After Boqi moved into my closet, the quiet life is gone forever

Inside Building 17 of Shibuya Aoyama Gakuin University

At this moment, Chaoyang and more than 20 other international students were sitting in the classroom, half of them were Chinese and half were Korean.

As an international student, Chaoyang, despite having an N1 and a good Japanese language proficiency score on the EJU entrance exam, with only one mistake, was still forced to choose Japanese as his first foreign language and take Japanese classes just like at a language school. Of course, he wasn't unhappy about it, as his spoken Japanese wasn't particularly good. Even many students with perfect N1 scores struggle with spoken Japanese, not to mention Chaoyang, who, before meeting Pochi, hadn't even bothered talking to Japanese people.

"Su Chaoyang, a first-year student of the Law Department of the Faculty of Law, and a foreign student from China. Hefei, Anhui Province I was born in the city and am 20 years old this year. "どうぞよろしくお愿いします" (My name is Su Chaoyang, a first-year Chinese student at the Faculty of Law. My hometown is Hefei, Anhui. I am 20 years old. My hobby is playing games and reading light novels. Please take care of me.)

With the international students taking turns introducing themselves in class, Chaoyang quickly found his group. The small group of Chinese students in the Law School took classes together, joking from time to time, and quickly integrated into the group.

After the Japanese class, everyone exchanged WeChat contact information, and Chaoyang’s university courses for the day came to an end.

Afraid that Pochi might cause trouble at home, Chaoyang went straight home and had no plans to go shopping in Shibuya, the center of Tokyo's fashion trends.

"I'm back~~"

Chaoyang has always been looking forward to the moment when, just like in a youth romance anime, he would call out to Pochi and he would gently say welcome back when he returned home.

Unfortunately, the reality is that no one responded to Chaoyang.

"I really can't expect too much."

Chaoyang said this in self-deprecating tone, took off his shoes and walked into the house.

Pochi is fascinated by guitar playing.

Pochi hadn't noticed anyone approaching until Chaoyang took off her headphones.

"Pay attention to the noise outside. What if the door isn't locked and someone breaks in? The soundproofing of these headphones isn't good enough to make it completely inaudible, right?"

Pochi was confused by the sudden removal of his headphones, and subconsciously apologized in response to Chaoyang's teachings.

"Yes, I'm sorry..."

"No need to apologize, Pochi-chan, you didn't do anything wrong. I was just reminding you that the things in the house don't matter. You are the most important."

"Ah... well, um... yeah, I'm sorry..."

Pochi immediately blushed and lowered his head, continuing to apologize.

Chaoyang once again found it difficult to communicate with Pochi.

"Maybe God sent you through here so I could help you improve your communication problem..."

"?"

Chaoyang's casual speculation didn't make Pochi understand what he meant.

In her subconscious, she didn't think there was any problem with her communication, she was just a little shy.

Chaoyang, who was feeling more and more troubled, stopped worrying about it and wanted to change the subject immediately.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Did Pochi-chan come across anything interesting online today? Hahaha<(*￣▽￣*)/"

"Ah... Speaking of which..."

Pochi's eyes lit up halfway through his speech. He immediately held up the laptop screen and motioned Chaoyang to come forward to take a look at the content.

"Why don't the original bands that transcend [lonely rock] work together to create the coolest and most popular band? My name is Futaba Ayaka. I started playing drums at the age of 8, and this year marks my 9th year.

Last year, I watched the anime "Lonely Rock!" and was instantly captivated. I want to take music seriously and celebrate youth like them, and I desperately want to find a partner to do the same. We're currently recruiting for the role of Pochi-chan.

Chaoyang read the Japanese content with great effort, doing reading comprehension while reading, and roughly understood what it meant.

"You want to join this band?"

Pochi nodded.

"That's fine, just make your own decision. No need to ask for my opinion."

"...Then, can you accompany me..."

"Tomorrow?"

Pochi nodded vigorously again.

[I have classes tomorrow... I feel a little reluctant to refuse. It's rare for someone as socially anxious as Pochi to be willing to go out and join a band. What if the conditions for letting her go home are just random guesses to change her bad habits? After all, skipping a day of class in college is pretty normal.]

Pochi stared expectantly at Chaoyang, who was folding his arms in thought.

Chaoyang also immediately gave a reply with a smile.

"Okay, let's go visit tomorrow, but why did you suddenly think of joining a band, Pochi-chan?"

"Ah... that... didn't my performance at the beginning of the anime disappoint Nijigasaki and the others... I, I want to get used to playing with others here."

"I see... Don't worry, you're already much stronger than you were before. You've made a lot of progress in just a few days."

Chaoyang subconsciously raised his hand and gently stroked Pochi's head, but he immediately came to his senses, felt something was wrong, and withdrew his hand.

Seeing that Pochi didn't show any disgust or resistance, he breathed a sigh of relief.

[I'm not the type to be touchy-feely, so why am I so easily getting emotional lately?]

"Speaking of which... Chao, Chaoyang... don't you have to work today?"

Boqi often heard Chaoyang say that he was in financial difficulty and didn't have enough money, but it didn't look like he had to work every day. He was worried that Chaoyang might sell his kidney to him sooner or later, so he forced himself to ask.

"I want to work part-time, too... International students can only work 28 hours a week, though I could find some tax-free, cash-paid, shady jobs if I wanted. But those kinds of jobs are always risky, so I wouldn't consider them unless it's absolutely necessary. Uber deliveries, on the other hand, require you to declare them, so if you don't, the time won't be counted. But I heard that time will be counted after a while. I hear a lot of illegal workers in Southeast Asia work by delivering food day and night, so the Japanese government is planning to regulate this."

After hearing Chaoyang's explanation, other concerns emerged in Pochi's mind.

[There's even this kind of rule... Ah, if Chaoyang gets caught working illegally and gets taken away and jailed, what will I do if I starve to death here?]

Chaoyang naturally didn't know about Pochi's peculiar imagination.

“Then I’ll go deliver food.”

Just as he turned around and was about to leave, suddenly a weak little hand grabbed Chaoyang's ankle.

Chaoyang didn't react in time, and inertia dragged Pochi, who was sitting on the ground, and he lost his balance and fell heavily on the tatami.

"What are you doing, you idiot!"

Chaoyang covered his nose which was hurt from the fall, and couldn't help but curse Pochi in anger.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm sorry!!! I, I, no, I didn't mean it."

Pochi frantically crawled to the side of the fallen Chaoyang, wanting to save something with tearful eyes, but he didn't know where to start and was in a panic.

"I, I'm just afraid... the police will take you away..."

"You... hey, can you please stop thinking about that? Okay, stay home alone and don't do anything about installing the wall. If you really can't help it, just spread out the bedding and hide inside hammering it."

“Yes, yes, I’m sorry o(╥﹏╥)o”

……

next day

Chaoyang arrived at a coffee shop in Akihabara with Pochi, who was wearing a hoodie and trousers and carrying a guitar.

Yesterday, Chaoyang contacted the girl who wanted to form a band on behalf of Boqi and made an appointment to meet here.

"I don't know what kind of person he is, but I hope he's an archangel like Hong Xia."

“Ah… Yeah.”

Pochi echoed Chaoyang's words absentmindedly, not because she didn't care, but mainly because she was trembling with nervousness, her teeth chattering.

[Guo, it turns out the challenge is too difficult for me. I really want to leave. Let's find an excuse to leave. What about the stomachache? I'm not scared, I'm just not prepared. Next time, next time I will definitely be able to do it. Yes, tell Chaoyang, I have a stomachache, please send a message to cancel this meeting.]

"Ah... Chaoyang I..."

"Excuse me, is this Ms. Goto and her friends?"

A girl dressed quite fashionably, wearing an exquisite printed long skirt on the lower body and a light-colored top on the upper body, carrying a shoulder bag, slowly walked over.

Pochi clamped his hands between his legs, lowered his head and dared not speak.

"Uh, yes, hello."

"Excuse me...are you Japanese?"

"Excuse me, I'm a foreign student here with this lady. She's a bit like Pochi, a bit socially anxious, but she plays guitar pretty well. She wants to teach her friends through the band, just like in the cartoons, so she wants to join your band."

"That's great, we'd love to hear from you. Please advise me. I'm Futaba Ayaka, who posted the recruitment online. If you don't mind, please call me Ayaka-chan. Everyone in the band is just friends, there's no senior-junior relationship. Since Goto-san looks so much like Goto Ichiri, can I just call you Pochi-chan?"

"Ah... well, that, yes, yes."

"Pochi-chan, can you let me see your face?"

Pochi closed his eyes tightly and slowly pulled down his hat.

"tsk"

Chaoyang seemed to vaguely hear the girl named Futaba Ayaka in front of him making a smacking sound.

But he clearly has a smile on his face and is very friendly. Although he is not as good-looking as Pochi, he is also above average.

【Is it an illusion?】

Chaoyang picked up the hot cocoa and took a sip casually.

"Pochi-chan is so cute! Did she deliberately put on makeup to look like Pochi-chan? The resemblance is really high. With Pochi-chan joining us, we will definitely make a name for ourselves in Tokyo~ Come give her a hug in advance."

After saying that, Futaba Ayaka took the initiative to stick close to Pochi, and before Pochi could react, he was hugged.

[What's going on? What's this feeling? It's so warm. Is this what it feels like to be friends? I feel like a warm current is rushing up from the bottom of my heart. ...If Chaoyang hugged me like this, would I feel the same way?]

The two separated in less than 2 seconds.

"Speaking of which, what is the relationship between the two of you?"

Ayaka started gossiping with a smile.

Chaoyang said frankly

"Friends, right?"

[Are we friends? But the feeling of being with Chaoyang is different from before. I don't know how to put it. I feel like my heart is tangled like a ball of thread, difficult to untangle.]

"Well, that...the relationship between the sponsor and the sponsored."

The scene was instantly petrified. The key point was that there were other girls sitting nearby, and they also heard Pochi's strange answer. The people around looked at Chaoyang with cold eyes.

Chaoyang felt as if the temperature around him had dropped several degrees in an instant.

Unable to explain himself, Chaoyang had no choice but to flee. Before leaving, he left his transportation card to Boqi and asked her to go home by herself when the time came, while he went to the university to attend classes.

……

It was already lunchtime when he arrived at the university. Chaoyang sent a message and started to reunite with the small group of international students he had met with before.

After just one day of spending time together and chatting in a group, several of us started to get close to each other and even arranged which classes we would take turns attending each week to take notes and share them with the others.

"Speaking of which, Su Chaoyang, your spoken English is pretty good. I thought it was really rare to see a few Koreans with an accent like yours in class before."

Chaoyang immediately retorted.

"Who is rare? Who are you scolding as rare?"

The international students eating around them suddenly smiled knowingly and became cheerful.

"Let's be honest. Stop complimenting me. As soon as I open my mouth, people can tell I'm a foreigner, and I have a good accent."

The food in the university cafeteria is not delicious and the portions are small, but it is cheap.

Compared to restaurants outside, it is already a conscience deal. You can buy a bowl of curry rice for 300 yen.

[In the future, I might as well bring Pochi over for lunch. It would save me a lot of money.]

Just when Chaoyang was considering the feasibility of taking Pochi to eat in the university cafeteria, the person sitting next to him who had been staring at his phone was spoken to.

"Liu Wei, what are you looking at?"

"Hmm? Nothing much, I'm just promoting the Sakura girl virtual anchor on Station B."

"Let me see... I have over a thousand ships and still have so many red SCs? I envy the Sakura girls. It's so easy for them to make money. I wish I were a Sakura girl. I would also go to Station B to be a VUP and give the Chinese people a lot of money."

Chaoyang, who was listening nearby, suddenly had a backup plan to make money in his mind.

7. The Band and the Evil God [Sandwich Sauce Appears!]

"Pochi-chan~~What songs can you play~"