"Doesn't that gross you out?"
"Nope~ Because I love the double bass more than anything!" Kawashima Midori proudly gave a thumbs-up.
"..."
"...That's Kogoro for you."
"I'm putting my life on the line!"
"Speaking of which, Kogoro, what drink did you get just now?"
"Hot canned milk tea, desu!"
"Huh? Doesn't that make you feel hot?"
"I think drinking it at a time like this has a charm all its own~"
"Asuka-senpai seems to have gotten black coffee... Doesn't it taste bitter?"
"Heh-heh~ The fact that you can't drink it just proves how immature you still are!"
"What about you, Kumiko-chan?"
"Hot canned corn soup..."
"So uncool! And that's a hot drink too!"
"I'm just an ordinary girl like that... But I can drink it without leaving a single drop, you know? I'll show you later!"
"Oh~ Now that I'd like to see... Looks like most of the boys got fizzy drinks..."
"Still, drinks and snacks? Chihaya-senpai really went all out. Do professional musicians make that much money?" Nagase Riko couldn't help wondering.
"Haha... Who knows..."
Kumiko Oumae and Natsuki Nakagawa, who had visited his home and knew the truth, pressed their dry lips together and laughed evasively.
No, no~ Even if he doesn't earn that much himself, his allowance alone must be... Guh! I'm so jealous!
Takuya Gotoh wiped his glasses. "He is a professional, after all. Even if others can't manage it, Chihaya-senpai probably can. I mean, he's..."
He didn't finish the thought, but everyone understood what he meant.
"He is Chihaya-senpai, after all~"
"It is him, after all~"
Tanaka Asuka sat on one of the desks, her shapely, long thighs wrapped in black stockings all the way up beneath her skirt. She stretched her legs lazily into the aisle between the desks and propped her chin on