Suddenly, due to Takamatsu Tomori's words, the atmosphere became heavy.
Hotaru looked at Nagasaki Soyo, thinking she would say something to lighten the mood, but she also had her head down, making her expression unreadable.
Then, Hotaru looked at Shiina Rikki, who was still standing foolishly with a tray.
He wanted to say, "Rikki, sit down!"
But he remembered that she was still working, and it seemed inappropriate, and he wasn't familiar enough with her to use first names, so he gave up.
So, to change the subject, Hotaru reminded, "Tomori, drink your beverage first!"
Rikki quickly reacted, "Right! Tomori, your coffee."
Carefully placing the mocha coffee for Tomori, Rikki couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, why hadn't she thought of it!
She looked at Hotaru with some reluctance, but she still had to prepare the hot Earl Grey tea and matcha parfait.
Nagasaki Soyo also came back to her senses at this moment and comforted Tomori, "Tomori, Kyouko must have had a reason…"
After speaking, she didn't look at Takamatsu Tomori, but instead looked at Hotaru.
Tomori pursed her lips, only remembering Kyouko's indifferent expression, and didn't answer.
Kyouko?
It couldn't be the Kyouko he knew, could it?
A hint of doubt rose in Hotaru's heart, connecting it with Shiina Rikki's earlier comment about "leaving without saying anything."
He asked curiously, "Why did this Kyouko leave?"
Nagasaki Soyo shook her head, and then,
To test whether Hotaru knew Kyouko, Soyo had to pour salt on her own wound, recalling what had happened back then.
After Crychic successfully held one live performance, Kyouko didn't come to the recording studio for a long time afterward, and the last time they met, she directly said she was leaving…
"So, something must have happened to Kyouko," Soyo said firmly.
Hotaru nodded after hearing this, listening to Soyo's explanation.
He, on the contrary, felt that Tomori had no problem; the problem lay with Kyouko, who had suddenly left.
"Why don't you all talk it over?"
Hearing this, Nagasaki Soyo's eyes lit up.
"Yes, as long as everyone sits down and talks it over, it can be resolved!"
"What's there to talk about with that guy?" Rikki, holding the tray, appeared again and said coldly.
With two "bangs," Rikki successively placed Soyo's black tea and Hotaru's matcha parfait.
Hotaru always felt that when it came to him, she was quite forceful.
He also knew that employees in the service industry were under a lot of pressure recently, and there had even been incidents of coffee being thrown at customers.
He expressed understanding for this.
However, he wasn't one of those unreasonable customers!
If she kept being so fierce, she would become his tool for earning notes!
The few of them began to drink their beverages.
Rikki stood aside with her arms crossed, so as not to be far from Tomori.
Hotaru, meanwhile, silently took out his phone and searched for Crychic on a video website.
Since they had a live performance, he should be able to find some information.
At this moment, the glass door of the store opened, and a petite figure walked in, dragging a suitcase.
Shinji Rinko, a regular staff member at RiNG, smiled and spoke to her, "Rana, are you going to perform again?"
"Mm." Yamato Love Nika nodded.
She pulled open her backpack, put on her guitar, plugged in the amplifier, all in one smooth motion.
Yamato Love Nika raised her head, ready to strum the strings with a pick.
Suddenly, she stopped her movements.
She then quickly packed her suitcase in one smooth motion and walked quickly towards Hotaru.
"Hey, stray cat! What are you doing?" Rikki immediately stepped forward and asked, regarding this stray cat of RiNG.
She often had strange behaviors.
It wouldn't be good if she came over and scared Tomori.
Yamato Love Nika ignored her, walking directly in front of Hotaru, "matcha parfait."
Her beautiful heterochromatic eyes stared directly at the matcha parfait on Hotaru's table.
"Stare—"
"Huh?"
"Eh?"
"Aki?"
The others looked at Hotaru and Yamato Love Nika in confusion.
Hotaru was also very surprised, not expecting to see Yamato Love Nika here.
He had been wondering why he hadn't received a reply after adding her last time.
So, after a brief explanation, Hotaru ordered two matcha parfaits for Rana, which he owed her.
Yamato Love Nika pulled up a chair and sat next to Hotaru, happily eating her matcha parfait.
Hotaru's eyes also lit up, because he had found Crychic's team account.
He also saw the video of Crychic's first live performance.
What surprised him even more was that under the video, there was actually a comment he had left,
"The vocalist is working too hard!"
Hotaru thought for a moment; it must have been something he left while surfing the internet.
But he was very puzzled now; he clearly meant it as a compliment, but he didn't know why it seemed to have been misunderstood as mockery.
So much so that he seemed to have been blocked or muted?
"The vocalist is working too hard." Looking at Hotaru's phone, Yamato Love Nika swallowed her parfait and suddenly spoke.
"Huh?!"
"Eh??"
"Aki…"
Rikki's scrutinizing gaze, Soyo's confused gaze, and Tomori's timid gaze all looked over at once.
They were all too familiar with this sentence.
The day after the first live performance, when Kyouko started not coming to the recording studio.
Hotaru swallowed, looking at Tomori, "Tomori, I meant that as a compliment, do you believe me?"
"So it was you, you guy!" Rikki immediately got angry; it was this sentence that had made Tomori feel guilty all this time!
She looked at Tomori, "Tomori, I told you this guy isn't a good person, stay away from him…"
"I believe you!" Tomori's gaze was firm, "It's Aki's words…" Rikki's pupils contracted, her eyes wide.
…
Wednesday.
End Band group chat.
It was still early in the morning.
Yamada Ryo sent a message that she also had a cold, and then sent the location of her family's "Yamada Hospital," and @ Hotaru, saying that if he also caught a cold tomorrow, he could go to her family's hospital, and she would give him a discount.
Nijika: Eh…? How did Ryo also… Could it be that I infected her? Aki-kun, please take care of yourself!
Hitori felt that Ryo might have been infected by her, and she felt very guilty.
Hotaru felt a hint of something amiss; the End Band was getting sick in turns?!
Was this a positive case? Or was it transmitted by Bocchi-chan, who got sick first?
Judging from this, it was indeed possible that it would be his turn tomorrow.
So, Hotaru made a clever decision.
He decided to exchange attribute points to improve his physique.
He hadn't improved it before.
Because of what happened at RiNG yesterday, he had also earned quite a few notes.
[Note Balance: 5123]
[Physique +3]
[Luck +2]
[Note Balance: 123]
Hotaru smiled contentedly; this way, he wouldn't get sick, right?
Thursday, Friday.
To Hotaru and Hirazawa Yui's shocked gazes, the first exam of the semester arrived.
The two of them had no idea about this and were caught off guard.
After dealing with the exam, this week also came to an end.
So much so that Hotaru always felt like he had forgotten something.
What did he forget? Hotaru pondered for a while but couldn't remember.
Indeed, he still needed the ability to remember everything at a glance, to improve his memory.
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