I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

What shocked her even more was that she actually thought Chitose Haizuka was super funny.

It's really super interesting music, the kind that can resonate with her.

"Why are you so good at playing? Chi… Chitose."

"Before you ask me, I'd rather ask you, my lovely kitten."

With his palm pressed against the guitar, Chitose felt a dark mark.

It was stained by coughing up blood and seemed to have seeped into it seriously.

The dark spots were covered with Lenai's tears.

【So much time has passed already. 】

When Chitose opened her eyes again after her death, she was in the cemetery, and the first acquaintance she met was Lenna.

"what?"

"Why do you want to play music? Everyone's going to die in the end, so why do something so painful?"

"Because I am carrying the dream of a very important person on my shoulders, and I want to help fulfill her dream with Chitose Noshiro's guitar."

"What dream?"

“Make your debut, release an album, and let your voice spread to the world.”

"What if I fail? Like, I failed like Noshiro Chitose."

"It doesn't matter if I fail, just keep playing... Phew, you're strong, Chitose."

Lenai took back her guitar and carefully put it back into the guitar bag.

She took a deep breath and suppressed her anxiety.

Chitose was right, she would probably fail, after all, she couldn't even be the best at guitar, let alone form a band.

Yoru Na has been in many bands over the years, and she knows better than anyone how difficult it is to realize Chitose's dream.

Debut, fame, and great success...are all as distant as legends.

"What an expression, little house cat."

Chitose saw Lena kneeling on the ground with her head down and packing her things in silence, so she also knelt on one knee in front of her.

Chitose Haizuka held Kaname Rakuna's shoulders and spoke softly in the face of her incredulous gaze:

"Even though you're a bit of a jerk, your music isn't boring to me."

"Why don't you try to form a band with me, Kaname Lenai!"

"I want you and your guitar to shine on stage!"

Ch368. Matcha parfait on the face is the best

Why can I play better than Chitose Noshiro?

fool.

Because I am Chitose Noshiro.

Chitose smiled without saying anything. She didn't think her words could directly convince Kaname.

That's impossible, that's too dreamy.

It is impossible for a domestic cat that has been abandoned for many years to become close to people all of a sudden.

unless…

Stimulate her again!

"Come with me... and form a band?" Le Na was almost bewitched by Chitose Haizuka, who spoke with the face of Chitose Noshiro, but her years of composure prevented her from agreeing so quickly.

"I do not want."

"Come on, come on, with a master like me to escort us, our band..."

"No. Really no. No means no."

Lenai held the guitar and bag in her arms, as if she was on guard against Chitose Noshiro stealing her treasure again.

She blinked her eyes again and again, but she just bit down Qiansui's invitation.

"Tsk, you bad cat."

Chitose knew Lena's personality, so she jumped behind him and put her arms around his neck affectionately.

"Don't you like me?"

"..."

I... can't tell the difference, please stop talking.

If Chitose had looked at Rakuna from the front, she would have clearly noticed how tightly she was clenching her hands.

She had tried her best to reject Chitose Noshiro, because she wanted Lenai to know that staying with him would only drown her in memories.

Rejecting Chitose was Lenna's last act of self-rescue.

"I won't allow you to refuse me. I've already given you the hug, so please listen to me carefully."

"What."

"Kitten! I also want to fulfill Noshiro Chitose's dream. I came to Tokyo just to do this... And don't you want your guitar to sound even more moving?"

"think."

Lenai replied without thinking. In fact, since the previous year, Lenai had discovered that his guitar was missing something.

[I lack... passion, and with the problems I've had at home over the past two years... SPACE... is in danger.]

She could no longer calm down and continued to play as if she was in Chitose's arms.

She is an abandoned cat that no one claims, and she entertains herself in loneliness and helplessness.

Until now.

Lenai felt that Chitose's hair was very soft, as soft as the human heart pressed against her back.

"Huh... So, come form a band with me."

"Let's go together! Let's fulfill Noshiro Chitose's dream!"

Reaching forward and grabbing the other's wrist, Chitose twisted her body around Rakuna's.

"If you pick me up and bring me home, you have to take responsibility. If you just want to continue to fish in troubled waters and wait a few years to form a band, that would be a shame!"

"What a pity..."

Lenai admitted that she was somewhat led by the nose.

The original plan was to start forming a band seriously after entering college, but the appearance of Chitose made Lenai realize the shortcomings of his own abilities.

"But, I'm not enough, I..."

"Those are just excuses! You've just been comfortable for too long! Housecat!"

Clamping Lenai's waist with her legs, Chitose angrily used her face to push against the back of her head.

"Only if it's wild enough and challenging enough can you keep improving!"

"Let's form a band! The world is so vast there! It's so boring to stay in your little performance hall all the time! It's so comfortable and peaceful, don't you feel suffocated?"

"How could you, the one who inherited Chitose Noshiro's guitar, be such a boring person?"

Qiansui pretended to stand up and acted angry.

As she walked quickly towards the door, her wrist was suddenly grabbed.

【Hey, kid.】

The corner of Chitose's mouth turned up, and she knew that Lenai would lose her patience.

Yao Lenai didn't even hesitate:

"Okay...form a band."

"You're right...I need to change."

Kaname bit her lip.

[Oh no, I'm...finished.]

[I was grabbed by Chitose again.]

……

The most frightening thing about tempting someone is that that person has no greed.

Anyone who is successfully deceived is someone who has already had the idea in mind.

Chitose Noshiro is betting that Lenai will never refuse her.

The result was just as she expected...

"Stupid Lenai! Go cook for me."

"..."

"it is good."

……

Huizhong settled down in my house.

Although, the process was bumpy.

Although, this is not my home.

Although... I feel weird.

Le Na was basking in the moonlight in the yard, and lying on her lap was Chitose Haizuka.

Until now, Kaname Rakuna cannot accept the fact that Chitose Haizuka exists.

If someone... suddenly appeared years after someone very important to them died, using the same name and having the same face as that person—

They even have similar personalities and interests.

Lenai tilted her head as if she was doubting her life.

【Am I really not mentally ill anymore?】

I always feel like my life is being "caught", it's so strange.

"What are you thinking about, Cat?"

"Want sleep."

Ever since the third year of junior high school, Lenai would often take a rest at Chitose's old house.

Even if I don't report this kind of thing to my grandma, it won't make her feel uneasy.

After all, Tsuzuki Shifune was already used to Lena's restless behavior of running around everywhere.

"Hoohoo, I want to sleep too. Let's go to bed, okay?"

"No, we've only known each other for four hours. I don't want to sleep with you."

"Four hours?" Chitose blinked innocently, and at this moment Lenai also blinked innocently.

"Yeah, four hours."

"Isn't four hours a long time? You know my name, and I know yours. We're in the same band. Aren't we the most important people to each other?"

"?"

Lenai was still blinking, but she was too busy blinking to say anything.

She felt that Nengdai Qiansui was being unreasonable, but she couldn't say it directly.

"No...right."

"No? Really? No, please don't."

The wild cat crawled out of the domestic cat's arms and suddenly hugged the other cat face to face.