Lonely Rock: Love Songs Dedicated to the Stars

"Xingge, could you go get the package for Mom?"

"Okay." Xingge agreed after hearing Aunt Yidizhi's words, and got up to go to the courier station.

Yuzhen stayed in Xingge's bedroom to continue writing the report. His goal for the day was to finish the remaining half; he didn't plan to put it off until tomorrow.

But after a while, he put down his pen. He had been sitting for too long, and his back was starting to hurt, so he stood up, stretched, and rubbed his lower back with his fist.

"Is my brother feeling unwell?"

Hongxia ran into Xingge's bedroom and saw Youzhen rubbing her lower back.

“Hongxia, come and give your brother a back massage.”

"Okay, then I'll leave it to Hongxia."

Yuma lay down on Hoshika's bed as Hongxia requested, and then he felt Hongxia's little fists pounding on his body, the force so light it was negligible. However, Hongxia was quite energetic, and Yuma didn't want to dampen her enthusiasm.

Hongxia also realized that she was too weak. She offered to help, but couldn't. She stopped and thought for a moment, then climbed onto the bed and stepped on Youzhen's back.

"Hongxia, didn't you say you'd give your brother a back massage?" Yuma clearly felt Hongxia stepping on his back. "Why are you suddenly standing on me?"

“Because I’m too weak.” Hongxia said, lifting her foot and stomping on it. “My brother always goes along with me, but I’ve never really helped him. This time I want to help him.”

"What a good child, then I'll leave it to you."

To be honest, although it wasn't very aesthetically pleasing, Hongxia's weight was just right, and Yuzhen really felt quite comfortable. However, just as he felt his fatigue was being relieved, his head was stepped on, and his face was forced to be buried in the blanket.

"Hongxia, you've come to the wrong place."

"I don't see anything wrong with it."

'No! That voice isn't Nijigasa's, it's Hoshika-senpai's!'

Yuzhen felt a large "danger" sign appear above his head. He turned his head with difficulty and saw that it was Xingge stepping on him. She was stepping on his head with her left foot.

Hongxia got off Youzhen, and Xingge withdrew her foot, letting Hongxia go out first.

"Hmph, you know how to enjoy yourself." Xingge closed the door, and in Youzhen's eyes, her face seemed to be instantly shrouded in a shadow.

Yuzhen was still lying on the bed. He looked at Xingge, whose face was full of displeasure, and buried his face in the quilt again.

"Are you still lying there? Get up now."

Xingge raised her foot and kicked Youzhen.

"Senior, you're not jealous of your sister, are you?"

Yuzhen's voice came through the blanket; his face was still buried in the blanket, and his voice sounded a little muffled.

"How could I possibly be jealous of her?" Xingge stood by the bed with her arms crossed, staring intently at the guy in front of her who was burying his head in the sand like an ostrich, trying to escape reality. "What kind of image do you have of me?"

"To be honest, Senior Xingge, my back still hurts."

What are you trying to say?

"Senior Xingge, could you please step on this for me?"

"what?"

Xingge realized that he was certain that Xingge wouldn't do anything to him.

"Have you thought it through? I'm not as light as Hongxia."

“It’s okay, I just want to relax right now.” Yuuma’s voice came again. “Please, senpai. I promise you I will never forget the feeling that is about to come. Come on, don’t hold back.”

"How disgusting! Get up now, I'm not angry anymore, okay?"

When Yuzhen heard her say that, he got up from the bed and sat on the edge of it. Then Xingge stepped on his chest, forcing him to lie back down on the bed.

"Idiot, you believed it so easily."

She also stood on the bed, placing one foot on Yuzhen's chest to prevent him from getting up.

"I only believe it because it's Senior Xingge."

Yu-ma looked at the foot stepping on his chest and realized that Hoshigo wasn't wearing socks. He must have taken them off when he got home because it was too hot.

"Senior, may I take off my shirt? Please don't misunderstand, I'm just hot." Yuma looked at Hoshika with sincere eyes. "Or, could you put on some socks before you step in?"

Xingge glanced at the air conditioner, which was set to 18°C, and moved her feet away.

"You rascal... get up, I'm not angry anymore."

Chapter 69 Did they have a fight?

As Aikawa Mo sat in the classroom, he sensed that something was off about the atmosphere.

He tried to figure out what was wrong, but everything he looked at seemed the same as usual. Then, when he turned and looked at the last row of the classroom, he suddenly had a feeling—was he seeing things?

Class hadn't even started yet, but Kenzaki Yuuma was doing a math test, and Ijichi Seika was staring out the window, lost in thought. This was very unusual. If it were before, Yuuma would have been chatting with Seika, then suddenly saying something that would make Seika blush, and Seika would have caught him and scolded him.

These two guys are unusually quiet today, which is very unusual.

Did you notice it too?

Ueshiro Yuzuki appeared next to Aikawa at some point, looking at the two people in the back row with a solemn expression.

"What's wrong with those two? Did they have a fight?"

"I don't know, but it feels really strange." Aikawa looked at the two people in the back row. He saw that the two of them had just made eye contact, but then immediately looked away. This was too abnormal. "It feels like something happened. I'm really curious now."

They decided to observe the situation during their lunch break. If Yuzhen and Xingge didn't have lunch together, they would take the opportunity to try and get some information from them.

……

The morning classes ended, and lunch break arrived as scheduled.

Yuma took out a bento box from his bag, intending to invite Hoshika to have lunch on the rooftop as usual. But he suddenly stopped and went out alone.

Aikawa winked at Ueshiro, then grabbed his bento and headed out to catch up with Yuuma. Ueshiro, meanwhile, walked up to Hoshika with his bento and asked her:

"Shall we have lunch together today?"

“Okay, I was planning to be alone today anyway.” Xingge didn’t refuse her, nor did she go out to chase after Youzhen. She pulled Youzhen’s table next to hers and joined it with her own, then ate and chatted with Shangcheng.

"Why didn't you have lunch with Kenzaki today?" Kamishiro asked, picking up a piece of fried chicken from his bento box and offering it to Hoshika. "Weren't you two always together?"

Xingge also pushed her lunchbox a little towards the upper city to make it easier for the two of them to exchange it.

"Today is a special case." She looked down at the bento box on the table, poking at the rice with her chopsticks, and it was clear that she was also very unsettled.

"Special circumstances?" Shangcheng looked at Xingge with suspicion. She felt that the two must have had a fight, and it might involve something serious, otherwise how could they suddenly go from being inseparable to not saying a word to each other?

Uesugi couldn't help but worry about Aikawa's situation, hoping that the guy would consider the occasion when he spoke and not say anything that would provoke Kenzaki Yuuma.

Are you and Ichiji breaking up?

Aikawa and Yuuma sat on a bench on the rooftop. He didn't stand on ceremony with Yuuma and immediately asked the question he most wanted to ask.

Kenzaki Yuuma had just taken a sip of orange juice when he heard what this guy said and choked a little.

"Ahem... What are you saying?"

Yuma tapped Aikawa on the head with the end of her chopsticks, clearly annoyed.

"How could we possibly break up? Wait, what do you mean by asking that question?"

"I was just a little worried because it seemed like you two had a fight today," Aikawa said honestly. "So, did you two really have a fight?"

"There was no argument, just some special circumstances."

"What? Tell me about it, okay? If it's something that's really upsetting, talking to me will make you feel better, right?"

Being pestered by Aikawa, Yuuma felt like he couldn't even eat properly. Anyway, since Hoshika-senpai hadn't told him not to tell anyone, Yuuma decided to tell Aikawa the truth to suppress his curiosity.

"It's very simple. It's just that we made a bet last night."

In Yuuma's memory, he successfully escaped from Ijichi Hoshika's feet yesterday. To put it simply, Hoshika had an inspiration and was in a hurry to write a report, so she let him go.

After that, the two remained quiet for quite a long time, with only the sound of writing filling the room.

After being fully recovered from being stepped on the back by Hongxia and Xingge, Youzhen quickly finished writing the rest of the report. With nothing else to do, he took out the test papers he had bought and started doing math problems.

"Isn't it only May? Why are you already doing practice problems?"

Xingge, who had put down her pen to rest, stretched her stiff arms and saw Youzhen working on a math test with her head down. But it was only May, and the final exams were at the end of June, so there was still plenty of time.

“Senior, we can’t relax for a moment.” Yuzhen didn’t look up, still scribbling on the draft paper. “I plan to take the college entrance exam, so of course I need to start preparing in advance.”

"Given how things are now, how busy will you be next year?"

Xingge looked at Youzhen, who didn't even look up, and thought about what might happen next year. Would Youzhen then only care about studying and not spend time with her? Xingge felt a little sad just thinking about it.

However, if she were to spend time with him, it would waste Yuzhen's study time, and she felt bad about that.

Then Xingge thought of the youth romance dramas she watched. Her original intention in watching these shows was to learn how to get along better with her boyfriend, but she found that the relationship between the male and female leads in the dramas seemed even worse than theirs.

However, she still saw something quite useful. The male protagonist, focused on studying for his exams, neglected the female protagonist's feelings, causing her to throw a tantrum, leading to a fight and almost a breakup.

"We don't think we've ever had a fight, have we?"

Xingge reflected on everything that had happened between them since they started dating. At most, they would bicker, but they never seemed to get really angry with each other.

"Why are you thinking about this kind of thing, senior?" Yuma finally raised her head. "Do you really want me to argue with you? And how did you end up thinking about arguing instead of studying for exams?"

"Don't worry about that. How about we make a bet?"

"Why are you making bets with me again, all on your own?" Yuzhen scratched his head, not understanding what Xingge was thinking. "Never mind, whatever makes you happy, senpai. What are we betting on?"

Xingge stared at Youzhen for a moment, then told him about the bet: "Tomorrow we won't talk to each other. Whoever talks to the other first loses, how about it? Let's simulate a cold war after an argument and let me experience it."

"No. Why would you want to experience something like this, senpai?" Yuuma looked troubled. "Besides, I might die if I don't talk to you for a day."

"It's not that serious. Help me out, I want to experience a complete relationship."

Actually, Hoshika's thoughts were different. With Kenzaki Yuuma's daily companionship, she was slowly getting used to life without him. If Yuuma really neglected her because of studying, she could use this simulation to get used to it in advance.

She wanted to try her best not to cause trouble for Yuma.

"Senior, a relationship can be complete even without arguing. I think this kind of thing is completely unnecessary."

“Then…” Xingge thought for a moment, “How about the loser agrees to one condition proposed by the winner? But it can’t be too unreasonable.”

"I will win."

This trick really worked on Yuu.