Classic soul swap, but a musical

"I talked about work with Chuhua, so we went to eat together."

"oh....."

"That restaurant is pretty good. Let's go there together next time. Let's check the specific time."

"Ah."

I don’t know if I was able to comfort Xiao Mutou through the screen, but fortunately there was no notification of loss of favorability.

Ai Aragaki's smile is very bright, but if other people see it, they will definitely think that this smile is a little eerie.

Miao Meng’s drum is still too easy.

He turned off his phone, zipped up his pants, and went to make up for the run he had missed this morning.

There was only one person holding a mobile phone, smiling happily, and watching the materials shot today on the bed.

Miao Meng waited for a long time but saw no reply, and felt a little depressed.

Why is no one talking?

Don’t Xiangzi and Muzi care?

Because no one was talking to her, she kept checking her phone while editing the video tonight to avoid missing any messages. This resulted in extremely low work efficiency and forced her to stay up until after three in the morning.

The next day, early morning.

The weather was gloomy and it looked like it was going to rain, but I still went for a morning run, took a shower, and went to school.

Ai Aragaki was riding the train and was discovered by Mu.

"You're going to Soyo's birthday party tonight, right? Do you need me to go in your place?"

After waiting for a while, the message was finally delivered to him, and Mu's rejection appeared on the screen.

"Need not."

"Then should I come to see you this afternoon? Or wait until Soyo is done?" Aragaki Ai felt that the problem should not be serious, it was just a birthday party.

He remembered that in the anime, Su Shi had already taken action in her first year of high school, and it was only with Aine's intervention that she took strong action.

Now the relationship is not so strained, I just invite crychic’s friends to my home.

While he was thinking, Mu had already replied to him, and an extra line of words appeared on the screen.

"At night, I will contact love."

"Okay." He had a smile on his face, as if he could guess what Mu was thinking.

If you go there in the afternoon, you still have classes to attend, but at night you will be alone with just the two of you.

After getting off the tram and getting closer to the school, it seemed like someone was looking at him and whispering.

It should be no different from the past. Aragaki Ai lowered his head and looked around. He was not wearing the wrong clothes. It was a school uniform.

When he walked into the school, it seemed that more people were looking at him. This had never happened before.

Finally, before stepping into the classroom, I heard the discussion in the class.

"No, is it really Aragaki?"

"It's him, there's no way this can be a mistake, right?"

"Is there anyone who knows piano? Can you tell me what Aragaki's level is? Someone from the wind instrument club? Or the light music club, please come."

"Wait a minute, there's a kid in the next class who's really good at playing the piano, right? It seems like he won a ton of awards when he was a kid."

"Kousei? That Arima."

"I asked Kousei about it, and he said it was amazing. For someone who can play at this level, first place is a given."

"Huh? To get first place, you must be really good. You can go to one of those art schools."

“.......Swish!”

All the sounds stopped instantly after he opened the door, as if time had stood still.

Then, it turned into a quiet discussion.

Ai Aragaki turned her face towards the wall, ignoring their discussion, and prepared to complete some work in class.

Volume 1: Chapter 116: Drunkard

In school, Aragaki Ai was the center of conversation for a while. That was when the school started. He didn't communicate with other people at all and didn't join any clubs.

This is a normal thing. Such people are not uncommon and will become marginalized.

However, after girls kept confessing their love to him and he rejected them all, rumors started to spread that he was very aloof.

That's true, he really is too lazy to care.

I don't want to pay any attention to what happened this time.

He cared more about whether his own Galaxy Battleship could start up quickly and soar into the sky.

It seemed that even the teacher knew about his discussion, and some of the teachers advised him to join the music club.

Aragaki Ai refused.

During the class, he calculated everyone's schedule so that they could have a rehearsal on Wednesday night, plus the recording of the second song.

The recording of the new song must be completed before this weekend.

He wasn't too worried about this, as rehearsals were going smoothly so far. He was just worried about Xiangzi's progress and whether he could write a new song every week.

Even if he gave Xiangzi all the lyrics he could remember, it was not sure how much help it would provide.

While he was teaching, a working girl in Tokyo met someone who asked her for help on her way to work.

"Please, give me some water." The woman with pigtails had long burgundy hair leaning towards purple. She lay on the ground, stretched out a hand, and stuffed a handful of change into her hand.

She was probably hungover and was looking for a place to sober up, but even if she was so drunk that she couldn't get up, she would still hold a straw in her mouth and drink sake.

This look reminded Xiangzi of his father whom he met by chance that day. He was also drunk. Under the influence of alcohol, his face was red, he was yelling, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was drinking beer in front of the machine.

After driving out the bad memories, Xiangzi's face looked quite ugly, but she couldn't just ignore the person who asked her for help. She went to buy her a bottle of water, which didn't take much time.

She sighed and helped buy a bottle of water.

Looking at the backpack inside, Xiangzi guessed that it should be a bass. Is the woman in front of him a member of a band?

"Um...thank you." The woman drank the water in one breath and finally had the strength to open her eyes.

"If everything is fine, I'll leave. Here's the remaining money." Xiangzi stuffed the money into her hands.

The woman looked at her and vaguely remembered, "You... are that Wakaba Mu's teammate, right?"

"......You've made a mistake." Xiangzi left without looking back and walked to the other end of the street.

Because of Wakaba Mu's popularity, many videos related to her were dug up, including her performances during the crychic period.

"Ah, wait for me." The woman carried the bass on her back, took the water bottle, and caught up with Xiangzi.

"My name is Hiroi Kikuri, thank you for saving me."

"I just bought you some water."

Xiangzi wanted to get rid of the drunkard in front of him. It would be bad if he got entangled with him and lost his job.

"Wait a minute, don't look at me like this, my memory is still pretty good."

Hiroi Kikuri could barely keep up with her and got on the train with her.

Now, there is really nowhere to escape.

She looked at Xiangzi, "As expected, I said I wasn't wrong. He's changed a lot, but he's definitely Wakaba Mu's teammate. What's the name of your song...Haruhi..."

"Please stop saying things that bother me." Xiangzi felt like he was meddling in other people's business, so he turned his head away and grabbed the bag chain with his right hand.

"Hmm..." Hiroi Kikuri stopped talking. She was so sensitive that she noticed something was wrong. She opened her eyes slightly, put the cardboard box in her pocket, and stared at her.

"Have you had a fight with your bandmates? Was it a disagreement about your ideas? Or was it about creative issues? Not because of men, right? That kind of thing is very common in bands. Bands often break up because of someone having affairs."

"It has nothing to do with that!" Xiangzi said expressionlessly.

"Well... since it has nothing to do with me, just treat it as me being drunk." She put down her bass and leaned against the door of the tram. As a senior who had just saved her, he thought he could enlighten her.

In fact, he was already drunk, his mind was a mess, his words were completely unreliable, and he probably wouldn't remember what he said after he sobered up.

"When it comes to relationships, are there ever any confirmed relationships? Even if they are confirmed, but not married, there's still a chance.

But if you don't pursue your feelings and face them, you might regret it for the rest of your life."

Xiangzi looked through her and out the glass window. The scenery flashed by and it seemed that he didn't hear what she said.

The train was about to arrive at the next stop. Hiroi Kikuri was burping and looked like she was talking nonsense.

"Well, don't do nothing and end up regretting it, thinking that if only I had... hiccups... done it. A lot of times, it's okay to be a little selfish. Love is inherently selfish.

Even if you can confirm the other person's feelings before making a decision, um..."

She looked a little dazed, lowered her head, and took another sip of water.

"Well, I need to find a place to sober up. I can't take it anymore. I feel like vomiting."

Xiangzi's attention was on Hiroi Kikuri's nonsense, but her eyes were always out the window. The tram was slowly pulling into the platform. She was about to remind Hiroi Kikuri when she saw the tram door open.

"what?!"

With a scream, Hiroi Kikuri fell out of the car door and fell vertically, holding Bess.

"My head!"

"Ugh."

Xiangzi helped her up, took her to the toilet to vomit, and bought her a bottle of water to rinse her mouth.

She leaned her hands against the sink, looked at her reflection in the mirror, and wiped her mouth.

"Thank you, you are such a nice person. I haven't met such a friendly person in a long time."

After all this trouble, Xiangzi felt that he was going to be late and was contacting the other party.

After the call was connected...

"You're already late. You don't need to come. I've found someone to replace you."

With just this one sentence, he hung up.

Xiangzi bit his lip. Hiroi Kikuri beside him seemed to be a little sober, but she covered her mouth again and ran into the bathroom.

After vomiting twice, I finally felt better.

She put her bass on her back and looked at Xiangzi, "I'm sorry, I think I caused you to lose your job."

“…” Xiangzi said nothing, but was a little angry, with his eyebrows raised.

"Ah? Oh right, how about I find you a part-time job? I have an acquaintance who owns a shop, and I can introduce you to help out there, how about that?"

Hiroi Kikuri ignored her opinion and directly pulled her onto the tram and started talking nonsense again.

The girl with long blue hair sighed. Since her job was gone, she could only follow her to take a look.

It would be nice if I could find a job.

They got off the bus in Shimokitazawa, and when they were almost at the store, her rambling finally stopped.

From men to differences in ideas, and from the band's style to creative conflicts, it felt like all her dissatisfaction with the band was vented.

Hiroi Kikuri pointed at the sign that said "starry" with a smile on her face and a raised voice.

"Look, it's right here."

Volume 1: Chapter 117 Birthday

I followed the woman into this underground live place. It seemed no different from the ones I had been to before. The iron racks under my feet made a slight sound and there was no light around. It was probably closed.

"Wait for me a moment."