People are in animation, but they can connect to reality

"Don't you want to pay attention to me? It doesn't matter, we just bumped into each other and just wanted to say hello."

Asagi wasn't angry.

"Why should I bother with you? You and I are not familiar with each other."

Shoko Toyokawa glared at Asagi impatiently, with a complaining look on her face, and even a little anger.

"Ah, uh, sorry, I did something unnecessary."

Asagi withdrew his hand awkwardly and apologized to Toyokawa Shoko.

Toyokawa Shoko's eyes were cold, as if nothing in the world could stay in her eyes. However, Asagi knew that Toyokawa Shoko had two forms, the white warm type and the black iceberg type.

Asagi wasn't entirely sure what had happened to Toyokawa Shoko. He only knew that her family had suffered a serious tragedy, leading the once wealthy young lady to become a night shift worker. Customer service representative Xiaoxiang.

Furthermore, Toyokawa Shoko's family situation deteriorated into a state of extreme poverty. Her father drank constantly and avoided reality, while Toyokawa Shoko managed to maintain her appearance by working part-time jobs.

The tram moved smoothly, and the interior was silent. Workers, tired from a long day's work, dozed off on benches, their eyes squinting. Everything seemed to stand still, the carriage swaying like the hands of a hypnotic clock.

After an unknown amount of time, Asagi felt his shoulders slump and he dozed off. It felt like a lot had happened recently, and even though it had only been a few days, it felt like he had been going through months.

On the other side, Toyokawa Shoko kept staring out the window. But it was pitch black outside the train, and only when the train passed through residential areas would there be bright lights outside.

Most of the time, the outside was like the back of a mirror, the darkness turning the window glass into a mirror. Through the glass, Asagi could see what Toyokawa Shoko was doing.

When the subway arrived at the station, Asagi and Toyokawa Shoko got off one after the other. Passersby looked at them in surprise. Perhaps in their eyes, they seemed more like friends at that moment.

After leaving the subway station, the two walked in different directions. Before leaving, Asagi looked in the direction where Toyokawa Shoko was going, but Toyokawa Shoko quickly disappeared from Asagi's sight.

Looking at his phone, Asagi felt that Nagasaki Motoyo's NEW CRYCHIC and Toyokawa Shoko's Ave Mujica seemed to be on the verge of a fight.

Chapter 118 Quitting the Band

Back at the rental house, Asagi poured himself a glass of water. Just as he was about to drink the water from the glass, a message from 486 to the band group popped up on his phone.

“I’m quitting the band.”

"Pfft..." Asagi nearly choked. He coughed loudly, his eyes fixed on his phone.

"Huh? You were kidnapped? 486." Asagi found 486's avatar and asked her privately.

After a long time, 486 did not respond.

"I'll come to see you tomorrow,"

You can't just say something like that when you're leaving the group. 486 left a confusing message in the group chat and disappeared. The group instantly went into an uproar. Renai, MMK, Lupa, and Xiaozhi all sent in questions and inquiries.

However, 486 did not respond at all.

Asagi found MMK's profile picture and asked for 486's school address. Although tomorrow was Monday, school would end early and he wouldn't have to work part-time. So, Asagi decided to skip club activities and go find 486 to find out.

Although, he also knew that 486 was playing Tai Chi and feinting. Her actress grandmother came to Tokyo for work and happened to come to check on her granddaughter's academic problems.

But, one should be prepared for the worst. What if something unexpected happened? He decided to go and see what was going on.

After MMK sent the address of the 486 school to Asagi, he asked again,

"Asaki, are you going to look for 486?"

"Um,"

After a short silence, MMK sent another message saying,

"I was originally planning to ask Nina to go with me, but I'd feel more at ease if you went, Asagi. So, I'll leave 486 to you."

"From what you're saying, MMK, you're not coming?" Asagi asked. It turned out that MMK and Niina had been trying to persuade 486 to change his ways. But after Asagi's intervention, MMK seemed to want to leave the matter to him alone.

"Well, I have other things to do, and Rupa and Chi-chan have their own things to do, so the only person I can think of is Nina. But, I don't feel comfortable with Nina going alone. However, since Asagi is going, I don't have to worry at all." This was the message sent by MMK, and she seemed to trust Asagi too much.

"Why aren't you worried?"

"If you can persuade Nina to come back even though she is like that, what should I worry about? I know everything." Asagi recalled Nina's question a few days ago.

They're all problem children. When will Asagi become one too? Who will persuade him then? Or will no one?

"I wish I had said that to myself. Today, I was frightened and ran away, leaving me there."

Asagi couldn't help but complain. Today's events were still fresh in his mind. MMK must have looked very embarrassed when he ran away.

"It was an accident. I had no idea Nana, Rin, Ai, and the others would be there. I'm really sorry."

After finishing his chat with MMK, Asagi lay down on the bed, thinking about tomorrow's visit to 486. That girl also wanted to play a little bit, although it was not her fault, but she was always the one who did it halfway.

If you have something to say, just tell everyone directly. It’s okay for everyone to understand.

The next day, Asagi went to school as usual and looked forward to the end of the school day. After school, Asagi decided to go to the club to find Takeda-senpai to ask for leave.

Arriving at the club's classroom, a familiar corner of the campus, the wall still bore traces of damage accidentally caused by Takeda-senpai. Asagi touched the marks on the wall.

He looked around but couldn't find Takeda-senpai. He stood there, looking around, but the place was empty.

It seems that I came too early. In that case, Asagi left a message asking for leave in the activity room.

According to the address given by MMK, Asagi took the tram and changed buses several times to arrive at 486's school. 486 is indeed a wealthy woman, and her school is located near a famous tourist attraction in Tokyo.

Many people check in at tourist attractions to show they've arrived in Tokyo. Asagi suppressed the urge to check in and decided to go directly to 486's school. Standing in front of the school's gate, the school's architecture is very stylish. 486's school is a professional performing arts school, similar to a technical secondary school.

In other words, 486 doesn't have a high school diploma, even though she graduated from school. Thinking about it this way, doesn't Asagi have the highest education level in the band?

Ah, not yet. MMK, Nina, and Satoshi all dropped out of high school, but Nina dropped out between her sophomore and junior year. Asagi is only in her first year of high school, so she's not the one with the highest academic qualifications.

Oh, I didn’t expect that a band that will be very popular in the future can’t even produce a high school diploma now. It’s so embarrassing.

Asagi walked into the teaching building of School 486 and looked around for 486. The school was quite large, so finding someone was becoming difficult.

"Hey, what are you looking for?"

The sound came from above.

Asagi looked up and saw a familiar face. The girl with long black hair stared at him face to face. Her eyes were violet, her nose was small, and her lips curled up slightly in a playful smile.

But she was upside down, her legs on top, crouching over the stair railing, leaning out most of her body to stare at Asagi. 486's behavior looked somewhat dangerous, and she had no safety rope or other props on her.

"Looking for you."

Asagi stepped back a few steps to make room so that the girl wouldn't hit him when she fell. Although 486 wouldn't fall at all.

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you hiding?"

"You're going to hit me."

"It's not heavy, it doesn't hurt at all."

With that, as if on cue, 486 suddenly plummeted to the ground, followed by a dull thud. Of course, it was all just a fantasy. 486 descended the stairs, staring at Asagi curiously, as if it were his first day.

"Why are you here at school?"

486 patted the hem of her skirt... Then, she rubbed her tired cheeks and laughed at Asagi.

The girl smiled cheerfully, but there was a look of doubt in her eyes.

“Why do you want to quit?”

The girl puffed out her cheeks.

"Hey, hey, hey, you come right up and ask people [Why do you want to quit?], is there really any girl who would like you like that? Shouldn't you ask something else first?"

486 grumbled, pouting, very dissatisfied. The girl glared at Asagi, her cheeks puffed up. The girl was angry, but unfortunately, Asagi couldn't understand why 486 was angry.

Asagi shook his head.

Looking at Asagi's expressionless face, the girl could only stay angry for a long time, but when she found it was useless, she had to surrender first.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"I want to know why you want to quit the band."

Asagi's purpose in coming here was to help 486 resolve the knot in her heart. Actually, 486 had already resolved it, but she lacked someone to push her to make the final decision.

After hearing Asagi's question, the girl became strange. Her eyes gradually narrowed, like a cat, lazy but dangerous, as if staring at prey.

It seemed as if this question touched the girl's core or key. She stared at Asagi and began to circle around him, but her eyes were always on Asagi's upper body.

"Sure, but you have to be my supporting role."

Suddenly, the girl said something that was both familiar and unfamiliar to Asagi.

? ? ? ?

Why is it that there are always people wanting to be his girlfriend lately? Will there be more in the future? When did he open the Pandora's Box of fate?

"why?"

Asagi wanted to know what girls were thinking and why they could always say things so casually that some people would never be able to say in their entire lives.

"Because I also want to experience the sweetness of love, the tenderness of a young girl, and the sour, ultimately heartbreaking feeling of love."

"Can't you refuse?"

Asagi tried to communicate.

"Of course, but if you refuse, I will refuse too."

The girl smiled, a familiar smile that said, "If you refuse, you'll be in trouble." It was the same smile, but it conveyed different meanings.

"Actually, it's just an assignment for a recent performance. I need a supporting role to help me with the acting. I don't really want you to be my boyfriend. Although that classmate can help me with the acting, I just can't find that feeling. No one would like a guy like you. Your girlfriend must be blind to choose someone like you. You have no idea about girls' minds and can't make people happy. What's more, you look stupid."

Asagi thought about it. Well, in a way, not really.

"My acting is terrible?"

"It depends on your performance. If you perform well, I can tell you everything."

The girl grabbed Asagi's arm and moved closer with a smile. They were so close, but Asagi couldn't tell whether the girl was really smiling.

"Then, let's start practicing."

Before Asagi could react, the girl had already dragged him along and started strolling around.

"Where should we go first before it gets dark?"

Walking on the campus, the girl bit her fingers, thinking about something difficult.

"That child is wearing our school uniform, right? But I've never seen it before."

A passing teacher frowned and looked at Asagi and 486.

Because she had no idea what to do, 486 dragged Asagi around the school. When the students were surprised, stunned, or their brains stopped working, she would happily wave at them, then open her eyelids and make faces.

When everyone started to speak, she cleverly sneaked away with Asagi, not giving anyone a chance to ask any questions.

Asagi looked at the time on his phone. It was already half past five.

But the 486 in front of her seemed to have no idea of being tired. The girl seemed so excited about this academy that she was already so familiar with that there were no surprises at all. She was full of curiosity about everything.

"Okay, I'll let you go today. But remember to bring me a love letter tomorrow. I want a confession letter, a super touching one. No perfunctory ones allowed."

486 smiled, moved closer to Asagi's face, and stared into Asagi's eyes. She wanted a positive answer.

"But I can't write. And we've already started today. How long can I keep this up?"

"It doesn't count today. I'm just getting used to this feeling in advance."

"I estimate it will take about five days. On the first day, when I received the confession letter, my heart was beating like a deer. It was like the dandelion girl meeting her lover for the first time. [The day before yesterday it was a bunny, yesterday it was a deer, and today it's you.]"

"The next day, I would hold a shy and innocent expression and ignorantly begin the long-awaited relationship."

"On the third day, our feelings intensified. I fell into a blind love, longing for that burning flame to burn all over my body. Even if the seas dried up and the rocks crumbled, we would still be together."

"As for the fourth day, it's boredom and exhaustion. After the peak, there's the trough, like quarrels, temper tantrums, and then the cold war."

"The fifth day is filled with heart-wrenching despair. Two people in love know each other but can't be together. That kind of grief and loneliness of unrequited love. Then, maybe my acting skills will improve, and I'll be able to handle Grandma's surprise inspections."

"But everyone is worried about you."

“So, you have to work harder.”

When Asagi wasn't paying attention, the girl quietly retreated until she was about 2 meters away from Asagi. From that position, if she wanted to sneak away, Asagi would be unable to stop her.

This is also the girl’s little thought. If she comes mysteriously, she must leave mysteriously too.