Can Lixi look at me alone?

She did nothing wrong.

Having figured all this out, Xiangzi breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to think this way, Jieyue felt a chill and involuntarily buried her head inside Xiangzi's underwear.

The blue-haired girl, her cheeks flushed red, had been arguing with Yuzuki for a while before finally managing to end it all, and decided to do something.

She couldn't stay here with Yuzuki any longer, or Yuzuki would get a fever.

This guy has always been in poor health since he was a child, and he often lies in bed... Then he stuffed the still-little Xiangzi and Mu into the quilt, and the three of them played hide-and-seek in the dark inside.

The girl, whose lips couldn't help but curve into a slight smile, had only been around the corner of the corridor when Yuzuki opened her eyes and cautiously entered the single room she had just left.

The slightly hungry angel couldn't resist sneaking a bite of tempura.

"If you like this, I'll make it for you every day from now on."

She answered that gentle version of herself.

"I don't like anything... I'm just... just hungry. Yeah, just hungry!"

When Yuzuki asked her if she needed to rest, she refused but then secretly ate a couple more bites of food.

"I don't need to rest yet, the fun is about to begin!"

Jieyue didn't know if this was the right thing to do, or whether her condition was worsening or improving.

All she knew was that she didn't dislike someone who was always there to help her, and that was enough for her.

"Don't let Xiao Xiang get hurt..."

"Do not worry!"

Hearing footsteps, the girl wiped the food crumbs from the corner of her mouth, put the lunchbox aside, and stood by the bed looking helpless.

This spot is perfectly visible to Xiangzi through the glass in the door.

But you can only see a little bit; you can only see it after a careful search.

Gently shaking her slightly stinging arm, Yuzuki waited for Xiangzi to find her quickly.

After washing her hands in the restroom, Xiangzi called Chuhua as she walked back, only to find that the pink-haired idiot who had been resting and acting cute on her just moments before was gone.

Where did she go? Is she in danger? Didn't she say she'd wait for me here? Who took her away?!

Xiangzi, both anxious and angry, hung up the phone. Lixi, who was about to arrive at the hospital with her, frowned in dissatisfaction.

"So why don't you ask clearly whether it was Yuzuki or Shoko who was injured?"

Chu Hua looked to the side and explained.

"Because we'll see it soon."

Li Xi pouted and silently recalled Chu Hua's little secret thoughts.

You don't even dare to ask about something like this, so it seems your relationship with Xiangzi isn't very good.

After watching Xiangzi walk around several times, Yuzuki couldn't help but shake her head, allowing Xiangzi, whose static vision was almost zero, to see the pink glimpse that was hiding.

What happened to this guy? Why didn't he tell me? I've been looking for him here for so long…

She stood there for a while, watching as Xiangzi angrily opened the door. Jieyue, who had dragged her out, suppressed her smirk and waited for the obviously angry Xiangzi to speak first.

"What are you doing here, Yuzuki? What will I do if I can't find you?"

She watched as the pink-haired girl's soft lips, hidden beneath her hair, murmured silently, and had no choice but to pull her aside and listen attentively.

"If you can't find it, keep looking..."

Xiangzi, who was easily angered, was about to get angry, but then he gave up on that idea.

Yuzuki is right. Every time I hide away... when I don't want to see her, doesn't Yuzuki always come knocking on my door?

This can't be blamed on Yuzuki; Yuzuki herself is... incapable of solving this kind of problem.

So she softened her voice and gently advised her on how to do it next time...

"Next time, wait for me obediently in the same spot. Otherwise, I'll get really worried..."

Yuzuki tilted her head, somewhat puzzled.

"Xiang, will you come back to find me?"

Xiangzi's heart skipped a beat, and he nodded vigorously, making a promise to Yuzuki.

"I will definitely come to find you."

Unfortunately, her promise had absolutely no credibility in Yuzuki's eyes.

"Then... why did Xiang leave me at the hospital last time...?"

Her tears caught Xiangzi off guard. Before he could explain why, he heard Jieyue's even more aggrieved accusations.

"I listened to Xiang's instructions perfectly, didn't I...? Why did he still abandon me? In Xiang's eyes, I'm just a toy he's tired of playing with, right?"

Toys you're tired of playing with...?

Xiangzi forced her to face herself and stop her self-deprecation.

"You are not my toy, nor are you anyone else's toy!"

What angels dislike most is his arrogant demeanor. He should just take responsibility for what he has accepted, but he insists on refusing to acknowledge it.

She insists on denying that she took advantage of others... She insists that everyone was her comrade, but when something happens, she refuses to say a word to anyone.

"Then, what exactly am I to Xiang?"

When they need me, they call me their good friend, their companion, their soulmate. When they don't need me, a casual explanation is all it takes to discard me.

Is this what you call a friendship?

I am just your toy.

You treated me like a toy, taking me out of the toy house and telling me that I was your good friend.

Then they'll get tired of me and forget about me; none of that matters.

only…

Why won't you admit that I'm your toy?!

Love you all, meow

Continue to torture Saki Nyan

mua

pytime ~ "The Band Girl Doesn't Yearn for the Holy Grail" by a friend's Orange Book Meow

Volume 1 Crychic! : Chapter 148 Saki-chan's Bluffing

"Yuzaki is my friend, a very good friend. Please don't deny this basic fact."

Xiangzi grabbed her wrist, trying to pull her out of the ward, but he was afraid that Jieyue would feel pain... so he didn't dare to use too much force.

This also gave Yuzuki the opportunity to easily shake her off.

She pulled her hand back, rubbing her wrist incessantly as if she had touched something dirty, the one that Xiangzi had touched. The pink-haired girl asked dismissively.

"So, what does 'very good friend' mean? It means Xiang can forget me so easily?"

We've been discovered...?

No.

Xiangzi denied his own guess in his heart.

It's not that Yuzuki discovered I'd forgotten her; it's more like Yuzuki always knew, right? From the very first time we met... Yuzuki always knew I'd forgotten her, didn't she?

Only now could Yuzuki finally reach her breaking point…

“That’s right, Xiang~ I’ve always known that you got tired of me and then threw me aside.”

The angel gave her a somewhat dangerous smile.

"But to be honest... maybe it's because I've always known that I'm just a toy. So I don't think you've done anything too outrageous."

The blue-haired girl bit her lower lip, pondering what to do.

She wanted to tell Yuzuki that she had never treated her or anyone else as a toy. She had never done anything so terrible.

But every time she tried to open her lips to comfort Yuzuki, she would hear Yuzuki's voice questioning her.

"If I weren't a toy, why would you forget me?"

Xiangzi didn't know how to answer, so she began to think about the answer to the question.

Or rather... think of a reasonable reason to allow yourself to forget a good friend.

"You know what? I remember Xiang, I remember Xiao Mu, I remember everything we did when we played together."

Yuzuki made no attempt to hide her gaze fixed on Xiangzi. She liked... or rather, she really liked seeing that expression on Xiangzi's face—an expression of frustration born of resentment, a desire to find a way to retaliate, yet a sense of powerlessness.

She's loved watching it since she was little, and now she loves it even more.

"What about Kexiang? He's forgotten about me since he's tired of playing with me. He'll probably forget about Xiaomu soon too, right?"

Xiangzi waved to interrupt her and led her back to the ward. He seemed not to want anyone else to hear his argument with Jieyue.

"Nothing of the kind."

Xiangzi quickly calmed down and accepted Jieyue's gaze with composure.

"I haven't forgotten Yuzuki, and I could never forget Mutsuki. Please have some confidence in yourself, Yuzuki."

It's just a bluff.

Yuzuki nodded with a smile.

"Well, I really am grateful that Xiang hasn't forgotten me. So, since Xiang hasn't forgotten me..."

Jieyue closed the ward door and then approached Xiangzi step by step.

Xiangzi was the shortest and youngest of the three. Jieyue used to bully Xiangzi because of this.

Forced to look up and back, Xiangzi was pinned against the wall by Jieyue, her dim blue eyes filled with... emotions she couldn't understand.

"Then why did you leave me and Xiaomu in Crychic?"

Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, Xiangzi immediately widened his eyes and began to refute.

"I didn't leave you, Harmony, in the band! Otherwise, Crychic would be what it is now..."

It turned out like this: Akari and Soyo lost contact, and Yuzuki and Riki left.

why?

Why did it turn out this way?

Xiangzi knew that he wasn't the only one who was indispensable to everyone in Crychic.

Besides, she only skipped a few practice sessions, so... it has nothing to do with her.

It was made by the girl in front of me.

It was Yuzuki who did it; Yuzuki blew up Crychic.

She wanted to answer Yuzuki like that, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.

Yes, Yuzuki was directly responsible for the end of Crychic. But was it her fault?

If it weren't for his own request to ask Yuzuki, a mentally ill person, to help him maintain a band that made Yuzuki unhappy...

If only I hadn't forgotten that Yuzuki wasn't normal, and hadn't kept asking her to do this and that for me, even taking advantage of her feelings for Ritsuki to get her to prepare for the Spring Shadow...

Will Crychic run into trouble?

"But didn't Xiaoxiang tell me... that Crychic has nothing to do with you anymore? Why are you still doing this? Didn't you completely disregard Crychic?"

The angel who had returned the body was a little tired, so she began to enjoy the play where Yuzuki tortured Xiangzi.

“I…that’s what I said.”

Unable to deny what he had said, Xiangzi closed his eyes and admitted his mistake.