Girl Band, Gravity Capture

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The woman chattered on and on, her voice was exactly the same as hers, but she lacked the cool indifference and hesitation that a young girl should have. Her complaints, like a machine gun, were so loud that they made her head throb.

Although she may be right about some things, she was still too noisy.

"……Quiet."

Controlling one's thoughts and calming them down is like forcibly pressing a mute button; the increasingly loud accusations in one's mind are forced to fall silent.

Her pale golden eyes were hidden among the strands of hair on her turquoise forehead, and her delicate face, obscured by shadows, revealed no expression, only a silent, indifferent, and even apathetic demeanor.

I forgot to mention the voice in my head to Xu Dou... I'll tell him next time I see him.

Yes, see you next time.

Having resumed their intimacy with Xu Dou, the previously dormant contact methods naturally returned, and they could even look forward to the next, more formal meeting, which might even be considered a date...

The timing of her discovery of Xiangzi's deception was quite coincidental. It happened right at the end of the happiest and most joyful period of her life, a time when she was escaping from despair and darkness, like the dawn breaking, and embracing a bright and beautiful future.

The heavy sorrow that had been building up in my heart has been released in large quantities and is no longer unbearable.

and so--

"...Xiangzi is a friend."

Hearing her wistful words—that she had been betrayed almost once, yet still seemed to regard Toyokawa Shoko as a close friend—Wakaba Mutsumi's voice grew even more urgent.

'Xiao Mu! It's because you always try to please others that you keep...'

As she spoke, her voice suddenly lowered.

Because they were essentially two people who shared a common way of thinking, she vaguely sensed that Ruo Yemu's perceptions and thoughts were changing and solidifying.

'That's right, Xiangzi is a close friend...'

However, friends can never, ever surpass mutual affection, nor can they surpass lovers. Xiangzi himself must have felt this way, which is why he preferred to deceive himself.

Best friend, half a lifelong friend... no matter how many adjectives you use, it's still just a friendship that you can't entrust your life to, and from which you can't find happiness...

Only now have I come to understand.

It's because I hadn't truly met anyone more worthy in the past that I valued my only friend so much. But now, that inertia has finally run its course, and I'm slowly falling back to where I should have been.

The already shaky scales finally snapped at their limit.

Maintaining inner balance requires a great deal of effort, and the process is often accompanied by painful choices and trials, involving a tug-of-war and wavering during a period of time that seems incredibly long due to hesitation.

However, the decision to completely align with one side, leaving no room for compromise, took only a moment. In the instant the mindset shifted, a feeling of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted, naturally welled up in the heart.

Even though I had made the decision to give up, a feeling of euphoria welled up inside me.

The thought that "I can finally choose Xu Dou without any psychological burden" shouldn't have appeared in my mind, but I couldn't help but think about it.

...Xiangzi, I'm sorry.

Even with these thoughts, I couldn't muster even a trace of genuine guilt or remorse towards Xu Dou.

Perhaps, subconsciously, I had wanted to make this decision for a long time, so when it was finally achieved, it felt so natural and without any resistance.

But... it should have been Xiangzi who was chosen first, not the half-body one.

I was merely imitating.

Therefore, as long as I forgive Xiangzi's behavior and continue to treat her as a friend, my own transformation is only natural.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Leaving England and Returning to Beijing

Springtime in Tokyo is always a familiar, dazzling spectacle.

To the left, employees carrying briefcases hurried by, some walking briskly while speaking politely on the phone to someone who might be a client or the boss; to the right, students enjoying the start of the school year were basking in tranquility. Having just endured the combined pressures of entrance exams, joint exams, and school opening exams, their faces, regardless of their inner thoughts, exuded a relaxed and contented air.

From what I see, the world seems to be divided into two distinct paths: the bustling activity of one city and the leisurely ease of the other, both drawing similar patterns on my retina.

It's hard to say whether a city is more suited to elegance and solemnity, or to being close to life and full of interest... At least Chihaya Aine feels that she can't make a fair judgment.

After all, she only stayed in London for less than a month before slinking back to Tokyo like a deserter, spending most of her time living at the school, so it's hard to say she knew anything about the place.

In any case, compared to the "Foggy City," where the sky is always gray and hazy, like a thick veil covering the city, creating a suffocating feeling, blue skies and white clouds are definitely more pleasant to behold.

Such a statement can only be used to console oneself for failure.

I went to study in the UK, but because of my poor spoken English, I couldn't communicate well with my classmates. Even my carefully prepared self-introduction, which I wanted to make a splash at our first meeting, ended in failure, and I didn't leave any shining good impression at all... Even the homonym of my name "anon" was pronounced as "ann" by my classmates!

Is this not a complete lack of recognition and attention?

For Chihaya Aine, who served as the student council president during junior high school and was always praised for being cute and pretty, and for her excellent grades, and was always the most dazzling presence in the crowd, this was arguably the biggest Waterloo of her life. It was as devastating as forgetting your exam admission ticket during a major exam, rushing home only to find that the ticket was still in your bag, and then rushing back to the exam hall only to be too late and turned away.

That kind of bitterness and regret, taking a confident first step only to fall flat on your face in front of everyone, feeling so embarrassed and helpless that you wish you could bury yourself in the ground... It's hard for people who haven't experienced it to understand.

I thought that even if I went abroad, I could thrive with my emotional intelligence and wisdom, have a brilliant high school life, and then brag to my old friends when I returned home...

She still vividly remembers the hazy, indifferent grayness of the airport air as she was about to board the plane leaving Britain.

The despondency and gloom permeating the gray eyes, perhaps, were a perfect match for the deep, somber gray of the sky.

When the teacher called me in to inquire about my academic aspirations and I mentioned studying abroad, I deliberately said I wanted to study abroad when I discussed it with my classmates afterward, just to get their admiring gasps and adoring looks. As a result, I was flattered and became so carried away that I actually thought studying abroad was a good decision.

At this moment, Chihaya Aine desperately wanted to teach her the lesson she had given for being so smug and making such boastful promises.

Now things are really messed up. Not only could she not stay in London, but the fact that she went to study in the UK was also widely known among her former classmates. Because she was proud, she didn't dare to contact any of her old friends after returning to Tokyo, for fear of being discovered that she had secretly escaped back to Tokyo.

Even after returning to Tokyo, she didn't go to the junior high school she was supposed to go directly to, but instead chose to transfer to Haneoka Girls' Academy, which was farther away from her original school.

To put it more in line with her age, it's like she's escaping from chasing her dark past and wants to start a new life under an assumed name... that's roughly the feeling.

In short, it was incredibly embarrassing. She couldn't even imagine how ashamed she would feel if she bumped into an old acquaintance on the street and the person immediately said, "Hey, Chihaya, aren't you studying in London?"

If that really happens, nothing you do will help; the news will definitely spread among everyone she knows.

To protect his fragile self-esteem, he had no choice but to run away. Although running away is shameful, if he could keep running away, it might be a last resort.

Fortunately, I haven't been so unlucky as to be arrested by an acquaintance as soon as I returned to Tokyo, and my work of keeping the secret is currently airtight.

The next few days were the days she would be enrolling at Yuqiu High School.

If you want to start a dazzling new campus life that satisfies your long-held desire for attention, you need to seriously consider how to attract everyone's attention...

Two or three weeks into the semester, everyone should have formed their own little groups. Chihaya Aine, who used to be a core member of such a group, naturally knows how difficult it is for a newcomer to squeeze into an established group... Even if they manage to squeeze in, they might be secretly ostracized without even realizing it.

She didn't want to do something so thankless. Instead of trying to please others, she thought it better to do something big that would attract attention, or build good relationships with the famous people in the class, and then naturally integrate into the center of the class.

If you make a name for yourself, you might be able to wash away the shame of failing your studies abroad and hold your head high in front of your old friends again. It would be killing two birds with one stone!

Thinking of this, Chihaya Aine couldn't help but laugh out loud in her mind as she walked down the street, and a slight smile curved her lips in reality.

But soon, realizing that her idea was a bit too idealistic, she stopped smiling and began to think with a slight frown.

That being said... I wonder what kind of activities are popular and eye-catching in Haneoka...

In any case, as long as she can create a big news story that can overshadow her current failures and make people stop paying attention to her, then she can be considered successful.

Chihaya Aine doesn't deny that compared to girls her age, she might be a little vain because of her experiences... But wanting to be the center of attention, to fully display her brilliance, and to be loved and praised by everyone isn't a bad thing that needs to be criticized, is it?

As long as you use normal methods and don't harm or deceive others, even if your intentions are slightly off, it's not necessarily wrong.

Whether it's trying to make the best first impression during the initial introduction, being friendly and approachable when facing others, or trying to guess the preferences of the people you meet, etc., even if it's fake, you won't feel any psychological burden because you don't know them well.

In short, let's take it one step at a time and see what happens.

Speaking of which, that guy I met on the tram not long ago... well, although he was handsome enough to leave a deep impression, I don't think I think about him that often!

The name Shang Eryin san5VII Jiu Liushan Er seemed familiar, yet the memory didn't quite match. Perhaps it was because I couldn't see his face clearly.

When Chihaya Aine took the train back, she inexplicably boarded the same carriage she had come in, but she didn't see him again. But she had a strange, unwavering premonition that "we'll meet again."

It is well known that teenage girls' sixth sense is very accurate.

Maybe we really will meet again... Making friends with someone who looks so popular and seems to have a great personality can't hurt. And what if he could help me out...?

A deeper reverie was silently buried in the deepest recesses of Chihaya Aine's thoughts.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Nicknames (Two-in-One)

"Hello everyone, I'm Chihaya Aine."

"Due to family reasons, I started school a little late... I hope everyone can take good care of me."

The self-introduction was rather standard, and the audience responded with a series of applause that were not particularly enthusiastic.

"Well then, Chihaya, please sit in the empty seat at the back of the classroom."

Under the kind and scrutinizing gazes of her classmates, Chihaya Aine nodded and slowly walked to the empty seat indicated by the teacher.

First, she got to know her deskmate... The girls on both sides were smiling at her, and they seemed very approachable, which was great. As for the gray-haired girl directly in front of her, who was slumped over the desk and hadn't even looked up at her during her self-introduction...

Well, although they don't seem to be very easy to communicate with, I guess there won't be any conflicts.

You look so listless in broad daylight, did you not sleep well last night...?

The students around him seemed unsurprised by the sight.

Shaking her head, Chihaya Aine banished those wandering thoughts from her mind like a dog shaking off water stains, intending to see how things went.

Soon, the class meeting ended with the ringing of the bell in the corridor. As the teacher walked out of the classroom, marking the start of lunch break, the students who had been sitting quietly suddenly became lively, gathering in twos and threes to have lunch with their friends.

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Having just enrolled and not yet having any friends, but not wanting to be isolated at a time like this, Chihaya Aine looked around and suddenly noticed that the gray-haired girl who had been lying on the table in front of her had stood up and was walking straight towards the door.

As she passed the doorway, three girls sitting nearby, their hair a striking color resembling a traffic light, greeted her warmly. The dazed girl seemed to finally snap out of her reverie and responded softly to them.

'She seems like an easy person to get along with.'

With this in mind, Chihaya Aine decided to start by making friends and went over with her bento box.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

If there's any way to quickly integrate into a group and attract attention, based on Chihaya Aine's observations and conversations over the past few months, forming a band might be a good... no, it should be said that it's an inevitable choice.

The band atmosphere at Haneoka was much stronger than at her previous school; it seemed like everyone in her class was trying to form a band. Apparently, it was because the third-year student council president had a band, and some of the second-year upperclassmen had quite a few well-known bands... I think it was called [Afterglow], and there were also [Roselia] and [RAS A SUILEN].

Even things that happened in the second and third years could be known to everyone in the first-year students who had just entered school, which seems to be a good way to increase popularity.

Even if it's just to have more things in common with classmates, you should at least get involved in this kind of thing more often.

During the intelligence-gathering operation, she also learned about the gray-haired girl sitting in front of her.

The girl named "Gao Songdeng" seems to have been in a band before, and she was popular online for a while. But later, for some unknown reason, the band, which was at the height of its popularity, stopped operating, and no one knows what happened behind the scenes.

"She probably suffered a blow... Akari isn't very talkative."

"However, her natural personality is very cute, so everyone is very tolerant of her."

"Yes, yes, it will give you the feeling of a harmless little animal, right?"

Faced with the topic of the other three suddenly leaving, Chihaya Aine could only force a smile and agree.

"Ah, I see~"

The girl named Takamatsu Akari seems to be quite popular, practically a celebrity in the class... However, her band disbanded for some unknown reason, and she doesn't talk much... I have a feeling she's about to get involved in some serious trouble.