“...... Stop. ”

Rin Kiyono held his hand in the air, and the sound of the grand ensemble in the music classroom was silent for an instant.

She flipped through the sheet music with a blank face.

"The bass horn, the submelody that begins at measure forty-one, is played solo by tomorrow's classmates."

"And, clarinet, I've already said it's lighter here, can you do it next time?"

"Kitahara-san, did you really practice yesterday? Trouble practice until the meeting. ”

“......”

"Take a 10-minute break and practice each voice separately."

Rin Kiyono announced the disbandment, picked up the papers on the table, and turned around to return to the activity classroom of the Human Observation Department.

"Kiyono-san." Hayami opened his mouth and shouted to stop her.

"What's the matter, see you early?" Rin Kiyono stopped and stood where she was, waiting for the other to come over.

"Watanabe-san didn't come to the club today, do you know what happened?"

"He took a leave of absence for the monthly test in July."

"Kiyono-san, you agreed?" Hayami asked in some surprise at first, and then said to himself, "Also, Watanabe-san is a novice, so he doesn't need to play." ”

The monthly test is a small test, and the school does not have a rule to stop club activities one week in advance.

But even if there is a rule that must be stopped, clubs such as the wind club, which are about to participate in competitions during the summer vacation, will secretly practice on their own, and it is impossible to take a leave of absence.

The exception is Toru Watanabe, who is a novice to the oboe, which is notoriously difficult in orchestral music, and it is impossible to play the full score before the Tokyo Metropolitan Competition.

"Anything else?" Rin Kiyono reminds the distracted Hayami smoke.

At this time, the music classroom was already ringing out loud and talking.

"It's too arrogant, I really think of myself as a consultant."

"None of the consultants criticized us that much."

"I played very well, but I didn't praise a word."

"I don't want to be praised by the first grade! It's disgusting! ”

The whispers that came and went one after another, all pointed to Rin Kiyono, who had a calm face.

With a very apologetic expression, Hayami called Rin Kiyono to stop her so that she could hear the criticism of the members.

"I'm sorry, Kiyono-san......"

Rin Kiyono shook his head casually: "It's okay, I'll go first, please practice hard and see your classmates early." ”

As she closed the sliding door, she glanced at Aoi Ichiki, who was being comforted by the bass part, where Mai Asuki continued to practice expressionlessly.

Time was full of torment until the last day of June.

Lunch break, four classrooms.

"Watanabe, how did you do this time?"

"It feels like there's nowhere to take points."

“...... What arrogance! ”

The trio sat in the corner of the classroom and put the tables together for lunch.

"Starting tomorrow, three consecutive days off, where are you going to play?" Keisuke Saito said.

"No, no, no!" Osamu Kunii kept pulling up the collar of his school uniform and letting the wind pour in, while eating a big meal, "The baseball club is going to train intensively." ”

"Well, there's no way around it. Watanabe: What about you? Keisuke Saito looked at Toru Watanabe, who was having lunch, "I heard that Rin Kiyono is busy training the wind club, you should be fine, right?" ”

Osamu Kunii stopped pulling his neckline: "Rin Kiyono seems to be hated by senior girls recently, do you know what's going on?" ”

"Who knows." Toru Watanabe lazily said perfunctory.

Folding the plastic bag of bread, he reached for the large and good bottle of barley tea on the table, twisted the cap, and poured it into his throat.

The distinct Adam's apple on the white neck and the liquid in the PET bottle are bathed in the sunlight outside the window, sparkling.

"You guys quarreled?"

"I have no intention of arguing with anyone but Meiji." Toru Watanabe put down the bottle, took out his phone, and played a game to pass the time.

"Whew-" The two of them looked cold.

"Such sweet words, actually said to us two singles, you are too vicious!"

After two classes in the afternoon, the school organized a big cleaning because of the three consecutive holidays.

Because of Rin's mandatory requirements of Kiyono, the members of the wind club entrusted the cleaning task to other classmates, and seized every minute and second to practice.

The cleaning is not over yet, and the ensemble has already played twice.

“...... Stop. ”

Rin Kiyono's gaze swept over everyone's faces.

"If we keep going at this level," she said, "we won't be able to win a gold medal at the Tokyo Metropolitan Contest, let alone the Kanto Metropolitan Contest, which will be ...... nationwide."

"Do you want to fight?"

The aggressive voice made the music classroom drop three degrees in an instant, and everyone subconsciously held their breath.

flute tamper; The third grade of the piccolo part kicked the music shelf open.

"Ishitani-san, did I say something wrong?" Rin Kiyono's face did not change, and his tone was exactly the same as usual.

"Aren't you too arrogant, first grade?"

"On the competition field, no one cares if you are in the first grade or the third grade, the judges only look at whether the foundation is solid, whether the performance is emotional, and whether the melody is ......"

"Shut up!"

The scene froze, and the timid girls covered their mouths and noses with their hands and looked at them in fear.

Mai Tomorrow looked out the window boredly at the first-grade floor, looking for someone, her fingers rising and falling on the keys according to the score.

On the side, Asako Hanada, who was holding a double bass, looked back and forth at the faces of Rin Kiyono and Haru Ishitani.

Her face was full of worry, and she wanted to go up and persuade her, but she stopped because she felt shy because of the large number of people.

The position of the trombone part, Tamamo retracted her gaze and stared at the score that was becoming more and more noteworthy.

The first grade flaunts his might on the head of the third grade, and he also reprimands, what a fool...... She flipped the score to the point where she didn't feel smooth when she was playing in the ensemble.

Kiyono Rin didn't have a trace of fear: "The strength is not good, and he refuses to accept the guidance of others, he will only vent his anger incompetently, relying on his age to ......"

The classroom door was snapped open, interrupting her.

"I'm tired, uh-" A beautiful boy with an oboe under his arm, rubbing his shoulders, walked in.

"What's going on?" He asked with a light smile watching the excitement.

The arrival of Toru Watanabe loosened the almost frozen atmosphere of the classroom.

Many girls looked at his face obsessively and whispered things like 'not good, it's too handsome'.

Hanada Asako breathed a sigh of relief, if Watanabe-kun was there, it would definitely be fine.

Tamamo's beautiful long eyelashes trembled, and she raised her eyes to look at the smiling young man in front of her.

On the button of the upper bass horn, Mai Tomorrow's fingers were a little lighter.

"It's none of your business." Haru's tone slowed slightly.

She wanted to be angry with Toru Watanabe, who had a good relationship with Rin Kiyono, but out of the instinct of a woman, or a human, she subconsciously maintained a basic reserve when she saw someone with outstanding appearance.

"Senior sister, don't say that, I'm also a member of the wind club." Toru Watanabe's smile brightened a little more, and Hase's spring aura disappeared most of it at once.

He continued: "If I had known that I would not have had to participate in the cleaning at the level of Group A, I would not have been so tired. ”

A suffocating silence dominates the entire space.

Most of the people, including Haru, looked at Toru Watanabe in dismay.

Toru Watanabe's expression remained unchanged, with a smile full of magic.

He rubbed his shoulders, took out the oboe from his armpit, and said to Rin Kiyono on the podium, "Consultant Kiyono, I have to have a second interview, and I also have a level of level in Group A." ”

Rin Kiyono looked at Toru Watanabe with a beautiful face, and before he could speak, Haru's sharp voice came.

"To this extent? You're a little white face......"

"Little white face?"

"Your instrument was bought for you by Kujo, right? A country ......"

"Well, I'll admit I'm very good-looking."

"You ......"

"How?" Toru Watanabe interrupted her again, smiling and spreading her hands, "Hase-senpai is going to fight with me?" Okay, for the sake of you being a senior sister and born two years earlier than me, as a junior, I, let you have your hands. ”

His tone was gentle, his smile was charming, and his simple hand-spreading movements vaguely revealed the demeanor of a beautiful boy, but the atmosphere of the scene suddenly became frightened.

"I'm going to teach you a lesson today!" In front of so many people, Toru Watanabe's arrogant and contemptuous attitude made Haseharu lose his mind.

With her eyes burning with shame, she hurried over and waved her hand in Toru Watanabe's face.

"Sister Hase!"

"Watanabe!"

"Wait!"

"Hmm-"

With Haru's groans of pain, the sound of tables and chairs being slammed, and after a commotion, the scene was completely dead.

"A little time was wasted." Toru Watanabe withdrew the foot that easily tripped the other party, and said to the stunned Rin Kiyono, "Consultant, let's start the interview, please listen to my performance." ”

Without waiting for Rin Kiyono to agree, in this situation where he didn't know how to end the scene, Toru Watanabe played the oboe regardless of it.

Obviously, it is a familiar melody that has been practiced and heard countless times countless times a long time ago, but because the timbre is so beautiful, the listeners who were still noisy just now had to take their breath away.

The melody is like the singing voice of a gospel singer, and the oboe tone is both gentle and delicate, and everyone's hearts are tight.

The lingering timbre stretches infinitely, very clear and transparent, like a sigh of God.

Haru, who was lying on the ground, couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva freely, his heart trembled, and goosebumps stood up.

In an instant, the summer air in the classroom was filled with melodious and sweet sounds.

When the concert hall was so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling on the ground could be heard, everyone reacted, and the performance did not know when it had ended.

No one moved, no one spoke.

"Qualified?" Toru Watanabe asked.

“...... Qualified. Rin Kiyono whispered as if she hadn't recovered from the performance she had just played.

Toru Watanabe turned his gaze to Haru, and then to everyone.

"It's so badly blown, and the performance itself is full of flaws, to this extent, it's starting to make things difficult for the consultant?"

Toru Watanabe reached into his bangs, slapped them on his forehead, and sighed exaggeratedly.

"Forget it, you people anyway, it's useless to try. It's also good to recognize the gap between people early. ”

"Watanabe-san?!" Hayami stood up.

"Isn't it?" Toru Watanabe stretched out his arms, "I've only been practicing for half a month, guys." ”

His language is arrogant.

"It's going to be at the level of the national competition, what about you? No matter how much you practice, you can only get a bronze prize at the Tokyo Metropolitan Competition, ah, I'm sorry, it's possible that the judges will see that Kamigawa High School itself is more famous, and give a silver prize that is not too embarrassing. ”

"Did it hurt you, to tell you the truth? But you know best if what I'm saying is ......."

"Watanabe, shut up." It was Rin Kiyono who interrupted Toru Watanabe.

Everyone looked at her in surprise, including Toru Watanabe.

Could it be that Rin Kiyono has seen through his thoughts and is all intent on stopping him from continuing?

That's not going to work.

Rin Kiyono had a cold face: "I am their advisor, I can talk about them casually, but I will never allow others to preach." ”

Kiyono-san...... their voices were full of apologies and emotion.

"Also," Rin Kiyono's eyes, which had always given people a cold feeling, were burning with fire at this time, "I think that the members here, as long as they work hard, they can make it to the national competition and even win the gold prize." ”

There was the sound of inhaling in the music room.

This is the first time Rin Kiyono has praised them.

Obviously, Toru Watanabe was talking for her......

In the depths of everyone's hearts, there was an inexplicable surge of warmth.

Hanada Asako didn't know if she was happy or shy, but her throat was itching, and she had to say something.

"Kiyono-san, game," her small hands clenched into fists and took a deep breath, "I'll do my best!" ”

"Me ...... too"

"Me too!"

Toru Watanabe looked at everyone with the eyes of 'everyone, get rid of a little self-knowledge', and said perfunctorily to Kiyono Rin: "You are the eldest lady of the Kiyono family, so you can say whatever you say." ”

"This guy!"

"The character is too bad!"

The familiar whisper came, but the target was Toru Watanabe.

"Watanabe-san, the interview is over, please sit down in the woodpole seat. Also, I don't want to see any more conflicts between the members of the department. Rin Kiyono warned.

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Well, it doesn't matter if you are a contradiction or if you hate anyone. Don't waste time and continue playing in the ensemble. ”

Rin Kiyono glanced at Haru, who was being helped up by everyone.

"One, two, one, two, three, four"

“...... Stop. ”

"Hey." Before Rin Kiyono could speak, Toru Watanabe propped his hands on the back of the tubular chair and turned around, "That, Saxophone, the one in the middle, yes, it's the one with thick legs, it's just you, right?" ”

"You!"

"Toru Watanabe!" Rin Kiyono shouted helplessly.

"How?" Toru Watanabe turned around, "Isn't it, Miss, pointing out mistakes to each other is also a contradiction between the members?" ”

Rin Kiyono took a deep breath of suppressed anger and said weakly, "No, but ......"

"Kiyono-san," Kitahara-san, who had thick legs, stood up suddenly, "I'll blow it!" ”

Toru Watanabe leaned back weakly on the steel tube chair: "The goal is just not out of tune, forget it, that's it, you guys are like that, it's too much to ask you with my own level." ”

Kitahara had tears in his eyes and shouted at him, "I'll blow it!" ”

"Okay." Toru Watanabe sat upright, "I believe in you. ”

Kitahara was stunned.

Could it be that Watanabe-san is just trying to encourage himself?

Second ensemble.

"Who is that, Kitahara-san, who has very thick legs, can you do it? And the outermost percussion one, your arm is so thick, but you don't have any strength at all when you knock it, it won't be all fat, right? ”

Third ensemble.

"Ah-I can't stand it, thick-legged girl, you, and you, to be honest, there are not a few of you, and the rest of the people may be able to rely on their own skills, plus my play, to get a silver reward, no, a gold reward - after all, there is me."

"Toru Watanabe." Rin Kiyono glared.

"I'm sorry, Miss. Because I was so angry, I accidentally attacked in life. ”

Fourth ensemble.

"Leg ....."

"Toru Watanabe, you're enough!" A senior sister who saw Kitahara crying and stood up and hugged her grievances reprimanded loudly.

"Huh? Am I wrong? She doesn't have thick legs? Still not out of tune? ”

"How can you say that about a girl!"

"You can say the same about me. I will never refute any of the parts I play badly, or what I am ugly about, as long as it is true. This, well, single eyelid senpai, please. ”

"You, you ......"

"Look, there's nothing to say. Let me tell you my motto: the only way to shut me up is to be better than me in all aspects. ”

Is this a motto? It's like a provocative word.

Kitahara pulled the senior sister who was still planning to theorize: "I will work hard!" ”

The senior sister sat down unwillingly, and the others also shrank back.

Although I wanted to beat Toru Watanabe, I was afraid that he would open his mouth and say that this classmate with buck teeth, that classmate with yellow teeth, classmate with short legs, and classmate without a bridge of nose......

It's horrible.

......

'Definitely going to get a gold reward for this guy!' ’

With this in mind, the wind club finished its training day.

In the activity classroom of the Human Observation Department, Toru Watanabe splits the oboe and puts it in the instrument case, preparing to leave.

"Won't you send me today?"

"Huh?" Toru Watanabe looked at Rin Kiyono in surprise.

Rin Kiyono looked at the night outside the window: "It's almost twelve o'clock." ”

"I don't care."

Locking the door, the two walked down the street with only street lights.

The night breeze is blowing, and occasionally a car with the lights on the far off lights coming from the opposite side is so bright that people can't open their eyes.

"Thank you today." Rin Kiyono's words came along with the sound of wheels crushing the road.

"You've seen through my plan?!"

"You don't think it's so secretive, do you? Think I'm going to misunderstand you? ”

"Ugh." Toru Watanabe was embarrassed for a second, "Then you ......"

"Didn't stop you, but deliberately opposed you?" Rin Kiyono tucked her long, windswept hair behind her ears and continued with a smile.

“...... Well. ”

"Watanabe-san, I'd rather be hated than come to help me, how can I betray you?" A good-looking smile appeared on the corner of Kiyono Rin's mouth.

"That's how 'betrayal' is used!"

Rin Kiyono looked at the red light of the traffic light and stopped: "Watanabe-san, aren't you afraid of being hated?" ”

"That's a good thing for me." Toru Watanabe said indifferently, "If you are hated, you can reassure Mihime." However, the personal attack on the girl made me a little uncomfortable, and I just hated me, hoping that they would not have a shadow in their hearts. ”

"Thick legs, single eyelids..... It's hard. ”

"Anyway, I said this for you, if they really have a psychological shadow, it's your fault, you can bear this guilt."

Rin Kiyono sighed: "Sometimes I really can't tell if you're gentle or not. ”

"Gentleness, of course. I say this because I am afraid that you will fall in love with me because I am doing this. ”

"Rest assured, my love isn't that cheap anymore. But," Rin Kiyono turned his head and looked at Toru Watanabe with a smile, "You have earned my friendship, and from today on, you will be my first friend." ”

The passing car illuminated her little face, with a faint blush on it.

"Can I refuse?"

"I can't."

The red light turned green, and Rin Kiyono walked onto the zebra crossing with a smile on her face.

"By the way, how did you manage to raise the oboe to this level in such a short period of time?"

"Who do you think I am?"

"Toru Watanabe."

"Nope." Toru Watanabe stretched out his hands against the night wind, "I am a god." ”

"Alas, is there still a chance that your secondary two disease can be cured?"

"Ah, Rin Kiyono should be worried about me, right?"

The crappy imitation made Rin Kiyono unceremoniously reach for his waist.

"Shh

"Lies. I didn't even try it. ”

"It's distressing."

Rin Kiyono pulled away the two positions with a wicked look on her face.

"One more thing, I hope you don't target Kitahara-san in your next performance."

"Why? Isn't she out of tune? ”

"The second time she played, she was out of tune."

"Huh?" Toru Watanabe stopped, "Lie to me? ”

"What do you say?"

Toru Watanabe felt his face start to burn: "Then I'm not embarrassed tonight?" ”

Rin Kiyono laughed: "At that time, your performance scared them, they subconsciously thought that you could hear the nuances that their ears couldn't hear, plus the most authoritative I didn't debunk you, they wouldn't doubt it." ”

"Don't tell anyone about it." Toru Watanabe warned.

"Then Kitahara-san's is too pitiful."

"If you say it, it's me!"

"Don't worry, who made you my subordinate, or mine...... Friend. ”

"You, shy?"

"People who talk a lot usually die miserably."

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