Teacher Daxiang, please teach me how to play Kasuga Shadow!

The main thing was that Ayano and her friend were both wearing Haneda's school uniforms when they met today. This meant that if that pink-haired girl knew that she was a piano tutor, there was a high probability that the news would reach her ears...

"Generally not."

"Average?" Xiangzi frowned. "Why is it average?"

"Because I can't guarantee that my future life will follow a fixed trajectory."

Ayano's voice sounded a little tired. She always felt that the piano teacher she found seemed to be a little troublesome. He had a lot of worries and always liked to compete with himself.

Are you not tired?

But everyone has their own secrets. She can't empathize with others, so it seems she has no right to comment too much.

"I can't be sure there won't be a situation in the future where... continuing to keep it secret will affect her.

So if that situation ever happens, I will definitely choose between you and her and consider her feelings."

"You guy..."

"Isn't it?" Ayano ignored Xiangzi's unhappy face and asked with a smile in her eyes, "It's not easy to find a friend to talk to in life. If possible, I don't want to lose her too.

And as a friend, I think it would be easier to solve the problem if we just talked about it directly and let it go, rather than hiding what was going on in our hearts and causing the distance between us to grow.”

"..."

What do you know?

Looking at Ayano who was casually saying words that kept hurting her heart without any awareness, Xiangzi felt that no one would understand her.

“Of course, there are exceptions to everything because that’s who I am and how I think about things.

I can't guarantee that others will think the same way, even Aine might not make the same choice as me."

Well, this pink-haired girl is still a little arrogant.

I managed to hold on in London for more than a month, but finally I couldn't hold on any longer and chose to heal myself.

That's amazing, Aine-chan~

"Ah."

Xiangzi nodded.

With the second half of Ayano's words, the unpleasant feeling she had in her heart earlier also dissipated a lot.

She was even a little surprised why she would talk about these topics with this girl whom she had only met once. She had rarely mentioned these things to Xiao Mu, with whom she had grown up.

Maybe... it's because of the sense of isolation from the other person?

It was that strange feeling as if she was isolated from the crowd, and she was the only one who chose to stop while everyone else was busy on their way.

"arrive."

The subway was very fast and after about 20 minutes, it stopped at Ochanomizu Station.

After leaving the station, it wasn't too late yet. Ayano and Shoko wandered around for a while, and then, perhaps because he had a new job, Shoko took the initiative to speak:

"If you're a beginner, you might consider buying a cheaper piano first.

Of course, there are two directions. One is to buy a traditional piano. I personally recommend buying some well-known brand pianos, such as Yamaha's P125 and P45, and some other brands such as Roland are also acceptable.

The prices are not expensive, ranging from 6 to 12 yen."

"Um……"

"Another option is to choose an electric piano or an electronic keyboard. The difference is that an electric piano simulates the sound of a traditional piano, while an electronic keyboard can simulate a wider range of tones.

Of course, if you want to simulate more tones, you may need more budget.”

"Which one do you recommend?"

Ayano didn't listen to a word of what Xiangzi said, because she was really not interested in this unfamiliar knowledge.

Compared to these, she hopes to get started directly and touch the piano

Then I try to reproduce the melodies in my dreams on the piano keys.

"Um……"

Xiangzi lowered her head, and it was obvious that she had put herself in the role of a piano tutor. Now she was putting herself in the shoes of her students and thinking from the perspective of a teacher.

"If you want to develop on the traditional piano itself and then move on to classical music or other more serious music systems, I suggest you buy a traditional piano.

And if you want to form a band with others..."

"Then let's go with the second one."

"Ok?"

Xiangzi was a little confused. How come Ayano, who had looked lazy and unmotivated before, suddenly had some ideas of her own when she heard the word "band"?

But...a band?

"If you want to form a band, then choose the electronic keyboard."

"Saki-chan?!"

Just when Xiangzi was about to take Ayano to buy an electronic piano, he suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him.

Her expression became a little stiff for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

"Did anyone call you?"

"No, I heard it wrong."

Xiangzi had a cold face and did not look like he was alright. Ayano naturally noticed this, but she just nodded and did not intend to ask any further questions.

However, before they could walk into the piano store, they were suddenly stopped by a girl with brown hair.

Of course, the other person's gaze did not stay on Ayano for long, but he looked at Xiangzi with disbelief, and his voice was trembling.

"Saki-chan, do you want to form a band with others?"

Chapter 8 I Can Still Turn! (1/2)

"Why haven't you come back yet..."

Aine felt like she had been cheated because she used the key Ayano gave her to open the door, and when she entered the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, she found that there was no food in the house at all.

Even a good cook cannot cook without rice.

When she went downstairs to the supermarket to buy groceries, she saw the message from Ayano on her phone that said, "Something has delayed me for a while, and I'll be back a little late." Aine, who was already unhappy, became even more furious.

What?! Do you think her love is just a cheap ornament that can be thrown away when you don't need it anymore?

In order to punish this evil-minded Qingmei, Aiyin came up with an extremely vicious means of revenge.

She, I won’t put salt in the cooking tonight!

If Ayano-chan, who has always had a strong taste, finds that the dinner is bland and tasteless, won't she kneel down in front of her and beg for her forgiveness frantically?

Ahem... forget it. What if the other party doesn't come back all night and she has to eat all the food she cooked? Wouldn't that mean she has worked hard for a long time and ended up wasting herself?

Aiyin, carrying a large bag of seasonal vegetables and meat, sorted the ingredients into different categories and put them into the refrigerator. Then, feeling lazy, she lay down directly on the long sofa in the living room.

Such a warm and comfortable feeling...

Aiyin narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at the chandelier on the ceiling that looked quite stylish, and suddenly she had an urge to not get up and just sleep in this house forever.

Maybe every night she spent in London she longed to return to Tokyo earlier and be with the people she knew?

Turning over slightly, Aine glanced at every corner of this small room that didn't look very spacious but was exceptionally cozy.

"Huh? That is..."

Seeing a familiar object on the shelf by the wall facing the balcony, Aine immediately got up from the sofa.

Her small feet wrapped in calf socks stepped on the wooden floor, and her quick footsteps seemed to be beating the rhythm for her slightly excited heart. The "spotlight" of the stage finally followed her movement and shone on the black guitar bag on the shelf that she missed so much.

Aiyin's fingers trembled as she touched the Oxford cloth bag, and finally unzipped it, revealing the guitar inside.

Of course, the guitar was a bit beat up, with scratches from picks and paint chipping from impact.

"Ayano actually picked it up..."

Aine's eyes suddenly became moist.

She bought this guitar when she just entered junior high school.

At that time, she saw that everyone was playing in a band. Fearing that she would be left out of the circle, she decided without thinking to buy a cheap entry-level guitar and then try to integrate into the band circles in her class.

However, her enthusiasm did not last long. Instead, because she was unable to achieve the desired effect in the shortest time, she took out all her anger on the guitar.

In the end, he had a big fight with Ayano because of this, and it was at that time that she smashed the guitar.

Unexpectedly... this old and broken guitar that should have disappeared in the long river of memory would appear in front of her again.

"Wow, Ayano-chan..."

Just when Aiyin was trying to hold back her tears and wanted to touch her old friend again, she found a piece of paper fell out of her bag.

With some curiosity, Aine picked it up directly from the ground.

However, when she saw the words above, her originally touched expression suddenly became a little strange.

Aine's Dark History Part 3: Aine's Incompetent Rage Against the Guitar

hateful! Damn it!

She really couldn't have too high expectations for this hateful bad woman.

Hopefully, this guy would show her tenderness that made her indulge in it only occasionally, but the rest of the time he was just full of malice!

No salt, no salt at all today!

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"Xiangzi, let me go inside and take a look first."

In front of a Yamaha music store on Mingdatong Street in Ochanomizu District.

Ayano looked at the brown-haired girl who suddenly appeared beside her, narrowed her eyes slightly, and then very tactfully found an excuse to leave.

Xiangzi did not show any surprise at her departure, because at this moment she just wanted to get rid of Nagasaki Suyo as soon as possible.

"who is she?"

"Does this have anything to do with you?"

"I..." Su Shi looked at Xiangzi, who was completely different from the gentle girl in her memory. She didn't know how to speak for a moment, "Xiangzi, why did you transfer schools?"

"Sorry, I'm busy. My friend is waiting for me."

With a snap, just as Xiangzi was about to turn around and leave, Su Shi beside her grabbed her arm.

"Let go."

"Tell me first, why are you hiding from me? What did I do wrong?"

"..." Xiangzi lowered his head slightly when he heard this. After a moment of silence, he said lightly, "You didn't do anything wrong."

"Why then?"

"No reason, and do you think it makes sense to say this now?"

silence.

Su Shi felt that although she was holding Xiangzi's hand, she didn't have the real sense of grasping the other person, as if... she was only holding her own left hand.

She was unwilling to accept it. She just felt unwilling to accept it.

Su Shi had thought about what the scene would be like when she met Xiangzi again, and she imagined that he would open his heart to her after seeing her.

She would imagine that the other person would keep explaining why he had not replied to her messages.

She would imagine that he would call out her name from behind in the crowd again, and then invite her to join a band called crychic with a smile.

But she didn't expect that when they met again, although there was only a distance of less than half a meter between her and Xiangzi, she could not see through her words and actions, nor could she understand the meaning of the five members of the band's journey together.

Just when Su Shi was stunned, Xiangzi exerted a little force and broke free from her hand.

Looking at Xiangzi who was ruthless and intended to leave, Su Shi suddenly felt that the most important thing in her heart was about to be lost.

It was precisely because of this emotion that she caught up with Xiangzi again, and then forced all her thoughts into one sentence.

"Saki-chan...just answer me one question, one question, okay? Please, I'll leave after you finish asking..."

"..."