It was obvious.
Such a chaotic and evil concept caused a tremendous impact on the worldview of the two lawful good-aligned girls.
"But, this… will make Bocchi-chan really sad, right?", Nijika was still a bit hesitant.
To a gentle archangel like her, she would rather bury her own feelings deep in her heart than hurt her friend for her own selfishness.
Beside her, Kita also shook her head. Though her heart still felt sour, she was still a kind and gentle good child who couldn't bring herself to hurt Bocchi just to satisfy her own desire.
"Sad?", Gremlin Ryou crossed her arms, her tone somewhat meaningful, "I don't think so."
She understood Bocchi's personality very well, with two most important traits. Easily satisfied, and sentimental.
Easily satisfied meant she didn't ask for much and didn't have a strong sense of possessiveness.
Sentimental meant she greatly valued the band members and was even more unwilling to part from everyone.
But no matter how close friends are, once student days end and they enter society, due to various reasons, contact gradually decreases and eventually becomes distant.
After all, everyone has their own life, has to work, deal with new social circles, and in the future will build their own families—their focus will inevitably shift.
If one wanted to solve this problem, the solution was actually quite simple.
Have a shared, anchoring point that can closely connect everyone.
As long as they all became lifelong best friends, naturally there was no need to worry about drifting apart. Instead, they would become even closer.
Ryou had actually been planning for this all along. Even if she was the one who first captured boyfriend-kun, she wouldn't hog him all for herself. She would create a world where everyone could be happy.
Start with one dating, then lead to another, and finally achieve joint dating.
With Bocchi's personality, upon hearing such a win-win solution, there was a high chance she would be moved.
She might not dare to help make it happen, but as long as she didn't oppose it, that would be enough.
"Ugh…", Nijika and Ryou had actually discussed similar things before, but she still felt it was unreliable, and weakly asked, "This… can it really work?"
"How would you know if you don't try?"
Gremlin Ryou shrugged, "Trying doesn't cost money."
Kita and Nijika looked at each other, but in the end didn't argue.
'If it's just trying… it should be fine, right?'
"Since neither of you has objections…"
The blue-haired girl pinched her chin, lips slightly curled, "Then, let's call it, [Paradise Plan]."
'A paradise where everyone can be happy. It sounds pretty nice, right?'
———
Because Hitori had a socially anxious personality, Kaito had her work behind the drink counter, preparing the beverages to be sold later.
This job was comparatively the easiest in the shop.
When a customer orders, just make the corresponding drink and place it on the counter. At most say one "Thank you for your patronage," no extra conversation needed, very suitable for the socially anxious.
As for the task of receiving customers, he took it on himself.
Actually, he didn't need to do anything special, just the usual ticket check. Confirm it's okay, then let them in.
A few JKs blushed and had their hearts racing, wanting to strike up a conversation, but were intimidated by his cold and unapproachable aura. In the end, they couldn't muster the courage, and just walked to the area near the stage, occasionally turning their heads to sneak peeks over here.
Kaito remained unmoved, he was best at playing the iceberg.
Perhaps because it was still early, the guests who arrived were not many. Roughly counted, there were only eight or nine people, sparsely standing below the stage.
However, behind the counter, the little social-anxious girl was a bit flustered. Normally Nijika would help her, but now she was alone, it was natural to feel nervous.
Seeing that no new guests were appearing for the moment, Kaito was planning to go help out, but then sounds came from the storage room.
Leading the way was Gremlin Ryou, looking composed, bringing back two girls whose gazes were drifting, and heading to the counter before him to help.
'Only gone for just over ten minutes, why do Kita and Nijika look so unsettled?'
He hadn't intentionally used his spiritual sense to check on the storage room's activity earlier. Doing something like that always gave off the vibe of a perverted old man peeking on girls.
In everyday life, if there's no need, he would actively restrain his sharp senses.
On one hand to avoid unintentionally prying into strangers' privacy, and on the other hand… to avoid "seeing" some indescribable scenes, which would also pollute the mind.
'Forget it. Since Ryou isn't acting strange, it should've just been girl talk.'
Just then, another group of OL big sisters arrived together. Kaito shook his head, didn't pay much attention, and continued carrying out ticket checks.
"Sorry, no Line, I don't use Instagram, phone's lost. During work hours, let's try to focus on work."
This kind of rejection script had become almost instinctive for him, causing several enthusiastic OL big sisters to leave in disappointment.
Should he say he was lucky? Though he couldn't avoid being hit on, at least he hadn't encountered any especially persistent guests, the kind who'd pretend not to understand even when rejected.
After a little while, the bands scheduled to perform tonight began to appear one after another. With a "snap," the exhibition hall dimmed, and only the colorful glow sticks emitted faint light in the dark. Music started playing.
Usually, this was the most leisurely time during Fanstars' operations. The guests were all focused on the show, and almost no one came to buy drinks, just the right time for the employees to slack off a bit.
Tonight was no exception. Only the lead singer girl on stage was a bit confused, 'Why are the fans, who should be watching seriously, constantly glancing toward the ticket gate? Even forgot to wave their glow sticks. Is there something strange over there? It can't be that my singing is so bad that even the fans can't bear it, right?'
———
At the same time, behind the drink counter.
"Fi-Finally free…"
After handling the last customer, the pink-haired girl felt as if she had received a great pardon. She flopped down on the cold floor in a duck-sit posture. Before she could catch her breath, she met a pair of shining golden eyes.
"Ryou… Ryou-san?", The little social-anxious girl got startled, and couldn't help but ask in a soft voice, "Is… is there something?"
"Ahem! It's not really anything big," Yamada Ryou cleared her throat and leaned in, "I just wanted to ask, between you and boyfriend-kun… have you ever done, ahem?"
'What do you mean by 'Ahem'?'
Gotou Hitori's face turned red at her sudden gossipy question, but after hesitating for a moment, still weakly nodded her head.
"What did it feel like? Was it painful? Or exhausting?", This question wasn't just to set up the next part, Gremlin Ryou was genuinely curious.
Although she had read plenty of doujins, that was all theoretical, 'Nothing beats an actual interview with a firsthand participant, right?'
Unfortunately, this time, little Bocchi's pretty face turned completely red and she refused to answer no matter what. In a panic, she only managed to blurt out one thing, "President is amazing," before turning into a wooden doll.
Ryou couldn't keep pushing, and though a bit regretful, she still picked up something sharp from that "amazing" evaluation.
'At the very least… there's no need to worry about boyfriend-kun's physical capabilities.'
She blinked and said with a straight face, "In that case, have you ever considered…"
"Having a few more helpers?"
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