Classic soul swap, but a musical

"Do you think I can really do this job forever?"

"Yeah." Aragaki Ai's lips curled up, her smile calm and confident. "Don't you want to officially join a band? Not as a supporting musician, but as your own band?"

"A band?" Hachiman Kailing felt as if her heart was touched. Watching other bands making noise, she always felt like an outsider, acting as a supporting musician.

Sometimes I do feel like joining in.

Hachiman Kailing has seen many bands break up and get back together, so how can she talk about a lifetime relationship? Being able to maintain it for a long time is enough to attract her.

Does the boy in front of me want to form a band?

He said he can play guitar and piano, but I don't know how good he is.

If it was just at the level of an ordinary middle school band, she would probably be disappointed.

Seeing that the live show would start in half an hour, Hachiman Kailing thought for a moment and asked.

"Would you please come backstage with me?"

"Huh?" Aragaki Ai was a little confused, but still nodded. He also wanted to go backstage, maybe he could meet someone from crychic.

The two people left again, one after the other, but this time, Hachiman Kailing was in front and Aragaki Ai was behind.

It’s not just because the live performance is in the basement, but also because it creates a dim atmosphere so that the audience can focus more on the stage.

But as the two people entered the corridor, orange lights scattered in the air and the scenery before them became bright.

Ai Aragaki is taller than Hailing, and from this angle, you can just see her slender waist.

Xiao Mutou probably will never accept such a bold dressing style in his life.

Hailing greeted the staff and took him into an empty rehearsal room with the band's basic instruments.

"I know someone here. You can try keyboard or guitar."

"Ah?" Aragaki Ai still didn't understand what she wanted to do and why she suddenly asked him to play the piano.

"...Don't worry, just play any piece." Hai Ling still asked him to try.

To be honest, apart from playing the piano with Mu's body, he himself has never had such an opportunity.

Then give it a try?

Ai Aragaki walked to the keyboard and touched the keys. The feel was... so bad. Compared with the two grand pianos in Hemu's house, the difference was really too big.

After getting used to expensive ones, I feel uncomfortable when I switch to cheap ones.

He casually pressed a chord with his left hand, and the sound sounded even more different. Aragaki Ai was thinking about what to play. The Turkish March didn't seem suitable. What about Moonlight? He only knew the first movement. Should he play Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier?

"I play it casually?"

"Just play what you are best at." Hai Ling stood opposite him, observing his fingers.

It's still moonlight.

A few minutes later, Hai Ling nodded with a calm look, and was quite satisfied with Aragaki Ai's strength.

Being able to reach this level is already better than most middle school bands, and it is enough to be a keyboard player in a band.

"Have you been learning piano since elementary school?"

"No, I've been studying for a month." Aragaki Ai didn't lie. She glanced at the time and saw that there were only a dozen minutes left before the show started.

"Hmm...Is that so?" Hai Ling did not question it, but just clenched her fist, put it close to her chin, and pressed the side of her index finger against her lips.

Anyway, after learning for a long time, I have barely passed the test of this technique.

Ai Aragaki didn't know why she wanted him to play the piano, but the live performance was about to begin.

"Go out, there are only ten minutes left."

"okay."

When they left the rehearsal room, Aragaki Ai happened to see two familiar figures passing by each other at another fork in the road.

There was no way they were mistaken; it was Xiao Mutou and Xiangzi, neither of them even glanced at him.

He paused, and Hai Ling noticed that he had stopped and asked.

"what happened?"

"It's okay, I saw a band I've followed." Aragaki Ai pretended not to care and left the back of the stage with her.

The two of them returned to the front and found that the place was full of people, so Hai Ling and he had to stand at the back.

"Sorry, I forgot. Several of today's bands are quite popular."

"It's okay, I just came for a band, and it's enough to listen to them." Aragaki Ai replied with a smile.

"Really? What a coincidence, me too." Hai Ling stood shoulder to shoulder with him at the back.

The two people who passed by him were going to pick up Gao Songdeng. To be precise, it was Xiangzi who went to pick him up, and Mu was just accompanying him.

They walked to the back door and found that Gao Songdeng had arrived long ago. He was curled up behind the door like a small animal, with a hesitant expression on his face.

"Hmm~tomorin? Why don't you come in?" Xiangzi smiled the classic white moonlight style and took her hand.

Gao Songdeng glanced at Mu and found that the other party did not show any expression, just like usual.

She lowered her head and shook it.

"......fine."

"The live show is about to start, let's go in."

Xiangzi took her arm and went into the backstage lounge together, waiting for their performance.

The three of them returned to the lounge. Before they pushed the door, Li Xi closed his eyes and clasped his hands in front of his chest, with his left index finger pointing at his arm. When he heard the door open, he immediately asked.

"So slow, why did you just come back?"

Volume 1: Chapter 49: Spring Shadow

"Well, Taki, hasn't it started yet?" Nagasaki Suyo resisted the pressure from Shiina Riki and walked to Takamatsu Deng, comforting her and handing her a bottle of water.

"Would you like some water?"

"Hmm..." She thanked him first before taking the bottle. She pressed her lips against the straw and the water slowly flowed into her mouth in columns.

His eyes were fixed on the straw, and out of the corner of his eye he glanced at Xiao Mu who was playing the guitar opposite him. It was her usual self, not the smiling "Mu".

They really look like two different people.

She tried hard to get rid of this thought and behave like everyone else.

Before she knew it, she had drunk half a bottle of water. She listened to her teammates' conversation without saying a word.

Most of the time, it was Su Shi and Xiangzi who were talking, and Li Xi would interject a few words, but she and Xiao Mu did not speak.

She didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Gao Songdeng felt that everyone seemed to subconsciously turn their eyes to Mu, even herself.

I drank a bit too much water.

She stood up, and Xiangzi noticed it immediately and asked her with a smile.

"What's wrong, tomorin."

"I, I'm going to the bathroom." Gao Songdeng shrank his neck, looking like a little penguin who couldn't keep up with the team.

"Well, don't forget the time."

Xiangzi reminded her with a smile, "Do you want me to go with you? There should be only forty minutes left before it's our turn."

"It's okay." Gao Songdeng shook his head and refused, then left the lounge alone.

After going to the bathroom, her attention was drawn to the stage. The spotlight on the stage made her vision blank. Her anxiety became more and more serious. Everyone sang so well, could she do it? Would she make any mistakes?

The pressure is increasing.

I really want to escape.

The singing in my ears disappeared, the band in front of me disappeared, as if the air had disappeared too.

There was only meaningless white noise in my ears, and only the pure white lights on the stage in front of me, as if the air had turned into walls pressing down on me from all sides.

It was not until more than ten minutes later that Xiangzi came over and found her backstage, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's almost our turn to go on stage."

"Yeah, Saki." Takamatsu Deng didn't know how she got back. She felt she didn't have the courage to go on stage.

The two of them returned to the lounge, and the moment she saw Mu, she thought, it would be great if she could have her support.

"mutsumi......"

"Yeah." When his name was called, Ruoye Mu raised his head and finally stopped looking at the guitar.

"Mutsumi, do you think I can sing well?" Takamatsu Deng frowned and slightly opened his lips, as if he would be crushed in the next second.

Both Shiina Riki and Nagasaki Suyo looked at her. The gray-haired girl's eyes were full of hope, expecting the other party's answer.

Muhe Xiangzi knew that this was not a question about her at all, but actually a question about love.

If you love...what would you do?

Xiao Mu was stunned for a moment, recalling that Ai said she looked pretty when she smiled and asked her to smile more, but she couldn't smile as naturally as Ai.

She said "hmm" with her own smile.

Gao Songdeng seemed to feel a little relieved, but still felt something was wrong. She pursed her lips and followed everyone out of the lounge, preparing to step onto the stage.

When the five of them appeared under the spotlight together, the feeling from before came back. They couldn't breathe at all and couldn't catch their breath.

There was no way to introduce anyone, so Xiangzi took the microphone and started introducing the band members.

In the audience, Aragaki Ai's attention was not on crychic. He didn't need to listen to this kind of introduction because he knew it too well.

He noticed the exit out of the corner of his eye. The live show had been going on for an hour, but there was no one coming in or out. The atmosphere in the venue was very lively.

The person who just came in was dressed strangely, wearing a white baseball cap and black sunglasses that covered half of his face. His bangs were a little messy, his hair drooped slightly, and his breathing was uneven, as if he came in a hurry.

When my eyes fell on the stage and I found that they were still introducing themselves, I immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

As if she noticed Aragaki Ai's gaze, she had no place closer to the front, so she kept a little distance from him, but still stood against the wall.

Ai Aragaki already knew who she was, but had no intention of talking to her.

You can't just go up to me and ask, "Are you Sumi's Mitsuka Chuhua? I'm your fan."

That's so boring.

Ai Aragaki had no intention of chatting her up. With Xiangzi in her way, Chuhua couldn't escape.

Next, it’s time to enjoy crychic’s spring film and watch the performance on stage.

After the introductions, the show began.

Xiao Mutou and Xiangzi's performances are very stable, and both of them have the level to be professional. It is really a waste of their talents to use them for live performances.

The rhythm group of Nagasaki Motoyo and Shiina Tatsuki cooperated well with each other. According to the animation, there shouldn't be any mistakes.

As a result, Takamatsu Deng felt that he could no longer sing.

Her eyes kept scanning the crowd, feeling the pressure from all directions, and finally she set her eyes on Ruo Ye Mu, wanting to ask for her help.

Looking at her face, memories of her time with Xiaomu kept flashing through her mind, including being knocked down by Xiangzi on the overpass, going home together, showing her notebook to Saki, going to parties together, making friends, treating her stone friend gently, and telling her not to be late.

Looking at Xiangzi's gentle smile again, the people who support her the most are around her, and she must sing out loud.

Finally, the song resounded live.

Ai Aragaki breathed a sigh of relief in the audience, listening to the familiar music. The distance was too far and the basement was very dim, so she could hardly see Mu's face.

Mu on the stage was playing the guitar completely mechanically, his eyes always wandering among the crowd.

Love will come.

He promised me that he would come to watch the live show.

However, with so many people in the audience, it is impossible to tell who is love.