Social phobia and lonely rock

She lifted the side of her hair that was lying on her back to the front and lowered her head to sniff.

At this moment, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Um, Hongxia-chan..."

Hong Xia was startled and quickly let go of her hair and looked towards the source of the sound.

Pochi walked out of the store with her hands hanging down in front of her, clenched and tangled, looking very cautious.

"Ah, Pochi-chan."

Hongxia responded to her easily.

"What's wrong with you?"

Pochi had just waited in the store for a long time, but Ishikawa Hayabusa and Nijixia didn't come back.

Although she was not worried about what happened to the two of them, she couldn't help but come out to take a look, but she only saw Hong Xia.

"Ah, I just came to enjoy the cool air for a while." Hongxia answered naturally.

Pochi noticed that Hongxia's ears were still slightly red and believed what she said.

Just as she was about to move forward, she inadvertently discovered that there was another footprint next to Hong Xia's feet that was obviously a different size from hers.

And he has already left through the other side.

She walked to the other side of the footprints, kept a slight distance from Hongxia, and stopped to speak.

"It's a bit chilly tonight."

"Yes, it's all because of the heavy rain."

Hongxia looked very calm and she sighed softly.

After she sighed, she found that Pochi didn't respond for a long time, so she turned her head to look.

Pochi lowered her head, and her originally weak expression now took on a gloomy look.

Hongxia wasn't surprised by her reaction and gave instructions with a smile.

"Pochi-chan, if you don't take it seriously, the person you like might be snatched away by someone else."

Hongxia didn't go out of her way to cover it up, and she expected that Pochi would find out, but it happened much earlier than she expected.

Pochi's observation skills have always been quite good, but he just doesn't dare to express them.

Hearing this, Pochi looked up at Hongxia in surprise, then avoided her gaze and said.

"No, not this..."

Her voice became weaker and weaker, as if she still didn't dare to express her thoughts, but she still finished speaking completely.

"...Nijigasaki-chan didn't come out for this reason, did she?"

"what..."

Hongxia didn't expect that Pochi could see through it, and she felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

But all of a sudden, she realized that the reason why Pochi was gloomy was not because of Ishikawa Hayabusa, but because of her.

Her action of not telling the truth made Pochi uneasy.

"Sorry, I was just worried about something and called out Hayabusa-kun."

She quickly apologized to Pochi.

"Um..."

Pochi twisted his fingers and nodded.

Feeling that Pochi had no intention of investigating the matter further, Hongxia couldn't help but complain about what kind of magic Ishikawa Hayabusa had used on Pochi to make Pochi trust him so much.

However, I can feel that Pochi has become much bolder.

Hongxia smiled and explained to Pochi in a comforting manner.

"Just now, Hayabusa and I were talking about Pochi-chan being a guitar hero."

She looked at Pochi with tenderness in her eyes.

Bochi was stunned for a moment, then covered his hands in panic.

"Ah, then, no, it wasn't intentional."

Seeing that she was getting nervous again, Hong Xia retracted her gaze and looked forward. She continued to speak in the cool night breeze.

In the constant wind, she also expounded her dreams.

The communication between the two continued on the other side.

Ishikawa Hayabusa returned to his seat and was surprised to see that Pochi was gone, but he felt relieved after taking a look at the store door.

Turning back, he glanced at Kita, who was curled up on the ground with the same broken expression as Pochi, and then at PA-san.

Her face was slightly red from the alcohol, and she patted the seat to signal him to sit next to her.

Ishikawa Hayabusa pretended not to see anything and called out to Kita who was lying on the ground with a smile.

"Hey, Pochi-2."

He shouted as he sat down between Pochi and Hongxia as if nothing had happened.

At the same time, he ignored Hiroi Kikuri who was standing next to him and pointed at him and said with laughter, "Brother, you're scared. Haha!"

And he also ignored PA-san who was covering his face and pretending to cry.

When Kita saw Ishikawa Hayabusa coming over, her health instantly returned to normal, and she jumped up and said angrily.

"It's because Ishikawa-kun said my name that I became like this!"

When Ishikawa Hayabusa heard what she said, he looked at Liang, who had a smirk on his face.

Apparently it was Liang who brought this up.

Ishikawa Hayabusa also said while holding back his laughter.

"Yudai, only those who bravely accept everything about themselves are mature people!"

Kita's eyes were filled with chaos, and he sat on the ground and shouted at Ishikawa Hayabusa.

"You're still called Yudai! And even if you use nice words, you can't cover up this reality!"

"Don't be angry."

As Ishikawa Hayabusa said this, he stood up and brought over the snacks he ordered, picking up a skewer of chicken.

"I'll treat you to a skewer."

Kita looked at the chicken skewer in his hand, hesitated for a moment, then took it, and said unwillingly.

"This is the manager's treat, so it doesn't count. You still owe me one!"

"Okay." Ishikawa Hayabusa agreed.

But just as Kita was done with it, the sound came from Ryo's side again.

"Falcon, I want one too."

Ishikawa Hayabusa took out a string and handed it to Liang without much hesitation.

Kita was stunned for a moment, and on the opposite side, the three adults saw this scene and looked at Ishikawa Hayabusa as if he were a scumbag.

But Ishikawa Hayabusa smiled without caring at all.

104. Departure

"Ishikawa-kun, let's go to the rooftop later."

After the teacher announced the holiday, he turned and left the classroom. Amid the noise of the students, Ishikawa Hayabusa received this text message from Kita.

But let’s start from the morning.

That day, Ishikawa Hayabusa came out of the station carrying his schoolbag. As soon as he stepped under the gloomy sky, he left the crowd and walked to the left.

After walking 68 steps along the roadside trees and the station fence, Ishikawa Hayabusa saw Pochi standing by the tree.

She lowered her head, clasped her hands in front of her body, and held a canvas bag. Perhaps it was because of her sportswear or her temperament, but she looked extremely weak and pitiful.

Ishikawa Hayabusa looked back. Before, Pochi had been hiding nearly 20 trees away from the station, but now he could see her after passing 10 trees and 68 steps.

It can be said to be a milestone progress.

But even so, she was still not satisfied with herself.

He often looks like he is trying not to apologize and looks depressed.

Although Ishikawa Hayabusa had encountered situations where Pochi was standing by the station waiting for him, he could tell that she was just holding on.

And every time I comforted her, I told her that she didn't have to force herself to wait at the station.

She really hid back beside the tree, but her guilty expression returned to her face.

It seems that Pochi is the type who will feel at ease and become useless if you pamper her.

This made Ishikawa Hayabusa very embarrassed, but fortunately Pochi was easy to coax and his mood immediately improved after a little teasing.

Thinking of this, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Now I want to hold the hand of a very, very cute girl. Oh~ I'm a little excited. Will she let me hold her hand?"

When he was three or four steps away from Pochi, Ishikawa Hayabusa teased him as usual.

Pochi looked up happily and walked over in surprise.

"Falcon..."

Walking up to Ishikawa Hayabusa, she extended her hand without hesitation.

Ishikawa Hayabusa caught it and held it tightly.

The two of them walked side by side, as they were already used to this, and walked towards the school at the same pace.

"Come to think of it, Pochi doesn't seem to be in a good mood today?"

Ishikawa Hayabusa said this while observing his surroundings.

Among the crowds of people going to school around them, there were not many boy-girl pairs like them, but there were some.

But I didn’t see anyone holding hands with others going to school like them.

Most of the time they play and fight, or the husband follows the wife.

By the way, since when did Pochi become able to go to school holding hands with him so naturally?

Next to her, Pochi wasn't surprised at all that Ishikawa Hayabusa knew her so well.

She was just thinking to herself, reading minds again...I always feel so shy.

To be honest, she glanced to the side with a somewhat aggrieved look.

"Today is my last day at school with Hayabusa. I feel really sad to leave."

Ishikawa Hayabusa chuckled as if he found her innocent thoughts amusing.

"Pochi thinks so, but you can see him during the summer vacation, when you work part-time or go out for fun."

Going out to play?

Pochi perked up, and she realized that summer vacation was meant to be a time for fun, to have fun, and to enjoy youth.

vomit.

But when she thought of this, she suddenly felt nauseous.

She actually forgot about her phobia of adolescence, and for a moment the memory of practicing guitar from morning till night during the past holidays came to her mind.

At that time, she cursed herself day after day for not daring to go out and play, and for being so carefree outside.

The phobia of adolescence was ingrained into her soul.

But...if I go out and play with Falcon, it should be fine. Even if I am my past self, I should be able to accept it.