Loneliness and Rock and Roll with Band Observer

“Thank you, Aine.”

After a long silence, a message finally came from the other side.

"Thank you for your concern."

"I want to rest for a while now."

"I may not reply to your messages for a long time. I'm really sorry."

"..."

As she read on, Aine’s brows became more and more furrowed.

Not good, it’s better not to reply...

There is nothing wrong with "taking a short break", but not replying to messages because you "want to take a break"...

It almost sounds like replying to my message is a job!

This conclusion made Aine feel strangely uncomfortable at first, but when she thought about it carefully...it seemed to be true.

It's not just me, my senior seems to treat interacting with everyone as a job.

I had this feeling before when I met Su Shi and Xiang Zi in RiNG.

Aine paced around the room in distress.

Although I asked my senior what was bothering her recently, she didn't seem to be planning on telling me at all.

If she doesn't want to talk about this kind of thing, there seems to be nothing we can do... We can't force her to tell it, right?

So, ask someone else?

Thinking of this, Aine shook her head.

Haha, are you kidding? Is there anyone else who has a better relationship with the seniors than me?

Thinking of this, Aiyin couldn't help but chuckle, but after a short while, she became worried again.

Obviously, my relationship with my senior is the best, but she still doesn't want to tell me what happened to her recently...

"Ugh."

Aine sighed.

Apart from me, the ones who have a closer relationship with the seniors are probably the ones who have left the band, especially Ichiri. Maybe I can ask her, maybe she can find out something that I didn’t know before...

Besides, maybe there are some things she should know.

Goto Ichiri. This guitarist lady who ended the band made Aine feel a little bit troubled.

Ichiri also likes Togawa Aie, and is currently in some kind of unclear relationship with Aine and Aie.

How should I put it...I can't tell whether I accept her or reject her.

Just as the ambiguous relationship between the three of them, whether it was lovers or friends, Aine was now somewhat unsure about what her attitude was towards Gotou Ichiri.

She likes her senior and has been trying hard to help him. There is nothing wrong with this anyway.

but……

Aine knew it very well. No matter how tolerant she was, she still had some possessiveness towards her senior.

"Anyway, let's contact her first. Tell her that Senpai's current condition seems to be a little strange, and ask her if she knows anything..."

When she thought of this, Aine suddenly received a message from someone.

"This is... ah, is it from Shoko-san?"

The unusual sender made Aine a little surprised.

Since we exchanged contact information, I don’t think I’ve had any contact with Xiangzi…

...No, after all, when did we add each other as friends?

Aine tried to recall, but to no avail.

What can classmate Xiangzi do for me?

Forget it, let’s check the news first…

Aiyin clicked on the message preview and began to read its contents.

"Sorry to bother you, I wanted to ask you something about Akie-san."

Does Xiangzi also have something to do with Qiu Hui?

Recalling the scene when they met in RiNG before, Aiyin once again recalled the judgment she had made.

Does she also like the senior... No, that's not the point right now!

Aiyin continued reading.

"She had an appointment to meet me today, but she seemed to have a very drastic mood swing after meeting another person present, and then she left directly, and I have not been able to contact her since then."

"She only responded to my message just now, but she was vague and just said that she 'probably won't respond to messages for a while'. As for what exactly happened, she still seems unwilling to say it clearly."

"Based on my understanding of Akie, she must have encountered some serious changes, which is why she showed such an abnormal attitude."

“Aine-san and Akiie seem to be very close, so I want to ask if you know something about Akiie that I’m not clear about?”

The wording was very careful, but after Aine finished reading it, she did not feel at peace.

"Senior also replied to my message in the same way." She sent the message with some worry, "Could it be that she replied to everyone in the same way?"

"That's really difficult." Xiangzi on the other side of the screen quickly replied, "Things have turned out like this. As Aki's friend, I am also very worried. I don't know what to do."

Even if you say so, I still don’t know what to do…

Aine shook her head in annoyance.

Anyway, why don't I try to contact Goto-san first?

Thinking of this, she simply dialed Goto Ichiri's number.

Chapter 36: Important Information about Pochi

"Yes, sorry! This is not necessary..."

at the same time.

Goto Ichiri waved his hands vigorously to refuse the stranger who was trying to push some suspicious free gift certificate into his hands.

"It's okay, it's okay, this is a free gift..."

"That's really not necessary! See you later!"

Yili turned around with force, then trotted away resolutely.

The stranger who was distributing the suspicious gifts didn't spend any more time on her and quickly changed his target.

However, it turned out that he had probably found the wrong person. Standing next to Ichiri was Ryo, and she didn't even bother to refuse, and silently followed the fleeing Pochi.

"Pochi."

After walking for a distance, Liang suddenly spoke and called out to Yili who was walking in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Yili turned around, stopped and waited for Liang to catch up.

"nothing."

Liang pretended to be serious, stretched out his hand and patted Yili on the shoulder.

"I just have a feeling. Ichiri seems to be a little more relaxed towards strangers recently. Is it my illusion?"

After Ryo said that, Ichiri nodded as if he suddenly understood something: "Really? It seems... that's true."

"Pochi was quite fluent when we were taking the order earlier." Liang sighed, "Ah, you have grown up, I am so relieved."

Although her expression didn't show that she was relieved at all, her words still made Yili feel emotional.

"Maybe. Why is that..."

Ichiri crossed his arms across his chest subconsciously.

It’s not that I’m no longer afraid of strangers, but rather that I simply don’t have the energy to spare.

Yili felt that he was afraid of coming into contact with strangers because he always cared about what others thought of him.

Because the other party's reaction is unpredictable, it can cause fear.

But what if something more important is taking up your attention so that you don’t have the energy to pay attention to the other person’s reaction?

"..."

Ichiri lowered his head.

At this moment, she was with Liang in a park-like place.

Liang called me this morning.

"It seems that Nijixia has gone out to hang out with other friends. I want to find someone to go out with me to relax. How about you, Pochi? This way we can also discuss the new song."

Being invited like this, Goto Ichiri would naturally not refuse.

It just so happened that I had nothing else to do today except practicing guitar, so I just followed along without thinking.

We said we wanted to discuss new songs, but in the end, nothing happened. Instead, I was persuaded by Liang to buy some drinks and snacks while we were strolling around, and we also went to a music store to buy some replacement strings - all at Yili's expense.

As they were strolling around, they came to this park.

From a distance, I looked towards a group of pigeons perched on the stone ground.

These birds have pure white feathers and plump bodies. They are pecking at the grains scattered on the ground unscrupulously.

She saw Liang had already taken the lead and approached, squatting beside the group of pigeons that were not afraid of people.

So she followed suit and squatted down beside Liang.

"Go ahead."

Liang suddenly said something out of the blue.

After saying that, she reached into her pocket, making a sucking sound with her mouth.

A few pigeons seemed to be attracted and gathered around her, making noises. She then took her hands out of her pockets and pretended to throw them, but nothing came out.

There was nothing in the cool pocket except air.

"……say what?"

Yili asked back in confusion. She looked at the cooing pigeons flying around Liang like headless flies, chasing after the non-existent food.

"It feels like you have something to say to me." Liangmian said calmly, "To thank you for buying me a drink and food, and buying me replacement strings, I will listen carefully to whatever you say, don't worry."

"Uh... I, I don't know if I should say this..."

Yili lowered his head in panic.

She did have some concerns, but she was not sure whether she should tell these things to outsiders...even if that outsider was Yamada Ryo.

"Is it related to Akie?"

Liang squatted on the ground, watching two pigeons fighting for a grain of corn not far away, and asked the question.

"Ryou saw through it."

Ichiri hugged his knees. I thought he would be more panicked, but he ended up being calmer than he expected.

Yes, Goto Ichiri’s current concerns are indeed related to Togawa Akeie.

Togawa Akee is actually a young lady, and she is almost at odds with her family.

Ever since she heard this fact from Qiu Huiben almost by chance last time, this thing would pop up in her mind from time to time, just like an advertisement push on the lock screen of her mobile phone.

"Let me guess."

Liang turned around and looked at Yili who was squatting beside him.

"Did Akie tell you something that she doesn't want you to tell anyone else?"

"Liang, how did you know that?" Yili was shocked.

"Guess."

Liang took out a ball of... air from his pocket, put it into his mouth, and pretended to chew it seriously.