Can Lixi look at me alone?

"It's okay. Of course Lixi can do what's important. I can't stop Lixi from living her own life, can I?"

Yuzuki, who usually calls Tachibana "Tachibana-chan," has started calling him Tachibana directly, which makes the taiko drummers feel a little uncomfortable.

However, she simply regarded this as Yuzuki's punishment for her, and gladly accepted it before instructing everyone to wait for the keyboardist to take over.

"Why hasn't Xiao Xiang arrived yet? Practice can't begin without Xiao Xiang..."

Su Shi's mutterings annoyed Li Xi.

"Why hasn't that guy come to the live show even once since then? Besides... why can't we practice without Xiangzi? Don't we have two keyboardists?"

Yuzuki, who hadn't brought a keyboard at all, smiled as she watched Riki perform, watching the person she had loved... watching the person she still liked very much.

"Yuzue, where's your keyboard? Why don't you ever bring it with you when you practice?"

Taking Yuzuki's actions as Xiangzi's instruction, Lixi crossed his arms, saying that practice could only begin when both keyboardists were present.

He adopted a disgruntled attitude, waiting for Yuzuki to come and apologize as usual.

But this time nothing happened; Yuzuki simply smiled and nodded.

"Yes, I didn't bring my keyboard. Anyway, a keyboard isn't a necessity for everyone when practicing, is it?"

Sensing tension, Su Shi hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over. She really didn't understand why Xiao Lixi and Xiao Jieyue were acting like this... Weren't they usually super close friends?

Seeing Riki so angry because of her, Yuzuki suddenly felt a strange sense of satisfaction. It was so strange that she couldn't figure out why, but she just... wanted to see Riki suffer because of her.

This proves that Lixi really cares about her.

But it's too late.

No, it's not too late at all.

All Lixi-chan needs to do is hug her and tell her that Lixi-chan loves her too.

So, even if it means sharing Ritsuki with Akari, Yuzuki would agree.

But humility often leads to a bad end.

"Little Lixi... Little Jieyue just didn't bring her keyboard... Don't talk about her like that."

Looking at the hands that Deng and Jieyue were holding, Lixi also fell silent and stopped talking.

This also led to Su Shi leading the practice session.

How should I put it... Su Shi's command is competent, but in this situation... competent is no longer enough.

As she stood up, Yuzuki thought of an interesting conjecture. To verify whether this conjecture was correct, she walked towards Mutsuki.

On this short road, she will surely pass by the lamp.

Just as the gray-haired girl obediently made way for her, Yuzuki 'accidentally' tripped and fell to the ground along with the lamp.

Feeling that two people were supporting her, Yuzuki saw Riki reaching out her hand, but Riki withdrew her arm the next moment.

He walked toward the lights...

That guess was actually correct.

She was willing to share half of Riki-chan with Akari, but what Riki-chan gave Akari wasn't actually half...

"Yuzuki...! Are you alright?"

Su Shi's urgent question was ignored by her. After resting for a while with her eyes closed, Jie Yue patted her arm, signaling her to let go.

But Mu hugged her tightly the next moment.

"Yuzuki... is sad."

Yes... Xiao Mu, I am really sad... but what can I do?

I could never be loved by Lixi.

When Riki saw Yuzuki and Tama fall to the ground at the same time, she saw Mutsu and Suze immediately helping Yuzuki up. Riki simply thought that since someone was taking care of Yuzuki, she should take care of Tama, who was being ignored.

Li Xi, who had never considered treating them differently, glanced at the abrasions on Jie Yue's calf with a touch of heartache...

"Yue, are you alright? How could you be so careless?"

The lamp moved closer to Yuzuki, but this time... Yuzuki's gentleness had been completely worn away.

"It's okay, Little Lamp, don't be afraid... nothing will happen."

Ignoring Li Xi's question, Yu Yue left the practice room and walked into the restroom under Li Xi's gaze.

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Volume 1 Crychic!!! Chapter 69: Was it not good enough for me?

As always, Yuzuki's reflection appeared in the mirror.

They stared at each other through the thin glass, each able to see the suppressed emotions in the other's eyes.

Have you thought of a good solution?

The girl who was asked the question shook her head.

"There's no other way. We shouldn't hurt anyone..."

Yes, we shouldn't hurt anyone...

"Because no one owes us anything, not even Lixi, and we... can't force Lixi to fall in love with us."

Yuzuki knew she was right, but she still... couldn't accept the suggestion.

She didn't want to stay in the band anymore; all she got there was pain.

Deng cared about her deeply, as did Mu. Su Shi cared too, but what did it all mean?

Because the person she most wanted to be cared for didn't care about her.

In that person's eyes, what difference is there between himself and a stray dog ​​that can be seen anywhere on the roadside?

Oh, the only difference is that stray dogs need to be fed before they can follow people. But she doesn't even need to be fed; she's even lower than a stray dog.

"it does not matter."

She saw Yuzuki in the mirror reach out to hug her, and she returned the hug.

"Because I still care about you."

Yuzuki laughed.

She was only hugging herself.

The only person who cares about her is herself.

Yuzuki laughed unrestrainedly. Normally, she would never laugh so loudly, but this time was different.

She can laugh freely, cry freely, and do whatever she wants.

Because Riki-chan wouldn't leave the practice room to stay with Akari, she wouldn't hear what Riki-chan was doing behind the thick soundproof walls.

But even if we knew, what could we do?

Today, Riki-chan showed her concern, but tomorrow she won't receive that concern. One day, she won't receive any more concern; what will she do then?

Do I have to use this method to get Rihi-chan's attention again?

She didn't want such a morbid relationship.

It hurts.

When she came to her senses, Yuzuki looked at the shards of glass she was holding in her hand, and the mirror in front of her that she had smashed with a large hole in it.

The cracked mirror reflected several different crescent moons; some were laughing, some were crying, some were clapping, and some were cheering.

Palm facing the ground

As drops of blood flowed, Yuzuki heard the cries of the Yuzukis in the mirror.

"It's okay, just do it. As long as it makes you feel better! Because it won't hurt anyone, and it's a way to get revenge on everyone who cares about you..."

Everyone who cares about me...?

Lixi…

Do you even care about me?

She gently ran the shard of glass through her long hair.

"Are you mentally ill?"

Having already thrown away the sharp weapon from her hand, Lixi controlled her hands. With her superior strength, the drummer could do this with ease.

The pink-haired girl, too lazy to even struggle, lay on the ground, calmly looking at Lixi.

"What are you doing, Yuzuki? Are you crazy? What are you doing here?"

A little worried about why Yuzuki had been in the restroom for so long, Riki walked out of the practice room without closing the door, allowing all three people inside to hear her reprimand.

The moment Lixi saw Yuzuki, with blood dripping from her hands, bring the shard of glass close to her neck, she realized for the first time that she could run so fast.

Lixi breathed a sigh of relief after checking and finding no wounds on her wrists, only some minor scratches on her palms.

The tension and fear disappeared, replaced by anger.

"Why? Why did you do this?!"

Mutsuki, who had come running at the sound, narrowed her eyes and rushed forward to help Yuzuki up. Akari's voice trembled with a hint of a sob when she saw the blood; she hated blood, hated being hurt…

She hates Yuzuki even more when she's injured and bleeding.

She took the medical kit from Su Shi and wanted to bandage Jie Yue.

"Little Yue...?! What's going on? Riki, what are you doing?"

Unable to comprehend how such a sudden turn of events could occur, Su Shi could only bring a first-aid kit and call for emergency medical assistance.

"This guy just tried to hurt himself! Yuzuki, tell us, what are you thinking? How can you do this to everyone, to Touka?"

Is it worthy of... the lamp?

Suddenly laughing, Yuzuki withdrew her hand from the lamp and started tearing off the bandages.

"What are you trying to do? Have you lost your mind?!"

Mu forcefully shoved Lixi aside, and she felt something... like it was about to come.

Yuzuki glanced at her still bleeding hand, then sat back down on the ground, her patience finally reaching its limit.

"Lamp, I'm so jealous of you."

The unexpected whisper startled everyone. Before they could react, Yuzuki continued, bit by bit, shattering her own heart and showing it to them.

"Why? Why, why do you have such a voice?"

A bewildered woman, with tears streaming down her face, choked back sobs as she tried to explain and continue bandaging Yuzuki, but Yuzuki wouldn't give her the chance.

"I'm so envious of you, I want a voice like that too... I want Lixi to like me too..."

Su Shi stared wide-eyed at the black-haired girl who had just gotten up beside her.

"No, there's no need for that! Yuzuki has always been loved by everyone...!"

The lamp's concern was casually tossed aside by Yuzuki, just as she herself had been.

"Clearly... everything about the lamp needs someone else to worry about, right? Clearly, it's always been me who's been caring about the lamp, hasn't it?"

Yuzuki took a deep breath.

"How can someone like you have such a voice? Why does Lixi like you so much?"

She saw Lixi standing in front of the light.

"Enough, Yuzuki... This is my own decision, and Touichi's..."

Mu also made a somewhat rude loud noise in public for the first time.

"Shut up!"

She didn't look into Riki's eyes, and tried to help Yuzuki up from the cold floor. But all she got was a light push from the pink-haired girl.