Tokyo Psychic

After all, judging from Chihaya Aine's expression, she was clearly prepared to keep all her complaints to herself.

The girl's delicate face flushed red instantly.

She stamped her feet shyly and expectantly, as if she wanted to run away, yet was afraid of missing this opportunity.

Her long, slender hands clasped together, and she answered hesitantly in an even softer, sweeter voice, "Okay... I'll wait for you to come to my room, brother..."

Chihaya Aine walked up the stairs and lay down on her bed.

She belatedly realized the content of the conversation...

Soon, accompanied by an extremely shameful cry, the girl buried her flushed and burning face in the pillow, rolling around and clutching the pillow.

----------------

【Divider】

----------------

PM.9:28

Akira Kurusu, who was taking her second bath and changing clothes today, entered Aine Chihaya's bedroom.

He looked at Chihaya Aine, who was completely unsuspecting and just shyly curled up in the blankets with her little head peeking out, and couldn't help but laugh at her adorable appearance.

Chihaya Aine became even more shy, and didn't even dare to look at him anymore...

She said in a weak voice, "Brother... I'm a little nervous."

Akira Kurusu reached out and turned off the light, then sat on the edge of the bed. "And now?"

"Waaah...it's a little bit better now."

"If you can't say something, just go to sleep." Lai Xixiao reached out and smoothed her disheveled hair.

In the darkness, Chihaya Aine could feel her heart beating extremely fast.

It sounds like the rhythm that a pop band drummer is pushing with all his might.

Even her breath was tinged with heat.

She opened her eyes groggily and stared at the boy beside her.

Time passed second by second, and it was clear that the other party would not make any additional moves, nor had they left.

Under the influence of this indescribable sense of security, Chihaya Aine slowly began to speak.

"Brother... have you looked into my new school?"

"A girls' school that values ​​college entrance rates but also encourages students to participate in recess activities through bands." Akira Kurusu's hand still held Ayane Chihaya's hair.

At such close range, I could feel her body temperature through my fingertips.

Chihaya Aine hummed in agreement, then whispered in a voice that had become sweet and charming without her even realizing it, "That's how it is... In Haneoka, everyone makes friends through bands."

"However, everyone has their own band now, and most of them don't lack guitarists..."

“Aine likes to play the guitar.” Akira Kurusu gazed into the girl’s wet, light gray eyes in the darkness.

Chihaya Aine nodded shyly.

After all, her older brother is currently the most sought-after music producer in Tokyo.

It's incredibly embarrassing to admit to such a genius that you "like guitar" and "want to be a guitarist in a band."

But when she thought about how she was Akira's younger sister, that shyness turned into pride.

There is nothing wrong with admiring one's sworn brother as a genius.

So she continued.

"After school, Aine met a very strange child who didn't seem to have a band... so she asked to form a band with her."

As expected, the child was rejected.

Akira thought to herself.

This is true.

Chihaya Aine's next words were close to complaining and grumbling.

She was clearly upset that she hadn't been able to form a band.

Akira Kurusu then asked her, "Since Aine can't find any other classmates who 'haven't formed a band' in her class, why don't you ask in other classes?"

“Oh right…” Chihaya Aine’s eyes seemed to brighten a little.

Akira Kurusu continued, "And Haneoka probably doesn't require students to form bands at their own school, right? As far as I know, Haneoka and Hanasakigawa, which is just one stop away, are sister schools, and students often interact with each other. Forming bands across schools is quite common."

"After all, band is an extracurricular activity."

Chihaya Aine hugged Kurusu Akira's hand with utter adoration, "Brother... I understand! I'll try it after school tomorrow!"

----------------

【Divider】

----------------

"band?"

The simply dressed, seemingly indifferent blue-haired girl with twin tails revealed an almost disgusted look in her eyes, then quickened her pace and left with the air of leaving Chihaya Aine behind.

Chihaya Aine was so frightened by that look that she fled in panic, and her last bit of courage vanished.

This guy... is terrifying!!!

But she was still eager to form a band.

So we took a bus to the nearby Hanasaki River.

After waiting outside the school gate for about twenty minutes, I finally spotted a junior high school student carrying a guitar case who seemed very easy to deal with.

"band?"

The cat-like girl tilted her head, looked Chihaya Aine up and down for a while, then completely ignored her and left on her own.

Today's Chihaya Aine...

"A crushing defeat!"

Chihaya Aine herself never expected that when she was rejected by the blue-haired beauty, her classmate, Takamatsu Akari, who had also rejected her invitation, was watching everything from the corner of the stairs.