"Le, do you want to do it?"

"Ah, there is no way but to do it."

"But it's the first time I've been..."

"Me too. But there is no way, this is something that has already been decided, and, this is not something that you have taken the initiative to propose? ”

"Le, it's too much."

"What's wrong with me? Obviously, I agreed to your request. ”

"But why did Le have to say yes last night?"

"Because I decided at that time, my uncle also agreed when he found out."

As he spoke, Kamihara Le couldn't help it, and asked the plain little face of Tianhai Zhixue on the other side of the table: "Anyway, why are our topics so strange?" Aren't we talking about how to get people to the band? ”

"You're talking about the band, it's weird."

“......”

Kamihara Le doesn't plan to keep the topic on this meaningless joke for too long, recently at noon Lao and Tianhai Zhixue sat together in the cafeteria to eat, and many classmates were already speculating whether they were a scumbag.

He continued: "So, when it comes to this, our division of labor is clear, right? In order to successfully form a five-member band, Zhixue, you go to pull Ah Ling, and I will get Jiuliuli and Qimingyue. ”

"Hmm."

"Questions?"

"Le needs to take care of Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu at the same time, can the body afford it?"

"If you can't bear it, you have to eat."

"Is it really affordable?"

“......”

*

Towards the end of the period.

In April, he officially entered the second grade.

Club activities were closed, two classes were added in the afternoon, and the whole school was fully prepared.

Shen Yuanle doesn't have to worry about his grades at all, after all, since the first month of this semester, he has never fallen into the third place, except for the existence of the two top levels of Tianhai Qimingyue and Tianhai Jiuliuli, he has always been in the top three.

Walking around the campus, he is often greeted by people.

It's mostly girls, and they often smile and shout "Kamihara-kun" or "Kamihara-san" to say hello.

Kamihara could feel the gaze of the other party looking at him, and the feeling of wanting to talk but not daring to talk.

Why?

Is it because I have been running at noon recently, and I have gained a large number of fans at school?

This made him meet Tianhai Qimingyue by chance in the student corridor in the afternoon, and always listened to her poisonous tongue herself, "As soon as the people on campus walked in front of me, I didn't even know how to open my eyes for reading."

Shenyuan Le didn't want to always get used to Qi Mingyue's stinky temper, and he didn't mess with her.

Besides, he didn't even know what he had done.

"Isn't it yet the beginning of the month?"

"At the beginning of the month? Don't worry, I have a menstrual period to take care of myself, and I'm still waiting for you to buy me new sanitary napkins. ”

"A girl who wants me to buy two packs of sanitary napkins a month, Qi Mingyue, you say, is it an endocrine disorder?"

"At first glance, you have no physiological knowledge, about 15 tablets is a normal level, and in the days when the menstrual period comes, it is almost two or three hours to change one piece."

With such a large amount of bleeding, it is no wonder that Qi Mingyue was wrong in those days.

The temper stinks.

"Brother, do you understand why some men are annoying?"

"Huh?"

"It's because most men think that only women can have endocrine disorders," Tianhai Qi Mingyue raised her eyes, "In fact, men are much more serious than women, and they generally suffer from adrenal gland diseases, causing infertility." ”

...... You don't know if it's possible for a woman to be infertile?

Tianhai Qi Mingyue seemed to see through what he was thinking, and then said: "Infertility is secondary, and the most important thing is that it will lose its function. ”

She also deliberately despised the pants of the original music in her eyes.

Really, every time I talk to Qi Mingyue, I can be angry with her poisonous tongue.

It's just that she has a wide range of knowledge, and she can't talk about her.

Kamihara didn't want to talk to her about endocrine disorders anyway.

No matter how poisonous you are, aren't you still my girlfriend?

Tianhai Qi Mingyue let go of a hand holding a book, carried gold wire glasses with one hand, and lowered her hair a little behind her ear: "I heard that someone has been eating alone with a girl at noon recently?" Smelly, right? ”

Kamihara understands why July wants to poison himself.

Vinegar jars...

It's just a little vinegar jar...

"I'm talking about business."

"Talking about business, talking about going to my aunt's bedroom every night? Someone is not satisfied with my brother? ”

Shen Yuan Le knew that Qi Mingyue was just playing on the topic, how could he run to someone's room every day, even if he passed, he just asked about the video clip.

I have to say... Jealous women are terrible.

"What do you think?" Kamihara asked with a smile as he tapped his fingers on his shoulder.

"If you have any wrong thoughts and want to stab you in the back, I won't be the first."

Tianhai Qi Mingyue dropped a sentence ordinarily, ended the topic, and walked towards the teaching building.

Kamihara watched as her confident back disappeared around the corner of the stairs.

That's not going to talk about it?

He hadn't found a chance to talk about the band yet.

But it's okay, Qi Mingyue was originally arranged in the back.

Let's pull Jiuliuli in first.

Thinking about this, Kamihara walked in the opposite direction.

......

Following.

In mid-December, just a week before Christmas, at 5 p.m., the sky was unusually clear, and the blue sky that had not been seen for many days made the mood much better.

At the end of school, many female students held books and talked with their friends while smiling and walking to the school gate. Long clean hair, slightly rippling pleated skirts, school bags and shoulder bags of various sizes.

In addition to the girls' pleated skirts showing off their youthful and beautiful legs, the corridor was also filled with the laughter of the boys hooking their shoulders and backs, and secretly observing the discussion of who is good-looking.

It's as if all the stress accumulated in the day has been released.

After sorting out his books and carrying his shoulder bag in the noisy campus, Kamihara stepped onto the student hallway outside the classroom. At the door of the classroom, he exchanged words with Nishijima and Fujino to say goodbye tomorrow, and he walked down the school building.

The cold wind and sunshine of winter greeted the face at the same time, and people couldn't help but pull the scarf around their necks.

This action also made the girl's fragrance on the scarf rush into the nose.

Kamihara glanced at the scarf around his neck.

It is said that the fabrics sent by girls have an inexplicable fragrance, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

Walking out of the school and stepping through the ginkgo road in front of the school gate, Kamihara entered a book café.

The heater in the store made him consciously unzip his coat, and soon saw Tianhai Jiu Ruri smiling at him from the innermost side of the window.

"Ruri arrived so soon, five minutes earlier than the agreed time." Kamihara untied his scarf and coat, put them on the back of the seat, pulled out the chair, and sat down in front of the nine glasses of the heavenly sea.

"Came over early and ordered two cups of coffee." Tianhai Jiu Liuli smiled and pushed the cup in front of him to Kamiharaku.

If you look closely, it's still a taste that Kamihara likes to play.

"Ruri looks pretty happy? What's going on?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli showed him a small note that only came after payment, which said that the payment was 0 yen.

"Yesterday you said you were going to come out to review your homework alone, so I took a look at this store, and it just so happened that they were doing activities, and Lejun's cup was free coffee."

"Free coffee?"

"Uh-huh."

Jiu Liuli is not short of money at all, and he will not be happy at all because he has saved more than 1,000 yen.

There was another reason for her rejoicing.

She's just happy that she's asked her out.

"But just come out and sit alone, don't you have to be so happy......"

"Eight... Ga. ”

Kamihara, who was suddenly scolded as a "stupid", couldn't help but look at Tianhai Jiu Liuli, who had a little resentment on his face opposite.

I only heard her say with some dissatisfaction:

"Lejun doesn't want to think about it, how long ago was the last time we went out alone.....?"

Last time?

The last time seemed to be before Suzu's birthday.

It's been almost a month, and that date was still mixed up by Qi Mingyue halfway.

......

No wonder Jiu Liuli has some small complaints.

"Hmm... This is indeed my fault, does Ruri need my compensation when she returns home? ”

"Compensate for what?"

"Of course, it's to help you pinch your shoulders and legs, pinching your feet or something."

"It's all shameful things..."

"What's so embarrassing?"

"Aren't you ashamed to pinch your feet? Isn't it going to... Shame on stripping...? ”

"Why did you suddenly talk about stripping naked? Does this have any relevance? ”

As soon as Shenyuan Le replied like this, Tianhai Jiuliuli knew that the more he thought about it, the more crooked he became.

After discovering that he was laughing, it was actually deliberate, he glanced at him complainingly, his hands tangled in front of the pleated skirt, and he looked a little twisted.

"Wouldn't Ruri be tired outside like this?"

"Huh?" Tianhai Jiuliuli stirred twice with a silver spoon, just about to drink coffee.

"It's to maintain your gentle image to the outside world. I saw you talking to other students yesterday afternoon, and you were all very confident and perfect in front of them. ”

"Huh? Well... Yes, there are some. Tianhai Jiu Liuli's gaze suddenly became dodgy, and the silver spoon stirred the coffee in the cup.

"The real Jiuliuli is actually a girl who is very jealous, right?"

"If Lejun knows... You should talk less to Qi Mingyue..."Tianhai Jiuliuli seemed to have breath in his mouth.

"There is another point, that is, Liuli is sometimes not very frank, just tell me when she is jealous, why do you have to wait until now."

Kamihara Raku held one of her small hands, which was more delicate to the touch than a boiled egg.

“... I didn't say you could hold it..."

"Isn't it good for you to reward me?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli blushed, and retracted his hand in a panic, and after an embarrassing experience of being at a loss, he closed his eyes and deliberately straightened his waist to adjust his mentality.

Kamihara patted the seat next to him, "Ruri come and sit." ”

"Huh?"

"Come and sit with me."

“... What does Lejun want to do...? This is ...... outside" Tianhai Jiu Liuli glanced up at the coffee bookstore and observed the surroundings.

"Just come here." Kamihara Le just re-invited Jiu Liuli again.

Tianhai Jiuliuli didn't know his specific purpose, but if he wanted to ask if he wanted to sit next to him, he must have thought about it.

So when the girl looked east and west a few times, and made sure that no one around was looking at her, Tianhai Jiu Liuli sat down next to Kamihara Le, she lowered her head slightly, and lifted the flaxen-colored sideburns around her ears with her hand, revealing a beautiful and delicate side face like glass.

"What are you going to do...?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli wore black stockings today, she was already very tall, and her legs poked out straight and smooth lines under the pleated skirt.

"Why is it so strange?"

Kamihara Lezhen didn't want to do anything bad, but he didn't expect Tianhai Jiu Ruri to show that he was going to do bad things.

His face was red, and his eyes didn't dare to look at people.

"Can't Ruri relax a little?" Kamihara turned around and pulled open his shoulder bag and took out the textbook.

Tianhai Jiuliuli shook his head: "It's not because Lejun used to call me to sit next to you, either to kiss or to hold hands..."

"That's something that only happens when you sit on my lap."

"Sitting next to you, it's clear that there is one!"

Kamihara laughed and said as he put the textbook on the table, "I've always felt that Ruri is especially cute when she's angry. ”

"I wouldn't be happy with such a compliment..."

"But you're actually happy, aren't you?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli was pierced by his thoughts, and his heart jumped with shame, "... I feel that every time Lejun says I'm cute, it's when he wants to kiss me. ”

"Why is Ruri always thinking cranky? I just asked you to sit here so that you could review your homework with me, you don't really want me to kiss you. ”

“... Not at all. ”

"It's not frank, but it's not cute at all."

"I didn't..."

“... Okay, yes, you're right. Finding that she was glaring at her, Kamihara hurriedly agreed to her idea.

Tianhai Jiu Liuli replied beside him in a panic, seeing his action of reaching out to take his teaching materials to his side.

The girl inexplicably noticed the side of his face.

Like, it's become a lot more handsome......

'Lejun has been exercising lately, right? Will it be much better? Pick it up... Wouldn't it be more down-to-earth? ’

Tianhai Jiuliuli didn't know what he was thinking, and his face lowered again.

Shen Yuanle sorted out the homework that he was going to review for a long time, and suddenly found that Tianhai Jiuliuli was still in the state of red ears, so he asked:

"Could it be that Ruri is thinking, 'It's not impossible to kiss me when you get home'?"

“... Not at all. "Tianhai Jiuliuli's ears are even redder.

"Ruri loves kissing so much?"

"Only, no!" Tianhai Jiu Liuli closed his eyes and pushed away Shen Yuan Le's face, this time he was probably a little stronger, and pressed Shen Yuan Le's head against the glass window.

“......”

My girlfriend has a bit of a lot of strength.

"Hug, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, let's review first, the results at the end of this semester are related to next year's class."

"Uh-huh, okay."

Tianhai Jiuliuli is definitely a person who has a clear distinction between business and private affairs, and as soon as he enters the state of learning, he enters the meticulous recognition mode. If it involves some over-the-top topics, the two will discuss with each other for a while, give their own solutions together, and then compare them with each other and unpack the solution ideas step by step.

She is very patient, and she can clearly state her point of view every time, and if Kamihara makes a mistake, she will also remind her tactfully, and then give her own method.

"Like this one, the quadrant is represented as ......"

Kamihara feels like a girlfriend, a teacher, and a sister.

There is such a patient girlfriend to sit together and make progress and learn together.

There's nothing more comfortable than that, right?

After studying for half an hour like this, not to mention that the coffee has been refilled for two cups, Kamihara almost forgot about the business

Tianhai Jiu Liuli is still immersed in learning, "Chuchuan Baicun's most famous work is "The Symbol of Bitterness", and he also wrote "Modern Concept of Love", he is a person who absolutely criticizes the traditional concept of marriage, and also dares to criticize the backwardness of the past society, so it is a fallacy to mark him as a feudal scholar......"

"Ruri," Kamihara Le interrupted Tianhai Jiu Ruri and put away his pen, "Let's take a rest first, it's almost seven o'clock." ”

Tianhai Jiuliuli put down the pen in his hand, and when he looked at the sky, it was indeed almost dark.

"Well, it looks like it's almost time to go home."

The two packed up the textbooks they had studied, settled the bill, and walked out of the book café.

......

At night.

Kamihara Le and Tianhai Jiu Ruri walked down the street together, her pleated skirt swaying slightly beside her.

"Glass."

"Huh?"

"Actually, I have one more thing I want to tell you today."

"What?"

"I'll be blunt, I want to pull you into the band."

"Band?" Tianhai Jiuliuli expressed puzzlement.

"Yes, band." Kamihara smiled at her gaze, "How about it, do you want to join our band?" ”

"When did Lejun join the band? Piano's? Or is it an orchestra? ”

"No, it's a rock band that just started."

"Something to do with my aunt?"

"Well, Zhixue is the founder, and I'm the second to join."

Tianhai Jiu Liuli only felt strange, "Why did my aunt suddenly want to create a band?" ”

"Ah, well, you know, she's the kind of person who loves rock 'n' roll, so she suddenly said, 'Let's start a band together!' Not surprising either. ”

"It's weird..."Tianhai Jiu Liuli commented in a low voice, "but it's true that my aunt likes rock and roll, she has been learning since very early on, and she insists on it every day." She wanted to create a band that was probably a true idea that had been hidden for a long time. ”

"But why did Le Jun join this band?" Tianhai Jiuliuli asked again.

"That's a long story."

......

Kamihara explained as he walked, and told Tianhai Jiururi about the point that he understood yesterday - wanting to find a path through the band, feeling love, and feeling the enthusiasm to work hard to move forward.

"Understood......" she said after listening carefully.

"How's it going, Ruri? Come on, we can perform together, practice together in the audience, even if we are denied by the world, it doesn't matter, we will work together until we are recognized by the world. ”

After hearing this, Tianhai Jiu Liuli took the shoulder bag in front of the skirt, and she raised her sky-blue eyes that shone under the street lamp and looked at the sky.

"This, I also feel very much about what Le Jun said just now, firm on a path or something... There's going to be a lot of thought of joining, so—"

"So...?" Kamihara waited for her answer.

"I refuse."

“......”

Kamihara was surprised by this answer from Tianhai Jiu Ruri.

Tianhai Jiuliuli smiled, her streamlined flaxen hair looked shiny in the light, and she said, "In Le Jun's imagination, it must be to pull everyone over, right?"

"That's right."

"Then Le Jun must be pulling Qi Mingyue into the band, right?"

"Definitely."

Tianhai Jiuliuli retracted his gaze and looked squarely at the shadow of the tree stretched by the street lamp not far ahead:

"So, Lejun, I don't have any reason to join... Recently, I've been trying to deal with my relationship with Qi Mingyue in life, but the more I get along with Qi Mingyue, the more I realize how much she hates me...... She deserves to hate her sister, after all, I've robbed her of a lot of things since I was a child, and—"

The veins of Tianhai Nine Glass looked at Shen Yuan Le's body:

"I snatched the thing she valued most in more than a decade."

After a while, Tianhai Jiu Liuli continued to walk forward with his head bowed as if he hadn't said anything just now.

Guilt, hesitation, reluctance, and not wanting to admit defeat to my sister... Kamihara Le saw these emotions from Tianhai Jiu Liuli's body.

Jiu Liuli definitely relaxed his attitude towards Qi Mingyue.

- This is something that Kamihara Raku dares to be sure of.

It is also the only role played by calling them for a morning run.

Shen Yuan Le did not immediately persuade Tianhai Jiu Liuli, but waited until he walked to a snack stall selling finger cakes, asked her if she wanted to eat something first, got a definite answer, and helped her order a finger cake, and then waited, while continuing:

"Jiu Liuli told me before that he wants to get along with Qi Mingyue in life, right?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli was silent for a long time, and then watched the stall owner pack the finger cakes, and replied in a low voice: "Yes, and I have tried, but Qi Mingyue didn't want to reconcile with me, even a little." ”

"How does Jiu Liuli look at Qi Mingyue? Right now. Shen Yuan Le took out the money, took it, and handed it to Tianhai Jiu Liuli.

"I don't know what to say."

Tianhai Jiu Liuli held the finger cake with meat and intestines in both hands, and the lights of the vehicles driving from the street on the right illuminated the green silk in her ears.

Not only the hot breath exhaled from her mouth, but also the fine fluff above the girl's cheeks was clearly reflected.

The girl took a careful bite of the finger cake before continuing to whisper:

"Seven bright moons... Lejun, I don't want to give you Lejun to her, but I do want to be sisters with her... At the very least, don't be so competitive, and when you come home and see each other, you will be indifferent. ”

The dispute between Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli.

In the end, it was Jiu Liuli who took the first step to take a little soft.

There is also a reason why Jiu Liuli can't talk to anyone at home except himself.

Qi Mingyue is used to loneliness, but Jiu Liuli will not be like this.

"So Liulichan still wants to reconcile with Qi Mingyue, even if it is very little."

"Hmm."

"But you take into account all the factors that will appear in the band, and because of my relationship with Jiu Liuli, Qi Mingyue will become even more unhappy when he joins the band and sees us staying together-Jiu Liuli, you are afraid that we will further stimulate Qi Mingyue."

"Lejun originally understood my thoughts......"

Kamihara Le took his share of the finger cake, left the stall with Jiu Liuli, and walked on the side of the street before continuing:

"You don't need to worry about this point Jiu Liuli, you have to understand that we are already stimulating Qi Mingyue by maintaining a relationship on the bright side, and if she wants to fight with you, she will definitely be mentally prepared accordingly."

"Le Jun is saying that Qi Mingyue will not be hurt more because we stay in the same band? I'm afraid our actions will make her uncomfortable, she's a jealous person. ”

"Then let's just refrain from it. And Jiu Liuli, you really don't have to take this too seriously, didn't you say that you won't soften your attitude emotionally? So showing your girlfriend's identity in front of Qi Mingyue is your legitimate reaction, Qi Mingyue can't fight you, isn't that her incompetent? ”

"Lejun is right..."

"Ahem, it's a bit excessive, but it's true. Didn't you say that you should separate your feelings and life as much as possible? You and Qi Mingyue are emotionally rivals, and they may still be good sisters in life. It's like a rival who sympathizes with each other. ”

Tianhai Jiuliuli hesitated, "I don't know if I can do this myself." ”

The two walked onto the flyover, and the neon lights and advertising photos of the Shirokane Takanawa commercial street were thousands of purples and red.

"Jiu Liuli, I don't know if I can do it is not a reason to refuse."

Tianhai Kururi looked at Kamihara Rakuna's cheeks full of determination.

"It's because I don't know if I can do it, so I want to do it! If you don't do it, who knows if you can't do it? Wandering back in the confusion all the time is useless. ”

“...... Na Lejun, can you explain why we joined the band. ”

"Stand firm in your beliefs."

"Huh?" Tianhai Jiuliuli blinked.

"You and I are both people who don't have any goals, and we can't find any way forward, try to think about it, how long has it been since the last time we said we were going to try to find our current goal?"

"It's almost three months."

"That's right, Jiuliuli, it's almost three months? And what are we doing now? ”

"Just... It's just going through each day. ”

"That's right, I can't find my way in the confusion. We obviously have time to be confused, but we don't use this time to take the initiative to try something that we have not been exposed to, this is like the 'emperor's new clothes', we are deceiving ourselves in a way that is unique to us. ”

Tianhai Jiuliuli listened carefully to his firm words.

"A path is placed in front of you, and you are still hesitating to participate when you have no direction?! Do you want to participate?! This is ridiculous! Lip service is to find the goal, but in the end, we are standing still! ”

Kamihara smiled shallowly, and his words revealed inexplicable confidence and firmness.

He stopped, and Jiu Liuli also stopped.

"And we should not be the 'emperor's new clothes', but should have the courage to face the real self, rather than let ourselves live in the 'emperor's new clothes' whitewashed by lies and hypocrisy, it is better to face our naked self, our own nothing...... Then take the first step into the unknown, even if you may be ridiculed, even if you don't even know if you love the path. ”

On the air-conditioned and neon flyover in December, Kamihara Raku, who was reflecting a colorful billboard behind him, stretched out his hand to the girl:

"So, Jiu Liuli, in order to stop us from being confused, in order to let us find what we want, let's try to borrow this band, a thing that we don't even know if we love or not, and go to the Tokyo Budokan!"

.....。