A band simulator, but all girl-heavy!

Kita could figure out what caused this situation even with just his toes.

She inexplicably developed a hint of hostility towards this still unfamiliar band. She frowned slightly, stared at everyone in Mygo for a moment, then turned to look at Yamada Ryo beside her.

"Ryo-senpai...you noticed that too, right?"

"Uh-huh."

Yamada Ryo gently put down the plate in his hand, his cheeks moved slightly, he swallowed the sushi he had tasted carefully, and nodded solemnly.

"In terms of the taste of sashimi... tuna is still better."

"Senior sister..."

Kita showed a look of slight contempt. From the beginning of the dinner party, this senior who was known to be both unique and handsome had been like a sushi storage machine, showing off sushi skillfully and continuously, as if he was afraid of not finding the next opportunity to eat for free.

"I know, Aoi doesn't look very happy."

Liang picked up a plate of crab sushi, his expression still maintaining his usual calm and composed demeanor. He said calmly, "It's probably about the warm-up band, but for something like this, I think it would be more appropriate to ask her directly."

"I feel like given Xiao Kui's personality, she might not tell us at all."

Hong Xia, who was sitting next to Liang, seemed to have been listening to the conversation since just now. She smiled helplessly and shrugged lightly, "After all, you see, she didn't even want to tell us that she had formed a band before..."

"Xiao Kui is hiding this from us...could it be that she doesn't trust us?"

Kita lowered her eyes, an inexplicable low pressure enveloped her soul, making her breathless, and suppressing the dazzling light in her body that was always bright and dazzling, making it flicker like a candle flame.

In the process of getting along with Aoi, she felt that she had also undergone some unpredictable changes. Kita, who always advocated a light-hearted and cheerful attitude in making friends, actually began to worry about her image in Aoi's eyes...

It seemed like everything had changed since she invited Aoi to stay the night. She gradually began to realize her unrealistic fantasies about Aoi...

Will Aoi hate her like this? Will Aoi choose to return to the arms of her former bandmates one day? Will they become less important to Aoi?

These fantasies, so cruel that they made her heart ache, were like invisible little devils haunting her, pushing everything towards the situation she hated.

"Will not……"

However, the one who comforted her and denied this point of view was not Hong Xia, who was as reliable as a mother in daily life, nor Yamada Ryo, who was mature and rational at the critical moment, but Goto Ichiri, who was always timid and cowardly and dared not speak too loudly.

Miss Pink Slug's long bangs couldn't hide her bright blue eyes, and the determination echoing in her eyes.

"Aoi... probably just doesn't want us to worry."

"Pochi is right, Aoi isn't that kind of person, but this will only make us more worried..."

Hong Xia sighed lightly and scratched her hair in distress, "I really need to think of a solution..."

"Perhaps it would be more useful to know what kind of conflict she had with her previous band..."

Kita looked a little downcast, but he was still racking his brains to think of a solution, muttering softly, "At least I don't see that Aoi holds a grudge against or hates those children... On the contrary, she spares no effort to help and care for them... What does this situation look like to you?"

Several people fell into silence and could not answer this question for a while.

Such a guess may seem simple, but Aoi's close friends and bandmates are not willing to make random guesses. They are not just bystanders having fun and cannot make random guesses with the same mentality as guessing the plot of a novel. Doing so may not only lead them in the wrong direction, but also appear to be very disrespectful to Xiao Kui.

"Surely, it's better for us to just ask directly...?"

After hesitating for a moment, Xiduo finally made up his mind. He looked at the others and said, "Xiao Kui has always encouraged us, guided us forward, and helped us solve various difficulties and setbacks... I don't want Xiao Kui to be immersed in sadness. She is the person in the world who deserves love and care the most."

"Who does Kita want to ask?"

Hongxia showed an indecisive expression on her face, and subconsciously glanced at Mygo and others on the other side, and happened to meet Su Shi's eyes who was looking over here.

Kita didn't answer. She just stood up silently, and in front of the shocked eyes of Hongxia and others, she quickly walked to the people in Mygo, speaking with actions instead of words.

"Um, hello~"

Her face quickly shifted to the lovely smile she usually wore when socializing. She surveyed the girls in front of her naturally and effortlessly, then introduced herself cheerfully, "We've met before, but we don't often get the chance to talk alone like this. My name is Kita! I'm the guitarist and lead vocalist for the band End!"

"...Ah~ hello~! I really liked your singing the last time I saw you! It's amazing~"

The one who answered her was the girl whose hair color was exactly the same as Pochi's, but whose cheerfulness was similar to Kita's. However, her words of praise were inexplicably stiff.

"Thank you! Your performance was great too! I have a feeling we'll be performing together many more times in the future!"

Kita smiled brightly.

"Um...Excuse me, Kita-san, is there anything special going on?"

Before Aine could continue with the formulaic mutual flattery, Su Shi spoke up and stared at Kita with a calm expression. Her beautiful face, with its mature charm, now revealed a deepness that only senior women could have, as if she could see Kita's heart through her blue eyes.

"Actually, I wanted to ask you about something that's really on my mind."

Kita stared into Sushi's eyes without showing any weakness, and the smile on his face gradually faded. "Excuse me... have you ever formed a band with Xiaokui?"

This sentence was like a silent cold wave that swept over in an instant, freezing all the members of the two bands. For a moment, no one tried to speak up.

They just quietly endured the impact of this question, which kept circling in their minds...

198

Chapter 198 Friendly band exchange.

There are some issues that others never think of or want to expose.

The other members of the band would most likely not ask directly, and Mygo would never think of this possibility, so when Kita tore off this paper-thin barrier and showed it to everyone, all he got was silence and confusion.

As for the band ending, it seemed like a scar that Aoi was unwilling to open. And those girls in the band were also old pains that Aoi cared about but kept hidden in her heart. They didn't know what happened in detail, and didn't dare to comment or do anything directly for Aoi...

For Mygo, all of this was deeply buried in their memories, but in the end it was just clear whispers from their dreams, real among them, but it had never happened in reality. Therefore, naturally, they would not publicize that they had formed a band with Aoi... at least not before Aoi admitted it.

However, now that this layer of window paper has been punctured, this problem is placed in front of them in a bloody manner, forcing everyone to face it - especially the people from Mygo.

All of this is a true memory that happened in a dream, but the few people who ended the band could not have known it... This dream is a re-enactment of a scene that only happened in the small world within the scope of Crychic and Mygo. Li Xi has also tried it indirectly, and none of the predecessors of RING know anything about the content of this dream. Then it is even more impossible for the ending band who have never appeared in the dream from beginning to end to know it.

So, how did they know? The answer seems obvious...

It turns out... Xiao Kui had unknowingly shared all of this with the band. She did not deny everyone's past, but acknowledged that everyone was her former bandmate.

"...What does Xiaokui think of us?"

Su Shi lowered her eyes slightly and finally chose to answer the question with a question. Whenever the bits and pieces of her life with Aoi emerged in her mind, her eyes would ripple and sparkle.

She could almost imagine how Aoi would look when she mentioned that past event from her dream, thinking about the beautiful memories she and everyone had created, while pondering every failure, and talking about the past with sadness and nostalgia...

But ultimately, she had no idea how Aoi felt about them. Was it resentment? Disappointment? Nostalgia? Or perhaps… despite having made up her mind to have nothing to do with them, seeing their despair that day, she couldn't help but lend a hand?

No matter what, they all need such an answer very much, but the problem is that no one dares to ask and really face the answer.

"That means the answer is yes..."

Hongxia's face showed a heavy expression. She sighed softly, looked at the girls in front of her who also had worried expressions, and said, "I'm sorry, we don't know the answer to this question... Aoi didn't tell us about you."

"Huh? But... then how do you know..."

Aine had a very surprised expression on her face.

"Since we're in the same band, it's not surprising that you noticed this, right?"

Kita replied matter-of-factly, "Besides... there's that song, the one that could turn into light. Wasn't it written by Aoi and you guys together?"

She hadn't really cared about it before, and neither had Hongxia and Liang. But things were different now. After that night, Kita, who had begun to feel a change in her mentality, had gradually developed a prejudice against the song. The feeling that the song had once given her at the music festival was becoming less and less...

It's not just "Light", but also the other songs that Aoi brought out. These songs are very beautiful and very touching, but they all have a strong commonality - that is, there is no song that can resonate with her.

For a music beginner like her, it seemed too arrogant to make such a subjective judgment, but when she played the song "Constellation" written by Bochi, she could feel a sense of resonance and find her place in it, as if she and the notes were floating in the night sky of the city.

She knew that this song was written for herself.

She knew that she couldn't say for sure that all of Aoi's songs were written for other people, but she also knew that none of Aoi's songs were written for herself, just like the song that Aoi claimed was "written by her friends together with her".

"Being able to write songs with Xiaokui is the most fortunate thing in the world..."

Kita murmured softly, "So, can I ask you what happened before?"

Her questions always seem to be so to the point, sharp and straightforward. Although her remarks go straight to the point, they always make people fall into silence and confusion.

The original hope was like a flame extinguished by the wind and rain, leaving only misty smoke and darkness. Aoi did not mention any of the past to her bandmates, but she would show a melancholy and sadness that was noticeable to those around her.

She didn't want anyone to know her past, nor did she want to admit it, but she couldn't forget the pain it had caused her...

So, is that so?

"...Before that...can I, can I know...how did Aoi mention that song?"

Deng clenched his hands tightly, raised his eyes timidly, and stared at Xiduo with the light in his eyes.

"I wrote this to an old friend. That's what she said."

Kita replied softly, "But she also told us that she's never been in a band. That's really contradictory..."

No one is sure what the real answer is, but not many people have the courage to reveal the truth, at least the lamp at this moment does not have that courage.

All she heard was that Aoi didn't even want to admit that she had formed a band, that's all.

"So you can tell us now?"

Kita tilted his head. Although his tone was still calm and composed, he could still give people a faint sense of oppression. "It's okay if it's inconvenient to talk about it... But you don't want to see Aoi so troubled, right? I think problems should be solved, okay?"

"After all, this matter has nothing to do with you..."

Li Xi frowned slightly and retorted in a low voice.

"It does matter! As long as it's related to Aoi, it's our business."

Kita responded without flinching.

The atmosphere tensed once again, but it was no longer pleasant. Instead, the faint smell of gunpowder lingered in the air. Before a spark could ignite the explosives, Hongxia and Aine almost simultaneously revealed awkward smiles and said in unison, "Everyone, calm down!"

The two of them looked at each other in surprise, and finally Hong Xia said with a smile: "We still have a performance together later, so the atmosphere can't be too awkward, okay? Besides, Aoi's friends are our friends. If we don't get along, it will be troubled for Aoi, right?"

199

Chapter 199 I don’t eat cucumbers.

“…We did something really excessive.”

The person who finally gave the answer to this topic was Deng Takamatsu. Her amber eyes seemed to contain the greatest courage and determination of her life. Her voice was light and soft, but more powerful than at any other time.

"We will solve the problem... In order to convey our feelings to her——"

"I'm back~"

The sound of brisk footsteps accompanied by Aoi's clear, warm voice interrupted Deng's speech. Aoi walked quickly to her seat with a somewhat apologetic expression. She was a little surprised to see everyone who had finished the band chatting with Mygo. She smiled and teased, "Huh? It seems like everyone made friends while I was away... Did I actually block everyone from interacting by sitting in the middle just now?"

"How could that be~ Of course I have to sit with Xiao Kui!"

All the solemnity and seriousness on Kita's face disappeared. Like a big red-haired puppy, he turned sideways and hugged Xiao Kui affectionately. "Besides! Next time, we will be playing together, so of course we have to get to know each other better~"

"Is that so? That's great~"

Xiao Kui looked at the band members who had finished their performance, then turned to look at Mygo and the others who remained silent, and clapped her hands cheerfully, "If we all become good friends, maybe we can go to a camp together during the summer vacation?"

"Well, that must be very interesting~ Ahahaha..."

The atmosphere instantly became awkward, and only Aine reacted and quickly joined in with a silly giggle.

"This time, let's all work together to create the most wonderful independent live, right?"

Aoi smiled and winked at Aine, "After the performance, let's have a celebration party with just our band and Sister Xingge and the others! Hmm...how about a barbecue in my yard?"

"I want to eat soba noodles."

Lenai gently raised her little hand, still holding the small spoon in her mouth. When everyone was arguing just now, she was the only one with a happy smile on her face. She showed off her matcha mousse while watching the fun happily - this echoed the effect of Yamada Ryo who did not participate in the argument and only cared about showing off.

"Party? In that case, maybe you could bring my speakers..."

Yamada Ryo pondered and nodded slightly.

"Hey, what are you doing? This is a celebration party, not a rock band party!"

Hong Xia, who was already familiar with him, immediately sensed something and quickly denied it, causing Liang to briefly look a little embarrassed. Then he proposed again: "Aren't we just a rock band? The so-called three elements of a rock band... have always been smoking, drinking, and playing with women..."

"Shut up! Don't tell that theory to someone you just met!"

Hong Xia covered Liang's mouth with her hand and gave a rather embarrassed dry laugh to the people on the other side, "Ahaha... she, she was joking."

"Don't you need...a party?"

Little Pochi's expression instantly fell, and he secretly hid the funny party glasses with fake beard that he had taken out from somewhere.

"We'll decide when the time comes. As long as the performance goes well, we can have whatever kind of celebration party you want!"

Aoi laughed.