After dropping out of school, I chose to join a girls' band.

Lixi took out her phone, opened a social media app, and sent out several messages with a few taps on the screen.

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Rewind to half an hour earlier, when the Yuqiu trio that Lixi was talking about were still at school.

Today, Aine is on duty in the class, so there are only two people in the Haneoka Astronomy Club: Tsuki and Kotomi.

In the afternoon sunlight, the room of the Haneoka Astronomy Club was filled with a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere. The leaves outside the window swayed gently in the breeze, and sunlight streamed into the room through the window.

Hinasaki was sitting on the sofa, her fingers swiping across the screen in front of her, occasionally pausing at a key paragraph, her brows furrowed slightly, her fingers unconsciously tapping on the back of her phone, indicating her inner doubts.

This is the latest sheet music that Lixi sent her this morning. It seems that Lixi removed all the parts that were added yesterday, which were supposed to be for Lena, and added some parts for her and Aine to fill in the gaps in Lena's music.

Xiao Deng, sitting at the table, was intently drawing a constellation diagram in her notebook. The pencil moved lightly and accurately in her hand, drawing clear and orderly lines connecting the stars. Her eyes were fixed on the paper, meticulously completing each stroke.

After Yue finished looking at the sheet music, she realized that it was almost time for her band to meet. She put down her phone and asked Gao Songdeng.

"Xiao Deng, our practice time is almost up. Shouldn't we go find Ai Yin?"

However, Takamatsu Akari continued to scribble and draw on the table, seemingly oblivious to what Tsuki had said. Seeing this, Tsuki stood up and walked over to Akari's side.

A list of constellations visible in summer?

Yue looked at Xiaodeng's notes on astronomy club activities with focused attention and curiosity, and softly read the contents aloud.

"Is Deneb in Cygnus, Altair in Aquila, and Vega in Lyra the same star as the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl? Can these three stars together form the Summer Triangle?"

"Ugh!!!"

"Ugh!!!"

As she finished the last stroke, Takamatsu Akari finally snapped out of her focused state. She turned her head and saw Yue's face, letting out a gasp. Startled by Akari's actions, Yue couldn't help but gasp as well.

"moon……?"

"Little Lamp, did you just notice I was next to you? I thought you should have already seen me. I called you earlier."

Seeing the puzzled look on Xiaodeng's face, Yue took the initiative to explain.

"Sorry……"

The lamp's sound was soft and slightly apologetic. She looked up, her gaze meeting the moon's, her eyes revealing a hint of guilt and understanding.

"It's okay, Xiaodeng, what are you writing?"

Yue smiled slightly and gently shook her head, indicating that she didn't mind.

"Eh..."

Xiao Deng subconsciously covered the notebook with her hand, as if trying to hide its contents.

"Ah... there's no need to hide it anymore. If it's something that's private about the little lamp, I won't look at it."

Yue watched Xiaodeng's movements and said.

“...That’s a picture of the constellations...I copied it from the picture book.”

Xiaodeng shook her head, handed the notebook to Yue, and showed her the star map she had drawn on it.

"That sounds really difficult."

Yue gazed at the meticulously drawn star map in the notebook, her eyes sparkling with amazement.

"Yes, this is an event organized by the Astronomy Department."

The lamp then explained.

"Ah, that's true. The Astronomy Department also needs to hold various events."

When Yue said this, she felt a little guilty, because she and Aine were both members of the Astronomy Club, but they had never written anything like an activity record.

In fact, apart from the trip to the observatory with Tsuki and Tohka, she didn't seem to do anything related to the Astronomy Department.

"Speaking of which... what does Xiaodeng usually do?"

Yue tried to recall her daily life with Akari in the Astronomy Club.

Most of the time, just like today, she watched Aine practice guitar in the astronomy club, while Kodama did her own thing at the table next to her.

For example, one day Yue saw Tamamo polishing a stone. At that time, Aine asked Tamamo what she was doing, and Tamamo replied that she wanted to polish the stone into the shape of a star.

Then one day, I saw Akari on the table in the Astronomy Department that there were all kinds of band-aids with star patterns. According to Akari, she had collected them and wanted to classify them according to the seasons.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that she and Aine really weren't involved in any of the Astronomy Club's "activities." Does her reading the script about Starlight in the Astronomy Club count?

But even what the lamp did doesn't seem like something a normal astronomy department would do...

Speaking of stars…

Yue then remembered Masumi Toyama, the lead singer of poppin'party, whom she had met yesterday. It seemed that Masumi also liked stars.

'Perhaps Kasumi and Koyuki would have something in common?'

Yue tried to imagine the scene of Kasumi meeting Akari; the two of them would probably say things that no one could understand...

"But speaking of the Astronomy Department, it seems we haven't been conducting any astronomical observations?"

The moon asked the little lamp.

"Ah... actually, we are doing that."

"Huh? I didn't see it before..." Yue suddenly remembered the telescope she saw at Xiaodeng's house before, "Does Xiaodeng observe the stars at home?"

Lamp added, "Yeah... we'll also go to the planetarium or the school rooftop that we went to with Tsuki before."

"Little Lamp really loves stars. Lamp, what do you like about stars? I like the meanings that stars represent."

"Eh...where?"

The lamp seemed to have never thought about this question before, so when Yue asked it, it paused for a moment and began to think.

"Hmm... stars have all sorts of colors and shapes? That's... interesting?"

"That's a very Xiaodeng-style answer, but if Xiaodeng likes it, she can be a little more confident."

Seeing Xiaodeng's lack of confidence, Yue encouraged her.

"……Um"

The little lamp nodded to indicate that it understood.

"But stargazing... Xiaodeng, when can we come to school with Aine to look at the stars at night?"

Suddenly, Yue had a whimsical idea and suggested it to the lamp.

"...Huh?"

Xiaodeng didn't reject Yue's suggestion, but she was a little puzzled by the time period she mentioned.

"Doing astronomical observations at school at night, doesn't that sound dazzling and exciting?"

"And who knows, you might even run into the ghost classmates that Afterglow and his seniors encountered before. Don't you want to go and take a look, Little Lantern?"

With a smile, Yue told a terrifying story: if you really see the legendary ghost classmate, then you have to question what kind of feeling of being moved she was referring to.

"...If Ghost really exists, she must be very lonely. If we all come to stargaze together, we can play with her too."

When Tsuki heard Yue mention the legend of the ghost classmates at Haneoka Girls' Academy again, a look of concern appeared on Xiaodeng's face.

"Waaah... Little Lamp, Moon, why are you still here? I sent you messages but you didn't reply."

Aine suddenly pushed open the door to the Astronomy Department and barged in.

"It's almost time for the agreed training session. If we don't leave soon, Lixi will scold us again."

"!!!" Yue belatedly glanced at her phone and saw several unread messages from Ai Yin. After unlocking it, she saw that the time on the screen was indeed approaching the scheduled practice time.

"Oh right... I was just about to call for the lantern to get ready to leave, but I forgot about it once I started talking."

"Let's talk about stargazing another time. Let's hurry up and go now."

As Yue spoke, she picked up her bag, locked the Astronomy Department door with Ling*@-m!e#n$g%Dream^First&M and musical instruments, and started running outside with Deng and Aine, completely ignoring the "No Running in the Corridor" sign posted in the corridor.

"Let me catch my breath... Also, Xiaoyue, what do you mean by stargazing?"

Ai-yin, who had rushed over from the classroom, was still catching her breath when Yue pulled her along again.

Just as the three were rushing from Haneoka toward Ring to perform the essential Japanese drama routine, a familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar character appeared in the recording studio the band had booked.

"Not everyone's here. Aren't we training today?"

Kaoru pushed open the recording studio door on her own and walked in with her musical instruments and equipment.

"Ah!! A stray cat!"

"Rakuna-chan?!"

Lixi and Sushi said as they saw Lena walk in.

"Honestly, if you're not coming to training, can't you at least tell us properly?"

Just as Lixi was scolding the innocent-looking Yao Lena, Yue and the other two came in, panting.

"Sorry, it's Aine's turn to be on duty today, so we're late."

Tsuki explained, and then noticed Kaname standing there.

"Hey? Lena? You're here today."

"Yes! Here it comes."

Lena nodded. "The band is all here, aren't we practicing?"

"Before we start training, I still want to make things clear to you about the band training."

Seeing that Riki's expression was not good, Aine carefully approached with the lamp.

"We hope that Lena will let us know before she comes."

Su Shi spoke up to help Le Nai translate Li hope's words.

"Hmm...Here you go!" Le Nai took her phone out of her pocket and handed it to Li hope.

Li hope accepted the phone without hesitation, opened the app, added Le Nai to the group, and then returned the phone to her.

"I've added you to the group chat, so please don't miss out from now on."

Seeing Lena's nonchalant expression, Lixi quickly added, "And don't be late."