You are Toyokawa Shoko, then who am I?

"I'll bring you a pillow when we get in the car. You can put it on my legs and sleep there. The car window will be open for you."

Toyokawa Sho stood up, put away his needle and thread, and then began to clean up the plates that Lenai had almost finished.

"Don't worry about the homework. Your boss said that I can help you in the future. It's just two days of homework. We can finish it quickly."

"really?"

The girl looked up.

"of course it's true."

The man assured confidently.

"Then, Lagou."

Ask Lenai to extend her little finger.

Toyokawa Sho didn't hesitate and also stretched out his little finger. After hooking their little fingers together, they shook them in the air. Then they pressed their thumbs hard against each other, and a simple contract was completed.

Kaname Lenai smiled with satisfaction, then carried the black cat back to her room. Toyokawa Sho was not idle either. He took the dishes and went back to the kitchen to wash them, and then cleaned the kitchen.

Then he went to the bathroom to get a broom and mop, and tidied up the living room. Then he walked to the courtyard and helped clean up the fallen leaves on the stone road. After cleaning the public areas almost completely, he stretched and went back to his room to change clothes.

A loose white shirt that is not slim-fitting, a slightly thick but well-shaped gray and black British windbreaker, autumn trousers that are essential for going out, and casual black pants that are exactly the same as those sold at street stalls but are marked up for tens of thousands of yen in regular stores.

He got all his clothes from the store for free, and his other clothes were also given away for free with the manager's generous gesture.

Instead, the two dresses he bought for Xiangzi were combined with his monthly salary and part of the copyright fees for recording songs, totaling more than 600,000 yuan.

Thinking of Toyokawa Shoko, Toyokawa Sho's heart sank again. He sighed. Did that girl have a good rest today, or did she force herself to go to work again?

No...if her father were here, it wouldn't be so difficult.

Toyokawa Sho shook his head, pushed open the door and walked into the living room, and found that Kaname Rana had also changed her clothes and came out. Like him, she was wearing a windbreaker with a loose white lining, but she was still wearing shorts that just covered the hem of her top. Her pink and white legs were straight and slender, until they were immersed in black high-top boots.

Looking at it this way, they do feel a bit like brother and sister.

Toyokawa Sho folded his arms and looked at Kaname Rakuna thoughtfully. Was the cat imitating him? When he bought clothes yesterday, he pointed to this one and he wanted to wear it when he went to the store today too.

Ok……

Let’s tease her first.

"I, fearless motion sickness."

Toyokawa Sho mysteriously tried to perform a stage performance, then looked at Kaname Rakuna quietly to see if she would say the same lines.

Kaname Lenai thought for a moment, then followed Toyokawa Sho's movements and imitated them exactly.

"I, fearless motion sickness."

Looking at Kaname Rakuna saying such a childish line with a silly expression, Toyokawa Sho turned his head away and almost couldn't help laughing. He coughed, suppressed his laughter, and continued to tease the cat.

At this moment, he seemed like a psychic thief with mysterious powers. He slowly took off the personality mask on his face. The light in his eyes was like flowing light, his lines were sonorous and powerful, and he was full of conviction.

“It’s Show Time!”

“It’s Show Time.”

"The dark feathers are like the abyss, and life is like a bloody rose!"

"The dark feathers are like the abyss, and life is like a bloody rose."

Kaname Lena was still trying to imitate him. Her voice was not as strong as Toyokawa Sho's, but very light and faint. Speaking in such a tone, it was a different experience to hear.

After several consecutive imitations of lines, Sho Toyokawa was sure that Lenai was imitating him, or to be more precise, she wanted to play with him.

Kaname's way of thinking is both mysterious and simple.

She will express what she likes intuitively and point out what she cares about openly.

Whether it was holding his hand in the car last night or caressing his face in the kitchen this morning, she was showing she cared.

She has no experience in comforting others, nor does she know how to deal with other people's inner problems. In her eyes, the most effective way to comfort is to stay by your side like this. She can accept it whether it is playing or joking, as long as she can be happy with you.

So she would wear clothes of similar styles, because she thought it was a sign of intimacy. Now she would also learn to talk together, because in her eyes it was a game that they could play together and have fun.

Toyokawa Sho felt warm in his heart, and his eyes towards Kaname Rakuna softened. Just as he was about to tease the child some more, he saw Tsuzuki Shifune walking out of the room.

"What are you two doing stupidly again?"

The old man could hear the two voices from the room, and their tone was urgent, "Have you finished packing? If you have, you are ready to get in the car and go to the store."

The big and the small responded in unison.

Toyokawa Sho went to get the lunch box and also asked for Rakuna's homework.

Kaname Lenai was holding the patched black cat doll, and it seemed that she was going to use the doll as a pillow when she got on the bus.

……

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……

Shiina Riki arrived at the store early today. RiNG's working hours were at 10 o'clock, and she was waiting outside the store at 9 o'clock just like yesterday.

But today she did not see Toyokawa Sho, who was carrying a guitar, waving at him at the door of the store. There was no one on the steps, and it seemed that only the morning breeze was swirling around.

She stood there, holding the same lunch bag as always, her black bangs blown gently, and her expression was a little lonely.

Come to think of it, Toyokawa Sho stayed at his boss's house yesterday, so it's impossible for him to arrive so early like yesterday.

But what if…?

With this thought in mind, she came to the store long before her scheduled departure, just like she did yesterday. She knew the possibility was very low, but she couldn't ignore it.

Wasn’t it the same last time?

Even though I knew it would be difficult to catch up with Toyokawa Sho, I still rushed out of the store on my bike to find him.

But miracles cannot be replicated after all.

Just because I was able to catch up with Toyokawa Sho last time doesn’t mean I will be able to see him again this time.

No communication.

No appointment was made in advance.

How could the other party know what she was thinking and wait for her at the door of the store like yesterday?

Lixi sighed in her heart. She looked at the seat where Toyokawa Sho had sat yesterday, walked over slowly, and then sat down with her skirt pressed down.

She took out her cell phone from her pocket and looked at the screen, silently looking at the string of phone numbers on the screen. This was the phone number of her previous cell phone, which was also Toyokawa Sho's current phone number.

Just call and you should be able to contact the other party.

Li Xi looked at the phone for a long time, and finally put it away. Just like last night, he didn't dare to call.

What's the point of calling him after all? Should I tell Xiang that I came to the store early, so he should come over quickly?

But Xiang and I are just friends now, how can I make Xiang do this? Isn't calling him just to cause trouble for him...

Lixi shook her head. She didn't want to cause trouble for Toyokawa Sho, so she finally put her phone on the lunch bag next to her, and instead, she held her chin with her hand and silently watched the street scene opposite to pass the time.

But I don’t know if it’s fate.

Although she didn't see Toyokawa Sho this time, she saw the girl who was standing at the door of the store and chatting with Toyokawa Sho yesterday.

The girl was pulling a small cart like yesterday, and there seemed to be a lot of snacks in it.

Whenever she meets a passerby, she will take out a bag of snacks from her bag and hand it to the other person. It doesn’t matter if she is rejected, she will bow and apologize generously. If she succeeds, she will shake hands with the other person, or take a photo together, and then invite the other person to follow her account.

Shiina Riki watched the girl being active across the street for half an hour, and his impression of this person changed from slight vigilance to slight admiration.

If you put yourself in her shoes, you will realize that she can't be like the other person, who has the courage to talk to anyone no matter who they meet, and can also show a relaxed and cheerful smile, instead of having a stern face like her, with the words "keep away from strangers" clearly written on her face.

He is indeed an amazing person.

At least it's better than someone like me who is not good at socializing.

Li Xi made a brief evaluation in her heart, and when she wanted to look away, she found that the girl seemed to have noticed her gaze.

"Uh……"

Li Xi immediately turned his eyes away, pretending to hum a song, lowered his head and looked for stones in an unskillful manner, trying to unfold the thick wall of his heart to resist foreign enemies.

Yet it was still a familiar time.

It’s still a familiar development.

Even the familiar cart.

It’s just that the person whose heart force field was torn apart was replaced by another one.

The girl pulled the cart, crossed the road, and walked in front of Li Xi with ease.

Li Xi had no choice but to look up at the girl standing in front of him. The expression on his face was a little stiff, but this stiffness seemed more like a biting coldness to outsiders, so cold that even the girl with a sunny smile became a little nervous involuntarily.

"Excuse me?"

Li Xi used honorifics, but her tone was as cold as her expression.

"No, no, no."

The girl subconsciously waved her hands in front of her chest, and her sweet smile became restrained because of Li Xi's cold words, but she quickly stabilized herself and mustered up the courage to speak.

"Um...Excuse me, are you Sho-kun's drummer? These are the donuts I made. If you don't mind, please take them!"

"Sho-kun?"

Li Xi caught the key word. This intimate nickname made her realize that this girl had an unusual relationship with Toyokawa Sho. Maybe she knew Toyokawa Sho even earlier than she did...

She looked up and down at the girl in front of her. She had a pure and lovely appearance, and wore delicate yet friendly daily light makeup. She had some dark circles under her eyes, but it did not affect her overall good impression.

She was dressed very cutely, in a loose white hooded sweatshirt, shorts that were mostly covered by the hem, flesh-colored fleece stockings on her legs, and very common canvas shoes.

To be honest, this beautiful woman is so refreshing and polite in her speech. If she didn't know Toyokawa Sho's situation, she would probably mistake this girl for Toyokawa Sho's girlfriend.

"……Thanks,"

Li Xi accepted the donut out of politeness, said a simple thank you, and then frowned and asked, "I'm his drummer. Who are you?"

"Ah, this...that——"

The girl was obviously stumped by the question.

What is the relationship between Toyokawa Sho and me?

They had only known each other for a day, so she had never thought about this issue at all.

Are you saying we are friends?

But when I think about it, I've only met him once. Although I think so, the problem is that I don't know how Xiangjun really sees me. If I insist on saying that we are friends, wouldn't it be a bit of an exaggeration...?

So, you mean a stranger you only met once?

But, but Xiangjun and I talked a lot, and Xiangjun's attitude towards me has always been very friendly. To describe him as a stranger is too cold...

But if not friends, then what else could they be, if not strangers?

At this time, the girl remembered the message that Toyokawa Sho sent her in the early morning.

——【Oblivionis: From your thousandth fan, Xiangjun.】

She blinked her brown eyes like butterflies on her sleeves, and seemed to have a very appropriate answer in her mind.

In fact, she felt a little ashamed to call herself an idol, because she didn't seem to have done anything worth mentioning for Toyokawa Sho.

On the contrary, the full version of "Here, The World!" released by Toyokawa Sho helped her a lot. Thanks to this song, she was confident that she could participate in the selection process all the way to the end, and eventually become a commercial idol selected by the agency and invested a lot of resources in training.

But she couldn't think of anything else that could better fit her relationship with Toyokawa Sho other than fan and idol.

Looking deep down, she also wanted to be a qualified idol, an idol that could be recognized by Toyokawa Sho.

From then on, when people asked Toyokawa Sho who his favorite idol was, he could say her name without hesitation.

It’s not anyone else, it’s Junda Mana!

"I currently consider myself Xiang-kun's idol."

Junda Mana clenched her two fists and spoke seriously while standing in front of Li Xi.

...What does self-perception mean?

Li Xi uttered a questioning tone.

She suppressed the urge to complain, sighed softly, and looked at the time on her phone. It was still a long time before ten o'clock when she could meet Toyokawa Sho.