"One cup of matcha strawberries, four cups of hot cocoa, thank you."

The "......" clerk was a little sluggish.

"What's wrong?" Tianhai Jiuliuli asked.

"Huh? Hug, I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, I was not distracted just now," the young boy behind the console was very shy, blushing and bowing his head again and again to apologize, "Can you please tell us more about your needs...?" ”

"One cup of matcha strawberries, four cups of hot cocoa."

The clerk touched the screen of the operating table a little stiffly, and kept blushing and bowing his head in front of Tianhai Jiu Liuli, "Confirm, one cup of matcha strawberries, four cups of hot cocoa, right...?" ”

"Yes."

“...... Tomorrow is Christmas, and all drinks at our store are 7% off recently, so it's 2,450 yen in total. ”

Tianhai Jiu Ruri took out a 10,000 yen from the shoulder bag on his waist, and handed it to the clerk with a slender hand.

The clerk took it with both hands, gave change, and bowed his head in the polite manner of the service industry to apologize:

"Okay, please wait here for a moment."

Tianhai Jiuliuli waited in the store for about ten minutes, during which the clerk had been carefully looking at her movements from the corner of her eyes while preparing milk tea, and she was also watching her.

“... Guest, your milk tea, have been waiting for a long time. ”

"Thank you."

Tianhai Jiuliuli politely took it, passed by a new customer who had just entered the store and had a little snowflakes on his down jacket, and left the bubble tea shop.

The young clerk watched her leave at the counter until her long, smooth flaxen hair had completely disappeared from the crowd, and he withdrew his gaze with a hint of loneliness.

“... What do you think, this is all the last side, right? ”

He muttered, and couldn't help but look further into the place where his back had disappeared, and all he could see was passers-by walking outside the store.

......

Christmas trees all over the streets, red decorations everywhere, discount billboards in bold lettering, passers-by in red hats, Christmas songs that "jingle jingle bells, jingle bells......

In the face of the upcoming Christmas, these elements have already been piled up in the snow and filled the entire shopping street.

"It's going to snow tomorrow, right? White Christmas! ”

"Hmm... Well, I guess it will. ”

"Well, let's say okay, you're going to take me out to play."

"Where do you want to go?"

"Playground! Go see the ice sculptures! Go ride the Ferris wheel! Go ride the merry-go-round! ”

"It's really, why are you still like a child, you have to play this every year."

"Hmph... Aren't you too? Cold or not, do you want me to hold you? ”

"Hmm... Promised! ”

"Hee-hee-hee......"

The conversation between the couple in front of the intersection made Tianhai Jiuliuli, waiting for the traffic light, look up at the snow at the same time, and inevitably have a trace of longing.

It's been almost a week since I started forming a band to practice my instruments, right? It's been two days since the final exam, so I wonder if he can take the initiative to invite himself out tomorrow?

It's obviously a relationship, but he rarely seems to invite himself out together...

Of course, I know that he has been busy learning guitar lately, laying a good foundation for bass, and I am also happy to learn rock and roll with him......

But what I want most is to be alone with him, listen to him say nice things to myself, hold his arm, and lean on his shoulder.

If... If you suddenly want to kiss... It's not impossible to say a few words in your own ear.

Myself... I guess I'll say yes......

Tianhai Jiuliuli crossed the intersection and walked down the street, blushing, thinking about these things in his mind, but he didn't know why his heart was a little empty.

She felt that her brother didn't like herself as much as he did when he confessed to her.

"Why?"

Probably because he hasn't completely forgiven himself - Tianhai Jiu Liuli thinks about it, and can only blame himself for his mistakes.

But she was not entirely convinced by this answer in her heart, because judging from the interaction between him and herself during this time, he did not have any sense of distance from himself because of previous events, on the contrary, he was very active, and he would always pull himself into his arms and hug him when the two of them were in the world.

Tianhai Jiu Liuli likes that feeling very much.

Compared to Qi Mingyue's state of never being able to get close, I don't know how many times better, right?

Well, it shouldn't feel negative and decadent!

Although he still has an absolute advantage in the face of Qi Mingyue, in front of his twin sister, a twin sister with the same face as himself, he still has to take the initiative and let his brother understand who is the one who wants to rely on and like him the most!

Tianhai Jiuliuli encouraged himself in his heart, carried the milk tea he bought, walked through the street, and entered an office building.

*

On the sixth floor, there is a room that looks like a warehouse.

Aside from the black-style soundproof walls, there is nothing left of a messy pile of wires and a pile of brackets that I don't know what to put in, but a series of musical instruments.

The seven bright moons of the sky and the sea sit expressionlessly on the low drum, snare drum, drumming on all sides, stepping on cymbals, ding cymbals... In front of a large number of instruments that make up the drum kit, familiarize yourself with the instrument in a simple 8 beat.

She is very focused, very serious, and meticulous in her learning of this instrument.

Kamihara Raku is holding the guitar and is helping Suzu Kamihara, who is also holding the guitar, correct how the F major chord should be pressed smoothly.

The snow of the sky and the sea sat quietly by the floor-to-ceiling window, eating bread while looking blankly at the distance where the world seemed to not exist.

The door to the room opened.

Kamihara Le saw the nine glasses of the heavenly sea coming in from the door.

He smiled at her, put down his guitar and walked over to take care of two words, took the milk tea she bought in her hand, and then he distributed it to everyone one by one.

"Put it aside." Tianhai Qimingyue seems to be still familiar with the drum kit.

"Oh, thank you." Although Kamihara Ling was very happy to be able to drink milk tea, because it was something that Tianhai Jiu Liuli bought, she didn't know whether to thank her or not.

"......" Tianhai no snow said nothing.

Completely... There is no tacit band!

After practicing for so long, Kamihara Raku, who knows the interpersonal relationships in the band, can be said to be desolate in his heart.

"How's my brother's guitar doing?" Tianhai Jiuliuli asked.

Kamihara Rakuro held his elbow, his eyes turned upwards and recalled, "Still... Okay, at least the old level has been restored, and I don't even remember how many years I haven't played it. ”

"6 years," the short-haired Kamihara Suzu, who was sitting on a small stool, pinched the milk tea and interjected, and then continued, "I remember, brother, your guitar was picked up from the garbage heap, it was very old, and then I taught myself for a while, and I didn't continue to touch the guitar when it broke down." ”

"I played it pretty well." Suzu Kamihara took a sip of milk tea and quickly added.

"Why didn't my brother continue before?"

Kamihara Le reluctantly explained: "The guitar is expensive, how could I afford to buy it at that time." Life was much better at the beginning of junior high school, but because I had been studying and preparing for the Mingde School, I forgot about it. ”

Although Tianhai Jiuliuli understood his words, it was still difficult to empathize with the experience of "no money".

*

In general, everyone in runto nowadays has a musical foundation.

Needless to say, the nine glazes of the heavenly sea and the seven bright moons of the heavenly sea.

Miss Deep Boudoir, I didn't know the music theory I had studied for many years since I was a child.

Jiu Liuli is still a genius in classical piano, the kind of level that can hold independent concerts.

At their level, they only need to put years of music theory down to different instruments, and the rest just need to practice diligently.

I wonder if I should say that they are musical geniuses?

After seeing that the two of them were able to play a rhythm or song in a decent manner within a few days of being exposed to such complex instruments as electronic pianos and drum kits, Kamihara's heart was almost cold.

No wonder they are geniuses, they are really geniuses who learn everything quickly.

If he hadn't had a foundation before, as well as the music theory knowledge he knew when he was learning piano, he really wouldn't have been able to catch up with the two of them on a rocket.

Although Ah Ling is a lazy insect, she is really not slow to learn things, she is just lazy.

"Ahem, since the milk tea has been drunk, let's try the ensemble next and find the feel."

"Ask!" Suzu Kamihara raised his hand.

Kamihara looked over and said with a smile: "Good question!" Please speak. ”

Suzu Kamihara lay on the back of the chair, her hand kept pinching the empty milk tea jar, "What song are we going to play together?" Little star? I'm not good at guitar yet. ”

"Nonono, how can there be such a simple thing as playing Little Star in an ensemble, I have already decided on the practice song, the classic song "Wheember Ends" by the Green Day Band."

"This one." Suzu Kamihara remembers that his brother used to play and sing in front of him, "Do you have a musical score?" ”

"Yes, I printed it out yesterday," Kamihara Raku took a stack of paper from his backpack and handed it out to everyone in the music room, "To be honest, it's really hard to find the score for each instrument. ”

Tianhai Qi Mingyue took over the drum kit part she was responsible for, pinched her beautiful chin and looked at it twice.

"Let's get familiar with it now, after noon, we'll try to play an ensemble, and Ah Ling, you also have to learn to sing."

"Let me sing this?" Suzu Kamihara looked at the guitar sheet in his hand, "Is that okay?" I haven't learned a few chords yet. ”

"Knowing that your guitar is not good yet, you can only sing the vocal part first, and don't care about the guitar in your hand."

"Oh."

"Lyrical songs, or English, can you?" Kamihara asked again.

"Look down on me!"

"Okay, if you have confidence, let's get acquainted with each other. In the afternoon we officially began. Snow? ”

The snow of the heavenly sea raised his head blankly.

"Is it okay? In the afternoon we tried to play in an ensemble. Kamihara asked.

The snow of the sea nodded lightly.

"Alright, let's get started."

*

Although this song by the Green Day band is indeed very suitable for novice bands to run-in.

However, the familiarity of several people with the instrument has only reached the stage where they can use it, and under all kinds of difficulties, the time has come to five o'clock in the afternoon.

Lunch was also a take-out, and I ate a box lunch and did it hastily.

After practicing like this for a day, Jiu Liuli, Zhixue, Ah Ling, their electronic organ, main guitar, and lead singer parts have no big problems.

The main problem lies in the drum kit of the Seven Bright Moon of the Heavenly Sea and the bass of Kamihara music.

The two are not too familiar with the instrument.

"The tempo changes very quickly and the speed is demanding, so I'll try again."

Qi Mingyue is saying that the main difficulty of the drum kit of this song is the speed of the beat.

In fact, after practicing two or three times, she already knew where her shortcomings were, and these times she was just getting used to how to use the drum kit more fluently.

Kamihara's bass is played with a sense of rhythm, highlighting each beat in the song, and adding different timbres to the song. He also knows it.

Music is like this, you know what is wrong, but it is still difficult to control what is wrong.

"Let's practice again."

Shenyuan Le proposed this, and Tianhai Qimingyue didn't say anything at all, just picked up two drum sticks and continued to find the rhythm.

Her slender hands pinched the drum sticks, from the clink cymbal to the cymbal, and then quickly back to the clink cymbal, and the legs under her skirt were also rhythmically treading the pedals. She wears headphones, her hands jump lightly like butterflies in the night, and her unfluctuating expression makes her every beat clearly recognizable.

At first glance, it looks like that.

Kamihara often observes her, and sometimes he can't help but nod his legs to make up for a rhythm that she repeats many times.

Self-practice, ensemble, self-practice, repetitive attempt ensemble.

In this case, the time came to eight o'clock in the evening.

It's already dark.

A few people haven't finished eating yet, and they are still perfecting the part they are responsible for.

However, it did reach the level where you could play in an ensemble.

Everybody more or less... No, it should be said that it almost writes exhaustion on his face.

In order to lift everyone's spirits, Kamihara, who was carrying a bass, stood up quite passionately, clapping his hands and signaling everyone to look at him:

"Good! No matter how you practiced today, try to play a full ensemble, don't interrupt if you make mistakes, and just finish the whole piece. Ah Ling! ”

"Oh!"

"Nine glasses?" Kamihara looked at the girl wearing Audio-Technica monitor headphones behind the electronic piano again.

"Yes."

"Seven bright moons?"

The seven bright moons of the sky sea hanging from the earphones around their necks nodded slightly.

"Where's the snow?"

With an electric guitar hanging on his face, Yuki Amami's face swept a row of notes in response. The tail end of the electric guitar is quite harsh.

"Okay, then you're all set, right?"

Although the band has only been formed recently, it doesn't seem like that kind of thing yet.

But, that's the first step, right?

Kamihara took a breath of cold air, picked up the bass in his hand, looked at the illuminated Tokyo night sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and after a few seconds of silence, nodded to everyone, indicating that it was time to officially start the ensemble.

......

*

shit。

Aside from shit, Kamihara doesn't know what to use to describe today's results.

In the warm-colored barbecue restaurant, Kamihara took a sip of a bottle of juice.

"Ann la, a-la," Suzu Kamihara patted his brother's slightly decadent back, "Judging from what we can get together, isn't this band improving?" ”

"Ah Ling, you're here to mock me, right?"

"How can I have, I'm comforting you."

Suzu Kamihara said, glancing at Tianhai Jiu Liuli, who ran to get the barbecue ingredients, deliberately moved closer to Kamihara Le, and slammed his body into him twice, "We've only been playing for less than a week, isn't it normal for an ensemble to not be able to play a song?" ”

"That's the way it goes... But everyone is not a pure novice, so Qi Mingyue's drum kit needs to be learned from scratch. ”

"I didn't learn guitar from scratch!" Suzu Kamihara said, and poured another glass of juice for Kamihara.

“... It's not impossible for you to only sing. Kamihara glanced strangely at his sister's action of pouring juice for himself.

"What's wrong? This look at me. ”

What's wrong?

If you change the juice to beer, and change the identity to the boss and the social animal, this kind of action will not have a sense of disobedience at all.

"Nothing to do."

"What do you mean by being courteous for nothing, but you're my brother, can't you pour juice for you?"

"No problem pouring juice... But you pour. Kamihara Raku picked up the cup and looked through the chandelier of the barbecue restaurant to see through the liquid inside, "Is this poisoned?" ”

Suzu Kamihara got angry, "Hmph, you're a stereotype!" What kind of poisoning, saying that it is so excessive, I want to poison you, I don't know how many times I have been poisoned you. ”

"And what is this?" Kamihara brought the juice in front of her.

"It's a condolence for your hard day."

"Ah Ling, you've changed."

"How can I!"

"You've changed."

"No is nothing."

Kamihara couldn't guess why Ah Ling poured juice for herself so diligently, but she actually learned to serve her brother, which was unprecedented.

"Haven't you eaten yet?" Tianhai Zhixue, who was sitting opposite, asked, her hand already on her little belly.

Kamihara said, "It's coming soon, and the two of them will come back with their things right away." ”

"Brother, why don't you let Zhixue get things by herself? The first time she came to the cafeteria, alas. ”

Indeed, it was the first time to come to the cafeteria.

Her eyes lit up when she knew that the whole restaurant could be eaten as she pleased.

As for why she didn't get it herself......

Kamihara was afraid that she would grab a kind of food and make it hard, and she had already eaten before the group had even started eating.

Tianhai Jiuliuli and Tianhai Qimingyue returned to their seats with the ingredients.

Kamihara Raku and Kamihara Suzu sat aside.

The snow of the sky and the sea separates the two sisters in the middle.

The three heavenly seas sitting opposite did not communicate at all, and Yaqi was silent.

"Brother, I'll give you a barbecue." Kamihara Suzu was enthusiastic, grabbed the meat slices and threw them on the iron plate.

"Ah Ling."

"What's wrong?"

"I think, it's weird, you're not you anymore."

"What! Hello to you, you still don't appreciate it. Suzu Kamihara clenched her fist in front of him.

"I'll bake it for you."

"It's okay, I'll come, I'll come."

Tianhai Qimingyue: "It's not that my brother won't let my sister sauce you help her bake, but that your roasting is not delicious." ”

“...... Excessively! ”

"The food made by Suzu is really not delicious." The snow of the sky and the sea eats the small cake that Jiu Liuli helped him take.

"Ahh ”

"Because it's a fact."

Kamihara remembered that Suzu tried to make a tomato scrambled egg for Zhixue, and she said that she was going to try to learn how to cook again, and asked Zhixue to help as an experiment.

As a result... It's even stranger than the dishes made by Jiu Liuli at the beginning.

"Okay, okay, I know you're kind, I'll do the barbecue."

"Hehe, brother is still good to me!"

After a while, the meat was roasted, and Kamihara Leji directly sandwiched a piece of Ah Ling bowl.

She was so happy, so happy that people didn't know why she was so proud.

"I always feel that the meat you grill is a level better than other people's grilled meat."

"Really? Then you eat more, use more snacks when practicing, and don't always drop the beat. ”

“... That's not all, the drum of Qimingyue hasn't beaten well. ”

Tianhai Qi Mingyue raised his eyes: "I followed my rhythm, and there was nothing wrong." ”

"That's right, it's not a good match!" Kamihara Suzu learned to hug Qi Mingyue's chest, crossed his hands, and looked at him defiantly.

Tianhai Qi Mingyue's hostility towards her sister sauce is no longer strange, "It's as if you cooperated with me sister-chan." ”

Seeing that the two of them were inexplicably stunned again, Shen Yuan Le directly stopped it:

"Okay, let's have a barbecue and stop arguing."

"Brother, this one is baked." Tianhai Jiu Ruri sandwiched a piece of pork ribs he liked for Kamihara Le.

"Huh? Well, thank you Ruri. ”

Tianhai Jiu Liuli intervened so suddenly, and Shenyuan Ling and Tianhai Qimingyue, who were still fighting each other, instantly shifted the spearhead.

"My sister is really good at picking the right time to pick the meat."

"That's it." Suzu Kamihara nodded repeatedly.

Tianhai Jiuliuli smiled: "It's just that the ribs are just baked." ”

After speaking, he put a quick clip into the bowl of Kamihara music.

“......”

“......”

Both of them focused their eyes on Jiu Liuli's movements.

Even Kamihara was silent.

It's just two pieces of meat, why do you feel like they're going to fight?

Tianhai Jiuliuli said casually while sandwiching the meat: "Don't look at me like this, my brother will help you barbecue, I'll just help my brother roast." ”

Suzu Kamihara pursed her lips: "Cut, courteous." ”

Tianhai Qimingyue's tone was surging: "Little favor and little favor." ”

Kamihara Raku: "......"

Liuli, didn't you roast me on the fire?

He was also trampled twice under the table.

What kind of plane, didn't you say that you were tired from practice and had a meal?

"Snow." Kamihara glanced at Konoyuki, the quietest thing directly opposite.

"Huh?"

"If you have anything you want to eat, I'll bake it for you."

"That."

"Cow's tongue, isn't it?" Kamihara Le immediately sandwiched two pieces of beef tongue and put them on the iron rack, and immediately put them in her bowl after baking, so as not to give a few people a chance to grab it.

"What do you mean...?"

Although these words were asked by Kamihara Suzu, they also represent the eyes of the two sisters of Tianhai.

"Ah, it's not interesting." Kamihara Le smiled and pretended to be stupid, "Just think it's not good to eat quietly?" ”

“......”

Not to mention, the rest of the trick really works, and everyone doesn't quarrel anymore.

Seeing that there was no contradiction, Kamihara was also enthusiastic, and took the initiative to take on the role of the minister of barbecue, enlivening the atmosphere.

"Come on, come on, if you want to eat your own clip, you don't need to clip it for me, just eat it yourself if you want to."

In fact, there are no quarrels and the atmosphere is much better.

The smoke inside the barbecue shop also became more and more intense as time passed.

Kamihara took the initiative to use today's practice to open up the conversation, and everyone began to express their thoughts one after another.

"There is no doubt that today's ensemble failed." Tianhai Qi Mingyue put down the fast child and said.

"It's so full... So what do you say? Suzu Kamihara touched her stomach and yelled that she couldn't eat it, while stuffing meat into her mouth.

"Practice."

"Cut, I thought you had any high opinions!"

Tianhai Jiu Liuli also put down the fast son and said: "Actually, we are a band that came to form without knowing anything about rock and roll, and we don't have any sense of direction except that we know that we should practice tunes." ”

Shen Yuan Le understood this, and he was referred to as a layman.

"We don't know where the band is going to sing, we don't know what short-term goals we want to accomplish, and we don't know how to run in effectively."

Suzu Kamihara seemed to understand, "You mean, we're all outsiders?" Need to find an insider to help guide you? ”

Tianhai Jiu Liuli nodded.

Suzu Kamihara continued, "Do you all know anyone who plays rock and band?" ”

They all shook their heads.

"The people I know are all in the classical music circle," Tianhai Jiu Liuli pinched his chin and thought about it, "They are either violin or orchestra, and they should know pop music, but we have no reason to ask each other to ask us for a long time." ”

"Wouldn't it be nice to ask for money?"

Kamihara Le directly smashed a knife into his sister's head: "Forgot what we said?" Don't use the power of the Tianhai family. ”

"That's not it..."Suzu Kamihara said aggrievedly, "It's just scraping together money to hire a consultant!" ”

"Rent a music room, buy an instrument, how much money do you have left? Do you know how much your guitar costs? How much does my bass cost? How much does a Jiuliuli electronic organ cost? There is also a pair of monitoring equipment, audio, cables, microphones and whatever, not to mention Qi Mingyue's set of drums. ”

"I know it's astronomical, but isn't Qi Mingyue in charge of the company, let her make some money and use it..."

Kamihara Le smashed her head with another knife: "Okay, in addition to using some initial funds, our band should be self-reliant?" And if a person is a company, not a bank, how can there be a reason to take it casually. ”

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

"And self-reliance... It's only been a few days, and I'm going to be so poor that I don't have any money! ”

"Then why don't you come out with your salary to help everyone?"

"What? I don't want it, I'll keep it for future marriage. ”

Tianhai Qi Mingyue suddenly interjected: "At present, our level still needs to rely on consultants to advance to the level, and even a piece of music is not good for ensemble, even if we call the consultant, it is just a shame... However, it is true that the consultant's affairs can be put on the target in advance. How much money do we have left for the band now? ”

"If each person contributes about 150,000 yen, there will be more than 100,000 yen left."

There is no doubt that as long as the money of the Tianhai family is borrowed, the funds of this team are so strong that no team in the whole country can compare to them.

But what's the point?

Is this called a band?

We all know that if there is no pressure, there is no motivation.

If they don't put some restrictions on themselves, how can they let the band officially enter the Budokan with a state of eating and drinking all their lives?

So everyone decided not to borrow the help of the Tianhai family.

Although with the pocket money of Tianhai Jiuliuli and Tianhai Qimingyue, it is impossible for everyone to be shortage.

"So little, how can you invite someone here, then why don't you throw a little more of Qi Mingyue here?"

Tianhai Qi Mingyue snorted lightly: "Okay, fair and just? Five people are equal? I put in 500,000, can you add 500,000? ”

"It's not going to work... I've saved half of my money..."Suzu Kamihara muttered, "I'm going to get married." ”

Nothing came out of the discussion around the team's funding, but everyone decided on the same idea.

That is – the band does need a consultant.

"You really don't know anyone?"

"Nope."

Everyone said no.

"What about the snow? Ah, forget it..."Kamihara Le just wanted to ask Zhixue, a rock and roll player, if she recognized her peers, and suddenly remembered the identity of her squatting at home.

How is this possible!

"Wait a minute!" Suzu Kamihara stood up suddenly, and she remembered something, "I seem to know someone!" ”

"Who?"

"Senpai!"

.....。