"Please, let me join your band!"
The orange-haired girl stepped forward without hesitation, wrapping Qianyi's hands tightly in her palms. Then she raised her starry eyes and gazed at the bassist before her, who was troubled by the band's lack of members.
A gentle breeze swept past, and the girl's hair lightly brushed against the back of Qianyi's hand.
Having his hands tightly held by such an energetic, adorable girl with a radiant smile, who then asked on the spot to "form a band for the rest of their lives"—even though Qianyi could tell that Fujimaru Ritsuka did not sincerely want to play in a band with him and had some ulterior motive...
He absolutely, utterly, completely could not refuse!!!
"Ritsuka, please, become a member of my band! Form a band with me for the rest of our lives!!" Qianyi pulled one hand free and clasped Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand in return, his gaze resolute.
"For the rest of our lives!" Fujimaru Ritsuka emphasized, tightening her grip on Qianyi's hand.
"That's right, isshoni—for a lifetime!!" Qianyi nodded vigorously.
"Qianyi—!!" Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly shouted.
"Ritsuka—!!" Qianyi shouted back.
"Qian—yi—!!!"
"Ritsu—ka—!!!"
Their hands remained tightly clasped, their gazes locked firmly together.
At that moment, the surroundings seemed to transform into a world made of "flowers, sky, trees, ocean, beach, sand, sun," and their souls unknowingly began to resonate with one another.
Just as the two were about to smile and embrace, a hand forcibly cut in between them, chopping precisely into the point where their gazes met and instantly shattering that bizarre filter.
"Alright, alright! That's enough, you two!" With black lines practically covering her face, Talulah rudely stretched out both hands, pinning Qianyi down with one and Fujimaru Ritsuka with the other before forcibly separating them.
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