A girl beside them spoke in surprise.
Chihaya Anon nodded smugly. She just loved seeing reactions like theirs.
She explained softly, "Mm-hmm, we've known each other for a while."
"Oh, I see!"
"As expected of Bai Qiu-kun. He's so close with Yui and Little Tomo."
"He even knows the transfer student!"
Chihaya Anon froze.
The people who had originally gathered around her all turned their attention to Bai Qiu.
Huh? Is that it for the conversation about me?
Anon looked around and noticed one strange girl still sitting in her seat. Takamatsu Tomo noticed Anon looking her way.
"Hello, I'm Takamatsu Tomo. Nice to meet you."
Tomo, love!
Guitar or Bass
Bai Qiu, Goto Hitori, and Kita Ikuyo walked along the road to Starry.
Bai Qiu carried a guitar case and seemed lost in thought.
Hitori carried a guitar bag, her gaze drifting around.
Kita carried the guitar bag she thought held a guitar, her brow furrowed.
Although she had already resolved to apologize properly to Nijika-senpai,
Kita still wondered whether someone like her could remain as the band's vocalist.
Never mind that she'd practiced so hard to learn guitar that she'd injured all ten fingers. In the end, all she could make her "guitar" do was produce a low "humming" sound.
That made Kita Ikuyo feel she probably had no talent for instruments at all. As for singing, she'd only ever done it at KTV.
Most of all, she hadn't joined Nijika's band for the right reasons in the first place.
"By the way, Kita, why did you want to join Nijika's band back then?"
Bai Qiu suddenly asked.
Since Ryo had been absorbed in her light novel back then, why had Kita joined Nijika's band before her?
He was quite curious about that.
Kita's pace faltered. She hadn't