Loneliness and Rock and Roll with Band Observer

The somewhat clumsy comfort brought a faint smile to Qiu Hui's lips.

"Who knows?"

She just closed her eyes gently and no longer responded to Ruomai's words.

Ruomai didn't plan to say anything more.

A wonderful feeling of happiness suddenly arose in her heart.

Xiaoqiu...maybe she doesn't reject me.

It's great to be able to get everything out there...

She stared quietly at Togawa Akee's tired and confused face.

I will always be with you.

This time, I will never make the same mistake again...

Chapter 34: Aiyin is texting at this moment

"Um……"

Not long after, at Aine's house.

Chihaya Aine felt inexplicably irritated.

Because the message she sent to Togawa Aie before still received no reply.

Are you busy? What are you busy with?

"Senior, you've been interfering in other people's affairs lately."

She was lying on her desk at home, her chin resting on her hands, with the tablet she had just been browsing on in front of her.

I felt a little irritated, as if there was always some invisible, mosquito-like thing flying around my ears.

Aine frowned slightly, picked up the bottle of tea placed on the corner of the table, and drank the remaining contents in one gulp.

The light taste had a faint sweetness to it. It should have been a refreshing taste, but it ended up making Aine even more depressed.

Sure enough, it’s because I haven’t seen my senior for a long time, so...how should I put it, I feel a little uncomfortable?

"I didn't realize it before. I didn't expect that I would be so troublesome."

Ai Ne stood up from the desk with a dark face, and then simply threw herself on the bed beside her, rolling around on the bed with a serious face, making a mess of the mattress that had just been made.

Well, I think we are in the honeymoon period or something. It is normal to want to see each other, right?

On the contrary, my senior... seemed less enthusiastic. He didn't seem particularly keen on being with me.

Aine stopped rolling around, reached out her hands, hugged the pillow in her arms, and began to recall what had happened during this period of time.

My senior actually likes me very much, I can’t deny that.

In fact, Akie is not used to the feeling of close contact with others. When they are together on weekdays, Aine is almost always the one who takes the initiative to attack. And Akie often responds in a clumsy and often over-exerting way... Sometimes it even makes a fool of herself.

Oh my, senior is a complete idiot in this regard!

Aine hugged the pillow while lying on the bed with a meaningful smile.

The way he tries hard to please me even though he knows he is not good at these things is so adorable!

If she gets nervous, she will start analyzing this and that, and then pretend to be calm...

...Why can't you be a little more frank?

The smile on Aine's face gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a hint of worry.

"……well."

Sigh. What is Senior doing now?

I tried to recall the arrangements she had mentioned some time ago. It seemed that she was scheduled to attend a meeting with classmate Xiangzi today to discuss the formation of a band.

The senior clearly said long ago that he had no intention of joining in and did not think he could help, so why is he always participating so actively?

I don’t understand. Aine thought with some regret.

She seemed to be always busy, either with work arrangements or helping a friend with something.

Now, although my seniors spend the most time with me, they also spend a lot of time being helpful.

How should I put it? It's like some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Although Aine had just transferred to Hanegaoka, she had made quite a few friends. In her mind, she would subconsciously classify these friends into different levels according to the closeness of their relationship, and the closer the friends, the more frequently Aine would give feedback.

Even if they were friends, they wouldn’t help with everything. If they weren’t in the mood, they might just do it in a perfunctory way. Aine wasn’t ashamed to admit this.

But Qiu Hui seems to be completely different. As long as she is a friend, she is willing to do this and that for the other party without any effort.

Even if she can't really help, she will devote her whole heart to it.

This is really not good, Aine thought.

Seniors have to write novels, have band work, and when school starts, they have to deal with schoolwork. Is it really okay to be so busy all the time?

It’s not like Aine hasn’t asked Akie about these things before, but every time she would just shake her head and give bland replies like “Nothing” or “I’ll pay attention”.

Is it really okay? Will you really pay attention?

Aine let go of the pillow in her arms and sat up on the bed.

Maybe we should...finalize our relationship first? Aine thought.

I am somewhat possessive, and I don't want to deny that. When I see my seniors running around for other people's affairs, I still feel... how should I put it, I feel weird.

However, this is not the main reason.

If the relationship is established, the senior will probably spend less time with other people.

She always seems to feel that she needs to be responsible for everyone

Aine picked up the tablet in front of her with a bitter face and opened the message record again——still no reply. The message record she sent was hanging there alone.

How strange. She thought, Senior usually replies to messages quickly...

Thinking of this, she picked up the tablet again.

"Remember to message me when you're done!"

"By the way, come to think of it, we haven't had a formal date since then, right?"

"Originally, I wanted to let you decide where to go, but I felt that you would have difficulty making decisions, so I thought, if we can't decide, how about we just go to the aquarium together again? Then we can find a place to eat, watch a movie, etc!"

"Anyway, be sure to reply as soon as possible after you're done with your work!"

After sending a few messages, Aiyin always felt that something was wrong... so she simply added another sentence.

"By the way, don't feel burdened. I won't blame you for this kind of thing!"

Aine blushed slightly. It felt a little... strange to say something like this out loud.

However, since my seniors always make mistakes, I'm afraid it won't work if I don't say it so directly!

Thinking of this, Aine no longer felt shy.

She put down the tablet, feeling relaxed and happy...

“…Ah, Senior replied!”

Noticing the message notification, Aine quickly opened the message page.

"I see."

The reply was just a short sentence.

……

"..."

Ruomai's home.

The phone rang many times.

Togawa Aie was lying on the bed, staring blankly at the cell phone on the desk.

I guess there are a lot of missed calls and unread messages.

Logically, I should have replied. It would be rude to leave it alone.

But, because I should do it, I don’t want to do it…

...even if it's just a small favor.

Qiu Hui pulled the quilt up slightly to cover her body, then closed her eyes.

I don’t want to see anything…

"..."

……no.

If you don't reply to messages, someone might get worried.

Qiu Hui slowly sat up, got out of bed, and picked up her cell phone.

Sure enough, there are a lot of news...

I didn’t know where to start my reply. So, I might as well start with Aine.

"I see."

I’ll just reply like this for now.

Other than that, I can't think of anything to say.

"There are others..."

So, Qiu Hui began to reply to the messages one by one, as a routine.

Chapter 35: Various Masters

"..."

Chihaya Aine stared intently at the responses on the screen.

"…Something feels wrong," she thought.

"I understand." Qiu Hui's reply consisted of just these few short words.

Moreover, it was a short message displayed on the mobile phone screen, so the handwriting and tone of voice could not be seen.

However, an unignorable sense of disharmony lingered in her heart.

I can’t explain why, but I feel like Akie wouldn’t talk like that.

“Are you busy now?” Aine continued to type tentatively, “Are you having any troubles?”

Senior, maybe you are in some trouble? She guessed based on her intuition.

When the senior encounters trouble, she basically always thinks about solving it by herself. Although she likes to help others, she doesn't like to be helped by others.

Now her reply is so vague, maybe she encountered something she doesn't want to talk about?

"If you have any troubles, or just feel down, try to talk to me!"

Just saying that is not enough, Aine thought.

If that's the case, my senior would probably brush it off with something like "It's nothing".

So she added another message.

"After all, we have made an agreement, right? In addition to happy things, I also want to share pain with my senior."

...As expected, this is how lovers should be, right?

Aiyin's face turned slightly red, and she didn't express what she was thinking at the moment.

The hands on the wall clock in the room were moving forward one tick at a time.

The sound of the machine running was too faint, so of course it couldn’t actually be heard, but while waiting for a reply, Aine felt anxious and felt as if she could hear the ticking noise of the second hand as it passed through the marks.

The silence from Qiu Hui lasted for a long time.