo's eyes narrowed slightly, and her moist gaze painted across Nekayashiki Haru's cheek.

"But... I have been working hard, because... because I like you, senior..."

Kita Ikuyo continues to move forward.

"These...would be nice as gifts..."

"I want to be a senior... I'm already doing it, learning, imitating... Although I can only start with [Band Hunter] now, I will be someone I can rely on like a senior..."

"Senior, you want someone to rely on, right? Then I can be that..."

Kita Ikuyo threw the bag on the ground, then opened her arms and hugged Nekoyashiki Haru tightly.

"I've been working so hard... Senior, please give me a little reward..."

The hand moved up along the boy's body and cupped Nekayashiki Haru's cheek.

"like you…"

She exerted a little force, and the unconscious Nekayashiki Haru was pulled down.

"...If you just... kiss me...I won't feel tired at all..."

In the darkness, the dark green pupils suddenly shrank.

Kita Ikuyo, who had completely jumped out of everyone's cognition, made Daikoku Otomi lose his mind.

But she came to her senses in time and took a step forward to stop him...

The footsteps suddenly stopped.

Why should I stop it?

Kita Ikuyo's face was getting closer and closer to Nekayashiki Haru's face.

The lips are facing each other and are about to touch each other.

The thumping sound of the heartbeat was like the sound of a bug reviving in amber trying to get out.

Nekoyashiki Haru reacted suddenly.

The breath of the person in front of him getting closer and closer made his pupils shrink when he reacted.

A hand suddenly inserted between the two.

"... "

Kita Ikuyo pressed her lips against the hand.

She raised her head and looked at Nekoyashiki Haru blankly.

Nekayashiki Haru lowered his hand.

"Yudai, calm down, I just came over to see..."

“…I can’t calm down…”

Kita Ikuyo stood up tremblingly.

“I can’t calm down at all…”

Kita Ikuyo raised her head, tears glistening in her yellow-green eyes.

"Why... use your hands to block..."

The girl's voice trembled.

"Yudai, because I..."

Nekayashiki Haru was interrupted before he could finish his words.

"At least...at least let me kiss your cheek!!!"

Kita Ikuyo roared.

Nekoyashiki Haru was startled.

"Eh?"

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Last time...last time on the train...Ryo-senpai also wanted to kiss you, right?"

Kita Ikuyo raised her hand tremblingly.

"Why...why can't I even kiss my face!"

"How do you know..."

"Because I'm here! I see it! I've been looking at you even when you can't see me!!!"

Kita Ikuyo grabbed Nekayashiki Haru's clothes.

"Why can Ryo-senpai do it but I can't... I definitely like you more than Ryo-senpai!"

So depressing...

So sad…

Ever since I saw that scene that day, ever since I ran away from Senior Liang’s words that day.

Just kept on and on... I couldn't breathe.

It shouldn't be like this... I shouldn't run away...

My chest feels tight...

The image of the blue-haired girl kissing Nekayashiki Haru on the cheek replayed in his mind.

She actually knew that whether it was Liang Senior kissing her on the cheek or him blocking her with his hand just now, it was actually just a rejection...

But...don't...

No no…no!

I don’t want to do this!

"It's me, Kita Ikuyo, who likes you more than Ryo-senpai!"

Kita Ikuyo suddenly pushed Nekoyashiki Haru down.

Nekayashiki Haru didn't even react.

Just fell in the snow.

Hearing? Perception?

Those things seem so useless when facing truly healthy people at this moment.

If you take precautions in advance, Nekoyashiki Haru will be able to react.

It was just like when he helped Goto Ichiri shoot down a flying eagle.

but now…