My anime/manga fandom can't be that lazy.

Ritsu Tainaka spoke slowly, glancing deliberately in Mio Akiyama's direction. How could the girl not notice such an obvious gaze? Blushing, she covered Ritsu's mouth with her hand.

"Alright, alright, you lot, stop fooling around. I could hear you from far away. You're staying out tonight, right?" Sawako Yamanaka, carrying a bunch of sleeping bags, pushed open the door to the Light Music Club.

"Ah~ Thank you, Sawa~" Hirasawa Yui happily ran over to accept the sleeping bags for six people. Tonight, everyone in the Light Music Club would be staying overnight in the activity room, giving off a strange sense of anticipation.

"Isn't Xiao Zuo going home either?" Dongfang Bai asked, noticing her relaxed demeanor and the fact that she wasn't carrying a bag and showed no intention of going home.

"Haha~ Of course, tomorrow is your last performance before graduation, so of course I'll make special costumes for the Light Music Club. Don't worry about it, one night is enough!"

Sawako Yamanaka smiled and gave a thumbs up. Dongfang Bai was very close to her, and she could even see the bloodshot eyes and the faint dark circles around his eyes, as if he hadn't slept for three days and three nights.

She also said she would be staying up all night tonight, and hoped that everyone was alright.

“Then let’s get started practicing. We’ve been practicing for a play, and I feel a bit rusty with the instruments.” Dongfang Bai picked up the guitar next to him casually, feeling a little uncomfortable touching it since he hadn’t played it in so long.

"Alright! To ensure the success of tomorrow's concert, let's begin practicing!"

"Oh!!"

……

The practice continued until 7 p.m., the first time in three years that the Light Music Club had practiced so late. Practice needs to be balanced with rest, and besides, it was already dark outside. Continuing to practice might disturb the neighbors.

"I...I can't go on." Hirasawa Yui slumped onto the table without any regard for her image. Even she was exhausted after practicing for so long, and all she wanted to do now was have some tea, snacks, and a good rest.

"Well, the results of the 4.9 practice are not bad. I've gotten rid of the rusty feeling." Dongfang Bai picked up the black tea that the young lady handed him. Drinking tea tonight felt different, which made him feel very fresh.

"The school is so quiet at night... but it's also so scary!" Akiyama Mio huddled up like a frightened rabbit.

"The dinner that Yu and Fairy-chan brought over was delicious. I'm too full now. Do you want to go for a walk?" Ritsu Tainaka looked out the window. The sky was already pitch black, but there were still many windows lit up in the school.

Besides their light music club, many other clubs also decided to stay overnight to prepare for tomorrow's activities, so the school was still brightly lit even at 7 p.m.

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"The school at night has a unique charm!" Kotobuki Tsumugi seemed very excited. It was the first time she had stayed overnight at school because of club preparations, and this novel experience made her quite happy.

"I just felt horrified..."

Mio Akiyama hid behind Higashikata, her face pale as she peeked around. Although many club students were staying overnight, they all stayed in their own clubs. Only the Light Music Club members were wandering around like them.

"It seems like a lot of people are working hard to prepare for tomorrow. Is it really okay for us to just wander around outside like this?"

Azumi raised her head and looked in the direction of the teaching building. Under the moonlight, many of the club rooms in the dark teaching building were lit up today, and people could be vaguely seen in the shadows.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm just out to change my mood. My body can't take it if I keep practicing~" Ritsu Tainaka said nonchalantly, holding the back of her head with her hands.

"Who was it that said they were going to practice all night until dawn?" Akiyama Mio frowned slightly and muttered to herself. She knew that Ritsu would never practice properly.

"Ah, 04~ It's a mock tea shop run by Azusa's class. I remember Azusa was even wearing a Japanese maid outfit~ It was so cute!" Hirasawa immediately spotted Nakano Azusa's class. Unlike the lively atmosphere during the day, the tea shop was now dimly lit and quite deserted.

It would be strange if it were lively at this time.

Tainaka Ritsu seemed to have thought of something fun. Just by looking at the ever-upturning corners of her mouth, Dongfang Bai could tell that she was definitely thinking of something to tease Akiyama Mio.

"Hey, Mio~ I heard that before Toyonosaki was built, this place was a mass grave, right? Many people's bodies were buried there. The school was built to suppress this yin energy so that the students' life force could be suppressed."

The captain deliberately spoke in a gloomy, strange tone, which frightened Akiyama Mio, who had been hiding behind Dongfang Bai, so much that her face turned pale and bloodless.

"Eek!!" The girl quickly squatted down on the ground, covering her head with both hands and curling herself into a ball. This is the classic defensive posture 'head-covering squat defense'.

"Alright, Ritsu-senpai, Mio-senpai isn't good at dealing with ghosts and the like." Nakano Azusa was also a little scared by what was said, and unconsciously shrank closer to Dongfang Bai.

"No, actually, there have been supernatural events at school at night, probably because all the students have gone home and the school is empty," Dongfang Bai suddenly said.

This time, not only Nakano Azusa and Akiyama Mio, but even Ritsu, who had just been telling ghost stories to scare Akiyama Mio, was terrified.

"Really?" Ritsu Tainaka swallowed hard. She had just said it casually; she had seen those words online and used them because she thought they were funny.

Could it be that she was right?

"Ah, speaking of which, I forgot to mention something." Kotobuki Tsumugi suddenly extended her index finger, tilted her head, and slowly spoke as if she were pondering something.

"Actually, I didn't come out with everyone. I came back after using the restroom and found that everyone was gone, so I'm still in the activity room making tea and waiting for everyone to go back."

"...?" Ritsu Tainaka's face turned ashen.

So who is Kotobuki Tsumugi who is here now?

"Mio-chan?!" Hirasawa exclaimed in surprise. Akiyama Mio, who was crouching with her head in her hands, was so frightened that she fainted. Dongfang Bai skillfully picked her up. This wasn't the first or second time she had fainted from fright.

"Tsumugi, is that enough?"

"Hehe?" Kotobuki Tsumugi blinked and gave a happy smile. This was the first time she had successfully scared someone. Actually, she was just continuing what Dongfang Bai had said, but she didn't expect it to work so well.

"So it was just a scare tactic..."

Ritsu Tainaka wiped away non-existent cold sweat from her forehead. She almost really thought she had encountered some kind of supernatural event. Even though her personality and habits were more like a boy's, she was still a girl after all, and it was normal for her to be afraid of ghosts.

"Alright, it's about time to go back to the activity room. Look, it will take at least half an hour for Mio to wake up, and..." Dongfang Bai glanced at Azusa, who was clinging to him.

Her face was pale, and her two black pigtails were trembling slightly. The girl was breathing heavily, clearly quite frightened.

……

"Was I asleep? It was just a dream, thank goodness..." Akiyama Mio rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up. She looked around and realized she was still in the Light Music Club. It seemed that everything that had just happened was just a dream.

Oh no, why did I have such a terrible dream?

"It's not a dream~" Ritsu Tainaka suddenly appeared next to her, startling Mio Akiyama so much that she reflexively threw a punch.

After a while.

"So, this is the result of your own actions. You knew Mio had just fainted from fright, yet you still went and scared her again. Now look what happened. Even a rabbit will bite when cornered." Dongfang Bai rolled his eyes, looking at the bulging red bump on Tainaka Ritsu's head.

Even without seeing the crime scene, he could imagine how ridiculous the scene must have been just by looking at the big red bump on Ritsu Tainaka's head.

"Ouch! Yui, stop poking my sac..." Ritsu Tainaka clutched her head in pain when Yui Hirasawa poked her with her finger, tears welling in her eyes.

"Hmph." Akiyama Mio crossed her arms over her chest, her face cold. It seemed that she was still angry, but seeing Ritsu's miserable appearance, she couldn't help but laugh out loud again.

"Alright, everyone, let's hurry up and practice! It's getting late without us realizing it, and tomorrow is the seniors' last school festival." Nakano Azusa said anxiously, even though it should be these seniors who are worried.

This was their last school festival, after which they would graduate, but they all acted as if nothing was wrong, completely unconcerned. It was their junior, Nakano Azusa, who was anxious.

"But it's almost eleven o'clock already. Even if the Light Music Club has good soundproofing, there will still be some slight noises leaking out and disturbing others, right?" Dongfang Bai glanced at the time. At this point, even other clubs should be asleep, so it's not a good time to practice.

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"Huh?!? But we didn't practice much today, so what's the point of staying overnight..." Nakano Azusa was dumbfounded. She thought the previous practice was just an appetizer, but she didn't expect it to be all the practice for tonight.

“We can be a little quieter~” Hirasawa Yui suddenly raised her right hand and suggested. Just as everyone was confused, she reached out, picked up her guitar, and then gently strummed it.

duang~

This note was the beginning, and then the girl began to play slowly and gently, but because the intensity was too light and the pitch was very low, the originally cheerful tune now sounded like a dirge from the underworld.

Playing this kind of music so late at night is a bit too scary...

"There's no way to practice like this." Nakano Azusa sighed helplessly. It seemed that today's practice would have to be canceled.

"There's no other way, let's get up early tomorrow and practice a bit, then go to sleep." Dongfang Bai had already changed into loose sportswear as pajamas, and then immediately crawled into the sleeping bag that Xiao Zuo had brought over.

"Senior Bai just fell asleep like that..."

Nakano Azusa looked at Dongfang Bai, who had crawled straight into the sleeping bag, and couldn't help but make a comment. She then subconsciously glanced at Kotobuki Tsumugi next to her and found that she had fallen asleep on the sleeping bag before she even had a chance to crawl in.

The young lady must be very tired by now, having had a crazy day.

"Then hurry up and go to sleep. Which guy said he was going to practice all night? Now it's turned into drinking tea all night." Ritsu Tainaka stuffed a potato chip into his mouth and slowly crawled into his sleeping bag.

"Isn't that what you said?!"

Nakano Azusa watched the group of people around her playfully bickering, chuckled helplessly, and casually untied the hair tie that bound her twin ponytails, letting her smooth black hair fall down.

“…~‖…” Nakano Azusa’s gaze fell on Dongfang Bai’s face. Unlike the other excited girls, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep. It was hard to understand why he was so fast.

However, even like this, Senior Baek is still very handsome!

"Azusa? What are you daydreaming about?" Akiyama Mio asked softly beside her, startling Azusa. In her panic, she blurted out a random word and immediately crawled into her sleeping bag.

……

In the middle of the night, Dongfang Bai felt something hit his abdomen, waking him up from his sleep. When he opened his eyes, he saw Hirasawa Yui sleeping in an extremely strange posture. Just now, she had hit his abdomen with her head.

"So Tsumugi's eyebrows are made of pickled radishes~"

"What kind of strange dream did I have?" Dongfang Bai scratched his cheek, then stretched, untied his sleeping bag and came out. He had just woken up and was going to the toilet when he realized that someone seemed to be missing from the activity room.

Where's Mio?

With doubts in his mind, Dongfang Bai opened the door of the activity room and walked towards the toilet.

At this moment, Akiyama Mio was leaning against the sink between the men's and women's restrooms, staring at the mirror with a flushed face.

"One more time!"

"Hoo! Hoo! Bai Jun, actually, I've always had feelings for you..."

"What about me?" Dongfang Bai suddenly moved closer to Qiushan Mio. This ghost-like appearance startled Qiushan Mio so much that she almost jumped up on the spot. She took several steps back in fright, her voice trembling.

"W-wh...how did Bai Jun suddenly appear here?"

"I just came over to use the restroom, and then I realized you were gone, so I came over to look for you. I was about to call you when I got here, but I didn't expect you to not notice me at all."

Dongfang Bai was both amused and exasperated. He had just walked over to her side in a perfectly normal manner, but he hadn't expected that Akiyama Mio would be so startled. Was she completely immersed in her own world?

"Did you hear that just now?" Akiyama Mio was extremely embarrassed at this moment, her face was as red as if it had been doused with cold water and was now steaming.

Honestly, how could she not have noticed that Dongfang Bai was right next to her, and say those things so seriously? What if he had heard her? Wouldn't she have been so embarrassed she wanted to die?!

"Well, I overheard a little bit, so what does Mio plan to say?"

Dongfang Bai's seemingly lazy expression actually carried a hint of seriousness. To be honest, he had long known about Akiyama Mio's feelings, but the other party was just too shy.

Moreover, there are always other people around Akiyama Mio. The members of the Light Music Club are a whole, and there are very few situations where he and Akiyama Mio are alone together.

Even if they were actually alone together, given the other person's personality, it would be a miracle if they didn't faint from embarrassment, let alone take the initiative to suggest dating.

She kept putting it off, and before long she was in her final year of high school. Although Akiyama Mio wasn't as easily shy as she was in her first year, she was pretty much the same. It was just that this opportunity to spend time alone with someone was really rare.