The lady can hear my voice

"Um... Niijima-kun, I'm sorry to have called you out so suddenly today."

"Ah, it's okay. By the way, Hongxia, can we go to this store later?"

Hong Xia took a look at the phone he handed over, which showed a store specializing in selling drum sets.

It turns out that my sister called him over with this reason.

Hongxia felt a little relieved.

If this was a date, she would be really nervous right now.

"Yeah, let's go to this store."

……

After Hongxia bought a new set of drumsticks at the drum shop, she couldn't help but think of the birthday present that Sora Niijima gave her last birthday.

Fortunately, what he gave me was not a drumstick... otherwise this reason would not be useful.

After paying the bill, Hongxia subconsciously looked at Niijima Sora.

Then, Sora Niijima smiled and said, "Let's go find a place to sit down, shall we?"

Hong Xia: "Yeah, okay~"

-

Parfait!

Hongxia was eating the parfait that Niijima Sora treated her, while Niijima Sora was eating the cheesecake and milk tea that Hongxia treated her. The two sat opposite each other.

Hongxia finally had time to talk to him about the music festival.

Niijima Sora listened to Hong Xia's hesitation and said, "Music festivals are indeed different from live houses. The number of audiences entering is at least ten times that of live houses."

"I can't say... there will be any benefits from participating, but I think it will be a good experience."

"Hongxia, on your birthday you told me that your dream is to make Starry the most famous livehouse in the country, and... to have the Ending Band perform at the Budokan, right?"

Hongxia nodded, her face slightly flushed.

That night (5.29), I was feeling a little excited, so I called Sora Niijima out to chat alone.

Come to think of it, I am really bold.

"That……"

"I understand, Niijima-kun. I'll tell everyone in a few days. I want to participate."

"Besides... will you cheer us on when the time comes, Niijima-kun?"

Sora Niijima: "Of course."

After this conversation, Hongxia was no longer as shy as before. Although she was still shy, she could still take Niijima Sora out with her confidence.

Occasionally, when I come across an interesting shop, I will stop, walk in and take a look, but not buy anything.

Moreover, Hongxia has a very good habit, which is that every time she goes to a place, she will ask Niijima Sora's opinion, which is really considerate.

However, while the two were strolling leisurely, there was a distance of about 10m behind them.

Two girls were whispering.

One blue and one red, they hid behind the lamppost and looked around secretly.

If it weren't for the fact that these two were beautiful girls, they would have been captured by now.

"Ryo-senpai...isn't it bad for us to do this...?"

Kita Ikuyo was led by Ryo to do bad things again.

Originally she came out today to play with her friends, but she accidentally saw Sora Niijima and Nijima Xia.

Then he saw Yamada Ryo who was following him stealthily.

With a sense of justice, Kita Ikuyo came to stop Yamada Ryo's evil deeds.

As a result, under the brainwashing of the evil Liang, he got on the pirate ship again for unknown reasons.

Liang: "Yudai, aren't you curious when you see the two of them walking together?"

Kita: "I'm curious...but they should be dating, right...?"

Liang: "It's precisely because of the date that it's worth tracking."

Kita: “?”

……

"Eh...it turns out that the things between them are so complicated..."

Hongxia listened to Sora Niijima telling the story of Crychic and Mygo, as well as his current troubles. She felt a little surprised, but also a little embarrassed.

The surprise was that Niijima Sora really told her about her troubles as she said last time, but... Hongxia had listened for most of the day and could only barely sort out the entanglements between those girls. As for how to help them...

Hongxia had no idea at all.

But...she could tell who the most crucial person was.

That is...Tōng Takamatsu, who she met for the first time at Starry and heard the conversation between Aine and Sora Niijima with her.

So, Niijima-kun, the one you care about the most is... this Takamatsu-san?

Hongxia thought about how she had noticed from the beginning that Takamatsu Deng seemed to have psychological trauma towards the band.

But soon she became the lead singer of the band...

Hongxia looked at the profile of Sora Niijima and felt inexplicably lost.

Sora Niijima: "Yes... it's very complicated. Sometimes I wonder if everyone's band could be as simple and pure as yours, Hongxia."

"So, I actually admire you. You're doing a really great job as the band leader."

Hong Xia: "Eh? Why are you praising me again?"

Sora Niijima: "Because it's the truth."

Hong Xia pursed her lips when she heard that. She looked at the road ahead and wondered if there was anything she could do to help him.

But suddenly, she noticed something from the strange looks of the passers-by in front of her.

So Hongxia turned her head suddenly.

"..."

Sora Nijima: "Nijima? What's wrong?"

Hong Xia: "I feel like someone is following us."

Sora Niijima frowned: "Then, Hongxia, hold my hand."

"Let's go another way."

Hongxia blushed and looked at his big hands holding her without resisting.

"Niijima-kun... well, there's no need to be so nervous."

"I can probably guess who it is."

Sora Niijima: “…”

-

Kita Ikuyo: "Holding hands, holding hands! Ryo-senpai!"

Liang touched his chin thoughtfully, "Yudai, if we are discovered later, I will say that you led me to do it, okay?"

Kita Ikuyo: “Huh?”

Liang: "Just kidding, let's go, or we'll lose you."

Ryo and Kita continued on their way.

"Wait...Ryo-senpai, there...that street...I've been to that street before."

Yamada Ryo looked at Kita Ikuyo in confusion, who seemed to be hesitant to speak and whose face was as red as a fire.

"Yudai, can you finish it all at once?"

Kita Ikuyo looked around, then whispered in Liang's ear: "That's the love hotel... and there are many of them."

"I didn't expect... Niijima-senpai and Nijima-chan... to have... come to this point, woo!"

Kita Ikuyo covered her face, "Ryo-senpai, after all, we should leave!"

Yamada Ryo nodded, "Let's go."

"Eh!? I mean we shouldn't follow them anymore!"

After crossing the intersection and just about to turn, Ryo and Kita saw Nijima standing on the side with her arms around her chest, and Sora Niijima with a helpless smile.

Hong Xia raised her drumstick, her expression serious: "Liang, do you have any last words?"

Liang glanced at Sora Niijima and said, "Please throw my ashes into the sea."

"I want to be a free woman."

Kita Ikuyo: “…”

Sora Niijima: “…”

Hong Xia: “…”

-

"Ha - I really admire you. Today I just came out with Niijima-kun to buy some things and talk about some business, and you actually followed me?" Hong Xia was really angry.

In the past, Ryo was relatively cool and normal. Why has he become more and more despicable since he met Sora Niijima?

Be a good person!

Liang reached out and pressed the bump on his head, looking at Niijima Sora with an aggrieved look on his face: "Sora, I need medical expenses."

Sora Niijima: "I can buy you a band-aid, but I won't give you money."

Liang: "How could this happen..."

Kita Ikuyo: "I'm sorry Niijima-senpai, I'm sorry Nijima-chan, I wanted to stop her, but..."

Hong Xia waved her hands and smiled helplessly: "It's okay, Kita-chan, I know you don't mean any harm, it's just that this guy is too mean, hey..."

Liang: "Thank you for the compliment."

Hong Xia was angry: "I'm not praising you!!!"

Sora Niijima watched the interaction between the three girls and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

After hearing his laughter, the three girls turned to look at him in unison.

Even Xie Liang, who had originally had a blank expression on his face, smiled slightly.

Kita Ikuyo looked at Liang's reaction and felt that her behavior was more and more strange.

Senior Liang...is this all intentional?

However, if Nijima-chan was really dating Niijima-senpai... would she still have done the same thing just now?

Kita Ikuyo felt that Yamada Ryo had become mysterious again.

Hongxia was angry and helpless, but when she saw Sora Niijima smiling so happily, she was too lazy to argue with Liang anymore.

"Really."

-

So, what was originally a trip of two people turned into a trip of four by noon.

It seems like the band’s group building has ended, but in fact someone is missing.

Hard to say.

"So where do you want to go next?" Hong Xia walked in front, turned around and asked Niijima Sora.

Yamada Ryo: "I want to go to the movies."

Kita Ikuyo raised her hand: "I know a popular online restaurant that has really good food. The prices there are not expensive, and the photos are great too!"

Hong Xia: "Well...it's indeed time for lunch, Niijima-kun, what do you think?"