Momoi Taro wants to form a "don" brother duo, but it's a music anime.

Taro's solemn words shattered Aine's soft defenses. Her mirror-gray eyes welled up with tears, which streamed uncontrollably down her cheeks. "I can't do it! I can't work as hard as Nyanmu, I don't have the talent of Rina, and I can't be as strong as Taro..."

"I can do it!!" Taro's loud voice drowned out Aine's, stunning her. This was the first time in a week that she had seen Taro so excited: "Aine! I can do it!!"

"Why...why! Why did Taro choose someone like me? Why did he believe someone like me?!" Aine cried, tears streaming down her face, clutching Taro's sleeve tightly, sobbing as she asked him, "Hey...Taro, do you know? Something happened to me before..."

“I know!” Aine was surprised to receive a different answer from Taro. She looked at Taro in shock, but his eyes did not change at all. He said, “Although I don’t know exactly what you encountered, I do know.”

She looked at Taro in surprise. Taro's gaze was firm yet gentle: "You are the attendant I personally chose, the beginning of my band."

“In the past, I didn’t start a band because I felt that my playing couldn’t properly express positive emotions.” He reached out his other hand to wipe away Ai Yin’s tears and said softly, “But the moment I saw you that day, I felt that I should move forward now.”

"That day, you looked very upset and troubled... But even in such a depressed and hurt state, Aine, you still didn't give up and kept moving forward, did you?"

Taro's gaze remained unwavering. The two were very close, his hot breath brushing against Aine's cheek as he spoke. He spoke softly, as if telling a story to a child, pouring out his thoughts to Aine:

"Although I don't know what you went through, it must have been a very painful experience. But you still faced me with a smile and still had the courage to keep moving forward."

He gently removed Aine's hands from his sleeves, placed them on her shoulders, and bent down to press his forehead against hers, as if to convey his feelings to her. He said excitedly:

"Although Aine has all sorts of flaws, I'm willing to believe in Aine! This Aine will definitely teach me what happiness is! How to bring happiness to others!"

Aine didn't speak, but gently touched Taro's nose... His breathing, heartbeat, and body temperature were all normal; Taro wasn't dead. If Taro would die if he lied, then he was telling the truth... All of Taro's innermost thoughts had been conveyed to her.

A rustling sound came from not far away. Aine glanced sideways and saw that the two classmates' gazes had changed from worry to ambiguity. They were whispering to each other with their heads down. The one wearing the Moon Forest school uniform saw her looking over and even gave her a thumbs-up.

Aine blushed, realizing how ambiguous her action was. She took a step back, her face still flushed. But she still managed a smile, wiping away her tears, and complained in a hoarse voice, tinged with pain, "Taro, that's too cunning... too awful!"

She took a deep breath and said softly, "If you do this... then I'll have no choice but to trust myself."

Otherwise, how could she face Taro, who trusted her so much, and how could she live up to the mission Taro entrusted to her? As she spoke, Aine's severe fear and hesitation completely disappeared, and her eyes were filled with extremely complex emotions. She tried to take a deep breath, and sure enough... she felt her mood become calmer.

"Taro, can I come with you for a moment?" She reached out and took Taro's large, warm hand. Taro nodded in agreement. She led Taro out of the shadows, stepping into the sunlight, towards two classmates with strange smiles on their faces under the streetlights.

She took another deep breath, released Taro's hand, and bowed to her two junior high school classmates to apologize: "I'm sorry, I couldn't say anything before."

Seeing Aine's serious expression, the two women exchanged a glance, their previously ambiguous gazes turning back to worry. They both stepped forward and helped Aine up, saying, "Chihaya, you don't need to apologize." "Yes, yes, it's best that Chihaya is alright."

"I'm sorry... I've been avoiding you guys all this time," Aine said, getting up as she did so. "Actually, I failed my studies in England and that's why I ran away and came back... I couldn't keep up with my studies, and my spoken English was terrible. I couldn't keep up with anyone else. That's why I ran away and came back to Japan to study."

"I'm afraid of meeting my former classmates and being laughed at for my failures... so..." She had made up her mind to say these words, even if she was ridiculed.

"That's great..." Tsukimori's classmate breathed a sigh of relief: "We were just worried that Chizuru might have been bullied in England. It's so good that she wasn't."

“How could we laugh at Chihaya…” Another person reached out and took Aine’s hand, all the worry in their eyes disappearing: “In our eyes, President Chihaya has always been so perfect!”

"Thank you! You can just call me Aine." Seeing their reactions, Aine finally felt relieved. She chuckled and said, "After all, we're good friends, aren't we?"

"Hmm! Chihaya... no, Aine just said that she and this person are bandmates, right?" The girl in the Tsukimori school uniform glanced at Taro, gave him a strange smile, and asked softly, "Can I follow your band's account? And when is their live performance?"

"Hehe~ This is our band's SNS account." Aine forwarded the SNS account on her phone to the two of them. After all, they were middle school friends, so they still had each other's contact information. Then she looked at Taro: "As for the tickets..."

"How many do you want?" Taro took out a small stack of receipts that Rinko had given him not long ago from his pocket: "1500 yen each. The date is at the end of the month at the RING joint live show."

"Yes~ give us three." The girl in the Moon Forest school uniform took out money from her wallet and paid.

"Huh? Three?"

Seeing Aine's surprised expression at being asked for three tickets, the other person softly answered Aine's question: "The three of us have kept in touch since junior high school, and we'll all come to support you!"

Although they didn't say who it was, Aine knew very well that it was her bandmate from the student council back then. The four of them had performed together at the cultural festival live. Her heart warmed, and she nodded, revealing an extremely bright smile: "Yes! I definitely won't let you down!"

The two girls hugged Aine goodbye, and the girl in the Tsukimori school uniform whispered in Aine's ear, "President, I hope your live performance with your boyfriend goes well!"

Aine blushed slightly, patted the other person's shoulder, smiled and said goodbye to the two of them, then gently pinched the other person's cheek: "Taro and I are not like that."

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, once the two had left, Aine nudged Taro's waist with her elbow and whispered, "Taro, go back and practice."

"Hmm!" Taro smiled as well. The two of them slowly walked towards RiNG in the sunset. Aine seemed to remember something and asked, "Taro, what were you trying to say in the practice room just now? It couldn't be just about my mistake, could it?"

"Hmm?" Taro looked at Aine with a puzzled expression, seemingly not expecting her to say that. He thought for a moment and replied, "I don't think it was a mistake."

"If it wasn't a mistake, then what was it?" Aine tilted her head, pointing her finger at her lips, looking very puzzled.

"I just felt like you were running away, and what I wanted to say was, of course, that you shouldn't run away anymore." Taro said calmly, looking at the setting sun.

"Haha, you're right." Aine chuckled lightly, smoothing her hair with her hand, not particularly concerned.

She had made up her mind. From today onwards, she would no longer run away. She was someone that the all-powerful Momoi Taro trusted deeply!

"I told you not to run away from your talents." Although Taro felt that Aine was acting a little strange, he still spoke his mind.

"Huh!?" Hearing the unexpected answer, Aine stopped completely in her tracks, turned around to look at Taro, her little expression full of surprise. Her mouth was slightly open, and her little tiger teeth were particularly noticeable in the sunlight.

“Yes, back then, I heard confusion, a feeling of being imprisoned, in your guitar…” Taro also stopped, looking at Aine very seriously and said softly, “During that last practice session, I heard the guitar infused with your personality, but then you shut that sound down.”

"What... Hahahaha!" Aine clutched her stomach and burst into laughter. Taro looked at Aine in confusion. Aine slowly calmed herself down and rubbed her cheeks vigorously: "So I was the one who misunderstood...!"

Her cheeks were already flushed red under his hands.

"Trust Momoi Taro." The fortune teller's words echoed in her heart once again.

So... believing in Momoi Taro is what it means. I was just nagging myself that Taro was reopening old wounds, and I was just letting myself break down. If I had listened to Taro back then... no, things would be better now too.

The little pink-haired girl smiled, which made Taro feel very suspicious.

"Oh...?" Taro didn't quite understand why Aine suddenly laughed or said that. However, it was a good thing because Aine looked much happier now than when they first met.

"By the way, Kasumi said you went to karaoke recently and your singing has improved a lot," Taro casually mentioned on the way back.

"Ah... well, only the karaoke rating is okay, but~" Aine thought for a long time, looking up at the sky, and said softly, "Personally, I feel that it's much worse than Kasumi-senpai's."

"Well, then practice hard, both guitar and singing." Taro shrugged indifferently.

"Huh? What does this mean?" Aine tilted her head in confusion, her gray eyes fixed on the other person.

“I just had some inspiration for the lyrics and music. If possible, you could sing it.”

"Huh? What?! Is my dream of becoming a guitarist and vocalist about to come true?" Aine's eyes lit up as she looked at Taro's handsome face with great anticipation.

"Don't talk nonsense! It's just one song! I'm still the lead singer!" Taro said in an unquestionable tone, "There's only one master of the Dong Brothers, and that's me!"

"Hey—a dual lead singer isn't so bad, right? Taro~~" Aine hugged Taro's arm, using her sweet, cloying voice that she hadn't used in a long time to whine.

"Even if you try to imitate Kasumi's speech, it won't work!" Taro said disdainfully, pressing down on the other's head and trying to push him away.

"How could this happen! Taro!!!" Aine wanted to say something, but Taro's five fingers were tightly clamped around Aine's head. He didn't care about Aine's cries of "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!" He forcefully pushed her away with one hand and took two steps back.

Losing her balance, Aine staggered back two steps. Perhaps because she had been standing for too long, Aine's thighs were a little numb. She was about to fall to the ground with a thud when a large hand grabbed the other person's hand and pulled her back.

An irresistible force pulled Aine from the ground into a thick chest. When Aine looked up, she realized she was lying on Taro's chest. Her face flushed red, and she quickly took a step back, lowering her head and gently twirling her fingers in her hair. She said a little shyly, "Um... thank you."

"No, it's nothing." Taro didn't seem to react to the action just now. He simply let go of Aine's hand and walked forward on his own.

This made Aine feel a little unhappy. Although she had no idea why she was unhappy, she still puffed out her cheeks and ran forward in small steps, walking side by side with Taro.

【Idiot Taro...! Idiot idiot idiot!!!】

The sun in the sky, burdened by the heavy responsibilities of their moment, couldn't help but drag its heavy body down into the mountains.

And their path of bond, illuminated by the moon shining under the sun's influence, will never again be dimmed.

Chapter Forty-Eight, He Jumped

"Everyone! I'm back! Did you miss me?" The practice room door was pushed open, and Aine walked in with a bright smile. Standing behind her was Taro.

"Aiko, welcome back." Meow Dream was the first to put down her drumsticks and go over to greet Aine. She took Aine's hand and pulled her back to the practice room: "She suddenly ran out. I was so worried."

After the two returned, Lena's heterochromatic eyes remained fixed on them, and then she gave them a smile that was hard to decipher.

"Sorry, sorry~" Aine flippantly changed the subject, glanced around the practice room, but Mutsu was nowhere to be seen, so she couldn't help but ask, "Where's Mutsu-kun?"

"Wakaba-san suddenly had to leave." Hailing stopped her practice, glanced at the two of them, and asked calmly, "Chihaya-san is back, can we start practicing now?"

"That's true, let's start practicing!" Aine walked to her spot without being bothered, smiling at Hailing and saying, "Hailing, we're in the same band, you can just call me Aine~"

The cat smiled and said softly, "Aine has become more interesting."

"Hmm?" Aine turned to look at Ronai and asked curiously, "Ronai, did you say anything just now?"

"Hey! Ladies! Keep practicing!!" Taro didn't give them a chance to talk. He picked up the tomahawk keyboard from the corner and started directing everyone to start practicing.

Powerful music started playing.

Miaomeng struggled to play the drums, inwardly sighing with admiration.

[Wow, Aiko's been completely changed since she went out! She's even more unpredictable than Rakunako!]

However, Miaomeng showed no embarrassment, only a smile playing on her lips.

But don't underestimate me! No matter how reckless you are, I can keep up! A stage girl! Evolving every day—

Ai Yin's smile was sweet and pure, and she poured all her emotions into her guitar playing.

[Indeed, my own rhythm feels better; everyone is following my guitar.]

My desire to attract attention actually came true unexpectedly.

But that doesn't matter anymore. It's so great to be with everyone, playing music with Taro!

Meanwhile, Lena is also letting her personality shine through, and Hailin and Taro silently tolerate these three reckless individuals.

The song ended—

"Good feeling, keep it up," Taro rarely offered encouragement, then looked at Rakuna and asked, "Do you have any other thoughts about your performance just now?"

"Perfect!" Lena smiled brightly. Taro nodded silently, walked over to the others, drew out the score based on the performance, and then declared, "Then—let's do it this way."

"Hailin, is there a practice session scheduled for tomorrow?" Taro asked Hailing. Hailing picked up her tablet and glanced at it. "There's no practice session scheduled for tomorrow because of a collaboration with Nyanko."

"What is Miaomengzi! Miaomengqin, Miaomengqin!" Ruomai tapped her drumsticks in dissatisfaction and glared at Hailing.

"It's too cunning of you to say you're the only one I'm close to," Hai Ling retorted expressionlessly, ignoring Miao Meng's exasperated look, and said, "The recent practice time is Wednesday evenings at six o'clock."

“I know!” Taro nodded and announced, “I will bring the new sheet music over then. I also have an inspiration for a second new piece, which I will bring over that day.”

"Taro, are you free tomorrow?" After putting her guitar back in her bag, Aine skipped over to Taro's side, looking at him expectantly.

"You have free time after 5 PM, but you need to work before that." Taro thought for a moment and gave a definite answer. Aine nodded quickly and said, "Then can you teach me that dance tomorrow?"

“I already know how,” Lena chimed in from the side.

Taro glanced at Aine, then at Rakuna, nodded, and said, "Then tomorrow at 5 PM, you two come here to practice the dance, and then re-record the video and upload it! That's all! Dismissed!"