People in Zongman are masters of copying romance novels

He stood up by supporting himself on the kotatsu table, took a few steps back, and took another deep breath before looking at Yamada Ryo seriously again.

The two looked at each other.

The atmosphere was a little subtle. Although they were looking at each other, neither of them spoke.

"..."

There was a silence in the air.

On the opposite side of the kotatsu,

At this moment, Yamada Ryo didn't know what to say.

It was the first time that I encountered such a thing as "being misunderstood by my friend for reading an R-rated magazine"; it was the first time that I encountered such a thing as "making my friend hide in the kotatsu to avoid another friend", and in this situation, in this slightly tense emotional situation - my friend touched my leg.

Although I don't mind...but my mood at this moment is still a little subtle.

The thoughts in my mind that I had not had time to think about just now suddenly started to work.

Miss Liang was a little lost in thought.

Then, she suddenly realized that she was looking at Suki-san. She blinked and suddenly stopped thinking.

A long silence would definitely be awkward. With the intention of breaking the silent atmosphere, Liang Yi stopped thinking and spoke.

"Suki-san——"

However, she paused before she could finish her sentence.

It seems that nothing is appropriate to say right now.

There's no need to ask questions like 'Why are you touching your own legs?' Changing the subject seems a bit contrived...

The girl thought for a moment.

Then, after thinking for a moment after the voice fell, Liang's eyes lit up slightly as if he suddenly remembered something.

Ah, if you ask that question—

I will definitely be embarrassed, and Suki-san will definitely be embarrassed too.

but--

In this already awkward atmosphere, I really wanted to see Suki-san's reaction after hearing this question...

He lowered his head and blinked, then raised his head again to look at Aokisuke.

Taking a deep breath, Yamada Ryo tried his best to make his voice sound no different from usual.

The tone is cool and a bit lazy, but if you listen carefully, you can find a little more subtle vibrato than usual.

"Suki-san,"

Miss Liang spoke seriously and asked questions.

"What does it feel like?"

"..."

"...?"

Aoki Jie was prepared to be questioned by Liang San, and was also prepared to apologize with all his might.

But he really didn't expect, he really didn't expect that after such a long period of silence, Miss Liang would actually ask himself this question -

'What does it feel like?'

If I hadn't misunderstood, if I hadn't misinterpreted it...

The question should be: 'What does it feel like to touch legs'?

......

Although I'd already determined that Ms. Liang had a strange personality, asking such a question under these circumstances...

Aokijie had to admit that he still couldn't keep up with Liang Sang's train of thought.

He hesitated, opened his mouth, then closed it and thought for a moment.

After hearing the question asked by Yamada Ryo, Aokisuke remained silent for a long time.

The expression on his face changed from astonishment to contemplation, from thinking to hesitation, and finally from hesitation to relief.

this problem......

Want to answer?

Wouldn't it be bad if I didn't answer?

In this situation, I should just answer whatever Liang-san asks seriously.

What does it feel like...

After embarrassment, astonishment, hesitation, and serious thinking.

Aokijie spoke up, his tone was a question, and with a pause, he responded,

"It feels good... the body temperature is a little cool, the calves are very soft, and... the stockings are very delicate... this, this feeling?"

"..."

what......

Just as I expected, it was really awkward.

And it was even more embarrassing than expected—

I thought Suki-san wouldn't answer this question, but Yamada Ryo really didn't expect Aokisuke to think about it seriously and express his feelings seriously...

Having the opposite sex carefully analyze the touch of my legs, even though they are good friends, as expected——

She blinked expressionlessly, but the girl's face, which was already slightly flushed, became even more obvious.

Miss Liang felt that she couldn't bear it any longer...

She had clearly asked the question just to see Aoki's reaction, but now she felt a slight sense of regret rising in her heart.

The room fell silent again.

After a few seconds of silence, Liang looked away and then changed the subject deliberately.

"Ah... well, let's eat first, Suki-san."

Aoki Jie was silent, then nodded slightly.

Sitting in front of the kotatsu, he hesitated for a moment, looked at Liang, and with the intention of explaining something, he spoke.

"Liang-san, um, actually..."

"It's okay, Suki-san."

But before he could finish his words, Miss Liang interrupted him.

"I understand."

"..."

The boomerang that hit Aokisuke half an hour ago finally hit him now.

Chapter 73: The busy start before summer vacation

Although he had originally planned to go to the livehouse to practice with Miss Liang, because the atmosphere had been strange since the beginning, he didn't want to stay there and continue to be tormented by the atmosphere. Therefore, Aoki decided to go home after lunch.

Even before leaving, the two of them communicated too little.

It was completely different from the usual style of getting along, and it felt like going back to two months ago;

Two months ago, Yamada Ryo was a quiet person due to his personality; Aoki Suke didn't want to get into trouble, so he didn't say much either.

During that period, when the two of them were together, most of their communication was just "um, oh".

However, compared to two months ago, the situation is somewhat different now——

For example... this current relationship where [whoever speaks first is embarrassed, and they clearly want to say something, but they don't dare to say more because of what just happened] is definitely different from the relationship two months ago where [even when they were face to face, they didn't want to say anything at all]...

In short, after a painful lunch, Aokisuke left first, using the excuse of "suddenly remembering something else".

......

It was around 1:30 when we left Miss Liang's house.

I walked for a while to the tram stop and took the tram back to my rented apartment until two o'clock.

The apartment without air conditioning was very hot, so Aoki Jie was considering finding an apartment with air conditioning to rent as soon as possible.

But the funds are obviously not sufficient at the moment...

After entering the room and turning on the old electric fan, he originally planned to prepare for the final exam, but when he opened his schoolbag from the side, he suddenly remembered the promise he made with Niijima Yusuke in the morning.

Make a sample song within a week and send it to the other party. If the quality is good, we will discuss further cooperation issues.

The sooner this is done, the better. The sooner we can confirm the cooperation, the sooner we can start training with everyone in the band.

The longer you delay, the more likely an accident will occur.

therefore......

After considering this, Aokisuke put away his schoolbag again.

On the way back by tram, he had already chosen the reward for completing the task.

Just like the original idea, because they might have to play the song "Fireworks" later, and since the band lacked a keyboardist, Aoki Jie naturally chose the skill of "Master Keyboardist".

Unlike the skill [Master Guitar Technique], Aoki Jie had noticed in the points mall that the price of the skill [Master Keyboardist] was several times more expensive than the skill [Guitar Technique] in terms of points exchange.

Of course, it's not because of some other special reasons. In fact, the reason why the skill of [Master Keyboardist] is more expensive is very simple -

Compared to the skill of a single instrument, 'Guitar Technique', the skill of 'Keyboardist' is more like a comprehensive professional skill covering the profession of 'Keyboardist';

Just the skill of "Master Keyboardist" includes skills in many types of music technology, such as "Master Piano", "Master Electronic Organ", "Master Synthesizer", etc.

Of course, it is not impossible to use points to purchase these music technology skills individually, but Aokijie did a simple calculation and found that the points spent on purchasing the [Master Keyboardist] are slightly cheaper than the points spent on purchasing each music technology skill individually.

However, these things have nothing to do with Aokisuke at the moment.

Considering the need to rush out the demo song of "Fireworks" as soon as possible, Aokiji chose the skill [Master Keyboardist] without spending any points. However, he still lacked a key item.

It has been mentioned before that the main melody of the music "Fireworks" is played on the piano, but at present, Aoki Jie does not have a piano.

In the future, there will definitely be a lot of music that will require keyboard instruments such as pianos or electronic keyboards. For convenience, it is really necessary to buy one now.

but......

The price of a piano is really not low, and it is not easy for Aoki Jie to buy a piano in full right now.

But this problem is not without solution.

Compared with ordinary pianos, the tone of electric pianos may have some slight flaws, but these flaws can mostly be ignored if they are used in daily performances.

As for the price, compared to the high price of hundreds of thousands of yen for ordinary pianos, cheaper digital pianos can be bought for as low as tens of thousands of yen.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Aoki decided to go to a musical instrument store to buy a suitable electric piano for the time being.

After making the decision, I went out to the music store.

He did not go to the store called "Sound" located at the intersection in front of the station last time. For convenience, Aoki Jie found a nearby musical instrument store with a good reputation.

I took the train to the store and bought an electric piano for 84000 yen based on recommendations on the Internet.

Because transportation was not very convenient, the musical instrument store was thoughtful enough to deliver the electric piano to the apartment rented by Aokisuke.

The already crowded room suddenly became even more crowded.

In fact, this digital piano is obviously more suitable to be placed in [STARRY] than in the apartment rented by Aokisuke.

But he needed this electric piano right away, and Aoki Jie didn't want to face Miss Liang again because of what happened at noon, so after hesitating, he decisively made a choice between the two.

At worst, I can just ask someone to transport it over later...

But let’s not think about that for now.

[Master keyboardist] and electric piano are ready.