Loneliness and Rock and Roll with Band Observer

The work of writing lyrics is also proceeding in an orderly manner.

The hour hand moved from half past eight to nine o'clock, and then from nine o'clock to ten o'clock.

The lyrics were almost finished when Mrs. Goto came upstairs and told the two to go to bed early.

"There are still some small details left. I can hand it over to Ryo after a little polishing tomorrow." Akie nodded with satisfaction. "It was completed faster than I expected. Pochi is amazing."

"No, it's mainly because you, Akie, helped me a lot..." Goto Ichiri was too proud of himself.

"Well, it's almost time for me to go to the guest room. Goodbye, Pochi. We'll see you tomorrow at STARRY." Akie stood up. "I've already told Mr. Goto and his wife that I'll be leaving early tomorrow morning. You guys might not be up by then."

"Is that so? Then take care of yourself too, Akihime."

Looking at Akihime's receding back, Goto Ichiri suddenly felt a sense of loss.

...In the end, Qiu Hui slept in the guest room.

It’s the first time in my life that I invite friends to stay at my house…

…Shouldn’t we be sleeping on the floor together in the same room?

Then after the lights went out, everyone couldn't sleep, and chatted quietly about various things in the dim moonlight. Maybe when parents passed by, they would say "go to bed early"... Hehehe, this scene was full of youthfulness, just like a school trip...

...It's a rare opportunity for a friend to stay at my house, so I want to try it no matter what!

Then, should I... chase after him and tell Qiu Hui about this?

What would you say if you were to do this?

Goto Ichiri fell into her own unique entanglement and fantasy.

What should I say? "Hey, Akihime, do you want to sleep with me?"

...Would it be too strange to say that? Would I be mistaken for someone who is completely unfriendly and has no sense of distance?

Although I think Qiu Hui is my friend now...what does she think?

After all, she only came here to discuss the lyrics...

...Maybe she was just concerned about the band's affairs from the beginning to the end? After all, I heard from Hongxia and the others that Qiu Hui took the initiative to come to join the band.

If she just cared about the band...

There was an obvious look of disappointment on Yili's face.

...It's better not to disturb her rashly.

If I do something unnecessary, I might get disliked...

She couldn't help but feel her chest tighten for no reason, as if a large transparent hand was strangling her heart.

Think about it, Yili! Haven't you done enough stupid things by acting on your own initiative so far?

In the end, Goto Ichiri gave up the idea of ​​inviting Akie with a firm determination.

…We’ll talk about it later when we have the chance, she thought to herself as if to fool herself.

at the same time.

In the secondary bathroom next to the guest room, Qiu Hui was brushing her teeth using the disposable toiletries prepared for guests.

Although she was still mostly thinking about writing lyrics, a thought suddenly popped up in her mind for no reason.

...It's rare to stay at a friend's house. When it comes to group stays, you'll think of the scene of talking about this and that in the dead of night, right?

How about trying to sleep in the same room with Goto-san?

However, after thinking for a while, Qiu Hui still felt that this proposal was not appropriate.

Since Mrs. Goto has specially cleaned up the guest room, it would be better not to let her kindness go to waste.

And if I have to say it, Goto and I are not in a relationship where we can sleep together.

Qiu Hui thought while brushing her teeth.

Now we are just partners in the same band, and we can’t say we have a deep personal relationship.

Moreover, for someone as shy as Goto, it would probably be difficult for him to adapt to such close-minded behavior.

If you act too proactive in front of her, it might make her feel uncomfortable.

Thinking of this, Qiu Hui almost came to a conclusion and stopped thinking about this issue.

……

Because she didn't bring pajamas, Qiu Hui simply lay down on the bed in the guest room in her school uniform after washing up.

Turn off the lights and let the world around you fall into darkness.

In a sense, the time from now until she falls asleep is an irreplaceable treasure that belongs exclusively to Akie "herself".

During this period of time, she was able to put aside all external influences and interference, allowing pure thinking to unbridled exert its nature and power.

This precious time before bed can be used to conceive new works.

The editor has approved the outline, and the next thing to do is to conceive the main text.

What should be written, how should it be written, what kind of people should suffer what kind of fate, what kind of events should have what kind of direction...

Thinking about these god-like topics, Qiu Hui fell into sleep little by little.

……

The alarm goes off at the scheduled time.

Qiu Hui, who was well prepared, opened her eyes, turned off the alarm clock, and stood up.

It was just getting light outside the window at this moment, and I guess everyone except me was still asleep.

Having already made arrangements in advance, Akiie made the bed in the guest room, washed up, went to the living room to pick up the electronic piano bag, and left the Goto family.

As she walked out of the door, a sudden gust of cool breeze startled her mind, which was not yet fully awake.

The coldest time of the day is when the sun is about to rise. Although it is early summer, there are still occasional cool mornings like this.

It's a new working day again.

Qiu Hui let out a long breath.

Now is the time for me to get busy.

Let’s go, it’s time to set off.

Chapter 50: Busy Season

Before going to the tram station, Qiu Hui deliberately visited several nearby convenience stores.

For no other reason than to look for any leftover sandwiches, rice balls or other expiring items from yesterday.

These things will soon be discarded after the new batch of goods arrives. Therefore, as long as there are leftovers from the previous day, the store will be determined to sell them and give them extremely high discounts.

Half price is considered the normal level, and 40% or even 70% off is also possible.

Unfortunately, Akie did not find such a good deal in the several convenience stores near Goto's house.

She got on the train with some disappointment and arrived at the station near Hanaoka.

As soon as she left the platform, she noticed a large convenience store near the school.

In a store like this with a large purchase volume, there might be some nearly expiring products left?

With this thought in mind, Qiu Hui walked into the convenience store.

Although she had been on the train for a while, it was still quite early, so there were hardly any customers in the store. Only the night shift clerks were waiting idly for their shift to end.

"Hmm... let's see if there's anything at the breakfast counter... ah! I got it!"

Qiu Hui immediately fell in love with the double egg and bacon patty sandwich on the counter... Of course, taste was a secondary factor. The most important thing was that the price tag had the words "70% off" that screamed!

"This looks like a pretty big portion, and after the 70% discount it's incredibly cheap!" Qiu Hui thought.

And if you look closely, it seems that this is the only item on sale in the breakfast counter!

If you don't take it down quickly...

Qiu Hui thought so and reached out to the sandwich.

——Then immediately touched hands with another person.

"Wow!"

Qiu Hui quickly withdrew her hand as if she had received an electric shock.

Oops, was I so focused on my sandwich that I didn’t notice there were other customers around?

"Excuse me, are you planning to buy this too?"

Qiu Hui looked at the owner of the hand that touched hers.

What caught her eye was the same Yugaoka school uniform as her own.

It turns out that she is also a student of Yuqiu...Besides me, are there other students in Yuqiu who have the hobby of getting up early to buy expiring products?

Surprised to have a fellow traveler, Akie looked at the student named Yugaoka in front of her.

Her face looked rather haggard, with noticeable pigmentation under her eyes.

Although she seemed to have tried her best to cover up the signs of pigmentation with some kind of makeup, the makeup had a cheap texture that even an outsider like Akihime could see, and the effect on her face was hard to describe.

As a result, these efforts not only failed to produce any effect, but instead made the other person's face, which should have been quite beautiful, look somewhat funny and out of place.

Her hair was tied up meticulously, with a headband tied into an intricate and elaborate knot, but a closer look revealed that the so-called headband was just a thin strip of some kind of black fabric.

"..."

She glared at Qiu Hui with her amber pupils, as if she saw an enemy.

But, Qiu Hui noticed that when her gaze moved slightly downward, the anger in her eyes instantly turned into something like... fear?

Do I look that scary? Qiu Hui looked at her in confusion.

At this time, the female student lowered her head and uttered something incoherent:

"……unnecessary."

After that, she suddenly ran out of the convenience store and almost bumped into the automatic door that didn't open in time.

"What the hell is this guy doing?" the clerk screamed.

Even he, who was originally drowsy, was awakened a little by the scene.

“…ran away.”

Qiu Hui looked at the female student who had run a long way away, and then looked at the sandwich in her hand.

Well, no matter what, I successfully got the discounted product.

After paying at the counter, Qiu Hui walked out of the convenience store, eating a sandwich with mineral water while thinking about the reasons behind the sudden incident.

Did that student from Yuqiu lower his head slightly before running away?

Akie lowered her head and saw the Yugaoka uniform she was wearing.

...Speaking of which, a lot of things that have happened recently seem to be related to the school uniform I am wearing now.

Should I try to wear school uniform more often when going out in the future?

While thinking about irrelevant things like this, Akie walked towards the school gate of Yugaoka.

Why did she run away in such a hurry after seeing me wearing the Yuqiu school uniform?

It can't be that you're afraid of being seen by your classmates buying up expired products and feeling embarrassed, right?

By the way, when I first met Aine, she ran away from STARRY.

Later, when I was singing karaoke with Takamatsu, she also ran out of the private room.

As a result, this person just ran out of the convenience store...

...Does Yuqiu have any special tradition of "escaping outside when there is a disagreement"?