Lonely Rock for the Blind.

Ichi Nijika took a box out from behind the drum set.

"What a coincidence! I brought one too!"

Kita Ikuyo also took out a large box.

"...Can...can I have one?"

Yamada Ryo opened his eyes wide and then asked the two of them.

"No."

Ichi Nijika shook her head expressionlessly in refusal.

"No, Ryo-senpai."

Kita Ikuyo declined with a touch of politeness.

"Gu..."

Yamada Ryo lowered his head and wiped away the tears from the corner of his mouth.

"...Give her a few to eat..."

Nekoyashiki Haru swallowed the chocolate biscuit in her mouth, then pulled out a handful from her stuffed pocket and handed it to Yamada Ryo.

"Give."

"Thank you, little cat!!!"

Yamada Ryo's eyes lit up, and he grabbed the chocolate biscuit and started crunching it away.

"Don't eat so fast, come on, have some water."

Haru Nekoyashiki, who wanted to escape the chocolate chip cookie hell, was unusually gentle towards Ryo Yamada, who could eat a lot.

"Thank you!"

Moved, Yamada Ryo wiped his mouth, drank the mineral water in one gulp, and then continued to nibble on the biscuits.

Ichika Niji and Kita Ikuyo stared blankly at Yamada Ryo.

"Ok?"

Yamada Ryo noticed the stares and paused for a moment before handing the two of them chocolate cookies.

"Do you want to eat? It's on me."

"Please my foot!"

"This was originally ours!"

The heavy atmosphere that Ichiji Nijika and Kita Ikuyo had just shared was instantly shattered.

Yamada Ryo nodded and continued munching on his chocolate chip biscuit.

Nekoyashiki Haru breathed a sigh of relief, but then her mood became serious again.

Yuyo and Nijika... isn't something a little off?

Compared to usual, his voice was noticeably several degrees deeper.

And they wouldn't stuff chocolate cookies into my hands like this, would they?

Nekoyashiki Haru narrowed her eyes behind her sunglasses.

Chapter 83 Click

"What's wrong? You seem troubled by something."

At the bar, Pa-san looked at Nekoyashiki Haru sitting on the other side, deep in thought, and asked.

Nekoyashiki Haru paused for a moment, then turned to Pa-san.

"No, it's just that I feel like Hongxia and the others are acting a little strange."

"Ok?"

Pa-san paused for a moment, then looked at the band members who were working behind him.

Kita Ikuyo vigorously mops the floor.

Nijika Ijichi is wiping the table.

Goto Ichiri, who hides in the box and occasionally pops out to blow away the dust.

And Yamada Ryo, who was dozing off.

"Is it just my imagination? I look perfectly normal."

Pa-san turned around and said to Nekoyashiki Haru.

"They were stuffing me with chocolate cookies like crazy during rehearsal."

"Nekoyashiki Haru said."

"Maybe he just likes you."

Pa-san smiled.

"After all, you are a very reliable senior."

Snapped.

The black-haired woman patted Nekoyashiki Haru on the shoulder.

"So, there's no need to think about it so much..."

Pa-san's voice suddenly stopped halfway through his sentence.

The green pupils caught a glimpse of red, and the gaze shifted away.

Beside her, Kita Ikuyo had appeared at some point.

Holding a mop, she looked at Pa-san with a bright, sunny smile.

Noticing that Pa-san was looking at her, Kita Ikuyo took out a chocolate cookie from her pocket.

"Would you like some chocolate chip cookies, Pa-san?"

“…Ah…th, thank you…”

Pa-san paused for a moment, then took the cookie.

Kita Ikuyo's smile widened even further.

"Pa-san...you really are a very mature woman!"

The sudden, seemingly unrelated praise startled Pa-san for a moment before he spoke.

"Thank...thank you for the compliment?"

"Okay! I'll go back to mopping then, ah, Nekoyashiki-senpai..."

Just as Kita Ikuyo was about to leave, she suddenly called out to Nekoyashiki Haru again.

Nekoyashiki Haru raised her head.

"...I'll do my best in tomorrow's practice with you!"

"Ah... um."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded.

Kita Ikuyo nodded with a smile, then picked up the mop and left.

"... "

Pa looked down at the chocolate biscuits.

Nekoyashiki Haru next to him is facing Pa-san.

"Look, doesn't something feel a little off?"

"...It seems...there is a little?"

Pa-san was also a little uncertain.

Nekoyashiki Haru sighed and shook her head.

"I hope it wasn't an argument... Arguments between band members can have a huge impact on the band."

"... "

Pa-san remained silent, then suddenly paused, looking at Nekoyashiki Haru.

"You said they gave you chocolate cookies? Could it be that your relationship with them is becoming strange?"

"It shouldn't be? They usually give me things like that, it's just that there are an unusually large number today."

Nekoyashiki Haru yawned and then said.

"Please pay more attention from now on, and resolve any problems as soon as possible."

Pa blinked.

"Because it affects the band? You really care about their band."

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru narrowed her eyes behind her sunglasses.

Yesterday, Ichi Nijika's words to him replayed in his mind.

I want to form a world-famous band.

Nekoyashiki Haru gave a soft laugh.

"After all, they are Hongxia's band, and there's nothing else I can do."

Pa-san stared at Nekoyashiki Haru for a moment, slightly taken aback.

"Why don't you just join them?"

Nekoyashiki Haru shook her head.

"Not yet. Although it's a bit of a boast, joining would feel like giving them a cheat code."