Gravity Girl Shining

"Excuse me, I want to see Deng again."

This time, Uehara Hibiki is more confident than ever.

When he arrived at Deng's room, Uehara Hibiki looked in surprise at Takamatsu Deng who was writing furiously at the desk.

Although his future father-in-law told him that Deng woke up shortly after returning home, he stayed in his room alone as usual and was unwilling to come out and talk.

But what Uehara Hibiki didn't expect was that Takamatsu Touma was not crying or complaining about herself at this time, she was just writing.

Her short gray hair glowed warmly under the desk lamp. Her slender shoulders rose and fell as she wrote, the rustling sound of her pencil scratching across the paper filling the room. Uehara Hibiki approached quietly and saw that Deng's notebook was already filled with the familiar title format. Some lines of the lyrics had been repeatedly crossed out and rewritten, and the paper was wrinkled from excessive rubbing.

When I was in the park, facing the angry Li Xi, there were words I couldn't say, words I couldn't convey.

At this point, everything becomes lyrics.

Gao Songdeng, mental state - low (37%, slowly recovering).

……

(lyrics)

Stuck in the quagmire of determining right and wrong.

A night road with no way to go in all directions.

I am alone.

He stopped in fear, his eyes tightly closed.

Running in a hurry, but leaving scars again.

I am always anxious and uneasy.

……

"Lifesaving?"

Uehara Hibiki's voice failed to shake the lamp from her intense writing, her focus now even higher than before. The traces of her pencil on the paper grew deeper and deeper, as if carving all the emotions she couldn't express into the paper's fibers.

Uehara Hibiki carefully sat beside her. From this angle, he could see Deng's tightly pursed lips and the slightly red corners of her eyes, but at this moment she gave people a strange sense of firmness, like a small stone turned into a huge stone, stubborn and heavy.

In this way, time passes in the dance of the pencil tip, until inspiration is temporarily interrupted along with the pencil tip.

Takamatsu Deng suddenly raised her head and took a deep breath, "Ha, Ha," as if emerging from deep water. Only then did she notice that there was another person in the room. She turned her head sharply and met Uehara Hibiki's gentle gaze.

"ring?"

She let out a small cry of surprise and reflexively covered the notebook in front of her. But the next second, as if she remembered something important, she handed the notebook over with trembling hands.

Just as Uehara Hibiki was about to take it, Deng took the notebook back and hugged it tightly to his chest. This contradictory action made Uehara Hibiki laugh out loud.

"Hahaha, Deng, what are you doing?"

"because……"

The sound of the light was almost inaudible, and her fingers unconsciously stroked the edge of the notebook.

"The lyrics are not finished yet, only half written."

"I want to pass the lyrics to Lixi, hoping she will come back."

Deng raised her head, her eyes still red, but this time, she didn't cry. Although her voice was tearful, it was more resolute than ever before.

Uehara Hibiki felt a palpitation in his chest. The petite girl in front of him was obviously more vulnerable than anyone else, but also stronger than anyone else.

It is precisely this kind of her that I have fallen in love with.

"Well, Deng is a good boy who is stronger than I thought. That's amazing."

Uehara Hibiki touched Deng's head as if he was comforting a small animal.

Deng narrowed his eyes slightly, reached out and grabbed Uehara Hibiki's wrist, letting his palm slide from the top of his head to his cheek. Then he gently rubbed the warmth of his palm with his own skin, as if this would make him feel more at ease.

"Deng, I'll go to Lixi's house later and convince her to return to the band."

There was unquestionable determination in Uehara Hibiki's voice.

"Then, tomorrow, I will bring Lixi to the practice room and let her study the lyrics of Deng carefully. This is an agreement, and I will definitely keep it."

Uehara Hibiki stretched out the pinky finger of his other hand and made a pinky hook gesture. This childish gesture made Deng's eyes light up. She carefully stretched out her pinky finger and hooked it with Uehara Hibiki's finger.

"I believe in Hibiki."

The sound of the lights was still very soft, but a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

……

First he coaxed Aine, then sent her home, and then he wrote lyrics for a while while looking at the lamp.

By the time Uehara Hibiki arrived at Shiina Tateki's house, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, so Xiangzi had to stay alone in the empty room tonight.

Although he was questioned several times by patrolmen as a student and still went out at this time, he managed to get away with it thanks to his height that was much higher than his peers and his excellent eloquence.

The only problem now is...

"I'm sorry, brother-in-law. Li Xi specifically instructed me not to open the door for you or pass on messages for you today. She's really angry. What happened between you two? Do you want me to go and talk to her?"

Since Shiina Riki never replied to her messages, Uehara Hibiki could only contact Shiina Maki via mobile phone, but the results were not satisfactory.

But this is also expected.

Uehara Hibiki stood on the street opposite Shiina's house for more than half an hour, looking up from time to time at the lighted window on the third floor. The curtains were drawn tightly, but occasionally a shadow would flash by.

In the end, as the patrol police once again noticed him as a suspicious person wandering in the residential area, Uehara Hibiki had to turn around and leave.

As he left, even though he thought he was hiding well, the shaking of the curtains still caught Hibiki's eye. In that split second, he caught a glimpse of a familiar purple—it was Riki's eyes.

Uehara Hibiki could swear with his perception level 4 that he saw anger, sadness... and a little bit of expectation in Riki's eyes.

It seems that a certain tsundere beautiful girl can't really forget everything.

Walking along the Menying Bridge to the other side, Uehara Hibiki sat cross-legged in a hidden corner, avoiding the patrolmen while waiting for time to pass.

Finally, the phone showed that it was midnight.

As the date changes, the once-a-day skills also become available for use.

"Smash Theworld!"

The gray world descended again.

This is the backside of the world. In the stagnant time, space has lost its color. For Uehara Hibiki, all matter has become illusory, changing at will.

Uehara Hibiki climbed over the guardrail and walked on the river under the Menying Bridge. As he expected, the water surface instantly became elastic, like jelly, causing him to bounce up after falling and rush towards the residential buildings on the other side of the river.

Then before hitting the wall, the gravity changed, and Uehara Hibiki walked on the wall and came to the familiar window.

Behind the closed curtains, it was pitch black, as if the owner of the room had fallen asleep.

But in the system panel, Shiina Riki's life status is naturally staying up late - his health is temporarily declining.

It seems that I can no longer appreciate Li Xi’s sleeping face.

Uehara Hibiki thought so, and then, as if passing through a layer of illusion, he walked through the glass and entered Shiina Riki's room.

All he saw before him was the faded Shiina Tatsuki, neatly dressed, lying on the pillow with tears in her eyes.

Then, time began to flow again.

Chapter 88: Domineering Love.

Time begins to flow.

Uehara Hibiki stood in front of Shiina Riki's bed, quietly looking around the room that was newly painted with colors.

The scene in the room was worse than he had imagined.

The last time I came here, although it was messy, at least you could see signs of life here - music scores and reference books were piled on the table, energy jellies and coffee cans were piled around the trash can, and the sheets were clean and tidy.

Now, the place looked as if it had been swept by a typhoon. Scattered papers covered the floor, some crumpled, some torn, even a few stomped on. This fresh mess silently told of the rage and sadness Lixi had vented since returning to her room.

The computer on the desk was half open, the screen was stuck on the familiar composition software interface, the cursor was flashing. Shiina Riki once wanted to delete these precious memories, but she couldn't do it.

Uehara Hibiki's gaze finally fell on the bed.

She hadn't even changed her clothes. Li Xi was still wearing the same casual outfit she'd worn when she went out to meet him today—a black T-shirt, a blue skirt, and her jacket tossed carelessly aside. She lay sprawled on the bed, her arms tightly wrapped around the pillow, her head buried deep in it, as if trying to lock all her emotions away from anyone else.

Shiina Riki is crying.

It wasn't the kind of hysterical crying, but more suppressed and hidden sobbing. She even restrained the sound of her crying for fear of being discovered.

Uehara Hibiki is all too familiar with this situation.

Shiina Riki never shows weakness in front of others. Even in front of her family, she always pretends to be "fine".

"It's really... clumsy to the point of being adorable."

Uehara Hibiki sighed, tiptoed to the bedside, and pounced on her before she knew it, pinning her down from behind, quickly covering her mouth with one hand and accurately grabbing her right wrist as she prepared to resist with the other.

“Wu——?”

Li Xi's body suddenly tensed up and he struggled instinctively.

But Uehara Hibiki was exerting force from behind her, so even with her free left hand, she couldn't counterattack because of the human joint structure.

"I didn't expect that I had the talent to be a flower thief. It turns out that potential can only be forced out."

While Uehara Hibiki was thinking this, Shiina Riki had already found a new way to counterattack. Although her fist was restrained, her elbow was not, and she thrust back violently!

Boom!Boom!Boom!

A series of elbow strikes hit the ribs accurately.

"hiss!"

Uehara Hibiki gasped and felt a sharp pain in his ribs. The rhythm of the elbow strike was even more terrifying than Riki's drumming.

“Slow, slow!”

He quickly leaned close to her ear and lowered his voice.

"Lixi, it's me! Stop hitting me!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Li Xi paused for a moment, but only for a few seconds, and then -

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The elbow strike followed with even greater momentum, though the force was subtly reduced by three points. However, it was still enough to make Uehara Hibiki grimace in pain.

But even after being elbowed, Uehara Hibiki couldn't help but smile.

This reaction of "I recognize you but I still want to beat you up" is so Shiina Rika.

So, facing a serious and straightforward girl like Shiina Ritsuki, Uehara Hibiki decided to use a traditional but effective despicable tactic, moral kidnapping. This incident is also recorded in the volume of the strategy guide for Toyokawa Shoko.

"Okay, Lixi, listen to me."

Uehara Hibiki's lips were almost touching Riki's earlobe, and his hot breath penetrated into her ear canal. Although he couldn't see the alluring blush in the dim room, Uehara Hibiki could feel that Shiina Riki's whole body was trembling, and even his elbow strike was two seconds slower.

"Lixi, I will let go in one minute. You can call for help or call the police. I won't stop you, and I won't run away."

"Then I'll become a criminal and my life will be completely ruined."

"Lixi, my future is now in your hands."

His fingers slowly loosened and his body lifted slightly, giving her room to break free.

Shiina Riki didn't say anything. She simply sat up and stared at him with her beautiful purple eyes, anger, grievance, unwillingness, and something more complex swirling in her pupils. The girl's chest heaved violently, her breathing rapid, but no sound came from her throat.

Uehara Hibiki knew her too well. Shiina Riki would not call for help, even though in her eyes, Uehara Hibiki was a bastard, a lecherous bastard, a bastard who broke into her room in the middle of the night.

However, Shiina Riki is not a lady like Toyokawa Shoko who pays attention to etiquette and elegance. When facing someone despicable, she has other ways of revenge.

She can really beat people up.

"Hibiki Uehara!"

Accompanied by a low roar, the next second, Shiina Riki suddenly turned over, and his slender body burst out with amazing strength, instantly reversing the situation.

Shiina Riki sat astride Uehara Hibiki's waist, his knees firmly gripping his hips, and his fists raining down on his chest and shoulders.

"Asshole! Asshole! Asshole!"

Each growl was accompanied by a heavy punch, striking his chest, shoulders, and even glancing at his chin. Her force wasn't too strong, and she didn't aim for Uehara Hibiki's face or stomach, simply hitting those relatively tough areas, as if to release all her pent-up emotions.