Loneliness and Rock and Roll with Band Observer

She looked around in panic, then noticed that she was walking towards the cashier with new milk and snacks.

"Since you were just staring blankly, I decided to take the initiative." Qiu Hui smiled and placed milk and biscuits in front of Xiangzi. "Although you said you weren't hungry, your expression was a bit strange. It felt like you were not sincere... I felt a little uncomfortable, so I bought one for you as well."

"If you want to eat it, please have it. If you really don't feel hungry, then it's okay for me to have another portion. Or you can put it in the refrigerator and eat it tomorrow morning."

After saying that, Qiu Hui looked at Xiangzi who was standing there like a wooden stick.

"……May I?"

"Sure."

Qiu Hui looked at Xiangzi, who was almost trembling with excitement, with some confusion.

It's just milk and snacks. Is it necessary to get so excited that you feel like you're about to cry?

"Thank you, Akie-senpai! I'm ready to eat!"

Looking at Xiangzi who thanked solemnly and then started to eat heartily, Qiu Hui became even more confused.

Although she said that she is facing financial difficulties now, but... from the looks of it, the difficulties seem to be so serious that she can't afford to eat.

Could it be that she also ran away from home? Or did something happen at home, causing her to lose her source of income?

Qiu Hui sighed softly and began to eat the food in front of her slowly.

It is enough for her to know this kind of problem.

If you don't have the confidence to help solve the problem yourself, then don't ask questions that may expose other people's scars.

"After we finish eating, let's go back to our residence together." Qiu Hui turned to look at Xiangzi, "Because we don't expect to have guests, we only have one set of toiletries. Please bear with me..."

Akihime listed all the things she could think of to pay attention to one by one, while Xiangzi just wolfed down the food with tears of emotion faintly shed.

Chapter 69: Tips for Saving Electricity

"Well, this is where I live anyway."

Qiu Hui opened the door with a wry smile and pressed the light switch.

“Please come in, come in. I didn’t realize it before, but now that I see it with my own eyes, it’s such a mess…”

“…Excuse me.”

Xiangzi took off his shoes nervously and put them at the door, then stepped in.

After drinking milk at the convenience store, Qiu Hui also bought some discounted items that she might need at the convenience store, and then the two returned to Qiu Hui's residence together.

Xiangzi walked in and looked around. This suite was indeed very small, and except for the separate bathroom, everything was visible.

There is a bed in the middle of the room, a computer desk by the window, and other storage facilities such as cabinets and refrigerators. An electric rice cooker and an induction cooker are placed on the cupboard facing the bed.

"It's really small..." Xiangzi sighed, "and it's really not kept clean."

There are many dusty corners in the room, and various objects are placed in a messy manner. The computer desk is the worst hit area, where various papers, books, stationery, power supplies and data cables form an extremely radical modernist painting.

Having said that, at least they knew to pile the garbage bags at the door and didn't throw drink bottles around.

Even so, it was still much better than having a jerk dad. Realizing this, Xiangzi's first impression of Qiu Hui's residence was not bad.

Although Akie herself seemed to be very self-conscious about her somewhat poor hygiene habits, Shoko didn't mind.

Rather, this situation gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

This dusty and messy feeling reminded Xiangzi of his current house, which could hardly be called a "home".

I was right. Senior Akihime was indeed living a hard life just like me.

This feeling made her feel a little more relaxed and happy.

Xiangzi looked around and his eyes were attracted by the desktop computer on the table.

"It's so noisy." She looked at the computer case that was making the noise. "It's been buzzing non-stop since a while ago."

"That's what high-performance computers are like." Qiu Hui smiled. "Especially when I was choosing a model, I basically didn't consider anything except performance. Such a loud noise can only be regarded as the price-performance ratio."

After saying that, Qiu Hui came to her closet and found a set of loose pajamas from the pile of clothes that were stacked in a disorderly manner.

Just then, she suddenly realized a serious problem: there was only one set of pajamas.

To be honest, she didn't even wear this set of pajamas very often. After all, in order to save electricity bills on slightly less hot nights, she often opened the windows for ventilation and went to bed wearing only underwear.

In this case, there is no need to buy another set for cost-effectiveness. You can just choose not to wear it when you change clothes.

But this also means that now one of Akiei and Shoko must have no clothes to wear.

"Um... Toyokawa-san?" Akie looked embarrassed.

"What's wrong?" Xiangzi responded.

"I'm so sorry, um... I actually only have one set of pajamas. To be honest, I don't have many other clothes. Most of them are school uniforms."

Qiu Hui explained the current situation hesitantly.

"So, I'm afraid I don't have many clothes suitable for sleeping that I can lend to Toyokawa-san... Ah, if it really doesn't work, it's okay if you don't change your clothes. You don't have to worry about dirtying the sheets. After all, I don't really care..."

Although Akie acted indifferent about the dirty sheets, Shoko shook his head.

“…How should I put it? Although it’s a little inappropriate to wear Aki-senpai’s clothes, but…it won’t feel good if I don’t change clothes.”

Xiangzi lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly and looked at the Western-style suit he was wearing.

I've been busy with my part-time job lately and forgot to send it in for cleaning. I've been wearing this dress for several days now, and I've been wearing it at various places where I work. I'm afraid...

After listening to Xiangzi's explanation, Qiu Hui also felt that it made sense. What's more, sleeping in outdoor clothes is uncomfortable in itself, and it's even worse if the air conditioner is not turned on.

"Neither of them is possible... This is a bit difficult." Akie sighed, "You can't just wear underwear, right?"

As soon as she said this, Qiu Hui realized that she seemed to have made a rather tasteless joke.

But what she didn't expect was that although she wanted to apologize because of embarrassment, Xiangzi exclaimed as if he had discovered a new world: "Yes! Doesn't this solve the problem?"

Xiangzi was satisfied with her wit. She had no other thoughts, but was simply happy that she had solved the two major problems of "I have no pajamas to wear" and "my outer clothes are too dirty to wear to bed" at the same time.

Besides, if he simply wore nothing, wouldn't that perfectly take into account the issue of comfort? Xiangzi suddenly realized.

The other party's unexpectedly positive reaction made Qiu Hui become particularly shy.

“No, no, no, just pretend I didn’t say anything. This is really too weird!” Akie apologized with a blushing face. “I’m so sorry for saying something rude!”

Inviting a high school girl who stayed out all night to your place was strange enough, but now he was actually encouraging her to sleep in the same bed with you wearing only underwear. Isn't this something only a pervert would do?

"Will it be rude? I don't think there is anything rude about it..." Xiangzi seemed a little puzzled, "After all, we are all women, so as long as we wear underwear, there should be no problem, right?"

Xiangzi's innocent question made Akie's guilt even worse.

It was as if he was taking advantage of the other party's lack of knowledge in this area to achieve his own ulterior motives...

...Wait a minute! What's the purpose? Toyokawa-san's view is correct, right? After all, everyone uses the same locker room for swimming class, right? The fact that you have strange thoughts is the most strange thing!

I have been thinking about something on my own since a while ago. After writing too many things for otakus to read, I have unconsciously put myself into it, right?

Don’t take the scenes imagined by readers as common sense in reality!

"Ah, ahaha, that's right!" Akiie realized that her train of thought was a little weird, and as if giving up on herself, she changed her words, "This is not a big deal... By the way, I actually do this all the time. Well, then how about this? I'll also sleep in my underwear like Toyokawa-san, that way it'll be fair..."

Qiu Hui, who was a little flustered by her own thoughts, couldn't help but have the idea of ​​going too far.

"Fair?" Xiangzi looked at Qiu Hui in confusion.

What does it mean to be fair? Why do you have to make it sound like someone is losing out?

We used to bathe together when we were young, and we also bathed together in the bathtub when I visited her last time. If we just sleep together in our underwear, it's not something embarrassing, right?

“A-Anyway, that’s it! Let’s not discuss this topic anymore! I’m going to the bathroom for a while, um… um… Anyway, please help yourself!”

"..."

Xiangzi watched Qiu Hui run into the bathroom, and then heard a loud bang from the bathroom door.

Senior Akihime suddenly became very anxious.

It seems that she became very uneasy when the topic of underwear was brought up.

Why is that?

Xiangzi was a little confused, so she decided not to think about it for the time being. She untied the ribbon on her chest, took off her dress and socks, folded them and put them aside, and then sat down on the bed.

Qiu Hui didn't turn on the air conditioner, but just opened the windows for ventilation.

After Xiangzi took off her coat, the feeling of the air passing over her skin made her feel particularly cool. She had never lived in such an apartment before, so it was the first time she experienced the unique wind of this high-rise building.

Just now, Senior Qiu Hui said that she often wears only underwear in her residence. Xiangzi thought that he could understand her intention to some extent.

After all, this cool feeling is indeed refreshing, and if the temperature is not too high, it doesn't seem to matter if the air conditioner is not turned on.

Thus……

Xiangzi turned his head and looked at the air conditioner which was not turned on.

...can save a lot of electricity bills.

She smiled knowingly.

Chapter 70 Playing in a Band

Being in a small space, I felt the cool touch of ceramic beneath me.

After arriving at the bathroom, Qiu Hui felt that she seemed to have calmed down a little.

The bathroom seems to have an inexplicable magic that can make people relax or concentrate.

In a sense, the bathroom is like a small discrete area separated from the continuous space and time of the entire world, which can be used at will by the individual in it.

Here, users can isolate themselves from external interference to the greatest extent possible and focus on the tranquility of their own minds...

"…I can't stand it. What on earth am I thinking about?" Qiu Hui sighed helplessly.

Her cheeks were still slightly flushed. The shock from before seemed to still linger, so she unconsciously tried to use philosophical thinking related to the bathroom to relieve the remaining shock.

I wonder what Fengchuan-san would think of my behavior just now. He might think I'm a weird person who gets jumpy easily.

But on the bright side, since we were not familiar with each other beforehand, maybe she would not take it seriously at all. Maybe she has already picked up her phone and shifted her attention to other things.

As a person who is negative at heart, it is easy for me to become negative and have low self-esteem; but if you look deeper, the root cause is actually excessive self-awareness.

Always worrying that the other party will have opinions about your actions, this seemingly negative idea is based on the narcissistic assumption that "the other party must be paying attention to my behavior."

Thinking of this, Qiu Hui felt that she seemed to calm down a little.

In short, don't have any psychological burden and don't scare yourself.

Originally, she planned to calm down for a while, and then find a way to find clothes for Xiangzi after going out.

But... after the subtle psychological struggle just now, she gave up the idea.

Since she doesn't care, why should I care for her?

Rather, normal girls would think it's no big deal... Only guys who "have that kind of thoughts" would think it's inappropriate.

Although I often write content that may evoke that kind of association, I don’t actually have that kind of thought.

If you don't have that kind of thought, then you won't have any special opinion on this matter.

It seems that if the other party has no objection to this matter, but I show strong resistance, wouldn't that be making things worse and proving that there is something wrong with me?

Qiu Hui's thoughts seemed to subtly shift in an abnormal direction.

Yes, in that case, in order to prove that I don't have any weird thoughts, I should face Toyokawa-san's current state calmly...

Thinking of this, Qiu Hui decided to go all out and started taking off her clothes.

That's right, I have nothing to fear. The only thing to fear is fear itself...

Just then, there was a knock on the bathroom door.

"Yes, what's the matter, Toyokawa-san?" Akiie, who was about to fold the clothes she had taken off, responded in panic.

Her mood, which had just barely calmed down, was once again pushed to the forefront.

"Excuse me, can I use Senior Akihime's bathroom?" said Xiangzi outside the door.

"Bathroom? Uh, you can, but the bathtub in this suite is so small that even squatting in it... is difficult. I don't usually use it... much. If Toyokawa-san doesn't... mind, then it's... no problem for me..." Akie replied hesitantly due to nervousness.