When I woke up, it seemed that all that was left of the room was the ticking of the alarm clock. The sun is shining on my body, and it is a little itchy. The feeling of fatigue that had lingered until a moment now seems to have faded a little, but the vision is still a little shaky.

Putting on my coat and entering the hallway, I heard the faint sound of the piano coming from downstairs. "Could it be that Chihiro is still practicing?" Thinking so, I quietly went downstairs to the living room, intending to go to the room where the two of us had just practiced together.

As a result, he was so serious that he didn't even hear my footsteps and fell asleep against the wall. There is a guitar not far away, and you can reach it with your hand. Before I knew it, I walked up to him and began to look at the face—

Why? I guess it's because of a whim, right? The moment he thought so, he reached out and poked the tip of his nose, and immediately retracted it. Because, I was worried that I would accidentally wake him up.

Now the corners of his mouth rose slightly, as if with a slight smile. - What did you dream about? Even though it would be nice to keep watching it like this, I shook his shoulder gently, "If you fall asleep in a place like this, will you catch a cold?" ”

Then remind him with words written in a notebook.

"Lola, how are you feeling?" In an instant, the moment Chihiro raised her head, our eyes met. "I'm not fully recovered, but I'm not so uncomfortable—" I picked up my pen and wrote down my answer again.

Then he turned his head and pointed to the guitar he had put aside, "Have you been practicing alone for a long time?" I asked him. Almost, right? Because there's nothing to do—" Chihiro said with an embarrassed laugh. "So I thought it would be better to practice. After all, the essentials you taught me felt hard. ”

Then he shrugged his shoulders and added.

The expression was very guilty. It's as if the mischievous child was discovered. "Don't try so hard, if you try too hard, you may get the exact opposite result—" As a result, I was only halfway written, and Chihiro suddenly became even more frustrated.

"What to do? I was trying to comfort him! Why is this happening?! "I was also a little overwhelmed at this point." In short, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it. Do you understand? I hurriedly crossed out the line that had been written, and then wrote it underneath it.

Just because of the impatience, the words look crooked and slanted as if they are drunk.

The moment she saw such words, Chihiro couldn't help but laugh. "I see, thank you." I was relieved to hear him say that. Unexpectedly, at this time, my stomach was drumming, and in the blink of an eye, there was a very loud sound!

Suddenly, my face was so red that I felt like I was on fire, and I had to cover my hands over my ......, "Wait, I'll go make you something to eat—" Chihiro patted me lightly on the shoulder and got up and walked towards the kitchen. After about half an hour, I ate all the tomato fried noodles he had made.

Then, we started the exercise again. "I'm sorry, I'm again!" It was less than 10 minutes before he apologized to me again for making a very sharp sound on the guitar by mistake.

"It's okay, anyway, I already know very well Chihiro's level of you."

"Perhaps, it would rather be played by you than me, right?" Chihiro asked me self-deprecatingly. "Who knows?" Again, my answer is understated. "Why don't you concentrate a little more if you have time to think about this kind of question?"

"So strict!?"

With that, we both looked at each other's faces and laughed. "I'm going to make a cup of coffee, do you want it?" Chihiro stood up and asked me with a relaxed expression, "Yes." I nodded vigorously. Indeed, I want to take a break.

So, as his figure disappeared into the hallway, I couldn't help but raise my hands above my head and stretch. He shrugged his shoulders at the same time to make it look less stiff. At this time, I caught a glimpse of Chihiro's mobile phone in the chair where she was sitting just now—

I'm interested in it, so I want to take it and take a look......

Then, I found the text message—"Do you want to turn your life upside down? Chihiro seemed to hesitate for a long time before replying...... "What?" In this case, isn't it the same as me? ”

Immediately before Chihiro returned, I put my phone back in its original place, but when I wanted to focus my attention on the melody that appeared in front of me again, the text message on Chihiro's phone that I had just read came to my mind from time to time.

Suddenly, I didn't want to cry, but the tears just fell and quietly fell on the black and white keys. — "Lola, what's wrong with you? At this time, Chihiro happened to come back with two cups of coffee. as he approached me; One whispered a little puzzled, "Nothing!" ”

Even though she knew that her expression must be strange at this moment, Lola still shook her head vigorously as if she was reckless. "Let's keep practicing!" Lola, who had her back to me and raised her hand to quietly wipe away her tears, urged me to say.

After that, the two of us continued to stumble together, and Lola had to correct my playing method again and again - "Don't knock it!" "But I still her off again and again.

"On the contrary, this is a bass heavy!"

Immediately after that, she was relentlessly lectured again and again, and I felt that Lola's voice was becoming more and more tired as time went by. But even so, we were able to play a piece of music relatively smoothly.

But only if she matches my clumsy playing speed. - Among them, the number of times I had to stop and the number of times I stopped because I was out of tune are still too many to count. Finally, by nightfall, I could barely keep up with her.

Now, when you look from the balcony, you can only see the shadow of the viaduct, the silhouette of a small number of houses opposite, and a few street lamps that seem to have been lit up in advance. It was already completely dark. "How long have we been practicing?"

"I don't know—"

Lola sighed, looked at me and said. "I don't know how long it will take, but now Chihiro can finally keep up with me. To be honest, I'm worried that you won't be able to keep up and then make a fool of yourself on the day of the actual show. ”

After saying that, she sighed again. "I'm sorry." Then I apologized without even thinking about it, "It's all my fault, if it weren't for me, you would have been able to play better, right?" The song just now—"

As I spoke, I didn't dare to look at her face, and my voice became quieter and quieter.

"Maybe. But then it's almost impossible to perform on stage—" and then Lola quickly picked up the notebook and showed it to me, as if to drown out my voice. "Is that so?"

I was a little surprised.

"Do you think I'm Superman or something? Or can you grow eight more hands? At this time, she held back a smile; While writing these words in a notebook and handing them to me, I seemed to be in a much better mood.

"By the way, I've just told Izumi and Shion about the two of us practicing all day, and of course I've told you that you're finally able to keep up with me—" Now, Lola's expression finally didn't look as gloomy and irritated as before.

Even, now she looks like she's trying to hold back a smile? "What do they say?" Suddenly, I was a little scared to hear what the two men had to say. They said—" But just as Lola was about to tell me, the cell phone in her pants pocket rang—

The call was from Izumi, "Lola, what you just said is true, right?" ”

"Really, really, really—" She glanced at me with a wicked smile, and I lowered my head as if I were running away! Covered his face with his hands. I can clearly feel it burning in an instant......

"In other words, Chihiro is already fine?"

As soon as Izumi finished speaking, Lola threw the phone to me again. And this time, she probably didn't plan to take it back again. "Are you so worried about me?" I couldn't help but raise my voice in some reluctance.

"Isn't this clear?" At this time, Izumi also did not show weakness and replied to me in a very disgusted voice. "You're the only one of us who is a beginner, and if you're not worried, should I worry about Lola?"

As soon as she finished speaking, my heart was filled with self-blame, guilt, and similar feelings. "When she texted us just now, I was really shocked! How do you say that? ......”

I was going to listen to her count, but I was amused by her halfway through. — couldn't hold back a laugh. "What the hell are you trying to say?" Then I asked her while laughing. Like a joke.

"Anyway, remember to thank her, understand?"

At this time, her voice seemed to be very unhappy, and then she put down such a sentence fiercely. "I know, it's better to say that today, and this week, the most said thing is 'thank you'" I had been listening to her complain before telling her this fact......

"If you work harder, Lola won't be so tired that she will collapse!"

As a result, after all that has been said, she still emphasizes this point. "Yes, I'm sorry—" I apologized again as I listened. "It's going to be an official performance soon, are you okay?" Then she asked me again, "Okay?" I guess if I practice it a few more times, I'll be fine, right? Probably ......"

Suddenly, Izumi's very serious voice made me feel a little weak, but I still have confidence! "Really?" It's just that Izumi still doesn't seem to feel at ease. "You believe me more than once, don't you?"

At this time, the smile on my face instantly became a little miserable, "If you continue to be suspicious like this, I will really cry to you......"

"Okay, okay, that's it, I'll be here tomorrow. Probably, asters will too, right? How about trying out the ensemble? Suddenly, the moment I heard the word "ensemble", my smile gradually froze. "Yes, yes!"

But he still agreed to her......