Turning back into the room from the French windows, Takamatsu Akira subconsciously walked to the desk, only to find the notebook pages filled with messy handwriting, revealing the author's manic and uneasy emotions.
"Who are you guys? You always turn into me at crucial moments... stealing my live performances, why are you treating me like this?"
Even from just a few words, Gao Songdeng could sense the resentment and anger, and those words... made her heart clench.
"Kita, I'm sorry..." Takamatsu Akari apologized softly, as if there was nothing else she could do besides apologizing.
Yes, as Kita said, in dreams, the original owners always disappear at certain crucial moments, whether it's a live performance or a key band argument. In dreams, Kita, Takamatsu Akari, and Nina all lose their chance to sing, their bodies taken over by outsiders like her.
I always feel like my life is being controlled by others... That's probably what this feeling of powerlessness is like.
If, during a performance of poetry, the singer's name isn't her, Gao Songdeng believes she would be extremely sad and upset.
Therefore, at this moment, Kita's anger and grievances are absolutely acceptable to her!
"Hi Kita, my name is Akari Takamatsu..."
I wanted to do something, I wanted to break the silence, and I thought about having a new connection and communication with Kita in this world.
Tearing a page from his notebook, Takamatsu quickly wrote down the words he wanted to say.
"Perhaps in another world, you and I became very good friends..."
"We are working hard to form a band and keep moving forward to heal the wounds of the past."
In one go, with great fluency, in just over ten minutes, both pages of a sheet of paper were filled with Gao Songdeng's writing.
"Poch-chan, I'll bring it back for you!"
With a final word symbolizing his determination written on the last line of the paper, Gao Songdeng walked out the door cleanly and decisively.
"The school festival that just ended ended in a disastrous way for the closing band."
As Gao Songdeng walked along the road, she retrieved memories from the past few days, gaining a more concrete understanding of what had happened.
During the cultural festival performance that day, Bochi's guitar string unexpectedly broke. Right at the crucial solo segment, which should have been the highlight, Bochi found herself in trouble because she couldn't play the guitar.
A performance I'll never forget, yet it turned into a live failure I'll never forget...
After finally mustering up the courage to participate in the cultural festival, only to ruin it herself, Pochi-chan must be feeling really sad, right?
Gao Songdeng recalled the time when Crychic disbanded, when she felt she had messed everything up, so she decided not to form another band.
Place
In other words, Boqi is in the same situation now as she was in the past!
Upon entering Xiuhua High School, Gao Songdeng did not head to her own class, but instead changed direction and arrived at the door of Boqi Jiang's class.
The last row of seats in the middle was now completely empty, with no one in sight.
"Um... hello! I'd like to ask Pochi-chan, um, Goto-san... did you come to school today?"
Standing at the door, Gao Songdeng finally mustered up her courage and asked the girl in the first row.
"Goto-kun? Who's that?"
"It's Goto Ichiri-kun. How could you not remember a classmate's name? That's really offensive, Hayato!"
"Ah, I'm sorry, I really don't remember Goto-kun."
The girl named Hayato Chika looked apologetic.
Who can blame them when Goto really has no presence in the class!
"Then, do you know why Goto didn't come to school today?"
Takamatsu Akari shifted her focus; the classmate who helped Hayato Chika answer the question seemed to know more about Pochi-chan!
"Yes, I'm the class monitor. The teacher told me that Boqi-chan took about a week off, and today is the first day."
Did she take a week off? Takamatsu Akari's mind raced, and she roughly understood what was going on. Pochi-chan…
I don't want to go to school, and I don't want to remember that awful cultural festival performance.
Escaping may be useful in the short term, but in the long run it will only cause more and more pain, trapping you in an endless cycle of memories of the past.
She used to be just like Boqi now, constantly running away... but running away won't solve any problems.
"Thank you, classmate, I understand!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Gao Songdeng left the teaching building with her schoolbag and then departed from Xiuhua High School!
"Sorry, Kita, as compensation for skipping class, let me bring Poke-chan back for you!"
Walking towards the house of Pochi-chan from her memory, Takamatsu Akari began rehearsing her upcoming encounter with Pochi-chan.
Even if she is turned away, she will never leave. If she can bring back Aine, she can also bring back Pochi-chan!
An hour later, Takamatsu Akari stood in front of Bochi-chan's house, took a deep breath, and felt both nervous and determined.
After a thousand internal monologues, she gently pressed the doorbell, and a moment later, footsteps sounded from behind the door.
The door opened, and standing before Takamatsu Akari was a middle-aged woman, her brows furrowed with weariness and worry. Akari immediately recognized her as Pochi's mother from her similar features.
"Hello... I'm Pochi-chan's classmate! Kita Ikuyo!" She bowed slightly and said politely.
Pochi's mother paused for a moment, then forced a smile: "Oh, it's Kita-san. Pochi... she hasn't been feeling well lately and has been staying in her room."
She was fine a few days ago, but starting the day before yesterday, my darling daughter became depressed and couldn't even hear the guitar playing coming from the second floor these days.
"I think I understand Boqi's pain, and I'm here to help Boqi this time!"
When you're sad and in pain, you definitely need friends to help you heal, and Boqi definitely needs them too.
Gao Songdeng nodded, his tone sincere.
Boqi's mother hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
Kita had visited her home with two other girls in the past, so she still remembered them somewhat. Kita didn't seem like a bad kid.
Upon entering Poch's home, she found Poch's father in the living room looking distressed, seemingly also troubled by Poch's current situation.
Takamatsu Akari tiptoed up the stairs and stood in front of Pochi-chan's door.
"Poch-chan, I... am Kita. I came to see you from school!"
The words were spoken, but the room remained silent, with no response.
Takamatsu Akari stood in front of Pochi-chan's door, feeling somewhat anxious, but she knew she couldn't back down now.
Just like that day in front of Lixi's door.
She took a deep breath, knocked gently on the door again, her voice soft and alluring: "Poch-chan, may I come in?"
There was still no response from inside the room, but Takamatsu Akari seemed to hear soft sobs. She gently grasped the doorknob and tentatively pushed it, finding that the door was not locked.
She slowly pushed open the door. The room was dark, the curtains were tightly closed, and only a faint light shone in through the gaps.
At this moment, Pochi-chan was curled up in the closet, her back to the door, her shoulders trembling slightly.
"Pochi-chan?"
In the darkness, Takamatsu called out tentatively.
"Xi, Xiduo, why...why did you come?"
After a long silence, Goto Ichiri was the one who took the initiative to speak first.
The pink-haired girl lowered her head, her voice slightly choked.
"I...I messed up. I disappointed everyone with the performance at the cultural festival. I...I don't know how to face you all."
Why did the string break at that crucial moment, whether it broke earlier or later?
These days, Goto Ichiri's mind is filled with thoughts of re-enacting the cultural festival performance.
If only we could have foreseen this, and if only we could have maintained and replaced the strings earlier, we wouldn't have caused so much trouble for everyone...
Unfortunately, a failed live performance cannot be relived, and the invincible guitar hero on the internet is no match for the real world.
Having brought such a negative impact to everyone, what right does she have to continue forming a band?
“Poch-chan, actually I… am not Kita.”
"Huh? What?"
Ichiri Goto didn't understand Takamatsu Akari's inexplicable remarks for a moment.
“In the eyes of Nijika, Ryo, and Pochi, Kita sometimes seems very strange, doesn’t he?”
Gao Songdeng smiled, recalling the live performances of "Guitar, Loneliness, and the Blue Planet" in his mind.
At that time, she almost thought the band was going to disband, and even cried, which was completely different from the sunny and cheerful Kita she usually was.
That contrast must be quite significant!
“Poch-chan… Actually, my real name is Takamatsu Akari, from Haneoka Girls’ Academy…”
Gao Songdeng took the initiative to reveal information related to himself.
It's time for her to get to know Bochi-chan from her dreams again!
Goto Ichiri's eyes widened, her mouth slightly agape. She was unable to process what Takamatsu Akari had said. Her mind was in chaos, as if something in her understanding had collapsed.
"Takamatsu...Akira? Haneoka Girls' Academy?"
Goto Ichiri murmured repeatedly, his voice filled with confusion and disbelief.
"But...you're clearly Kita! We've always been in a band together, how could you..."
A girl named Takamatsu Akari's soul has been transported into Kita's body? What exactly is going on?
Gao Songdeng sighed softly, his tone gentle yet firm.
“Poch-chan, I know... it sounds incredible, but it’s really true.”
She came from another world, or rather, another timeline, and at this moment she became Kita Ikuyo.
Kita's occasional strange behavior, his sudden change to a soft and gentle personality, and his actions that are sometimes quiet and sometimes bold...
Countless images from the past flashed through Goto Ichiri's mind, and now everything made sense.
"So... during those times, you weren't Kita, but... Takamatsu Akari?" Pochi's voice trembled, her eyes filled with complex emotions.
"Strictly speaking... it's not just me."
"And Nina and Chu Hua too!"
Takamatsu Akari briefly explained the basic information about the two to Goto Ichiri.
"So how did Kita behave when he went on stage at the school festival that day?"
Takamatsu Akari is quite curious now about who played Kita back then.
"Performance? Kita always acted as if he was in complete control, and he kept smiling at me."
Goto Ichiri's memories flickered. Although she did feel that Kita was a little different from usual at that time, she, Ryo, and Nijika didn't think too much about it since they were about to go on stage to perform. Moreover, Kita's performance on stage was perfect.
If her guitar string hadn't broken, she might have been able to deliver the perfect performance for the band at the end of the season.
"Complete ease, is this the feeling of Chu Hua?"
If it were Nina, she would never have spoken so kindly to Pochi-chan. Takamatsu Akari is very clear about Nina-chan's personality.
"But why tell me all this? If you hadn't told me, I might never have known."
Goto Ichiri lowered his head and remained silent for a moment.
What good would telling her all this do for Takamatsu? Most people in this situation would probably send her to a mental hospital, right?!
"Because I believe in Pochi-chan, just as Kita believes in Pochi-chan."
Although Gao Songdeng has not spent much time with Boqi so far, just seeing and thinking about Boqi's lyrics makes her feel refreshed and happy.
Someone who can write these words... must be trustworthy!!!
Goto Ichiri looked up and gazed into Takamatsu Akari's sincere eyes, a complex emotion welling up inside her.
She didn't know how to respond to Gao Songdeng, but deep down, she felt a strange resonance.
"Takamatsu... Akari?" The pink-haired girl tentatively called out the name, as if to confirm the reality of it all.
"Yes, my name is Takamatsu Akari!"
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