Social phobia and lonely rock

Liang was slightly startled, then smiled slightly, but it disappeared in a flash.

“Eh, is that so??”

Kita Ikuyo's remarks seemed to prove the reason why Ishikawa Hayabusa was called a pervert, that is, the exaggerated remarks just now.

Suddenly, Hongxia also breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't know what to do for a moment.

Although they had only known each other for less than two days, she felt that every move of Ishikawa Hayabusa was sincere from the heart, and he was not a bad person.

When the female classmate said that, she was worried for a while whether Ishikawa Hayabusa had gotten into trouble.

"Don't scare me..."

She still complained a little.

"Sorry."

Ishikawa Hayabusa touched his head, smiled and asked for forgiveness in a non-seriously manner.

But then he said it more seriously.

"But if you call me a pervert, I'll be happy with it."

After he finished speaking, the relaxed atmosphere suddenly froze again. Among the constantly flowing crowd, the three girls who stopped had strange expressions on their faces.

The three of them looked at each other.

Hongxia looked at Ishikawa Hayabusa in astonishment, then looked at the other two.

Liang's eyes widened a little because of surprise.

Kita Ikuyo looked annoyed, asking what nonsense you were talking about in front of Ryo-senpai.

However, after a moment, Liang walked towards Ishikawa Hayabusa, with a gentle smile on her calm and expressionless face. This smile made her look more playful in Ishikawa Hayabusa's eyes.

She held out her hand.

"Weirdo, I'd be happy if you called me that."

She spoke in a similar sentence structure, and Miss Kita Ikuyo, who was moving freely nearby, froze when she saw this scene.

Ishikawa Hayabusa held her hand and accepted her kindness.

"wack."

Liang nodded in agreement and replied.

"abnormal."

Hong Xia, who was sitting on the box, hugged her head and wailed.

"My band..."

Kita Ikuyo looked at the two people's clasped hands in amazement and murmured.

"They actually... actually used this method!"

After the farce was over, the two began to tune up their instruments, and the thumping of drums and the bouncing of bass echoed in the open space.

Ishikawa Hayabusa walked to the flower bed nearby and sat down, watching the two people tuning their instruments with interest.

His keyboard didn’t even need tuning like the other two, which was really fun to watch.

But, that one gaze made his scalp tingle.

Ishikawa Hayabusa turned his head and looked over. Kita Ikuyo looked away and the tingling feeling disappeared.

He looked away, but within two seconds, the feeling of being stared at returned.

He looked back again.

Then, the two began a battle of diverting their gazes.

This extremely cruel war lasted for 20 seconds. The two men's eyes went up to the sky and down to the ground, over mountains and across rivers, and finally.

Ishikawa Hayabusa won.

This is of course. As a person with social phobia, he is extremely sensitive to sight.

And he is not bragging, his strongest point now is that he is shameless, he can even do things like make girls blush by staring at them.

Of course, whether the police agree or not is another matter.

Ishikawa Hayabusa followed the gaze of this free-spirited young lady and found where her eyes were focused, on the hand that he had just shaken with Liang.

Suddenly, he understood everything.

Putting aside the idea of ​​showing off by buying a bag of potato chips and licking his hands after eating one, Ishikawa Hayabusa looked at the two people who were about to get ready, waiting for the opening.

"Well, let's get started."

Hongxia leaned forward and looked in the direction of Ishikawa Hayabusa. There was a gentle smile in her beautiful red eyes and her swaying side ponytail was full of vitality.

She exchanged glances with Ryo again and nodded.

The next moment, drums sounded.

The solid foundation of the band fell and the grand stage unfolded.

The bass, which usually plays the base with the drums, changes its role this time, jumping out from the low bottom of the sound and becoming the protagonist of the music with its strong rhythm.

The bass guitar played with a rare elegance, the low rhythm seemed to be dancing on the drum beats, and gradually, people around began to stop and appreciate this small ensemble.

There is no publicity, no special drama, just music, just the performer's self-immersive performance, and people stop to watch, some appreciate, some...

Ishikawa Hayabusa glanced at Kita Ikuyo, whose eyes were shining with stars not far away.

Following her line of sight, I looked at Yamada Ryo, who was standing in the center of the crowd, with a blank expression on his face, enjoying the performance with his whole body immersed in it.

She held the bass and swayed her body freely to the rhythm while playing. She had a special beauty when she played, like Erato who gently stroked the harp.

The instrument is like her inner loudspeaker, and the thoughts of this taciturn girl peak out at the edge of the music.

It’s cool, but what’s even cooler is making your own sounds.

Ishikawa Hayabusa made up his mind to continue like this, this is what he wanted to do.

At the same time, Kita Ikuyo next to her also made up her mind.

Guitarist, right?

She must become a woman who can stand beside Senior Liang!

When the two finished their performance, there was sparse applause all around.

Hongxia and Liang Qianqian bowed and saluted. Knowing that the performance was over, the audience began to disperse. The bustling street suddenly became deserted amid the relentless footsteps.

Ishikawa Hayabusa looked back and found that Kita Ikuyo, who had just looked intoxicated, had left at some point.

"Falcon..."

But after hearing Liang's lazy shout over there, he hurried over.

...

When we went back, it was still Ishikawa Hayabusa who was responsible for carrying the luggage.

The two of them didn't seem to have much distance between them because of Ishikawa Hayabusa's self-explosion.

Walking on the street under the night sky with neon lights constantly changing and shining, the two people who had just been playing in the center of the crowd are now next to Ishikawa Hayabusa.

As it got closer to dinner time, the crowds around became more hurried. The number of students was much less than before, and the number of office workers hurrying home, occasional couples passing by, and people wandering aimlessly gradually increased.

Next to Ishikawa Hayabusa, Hongxia was thinking for a long time before she spoke.

"I'm sorry, I asked Hayabusa to get it."

Ishikawa Hayabusa could sense that Hongxia had something to ask, but she kept it to herself because she was worried about various situations.

But he didn't explain it directly, but said.

"This is in line with the idea of ​​perverts helping each other. Besides, shouldn't band friends help Kyoritsu?"

Hongxia’s expression is very easy to understand.

She was stunned for a moment, then looked as if she was thinking, could it be like that? It seemed like it was indeed the case, oh, then it doesn't matter. Then she realized that she hadn't responded yet, and nodded hastily.

"Uh-huh."

Hongxia is so cute.

Liang on the side glanced at the two of them and asked about Ishikawa Hayabusa's plan to join in before the performance.

"Falcon, you said before that you also plan to join the street live. Right?"

"Well...I want to join in the performance, I think it's fun."

Ryo raised an eyebrow at Ishikawa Hayabusa's words, but he quickly continued.

"But both of you performed very well. My ability is still a little bit behind them, but I have grown a lot."

“Don’t underestimate music.”

There was a hint of sharpness in the cool tone.

"Then let me first listen to my current level."

Ishikawa Hayabusa smiled but did not show any sign of retreat. The heavy equipment seemed to be nothing to him.

The lights from the vehicles streamed across his face, shining the confidence that had never disappeared from his face.

"Hey, you two... Hayabusa-kun, Ryo is very strict when he's serious!"

Hong Xia quickened her pace and walked in front of the two men, trying hard to make peace, trying to calm them down.

"It's okay. Criticism can help people find flaws that they haven't seen. And, let me warn you in advance, perverts are very strong."

"Well, I'll be very strict."

On a street that had begun to feel like night, a pervert carrying a musical instrument and two girls walked leisurely towards the stars.

11. Face the sky

Liang really showed no mercy...

Ishikawa Hayabusa was sitting on the train on his way home, using his cell phone to record the opinions that Ryo had just raised.

In the train during off-peak hours, even the sound of fingers tapping quickly on the screen can be heard clearly.

He quite liked the feeling of being able to hear all his actions.

Looking back on today, although it’s not particularly harmonious, it’s also a day where our relationship has taken a step forward, and I have successfully exposed the fact that I’m a pervert.

It was a satisfying day for Ishikawa Hayabusa.

Although he was never dissatisfied that day.

It’s a pity that there is no photo showing their sense of accomplishment.

But after coming back, onee-sama's (Ijichi Hoshika) reaction was quite interesting.

Ishikawa Hayabusa smiled, put the phone back into his pocket, and looked at the houses and lights passing by in the darkness outside with a calm look.

...

In STARRY more than ten minutes ago.

"...There are still many areas where you need to improve. As a keyboard player, you are still completely unqualified."

After Ishikawa Hayabusa finished playing, Liang crossed his arms and looked proud, like a master.

She pointed out Ishikawa Hayabusa very rudely, and her tone without any mercy was frightening.

In the middle of Liang's long speech, Hong Xia was stunned by her exaggerated tone and only came to her senses at this moment.

"Ryo, you've overdone it!!"

This is not evaluating at the beginner's level at all, but rather requiring Ishikawa Hayabusa to perform at a level that is good enough to perform on stage!

Although I should be more strict, this is too much.

After scolding Liang, she comforted Ishikawa Hayabusa who was standing behind the keyboard.