Social phobia and lonely rock

Kita-san's predecessor...

What will it be like.

...

Ishikawa Hayabusa, who was waiting for the performance to begin in STARRY, sat and waited for a long time, but only saw Ryo arrive.

She walked down the stairs slowly. After returning home, she changed into casual clothes and seemed to be looking forward to the performance.

"Where's Hongxia?"

Ishikawa Hayabusa knew what was going on, but he still asked.

"Let's go find the guitarist to replace Kita."

Liang said this and sat down next to Ishikawa Hayabusa with a bored expression on his face.

“It feels like it’s going to be a disaster.”

Ishikawa Hayabusa affirmed.

"Ah."

Liang nodded.

After a while, the store manager Xingge came over. She looked around and didn't see her sister, so she asked the two of them.

"Where's Hongxia?"

"escaped."

Ishikawa Hayabusa, who never lies, said so.

"what?"

The manager of Xingge knew it was a lie as soon as she heard it, and glared at the guy with the wild and ferocious eyes of a former band girl.

Ishikawa Hayabusa smiled awkwardly and waved his hands sheepishly.

"I went to find the guitarist." Liang answered Xingge's question.

"Now?"

Xingge looked surprised, as if to say, "You're going to play tricks on me too?", but when he saw Liang nodded, he held his head in pain.

"Please tell Hongxia to practice hard until the beginning! What a stupid sister."

Xingge complained angrily as she walked out.

"The manager is angry."

"Hongxia is in trouble."

They both sighed.

Time passed slowly, and even Ishikawa Hayabusa was worried that something might have gone wrong, when Hongxia spoke cheerfully.

"Good morning."

He came back to his senses.

For gloomy and dark people, it is indeed possible to greet them with "good morning" at dusk.

He looked towards the door.

Behind Hongxia, there was a timid girl with long pink hair, a pink sports top and a pleated skirt.

The two walked down the stairs and Hongxia introduced the store to her.

He didn't say anything, just looked at the two of them quietly.

Liang pushed the chair away, stood up, walked towards them, and greeted Hongxia at the same time.

"You are finally back."

"Cool~"

Hongxia called Liang with a smile, and then introduced her to the people she brought back.

"She's Goto Ichiri-chan, the guitarist that Kita-chan asked to help."

Ishikawa Hayabusa looked over there. Goto Ichiri was obviously frightened by Ryo's expressionless face, and his expression started to become abnormal.

Then Hongxia reached out her hand and introduced Liang to Goto Ichiri.

But as soon as he said this, Goto Ichiri immediately bowed and shouted.

"I'm Goto Ichiri, I'm so sorry!"

Hong Xia awkwardly tried to smooth over the atmosphere which was beginning to become strange, and then looked around.

Ishikawa Hayabusa knew it was his time to take action.

With the elusive ability that was unique to perverts, he flashed to the side of Hongxia and Goto Ichiri.

Press their shoulders.

"Ladies, did you lose anything?"

"Hayabusa-kun!"

Hongxia was so frightened by Ishikawa Hayabusa that she immediately turned her head away, then stomped her feet in anger. However, she didn't mind Ishikawa Hayabusa contacting her like this.

But, she knew how timid the person next to her was, and he would run away if scared by Ishikawa Hayabusa like this.

He usually knows his limits, why is he suddenly like this now?

"Ah, Ishikawa-san..."

Goto Ichiri looked in surprise at Ishikawa Hayabusa who was pressing her shoulders.

She didn't expect that Ishikawa Hayabusa was also here. After seeing someone she knew, she felt a little relieved.

I even felt an overwhelming sense of surprise.

Could it be that the band she temporarily joined was Ishikawa-san's?!

Ishikawa Hayabusa looked at Goto Ichiri, and suddenly he started to act like a dramatic character. He pulled out a handkerchief from somewhere, wiped his tears and said aggrievedly.

"Sob, sob, Goto-san must hate me. He came right away when others invited him, but ignored me when I invited him."

"Hey, hey, no no, no!"

Goto Ichiri waved his hands in denial in panic.

"Do you two know each other?" Hong Xia blinked in surprise.

Ishikawa Hayabusa returned to his normal self and said with a smile.

"Well, Goto-san is the guitarist I wanted to bring in before."

"So that's the case."

Hong Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, although Hayabusa always likes to do weird things, he is still a very sensible person.

At this moment, Liang remembered what Xingge had asked her to tell Hongxia.

"Come to think of it, the store manager said that we should keep practicing until the beginning, and he complained angrily about Hong Xia going out, and at the same time he went out to buy something."

Hongxia looked at Liang in panic and even clenched her hands in fear.

Apparently her angry sister still had a strong deterrent effect on her.

"No!"

She hurriedly urged a few people, pushing and shoving to get cold.

"Let's go to the rehearsal room before she comes back."

...

In the past, there were only three people practicing in the rehearsal room, but today there was an additional girl.

And the changes that occur are.

Hongxia pushed Liang into the rehearsal room, then ruthlessly abandoned her and took out their performance plan and music score from under the cabinet.

She paid attention to Ishikawa Hayabusa, and seeing that he didn't move, she handed the papers to Goto Ichiri.

"Here, is today's arrangement and music score."

Goto Ichiri took the music score and confirmed the band members.

The one who just brought her here was Ijichi Hongka. On the way, she said that she was the drummer and Yamada Ryo was the bassist.

Ishikawa-san is..., she saw Ishikawa Hayabusa walk to the set-up synthesizer, the keyboard player, plus Kita Ikuyo who had previously said that she couldn't play the guitar.

Isn't this almost fully booked?

Speaking of which, where is the lead singer?

"Um, the band members are..."

"Everyone who is performing this time is here. We are not performing without vocals this time."

Hong Xia said, turning on the loudspeaker for her, then patted it, "Yili, use this."

"Ah... yeah."

Goto Ichiri nodded awkwardly, and then noticed the gaze of Ishikawa Hayabusa beside him.

When she looked at Ishikawa Hayabusa, he gave her a thumbs up as a shining encouragement, and then began to test the keyboard sound.

She also hurried to check the music score.

no problem.

She can play a piece of music of this level easily, but without a singer, it would require more effort to perform.

Moreover, this is also a place where Ishikawa can see his own strength.

Hongxia relaxed a little when she saw Yili, who had joined temporarily, with a confident smile.

Even she knew that it was too much to find a guitarist two hours before the performance.

And if I play badly, my sister will kill me when I get home tonight.

She noted Goto Ichiri's expression as she spoke.

"Then let's start from the beginning without further ado."

"Well, take it slow at first, and then get used to it little by little."

Worried that she was too impatient and ignored other people's feelings, she paid attention to Goto Ichiri. After she finished tuning the music, she smiled a little and looked like she wanted to show off.

Then said.

"Let's get started."

She drummed the drumsticks to set the rhythm.

A few minutes later.

hum~

The song ended, and the lingering sound of electronic instruments echoed in the rehearsal room.

Ishikawa Hayabusa sighed. Even though he had met Goto Ichiri beforehand and helped her get used to communicating with other people, not much had changed.

“It’s terrible.”

Because the performance gap was so huge, Hong Xia was so shocked that she said the opposite of what she was thinking.

She actually kept the words "You play it well" in her heart.

"puff."

It wasn't until she heard Ryo's uncontrollable laughter that she realized she had made a mistake.

Explain in a hurry.

"No, no, ah, this..."

Amid the chaos, Ishikawa Hayabusa raised his glasses, which he had put on at some point.

"Looks like we have to change the battlefield."