You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

She had no choice but to give up, and her two little hands hugged Fengchuan Xiang, then she lowered her head and whispered.

"...I, I'll hug you, and you can talk to me, okay..."

"It seems that Lady Aine is indeed dissatisfied with her childhood sweetheart status and wants to take it a step further and seize her position as a girlfriend, so that she can control the other lords with the Emperor."

Toyokawa Sho sighed, "You have such great ambitions! I underestimated you, Aine. You've only met three times and you've already pounced on me. I can't even imagine what you'll do next time we meet. The future is bright."

Chihaya Aine stopped talking and just buried her hot cheeks, which were too hot to be seen in public, but her two little hands were still holding on, as if confirming her reputation as a wolf with ambitions.

Seeing this, Toyokawa Sho took the opportunity to touch the girl's little head.

The feel is just as I imagined, smooth as if I were touching high-quality silk.

Chihaya Aine seemed to mutter a few words, but her voice was too soft and Toyokawa Sho didn't hear it clearly. Even if he heard it, he wouldn't care and would still touch her.

It should be said that he was very saintly just by touching the head. Under normal circumstances, the next step would be to hug the shoulders and waist and then kiss.

Ugh.

Chihaya Aine is still too weak.

You can perform all kinds of god-level operations in daily chats.

When encountering such intimate things, I will not be able to do it. My mind goes blank. I am a complete low-level trash.

"It's not a big deal, actually. Just as you guessed, I did play in a band. I was fifteen... around the same age as now, when I formed my first band. Having just gone through the death of my mother, Crychic, that band, was a particularly important spiritual support for me."

Mother died?

Chihaya Aine's heart was deeply hurt by this word.

Her mother was so gentle and kind, willing to tolerate all her little willfulness. When she was a child, even in the middle of the night, as long as she was afraid of loneliness, no matter how sleepy or tired she was, her mother would talk to her and chat with her, and coax her to sleep before going to sleep.

Chihaya Aine couldn't imagine the day when her mother would die, but it was precisely because of her extremely deep understanding of maternal love that she felt infinite pity for Toyokawa Sho's words.

She hugged Toyokawa Sho even tighter, clumsily trying to comfort him, but Toyokawa Sho just patted her head gently and continued.

"But then we encountered various misfortunes, and Crychic disbanded not long after it was formed. The reason for the disbandment was me. I created it myself, and I also disbanded it myself. At that time, I didn't expect the band's disbandment to have such a big impact on others. Now I think about it, I should have eradicated this problem as soon as possible, but at that time I was really busy and didn't have the energy to care about others."

"So about a year later, my teammates met you, and then we quickly developed into a new band at an astonishing speed."

what?

why is it like this?

Wouldn’t that make me feel even more sorry for my senior?

it's over... it's over...

Now I owe more and more to my senior, and I can’t pay it back...

"Don't be so impatient, just listen to me. What should I have said then...Okay, let's be honest. I admit that I hated you at the time. I felt that you had taken away the people and things I cherished, and tarnished my memories for the rest of my life. Honestly, this shouldn't have happened. The band has disbanded, and I have no right to treat them as my own members and be hostile to you."

"My salary had just been docked, and I was exhausted. Thinking about the band made me even more exhausted, so I took a few cigarettes from a scumbag and, holding them, wondered whether or not—"

"You smoke?!"

Toyokawa Sho was startled by someone's movement. This guy didn't look up, but for a moment he seemed to be intimidated...

"No, I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke at that time. I quit smoking later."

"Are you really quitting?"

Chihaya Aine said sullenly.

"I swear to you, on the conscience of heaven and earth."

Toyokawa Sho stretched out his hand and swore.

"...Don't swear. It's not good to swear carelessly."

Chihaya Aine fumbled to put his hand down, then whispered, "Just promise me not to smoke in the future. I know you must have been very uncomfortable and painful at that time, but smoking is really bad for your health... You can come to me if you feel uncomfortable. Ah, didn't I know you at that time? Anyway, what I mean is that I can help you, senior."

"So you promise me that you won't take your body lightly, okay?"

"..."

Like a girlfriend.

But that's right, she was indeed one of them before.

"Okay, I promise you."

Toyokawa Sho couldn't remember how many times he had said this.

"You really agree?"

Chihaya Aiyin porcelain sound porcelain airway.

"I really agree."

Toyokawa Sho never tires of it.

"Then keep talking."

Chihaya Aine hummed, "Anyway, I'll supervise you from now on."

"Then I'll continue."

Toyokawa Sho thought about what he had just said. "After that, I figured it out and took the initiative to talk to my teammates about this matter, hoping that they could focus on developing this band. But I didn't expect that this meeting would become the fuse that split you apart."

"They want me to return to the band, but that's impossible. I have my own reasons for not being able to return, and I don't like them doing this. They've already formed a new band with you, and they're still thinking about me. What is this? It's too unfair to you, and it's unacceptable to me."

"So we had a fight, and that was our first fight."

Toyokawa Sho stopped rubbing Chihaya Aine's hair.

"Later, I formed a new band, but the resistance it faced was greater than I had imagined. I didn't want to burden the people who supported me, as they had already done enough for me, so I kept my head down and kept moving forward. Fortunately, we were on track and soon secured a spot to perform at the Budokan. However, one performance went awry, leading to a wave of attacks and malicious slander against all of us, including myself."

"I know this was deliberately fabricated by the enemy to create pressure, but no matter what, as the leader, I was indeed negligent this time. So after I worked hard to resolve the situation, I suggested that the band take a break. The outside world mistakenly thought we had disbanded, but that's not the case. We are still in contact, but in order to convince the enemy that we have suffered a blow, it is difficult for us to do anything, so we kept it a secret and would not tell anyone that the band had not disbanded."

"According to my expectations, within three months, we would be able to stand on the stage again. This time, I would be fully prepared to conquer the Budokan in one fell swoop, and then immediately organize a national performance tour to put the band on the right track. But what I didn't expect was that my former teammates found me."

"They reached out to me and told me it was okay to fail, and that if I ever felt discouraged I could start a band with them again."

Toyokawa Sho looked at the vivid memories on the corridor of life and sighed softly. Chihaya Aine also felt Toyokawa Sho's low mood. She raised her cheeks, which were not as rosy as before, held Toyokawa Sho's hands, and asked softly.

"...It must be very uncomfortable."

"Yeah, I have mixed feelings."

Toyokawa Sho sighed.

“But you know what? Aine, you said the same thing back then, but you’re the one who shouldn’t have considered me the most…”

"why?"

Chihaya Aine was puzzled.

"As I've said before, they've formed a new band with you. In other words, you've made a fresh start and should move on."

Toyokawa Sho said slowly, "They shouldn't think about me anymore, do you understand? If I really go back, do you think there's still a place for you in the band? If I really go back, wouldn't they just be using you?"

Chihaya Aine's pupils shrank slightly, and she finally understood the contradiction in the matter. However, she couldn't figure out what this had to do with what Toyokawa Sho said about how she had helped him a lot?

"I understand, but I still don't understand...how did I help the senior afterwards?"

Fengchuan Xiang silently looked into her puzzled eyes for a while before slowly speaking the answer, "You helped me resolve the conflict between me and them."

"Eh?"

Chihaya Aine was taken aback by this answer.

"I was angry at their disregard for you, and I was also frustrated that I couldn't say my band hadn't disbanded. Under all the pressure, I had a second fight with them, and this time it was even more serious than the last time. Things really got out of control. I was disappointed in them, and they were disappointed in me."

"Just when I thought they and I would become complete strangers, you stepped in to help smooth things over. During my band break, you would always come to my rental house after school to chat with me, just pure chat."

"At first I didn't understand what you were doing, but then I gradually got used to having you as a guest every afternoon. I'd occasionally teach you about keyboards and music theory, and occasionally tell you about their things."

"About a month later, I realized you'd been running around all this time, not even balancing your studies and not eating properly."

"After you finish talking to me, you'll go over and chat with them to clear up any misunderstandings. Sometimes, to ease our relationship, you'll even go out of your way to organize collaborative activities at school, create chance encounters, and so on."

"The conflicts and misunderstandings between us gradually faded thanks to your efforts to mediate. In the end, you even came to me secretly and said you were willing to give up your position so that we could work together to bring Crychic to a successful conclusion."

"I don't know what kind of mood you were in when you said this, but I know that your eyes were very red at that time."

"I……"

Chihaya Aine opened her mouth slightly.

Through Toyokawa Sho's description, she could vaguely see that memory. Although it was blurry, she could understand her own feelings at that time.

She silently turned her eyes away, thought for a moment, and told a white lie.

"I think... I should just be touched that my efforts were not in vain, and I can see that you and everyone can reconcile."

"Don't tell lies."

Toyokawa Sho touched Chihaya Aine's head.

"No one wants to give up their band. I understand this very well. Back then, I couldn't accept you and went off to start a new band. But you were able to accept me and even willing to sacrifice everything for me... You didn't have to do that. Leaving me alone was the best option for you."

"But you didn't do that. You're far better than me."

"It was you who made your band truly elevate itself and made us realize that we shouldn't be bound by the past. It was also you who helped me save my old friends, allowing us to walk on the same path in the end."

"As you might imagine, we didn't perform in the end. The perfect ending for Crychic was personally drawn by them and I a year ago."

"But the person who truly made it a lifelong memory, rather than a lifelong thought, was you, Aine. It was you who made them truly look forward, and it was you who protected this band so that they could truly move forward for the rest of their lives."

"At that time, due to my pride, I was unable to formally thank you. Later, I wanted to find an opportunity to say it, but I could never find the right one. But now, I think it's not too late."

Say it.

Toyokawa Sho reached out, buried Chihaya Aine's head in his arms, and hugged her gently.

"Thank you, Aine."

"Thank you for helping me find my lost items."

“Thank you for saving my old band.”

"Thank you for being in my life."

"Thank you for being my agent and working overtime with me on the front lines... I've really caused you a lot of trouble along the way."

Chihaya Aine's mind went blank.

Because there is a lack of memory carrier.

She didn't feel much real gratitude for this.

But, for this real hug at this moment.

But she felt that it was as short as a moment and as long as ten thousand years.

"So, don't say you owe me anymore. Just based on this matter, I will come no matter what you ask me to do."

"That's why you cooperated with me so well today, Senior..."

Chihaya Aine murmured belatedly.

"Yeah, I even skipped rehearsal today for you."

"sorry Sorry sorry!!!"

"What's the point of apologizing?"

Toyokawa Sho sighed, then said with emotion, "Actually, when you asked me to show you the instruments today, I was thinking, why not let you form a band?"

"But then I thought about it and decided that forming a band is fine, but we can't find someone who's obsessed with their former teammates. If you still want to play guitar in the future, you can contact me and I'll help you find a good band. Of course, it's best if you don't play. Even without guitar, you're still a very dazzling girl."

Done.

Toyokawa Sho slowly stood up and pulled Chihaya Aine up with him.

"Come on, I'll take you home."

"...Senior, you just said that if I wanted to find a band, you would help me find one, right?"

Toyokawa Sho nodded.

"Your three friends are pretty good. One plays bass, one plays keyboards, and one plays drums. They're all your loyal fans. How about forming a group with them? It'd be comfortable and fun. Don't worry about the technique. I can teach you guys normally."

"Um……"

Chihaya Aine fell into thought.