Can Lixi look at me alone?

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"Xiao Mu, there's no need for this. This has nothing to do with you."

Standing there bewildered, Mu obediently let go of his arm, watching as Yuzuki continued to slump on the ground, coughing.

"No, no! Yuzuki, I really..."

Unable to bear it any longer, Yuzuki chuckled and looked at the lamp.

"Deng, do you know? Yesterday, when you asked Lixi out, that was exactly when I was about to confess my feelings to her?"

What happened next was obvious to Yuzuki.

"But, when Lixi saw your invitation, did she immediately agree? Did she forget about me without even looking back?"

The feeling of palpitations returned, my limbs began to feel weak, and my breathing became increasingly rapid.

But Yuzuki didn't care about any of that.

"It's me, isn't it good enough?"

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"Was it because I didn't do well enough? Was it because I didn't try hard enough?"

The light wanted to make the same sound as during the live performance, to pull Yuzuki out of this state. To tell her... it's not like that, Yuzuki has already tried her best... Yuzuki has done very well...

But at that moment, her throat seemed to have lost its ability to produce sound, more severely than before. Now she couldn't even utter a single syllable…

His legs felt as heavy as lead, and he stood before Yuzuki like a puppet, feeling her despair... yet he could do nothing.

"Koyuki...?"

Su Shi didn't understand what had happened; the sheer volume of information she had just received had overwhelmed her thinking.

The bassist, no longer considering the relationship between the four—Tomoyuki, Tatsuki, and Yuzuki—decided to first pull Yuzuki up from the floor.

But Yuzuki ignored it.

A painful cough brought Mu to her senses. She pushed aside Riki, who was blocking Yuzuki, and knelt down in front of Yuzuki.

He hugged the pink-haired girl tightly before she could react.

"The matter of Yuzuki... is related to me."

Feeling as if she had fallen into a warm embrace, Yuzuki hugged Mutsuki tightly. Seemingly due to excessive coffee consumption, the girl, exhibiting signs of caffeine poisoning such as weakness in her limbs and rapid breathing, tore away her facade of calm.

"What is it about me that I can't compare to you? Why... why does Lixi like you so much?"

She raised her head, and everyone present could see the sadness and despair echoing in her beautiful, deep blue eyes.

"Why? Why is your priority higher than mine? What...why...?"

Seeing the bloodstains on the ground, Lixi ignored Jieyue's struggles and forcibly took her still bleeding arm.

"Mu, go get the bandages, Su Shi, call an ambulance!"

Looking at the anxious black-haired girl in front of her, Yuzuki suddenly felt a sense of relief.

Only after things get to this point... will you start to care about me?

"It's alright, Yuzuki... don't be afraid, it'll be alright..."

Unable to tell whether her trembling was due to the cold, fear, or some other ailment, Lixi hugged her tightly. Mu, glancing at her, obediently gave up her place and held up the bandage.

Yuzuki coughed, choked by something she didn't know, and the calls around her became indistinct... The oxygen was being drawn out of her body with each violent cough.

It seemed like something was patting her back, but she was too weak to respond.

Why is it?

Why... am I... not as good as a lamp?

Even if I can't compare... could you please not...

This is happening to me...

"Deng, go and rest for a bit. Su Shi, is the ambulance on its way? Mu, I'll bandage up Jie Yue."

The gray-haired girl nodded. At a time like this... she shouldn't cause any more trouble for everyone.

Sitting obediently on the sofa, Deng watched everyone's busy figures.

It's all your fault.

No…it wasn’t my fault…I really like Suzuki, I didn’t…mean that way…

But why don't you explain?

I...I can't...speak...

Why can't you speak? Just like before, if you eat a piece of konpeito made by Yuzuki, you'll be able to sing, right?

Oh...right! Konpeito...it's in my pocket...

She saw hope.

If she eats this candy, she can speak, she can make a sound... she can properly explain the problem to Yuzuki, and she won't lose Yuzuki...

She took out the glass bottle and opened the lid.

After everything she'd been through, her hands trembled slightly as she caught a few candies. But the slippery, bright red flesh on her palms made her hesitate to grip the bottle.

With a sharp crack, shards of glass flew everywhere. Golden sparks tumbled to the ground, gathering dust and dirt.

How could this happen?!

She reacted belatedly.

The blood on his palm was... Yuzuki's blood.

Li Xi held the unconscious Jie Yue in his arms, trying to make her as comfortable as possible. Mu stood beside them, looking at the hand that was already wrapped in several layers of bandages…

She disliked Lixi a little, and she also disliked Deng a little.

She didn't know why she disliked the two people sitting across from her.

"Go to that hospital up ahead."

Perhaps Mu had acquaintances there or for some other reason, Su Shi didn't question it, but instead told the ambulance driver.

Unable to see Yuzuki's expression clearly, Riki felt a warm liquid drip onto the back of her hand.

She knew that these were the tears of the lamp.

These are the tears of the lamp that she wants to protect.

The lamp is hurt because of her.

Yuzuki is the same... Yuzuki, who is loved by everyone in the band, happens to like me, who is disliked by everyone.

Why? Why did this happen?

She couldn't understand it, but she knew that now... she needed to make amends.

But how can she make amends? Does she even have the right to make amends? It's all because of her, because of her weakness, because of her inaction…

but…

"Lixi."

She heard Mu calling her.

The blue-haired girl didn't want to hear her response either, and asked her to focus her attention.

"it was all your fault."

It's all my fault...

"Ah."

My heart feels like it's being cut by something.

Yuzuki's pale face showed that her physical condition was worse than usual.

Lixi didn't know what to do; simply hugging the pink-haired girl probably wouldn't be effective. Yuzuki's trembling wasn't due to suppressing her emotions, but rather from caffeine poisoning.

Yuzuki is very fragile, she knows it very well... Yuzuki is extremely fragile, so fragile that she needs her careful care and protection.

But Yuzuki doesn't need her; she can live perfectly well without her.

But she...didn't get married?

The pink figure that accompanied me during class disappeared, the pink figure that walked me home disappeared, and the pink figure that often invited me to stay for dinner and overnight also... gradually disappeared.

She somewhat...hated this disappearance.

But... can their relationship ever be restored?

She should have thought of this long ago... All she wanted was for Yuzuki to continue this 'friendship' with her; all she needed was a good friend like Yuzuki.

So she didn't respond, so she wanted to escape.

She thought that if she did nothing, she wouldn't make a mistake.

But she made the only mistake she could still make.

Whatever you do, even a brief refusal on Line, is much better than saying nothing and then going to keep the lamp company.

Lixi felt the ambulance stop and the door open.

The glaring sunlight brought tears to Lixi's eyes.

Yes, it must be because of the sunlight.

Absolutely not afraid that Yuzuki would leave her, and absolutely not worried that Yuzuki would never speak to her again.

She had grown accustomed to the warmth that Jieyue gave her.

……

Yuzuki saw the angel once again.

This time, however, Yuzuki was sitting in a brightly colored room.