I refuse to be a plagiarist

While being very careful and trying not to startle the other person, Yukinoshita Haruno couldn't help but sigh in her heart at the huge gap between the boy and his usual self as she looked at the other person who seemed inexplicably adorable because of his deep sleep.

[It would be great if we could balance it out...]

Compared to her inner thoughts, the other team members around her focused on other aspects.

Especially some of the boys.

They couldn't help but have their eyes light up and expressions of great envy appeared on their faces at Hasegawa's magical skill of falling asleep as if posing, which he could do with just a bench.

"Look, that junior Hasegawa, he looks like someone who is thinking seriously now!"

"Hey, now that you put it like that, it really is......"

"I'm so envious. If I knew this trick, I wouldn't have been called on by the teacher every day in class when I was in high school."

.........

The direction of the topic gradually became distorted.

And at this moment, thanks to Yukinoshita Haruno's efforts, Hasegawa, who had just caught up on his sleep, finally opened his sleepy eyes.

Then, he saw Yukinoshita with a rosy face and the other team members who were all looking at him.

"Oh~

It seems that our unconscious prince has finally woken up with the help of the princess!"

"What?"

He looked at the guitarist in front of him in confusion, who was blinking at him frantically, as if hinting at something.

Hasegawa suddenly felt like he couldn't keep up with the other person's words.

What prince, princess...

——Did I accidentally miss something interesting when I squinted for a short while?

"Hehe... Junior, don't take it to heart. Xiaodao has been like this for a long time, a guy who likes to joke around and speak without thinking."

He clenched his fist and gently tapped the guitarist on the head as if to teach him a lesson.

Seeing Hasegawa seeming a little confused, the senior who served as the bassist stepped forward and explained directly the problems that needed to be solved in the team.

——Male voice of Coral Sea

"Um, so everyone wants me to sing?"

His eyes swept over the people in front of him.

Feeling the expectation and trust in everyone's eyes, at this moment, he suddenly felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.

Yukinoshita, who had to undergo a brief test as part of the plan, successfully overcame the difficulties, but I, who wanted to hide behind and do nothing, was pulled out by everyone and pushed to the front.

"Well...I'm not that good at singing."

Trying hard to stay out of it.

However, in the face of his weak words, other people present expressed the opposite opinion.

"Being timid is not what a boy should do.

Even if you don’t have confidence in yourself, there is still a long time before the college season begins….”

The tone was full of friendliness and expectation.

From the expressions on everyone's faces, Hasegawa Hide read their advice - practice and you're done.

"In fact, you don't need to feel too much pressure, after all, through the practice just now, we all believe in your hidden strength as a creator.

Moreover.......

Rather than looking for someone else to fill that role, who knows the song better than you, the creator? "

The microphone prepared in advance was handed to Hasegawa.

Seeing the boy still standing there in a daze and not moving, the bassist senior patted his shoulder lightly, winked at him meaningfully, and then nodded in the direction of Yukinoshita Haruno.

Compared to careless boys, girls' minds are sometimes more delicate.

Just like Yukinoshita Haruno who had imagined a love idol drama in her mind before, when she was practicing the song "Coral Sea", she also imagined the story behind the song as a tragedy in which two people could not be together due to various irresistible factors.

As for the hero and heroine in the story...

He glanced secretly at Hasegawa, who was in distress, and at Yukinoshita, who had been keeping her eyes on him since a while ago.

Apart from these two people in front of us, who else would be more suitable to be the protagonist of this memorial service?

[At such a young age, you are so romantic. Tsk tsk…]

In my mind, I secretly labeled this junior as a "young and promising" person.

In fact, it is not just this senior who is a bassist. Except for some naive guys who only want to have fun, many people in the team have already vaguely seen the "secret" between these two juniors.

Although they were nominally just classmates, their daily interactions with each other, in the eyes of this group of "seniors", could be said to have skipped the dating stage and entered directly into the life of an old married couple.

And this is no longer something that can be simply described as "young and promising"...

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"......so what?

What are we doing here? ”

This is a karaoke bar.

Looking at the sign in front of him that was flashing bright lights, Baiyin Yuxing turned around and looked at his friend in front of him with a hint of confusion on his face.

He didn't know why Hasegawa brought him to such a strange place.

In response to Shirogane Miyuki's doubts, Hasegawa Hide put his arm around his shoulders and walked straight into the store without saying a word:

“That’s needless to say.

The school festival is coming soon, and as the lead singer, I must improve my singing skills now.

It’s all because of those guys who started the trouble…”

Book the box quickly and efficiently.

After paying the fee, Hasegawa held a few bottles of purified water and walked towards the room with his friend under the guidance of the waiter.

“But it’s too embarrassing to come to a place like this alone, so in order to prevent people from pointing fingers at you behind your back, I just dragged you along.

Just do me a favor.

At this point, I believe you won't abandon your friends and run away alone, right?"

"Well, it's not like I'm going to run away or anything like that.

only........."

He scratched his cheek embarrassedly.

For Shirogane Yuxing, who is not good at music, places like karaoke really make him feel a little uncomfortable.

——What on earth am I supposed to do here?

Looking at Shirogane Miyuki's restless appearance, Hasegawa on the side obviously guessed what his good friend was thinking.

Then...just throw the other microphone to the other party.

"Hey, this?"

"Take this opportunity, Baiyin, why don't you practice with us as well?"

There was some sympathy in his tone:

"Otherwise, if you succeed in the election for student council president, you won't have to lip-sync every time you sing the school song like you do now, right?"

Chapter 50: His and Her Future

"Um... okay then."

Take the microphone from your friend.

Just as Hasegawa Hide said, when Shirogane Miyuki was in school, he was actually troubled by the problem of not being able to sing.

Unlike Hasegawa who was struggling to improve his singing skills, this boy was hopelessly tone-deaf!

To be more precise, he has been like this since he was very young.

After being corrected countless times without success, his teacher finally suggested the method of "lip syncing with others in the team" to him when he was in middle school.

Over time, he gradually got used to this way.

But people all care about their appearance.

Boys in middle school have a unique persistence and stubbornness when it comes to self-esteem.

Not to mention Baiyin Yuxing.

Not all rich kids are pure playboys. With a high starting point, they often shine in other areas.

In the star-studded Shuchiin Academy, in order to stand out from this group of people who have received elite education since childhood, Shirogane Miyuki naturally has extremely high requirements for his own performance.

I just didn't pay much attention to it before.

Now, with the reminder from his friends, he suddenly realized that he should take this issue seriously.

【Come on, Baiyin Yuxing, you can do it! 】

I silently cheer myself up in my heart.

Then, amidst the complicated expression of Hasegawa, a burst of extremely uncomfortable singing spread out through the speakers in the box.

——That is simply not a sound that a human can make.

Although it may be a bit rude, if I have to make a metaphor, then Shirogane Miyuki's singing is just like the death cry of a sound boss, which makes people want to die immediately.

Well...it can be said to be the completely opposite type of work compared to Aunt Mika Nakashima's "Once I Wanted to End It All", which encourages people not to die.

The most terrifying thing is that the person involved, Shirogane Miyuki, did not seem to feel the strangeness of his singing voice at all. Judging from his immersed expression, Hasegawa Hide even felt that he seemed to be possessed by a singer and was very confident.

But that's just a "feeling".

After handing the audio recorded on the phone to the other party, not long after, he saw Baiyin Yuxing, who had been quite unconvinced before, look hopeless after accepting the fact.

"Hasegawa, how about...I should just give up."

His eyes became extremely empty.

His friend's recording gave Baiyin Yuxing a clearer understanding of his own singing, but because of this, his confidence suffered a brutal blow.

“Actually, it’s pretty good to lip-sync with others in the team…”

His eyes gradually became empty and lifeless.

Seeing him lose his fighting spirit, Hasegawa Hide rolled his eyes in annoyance:

"Fool.

You have to think clearly, sometimes if we don’t really try hard, then we really won’t have any chance at all.”

"........"

Looking at his friend's calm yet determined eyes, Baiyin Yuxing didn't know why, but he always felt like there was something else behind his words.

It seems that there is also an insurmountable barrier in front of the other party.

【Work hard...】

Yes, hasn’t this been how I have been all along?

Compared with other people of the same age around him, Baiyin Yuxing is a person who is persistent in working hard and achieves success entirely through "hard work".

Although being able to persist is in a sense an extremely powerful talent, for him, this extremely awkward habit has become an inherent pattern in his life.

Carrying the self-suggestion of being an excellent genius, working hard in secret...

But now his friend's words were like a wake-up call, waking him up harshly.

Yes.

Sometimes, since we have no talent, can we only rely on desperate efforts to redeem seemingly impossible things?

The expression on his face became resolute again.