Social phobia and lonely rock

Ishikawa Hayabusa fell into thought, looked at the small place again, then he hugged his chest in fear and spoke nervously.

"I don't like being forced..."

Xingge couldn't help it, veins popped on his forehead and he shouted angrily.

"Shut up!"

54. Star

The last performance also came to an end.

Until the fans who stayed to talk to the musicians left, the store began to prepare to close.

Clean the area and take inventory of supplies.

The girls moved quickly.

Not to mention Hongxia and Liang who often help here.

Kita is efficient in his work, and Pochi, thinking that he can finally go home, bursts out with great motivation, works hard with a worrying smile, and also with the help of Ishikawa Hayabusa.

It took almost no time to clean the store.

As they started cleaning, Xingge went to the preparation room to check out the band that was performing tonight.

But after coming out with the musicians, they were stunned when they saw the five of them leaning against the bar and chatting, and the clean hall.

...

Pochi stared at the departing musicians in a trance.

Among them, there are some who are cheerful and sunny like Hayabusa, Nijigasaki, and Kita, who pull their teammates together and talk loudly with their heads raised, but there are also some who are not good at speaking and are taciturn like Ryo.

But I don’t know if there is anyone like her.

Can someone like her stay here?

She looked to the side and saw Ishikawa Hayabusa arguing with Liang on her right.

Ishikawa Hayabusa: "Aren't we accomplices? Why did you abandon me!"

Liang: "That was arranged by the store manager."

Ishikawa Hayabusa: "Shouldn't you also put up a sign saying..."

Ryo interrupted him.

"No, that's your job."

When Pochi looked over there again, his eyes met Hongxia's inadvertent glance. Hongxia smiled and turned back to chat with Kita.

But within two seconds, she looked over again.

Those red eyes seemed to have sensed something.

Then she and Kita ended the topic, walked out of the team, turned around with a satisfied smile, and said to the four people.

"That concludes today's work. Everyone has done a great job. Thank you for your hard work."

The four responded one after another.

Afterwards, the three of them began to pack up their things. When they were done, they were ready to go back together.

Kita noticed Ryo who was still standing there without taking his things.

"Senior Liang, aren't you going back?"

Ryo answered.

"Well, I'll stay a while."

"so."

Kita didn't respond much.

Hongxia noticed her look and didn't quite understand what was going on. Her smile faded, but her attention was attracted by Ishikawa Hayabusa who was gently waving his hand beside her.

Seeing Ishikawa Hayabusa's smile as if he was embracing me, she smiled with relief, her bright and lovely smile was like the spring sunshine.

Hongxia and Liang escorted the three of them to the door of the store.

Under the dark blue night sky, three people came out of SATRRY which was lit with warm yellow light.

When the three of them went out, they happened to meet Xingge who had just returned early after sending the band to a celebration banquet.

She walked down the steps and spoke calmly to the three of them.

"Be careful on the road."

Pochi: "Ah... yeah."

Kita: “Thank you for your care.”

Ishikawa Hayabusa: "I don't think you're talking to me."

Ishikawa Hayabusa's words caused Xingge to laugh softly, and then she walked around the three people and went down.

When the three were about to move forward again, Hongxia looked at Pochi who was reserved and about to leave, and after hesitating, she called out.

"Pochi-chan."

Pochi was a little slow to react and turned around hastily to respond.

"Ah, yes."

Hongxia smiled and met Pochi's eyes.

She remembered how she looked when she first found Pochi at the agreed place.

At that time, she was like a child who had been betrayed and was walking alone in the world. She would become nervous and scared at the slightest sign of trouble.

But seeing that although she was cowardly, she dared to look other people in the eye, Hong Xia couldn't help but smile.

"Goodbye."

Pochi responded stiffly.

“Ah, yes…”

She avoided Hongxia's gaze, thought quickly, and then mustered up a little courage to speak.

"See you tomorrow."

At Liang's wave, she turned around and saw Ishikawa Hayabusa and Kita looking back at her in front of her. She was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed them.

Under the street lights, the three of them returned home together.

...

Circles of blurred shadows of street lamps and lights pouring out from the houses.

It was the first time that Pochi, Ishikawa Hayabusa, and Kita left STARRY together so late.

They walked along the half-lit streets amidst the lights of thousands of houses.

Kita turned his head to look at Ishikawa Hayabusa and Pochi beside him.

They had been out for nearly a minute, but the two of them didn't say a word, which was completely different from the cheerful conversation they had at noon.

Are you being a third wheel?

As she was thinking of an excuse to leave.

Ishikawa Hayabusa suddenly said to her.

"By the way, Kita, the thing you mentioned before..."

that matter?

Kita reacted immediately, glanced at the confused Pochi, and quickly stretched out his hand and waved repeatedly.

"Stupid idiot! How can you say that at this time?"

"It's not as complicated as you think."

Ishikawa Hayabusa spoke in a very casual tone, and at the same time inexplicably grabbed Kita's arm.

Kita looked down at Ishikawa Hayabusa's hand that was holding his arm, then looked at Ishikawa Hayabusa in confusion.

Ishikawa Hayabusa said with a smile.

"To prevent the Runaway Lady from escaping."

"You are such a terrible person! This is illegal detention!"

Kita immediately complained loudly, but even though she said that, she didn't show any intention of struggling.

"Very good, this is another meal on my perverted road. It feels pretty good to illegally detain a beautiful girl."

Ishikawa Hayabusa said this casually, and looked to the side when Kita blushed and called out "Hey!"

He looked at Pochi, who was full of confusion, and explained to her.

"This idiot was asked by a bunch of classmates if he was dating me this afternoon, and he answered yes. He has been feeling depressed since this afternoon."

"Wait, how can I tell this to Goto-san!"

Kita's voice could not cover up Ishikawa Hayabusa's words, and Pochi listened to Ishikawa Hayabusa's words completely.

She felt regretful for asking Ishikawa Hayabusa to solve the problem. This was not a solution at all; it was clearly a detonation.

He wanted to slip away but found that his arm was firmly grasped by Ishikawa Hayabusa.

Feeling betrayed, she waited for the sound of Pochi's execution.

"oh.."

But Pochi just responded calmly.

Without waiting for the expected sounds of dissatisfaction, Kita turned around and saw that Pochi was looking at him with a bit of sympathy in his eyes.

It seemed to have created a strong resonance.

Kita: ???

She asked Pochi after some hesitation.

"Aren't you angry, Goto-san?"

Pochi blinked in confusion.

"Well, I... don't understand."

After hearing what Kita said, Ishikawa Hayabusa, who had already guessed the situation, said to Pochi.

"It seems that Kita has a misunderstanding and thinks we are a couple."

Suddenly, Pochi stopped, and the positions of her facial features were instantly dislocated.

His mouth jumped to the left side of his cheek and he spoke tremblingly.

"Lovers...lovers?"

Her behavior scared Kita and he exclaimed.

"Goto-san!"

Ishikawa Hayabusa was very calm in the face of this scene. He let go of Kita's hand, turned around and said to Pochi.

"Pochi, it's time to start correcting it."

“Ah…Ahh.”

Pochi made a trembling sound.

The next moment, Ishikawa Hayabusa clasped his hands together, rubbed them, and then slapped them on Pochi's face. With a snap, her facial features returned to their original place instantly.

But she still looked as if she hadn't come to her senses.