In music anime, band girls won't be alone.

Shirakawa Sawa laughed, feeling as if he had been injected with some energy. He replied as he walked towards the kitchen.

"The Shirakawa family is having beef rice noodles today. Can Kita eat spicy food?"

Kita Ikuyo's eyes lit up. After putting down her guitar bag, she immediately jogged a few steps to catch up with the other person.

"You can eat a little."

"I've never had beef rice noodles for breakfast before, I'm really looking forward to it!"

Not long after, Shirakawa brought two bowls of rice noodles to the restaurant, and the two sat down to eat.

After taking a bite, Kita Ikuyo immediately praised it.

"It's so delicious, Ze-kun!"

"This is the first time I've ever had rice noodles with this flavor. What kind of flavor is it?"

A hint of reminiscence appeared in Shirakawa's eyes.

"It smells like home..."

Kita Ikuyo immediately muttered "I see" in a low voice, then continued eating with her head down.

She knew that the other person had lost their child at a young age and assumed that the other person was missing their deceased parents.

Therefore, I chose to end the topic immediately.

After taking a few bites, Kita Ikuyo looked up again, her expression as if she had just remembered something, and a smile returned to her face.

"I almost forgot, Ze-jun, I came here today specifically to thank you!"

"Thank you for your help during the school festival. Without your help with the plan, our class wouldn't have achieved such good results."

"When the results were announced, even our homeroom teacher was shocked. He never expected us to be in the top three!"

"Ze-kun is amazing!"

A humble smile appeared on Shirakawa's face.

"I only made a suggestion. The good results we achieved were due to the hard work of Kita and his classmates. After all, they wouldn't just go and spend money in the class based on a single idea."

Kita Ikuyo chuckled and continued speaking.

"Our band is preparing to perform live on the last day of Golden Week, at STARRY."

"The live show starts at 5 p.m., and we'll be the opening act, so you'll see us right away."

"To express my gratitude, I'd like to invite you to the live performance that day. I wonder if you'll have time then, Ze-kun?"

Shirakawa Sawa paused for a moment, then thought about it again. It had been more than half a month since the band members returned to their positions after the breakup, so in terms of time, they had indeed gotten to know each other quite well.

His heart immediately filled with anticipation, and he nodded seriously.

"I will definitely go."

How many songs have you prepared this time?

Kita Ikuyo extended one index finger,

"We only have one song now."

"Guitar, loneliness, and the blue planet!"

Her expression became excited.

"Ze-jun, did you know that the lyrics to this song were written by Little Lonely?"

"I really didn't expect Xiao Gudu's songwriting ability to be so strong. When I was singing, I felt like I had become her!"

Shirakawa Ze feigned surprise and echoed his sentiments with two lines.

He naturally knew that Kotori was in charge of writing the lyrics, and he also knew that Kita Ikuyo possessed extremely strong emotional perception and empathy.

Although she and Goto Ichiri are two different types of people, they can clearly feel the emotions that the other wants to convey in their lyrics.

As the two were talking, Shirakawa Ze's phone vibrated twice.

He opened his phone and glanced at it; it was a message from Yamada Ryo.

"Xiaoze, our band will be performing live on the 7th. Do you want to come and watch? We can give you a discount on the tickets."

Shirakawa turned his phone screen towards the girl in front of him.

"Kita, I heard before that if you have a performance, you also need to take on the task of selling tickets, is that right?"

Kita Ikuyo nodded.

"Because we're a new band, the store manager set a requirement for each of us to sell five tickets to ensure popularity..."

She suddenly realized something and immediately began to explain.

"But Ze-jun, I didn't ask you to buy tickets. The tickets I'm treating you to aren't included in these five!"

Shirakawa Sawa smiled.

"I didn't mean that."

"What I mean is, if needed, I can help you sell a few."

Kita Ikuyo breathed a sigh of relief, then a grateful expression appeared on her face.

"Thank you for your kindness, Ze Jun, but I don't think I need your help here."

"I'm a little worried about Little Loneliness though..."

"But she told us it's okay, so it should be fine, right?"

Shirakawa Sawa smiled without saying a word.

After dinner, Kita Ikuyo picked up her guitar bag and left. With the performance just around the corner, she now practices at STARRY whenever she has time.

After watching the other person leave, considering the timeline—the lonely, withdrawn girl who failed to sell tickets might not be able to wait for the angel Shimokitazawa to save her—Shirakawa Sawa took out his phone and sent a message to Goto Ichiri.

"Goto-kun, I'd like to buy a few tickets for the afternoon of the 7th. I heard you have some extra tickets. I wonder if you could sell them to me?"

Upon seeing this message, Goto Ichiri immediately threw off the covers and sat up, his worried expression vanishing instantly. He quickly replied.

"Yes! How many would you like, Shirakawa-kun?"

Shirakawa Ze replied,

"Five cards, we'll talk about it if we don't have enough later."

Goto Ichiri felt as if the other person was an angel descended from heaven, and replied while tears streamed down her face.

"Thank you so much! I happen to have five more tickets here. How can I give them to you?"

Shirakawa Sawa thought for a moment, then replied,

"I'll come pick it up from you when I'm done here. I'll text you then."

Goto Ichiri replied with an "OK," then put down her phone, lay back down on her futon, and gave a look that resembled that of a pervert.

"Hehehe... I've sold out of tickets..."

"No need to ask Mom, Dad, Erli, and Jimmy Heng for help anymore...hehe..."

On the other side, after finishing his conversation, Shirakawa tidied up the restaurant and kitchen, then walked to the door to change his shoes and go out.

Just then, he heard the intermittent sound of wooden clogs clicking on the pavement outside the door, growing louder as they approached, accompanied by strange, almost delirious laughter…

Volume 1: Chapter 107 Surprise! The Drunkard Arrives Home

Upon hearing the voice outside the door, Shirakawa immediately guessed who the visitor was.

He changed his shoes, then opened the door and saw a young woman leaning against it, looking drunk. She was slurping down an opened box of Oni-slaying sake in one hand and carrying a plastic bag containing several unopened boxes of Oni-slaying sake in the other.

It really is Hiroi Kikuri.

After taking a few sips, the woman exhaled a satisfied breath, then turned to look at Shirakawa Ze with a dreamy gaze.

She hummed a few times, then opened her mouth as if to say something, but before she could utter a sound, her mind went blank, and her whole body fell to the ground.

Shirakawa quickly reached out to support the other person to prevent them from falling and getting hurt.

He looked around but couldn't find Hiroi Kikuri's teammates, so he could only carry her into the living room and put her on the sofa.

Looking at the other person lying unconscious on the sofa, Shirakawa felt a bit of a headache.

Isn't this so-called butterfly effect coming a little too quickly?

Dude, didn't you just buy tickets for Goto Ichiri?

How come this woman arrived so soon after?

Unable to recreate the original loneliness, you've started creating me instead, right?

Although I know that even if I ignore the other party, there's a high probability that nothing will happen.

But she's a living person after all. If I hadn't met her, I wouldn't have bothered, but if I had, it would have been hard to just leave her outside.

With a sigh, Shirakawa could only put the bag the other person was carrying on the table and then help the other person adjust to a side-lying position.

Since the other person is currently in a blackout state, it is best to keep them lying on their side to avoid vomiting unconsciously, which could block their airway and cause suffocation.

Although he knew the probability was extremely small, Shirakawa still did it out of habit, after all, life is a very serious matter and cannot be taken lightly.

Then he found another blanket and covered Hiroi Kiku with it, partly to keep her warm and partly to cover up her exposed skin.

After doing all this, Shirakawa Sawa sat on the sofa and sent a message to Yutenji Wakami.

"Meow Dream, I've run into some issues and it's inconvenient for me to leave right now. Could you please come to my house to discuss the follow-up to the video series?"

The other party replied quickly.

"No problem, just wait a moment."

More than half an hour later, Yutenji Wakana arrived and saw Hiroi Kikuri lying on the sofa as soon as she entered.

A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure, only her movements became gentler, and her expression revealed nothing.

Asking too few questions, observing too little, and saying too little are the basic social rules for adults.