Social phobia and lonely rock

Ishikawa Hayabusa's wallet still has not been restored to the safe line.

He suddenly became reserved and bowed to Xingge.

"I'm sorry, I won't do it again next time..."

But after saying that, he put on a lively and cheerful smile and walked towards Hongxia and Liang.

The change in his expression made Xingge, who had just smiled, confused. How could this guy apologize so sincerely and yet give people the feeling that he had never apologized at all?

"Hongxia~"

He walked towards Hongxia with a strange smile, and she shivered due to his shouting.

He glided to the seat opposite Hongxia and said as he looked at her vigilant expression.

"Hongxia looked so cute when she was looking at the door expectantly just now."

"I said..."

Hong Xia was helpless with him and didn't follow his topic.

"The performance is tomorrow, so please be a little nervous, Hayabusa."

She knew that she couldn't get out of the topic once Ishikawa Hayabusa led her, and even her own thoughts were confused by him.

Looking at the two people beside her, Hongxia began to worry.

Because Hayabusa and Ryo didn't seem nervous at all, they looked so calm as if they had forgotten they had to go on stage the next day. Hongxia felt like she had inexplicably transferred their nervousness to herself.

She couldn't relax for a moment now.

"I perform every day. Tomorrow I'll just be performing on a different stage. No problem!"

Ishikawa Hayabusa said this while blinking repeatedly to signal Liang.

Liang was hesitant and seemed a little hesitant about Ishikawa Hayabusa's invitation, but after seeing from Ishikawa Hayabusa's eyes that she wanted to 'test Hongxia's reaction', she took action.

Watching her move, Ishikawa Hayabusa knew that the deception was successful.

"Because we are..."

Hongxia looked at the two people who suddenly acted together in surprise.

Ishikawa Hayabusa said as he moved closer to Liang. The two of them stood in front of Hongxia with their backs to each other, their arms around their chests.

"Weird guy." Liang said

"Pervert." Ishikawa Hayabusa nodded affirmatively.

Bang.

This is the drum beat that Hongxia made for them by banging her head on the table. She is such a hard-working drummer.

Hong Xia, who was lying on the table, felt her stress level rising rapidly.

"puff."

Liang covered his mouth and smiled.

...

After a while, Ryo looked at Ishikawa Hayabusa who was constantly comforting the angry Nijixia.

She remembered Ishikawa Hayabusa's goal of joining the band and the information that Kita Ikuyo had sent her before.

“I want to make music that can make people feel relaxed and at ease, and I want others to listen to this kind of music, relax together, and enjoy it together.”

Others listen together, relax together, enjoy together...

Others...

This man really does whatever he wants.

23. Suspicion

Without Ishikawa Hayabusa to disturb him, Goto Ichiri returned to his normal life.

Go to school alone, attend classes alone, eat lunch alone, take the long tram ride home, practice guitar, and upload videos.

“It’s the second week…”

Goto Ichiri checked the time as he turned on his computer.

It has been nearly two weeks since Ishikawa Hayabusa came to see her.

and...

She opened the fake YTB account and did not see any messages from Ishikawa Hayabusa under some of the videos that she had hastily made and uploaded.

After checking each video several times, Goto Ichiri silently moved to the wall, lowered his head and hugged his legs, his bright blue eyes became cloudy.

Did I get carried away and take his food?

Or maybe the corner is too dark...

Or maybe I smell like mold...

Ahhh, no matter how I think about it, there are so many questions.

Goto Ichiri rubbed his pink hair in distress.

Just treat these days as a good dream. Wake up, Goto Ichiri!

She patted her cheeks, blocked out those thoughts, and crawled over to the computer.

Forget it, no matter how sad the reality is, there are plenty of people on the Internet who care about her.

Thinking of this, she turned and opened her original account.

I plan to read the comments to help her recover from her broken heart.

'I listen to your songs every day! I recently started learning guitar and I look forward to your next work! '

'2:17 I like it here.'

'I love her guitar, it's a very moving sound.'

"You are Goto-san, right? I am Ishikawa Hayabusa."

Goto Ichiri couldn't help but smile as he watched, but when he saw the last one.

Goto Ichiri: ???

She confirmed the account again. This was the account she had used to upload videos before, which was the account called Guitar Hero.

She quickly pushed the mouse wheel and scrolled back the page.

In the video description, she wrote...

'Since I was in high school, my life was so busy that I didn't have much time to post~! '

'This time I played a song that I often sing with my friends at karaoke! '

This is the character she created because she wanted to experience the feeling of being real.

She rolled back down again.

"You are Goto-san, right? I am Ishikawa Hayabusa."

Ah ah ah ah ah ah!

A high-pitched, almost electronic scream from the panic-stricken person emanated from the closet.

...

downstairs.

Goto's mother looked upstairs in confusion.

Bang bang bang, the scary crashing sounds like something was being renovated continued.

She knew without even thinking that it was her eldest daughter doing something strange again.

It’s just that the reaction today was unusually large.

"What's wrong? Yili is particularly noisy today."

"Indeed, I can't do this normally."

Goto's father, who was watching TV, also touched his chin in surprise.

"Could it be..."

His eyes lit up, and then he turned around and met Goto's mother's gaze.

The two exchanged glances, their excited expressions disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and they sighed together.

"It's really impossible."

...

Why, why...

Goto Ichiri, lying in the closet, curled up like an innocent injured animal, staring blankly at the partition above.

Why was it discovered...

It took her a long time to recover from her doubts about life. She slowly sat up and turned on the computer.

She clicked on the message again.

Ah, and side news.

She looked at it.

"You're really good. Can you bring your guitar and play it for me tomorrow?"

The message was sent an hour ago.

Goto Ichiri lowered his head, and after a while his body trembled slightly.

Her face, which was covered by her bangs, was filled with a smile, and her cheeks were almost melting.

“Hehe…hehe…since you’ve said that then there’s nothing we can do about it, hehe.”

...

At the same time, Kita Ikuyo, who was lying on the sofa in her pajamas and hugging a pillow, was happily chatting with her friends about the news.

But suddenly, she received a text message.

After seeing that the sender was Ishikawa Hayabusa, she didn't bother to reply to her friend's message and clicked it immediately.

"Sorry, I forgot to tell Hong Xia about you earlier."

Kita Ikuyo: ???

Wait, what's going on?

What was she apologizing for?

They didn't think she would come, did they? The performance was tomorrow!!

She sat up suddenly and threw away the pillow. The poor pillow that was accidentally damaged flew to the ground, and bounced up with a puff.

Kita Ikuyo had an expression of disbelief on his face and clicked on the screen at an even more unbelievable speed.

"Could it be that Ijichi-senpai and Ryo-senpai are still waiting for me?"

The reply from the other side was also very quick.

Ishikawa Hayabusa: "Um... Sorry, by the way, I still haven't told them yet."

“What are you doing!!”

It's been almost two weeks, how could I be so forgetful?

Kita Ikuyo had the urge to go to the kitchen, get a knife and kill Ishikawa Hayabusa immediately.

She hasn't even said anything at this point, doesn't it seem like she's deliberately trying to ruin the performance!

Ishikawa Hayabusa: "Well, it's okay. It doesn't really matter. We just need to try our best to find a guitarist. I'll talk to Nijixia tomorrow. By the way, Kita, come and see us tomorrow."