Band heavy girl? Please stay away from me

[Believe me, Rin, we are a band with a shared destiny. CRYCHIC will definitely be able to realize Rin's dream!]

It is obvious that she almost used "fraud" to trick the other party into joining the band CRYCHIC.

With Toyokawa Shoko's musical level, how could she not understand?

Aside from myself and Wakaba Mutsu, the other members of CRYCHIC clearly weren't strong enough to debut professionally, yet I still invited them to join...

Shoko Toyokawa originally thought that with the efforts of everyone in the band and mutual support, they could steadily move towards becoming a professional band, thinking that this way they could take care of everyone.

But in reality, isn't this a disguised torture for Shimizu Rin, who is struggling to make ends meet and urgently needs to earn money to pay tuition?

Now that Toyokawa Shoko has experienced hardship, she finally realizes what a difficult life Rin had led in the past.

I have no money in my pocket and I am hungry.

Shoko Toyokawa had just experienced this feeling not long ago. The inability to meet basic material needs and the feeling of powerlessness made her feel that life was hopeless.

Such heavy pressure.

Not only does Rin Shimizu have to personally witness CRYCHIC's terrible performance on stage, but in the end, she even has to rely on her Santa to turn the tide and save the band's utterly failed performance?

Perhaps all Toyokawa Shoko can think of now is the responsibility that Rin has silently shouldered since joining the band.

The white-haired girl in my memory has been training hard to get into better shape to play the guitar in her hand.

But this was obviously a quality that the other members of CRYCHIC lacked, and thus, the band was doomed to disband.

No matter how you look at it.

She will have to bear most of the blame for this mistake.

But what can I do now?

She has quit CRYCHIC...

There is no chance to start over again...

I've wasted so much of her time, made so many promises, but I don't have the ability to fulfill them for her...

Maybe I shouldn't have invited Rin to join my band before...

But, if that's the case, wouldn't she and Rin be complete strangers from now on?

Is the shining guitarist about to leave his own world?

"No......"

The blue-haired girl quickly stood up with her hands supporting herself on the ground, not hesitating to let her hands be stained with the dust from the road. A bit more determination gradually appeared in her eyes, and she stumbled towards the teaching building.

At this moment, she looked weird and scary.

His eyes were red, his expression was painful, and he was filled with guilt and regret. He gave people a strong sense of obsession, and the students around him avoided him.

No one came forward or near.

Although the situation was unclear, it was obviously not appropriate for Shoko Toyokawa to go forward and ask given her current condition.

"..."

Shoko Toyokawa wiped away the excess tears from the corners of her eyes, trying her best not to cry in front of everyone.

She didn't care about her wet chest and dusty hands, and walked towards the rooftop of the teaching building.

The pure white figure was still in my mind.

She felt that she needed to convey her realization, otherwise, as Mashiro-senpai had said, Rin would most likely disappear from her future life.

Come to the rooftop.

The familiar guitar sound is still there.

Listening to this soothing guitar music, Shoko Toyokawa felt her nose sore and tears gathered in her eyes again.

She's still there.

"Xiangzi?"

The sound of the rooftop door being pushed open startled the white-haired girl on the rooftop. She was forced to stop playing the guitar and looked up at the uninvited guest who was walking towards her step by step.

And Shimizu Rin quickly noticed Toyokawa Shoko's red eyes and her expression as if she was about to cry, and confusion immediately took over her thoughts.

She first put away Santa, then put the guitar case in a safe place. After doing all this, Shimizu Rin stood up with a serious expression and walked towards Toyokawa Shoko.

This expression...

Why does she feel even sadder than when I saw Shoko Toyokawa on the bridge during the rainstorm?

But there was no despair towards life in his eyes, and the conflicting emotions... seemed to be directed at himself?

How can this be?

"cold......"

Toyokawa Shoko didn't give Rin a chance to ask. She just opened her arms and hugged her tightly, fearing that she would not give her a chance to explain.

But when Xiangzi really touched the warmth on the girl's body, her tear glands broke down again, and her faint sobs echoed on the rooftop where only two girls were.

"?"

Shimizu Rin's brain briefly crashed.

However, she subconsciously did not push away Toyokawa Shoko

Even though Shimizu Rin couldn't push away Toyokawa Shoko, who was slightly out of control, the girl still acquiesced to her behavior.

Shimizu Rin didn't know why Xiangzi suddenly did such an unexpected thing, so she thought of waiting for Xiangzi to calm down a little before asking him.

Unexpectedly, Xiangzi's crying became louder and louder.

Seeing this, Qingshui Lin silently hugged the crying Xiang and gently soothed his violently heaving back with his hands.

She planned to make Xiangzi stop crying first.

At the same time, Rin sighed quietly to himself.

I was playing the guitar, but I didn't expect a crying Xiaoxiang to suddenly burst into the rooftop?

It's quite rare...

After thinking about it, Qingshui Lin gave up the idea of ​​quietly taking out his mobile phone from his pocket and taking the opportunity to take a photo of the crying Xiaoxiang.

But Shimizu Rin obviously had no experience in comforting others, so the girl could only clumsily imitate the plot of the TV drama she had watched before and comforted her like this:

"I've always been here... Xiangzi, you can cry if you want to, it's okay..."

119. Don’t go! Please!

Soon, Shimizu Rin noticed that her shoulders were wet with tears, and she felt a little helpless, but she still gently comforted Toyokawa Shoko.

She couldn't possibly leave the emotionally agitated Xiangzi alone on the rooftop.

While holding Xiangzi, Qing Shuilin couldn't help but fall into thought - what on earth could have made the soft and sticky Xiangzi of Toyokawa cry like this? The expression on her face while crying was even more pitiful than when they met on the overpass not long ago.

Suddenly, Shimizu Rin had a sudden idea:

Could it be that...this, shouldn't be the case?

"Xiangzi, was your lunch stolen?" Qingshui Lin asked tentatively. Considering that it was lunch time, she felt that her guess was not wrong.

Either their wages were docked or their lunches were stolen.

After hearing Rin's question, Toyokawa Shoko stopped crying for a short while. There was a hint of confusion in her tear-red eyes, but she still couldn't control her tears from falling.

Obviously, Shimizu Rin did not guess the reason why Xiangzi was crying, and she was wrong to the extreme.

Shoko Toyokawa continued crying.

Confusion and guilt continued to intertwine and merge on the rooftop.

The surging emotions continued to wash over the girl's heart, which seemed hard on the outside but was actually soft on the inside.

at this point.

Qing Shui Lin had no other choice.

She had no choice but to wait quietly for Xiangzi to sort out his emotions, and before that, she let his tears wet her clothes.

Fortunately, there were spare school uniforms in the class closet, otherwise Qingshui Lin would probably have to ask the teacher for leave to go home and change clothes after lunch break.

You can't attend class normally with wet clothes.

at last.

After five full minutes, the crying on the rooftop gradually subsided.

All that was left was a series of intermittent whimpering sounds, like that of a dying animal, slight and weak, giving people a shaky and broken feeling.

For five minutes, Toyokawa Shoko leaned almost entirely on Shimizu Rin, greedily taking advantage of the girl's brief tenderness.

This made Qing Shui Lin extremely tormented, but she couldn't bear to push Xiangzi away.

Finally, when Xiangzi stopped crying, Qingshui Lin subconsciously took a step back and distanced herself from the soft and sticky Xiaoxiang.

"...Xiangzi?"

"...I'm sorry, Rin."

After sobbing for a long time and thinking she had adjusted her mood, Toyokawa Shoko didn't know where to start.

She stared at the white-haired girl in front of her, afraid that she would leave her sight for a moment.

Fortunately, Xiangzi did not notice that Shimizu Rin took a step back, otherwise she would not have been able to calm down in such a short time.

"Why are you apologizing? Did something happen to Xiangzi just now?"

When Shimizu Rin saw that Toyokawa Shoko was able to communicate normally, the tension in her heart immediately dissipated.

He asked Xiangzi the same question in a normal tone.

As long as we can communicate normally and there is no physical conflict.

Lin believes that her eloquence is second to none.

Including Shoko Toyokawa who was crying for no reason in front of him.

"I...I have an appointment with Mashiro-senpai to meet by the teaching building today..."

After struggling for a long time, Shoko Toyokawa finally chose to tell the truth. Lying would do nothing for her in repairing her relationship with Rin.

She wiped away the remaining water stains from the corners of her eyes with her clean wrist, and her gaze at Lin became more determined.

After all, he couldn't go against his own heart, even if it might make Rin feel less favorable towards him.

But this is still a million times better than making Rin hate him.

Toyokawa Shoko couldn't imagine Shimizu Rin looking at her with disgust. If that really happened, she would probably despair, right?

"Xiangzi, have you gone to see Xiaobai?"

As expected, when Shimizu Rin heard that Xiangzi had found Mashiro, the girl's beautiful and delicate eyebrows frowned quietly, and her eyes revealed a bit of solemnity.

Shimizu Rin had no doubt about the truthfulness of Xiangzi's words, because Xiangzi had no reason to lie to her - and Xiangzi's crying before was not a so-called performance at all, it was a complete expression of his true feelings.

Besides, she had never heard that Xiangzi had a hobby of deliberately playing pranks on people, and Xiangzi's personality would not allow him to play such a cheap joke on her.

but......

I didn’t expect that Xiangzi would find Xiaobai?

Could it be that Xiaobai has revealed all his secrets?

This is impossible?

And why was Xiangzi crying?

Xiaobai’s aggressiveness shouldn’t be enough to make Xiangzi cry, right?

"Well, then what?"

Qing Shui Lin pretended to be calm and spoke in a casual tone.

The girl's calm expression greatly soothed Toyokawa Shoko's nervous heart.

The truth of the matter has not yet been revealed, and Lin will not jump to conclusions. Everything in front of her cannot cause her any ripples.

"I......"