Who says meal replacements can’t be eaten as meals?

"Ah? Eh?" Miss Idol's perfect expression control seemed to have a bug, she seemed to be laughing and crying at the same time, how ironic...

After spending so much time and effort on arrangements, I had just met the sweetheart I had been looking for for a long time, but now I have completely lost my chance. Instead, the girl who did not show any true love to me and only took advantage of me shouted out her love to me so loudly. It was very much like an opera written by Shakespeare.

"So, I'm sorry... I just can't do this kind of thing. I also want to be with Chuhua! But, this kind of thing is really not allowed!" Sakuya held Chuhua's shaking hand tightly and took another step forward. "I also want to go out and play with Chuhua, so don't cry, I will definitely make it up to you, because Chuhua is a very important friend of mine!"

Sanjiao Chuhua really wanted to ask, how are you going to compensate me?

But looking at the flaxen-haired girl who was staring at her and speaking with all her might, she finally couldn't bear to say so.

"Please, Sakuya, can you stay with me for a while?" She wrapped her arms around Sakuya's waist, which was so close to her, and rested her head on Sakuya's shoulder, crying.

Chapter 206 Stars in the City

An elegant female voice reminded the audience to take their seats. The dim lights that lit up one by one around the outer wall made Ichinose Sakuya, who was visiting for the first time, step cautiously. The hemispherical dome screen was extremely large, as if there really was such a mysterious observatory above the sky, where one could admire the inverted Milky Way at one's fingertips.

"Be careful on the steps. Although you won't fall, spraining your ankle is always bad." Sanjiao Chuhua walked in front to lead the way. She regained the energetic image of the idol lady in the past and reminded softly.

"Thank you." Gently pushing away the arm that Chuhua lent her for support, Miss Sakuya hesitated for a moment and then sat down next to Chuhua awkwardly.

After an intense event that was enough to make bystanders imagine a whole 8 o'clock evening drama, even the carefree Miss Miao Meng had to choose to suspend rehearsal and took the initiative to give the two hired people half a day off.

Ichinose Sakuya, who had already achieved the achievement of absenteeism before she had ever missed a class, was also surprised to find for the first time that famous stars also take the subway to go out?

After that, there was an awkward atmosphere of silence. The sunny and cheerful Sanjiao Chuhua just tugged at his sleeves without saying a word, while Miss Sakuya was staring at the bright little maple leaf that she had personally handed out, thinking some irrelevant thoughts that the color of this hair accessory was indeed suitable for little Chuhua.

This situation is probably partly my fault, Ichinose Sakuya thought.

She was still unsure whether Chu Hua saw her as a simple good friend or something closer. But in any case, she had said something that could be easily misunderstood, and even if she added the term "good friend" at the end, she had to explain it clearly...

"Does Xiao Chuhua come to the planetarium often?" Sakuya lowered his head and fiddled with the adjustment buckle of the seat, and started the topic in a low voice.

"There isn't much light in the Sky Forest at night, but you can see the stars if you're lucky." Sanjiao Chuhua explained, first putting on the camouflage cap, then turning his head to help the village girl fasten the seat safety.

"Ah!" Miss Sakuya, who was leaning against the back of the chair, was startled by the sudden disappearance of her support. She tried hard to suppress the scream that was already on her throat, and met the purple eyes with a slight redness and swelling.

"Sorry." Miss Chuhua's tone was lower than usual. She looked at the handsome face between her legs and said blankly.

"It's okay." Sakuya's tone was slightly awkward. He distanced himself from the dome, which had not yet started projecting, and stared blankly at it, trying his best not to recall the golden retriever's distraught eyes.

"I'm sorry for forcing Sakuya to come out and accompany me." His voice got even lower as he murmured softly.

"It's okay. After all, Xiao Chuhua is my good friend." Sakuya emphasized the word "friend" a little more, closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing.

friend...

"Sakuya, is the girl you're dating Xiaoxiang?"

"that......"

"Toyokawa Shoko."

"...Um."

This is truly certain. My relationship has ended before it even began. Why wasn't I braver at the beginning?

There was silence for a long time, so long that the director's announcement came to an end, the lights were completely turned off, and the round porous projector operated silently, and began to project the bright starlight that had been transmitted from thousands of years ago bit by bit.

"Xiao Chuhua?" Sakuya moved a little closer and whispered.

"Shh." Sanjiao Chuhua also turned his head, with a forced smile, a single finger against his lips, and cast his thoughts and gaze towards the Summer Triangle in the Milky Way.

The matter was done. It was already very rude of her to drag Sakuya here in an out-of-control state. She shouldn't let Sakuya waste more energy on her. At least now, she just wanted to stare quietly at this false night and recall the blurred night scene of her hometown.

"This huge triangle formed by three stars is called the Summer Triangle. They are actually the familiar Altair, Vega, and Deneb. Although they can be seen from spring to autumn in Japan, the best time to see them is in early August, when the Chinese lunar calendar's Tanabata falls..."

I have heard this familiar introduction many times, along with the ethereal music of my back. I seem to smell the damp smell coming from the seaside in a trance. The childhood memories engraved in my heart once again stir up ripples in my heart. My visions gradually overlap, but this time the person who accompanies me wandering in the starlight is the most annoying person.

In the last moment before the corners of his eyes were completely occupied by tears, an extremely familiar sleeve blocked the starry sky. The light gray suit bottom was only fastened with one golden button, and there were wrinkles on it with the traces of his hand.

Ichinose Sakuya remained silent, but just used her cotton-white sleeves to tentatively touch the corners of Chuhua's eyes.

She couldn't understand Sanjiao Chuhua's mood at the moment, but she could make little Chuhua feel a little better.

When I cry, there is always someone to help wipe away my tears. It would be so pitiful if my chest was soaked.

The tears flowed faster and faster, wetting the cuffs of her sleeves. Sakuya then switched to the other hand, soaking both sides thoroughly with her thumb and the back of her hand, until Sankaku Hatsuka closed her eyes and turned sideways.

Sakuya couldn't reach her, so she could only place her hand lightly on the girl's slightly twitching shoulder and pat it slowly.

Sankaku Hatsuka is jealous of Ichinose Sakuya, but she can't push away the girl's comforting hand. Since she is dating Xiaoxiang, she should stop showing such annoying kindness to herself!

...because I can't help but like you.

The two were asked to leave the venue by the cleaning staff. Today was a cloudless, sunny day with a cool breeze blowing on their faces. The muffled chirping of cicadas could be heard under the flower beds. They looked so small under the interlaced light and shadows of the cypress trees and the constantly twinkling summer stars.

For a moment, they were speechless and forgot to talk. They just looked up at the sky at the same time.

In places where neon lights cannot reach, you can see the clear and transparent starry sky, as if all the bright lights on the ground were cast onto the night cloth in the sky.

"It turns out that you can really see the stars in Tokyo." Ichinose Sakuya stood beside the girl and spoke with her head raised.

"...Yeah, I was also shocked when I found out about it." Sanjiao Chuhua was a little slow and naturally continued the topic.

"Is that Deneb?" Sakuya pointed at the brightest star and asked.

"That's the North Star." Chu Hua looked up at the sky along the girl's finger and explained with a chuckle.

"I made a mistake." The girl from the Astronomy Department scratched her cheek and said embarrassedly. "Because I think it's very shiny."

“The brightest star in the Summer Triangle is Vega. Everyone only remembers the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on Valentine’s Day, but no one cares about Deneb, which is named after a number.” Triangle Chuhua seemed to have vented all his pent-up emotions and was explaining science to the country girl as usual.

"I see." Sakuya walked down two steps of the wooden staircase, put her hands behind her back and turned around, letting her flaxen ponytail trace the summer path in the starlight. "But they have always been good friends, right? Even in the city, it's clear to see."

Chapter 207 Cute

The dusk faded away, leaving only the quiet night, but there was still a little bit of heat in the air. The collar of the formal school uniform on Ichinose Sakuya was slightly open, and the cuffs on both sides were pulled up to the highest. There were water stains on the cotton and linen shirt inside. She stepped on small leather shoes, and her flaxen ponytail drew a light track. The evening wind seemed to come from the seaside, bringing with it the fragrance of lisianthus. The light blue lights at the entrance of the planetarium and the stars in the sky all hit the girl. There was a smile on the corner of her lips, and her eyes were serious and gentle, with a sense of unreality.

The girl looked beautiful and youthful as she stood on the steps with her hands behind her back. She didn't look like she was being dragged here for the first time. Instead, she looked like she was already familiar with the terrain, so she moved freely, as if the two of them had just finished dinner and were taking a walk here and just happened to pass by.

Sanjiao Chuhua's heart skipped a beat. The girl's earnest and somewhat idealistic guidance was just like this small piece of clear and pure night sky, as if it healed his heartstrings that had been tired for so long and finally broken.

But...friends?

As long as we are good friends, it will be enough. I can treat Xiaoxiang and Sakuya sincerely and laugh naturally with them.

Friends can play the same piece of music together, cry for the characters in the same movie, spend a fulfilling vacation in Michelle Park, or even rent the same big room when traveling.

My youth has just begun, and even if I maintain my friendship, I can still have a brilliant student life.

Just imagining it is unacceptable.

I can only watch the two people I love talk to each other, I can walk beside them but I can't get close to them, until many years later I see them walk into the palace of marriage and I have to smile and cry to send my blessings...

This is the closest position to your lover, but it is also the red line that is a tactful rejection of yourself and you can only stop here.

Sanjiao Chuhua was unwilling to accept this, unwilling to be just a friend of the two. Her ambitions and talents had not yet been revealed, and she couldn't give up just like that.

Sanjiao Chuhua looked at the girl with light in her eyes and closed his eyes deeply.

"What do you think, Hatsuka-chan?" Ms. Sakuya looked at the blonde idol who hadn't responded for a long time and spoke in a tentative tone.

"It seems that Sakuya really has no idea about astronomy. She didn't listen carefully at the exhibition hall just now." Sankaku Hatsuka replied with a chuckle. She opened her eyes again. Her purple pupils were sunny and lively. After being washed by tears, they became even brighter.

It was like I had regained motivation and returned to the first day I entered Tokyo.

She regained her confidence.

He indeed did not have a naive and straightforward character like Sakuya, and was unable to be by Xiaoxiang's side when she needed him the most. He was even embarrassed to receive genuine comfort from the girl who was supposed to be his rival in love.

But she is also a unique triangle Chuhua.

All the skills that she had honed for a long time in order to pursue Xiaoxiang were not in vain. Her top-notch songwriting talent and guitar skills, idol-level appearance and body management, her own topicality and fan base, and her sunny smile that could impress anyone.

She is confident that she can make Xiaoxiang and Sakuya fall in love with her. Even if there is no official status or it destroys the stability between the two of them, she, Sanjiao Chuhua, has already decided to stay with them - as a lover.

Miss Hatsuka also took two steps forward and stood on the same step as Sakuya, side by side.

"The Summer Triangle is not a real galaxy. It is a triangle conceived on the celestial sphere based on human romance and imagination. Vega in Lyra, Altair in Aquila, and Deneb in Cygnus are the brightest stars in their respective constellations." Speaking in a brisk tone, Miss Chuhua raised her hand and brushed it across the side of Sakuya's face, letting her gray-blue eyes look up at the three stars in the sky along with her fingers.

“Doesn’t that mean that the stars have a lot of friends?” Miss Sakuya’s focus seemed to be off, but she still looked in the direction indicated by her fingertips. She didn’t understand how these simple dots and lines were associated with the shape of a swan by the ancients.

"Maybe." Chu Hua was amused by the genius of the people around him and echoed.

While the girl's eyes were still focused on his index finger, Sanjiao Chuhua smoothly withdrew his hand, and under the puzzled gaze of the gray-blue pupils, he lightly stroked the lipstick-coated lips, leaving a slightly funny crimson mark on the perfect face.

"Sakuya, you and Xiaoxiang kissed." Sankaku Hatsuka's tone was a little regretful, and she stared at the flaxen-haired girl who was gentle to everyone with a complaining look.

"Yeah." Ichinose Sakuya blinked twice before reacting to the sudden change of topic, nodded stupidly, and hummed softly. It seemed that this was the first time that Xiao Chuhua showed a resentful expression like a spoiled child to him, but it was also ten thousand times better than the look that seemed like she was about to cry before. Should I consider this as coaxing her?

"Sakuya, you saw it just now, right? The Summer Triangle." Chuhua said again, and used his free hand to hold the village girl's waist to prevent anyone from escaping.

"Yes, I saw it, but what are you trying to do, Chuhua?" Sakuya lowered her head to look at the hand that was pressed against her waist. The posture of the two of them didn't look healthy at all, and it was completely ambiguous enough to make Miss Idol appear on the Spring Newspaper level.

When she looked up again, her lips had been touched by the index finger that had been waiting for a long time, and it swayed mischievously from side to side, drawing a complete arc.

"Sakuya, this is my first kiss." Sankaku Hatsuka said loudly, without any shyness or hesitation, as simply as if she was evaluating a guitar piece she played for the first time.

"What first kiss..." Miss Sakuya became more and more confused, until she met the loving purple eyes, and then she slowly realized that Xiao Chuhua seemed to have just wiped the corner of her lips with the finger pointing at the stars.

"The vertex of the triangle is Vega, and Deneb is actually closer than Altair." Sanjiao Chuhua chuckled. Her fingers stained with lipstick foam had completed the task, painting the girl's lips in the same light red. It was a pity that it was not evenly distributed, and she really wanted to repaint them.

“What do you mean?” Miss Sakuya covered her lips and leaned back for a distance, but did not struggle. She just stared at the blonde girl who was touching up her makeup with a slightly angry look.

"To put it simply, I like you." Chu Hua lied bluntly.

"The kind between...friends, right?" Sakuya asked with an evasive look.

"Maybe." Chu Hua's eyes were filled with more tenderness, and she tilted her head and smiled sweetly. Since someone wanted to be a fool to deceive herself, why should she expose him directly without understanding the situation?

I didn't fall in love with Ichinose Sakuya, I just thought that this somewhat rustic country girl was particularly cute today.

Chapter 208: I am indispensable to the band!

"Hey, how about it? My guitar." Familiar words reached the ears of everyone in the recording studio. Chihaya Aine had just finished a guitar solo, and she must look extremely handsome under the spotlight.

"Ordinary." Shiina Riki was sitting behind the drum set, flipping through a composition book, and replied without even looking up.

"It's much better than the C chord. Aine-san is awesome." Nagasaki Motoyo smiled with curved eyebrows and clapped gently, praising in a tone like praising a kindergarten kid who can eat by himself.

"Want to play together?" Yao Lenai tilted her head and held her classic piece a little restlessly.

“My rhythm will be messed up if I play with Lena-chan.” Curling her light pink hair with the hand holding the pick, Miss Aine has a full understanding of her own technical level.

"I think Aine-chan plays the piano very hard. I can feel the sincerity in your heart." Takamatsu Deng, who had been standing next to Aine, smiled and raised his head, trying to praise her.

"Thank you, Xiao Deng!" The guitarist who had just started was quite happy to give the gray-haired little animal a big hug, and then she waved her hands exaggeratedly and complained. "But it's too much, Rikki and Xiao Sushi didn't really praise me, and my fingers were red from practicing."

"This can only be called the most basic and inferior, right?" Li Xi frowned, and the pages of the book pinched by his fingers made cracking sounds under the weight.

"After all, it's below average, right? Sometimes I also want Rikki to give me a sincere compliment." Chihaya Aine argued, and then Miss Motoyo grabbed the back collar of Destiny's clothes.

"Don't get so close to Xiao Deng, it will make others embarrassed." Miss Su Shi looked at the pink-haired girl kindly.

"It's okay, Aine's embrace is very warm, and..." Takamatsu Deng, with a happy smile, shook his head slightly, lowered his head and took out two or three band-aids with penguins on them from his pocket, and handed them over carefully. "If little Aine is in pain, you can wrap your fingers with band-aids."

"Thank you, Xiao Deng. I love you so much." Miss Aiyin, who was grabbed by the collar, stretched out her hands to grab the item and unconsciously made a very direct declaration of a bad girl.

"Huh?" Ms. Lixi was furious.

“Aine-san sometimes speaks so directly, without thinking at all.” Miss Motoyo sighed helplessly, patted her big pink head to express her dissatisfaction, and continued with a somewhat melancholy tone. “It’s exactly the same as Sakuya…”

“Don’t praise me. By the way, will Sakuya come to practice today?” Aine-san put her hands on her hips and accepted the penguin-patterned band-aid but didn’t open it and put it on her finger. Guitars have very strict requirements for quality, and the surface of the band-aid is smooth with cute patterns. If the friction is not enough, the strings will easily slip. Her level is not as good as everyone else’s, so even if it hurts a little, she has to work hard to keep up with the band members.

"I don't know. Sakuya said she would wait for me tonight to go home together. She should be in RiNG..." Su Shi rolled her eyes at the shameless person, her tone sounding a little uncertain.

"Sakuya will be here soon." Shiina Riki put the pages of the book he had torn together with great concern and said confidently.

"Huh?" Now it was Miss Su Shi's turn to be confused.

"We met in the coffee shop this afternoon. She said she had a practice with NyaAki today and would come after it was over." Ms. Lixi's voice became smaller and smaller. Five colors of eyes cast their gazes at her, making the black-haired drummer feel inexplicably shy. "Why are you looking at me? You were there, too, Stray Cat!"

"Cake, delicious." The white-haired cat nodded, and it was unclear whether it was in agreement or a declaration of innocence.

"Lixi, it seems that you and Sakuya are getting along very well recently." Su Shi smiled and spoke softly in a gentle tone with a hint of oppression.

"Anyway, it's better than the relationship with you. Suyo is just Sakuya's sister, right?" Li Xi was slightly disgusted and immediately retorted. As a teammate who had been together for a long time, she naturally understood the hint in Suyo's words, but she should be free to chat with Sakuya.

"Isn't that enough, sister?" Su Shi tilted her head and gently pinched the tip of her neatly trimmed and round nails.

"Ahaha, everyone, we still have a lot of time left, why don't we go to the door of NyaAki's practice room and take a look? Maybe we can even get an autograph from Sankaku Hatsuka?" Chihaya Aine, with sweat on her forehead, stood guiltily between the two of them and suggested in a low voice.

"No." Li Xi hummed loudly and continued to work on the music score with his head down.