Social phobia and lonely rock

He slapped his forehead in despair.

After explaining everything clearly, Hongxia apologized repeatedly with a red face. After that, she looked at Liang with dissatisfaction for giving her the wrong information.

But Liang turned a blind eye and just looked at the Bochi kettle with steam rising above his head.

Obviously curious about how the Pochi kettle works.

...

Today, Ishikawa Hayabusa and Ryo are still staying at the front desk together. Ishikawa Hayabusa is checking tickets while Ryo is being lazy.

Only occasionally when Ishikawa Hayabusa goes to the bathroom or does something else, Ryo will take over.

The two of them cooperated quite well.

After the initial flow of people in, there were only one or two guests entering occasionally.

Ishikawa Hayabusa thought about what had just happened. He faced forward, looked at the half-open door, and said to Liang.

"Ryo, thank you so much."

"You can handle it better on your own."

Liang's tone was slightly dissatisfied. She was resentful that Ishikawa Hayabusa still thanked her for doing something wrong.

"It has nothing to do with that. I'm just touched by the support of Ryo."

Ishikawa Hayabusa's voice was relaxed, and he didn't seem to care at all, whether it was what Liang said to his old friend, or her current little anger.

There was a pause without any eye contact between the two of them. After a long moment, Liang asked.

"Falcon, will you ever say one day, 'I'm tired of you,' and leave?"

"I don't promise."

His answer made Ryo gasp.

But he continued, "I should have many ways to make a living in the future, so I don't worry about this aspect of life."

"Let me think, well, if the band becomes like the previous band of Liang, or if everyone communicates less and less, or if two or three people get bored..."

As Ishikawa Hayabusa said this, he suddenly smiled and turned to look at Liang.

"Oops, it seems like there are too many possibilities."

Ryoya realized what a stupid question she was asking.

"Then, accomplice, promise me that you won't leave the band one day without a reason."

"Row."

He raised his hand, his voice solemn.

"I promised Ryo that I would never leave the band without telling Ryo."

"I believe you."

Liang's voice, which seemed to have little emotion, made a long vibration in the air and reached Ishikawa Hayabusa's heart.

...

Even so, when it was time to close the store at night.

After quickly cleaning up the shop after the revelry, the five of them headed towards the rehearsal room together.

However, Ishikawa Hayabusa noticed that although they pretended to be normal before, their worries and thoughts did not disappear with time.

Walk into the rehearsal room.

After taking out their respective musical instruments, Ishikawa Hayabusa connected the amplifier wire to the keyboard and plugged it into the power supply.

He tried the sound a few times and said to Hongxia.

"Hongxia, I need to take two days off."

"Ok?"

Hongxia looked up in surprise.

"Go and solve some problems." Ishikawa Hayabusa answered vaguely.

"Falcon... don't help someone who doesn't like you..."

Pochi lowered his head, looked at the floor, and said while hugging the guitar tightly.

Nijika, Kita, and Ryo looked at Pochi with slight surprise, then glanced at Ishikawa Hayabusa, and seeing that he was also surprised, they realized that Pochi was right.

They didn't expect Pochi to be so perceptive.

After recovering from the shock, Hong Xia also advised.

"Yes, Hayabusa, we have to break it off completely."

Ishikawa Hayabusa looked at Kita and Ryo's reactions and saw that they also agreed with what the two said.

"Having said that, you all seem to be quite concerned about it."

The four of them were stunned and looked at each other.

During this gap, Ishikawa Hayabusa pulled out a white coat from somewhere and put it on.

As his white clothes fluttered, he turned his back to the four people and laughed exaggeratedly.

"Hahaha! A perverted life doesn't allow for regrets. Leader, please let me go!"

Liang suddenly said at this time.

“Isn’t this cruel to Hongo?”

Ishikawa Hayabusa also knew that if Hongo Tianyu knew that the thing she had asked him to do for so long had not been successful, he would have acted without hesitation just because it would affect other people's mood, as if he was very unwilling.

He turned around and spoke mysteriously.

“I went there with hope.”

Liang looked at him and didn't ask any further questions.

Seeing that Liang was silent, Hongxia looked at the other two helplessly. Seeing that they also seemed to be helpless with Ishikawa Hayabusa, she said to Ishikawa Hayabusa.

"Okay, but..."

She was halfway through her speech when Kita continued, raising her index finger to remind her that what she said was important.

"You must come back to me. I won't allow you to be taken away."

Ishikawa Hayabusa looked at the two men in surprise and admiration.

"They actually cooperated!? Nice combo!"

Liang looked at the clock above the rehearsal room and said to the people who were playing around.

"It's late, let's practice quickly."

93. Footsteps

In the evening, on the way back.

Kita thought about what Ryo had asked during practice just now.

She asked Ishikawa Hayabusa what the rules that Hongo Tianyu mentioned were, and her interpretation of "Is it wrong to care about the people around you?"

Ishikawa Hayabusa answered the rules honestly and then said.

"It's not wrong, it's okay to say it's not wrong. There are many people I know, including those who are not in Tokyo. I can't care about them all."

"And she thought I had run away from her, so she ignored her. In fact, I felt that this was a dead end. If I helped her, it would just be a meaningless waste of my time."

Back to the present.

Kita glanced at Ishikawa Hayabusa beside him. He had a relaxed and happy smile on his face and looked around, as if he never got tired of looking at this street.

His mood was not affected at all by what happened in the afternoon.

As he walked forward, his hair swayed slightly, and Kita suddenly noticed that Ishikawa Hayabusa's hair had grown longer. Was he changing his hairstyle?

She didn't ask.

The longer she interacted with Ishikawa Hayabusa, the more she felt that he was completely different from what she first knew through intelligence.

The student patron saint of Kawaguchi City, he single-handedly eliminated all the bad groups in Kawaguchi City, and almost all robbery and bullying phenomena disappeared. He is an invincible pervert.

And in her eyes.

He's just a man who sexually harasses band members in moderation, looks... a little handsome, is very strong, learns quickly, has good grades, is very reliable in dealing with people and doing things, likes to do some weird imitations, and fully displays his own personality.

Oh, and there’s also a harem, and it looks like Senior Liang is already trapped in it.

Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered what Hongo Tianyu said in the afternoon, and Kita couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Will he be responsible?

"Well, Kita, I know I'm handsome, but don't keep staring at me like that. It's not a good influence on the street."

Ishikawa Hayabusa endured for a long time before speaking to Kita who had been looking at him.

Kita suddenly came back to her senses at this time, and she realized that she had been looking at Ishikawa Hayabusa for a long time unconsciously, and at this time Pochi and Ishikawa Hayabusa were both looking at her.

She panicked for a moment, worried that the two men would see what she was thinking, so she spoke hastily and vaguely.

"I..I just noticed that your hair has grown longer, Ishikawa-kun! Are you going to keep your hair long?"

Ishikawa Hayabusa was surprised that his plan to grow long hair was noticed.

"Yeah, getting ready to grow some bangs."

As he spoke, he pinched the hair on his forehead and felt that it was still a long way from being enough.

"Now that I'm no longer in the sports department, I want to adjust my image."

He said, turning to Pochi beside him and asked, "Pochi, how is it?"

Pochi was confused by his sudden question and his tongue was tied for a while before he spoke.

"Falcon...Falcon is fine with anything."

Ishikawa Hayabusa expressed helplessness at her answer. He leaned closer to Kita, nudged Kita's arm with his arm and said.

"Kita, how would you rate Pochi's answer?"

Kita looked at Ishikawa Hayabusa with disdain.

"It's not good to sow discord."

Although Kita's answer was very tactful, Pochi could tell at once that her answer was a 0-point answer!

Just when she was panicking and didn't know what to do, Ishikawa Hayabusa touched her head and looked down at her.

"But Pochi's bangs are a bit long, do you want to trim them?"

There was panic in Pochi's eyes and she looked very embarrassed, but she still spoke.

"Oh, ah, that's good."

Seeing her reaction, Ishikawa Hayabusa flicked her forehead with his finger.

"never mind."

Kita watched the interaction between the two with a slight smile, but also noticed that this was close to the place where they separated. Her eyes finally lingered on Ishikawa Hayabusa for a moment, and she said.

"You two are really in love. I'm leaving first."

"Be careful on the road."

"I know~"

After Kita left, Ishikawa Hayabusa and Pochi walked quietly towards the station for a long time.

When Ishikawa Hayabusa was thinking about whether to talk to Pochi, he felt Pochi's hand seemed to be leaning towards him.

He smiled and reached out to hold her hand.

Just when he was feeling a little happy thinking that Pochi was becoming more and more bold, he saw what was ahead.

On the night street, a couple was standing very close to each other, their arms intertwined, shaking hands, and chatting happily.