Romantic comedy with all members, why am I single?

Chapter 215 Hori Kyoko's Touch

"cheers!"

In a small street shop full of the atmosphere of time and fireworks, seven glasses filled with juice and cola clinked together, making crisp sounds.

Next, as Iura Hide picked up a skewer of grilled green onion chicken that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside and handed it to Mashiro beside him, the others also started eating.

I have to say that such a gathering has a very special feeling for each of them.

After all, apart from Yuki Yoshikawa who often goes out to eat and go shopping with friends, other people, even Iura Hide who is half the grade of her friend, rarely have such social activities.

Not to mention Hori Kyoko, who needs to take care of her younger brother and is responsible for all the housework, and Pochi-chan, who is the ultimate social phobia.

Unconsciously, the relationship between everyone has become closer.

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"Oh, Xiu, try this, it's delicious!"

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Jingura Hide didn't notice who started it first. Anyway, as he was eating, Yoshikawa Yuki, Kono Sakura and the others started to "feed" him one by one.

Although the process was not as intimate as Kitagawa Umi's feeding, it also made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Especially later on, even Pochi-chan had the courage to put a string of lanterns that she herself didn't dare to eat on the plate in front of Iura Hide, which made Iura Hide really laugh and cry.

"Hey, hey! That's enough! I can eat by myself, okay~!"

Jingpu Xiu really wanted to slam the table and speak loudly.

But considering that this was the intention of Pochi-chan and the others, he could only think about it and couldn't say it out loud, otherwise they would be so embarrassed.

On the other side, Motoko and Hoshino Ai in the sushi restaurant encountered the same situation.

And because they are all girls, Kitagawa Umi and the others are even more "excessive".

"Motoko-chan, try this fish roe sushi, it's delicious!"

"And this bluefin tuna sushi too, Ai-chan will definitely like it!"

"And this Arctic scallop sushi is also very good—"

"besides."

Faced with this kind of enthusiastic feeding that is comparable to feeding giant pandas in the zoo or feeding deer in Nara, not to mention Motoko, who is somewhat introverted and shy, even Hoshino Ai couldn't stand it.

Although with the help of Iura Hide, she has come out of the shadow of the past a lot, her face is no longer as gloomy as before, and anyone can see her as a beautiful girl who is full of energy, sweet and lovely.

But in fact, at this moment she was almost the same as Eriri at school. The so-called vitality, sweetness and cuteness were mostly pretended.

In fact, in this world today, the only one who can truly make her let down all her defenses is Iura Hide, who can pull her out of the abyss and bring her light.

Besides that, even in front of Motoko, she couldn't let go 100%.

Now facing the "siege" of so many people, and each of them is her love rival, she, like Iura Hide, has the urge to bang the table.

Fortunately, after dinner, she could use the excuse that she needed to do her homework to politely decline Kitagawa Umi's proposal to go shopping together.

When she finally got home, opened the door and walked into the porch, she almost cried for joy.

"Wow, the smell of home is still the most comfortable. Mm. And the smell of Onii-chan."

Hoshino Ai and Motoko looked at each other and thought of the same thing in their hearts.

At the same time, after eating yakitori, Iura Hide and his group followed Ishikawa Toru to a KTV which was not very big but had a new and nice looking interior.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this KTV?"

Kyoko Hori, who had never been to a KTV before, noticed that Iura Hide looked thoughtful and couldn't help but ask in a low voice out of curiosity.

Jing Pu Xiu smiled and explained, "Nothing, I was just a little surprised. I didn't expect this KTV to be so up-to-date. The environment is much better than I thought. It seems that Toru is quite thoughtful."

"Eh? Is the environment of this KTV good?" Kyoko Hori glanced around again and asked in surprise.

"It should be considered good. After you left last Saturday, we went to a KTV in Shimokitazawa. Although the equipment and songs inside are quite new, the decoration environment is like going back to the 1990s. If you don't know, you would think you were in Shinjuku or Showa."

"Showa. Sounds like it's interesting."

Kyoko Hori didn't notice that Iura Hide almost let the cat out of the bag. After hearing it, she became a little curious about what the "Showa-style KTV" was like.

In fact, a big part of the reason why she wanted to come to KTV was because she missed it last Saturday.

As for how she knew that Iura Hide and the others went to KTV again, it was of course Yoshikawa Yuki who told her.

"If it's the streets, hotels, restaurants, etc., then it's fine, but as for KTV, forget it. I just can't appreciate it anyway."

Jingpu Xiu complained with a look of disgust.

Sakura Kono, who was standing by, smiled and interrupted, "Maybe it's because that's Shimokitazawa."

"Shimokitazawa? Why?"

Yoshikawa Yuki had been eavesdropping with her ears perked up, and now she found an opportunity to join in.

"Because the shops in Shimokitazawa mainly sell second-hand goods~"

Everyone suddenly understood what was going on after hearing this.

"That does make sense, but fortunately, the environment style of Stars is not 'medieval', otherwise..."

Jingpu Xiu shook his head and didn't say anything else.

To be honest, he is not interested in vintage styles at all, so although he often goes to Shimokitazawa, he has no interest in shopping.

"Come to think of it, after traveling through time for so long, I still haven't been to Akihabara. This is too un-otaku."

"How about we go to Akihabara with Kitagawa Umi this weekend?"

"Well, we can also call Eriri."

"You can also call Kasumigaoka Utaha."

"As for Mashiro."

Thinking of Mashiro, Iura Hide couldn't help but turn his head and look to the side.

I don’t know if it was a telepathic connection, but Mashiro just turned around and looked at him at this moment.

The moment their eyes met, Iura Hide didn't know what was wrong with him, but he felt a strange beat in his heart. The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he subconsciously reached out and touched Mashiro's head.

The next second, except for Ishikawa Toru, Hori Kyoko and the other three all held their breath and couldn't help but reveal envious looks on their faces.

"Hey, hey, you can't just touch a girl's head!"

Yoshikawa Yuki mocked in a joking manner.

"I want you to take care of it!"

Jingura Hide also reacted at this time, and retorted as if nothing had happened, but he still felt a little embarrassed in his heart.

Fortunately, Ishikawa Toru had already booked a room at the front desk, and turned around to call everyone upstairs. "Let's go!"

I don’t know if it was intentional by Toru Ishikawa or if the private room here is just that big. Although the private room opened by Toru Ishikawa has a good environment, the area is a bit small.

Although seven people can sit down, it would be a little crowded.

This made Iura Hide unable to help but look at Ishikawa Toru again after looking around the room. Unfortunately, Ishikawa Toru had an excited and silly smile on his face all the way, and it was the same now. So even though Iura Hide and he were best friends since childhood, it was hard to tell whether he did it on purpose or not.

But it doesn’t matter whether it was intentional or not. Before he even sat down, Toru Ishikawa was rushed to order songs.

At the same time, Kyoko Hori did not sit next to him, but sat between Sakura Kono and Yuki Yoshikawa. This made the smile on Toru Ishikawa's face freeze, and a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

But he soon cheered up again. After all, this was the first time that Hori Kyoko accepted an invitation to go to KTV with 'him'.

"What song do you want to sing, Hori?"

Ishikawa Toru didn't even try to hide it and asked Hori Kyoko first.

However, he didn't know that his question made Hori Kyoko's heart skip a beat and she frowned subconsciously.

She didn't care too much about Ishikawa Toru's behavior, but she was busy studying, doing housework and taking care of children all day, so she didn't know anything about other popular songs except the two songs by Iura Hide.

This made her a little unsure of what to order.

"Hey."

In order to avoid exposing her "old-fashioned" and "outdated" secrets, Kyoko Hori had to use her brain desperately.

In just a short period of less than a second, the brain cells consumed were more than those consumed in her exam today.

Unfortunately, she just didn't understand. No matter how hard she tried, it was useless.

After carefully searching her memory, she discovered that the last most popular song she was familiar with was during the summer vacation of junior high school, which was a year and a half ago.

This made her even more anxious.

Fortunately, Jing Pu Xiu noticed the embarrassment in her eyes, and guessed the reason immediately, so he took the initiative to say for her: "Just sing the song "The Strongest Girl"."

"Huh? 'The Strongest Girl'? Is this a new song that's popular recently? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Everyone except Mashiro, including Hori Kyoko herself, couldn't help but look at Iura Hide in confusion.

"The Strongest Girl? What song is this? I don't think I've ever heard of it?" Kyoko Hori muttered to herself.

At this time, Iura Hide smiled and explained: "This is the ending song of the recently popular anime "Night Jellyfish"."

"Ah! It's that song!" Kyoko Hori was stunned at first, then her eyes lit up and she almost exclaimed.

"Night Jellyfish" is a TV animation that Sota is following recently. She also watched it with Sota when she was taking care of him, so she is very familiar with this dynamic ending song.

Just like most ordinary people, she knew this song so well that she could sing it without looking at the lyrics, but she didn't even know the title of the song, so she looked confused.

"Eh? Anime songs? Does Hori like anime songs?"

Everyone looked at Hori Kyoko in surprise, which made Hori Kyoko not know how to explain for a moment.

Fortunately, Iura Hide stood up again.

"What's wrong with anime songs? Don't you know that anime songs are the most popular and beloved in Japan? I know a bassist of a popular band. She came all the way from England to Japan just because she likes anime music in Japan."

"That's right!"

"Come to think of it, Mashiro-chan transferred to Japan from England because she liked comics."

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Everyone withdrew their gazes, no longer surprised that Hori Kyoko liked anime music.

Kyoko Hori looked at Iura Hide and couldn't help feeling grateful and touched, as well as an indescribable sweetness.

It was as if a burden had been unloaded from my body, and I suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

"Are there any other songs you would like to order?" Ishikawa Toru asked at this time.

"Please help me order a song called "Headless Angel." Iura Hide thought for a moment and took the initiative to say that this is also an anime theme song.

"Eh? Xiu doesn't sing his own song?"

"Yeah, yeah, I also want to hear Xiu sing "Sold Out"."

"Then you will be disappointed. I have never authorized those two songs to KTV."

"Eh? Why?"

"No reason, I just haven't had time to talk about it yet. After all, I was so busy before, how could I have the time to deal with this matter."

"No wonder you didn't sing those two songs last time you went to KTV."

As the atmosphere became more lively, not only Sakura Kono and Yuki Yoshikawa, but even Pochi-chan, encouraged by Hide Iura's eyes and a pat on the head, mustered up the courage, picked up the microphone and sang a song.

Although she was out of tune the entire time and half of her voice was so low that even Jing Pu Shu who was sitting next to her couldn't hear clearly, she still sang a song after all. She was not like last Saturday, when she was in a state of obsession the whole time, and she was just short of taking out her star-shaped glasses and mustache.

But there's nothing Mashiro can do about it.

From childhood to adulthood, she has been drawing all the time. She doesn't even have basic life skills. She really can't sing a single song. The whole time, she could only rely on Jingpu Xiu, eat fruit plates, drink beverages, and listen to others singing.

However, from her eyes, we can see that she did not feel bored, but felt very happy and interesting.

As they spent more time together, Jingpu Xiu was able to sense her thoughts and emotions more and more from the subtle changes in her expressions.

"Ah, the time is almost up, do you still need to renew the subscription?"

"No need for that. Two hours is enough, and it will be too expensive to return to the original price."

"Yeah, I think that's about right."

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As a ruthless song-ordering machine, Ishikawa Toru opened his mouth and wanted to say that the original price didn't matter and he would pay for tonight's consumption.

Anyway, as long as he could hear Kyoko Hori sing, he wouldn't think it was too much even if the price was doubled, let alone 1600 yen an hour.

But then he thought of his wallet and closed his mouth with a depressed look on his face.

There was no way. He had already spent a lot of his pocket money on buying games when he first received it at the beginning of the month. In addition, he had treated Jingpu Shu to lunch and drinks in the past week, so his pocket money was almost gone.

"Damn it, I'll buy fewer games next month"

Until leaving the KTV, Toru Ishikawa still couldn't help muttering to himself.

But soon his eyes lit up and he cheered up again.

"I'm going to take Pochi-chan to the subway station first, and then take Mashiro home. What about you guys?"

(End of this chapter)