Aspiring to be a girl in a band

After giving Aine a perfunctory reply, Arakawa Kirika looked at the lantern again.

"lamp."

Arakawa Kirika called out Toki's name while waving to her.

After a moment's hesitation, the lamp moved and sat back down next to Arakawa Kirika.

Arakawa Kirika could tell that Akari's feelings were definitely complicated right now.

So she didn't attack the lamp again, but just casually asked a question.

"Is the light angry?"

To Arakawa Kirika's question, Touka quickly shook her head.

"Absolutely not..."

"So I hit you too hard? Do you need me to rub it for you?"

Upon hearing the lantern's reply, Arakawa Kirika immediately reverted to her ambiguous smile and continued her verbal teasing.

Well……

Arakawa Kirika's words instantly brought Akari's memory back to ten minutes earlier.

The lamp still vividly remembers the feeling of Arakawa Kirika's palm slapping its buttocks.

The more I recall that tingling sensation, the more it makes my current mood...itchy too.

But... now is not the time to worry about such things.

The lamp took a deep breath and patted its face.

She hadn't forgotten her purpose.

She looked up at Arakawa Kirika.

"I want to talk to Xiangzi tomorrow."

Looking into those determined eyes, Arakawa Kirika simply nodded slightly, indicating that she already knew about it.

Deng felt that her palms were sweating profusely.

She sighed deeply.

Deng had never imagined what it would be like to have an equal conversation with Xiangzi.

In her memory, Xiangzi was always the one in control.

The sentences in her diary were originally just her own thoughts, but Xiangzi thought they were lyrics, so he turned them into lyrics and sang them to himself.

Xiangzi felt that it was best for herself to sing the songs she wrote, which is why she became the lead singer.

Deng felt like Cinderella in a fairy tale, only by being bathed in Xiangzi's magic could she become a dazzling existence.

It has always been Xiangzi who has been driving her and the band forward.

Having always enjoyed being taken care of, what right did Deng have to have an equal conversation with Xiangzi? Deng felt a little insecure.

"I don't know... if I'll be able to talk to Xiangzi smoothly."

The lamp seemed to be talking to herself, but her gaze kept drifting towards Arakawa Kirika, clearly trying to get an answer from her.

"That's where you fall short of Aine, Akari."

Arakawa Kirika naturally pulled the lantern into her arms, then gently pinched the lantern's earlobe with her fingers.

I'm not as good as Aine in some ways...

Akari noticed Arakawa Kirika's actions, but she was more concerned about what Arakawa Kirika had said.

"Well, if it were Aine, she would never ask such a boring question. But that's what makes Akari interesting, so I forgive you."

Arakawa Kirika chuckled softly.

"Just do whatever comes to mind, Lamp. That's all the advice I can give you."

"Even if Xiangzi wants to avoid you, Yuqiu is such a small place, where can she hide?"

……

The lamp remained silent, somewhat envious of Arakawa Kirika's effortless and composed attitude towards everything.

But she couldn't learn it.

She couldn't possibly have the same ideas as Arakawa Kirika.

For the lamp, the first battle is the final battle.

If her courage was shattered by Xiangzi during her first charge, she would have no way to fight again.

Arakawa Kirika quickly understood what Akari was thinking when she saw Akari's somewhat dejected expression.

But... she has never been good at encouraging others.

She prefers using threats to encouragement, so she said.

"Something's really bothering me today, you know what, the light."

Arakawa Kirika suppressed her smile.

Eh?

The lamp was a little puzzled as to why Arakawa Kirika had suddenly become serious.

She felt completely lost, so she could only shake her head.

Then Arakawa Kirika continued.

"Today, Deng said to everyone in the band, 'Together forever,' right?"

Arakawa Kirika's tone gradually turned cold, and the oppressive aura contained within it began to emerge.

The sensitive Akari tensed up immediately, because she could tell that Arakawa Kirika was genuinely angry.

But... I don't understand what exactly made Arakawa Kirika angry.

So she could only answer blankly.

"Um……"

"What a pity."

Arakawa Kirika sighed.

"I thought the lamp would only say that to me, but now it seems that the lamp can easily say that to anyone."

Eh?

Seeing the look of disappointment on Arakawa Kirika's face, Akari felt as if her heart was being torn apart.

She instinctively felt that Arakawa Kirika's words just now had a sense of equivocation, but now Akari felt that her thoughts were a mess.

The lamp tried its best to clear its thoughts.

What's most important to her right now?

"No...that's not it."

The lamp's tone became very excited; she was eager to prove her feelings.

"Although... I did tell everyone... and I genuinely wanted to be with everyone for the rest of my life, even so, Kirika is... the most special one in my heart."

Arakawa Kirika's expression didn't show much change in response to the lantern's confession; she even deliberately put on a listless expression.

"Oh? Is that really the case? Is he even more special than Xiangzi?"

Arakawa Kirika's scarlet eyes were fixed on the lamp in front of her, as if she wanted to tear her apart.

She wanted to force the girl in front of her to make a cruel choice.

Sure enough, after Arakawa Kirika mentioned Shoko, Akari hesitated noticeably.

Arakawa Kirika savored the changing expressions on Touka's face, as well as the look of struggle she was experiencing.

But she seemed to feel that this was not enough and that she needed to add fuel to the fire.

So she got up, looked at the lamp with a disappointed expression, and turned to leave.

The lamp then came to its senses and quickly grabbed Arakawa Kirika's clothes.

"Let go."

Arakawa Kirika frowned and turned around to look.

For the first time, the lamp disobeyed her command.

"Didn't I already say... I want to be with Kirika forever?"

The lamp spoke in a low voice, its tone slightly trembling.

She slowly approached Arakawa Kirika, until she was close to her body, and then slowly raised her head.

Arakawa Kirika could clearly see the obvious blush on Akari's face and the faint glimmer of tears in the corners of her eyes.

(7) 侕删球司? (7) 〔傘死?裠糟……

Arakawa Kirika felt that the desire she had finally managed to suppress was surging up once again.

"Why...Mist Flower, are you unwilling to believe it..."

And me?

Before the last two words could be uttered, the lamp's pupils widened considerably.

Because she could feel something soft pressed against her lips, silencing her from saying anything more.

It was Arakawa Kirika who kissed her.

At that moment, all the words became unimportant.

The lamp could only respond to the other party clumsily, relying on instinct.

It wasn't until much later, when Akari felt she was almost suffocating, that Arakawa Kirika finally released her.

The lamp collapsed onto the sofa in the KTV, panting heavily.

She never imagined that doing this kind of thing would require such a huge amount of physical exertion.