Ichinose Honami's Discovery About the Song "Light"

Horikita Suzune finally stood up, patted her school uniform, said something to the short-haired girl, and left.

Watching her lonely figure from behind, Kushida Kikyo suddenly felt a surge of curiosity.

"What will this woman do? I'm really looking forward to it."

After leaving Kushida Kikyo's dormitory, Horikita Suzune's mind was filled with the image of the boy. She didn't even have time to carefully consider the impeachment plan that the short-haired girl had just described. She was indeed caught in a dilemma, but she couldn't find a suitable way to resolve it for the time being.

This is completely different from studying. If you can't do a problem, you can master the knowledge by asking the teacher and doing more targeted practice. But when it comes to romance, Horikita Suzune has never thought about it, let alone taken any more initiative.

The fact that she took the initiative to talk to Hashiba Hikaru was an unconscious gesture of approaching her.

Thinking this, the black-haired girl walked down from the dormitory building. She was going to buy something, but just as she was about to reach the convenience store, a familiar figure appeared on the road. It was Hashiba Hikaru, who had just parted ways with them.

"Horikita?"

After recognizing Horikita Suzune, Hashiba Hikaru quickly put a box of family planning supplies into her pocket and then calmly struck up a conversation with her.

"Good evening, Classmate Hashiba."

It was already quite late when I came out of Kushida Kikyo's dormitory. Because it gets dark early in winter, the sky was completely dark by then, and the streetlights stretched far into the distance along the road.

"Are you going shopping, Horikita?"

Hashiba Hikaru smiled and spoke, meeting the gaze of the black-haired girl.

"Yes, but more importantly... I have some questions for you, Classmate Hashiba. Would you mind answering them for me?"

Horikita Suzune took a deep breath. She was never a timid person. Now that she had clarified her doubts, talking to the other party might make her feel more at ease.

"Sure."

Hashiba Hikaru nodded gently and accompanied her to sit down on a wooden bench at the back of the road.

"What's your question, Horikita? There shouldn't be anyone here, so you can ask directly."

"What I want to ask is..."

The black-haired girl carefully considered her words, thinking about how to ask the question in a better way, since it involved many people, and being too hasty might cause problems.

"What are your thoughts on relationships, Classmate Hashiba?"

Horikita Suzune asked, carefully considering her words.

"Emotion?"

Hashiba Hikaru was taken aback at first, then seemed to understand something, and a smile appeared on her lips.

"I think I know what Horikita wants to ask. You don't need to beat around the bush, I understand what you mean."

"Yeah?"

Horikita Suzune was somewhat surprised, but she quickly understood. After all, the other person was very intelligent and it was normal for her to understand the deeper meaning behind her words.

"It may sound strange, but what I want to do is actually not complicated,"

Hashiba Hikaru shrugged, her tone gentle, "If it can bring happiness to the people I love, I'll do it even if it goes against common sense."

"But how can you guarantee Classmate Hashiba they'll all be willing if you do that?"

Horikita Suzune frowned slightly. Judging from Kushida Kikyo's attitude, she guessed that Hashiba Hikaru definitely had more than one lover besides Ichinose Honami, her official girlfriend.

"I will not force anyone to do anything. Everyone has their own thoughts and ideas, because the right to choose is a two-way street, but I will strive to achieve a better future."

Hashiba Hikaru thought for a moment, then looked directly into Horikita Suzune's eyes. "I understand that Horikita- san thinks it's wrong for me, but everyone only has one life. Of course, we can't just live by simply accepting the framework set by secular society. That would be so meaningless."

"I want to give it a try, that's my idea. Horikita is smart enough to understand what I mean, right?"

"... Yes, I understand."

After listening to the boy's explanation, Horikita Suzune seemed to understand something.

She had always been chasing after her brother's shadow, but now that she had clarified her own thoughts, she believed that if she wanted to truly grow, she had to live for herself.

"Although it's tough, I'll try my best to take everyone's feelings into consideration, after all, I'm the greedy one,"

"I see."

The black-haired girl placed her small hand on her delicate chin, seemingly deep in thought. After a while, she slowly spoke, "I understand what Classmate Hashiba said. Everyone only has one life, and no one has the right to tell others how to live."

"Whether it's right or wrong, let the parties involved judge."

"I'm so glad Horikita understands. I thought you would think this was too much and give up on being my friend."

Hashiba Hikaru smiled slightly and stared at the girl's delicate face as she spoke.

"... Of course not."

Horikita Suzune blushed slightly, feeling the other person's gentle gaze, and an even stronger emotion welled up uncontrollably in her heart.

"I will always be your partner, Classmate Hashiba. You can always work with me, no matter what."

"Uh-huh."

Hashiba Hikaru nodded emphatically; at that moment, a new notification popped up in the System Bar.

[In Horikita Suzune's heart, your existence has become more important; she wants to continue staying by your side. Horikita Suzune Stock rose by 30, currently at 170.]

Let's continue to get along well.

"Um."

463

Chapter 463 The Discovery of Ichinose Honami, about the song "Light"

After the start of the Third Semester, Hashiba Hikaru was busy with Student Council affairs. Apart from that, he focused all his remaining attention on learning the new courses, since coursework was always the key to the school and the difficulty of the questions was increasing.

As a core member deeply trusted by the students of Class A of the First Year, Ichinose Honami has had all the diagnostic test papers they prepared distributed to everyone. Today is the day for grading, and the goal is to compile a list of everyone's weak areas.

"How was my score? I think it was alright?"

Sitting in the dormitory, Hashiba Hikaru watched Ichinose Honami and Ando Sayo busy at the front, with two other girls beside them. Everyone was carefully reviewing each other's answers and recording detailed scores.

"Guang's score is quite good. He only lost a few points in eight subjects, which is about the same as his Final Exam score last semester."

Ichinose Honami smiled and handed him the neatly prepared results. She was always proud of her boyfriend's achievements.

"Is that so?"

Hashiba Hikaru smiled and reached out to take the test paper. No matter what happened, he had never slacked off in his studies, so it was normal for him to have such an excellent result.

"What about Honami's results? As the one who set the questions, will you participate?"

The boy looked up at her face.

"Of course I'll participate. My exam paper was made separately by Ando and the others. It was a bit troublesome, but as long as it works, that's fine."

Ichinose Honami smiled gently. The students in Class A were very united. They didn't care who contributed more; they only cared that the final result was close to perfect.

"Okay, that's good."

This diagnostic test, created within the class, was initiated by the students themselves. It not only helps to identify each student's weakest subjects but also helps to develop everyone's independent Thinking Ability. It was also inspired by the previous Special Exam.

"Is the statistics finished?"

"That's about it. Just register it here; the data is quite clear."

Himeno Yuki herself was also a core member of Class A's inner circle. She was very capable and had already calculated all the rankings.

"Thank you all for your hard work. Let me go buy you some drinks. What would you like to drink?"

Watching the busy girls, Hashiba Hikaru decided to get up and buy something. Although this was his room, the drinks in the refrigerator had long been gone and hadn't been replenished yet.

"Okay! I want strawberry milk."

"I'd like a mango milkshake, isn't that a new one?"

"I want to be like Himeno, so please, Classmate Hashiba!"

"Mine is like light; I can buy anything you want."

Ichinose Honami, being the last to express her opinion, had already gotten used to her boyfriend's tastes and often drank the same things as him.

"Okay, I'll go buy things now."

Hashiba Hikaru smiled slightly, got up and went downstairs to buy something, while the girls who remained in the room started chatting again, naturally focusing on the famous couple from Class A.

"Ichinose, you're really something! Have all your tastes become the same as Classmate Hashiba's now?"

Ando teased her best friend with a smile, and even poked her waist with her elbow.

"No way!"

The pink-haired girl blushed. "I just think it's more convenient this way, and it will allow me to buy drinks faster."

"Tsk tsk, they're constantly throwing out lovey-dovey displays here, what are we, who've never been in a relationship, supposed to do?"

Himeno also started teasing, revealing that she had actually had feelings for Hashiba Hikaru for a long time, but had always kept them hidden and never revealed them.

"If you want to be in a relationship, I can help you, Himeno."

Upon hearing this, Ando immediately changed his target.

"Never mind then, I'll just focus on my studies."

"Hmph."

The girls' playful banter was quite amusing. Ichinose Honami gazed tenderly at her friends. She naturally had her troubles in life, but she easily let them go under the influence of friendship.

"By the way, does any of you frequently browse video websites? I think I've made a new discovery."

As they chatted, Himeno Yuki, who was very enthusiastic about the internet, brought up a new topic.

"What discovery?"

Her words immediately piqued everyone's interest, and they all looked over.

"It's a music video with production details, seemingly an original song, and it already has millions of views. It's really good."

Himeno excitedly took out her phone and opened the video she had saved.

"This is..."

"It's a music video! I think the song is pretty good, but the voice sounds quite young, right?"

Everyone was drawn to the song playing, after all, the charm of music is endless, but Ichinose Honami noticed something that really caught her attention.

The song is called "Light," which isn't a particularly unusual name, but it inexplicably made the girl's heart skip a beat.

"So what discovery are you talking about?"

Ando looked into Himeno Yuki's eyes.

"Don't you guys think this person's voice sounds a lot like someone from our school?"

When asked the question, Himeno gave a meaningful smile.

"Is that so?"

Hearing her say that, the girls immediately listened even more attentively.

Because Himeno Yuki herself has strong social skills, and she also had a very special opportunity, which was that she was in the same group as a certain girl during the Sports Festival, and she spoke to her a few words, so she left an impression.

The photograph taken by Shiranami Chihiro made her even more attentive.

"Who is this? I don't recognize him at all."

"Yeah, I think it might be a high school student, but is there really such a person in our first year?"

The girls all felt that they didn't remember this person, but Ichinose Honami suddenly seemed to remember something, and her expression changed drastically.

"Do you remember Ichinose?"

Seeing her expression, everyone immediately asked questions.

"I... I just think there's a possibility, but I'm not sure."

Faced with everyone's questions, Ichinose Honami didn't want to give a definitive answer, so she awkwardly changed the subject, saying, "This song feels really good, I want to download it and listen to it too."

"We think so too, Himeno, you have pretty good taste."

Hehehe.

After planting a seed in her heart, Ichinose Honami felt completely different when she listened to the song again. She examined the lyrics and her mood grew heavier and heavier.