After Boqi moved into my closet, the quiet life is gone forever

"It's rare for me to show some kindness to a guy like you, so just ignore what I said!"

When Chaoyang saw the sandwich dog biting Lu Dongbin, he didn't want to say anything and just turned and left with his hands in his pockets.

Sandwich-chan stayed where she was, staring at Pochi's receding back.

"Those two women smell like scumbags, just like me. Whether the pink-haired girl lives or dies is none of my business, but she's my servant after all. Her things are mine. If someone else takes them without my permission, it'll be very troubling to me. I'm going to go check it out."

Chaoyang, who had already started walking, heard what Sandwich-chan said, but Chaoyang himself had a good impression of the girl named Ayaka.

"Are you serious? You're not just trying to mess with Pochi, are you?"

"Maybe."

Sandwich-chan also crawled towards Pochi with a lewd smile.

[From an influence perspective, Sandwich-chan is usually a complete scumbag, but she's the type who'll do something good when the chips are down. The question is, can this logic be applied to reality? ...Forget it, let's just fix it later. I'll just not stop her this time and see what happens. If she really ruins Pochi's social activities, I'll punish her then.]

After much deliberation, Chaoyang let Sandwich Sauce move freely.

After a few minutes

In a music studio called Obsounds in Shimokitazawa, Pochi and the other two had already registered and were standing in front of the door of the rented rehearsal room.

Futaba Ayaka and Takanuma Ami looked at each other and completed the eye contact when Pochi couldn't see.

Then Futaba Ayaka spoke to Pochi.

"Pochi-chan, go in first~ Yami-chan and I are going to the bathroom together."

"Ah... yes!"

Pochi stood alone in front of the rehearsal room, clutching her guitar bag tightly in her hand. She felt a mixture of nervousness and excitement.

This is the first time I've used a rehearsal room like this outside of my life... I'm already way ahead of myself in the story. So, I'm pretty much a living hell now, right?

While Pochi was grinning, the other two team members had already arrived at the bathroom. After using the bathroom, they began to touch up their makeup and chat by the sink.

Futaba Ayaka, wearing a light lipstick, spoke first with a mocking tone.

"Look, doesn't that guy look irritating?"

Takanuma Ami immediately agreed.

"I know, I know. I don't know if she's pretending or if she's really that stupid. She can drive me crazy with just one sentence, and I'll just say 'yeah, yeah'. I'm so annoyed. Find a chance to kill her."

"Don't be impatient. Let's see if she's really stupid or just pretending. Let that guy pay more for the rent today. She looks stupid."

"You're just being silly! Didn't you say she came here with a Chinese guy she just met? How could someone with social anxiety like that possibly know a foreigner and even ask someone to come along and meet a stranger... And didn't you say she didn't have a cell phone before? If you want to contact her, just contact that Chinese guy directly. Maybe they're even living together. That kind of thing..."

As she spoke, Takanuma Ami clenched her fist lightly to reveal a hole, and with her other hand, she stretched out a finger and poked it in.

"If nothing else, just give it a try. If she's really stupid, maybe we can save some money on the rehearsal room this time, and then we can deliberately increase the quota for the livehouse so she can share more of the spot. I'd feel a little embarrassed if I just kicked her out. After all, we were the ones who actively recruited her online."

"OKOK~"

They each packed up their makeup boxes, picked up their bags and went out.

The door to the innermost stall in the bathroom was slowly pushed open, and Sandwich walked out.

"Well, is that all? It's not even close to mine~~"

Sandwich Sauce put his hands on his hips and looked very proud.

"So boring! I thought I was going to bully the pink-haired guy. I should have gone to eat barbecue with him. Tell the pink-haired guy? Forget it, it's too troublesome. Let's go back first."

Sandwich-chan muttered coldly, her mood seemed to change after hearing the conversation between Futaba Ayaka and Takanuma Ami.

She had been planning to mess around but for some reason she suddenly lost interest.

She walked to the exit of Obsounds and glanced in the direction of the rehearsal room, feeling a mixture of emotions.

Passing by the front desk, I waved casually

"Oh thank you toilet, it feels so good to poop."

This attracted the attention of the front desk staff, who looked at her as a strange flower.

Rehearsal Room

Pochi was plucking the strings, listening to the clarity of each note, then fine-tuning the tuning pegs until the guitar sounded crisp and harmonious. She also carefully connected the guitar to the amplifier and played a few trial chords to make sure everything was tuned just right.

The heavy door was pushed open, and the two girls who had just been in the bathroom walked in.

"Sorry, sorry, Pochi-chan kept you waiting~~ Yami-chan, let's get ready quickly. The rent here is not cheap, don't waste time~~"

The voices of Futaba Ayaka and Takanuma Ami immediately filled the rehearsal room, and the two began to chat while making preparations.

[Although, although it's a little hard to join in on their conversation, no, it still makes me feel present, it's not bad. It's just that the lighting in this rehearsal room is a little cold, which I'm not used to.]

Futaba Ayaka and Takanuma Ami were both very skilled in their movements. They were busy but could still talk without interruption, which made Pochi admire them very much.

"Ayaka~ I'm ready here."

"I've finished checking here too~ Pochi-chan, let's get started~ Let's play the opening of Lonely Rock's Youth Concert."

"Yes Yes!"

Pochi answered loudly again, causing the two to laugh.

"Don't be so nervous. It's okay if it's not perfect at first. This is just our first practice~"

Futaba Ayaka pretended to be unusually gentle again and comforted Pochi in advance.

[One, I must not let Ayaka-chan down, I must perform perfectly! ]

Pochi's heart was filled with determination and excitement. She took a deep breath and prepared to begin playing. As Futaba Ayaka and Takanuma Ami's drums and bass began to play, Pochi gently began to strum the guitar, the notes flowing smoothly from her fingers.

4 minutes later

"..."

"..."

"..."

Futaba Ayaka and Takanuma Ami exchanged glances, and then Futaba Ayaka broke the silence.

"Well~ It's normal to do this for the first practice~ Pochi-chan, let's do it twice~~"

"Ah... M-m ...

"Pochi-chan, listen carefully to Ayaka-chan's drum beats."

Takanuma Ami also reminded Pochi.

The three began to play again.

But their words had the opposite effect. The more Pochi focused on it, the more confused she became whenever Futaba Ayaka hammered out a strong rhythm on the drums or Takanuma Ami played a deep melody on the bass. Her fingers moved hesitantly on the guitar. She tried to follow the rhythm, but she always missed the right moment, causing the music to sound choppy and lacking a sense of flow.

Anxiety gradually spread across Pochi's face. A deep sense of frustration welled up within her, a stark contrast to the confidence she had displayed during her private practice.

"Pochi-chan, relax and follow our pace."

Futaba Ayaka tried to encourage her, but that didn't seem to help Pochi much.

Although Takanuma Ami's words were still gentle, her facial expression was a little unhappy.

Fortunately, Pochi was slow to notice.

The rehearsal ended unsatisfactorily.

Futaba Ayaka also began to trick Pochi according to the predetermined plan, intending to make her pay more money.

"I'm sorry Pochi-chan, Ami got the price of the practice room wrong. It's 2500 yen an hour, so everyone has to pay a little more. I'm really sorry."

"No, it's okay..."

[Luckily, Chaoyang gave me 10,000 yuan in pocket money. Shouldn't that be enough?]

"Okay, we spent three hours, 2500 each, and we used some machines to calculate the bill, so the total is 3 each. Wait a minute, I'll go to the front desk to greet you~, Yami, you and Pochi-chan, wait for me outside."

Takanuma Ami instantly understood what Futaba Ayaka meant and cooperated. She held Pochi's hand and pulled Pochi out with a smile on her face.

"Pochi-chan, thank you for your hard work today~"

"Ah... um, I'm sorry... I play it so badly."

[A good person, who is clearly dragged down by me but still treats me so well. ]

19. Apportionment Indicators

"By the way, Pochi-chan, we have a LIVEHOUSE scheduled for next week. The minimum audience is 30, so each of us in the band will share 10 tickets. Sorry, please, here are your 10 tickets. Be careful on your way home~~~ Bye."

Futaba Ayaka stuffed all the tickets in her hand into the hands of Pochi who hadn't reacted yet, then pulled Takanuma Ami and quickly left the place while looking back and saying goodbye.

“Ah…B-Bye…Quota? Ten people?…!!! Ten people!?”

Pochi, whose brain had been in a slump for a long time, finally came to his senses and wanted to find Futaba Ayaka to tell her that this task was impossible for him to complete.

[Yes, by the way, LINE, luckily I added it, so I quickly said I couldn’t complete it! ]

In a panic, he took out his cell phone to send a message to the two people in front of him, but suddenly a chill ran through his heart.

[I've already troubled them both during practice... If I just reject them this time, I'd be so sorry... I finally made friends on my own, and unlike in the anime, they didn't rely on Nijigas kindness, but on myself...]

In the end, Pochi put the phone back into his pocket and did not choose to refuse.

“…Let’s go back first…”

……

The other two who had just left Pochi had already gone back to the coffee shop and sat down.

Takanuma Ami said with a smirk while holding the coffee in her hand.

"I said, if she goes to the live house with me when she's like that, it will definitely be a complete failure, right?"

Futaba Ayaka waved her hand casually.

"It's okay. We always fail the first time. The main thing is that she can help us pay the bulk of the quota, isn't it great? We have a lot of expenses this month, and money is a bit tight."

"I didn't realize you wanted to perform at a live house so badly."

"I've got to experience it. I'd love to be on stage sometimes. But I didn't expect that girl to be so stupid. She actually believed the price of the rehearsal room I casually mentioned. She didn't even bother to look at it. I didn't even feel the joy of successfully conning her."

"But since she's not pretending... can she handle the 10 quotas?"

"It's none of our business. If she doesn't understand, she can just pay for it herself. The two of us only need to take care of five spots. When she asks why there are so few people, we can just say we paid for the tickets but couldn't find anyone. If we divide the five spots here, I'll take three and you take two, okay? Yami-chan~~"

"You are so kind, Ayaka-chan, hug me (づ??????)づ"

"Don't do that, it's a bit disgusting~"

……

Late night

Saitama Prefecture Chaoyang Home

"That's probably what happened~"

"..."

Sandwich reported to Chaoyang what he heard in the bathroom.

But Chaoyang was not that shocked.

"Well... isn't this normal for girls you don't know well? I used to talk bad about others behind their backs with my friends, so I can understand it. It's just that taking advantage of Pochi is a little disgusting."

"So you're going to ignore it? Oh, I don't care. I just told you because I thought it was interesting."

Sandwich Sauce spread his hands and lay down on the tatami, watching TV on his computer.

"I'll tell her, and it's up to her to decide. But realistically, this kind of petty calculation isn't uncommon. After all, it's impossible for the world she lives in to be like hers, where everyone she meets is a good person."

Just as Chaoyang finished speaking, Pochi finally arrived home after a long journey, panting as he pushed open the door.

"I, I'm back..."

"Welcome back, Pochi-chan..."