Classic soul swap, but a musical

"Sorry."

"It's okay, but can I ask you something? Who did Chuhua make an appointment with? Could it be that guy named Aragaki who I met last time?"

When talking about that boy, the donut lady pouted, having an inexplicable feeling that Chuhua would be taken away by him.

No, it was taken away!

She already knew that it was Aragaki Ai who proposed the Ave mujica project and personally selected Chuhua.

"......Um."

“…” Mana was about to cry.

"There are others too, not just him." Chuhua hurriedly explained, but Mana still seemed unhappy.

She quickly changed the subject and talked to Mana about work, interrupting the previous conversation.

Time passed little by little, and Chu Hua drove to the underground parking lot of the office.

When she arrived, she found only Aragaki Ai.

In the office, the boy was releasing a new song. When he saw Chu Hua coming, he waved his hand and asked her to come in.

"Wait for me a moment."

"Okay." Chu Hua sat behind him, staring at the computer screen, watching the new song being sent.

"This is the fourth song. The remaining two songs are already prepared. Xiangzi is really working hard." Aragaki Ai took the initiative to talk to her.

"Yeah, Xiangzi really works hard."

I have discussed songs and lyrics with Xiangzi several times, and I can feel his seriousness and his sincere desire to write good works.

She looked at the screen and looked at the data with Aragaki Ai.

The number of plays of the recent songs has been increasing, especially the song "Black Birthday", which has exceeded 300,000 plays.

"It seems that selling tickets will be easier, thanks to Miss Triangle's popularity." Aragaki Ai joked with her with a smile on her face.

"Don't make such jokes, Ai. If we only talk about fame, Mu is much better than me."

Chu Hua also smiled, his tone relaxed.

This is an office, even if we keep our voices down, such jokes are inappropriate.

He led the blonde girl away, checked the time, and found a larger lounge that had not only a long sofa but also two symmetrical single sofas.

"Xiangzi will be here soon. Wait for her for a moment. I need to get something."

"Do you need me to accompany you?" Chu Hua asked.

"No, just take a rest." The boy not only ordered a cake, but also ordered some convenient meals. The cafeteria was just an excuse.

After he left, Chuhua first gave Xiangzi a room, then closed his eyes and took a short rest.

The air became quiet, the orange light gave people a warm feeling, and she almost fell asleep.

There was a gentle knock on the door, causing her to shiver and instantly wake up from her drowsy state.

I've been so tired lately.

She sat up straight and watched the door slide open, revealing the expressionless blue-haired girl.

"Xiao Xiang!"

With a smile on her face and tone, the girl immediately stood up and walked towards Xiangzi.

She held Xiangzi's hand, pulled her to sit on the sofa, and prepared to chat about some trivial matters first.

After the two sat down, Xiangzi opened her lady's bag and took out a packaged box.

"This is a gift for you."

"Thank you."

This thank you seemed much more sincere than the one given to a certain lady. Chu Hua did not open the package immediately, but just put it into her bag.

Xiaoxiang still remembers her birthday.

I'm so happy.

Faced with the enthusiastic girl, Xiangzi couldn't help feeling guilty and avoided her gaze.

She was so busy that she forgot.

Fortunately, Ai reminded her in the small group, otherwise it would be hard to say.

This subtle emotion was keenly captured by Chu Hua.

She asked with a smile: "After dinner tonight, does Xiaoxiang have time? Do you want to go shopping together?"

"......I......"

Xiangzi actually wanted to agree, after all, it was Chuhua’s birthday and he almost forgot about it.

But, I thought of my empty wallet.

She shook her head. "Sorry, I'm busy. Maybe next time. I might be free next weekend."

"That's it."

Chuhua was rejected again. She was not discouraged, but just a little disappointed. Soon, this disappointment disappeared, and she cared more about the time she spent with Xiaoxiang.

She actually felt a little strange. After getting along with Xiangzi, she always felt that Xiangzi had changed a lot and was no longer willing to get close to others.

In order to solve this mystery, Chuhua wanted to find the reason. Mu and Ai obviously couldn't say anything, so she looked for the breakthrough point in the girl she met by chance and tried many times to go to Ikebukuro to see Deng.

But, I never saw it.

Moreover, I don’t know why, sometimes Xiaoxiang is almost the same as before, especially when they were having dinner together that day and talked about their childhood with a smile.

When Chuhua thought of that day, her eyes softened like water, and she talked to Xiangzi about Mujica.

At this time, Aragaki Ai came back with cakes and takeout. When she opened the door, she saw Xiangzi and Chuhua chatting happily, and she couldn't help but smile.

"Oh, you two look very happy."

"Ai, what is this?" Chuhua was a little surprised. She thought that the three of them would be enough in the cafeteria, but she didn't expect that Aragaki Ai had prepared it so carefully.

When Xiangzi heard that name, his heart tightened, but then slowly relaxed, comforting himself that it was just a name, and Miao Meng and Hai Ling had changed their words long ago.

The former is a bit outgoing and gives everyone nicknames right away, while the latter was personally brought in by Aragaki Ai, so it is normal for him to be close to him.

Only Chuhua...

Xiangzi felt a little bit of urgency, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved and looked at the cake and takeaway in front of him.

Volume 1: Chapter 186: Secret

Ai Aragaki sat on the single sofa, opened the takeaway, put candles on the cake, and took out the lighter borrowed from the cafeteria. If it weren't for this lighter, she would have returned long ago.

The candles were lit.

"Click!"

The lights are off.

"Come and blow out the candles." The boy turned around and looked at the two girls. "Don't forget to make a wish."

"Um....."

At this moment, Chu Hua rarely showed a very beautiful and sincere smile.

She closed her eyes, tilted her head, clasped her hands together, faced the cake, exhaled gently, and the candles slowly went out.

I don’t know what wish she made, but Aragaki Ai took out the gift she had prepared in the afternoon from the takeaway bag.

"Happy birthday, Chuhua."

"Thank you."

She took the gift from Aragaki Ai. From the outside, his gift was the most plain among the three gifts she received today. It didn't even have any packaging. It was just placed in the original transparent box with a floral ribbon tied on it.

This also echoes the current relationship between the two people, they are close but have nothing special to offer.

However, occasionally, Chuhua could feel a little ambiguity.

But, that was all accidental.

When I was almost hit by a car, he helped me get the ball, and we watched the starry sky together, it all seemed like coincidence.

In just over a month, the speed at which the relationship between the two people developed can actually be described as rapid.

She looked at the summer triangle on the cup and kept smiling: "I like it very much."

"That's fine." He sat down and began to cut the cake, giving Chuhua the biggest piece first.

Seeing the two people become so close in just one month, Xiangzi actually felt a little sad.

That's not right. How could I feel this way?

Chu Hua was her friend second only to Mu, and he immediately agreed to help her when she needed it.

Love is the person who reached out to her when she was most vulnerable and is still helping her today.

It should be a good thing for two people to become good friends.

But when she saw the two of them laughing together, she felt like she was excluded by them.

Her face remained expressionless, she felt ashamed of her current meanness and hypocrisy.

A piece of cake appeared in front of him. Xiangzi looked up and met the boy's eyes.

"what happened?"

"It's okay." She took it. When eating with two people, she always had something hidden in her heart, which made it difficult for her to show a genuine smile.

Summer has arrived.

But Shoko Toyokawa is still in spring, waiting for her summer.

She scooped out a piece of cake with a fork and slowly put it into her mouth. The sweetness of the cream and the softness of the cake spread in her mouth.

delicious.

The takeaway on the table wasn't anything particularly good, but it was better than having to eat boiled chicken breast in the cafeteria.

After dinner, Xiangzi said goodbye immediately. He didn’t want to stay any longer. He just wanted to run home and be alone in a daze.

"I still have something to do, so I'll leave first."

Ai Aragaki knows Xiangzi's daily routine very well. Is there any part-time job at Starry tonight?

Since Chu Hua was there, he didn't ask any more questions.

After Xiangzi left, only Aragaki Ai and Chuhua were left, and the atmosphere became a little solemn.

He was the first to speak, breaking the heaviness.

"I'll pack my things. It's nothing. Why don't you go back and rest?"

“No, I…”

Chuhua had already put the cups away and helped Aragaki Ai clean up, pack up the trash, and restore the lounge to its original state.

She looked at the boy, then looked outside.

"I want to go out for a walk. Do you have anything else to do? If you don't, can you accompany me to walk around the area? I remember there's a park over there?"

"Yeah, that's okay."

Dinner only took an hour, and it was only six o'clock now. Even if I accompanied Chuhua for a walk, there was still plenty of time to pick up Xiao Mutou.

Aragaki Ai threw out the garbage, washed her hands, and went downstairs with Chuhua.

At this moment, the moonlight is bright.

The lights and moonlight complement each other, illuminating the road ahead, and the young man and girl walked together.

The wind blew away the surrounding smells. It was not late at this time, but there were not many people in the park. The landscaping was well done and there were many trees.