Aspiring to be a girl in a band

"Um... Arakawa-san is very tired today, let her rest for a while, okay?"

The light wasn't very loud, but fortunately the classroom was quiet, so everyone could hear it clearly.

As the class mascot, the lamp clearly holds a very high "status".

At her urging, everyone gave up on disturbing Arakawa Kirika and returned to their seats.

After seeing the others off, Akari smiled and patted Arakawa Kirika on the back, comforting her.

"It's all alright now, everyone's gone."

Arakawa Kirika didn't want to reply. She had only pretended to be asleep at first, but after a few seconds she really started to feel sleepy.

It seems that a cup of hot milk alone is far from enough to meet her energy needs.

"Wake me up when class starts."

With a final, faint murmur, Arakawa Kirika finally fell into a deep sleep.

Looking at Arakawa Kirika like this, Takamatsu Akari couldn't help but smile.

……

Finally, school was over.

At noon, it was Takamatsu Akari who invited Arakawa Kirika, but in the afternoon, it was Arakawa Kirika who took the initiative to follow behind Takamatsu Akari.

The two headed towards the Astronomy Department again.

Takamatsu held Arakawa Kirika's hand tightly, preventing her from being swept away by the surging crowd.

Just then.

Takamatsu Todora... slowly stopped in her tracks, completely stunned on the spot.

She seemed so helpless, like a child who had done something wrong.

Arakawa Kirika, noticing this, listlessly raised her head.

The person in front of them was...

Toyokawa Shoko.

Arakawa Kirika began to have doubts.

Because the dam (three) neighboring spirit 〒〇 chess j?iu (eight) Linmeng Gaosong Deng behaved so strangely, as if he had lost all his ability to act.

The two of them, they were just in a band together.

As for behaving like a young wife caught cheating?

Could it be that……

Arakawa Kirika thought of a possibility, so she tilted her head.

Could these two people be...?

predecessor?

Although she wasn't interested in most things in energy-saving mode, this interesting development still managed to perk her up a little.

...Chunliuling (}0 Two) Umbrella Si Ba Si

Toyokawa Shoko's complexion wasn't much better than the lamp's.

She was first surprised, then confused, and finally, her expression turned to anger.

Surprisingly, Arakawa Kirika was actually acting with Akari.

Confused as to why Arakawa Kirika had become so weak again.

I'm furious... Arakawa Kirika really has her eye on Touka. After hurting me, this scumbag is still not satisfied and is now going after Touka.

As Deng watched Xiangzi's expression gradually turn to anger, his mood instantly plummeted.

She clearly misunderstood.

what……

As expected, Xiangzi was still angry with me.

It's all my fault that Crychic disbanded.

If I could sing better...

A pang of sorrow shot through her heart, and Deng's eyes quickly reddened. In front of Xiangzi, she was just as easily moved as before.

"Ugh……"

?

The lamp saw Xiangzi sigh deeply.

Xiangzi seemed to have made some extremely unwilling decision, and then slowly walked over and stood in front of the lamp.

This surprised and delighted Deng, and the sadness he had felt just moments before was completely washed away.

Since she entered high school, she has never been able to say a single word to Xiangzi.

Despite their wonderful past, the two acted as strangers on campus, and on the few occasions they bumped into each other, they pretended not to know each other and hurriedly passed by.

"What is her current condition?"

Xiangzi tucked a strand of hair behind his ear and then asked calmly.

Hearing that familiar tone of voice from his memory, the sensitive Deng almost burst into tears of joy.

"I don't know, Arakawa-kun started acting like this around noon today..."

This is the truth.

Even now, Akari still doesn't understand why Arakawa Kirika suddenly became so docile and weak.

"Is that so?"

Xiangzi's eyes darted around, suggesting that her inner world wasn't as calm as it appeared.

"Deng, you're the head of the Astronomy Department, right...? Let's... move her to the activity room first."

Xiangzi said in a low voice.

But as soon as he said those words, Xiangzi immediately began to reflect on his actions.

She was surprised at how pathetic she was.

She even suspected she had contracted Stockholm disease.

Even though this scumbag hurt me so much, I still can't help... being nice to him.

Lamp (tomori)……

As Deng heard Xiangzi pronounce his name, he felt a warm current flow into his heart.

In that moment, she seemed to rediscover that feeling of happiness she once had.

So she wiped her eyes, not wanting Xiangzi to see her tears.

If Xiangzi had simply called her "Takamatsu-kun," she definitely would have burst into tears.

But what she heard was "tomori".

This shows that even if the two haven't communicated for a long time, and even if they've been playing the role of strangers, they still have a place for each other in their hearts.

Book 1: Chapter 34 The Devil's Whisper

The three arrived at the Lantern Astronomy Department.

After placing Arakawa Kirika on the chair, Shoko hurriedly closed the door.

Along the way, the trio attracted a lot of curious glances.

After the door was closed, the atmosphere became awkward.

In front of Xiangzi, the lamp was like a wilted eggplant, drooping its head, completely unable to look the other person in the eye.

Arakawa Kirika rested her head on the table, watching the two of them.

At first, she was hoping that the two people in front of her would put on a dramatic emotional show for her, but the two of them maintained an eerie atmosphere and neither of them was willing to speak first.

This disappointed Arakawa Kirika, so she closed her eyes.

In the end, it was Miss Xiangzi who was the first to show her resolve.

She raised her head, looked at the lamp, and asked.

"Has she eaten anything today?"

Having been through this before, Xiangzi naturally knew what Arakawa Kirika's current situation was, so he went straight to the heart of the matter.

Finally, the lamp stopped pretending to be a puppet and carefully raised its head.

"The classmates fed Arakawa... but Arakawa didn't eat any snacks or drinks, only drank a cup of hot milk."

Deng stole glances at Xiangzi's face and spoke timidly.

Xiangzi immediately gritted his teeth.

She knew that Arakawa Kirika's willfulness was a terminal illness.

If you're still being picky about food at this point, how come you won't starve to death?

As Xiangzi thought about it, he glared angrily at Arakawa Kirika.

But Arakawa Kirika had already closed her eyes and knew nothing about it.

But in the end, her attitude softened.

She continued speaking to the lamp.

"Well... Deng, you stay here and watch over her. I'm going to buy something."

"……Um."

Deng nodded happily as he listened to Xiangzi's gentle voice.

……

Xiangzi arrived at the store on campus.