Loneliness and Rock and Roll with Band Observer

Togawa Aie herself knows it best.

The correct principles are just another weapon to hurt people who cannot do it.

"I'll leave the chorus to you, Pochi." Akie pointed at the manuscript paper, "The foreshadowing has been almost complete, and the direction has been roughly determined. The chorus is where the emotions burst out..."

"...So, please let me see how your sensibility works here."

Akie looked in the direction of Goto Ichiri.

There is no point in telling her directly what to do.

Even if she could listen, she was just accepting "other people's things" and establishing the reflection of a certain "other person" in her own heart.

She must experience for herself that implementing her own ideas will not bring about the adverse consequences she imagines.

“…Is this okay?”

"No problem." Akie nodded gently.

She watched with genuine joy as the sadness on Goto Ichiri's face slowly faded away.

...How can I describe this feeling?

In fact, in a sense, humans have a need to use "altruism" to highlight their self-worth.

It is very rare to find someone like Goto who has such an odd and unique way of thinking that "even someone like me is qualified to lend a helping hand".

Rather than saying how much she needed my help...

...Rather, I really need someone like her to "give me a helping hand".

Togawa Aie thought to herself with some self-mockery.

Chapter 48 Guitar, Loneliness and [Please enter text]

People cannot read other people's minds.

Therefore, Goto Ichiri didn't know what Akie was thinking.

She could only use her own perception and intuition to judge what kind of state of mind was reflected in that face that gave people a sense of elegance and tranquility, and in those gentle eyes hidden behind the black-framed glasses.

...Akie-san is such a gentle person.

At least for now, this is the conclusion that Goto Ichiri came to.

Although she has an unusual and unexpected way of thinking, and she herself is aware of this, she is still able to express her views calmly and in detail, and communicate with others politely.

Although he always calls himself a yin jiao and tends to take over other people's topics rather than start them in front of others, he can still show his active side in front of a hopeless guy like me.

Unlike the passionate types like Nijiga and Kita, Akiie seems to have a calmer attitude no matter what she does.

But even so, we can feel that she cares about everyone in her own way...

"Pochi?"

Akie stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Goto.

"Don't you have any ideas?"

"No!"

Because he was thinking about the other person, Goto Ichiri was startled and shouted out reflexively.

“…Um, by the way, Akiie, are you thirsty? I’ll go get you…some drinks, okay?”

"I'm fine. Thank you." Qiu Hui nodded.

"..."

Goto put down his pen and ran out of the room almost as fast as he could.

Wow, I really need someone to calm down at this time...

When she reached the corridor on the second floor, she felt her heartbeat quicken.

When I was thinking about the other person, I was suddenly stopped by the other person.

For Pochi, this feeling, as if his secret had been discovered by the other person himself, was extremely embarrassing.

...Don't think about that, I'm here to get a drink.

What would be a good drink? Ice tea? Juice or something like that?

Does Qiu Hui like tea? Or does she not care what she drinks?

Does this mean that I really don't care, or does it mean that I will force myself to drink it even if I don't like it? Oops, I feel so stressed all of a sudden...

Thinking about all kinds of irrelevant things, Yili went downstairs and came to the refrigerator.

How about iced tea? After standing in front of the refrigerator for a while, she finally made up her mind.

If we don't choose quickly, it would be worse to let Qiu Hui wait upstairs too long, right?

Carrying the tray with the drink cups, Yili returned to the stairwell.

I just came to get a drink, but I thought about so many irrelevant things.

I am such a terrible person...

Chewing over and over these negative thoughts in his mind, Yili carried the tray upstairs and returned to the room.

"Thank you."

Qiu Hui came forward and took the tray, placing the drinks on the table and the tray aside.

Looking at Akiie who was drinking her drink silently, Goto Ichiri suddenly felt that he seemed to understand what he should write.

She suddenly picked up the marker on the table -

"Not enough, not enough for anyone to notice me"

"Like scribbling, like being speechless"

"Just shouting like this"

"Who can actually witness the so-called 'true self'?"

"I am ignorant and can only sing loudly"

"Just pour out everything to the stars"

——And just like that, it was accomplished with momentum.

This can probably be considered the chorus, right?

I don't know what Qiu Hui would think of these lyrics...

Before reminding Akie to look at the lyrics, Ichiri couldn't help but take another look himself.

Her eyes rested on the word "true self".

...It would be great if I could be like Akie and calmly show my true self.

……

"Ah, have you finished writing? Let me take a look..."

Qiu Hui took the piece of manuscript paper that was scribbled all over.

Start from the first sentence and read until the last sentence.

Then I started from the beginning again and read it line by line.

Finally, her eyes also rested on that phrase.

"..."

Togawa Aie said nothing.

"……How about it?"

Goto Ichiri came closer, with obvious anticipation in his eyes.

"...It's very well written." Akie smiled a little stiffly, "I think there's no problem at all."

...That's the only answer I can give.

Although judging from the look in Goto-san's eyes, she's probably expecting a more detailed evaluation.

However, this time she had to be disappointed.

Qiu Hui put down the manuscript paper while concealing her emotional fluctuations.

Goto once said that she would have a stress reaction when she saw phrases praising youth.

Maybe I am the same. When I see the words "true self", I will...

"Eh? That's it?" Goto was a little surprised by the unexpectedly brief comment.

"...Yeah." Akie smiled and nodded.

Who will bear witness to the so-called true self?

...Perhaps the answer should be "no one".

Just as it is impossible for modern people to defecate in public in front of everyone, the things that are real and not to be told to outsiders can be said to be available as much as one wants.

...But now is not the time to be sentimental. Let's quickly get the topic down to business.

"By the way, Pochi, have you thought of a name for this song?" Akie asked, changing the subject, "After all, the first part is now complete, right?"

"Name?" Goto Ichiri was stumped by this question. "I think... probably... 'Guitar and Loneliness and'... and what would be better?"

"It's a noun-laying title." Akie nodded. "Are you stumped by the choice of the last word?"

"That's right." Goto nodded with a bitter face, "With the world? With the heavy rain? It seems strange no matter what you add to it..."

"Then, how about removing the 'and'?"

“‘Guitar and Loneliness’ sounds weird!” Goto objected. “And it sounds like the title of some children’s anime!”

"That's a bit difficult..."

Following Goto's train of thought, Akie began to look for usable substitutes in the lyrics.

As she thought about it, she seemed to have an idea.

"Pochi, why did you consider the term 'with the world'?"

“Ah, because we were talking about the external environment before, weren’t we?” Goto Ichiri explained, “So I was wondering if we could use the word ‘world’ to summarize it.”

"The world... I don't quite understand why, but I think this is possible. The world we live in is the Earth, right? If we make the concept of the Earth a little more vague..."

Qiu Hui wrote a line on the manuscript paper.

"...In the end, it will become 'Guitar, Loneliness, and the Blue Planet'. How do you feel about that, Pochi?"

Chapter 49: Game Theory of Training Camp

Although the song title has been finalized and the first part of the lyrics has been written, the completed part alone is definitely not enough for the entire song.

"I think there's still a lot of work left." Qiu Hui said, "There's still a lot of work to do. Let's try to write the lyrics of the whole song before going to bed tonight, how about that?"

"Huh? Can you do that?" Goto Ichiri couldn't believe it.

"Let's try it as a best practice. It doesn't matter if we can't finish it..."

Thinking of this, Qiu Hui looked at her watch. It was almost half past eight.

"No matter how hard you think about it, time is running out. So let's just do as much as we can."

"I, I will try my best..." Goto Ichiri whispered.

Although the tone was full of a request that said "it's okay if you don't do it", but...

For Goto Ichiri, this is just like the various kinds of "voluntary participation" that often occur in schools and companies.

The more you emphasize "voluntary", the more difficult it will be to refuse.

So time just keeps passing by.