25. Practice and stay
When I arrived at the cafeteria, it was almost full of people, and there were no empty seats. Just when Lorami and I looked at each other and didn't know what to do, "Lola, Chihiro!" Here it is! "Someone suddenly called our names.
After spending some time searching for the source of the sound, we soon saw Shion waving to us in the middle seat of the second row on the far left of the window. She is short, and it is still difficult to find in this dense crowd.
She often wears blue hairpins, though, so it's easy to find. "Over there—" I gently grabbed Lola's hand and walked towards Aster. When we finally made our way through the crowd and sat down across from her, we both breathed a sigh of relief.
"What about Izumi? Isn't it? ”
Shion shook her head slightly, then crossed her free left hand over my shoulder and pointed in the direction of the counter—"Over there, I asked her to get lunch." After Ziyuan finished speaking, her gaze returned to the book she was halfway reading just now.
"You can do this yourself!"
She ignored me, as if she hadn't heard what I was saying. I thought about it and got up from my seat, "Chihiro, what are you going to do?" Suddenly, Lola looked up from the side and looked at me nervously.
"Go and help Hequan, I'm afraid she won't be able to take that much alone."
Lola's expression relaxed when I said this, and then I walked over to Izumi, who was a little embarrassed, and patted her on the shoulder. Unexpectedly, she was taken aback by my sudden appearance, and the two pork chop rice that she was originally holding in her hand instantly lost her balance! It's about to fall out of your hands!
I quickly reached out and caught it! "Don't scare me!"
Izumi glared at me and complained.
"I didn't expect you—"
Suddenly, I was also a little embarrassed, and looked away; While explaining. "Your portion is over there—" Then, with a sigh, she pointed in the direction of the counter, where there was still a pork chop rice.
"I'll go first."
Then, Izumi dropped the sentence and immediately made his way through the crowd back to the empty seat next to Shion. I followed her and started walking back. But fortunately, there are many fewer people in front of me now than just now.
When I got back to my seat, Lola got up and walked to the counter. At this time, I suddenly saw Izumi adding pepper to his pork chop rice. "Add so much? Won't it be spicy? I asked her, a little surprised.
"Yes, but I like it—" As soon as she finished speaking, she began to chew. At this time, Lola also returned. She asked for mapo tofu and rice, which looked like half the amount of rice I did. It made me worry if she would be hungry in the afternoon......
"If it's not enough, I'll give you a little?"
Lola tilted her head strangely at my words, and a big question mark seemed to pop up on her head. "Why do you think Chihiro doesn't think I'm enough?" She munched on her tofu as she jotted down questions in her notebook. "Because, there's too little rice, right?"
I gestured to the half bowl of rice she had placed on her left.
"It's okay, I've been eating so much."
She shook her head slightly, and then wrote the sentence in her notebook at a very fast pace. "Say—" Then, Lola seemed to want to add something to the end, but stopped as soon as she started writing.
At this time, her expression seemed to be a little hesitant and tangled, "What? "I was a little confused." I said, it's time to talk about the exercises, right? At this time, Shion, who had put down the book, asked us in a voice that did not fluctuate but was very serious.
Unexpectedly, her words startled Lola, and the pen in her hand fell to the ground. "Lola, you just wanted to talk about this, didn't you?" At this moment, Shion's eyes fell on Lola's side, and she was picking up a pen. So, I can't see her face at this time.
"Yes."
After a while, she nodded vigorously as she put the pen back in her hand. Then, wait for Shion to continue. "The band needs to run in, so we need to find a place for that. Any great ideas? ”
She then asked us.
"I can't think of it." Then, I honestly spoke my mind. "What about the nearby park, though? If I could, I happen to have one near my house—" Then, in a hurry, he made another suggestion. Maybe you don't want to disappoint Shion, right?
"Don't—"
I didn't expect to be loudly opposed by Izumi as soon as he finished speaking. "Why? Pretty good, isn't it? Shion turned her head and asked. Anyway, don't, that's too shameful! Izumi said again very seriously.
"It's not usually crowded there, so I don't think it's going to happen like you're worried about—"
I was going to persuade her again, but she just covered her ears with her hands. "Well, then I'll have to think about somewhere else—" At this point, Shion desperately tried to keep herself from laughing, and turned her gaze to me.
"Chihiro, how about I go to your house?"
Suddenly, her words made my expression stiffen instantly, "Why?" Then, whispered to her. And at this moment, Shion's face was full of evil smiles. "The last time we went to your house for tutoring, do you remember?"
I nodded, and tried desperately to escape her smiling gaze. "I thought your living room was huge—"
"So what?"
Somewhat reluctantly, I asked her, "So, isn't it just right to use it as a practice ground for the band?" Don't you think so? As soon as she finished speaking, I wanted to retort a few words, but in an instant I felt that no matter how many reasons I came up with, Ziyuan must have prepared in advance.
So, I gave up.
"Okay."
I muttered quietly. As soon as she finished speaking, I heard her snap her fingers and said very happily, "Then we will go to your house tomorrow!" Don't oversleep? "Shion's last words were not so much to remind me, but to deliberately trick me.
Then the next day, she really came. At this time, the alarm clock is pointing to seven o'clock. The moment the doorbell rang, I had just brought the finished omelet rice out of the kitchen. "Hurry up, right? I'm right on your doorstep right now! ”
Just as I was about to go to the entrance to open the door, the phone in my trouser pocket rang again. Inside was her cheerful and calm voice.
"It's coming, it's coming!"
I could only rub my eyes on one side; While opening the door to her, "This hair! What's going on? Haven't you looked in the mirror? Unexpectedly, as soon as I saw her face, Shion pointed to my hair and asked mercilessly.
"It's messy?"
"Obviously, right?" Then she sighed as if she didn't want to go any further, and went around me and into the hallway. "Don't stick to it here—" and then urged me to wash up as he changed his shoes.
"I didn't expect you to get up—"
"I didn't expect you to come over so early......" On the way, we complained to each other a few more times. After that, after waiting for about half an hour, Lola and Izumi also came. - "Okay, everyone is here, so it's almost time to start, right?" ”
As Lola puts the guitar she was carrying on the floor, intending to take it out of the box, Shion suggests. —She seemed to be very motivated, "At least let Chihiro finish her breakfast!" ”
Suddenly, Lola hurriedly pulled her aside. Then, somewhat awkwardly, he turned back and smiled at me. "Chihiro, haven't you had breakfast yet?" Izumi ran to the table and looked at the omelet rice with some burnt edges with interest.
"Is this what you did?"
Then he pointed at it and turned back to me. "yes, and no one is helping me—" I said as I stepped over to my chair and sat down. Picking up chopsticks...... "It's not bad!" Unexpectedly, as soon as she sat down, she gently patted her shoulder and praised her.
In fact, if Natsume was still here, she would definitely be disgusted when she saw this omelet rice...... Thinking about it, I couldn't help but laugh. "Leave me alone, you can start first-"
As I said that, Lola walked over and picked up another pair of chopsticks on the table—"Can I taste it?" Then she asked, the look in her eyes. I seem to be interested in the omelet rice I make. "Please—"
"But I can't guarantee ...... taste"
I nodded, and with some trepidation, I gently pushed the plate in front of her, not forgetting to remind her. But because of nervousness, I don't know if she heard it. Next, Aster, and Lola, will come to my house whenever they have time. There were days, almost from the night before, to the next morning.
This kind of time lasted for more than a month unconsciously.