How can my simulation be a real love?

Seeing Takamatsu Akari suddenly made her a little flustered, since she hadn't accepted her invitation to come to the festival together.

"Kazami, weren't you preparing for a performance today?"

Wearing a deep purple kimono adorned with cherry blossom embroidery, Miss Riki frowned her delicate willow-leaf eyebrows. At this moment, she seemed to have forgotten that she was still wearing a rather inconvenient kimono. Her round and full white toes, like newly blooming petals, strode over in her tall wooden clogs.

Shiina Tatsuki's feelings at this moment were quite complicated.

She was just casually strolling around the temple fair when she suddenly saw Kazami Mei, whom she had special feelings for, and Takamatsu Akari, whom she doted on the most, together. What's more, they were walking hand in hand quite intimately.

This made Shiina Tatsuki feel an inexplicable unease.

"It wasn't my turn to go on stage yet. I was just wandering around when I happened to run into Xiaodeng, who was all alone."

Faced with Li Xi's somewhat familiar question, Feng Jianming simply gave a brief explanation.

Upon hearing this, Shiina Riki's face remained somewhat stiff, but her sadness had eased slightly. To avoid being discovered, she quickly adjusted her breathing and soon returned to her normal state.

"I was just strolling around here with Hailing, and we were planning to go over to the stage to watch your performance later, but who knew we'd run into you here."

"You're facing a strong team like SIDEROS, but you don't seem nervous at all..."

"...SIDEROS, which band is that?"

Kazami Mei lowered her head and pondered for a moment, but finally couldn't hold back and spoke.

When the official posters were released, he only glanced at them casually and didn't pay any special attention to which bands would be performing. For him, paying attention to other bands didn't make much sense.

Instead of worrying about these irrelevant things, it's better to focus on your band's performance.

"Wait, are you really one of the bands that performed with us?"

Shiina Tatsuki gasped, surprised to hear such a question from Kazami Naruto. She frowned, shook her head with a helpless expression, and then took out her phone, skillfully opened the official information, and handed it to Kazami Naruto.

As the two walked along the streets of the temple fair, Shiina Tatsuki explained information about the other bands.

However, Kazami Mei's attention was not on this.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that Lixi's kimono today was absolutely stunning.

Her flowing black hair cascaded down her fair, jade-like shoulders, and the beauty mark under her left eye seemed to possess a captivating allure. Her already picturesque face was now even more stunning than before.

Most importantly, the pale gold kimono sash clearly outlined the girl's already slender and beautiful figure.

At such close range, it was as if Kazami Naru was witnessing some kind of earthly beauty. Just seeing that one glimpse was enough for him to convert the scene into CG and etch it deep into his memory.

"Kazami, what are you looking at?"

Shiina Tatsuki, who was still explaining the band, paused slightly. She seemed to notice that Kazami Mei was staring at her face with a surprised look.

"No, I just think you look really good in a kimono, Shiina."

This is true.

Kazami Mei truly didn't expect that Shiina Riki would change so much after putting on a kimono. If the previous Shiina Riki had a dignified demeanor that was both gentle and strong, the current Shiina Riki is both cultured and elegant.

If her tone were a little gentler and softer, then Riki would be the epitome of a dream wife like the "Yamato Nadeshiko"!

It is indeed a bit astringent.

Clearly, Shiina Tatsuki hadn't expected him to say that so suddenly. Her smooth, cherry-red lips, lightly coated with lip gloss, pursed slightly. Her pretty face, which carried a hint of sharpness and indifference, seemed to burst into white smoke with a 'bang,' and a hazy, wine-red blush immediately spread across her face.

"what?"

"You, you're an idiot, aren't you?"

Enraged, Shiina Ritsuki took two steps back, somewhat at a loss. In her confusion, she could only turn around to look at Hachiman Kairin following behind her. But at that moment, Kairin was holding takoyaki in both hands, eating with a blank expression as she walked.

"Does the lamp think so too?"

"Yeah! I also think Riki-chan is...very pretty!"

Encouraged by Kazami Mei, Kodama nodded with a serious expression, which made the already shy Riki blush all over her tender neck, and her charming face became extremely stiff.

"Did you hear that? I was really praising you."

Kazami Mei spoke with a hint of mockery, which made Shiina Tatsuki furrow her brows.

Why was Kazami, who usually never treated her like a girl, suddenly praising her so seriously today?! Her flushed cheeks made her feel confused and incredibly embarrassed.

"...Shouldn't you say that to a lamp?"

Shiina Riki, who had just been a little flustered, suddenly turned cold. Takamatsu Akari, who was standing next to her, obviously noticed this as well. She was slightly stunned, and her eyes flickered with a hint of hesitation.

Would Shiina Tatsuki be willing to help her? But Tatsuki is usually very strict, and Takamatsu Akari doesn't know whether she should tell him.

It seemed that the band on the main stage of the live performance was about to start playing, and the crowd, which had been relatively peaceful, began to move around. Shiina Tatsuki, who was standing to the side, was slightly pushed to the side, and the festival procession around them started banging drums and gongs.

Takamatsu, still deep in thought while holding a cotton candy, suddenly realized she was standing there, not keeping up with Kazami Mei. The crowd around her had already begun to shift, and the petite woman could only see Riki, who was closest to her.

……

Kazami Mei hadn't noticed the little penguin following behind him for a moment when he suddenly felt his sleeve being gently tugged. He reacted quickly, grabbed the hand, and pulled the person out of the crowd.

Unexpectedly, he met a pair of calm, emerald-green eyes.

"Hailing?"

"I forgot to say hello just now. Good evening, Kazami-kun."

Hai Ling's nonchalant greeting made his expression somewhat subtle, but the other party's unhurried personality seemed to have infected him as well, and he inexplicably began to calm down as well.

"Good evening, Hailing... have you seen Shiina and the light anywhere?"

"Sorry, when I turned around just now I only saw Riki's back, and when I looked over I only saw Kazami, and I didn't notice where Takamatsu was either."

Hai Ling, completely unfazed, spoke without any expression. Even after suddenly getting lost, she maintained her cool and handsome demeanor, showing no signs of tension or panic. Instead, she leisurely held a takoyaki in her other hand.

Seeing this, Kazami Mei simply raised her head slightly, feeling a throbbing pain in her temples.

Who knew that when they took the little penguin to look for Kita and Pochi, the little penguin also disappeared in the blink of an eye, right near the main stage where there were so many people.

"Kazami-kun, could you please let go for a moment? I can't use chopsticks right now."

Hachiman Kairin stared intently at her right hand, which was being held by Kazami Mei, with her calm, emerald-green eyes.

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Chapter Fifteen: Hakimi (↑ Hakimi ↓)

Upon hearing this, Kazami Mei subconsciously squeezed Hailing's hand again, the smooth, delicate, and slightly cool supple feel immediately entering his mind.

Just now, in order to prevent them from getting separated again, he turned around and took the initiative to grab the other person's hand. Unexpectedly, the person he grabbed this time was not Gao Songdeng, but his good brother Hai Ling.

Oh no, he just accidentally pinched it, and it feels like a shrimp head.

"..."

However, Yawata Kairin didn't seem to care about this at all.

She truly seemed to be the most reliable best brother, showing no emotional change even when they accidentally held hands. Seeing her reaction, Kazami shook his head, trying to shake off any thoughts that might be detrimental to their brotherly relationship.

At the edge of the crowded area, Kazami Mei quite naturally let go of the hand she was holding, a natural reaction that made Hachiman Kairin slightly lift her emerald green eyes.

When is your performance scheduled?

"Nine o'clock, that's still some time away."

He was about to go on stage, so of course he kept an eye on the time on his phone.

Yahata Kairin, standing beside him, expressionlessly stuffed the last takoyaki from her lunchbox into her mouth. Then, as if nothing had happened, she turned to look at him and nodded slightly, a glint of light flashing in her calm eyes.

"I see. Congratulations on your successful live performance."

The handsome girl with black hair and green eyes suddenly started clapping her hands, offering her congratulations in a calm tone.

Seeing Hailing's behavior of opening champagne for him halfway through the performance before it even started, Kazami Naruto, who seemed to have been cursed, spoke with a strange expression—

"No, Hachiman, have you started to learn this kind of humor now?"

"Is it not good?"

Hachiman Kairin raised her calm, beautiful eyes, which were completely unwavering, and then spoke in a rather serious tone: "I saw a post on Twitter about the survival rules of modern bands. The post said that bassists in bands now have to learn talents like spraying alcohol on stage and doing street dance. Unfortunately, I'm not very good at dancing."

No, the post you mentioned...

Could this have been posted by someone with the ID 'Want to be fertilizer?'?

With an expressionless face, Hachiman Kairin stared ahead. When she saw Kazami Naruto, she seemed a little stunned. So she took a step forward and coldly raised the long sleeves of her blue kimono, and a faint fragrance gradually floated in the air.

The cool-looking girl spoke in a calm tone—

"Does it fit?"

At that moment, Kazami Mei also suddenly noticed his good friend's attire.

Ping, who usually dresses in dark-colored rock punk outfits, gave off a completely different vibe today. Her bright blue silk kimono, embroidered with delicate pure white flowers, added a touch of dignity and elegance to her already heroic look.

Hai Ling is really beautiful, but because they are best friends, he can remain completely unmoved.

"...Although it's a bit late to say this now, the kimono really suits me."

"understood."

Upon hearing this 'complaint,' Hachiman Kairin slightly raised her eyes. The cool girl casually glanced at her smooth, white right hand, then tossed the empty snack box into the trash can, her words uttered with an indifferent tone, devoid of any emotional fluctuation—

"I'd like to wander around the temple fair a bit more. What are you planning to do next, Kazami-kun?"

"They're probably planning to get some snacks, right?"

Kazami Naruto, who hasn't even had dinner yet, only managed to take a couple of small bites of the lantern's cotton candy.

With people crowding everywhere, Kazami Mei naturally didn't expect to find anyone else at this time. Rather than wandering around like a headless fly, she might as well go and browse the food stalls.

"However, in crowded places like summer festivals and temple fairs, there seem to be a lot of expensive and unpalatable food mixed in with other normal snacks, which really bleeds my rice."

"I see. Then I recommend you try their grilled chives and grilled oysters over there."

Hachiman Kairin casually pointed to two food stalls standing side by side not far away. The clever combination of the two food stalls made Kazami Mei raise her head slightly and look at the cool, cold-faced woman next to her with a somewhat awe-inspiring expression.

It must take a lot of courage just to walk over and buy both of these things at the same time, right?

He had already eaten enough of the two main items at 'General Chai Ramen', and now that he saw them again, he had absolutely no desire to try them.

"..."

Seemingly because of the strange expression on his face, Miss Hailing's lips curled up into a barely perceptible smile.

But when Kazami turned to look at her, the cool girl still had that indifferent expression, neither warm nor cold. Her thoughts were not revealed on the outside, but she raised her beautiful green eyes and carefully looked in a certain direction.

"I think we should try candied apples at the temple fair. What do you think, Kazami-kun?"

Sweet tooth?

Kazami Mei was somewhat tempted.

He even likes to add lots of white sugar to his coffee and doesn't reject any sweets. In fact, you could say he really likes sweet things. In this respect, Hachiman Kairin seems to be quite compatible with him.

Since even his best friend suggested it, what was there for him to hesitate about?

"eat!"

If it weren't for the fact that Hai Ling is actually a woman, he would have loved to put his arm around her and become sworn brothers with her.

"Ok?"

A purple-haired woman who happened to be standing at the edge of the crowd with a selfie stick seemed to suddenly notice what was happening.

She gently pulled down the sunglasses that covered her pale pink eyes and carefully examined them. Only after confirming everything did she purse her cat-like lips in an 'M' shape and raise her eyebrows meaningfully.

"Oh dear, oh dear~ Meow Dream seems to have seen something incredible..."

Yutenji Wakana made a slightly strange, soft-spoken complaint.

She hadn't expected that she would just be there to film some video material at the 'Summer Festival', but she would so 'coincidentally' run into acquaintances in such a crowded place, and coincidentally, the two people there were people she knew.

Especially that handsome young man with black hair and black eyes, she ruled out the possibility that she was seeing things the moment she saw him.

beep!

She casually pressed the stop button on the video recording and focused all her attention on the two people not far away.

"That black-haired boy over there must be Kazami, right? And that black-haired girl next to him must be 'Timoris,' who plays bass... But why are these two going to a festival together at a time like this?"

"Logically speaking, shouldn't he be with Toyokawa?"

Yutenji Wakame suddenly felt a bit confused.