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"Haha, why are you still shy, child... How are you feeling, are you feeling better?" Mrs. Chihaya asked.
Ai Yin was slightly taken aback, looked up, and saw her mother smiling.
Sure enough, her mother must have noticed something was wrong with her long ago. She took a deep breath and said, "Hmm, I'm feeling better. I think I'll be fine soon."
"That's good, come and have breakfast." Mrs. Chihaya didn't even bother to ask what had happened to her daughter.
Unless Aine tells her directly, her greatest responsibility as a mother is simply to take good care of the child.
Aine felt her mother's warmth in her heart. Indeed, she was an ordinary child, an ordinary yet happy child.
After finishing breakfast, Ai-yin went back to school earlier than usual.
Although she hadn't completely decided on the answer, she had some vague ideas in her mind, but hadn't made a final decision yet.
However, she was a bit oblivious to things, and she had been thinking about this problem on her way back to school. When she came to her senses, she heard a series of impatient horn sounds and saw a large truck rushing towards her.
Hey, but I clearly remember this was a green light.
Before she could even look up, the truck was about to hit her.
You've hit the jackpot!
Hey, does this mean we don't have to worry about those complicated problems anymore?
Ai Yin never imagined that the question she would think about at the very last moment of her life would be this.
She herself wanted to complain, "You're being way too optimistic."
But the next moment, she was pulled into someone's arms, and the scent was so familiar.
When she looked up, she saw the image of the boy who often appeared in her dreams.
It's like... His Highness the Prince.
Banami frowned as she watched the departing truck. When she looked at the traffic lights at the opposite intersection, she noticed that the lights were flashing unusually, sometimes red and sometimes green, without any pattern, which seemed to indicate that the machine was malfunctioning.
"You're really unlucky to run into something like this," Banami said with a sigh of relief.
At this moment, Aine finally realized what was happening, instinctively struggling out of Hanami's arms. After glancing at the lights across the street, she understood and said, "Um, thank you, Hanami-kun..."
But halfway through her sentence, she looked at Hanami's right cheek with some surprise, which was now red and swollen.
"What happened to your face?" Ai asked, somewhat bewildered.
"Uh, I got hit." In Banami's mind, a certain girl shouted about friendship and bonds, saying she would correct him, and then she punched him.
"Oh, is that so?" Was it Miss Xiangzi who hit him? Is this domestic violence?!
For some reason, Aine felt a pang of heartache and even wanted to touch her wound, but she quickly realized that she couldn't do that.
The atmosphere between the two became awkward again.
"Um, I... I'll go back to school now," Aine said quickly.
Just as she was about to turn around, she heard Banami say, "I have something I want to tell you. If you're not in a hurry, could we go to the park next door?"
Aine stared wide-eyed in surprise, wondering why Banami would take the initiative to approach her.
After all, ever since she took the initiative to distance herself from him, Banami has been very "considerate" and stopped bothering her. Sometimes she is very grateful because she no longer feels awkward, but sometimes she feels a little sad.
"Okay, sure." Ai-yin's breathing was a little rapid.
Even though she knew he would never confess to her, the ambiguous atmosphere of being called out to talk by the boy she liked still left her a little confused, or perhaps she hadn't quite processed her incredible luck yet.
When they arrived at the park, there were few people around because it was early morning, which was perfect for talking. Banami bought a can of hot coffee to calm Aine down.
Ai Yin, holding a hot coffee, asked softly, "So, what do you want to tell me?"
The next moment, Banami gently bowed deeply to Aine and said, "I'm sorry, Anon-chan."
"Huh?" Why did I have to apologize to her? And why did I suddenly call her name again?
Then, when Banami looked up, she scratched her cheek and said, "I originally thought that after I started dating Xiangzi, not bothering you anymore would be the best thing for you, but someone told me that my current behavior is like that of an idiot."
In Banami's mind, the words of scolding she received after being beaten by Sose's mother came to mind.
"Didn't you say you wanted to create a world where everyone lives happily?"
Now, a girl who likes you is sad and in pain because of you. Do you think that actively distancing yourself from her is a responsible thing to do? You idiot, moron, big fool! I don't remember ever raising you to be like this!
What have you actually accomplished?! I'm going to fix you!
After saying that, he punched him again.
To completely wake him up.
He originally thought that not bothering her anymore was the best thing for Aine.
Perhaps it was precisely because of his "indifference" that Aine was unable to let go of the past.
He wants a world where everyone lives happily, even if the other person doesn't want to be part of his "harem," he still wants them to live happily.
He was wrong, and now he is making amends for that mistake.
"Aine, there's nothing I can do to help you right now. I'll do anything you're willing to do!" Banami said sincerely.
At this moment, Ai Yin recalled what Su Shi had told her last night.
Banami has never changed; she is still the same gentle girl. What has changed is that you, and I, are unable to accept that you are not the girl he likes the most.
Suddenly, Ai Yin couldn't help but choke up again.
The wall that had been built up in her heart since the moment she watched the two of them leave Tokyo by train suddenly gave way, and like a dam breaking, the surging emotions poured out all at once.
Banami immediately panicked: "Did I say something wrong?"
Although it wasn't his fault, he really couldn't bear to see the girl who liked him looking so sad, but he didn't know what to do.
"Why, Yanami, isn't the person you like me?!"
Mingming didn't want to say such things. After all, once she said them, it would be the most miserable kind of heartbreak, not dignified at all, like a pitiful abandoned puppy.
Even so, Aine couldn't help but shout it out.
"Why can't I be the one you're dating?!"
"I'm clearly the one who likes you the most."
"I was the one who started dating you the first time."
"Why did you choose Miss Xiangzi instead of me?"
"I want to be your girlfriend too!"
Aine poured out all the unspeakable words without restraint, crying and looking disheveled, yet she had never felt so liberated.
Ugh... It should have been like this a long time ago. What kind of dignified breakup is this? She was clearly heartbroken because of the breakup, but she insisted on pretending that she didn't care that much.
She was so unwilling to accept it, so unwilling to admit it.
She realized that she wasn't the girl Yanami Yuu liked the most.
Ah, finally, I've said it all. There's really no going back now.
Ai Yin blushed and looked up at the boy. Now, somewhat reckless, she was able to look at him aggressively.
Come on, laugh at me all you want, laugh at this fool who's in love with me for no reason.
Banami was slightly taken aback, then said, "I never imagined that a girl would like me to this extent."
"Huh?! What are you talking about? You already have two girlfriends!" Ai-yin shouted.
“I don’t usually say things like that to Xiaoxiang. Xiaomu is still learning how to be an ordinary girl,” Banami explained.
Ai Yin's ears were burning. What on earth are you saying?!
"But, no matter what, thank you so much, Aiyin, for liking me like this."
"But I don't know what I can do for you. If I say, 'Let me be your girlfriend,' I think you'll hit me. If I apologize, you'll probably hit me even harder."
"I used to say I was avoiding you for your own good, but that was probably just an excuse to run away. Because, facing a girl like Aine who likes me, I don't know what I can do for you to make you feel better and happy." Hachimi's tone seemed somewhat troubled and helpless.
Aine sniffed, recalling how she had been struggling to catch up with Wakaba Mutsu and the others.
That answer that popped into her mind when she woke up that morning.
"Hanami, I also want to become a music alien, even if it's just for a short time," Aine said softly.
"A music enthusiast?" he said, seemingly puzzled.
"It's like Xiaodeng, Muzimijiang, Hatsune Miku, and Xiangzi. They were born on a music planet and just happened to come to Earth, which is why their music is so moving."
Banami thought to herself, "You're not talking about a music alien, you're talking about a god alien."
However, he still listens patiently to what the other person has to say.
"I once asked Mu Zimi-chan how I could play music like hers. Xiao Mu said that I had to feel pain. Only in pain can I land on the music planet where everyone is. Only there can I play music that I can make you remember for a lifetime."
Upon hearing what Aine said, Banami slightly opened her lips, but for a moment, she didn't know what to say.
Then, as if she had already made up her mind, Aine leaned against the tree trunk and said to the boy, "Hey, Banami, I want to create a piece of music that you can't forget."
"So, let's date," Aine said in a lighthearted tone.
Banami's eyes widened slightly, then she quickly said, "Wait a minute, why did we suddenly jump to the topic of our relationship?"
"Does that mean your classmates don't want you to date me?" Aine asked.
"Well...no, but as you know, I already have..."
"Two girlfriends, right? And with Su Shi, it might be more than two."
"Oh, Su Shi is the mother, that doesn't count."
Ai Yin chuckled, and inexplicably, the leaves in the distance rustled.
Looking at the girl, Banami thought to herself, if Aine could accept this so easily, she wouldn't be suffering like this now.
But now she's taking the initiative to ask me out. What's going on?
Ai Yin said softly, "Do you remember when we pretended to be dating?"
As Banami recalled the day they first met, a slight smile crept onto her lips. She then asked, "You mean...?"
Cute voice gently shook her head and said, "No, this time, I want to really date Hanami-kun, not pretending, not putting on an act for others, but being real lovers."
However, I've set a time limit: the time it takes for me to create that piece of music that you'll remember for a lifetime.
"Hmm, I don't think it will be too long, probably around the time Haneoka goes on his trip to Kyoto."
A relationship where a breakup deadline is set before the relationship even begins—that's what Aine asked of Hanami.
And the reasons behind it gradually became clear to me.
"Do you feel pain?"
"Yes, just as Xiaomu said, only in pain can I create works comparable to those of music stars. During this time, I want to enjoy my love with Banami-kun, and at the same time, feel the pain you bring me."
Then, when I stepped back onto the stage and personally performed the song I wrote for you.
That's when I completely let you go.
This was the answer that Aine had in mind.
Thank you, Su Shi. It is because of your support that I have the courage to stop being a deserter.
Even if this answer will ultimately leave me scarred.
Hanami looked at the dignified girl in front of her, her pink hair fluttering in the wind.
"If this is the only thing I can do for you."
Chapter Thirty-Three: Su Shi: You still want me to cover for you?!
She is doing something foolish.
Aine thought to herself that it was precisely because she was one of the few "earthlings" among MYGO and the Mother Chicken Card that she had the self-awareness that she was doing something foolish.
But if this is a prerequisite for logging into the "Music Planet"...
Aine gently wiped away her tears, revealing her usual cheerful smile, and said, "Hey, Hanami, from now on, are we lovers?"
Then, Aine noticed that when Banai saw this guy, his ears turned red, even though he seemed to be trying his best to hide it.
"Why are you shy?"
No, you womanizer, what are you trying to do by putting on this innocent love act?
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