How can my simulation be a real love?

"This time, it's too hot, I can't eat it."

Oh, it's a cat's tongue that's afraid of getting burned...

Rakuna started blowing on the noodles in small sips, but even with such efforts, she couldn't cool down the steaming bowl of buckwheat noodles in front of her quickly.

The problem is that if you leave steaming hot noodles out for too long, they'll clump together and the taste will be greatly diminished.

For someone like Kazami Naruto, it would be absolutely unbearable to leave a hot bowl of noodles in front of him uneaten!

"There is really no way..."

I don't know how to do it, but I know it's a long time

"If we keep waiting, the noodles won't taste good."

Kazami Mei directly took the chopsticks from Yoru Nai's hand and began to use artificial cooling to make the noodles easier to eat. Then, to avoid wasting time, he personally fed the noodles to the cat with the chopsticks.

Occasionally, some soup would spill out, and Kazami would take a clean towel and wipe the corner of her mouth for her.

I feel like I've unknowingly become a father figure.

Although his tonkotsu ramen had become much worse in taste after soaking for half a day, seeing Kaname's eyes slightly narrowed and her smile of satisfaction and cuteness made him feel that his efforts had not been in vain.

Seeing the cat's adorable smile makes it all worthwhile.

"Ming."

After eating a few bites of soba noodles, Kaname slowly raised her head and looked at Kazami Mei, who was 'artificially cooling down' her. A mischievous, cat-like smile appeared on her lips.

She slowly rested her smooth chin on her hands, looking straight ahead.

Then, seeing Kazami Mei's puzzled expression, she slowly spoke—

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"Like it~"

Chapter Twenty-Nine: I Just Wanted to See That Expression on Your Face [5k]

The dim lighting in the ramen shop gave her bright silver hair a soft, light texture, and her cat-like, cool heterochromatic eyes were tinged with a hint of a smile. Combined with her soft voice, it was like a kitten's paw gently tickling your heart.

"..."

Kazami Mei's movements froze slightly, and she looked up at the stray cat in front of her with a strange expression.

It has to be said that Lena was somewhat affected after saying those words.

For some reason, he has little resistance to petite and cute girls.

In addition, he knew that Lena's simple personality was completely different from that of a certain blue-haired woman who talked nonsense, which is why she was so easily swayed by such a simple sentence.

However, he was very happy, and even felt like laughing.

But it would be too embarrassing to show one's emotions on one's face just because of a little wildcat's words.

So Kazami Mei quickly recalled some funny things in her mind, which quickly calmed down her rising emotions.

"Ming, are you unhappy?"

Rakuna blinked and noticed that Kazami Mei's expression hadn't changed much.

A lingering doubt filled her eyes as she tilted her cute little head, staring intently at Kazami Mei's face.

Even though he had already said those 'lines,' he continued to feed himself as if nothing had happened.

"Do you think I'll be happy just by saying 'I like you'?"

"Ah."

Hearing Rakuna's serious speech, Kazami Mei took a deep breath.

Even if he were to think through the unseen stand-in behind him, he would know that this idea definitely wasn't something that Rana came up with on her own.

This simple-minded stray cat can even forget the way home, how could it possibly know what 'like' means?

There must be a mastermind behind this!

"Who taught you that?"

"cold."

I knew it.

Kazami Mei reached out a handkerchief to gently wipe the soup dripping from Rakuna's lips, and said earnestly like an old father taking care of his daughter, "Don't believe Ryo too much, she's not very reliable."

"why?"

"No reason."

Kazami Mei offered no explanation, which made Rakuna pout slightly in dissatisfaction.

Her petite frame was so small that her feet couldn't even touch the ground when she sat in the chair; she could only sway gently in mid-air.

"That's about enough. Now you can eat by yourself."

Kazami handed the chopsticks back to Kazami Rakuna. Just as he was slurping up a mouthful of his almost mushy tonkotsu ramen, Rakuna, who had been sitting opposite him and staring at him, fell silent for a moment before suddenly furrowing her thin eyebrows.

"like."

"Ahem... Let's not talk about this. I have something else to ask you."

To prevent Rakuna from making any more shocking statements, Kazami Mei immediately ended the conversation.

Fortunately, he was alone with Lena right now. If she suddenly said such a terrible line in front of the other girls in the band...

Kazami Mei dared to say that Shiina Tatsuki, sitting in front of the drum set, would dial a certain special number with a look of utter contempt for him within five seconds and personally drag him into jail.

"Lena, have you joined the band yet?"

"They're all boring women."

Yoro Nai gently shook her head, sipping her soup in small sips while responding with a bored expression.

STARRY's Nijika Ijichi initially considered inviting her to be their guitarist.

The 'stray cat' Lenai, who can be used as a mascot, has no way of contacting anyone.

Running into her at a LiveHouse on a normal day is purely a matter of chance.

In addition, Rakuna gets bored easily when doing something, and she even goes about band practice and other activities on a whim. Her elusive personality eventually led Nijika to give up on inviting her to join the End Band.

However, when STARRY sees her, he will occasionally feed her some sweets, making Lena a mascot-like figure.

Of course, other people invited her to form a band, but Lena quickly got tired of it.

Some boring people.

These women in the band had no personality, which made Lena, who was already short-lived, quickly bored and lose interest.

"In that case, how about joining the band I recently formed?"

Kazami Mei's sudden invitation piqued Rakuna's interest.

She doesn't dislike being in a band, she's just tired of boring bands.

"...Hongxia?"

"It's not the end band of Nijika, it's a band formed with a group of... weird girls."

Because he really didn't know how to describe Kodama and Aine, Kazami Naruto simply used a rather general term, since he thought the people in Mygo were indeed quite strange.

Seemingly drawn in by the word 'strange,' a hint of curiosity shone in Lena's eyes.

"want."

"Don't rush to refuse, take a look first... huh?"

He really hadn't expected it to go so smoothly.

"I also want matcha parfait."

It doesn't seem to be going too well, referring to the wallet.

……

The next day.

Haneoka High School —

Toyokawa Shoko was very anxious.

Today, she was sitting in the corner of the empty music room, just like any other day, holding a light blue lunchbox.

Like a hedgehog deliberately avoiding its predators, she chose to sit in the very corner of the music classroom.

The unremarkable bento box in my hand was a quick purchase from the supermarket to save time; it contained only a simple combination of plums, enoki mushrooms, and white rice.

Although the taste was quite subtle, at least it was enough to fill you up.

She was already used to eating such simple meals, but even so, she would not choose to open her lunchbox in the classroom.

Because it's very likely that it will attract strange looks from other people.

She has a strong sense of self-respect and finds it difficult to accept the strange looks from others.

Therefore, Toyokawa Shoko would coldly refuse invitations from others, preferring to eat lunch alone in the empty music room rather than with her classmates.

Therefore, Toyokawa Shoko had no friends in her class who she could talk to.

Ding dong.

My phone suddenly beeped with a text message notification; it was a picture of a cucumber flower.

Is it harmony?

[Xiang, do you have time to meet?]

The message in black on a white background made Toyokawa Shoko's expression freeze; even without thinking, she could roughly guess what it meant.

Is it Su Shi again?

"Ugh……"

Toyokawa Shoko let out a heavy sigh, her already anxious and frustrated mood worsening at this moment.

Even though she had transferred to Haneoka, it was no use. With Mutsu around, it was difficult to avoid contact with Nagasaki Motoyo. She knew Mutsu's personality all too well, and being caught in the middle, she simply couldn't refuse the others.

Su Shi seems to still be hopeless about her, so she wants to find out information about this place through Xiao Mu.

CRYCHIC is gone forever.

Now, busy making a living every day, Toyokawa Shoko has no energy left to deal with the trivial matters between band members; she is already exhausted enough.

Toyokawa Shoko gripped the chopsticks tightly in her hand, the anxiety in her heart lingering.

Because she devoted a lot of her energy to working, her academic performance declined at a visible rate.

If things continue like this, her chances of getting a school scholarship based on her excellent grades will be gone, but she can't give up her part-time job to make a living under these circumstances.

In the afternoon, I have to work as a barista at Rabbit Cafe, and in the evening, I have to work overtime at a customer service company to earn a meager salary. After get off work, I immediately have to rush to the supermarket to buy cheap, near-expiry food.

Because we don't even have a washing machine at home, we don't even buy laundry detergent.

She washed all her clothes herself, bit by bit, with soap.

Even though she was already so tired, she still had to find time to do her homework and prepare her lunch for the next day.

Toyokawa Shoko's life has fallen into chaos.

She was already used to this level of pressure, and she would usually find ways to bear it all on her own.

But why is it only today that I feel so anxious?

Click!

Suddenly, the sliding door to the music classroom was opened, and a black-haired boy carrying a lunchbox strolled in.

He casually glanced around the classroom, then locked the door behind him. He walked straight towards Toyokawa Shoko, pulled up a chair as if they were old friends, and sat down next to her desk.

His sudden arrival left Toyokawa Shoko completely bewildered.

She stared blankly at the boy opposite her, and for some reason, most of her anxiety dissipated.

Instead, there was an inexplicable sense of unease.