The next day, I was woken up by the alarm clock and turned it off impatiently, and then opened my eyes in a daze, and the room was very dark. Faint but dense raindrops kept crashing on the windowpanes, making a crackling sound. Then I felt as if someone had been gently pushed on the shoulder, "Chihiro, it's time to get up—" and then I heard someone calling out to me.

"Natsume......?" I turned my head in the direction of the source of the sound and blinked a few more times before I could see the face in front of me. —"It's me, I'm sorry not to be your sister." Izumi seemed to be a little angry, and said angrily without looking away. How? Hasn't she come back from her trip yet? Then she walked to the window with her back to me and opened the curtains; He asked slowly.

Instantly, there was a slight tingling in my heart, "Maybe—" At this time, even though I wasn't standing in front of the mirror, I knew how stiff my smile was. "I left her behind, but now I have to continue to pretend that I don't have such a sister or something, it's ironic—"

Then, I followed Izumi out of the room, intending to go downstairs for breakfast. That's when my stomach started ringing non-stop. It made me very embarrassed at once, but Izumi didn't seem to care.

But I still can't help but think: she won't secretly laugh at me in her heart, right? "Don't worry, it won't—" she said to me as gently as if she had read through my mind. "Why do you know what I'm thinking?!"

I was taken aback by her words as I buttoned my neckline; While hurriedly catching up with him, he asked. "Why? It's very simple – because you can't keep your mind at bay! She smiled as she walked with me to the corner of the stairs on the second floor, looking at my face.

"Huh? Is it so obvious? ”

Unexpectedly, while I was still feeling devastated by this answer, she naturally nodded, "It's all written on her face—" Kazumi added. "But I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

Then, as if trying to comfort me, he added another sentence at the end.

When we got downstairs to the living room, Lola was bringing baked bread and burgers out of the kitchen and setting them on the table. "It's just right, it's ready to eat—" she looked back at us, smiling as she showed us the notebook that it read.

Shion also said hello, but it didn't take long for her eyes to return to the bread she was holding. — She took a small bite. "Thank you, Lola—" I said as I walked over to Lola and patted her on the shoulder.

She shook her head the moment we looked at each other.

"Okay, okay, let's eat it! What are you two polite here? Besides, Chihiro, aren't you hungry for a long time? At this time, Izumi pushed me hard from behind and asked in a voice that seemed to be a little impatient.

"That's right......"

Suddenly, I could only smile at her as if I was stupid. But she didn't even look at me. After breakfast, we started practicing. But apparently I underestimated the guitar, and I realized how clumsy I really was when it came to music—

"I say, Chihiro—"

Shion's helpless voice crossed my shoulders and sounded in front of my eyes again: "Why do you always start out of tune every time!" Obviously, her expression and voice didn't fluctuate much, but I was said like pins and needles.

"This is the first paddle you've destroyed!?"

Shion approached me from behind, around in front of me, and asked in a stern voice. "I don't know! I haven't counted—" I was so frightened by her words that my palms broke out in a cold sweat, and I wanted to lower my head as if I was running. But she wouldn't let me do that—

Shion held my face with both hands and continued, "Do you know that this is the first time I've seen someone who doesn't hesitate to hit the strings with a pick! Suddenly, her voice was a little hysterical, "You really make me admire......" Shion said as she kept poking her finger at the door of my head.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lola secretly laughed beside her. Since I was out of tune from time to time, I couldn't match her piano sound at all. Rather, I didn't even know what to do to make the guitar sound good.

"Chihiro, you—" Then, the sound like the crow of a crow couldn't stand even Izumi. "Do you want to tear it down?" Then, she pointed to the guitar I was holding in my arms and asked me with a smile in her eyes.

"No! —"The moment I shook my head desperately, the pick in my hand broke again! "Alas!" When Zion saw this scene, her expression was so dark that she couldn't even laugh. Then he returned to his seat.

"Do it all over again!"

Not long after I started practicing again, it was only about three minutes, right? It was stopped again. At the same time, my fingertips began to feel a faint tingling sensation. It seems to have a pain, too.

This feeling becomes very obvious the moment you put down the guitar......

Then Lola came over, took my hand gently, and pulled it in front of her eyes to look at it—"Otherwise, this is the place for today, right?" Shion looked up in some surprise and asked again as if to confirm something, "Really?" ”

Suddenly, Lola raised her gaze and smiled at me, "Although it is true that the time is not enough, it is not a good thing to fight too hard, right?" Then he wrote it in his notebook and showed it to Shion.

"You—" Her voice was a little dissatisfied, and her eyes turned to me. After pausing for a moment, he sighed softly as if he understood something, "Okay, to be honest, I don't want to continue." ”

With that, he glanced at me again.

At this time, Izumi also raised his hands over his shoulders and stood up very comfortably. He walked over and patted me lightly on the shoulder, smiling meaningfully. But I knew that was in no way mocking my failures.

Instead, it's like saying, "Don't worry, everyone has something they are good at and something they are not good at, just take your time." Suddenly, I felt that her smile was very warm, and to be honest, I was almost out of confidence when I was accused by Aster just now.

At this time, very suddenly, there was a tingling pain in the fingertips - if you look closely, there seem to be scratches on the edge of the fingertips and the place where the fingernails meet. — "You wait, I'll go get the medicine." ”

After showing me the words in the notebook, Lola left the room. Then, about five minutes later, she pushed the door open again and entered. — It's just a few more OK bandages in my hand, and then I gently shake it in front of my eyes.

"I knew it was—" Shion muttered quietly. Then Lola pulled my right hand in front of her eyes, carefully covered it with the bandage, and circled it around her fingers so that it could wrap tightly.

"That's fine!" Then, she looked up and looked at my face with a smile, and the moment we looked at each other, she seemed to say so. But at this time, Shion was a little unhappy and cast a reproachful glance at me again......

Suddenly, I could clearly feel my cheeks burning, so I quickly pulled my right hand back. At this time, it unexpectedly began to clear up outside the window. The rain and cloudiness that had lasted all morning were dispelled by the faint but gradually visible sunlight.

"Lola, then I'll go back first. The manager of the store who worked part-time today said that he had found a good house, and let me go over and have a look—" After saying that, Shion picked up the crossbody bag hanging on the back of the chair, and walked to the entrance while carrying it.

"I'll be here tomorrow at the same time as today, bye-" she said, turning back to Lola, who was standing behind her, not knowing what to say. Then, a little smile could finally be seen in Shion's slowly relaxed expression.

Then, the door closed softly, and the sound of his footsteps faded away. Lola also returned to the room at this time, and happened to see Izumi also packing up her things—"Lola, then it's almost time for me to leave, it's okay for you two to practice for a while?" ”

She walked past Lola as she spoke, not forgetting to turn around and grimace at me.

Then he walked down the hallway to the hallway to change his shoes, poked lightly on the ground a few times, and walked out. Then, close the door gently. At this time, the two of us were the only ones left in the blink of an eye in the originally lively room......