I have pure love with them

Although he was looking at the picture, he kept glancing forward, watching the boy's straight back and the hand he was holding tightly...

"Ten years? No... a lifetime! Never wash your hands for the rest of your life!"

317. I can't wait to put on the maid uniform

"Sure enough, bunny ears suit her very well."

Izumi was sitting on the street, holding a photo of herself and Goto Ichiri taken in a maid cafe.

In the photo, Goto Ichiri, wearing rabbit ears and with a shy expression on her face, is sandwiched between Izumi and a maid. She has her head half-down and is looking at Izumi beside her with a helping look.

“Maid… I kind of want to see her in a maid uniform… Well, come to think of it, the last time I saw Aine in a maid uniform was about two or three years ago, right?”

Looking at the maid who was holding Goto Ichiri together with him, and gazing at the maid uniform on her, Izumi slowly fell into deep thought.

He kind of wanted to see what Aine looked like now after putting on the maid uniform.

"But don't be too deliberate. If you show it too obviously, she will definitely refuse without hesitation."

She slowly put away the photo of herself and Goto Ichiri and put it into the compartment of her wallet. Then she put the wallet away and sat alone on the bench. While waiting for Nagasaki Shoyo, she slowly thought about how to get her sister to wear a maid uniform on her own initiative.

"The best way is to have a party-like atmosphere and use the name of the game to make the loser wear a maid uniform. But now it's almost June and there's no festival worth celebrating..."

There is a long holiday in early May, but there are no holidays in late May and June. The next holidays are "Sea Day" in July and "Mountain Day" in August.

"Put it aside for now and think about today's affairs."

There didn't seem to be any good reason to invite everyone to a party, and Izumi didn't dwell on this issue too much. Instead, he thought about how to deal with the meeting between Nagasaki Shoyo and Aine today.

'If I saw Aine before the show, I don't think Shoyo would be happy. If we meet again after the show, I think there won't be that much resistance.'

But it still depends on how Nagasaki Shoyo treats Aine now. If she really hates her, even if Izumi holds her hand, she will shake it off, and then get angry at Izumi, saying "Why did you let her come here too!" and then run away.

"Things probably won't get to this point."

Even though Aiyin took the initiative to find Nagasaki Soyo during this period, causing her to feel a little troubled, but considering that she had no ill intentions, Izumi didn't think Nagasaki Soyo would hate her that much.

"It's probably just dissatisfaction at best. I'll contact Aine after I meet Sōyo and arrive at the venue."

Sitting on the bench, Izumi made up his mind and waited for Nagasaki Soyo with peace of mind.

While waiting for Nagasaki to be released, he was watching the economic news and killing time...

"Sorry for the wait, Izumi-kun."

When I met Nagasaki Soyo, it was already 17: in the afternoon, and there was still some time before the live show started.

"…Why are you wearing it again?"

Looking at Nagasaki Soyo who had dressed up carefully, Quan glanced at the girl in front of him, his eyes resting on her fair neck, staring at the "necklace" he gave her. He frowned slightly, not quite understanding what kind of mentality Nagasaki Soyo had to wear it again.

"this?"

Noticing Quan's gaze, Nagasaki Shoyo was not surprised at all. He reached out and gently stroked the necklace around his neck, with a faint smile on his face.

"Although this was originally intended to mislead others, it was the first gift given to me by Quan Jun. It would be a pity to put it away just because the mission has been completed. So, today when I met Quan Jun, I put it on again."

"..."

After hearing Nagasaki Shoyo's answer, Izumi, who was standing in front of her, fell silent for a moment.

'If only the reason was that simple.'

Looking at the refreshing spring in Nagasaki, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

"There's still some time before the live show starts. Has Shuangshi had dinner yet?"

"not yet."

Nagasaki Soyo, who had long anticipated that things might unfold like this, answered with a smile after hearing Izumi's question.

"Well, let's go fill our stomachs first, and then go live."

If I went to the live on an empty stomach, it would be around 21 p.m. by the time the live was over. In the afternoon, I accompanied Goto Ichiri to stroll around Akihabara and I felt that I might not make it until the moment I got home.

"Ah."

Nagasaki Soyo, who was already looking forward to Izumi's invitation, readily accepted it.

[Don’t forget, there is a live show today]

Chihaya Aine was lying in her room, watching a makeup video, when her cell phone suddenly vibrated. Chihaya Aine, who had been leaning against the sofa with a lazy look on her face and was so sleepy that she wanted to close her eyes and go to sleep, was stunned when she saw the message sent by Izumi.

"Live? What live?"

Chihaya Aine, who had been thinking about how to keep Nagasaki Shoyo recently, had long forgotten the live tickets she bought on the road that day. At this moment, looking at the message sent by Izumi, she was also confused and puzzled.

[What live?]

Izumi, who was sitting in a family restaurant with Nagasaki Soyo and drinking lemon tea, felt the vibration of her cell phone. She glanced at the screen as if inadvertently, and saw the reply from her sister, feeling helpless.

"Although I had expected this from the beginning, I didn't expect that she actually forgot it."

He looked at Nagasaki Soushi who was sitting across from him, listening to her seriously, while his hands were tapping skillfully under the table as he sent a reply to Aine.

[I met him on the road last time and bought him a live ticket. Shuangshi was there too.]

Aiyin, who was lying on the sofa, was still thinking about live, but after seeing the reply from Quan, she instantly recalled what happened that day, and then looked at the next sentence.

"Shuangshi is here too?"

Aiyin, who was lying on the sofa, looked surprised and was stunned for a long time before she reacted. Then she didn't bother to reply to Quan. She hurriedly recalled where she put the ticket and started looking for it in the room.

When she found the ticket in her wallet, she quickly looked for the time and place of the live show.

"It's going to start in an hour? The location is still... too late!"

He hurriedly took out clothes from his closet, put them on, and then hurried to the living room, where he saw Mrs. Chihaya who was preparing dinner.

"I'm going out for a while. You don't have to prepare my dinner!"

As soon as she opened her mouth, Chihaya Aine wanted Mrs. Chihaya to save a dinner for her.

But after thinking about the end time of the live, Chihaya Aine realized that even if she asked her mother to save dinner for her, it would be almost cold by the time she returned home. It would be better to wait until the live was over and then go to the convenience store to buy something to fill her stomach.

So, halfway through her speech, she quickly changed her words.

"Going out?"

Mrs. Chihaya looked at her daughter who was running hurriedly towards the door, and thought of what Izumi had told her in the morning. She frowned slightly and was not very supportive of going out in the evening, but when she thought of their current ages, she sighed helplessly.

"Children have to grow up eventually... I hope they can go home soon."

318. There is an old saying, "You walk into a trap."

"Is anyone else coming?"

When Izumi and Nagasaki Soyo entered the livehouse together, Nagasaki Soyo, who was standing in the crowd, slowly turned his head to look at Izumi beside him and asked her softly.

"Ok?"

"When we were in the restaurant, Quan was messaging someone, right?"

Facing Izumi's gaze towards him, Nagasaki Shoyo looked into Izumi's eyes, and his gentle smile exposed Izumi's little actions in the restaurant.

"I thought I covered it up well."

"Although Quan Jun's eyes were fixed on me, his left hand was always placed under the table. It looked unnatural no matter how I looked at it."

If he had just met Izumi, Nagasaki Shoyo would not have noticed this problem and would just think that it was the other person's habit. However, after spending time with Izumi, Nagasaki Shoyo has learned a lot about Izumi's habits and preferences.

"When sitting and talking with people, Quan prefers to put both hands on the table and clasp them together. But today, he kept his left hand under the table for a long time, which seemed unnatural. So I wondered if it was..."

After hearing Nagasaki Shoyo's explanation, Quan looked a little surprised. He didn't expect that Nagasaki Shoyo was so familiar with him that he had even memorized his habits.

"Well, there's another person coming back. When we bought the tickets, there were three in total."

"..."

After hearing what Quan said, Nagasaki Shoyo couldn't help but fall silent. She thought she was the special one, but now it seems that she is the extra person?

"The other person seemed to have forgotten that he had bought the live ticket. He just confirmed with the other party whether he would come today. He should be on his way now."

After hearing what Quan said, Nagasaki Shoyo felt a little better, but his mood was still a little subtle.

“The other person is…Aine?”

Looking into Izumi's eyes, the smile on Nagasaki Shoyo's face faded a lot after learning that other people would come.

After thinking and reasoning for a while in his mind, Nagasaki Shoyo thought of the person who might come.

"Ah."

Quan's answer completely wiped out the smile on Nagasaki Shoyo's face, and he was not in a good mood.

Before Quan gave a positive answer, Nagasaki Shoyo had the thought in her mind, "Could the other person be Toyokawa Shoko?", but this thought only appeared in her mind for a moment before she rejected it herself.

"It's already good enough if it's not Xiangzi, right?"

At this moment, Nagasaki Shoyo didn't know what expression he should show.

"About the band?"

Observing the expression on Izumi's face, Nagasaki Shoyo asked him softly.

"Maybe that's one of the reasons, but more importantly, I think you should come out and watch the live performances. You might feel better and you might find what you want to do."

Quan naturally had the idea of ​​letting Nagasaki Soushi meet Aine and speed up their resolution of the band's issues, but some things are not suitable to be said too bluntly.

In response to Nagasaki Shoyo's question, Izumi gave a softer answer.

"It's been a long time since you've participated in an event with so many people. It's easier to vent your feelings in such a crowded environment."

"..."

Looking at Izumi beside him, Nagasaki Shoyo pursed his lips slightly and said nothing more.

Looking at Nagasaki Soyo who was calmed down by him, Izumi felt relieved in his heart.

“It seems like she accepted my explanation. Next, it depends on Aine’s performance. If she still can’t change her mind under such circumstances, then…”