I have pure love with them

"Can't you?"

Previously, it was Nagasaki Soushi who tried to retreat in order to advance, but now it was Izumi who began to doubt Nagasaki Soushi first, frowning slightly, as if he no longer had any expectations of Nagasaki Soushi. Nagasaki Soushi couldn't help but worry that her refusal would cause Izumi's dissatisfaction, and thus he would become passive and stop telling her about Shoko.

"Although there is news about other people, the only people we have contacted are the guitarist and the drummer. Is that okay?"

Of the original five members of 'CRYCHIC', there is currently no news about Toyokawa Shoko, and there is no contact with Takamatsu Tomo either. Only Wakaba Mutsu and Shiina Tatsuki can still meet each other frequently. Nagasaki Shoyo hesitated, not knowing whether Izumi could accept it.

"That's enough. In fact, I'm already satisfied just to meet Miss Nagasaki. By the way, can I shake your hand?"

Feeling that there was no way back, Nagasaki Shoyo agreed to Izumi's request.

He agreed to Quan's request for an autograph, then extended his hand and shook hands gently with Quan.

Warm and delicate, it's a girl's hand.

After shaking hands with Nagasaki Soyo, he did not have any special feelings. After confirming that this was the feel of a girl's hand, he let go of his hand without any hesitation, which surprised Nagasaki Soyo, who thought he would be taken advantage of by the other party. He took a look at the other party's upright face with a faint smile but no other thoughts, and Nagasaki Soyo felt a little complicated.

'Are you the real fans who support CRYCHIC? If the band hadn't disbanded, there might be more supporters like this.'

Apparently, Nagasaki Soyo has already completely placed Izumi in the position of a "fan", just like Shiina Tachibana.

“Darjeeling.”

After the two men let go of their hands and were thinking about how to ask about Toyokawa Shoko, Shiina Tachibana brought two glasses of Darjeeling and handed them to each of them.

Looking at Shiina Tatsuki's back as he left, Nagasaki Shoyo thought about what he had promised Izumi just now, asking Shiina Tatsuki to just sign his name, which shouldn't be a big problem, but Wakaba Mu's signature couldn't be written in front of Shiina Tatsuki's.

At that time, Wakaba Mutsu's speech also had a lot of problems. Nagasaki Shoyo could not guarantee that after seeing Wakaba Mutsu, Shiina Tachibana would not implicate Wakaba Mutsu with his dissatisfaction with Toyokawa Shoko.

105. The only person I can rely on is my brother

"so slow!"

After returning home, Aiyin lay on the sofa and started complaining to Quan.

She doesn't have to go to school yet and is worried about meeting someone she used to know if she goes out. She stays at home all day with nothing to do. Her only pleasure is probably chatting with Quan when he comes home, but Quan now doesn't get home until around 16 or 17 p.m. every day.

"You don't join the club, do you? Why do you come home at this time every day, as if you joined the club?"

Get in touch with your future teammates.

Although he really wanted to answer Aine like this, he knew that if he really said this, Aine would only be confused and disgusted.

"I was blocked by a girl at the school gate. I couldn't chat with her for a while. After I solved the problem, I rushed back immediately."

"Ok?"

Aiyin, who was sitting on the sofa and flipping through a fashion magazine, stopped turning the pages, raised her head, and looked at her brother. Her gaze stayed on the dangerous area between Quan's cheek and neck. After not finding any red lipstick marks, she sat up, dragged her soft slippers, and came in front of Quan. With her face covered with thick glasses, she moved closer to Quan and carefully observed Quan's school uniform jacket.

"what happened?"

Seeing Aine approaching him as if examining a suspect, Izumi felt a little helpless, so he reached out and touched her forehead.

There was no girl's hair left on the coat, which meant that no intimate actions took place between them. Aine, who was doubting whether Izumi had a partner, felt a little relieved and flicked away Izumi's index finger that was pointing at her forehead.

"I'm just worried that you've been cheated by a bad woman. Are you really not dating anyone? You're already in high school. Even if you have a date, your family won't object, right?"

Sitting back on the sofa, Aine picked up the fashion magazine she had just read and continued reading.

“Where’s Aine?”

Izumi didn’t answer, it was just a casual question, which made Aine, who was lying on the sofa, move her eyes slightly and glance at Izumi who walked to her side and sat down on the sofa.

"Well, let's talk about it later. The more important thing now is to handle the relationship between admission and classmates. Why don't you consider her? I feel that she has become quite dependent on you now. Even if you ask her to date you, she won't refuse, right?"

Aiyin, who was sent to a girls' school since middle school, did not have any thoughts in this regard, but she had always cared about Izumi's affairs. As a younger sister, she did not want to see her brother meet some bad woman, which would cause a rift in her relationship with Izumi.

A girl like Goto Ichiri, who is introverted and weak, not good at expressing her opinions, but cute, is quite suitable to be Izumi's girlfriend in Aine's opinion.

Although Izumi seems to be easy-going towards people and things, she is inexplicably persistent on some details that she cannot understand. Only a girl with a personality like Goto Ichiri will unconditionally tolerate Izumi's special interests.

At least until now, Aine still can't accept Izumi's persistence in My Little Pony. She can't be said to be tolerant of Izumi's interest in this aspect, but she can only say that she has become numb.

"You seem to like Goto-san very much?"

"Ichiri is cute and has a good personality. There's no reason to hate her, right? Besides, you and Ichiri are friends, so why do you still call her 'Goto-san' in such a strange way?"

Aiyin, who was talking to Izumi, no longer had the heart to continue reading the magazine, so she simply closed the magazine in her hand. She lay on the sofa, turned sideways, and her eyes fell on Izumi, concentrating on chatting with them.

No one chatted with her at home all day, and now that Quan was back home, she couldn't hold it in any longer.

However, Izumi had no interest in answering Aine's question.

“When will the school uniforms be ready?”

"...Well, let's go tomorrow. I can go to school in Hanegaoka the day after tomorrow."

Seeing that Izumi didn't want to discuss the issue of address, Aine didn't dwell on it either. She sat up, put her hands on Izumi's shoulders, and leaned against his back. Feeling the broad back and the warm body temperature through the school uniform, Aine recalled the memory of being carried on Izumi's back when she was a child.

"Now, can you still carry me?"

Her head rested on Izumi’s shoulder, and Aine stared at him with a curious look.

Izumi, who was being stared at by Aine, just silently leaned forward a little. After noticing Izumi’s movements, Aine smiled and put her arms around Izumi’s neck, hanging her whole body on Izumi’s back.

Gently supporting Aine on his back, Izumi stood up easily.

"Please take me back to my room."

"One thousand yen."

"too expensive!"

After bargaining with Aine, Izumi carried Aine on his back and climbed the stairs back to the door of her room. After sending her to her room, he raised his finger and gently waved it in front of her.

"One thousand yen."

"Help me get my shoes!"

"Then add another 500 yen."

Izumi walked out of the room, and before closing the door, he looked at Aine inside the room through the crack and raised the price again.

pat.

The door was closed. Aine sat on the bed, staring at the closed door. She leaned back on the soft bed and hugged the stuffed doll beside her. She recalled the feeling of being carried by Quan just now. It always felt that it was a bit too short to just go up the stairs.

"I kind of want him to carry it for a little longer..."

Aine felt it was not worth it to be charged 1,000 yen after just walking a short distance.

"You're not really going to charge me 1,500 yen, are you?"

Aine, somewhat skeptical, let go of the stuffed animal in her arms, opened her wallet, and glanced at the living expenses inside.

"...Well, it's enough."

She could even let Quan carry her downstairs.

But she is about to enter Yuqiu, and it is inevitable that there will be some expenses to establish good relationships with other students in her group. I don’t know if her living expenses will be enough.

So, after Quan returned to the room with Aine's slippers, he saw his sister sitting upright, looking at him with a serious expression.

"what happened?"

"If I carry you downstairs, can you give me 1,000 yen?"

"..."

If it was Nagasaki Soyo, he could consider it, but Shiina Riki would have to suspect that the other party had thrown him down the stairs, and he would have to pay at least 3,000 yen, but the person in front of him was Aine, so——

"Is your head okay? Did you bump it when you were walking up the stairs?"

"...No, nothing, it's just..."

Aine smiled awkwardly, then explained the general situation.

She was worried that her living expenses would affect her family's expenses, and her failure to study abroad made her feel guilty, and she might be too embarrassed to ask her family for help.

"I'll leave the cleaning of the house for the next week to you."

After waiving her 1,500 yen, Izumi returned to her room and a 'Yukichi' was handed to her.

Aiyin clasped her hands together and reverently accepted the funds given by Izumi.

"Quanmen."

106. She can't sing Kasuga Shadow

'Wait, don't go!'

'That's not the case. I really value and like Quan!'

'No, please!'

"If it weren't for you, Izumi, I would..."

Going to kneel down.

I'm about to kneel down.

"Quan, breakfast is ready. Are you still not up? I'm coming in, oh?"

Aine's voice came from the door, and Quan, who was lying on the bed with her eyes closed in a lucid dream, had not yet seen Xiangzi grab her hand and kneel down, the picture was completely shattered. Quan frowned slightly, woke up from the dream, and opened his eyes.

——Click.

Before Quan could react, the door was pushed open.

Ai Ne, who was wearing pink pajamas, stood at the door, her eyes fell on Izumi who was lying on the bed, and she couldn't help feeling a little surprised when she saw Izumi open his eyes.

"Didn't you get enough rest last night?"

"I was rushing to finish the work. The deadline for submission was approaching. In order to prevent any subsequent revision requests, I finished the task early last night and went to bed a little late."

Glancing at the alarm clock on his desk, he knew it was still early for school. Unlike Goto Ichiri who had to commute for two hours, even if Izumi slept for another half an hour, he would still be able to arrive at school before the gate closed.

Looking at Quan sitting up on the bed, she thought of the fact that Quan was working but gave part of his income to her. She entered Quan's room, squatted down on the edge of Quan's bed, raised her pink and fair face, and her eyes fell on Quan's face, observing Quan's eyes.

'No dark circles.'

"looking at what?"