Romantic comedy with all members, why am I single?

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"Senior, do you want to continue the discussion?"

"Oh, yes."

"Then Kiko, Ai, and I will go take a shower first!"

"Forehead"

I am willing to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first?
Maybe this is how Dakong feels at the moment.

The point is, assuming that Kitagawa Umi, Motoko and Hoshino Ai went to take a bath together, then how should the remaining Iura Hide, Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri be divided?

This is simple arithmetic.

The answer should have been known only to Iura Hide and the other two.

Unfortunately, because the game lasted too long, Hoshino Ai, who had been watching the game, found out about it.
"Onii-chan, you don't want Sister Haimeng to know what happened in the bathroom just now, right?"

In the quiet night, Hoshino Ai, wearing only a pair of light purple cartoon pajamas, had a witch-like smirk on her delicate face. She whispered in Iura Hide's ear, and then took advantage of Iura Hide's "dare not resist" opportunity to pull his arm and get into his arms.

"Stupid Onii-chan, don't you know that Sister Haimeng doesn't mind him taking Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri into his harem?"

Feeling the breath that enveloped her whole body and made her feel extremely warm and safe, Hoshino Ai couldn't help but twitch her nose greedily, and couldn't help feeling a sense of pride in her heart.

These days, Iura Hide has been staying overnight in Kitagawa Umi's room, and today she finally got the chance!
"Oh my, Onii-chan~"

"Oh Yeah Smee"

Iura Hide looked at Hoshino Ai's eyes that were brighter than the stars, and his originally tense body gradually relaxed.

Anyway, Hoshino Ai has already planned to join his harem, and they don't have to do anything right now, so it's okay to sleep together, right?

Smelling the pleasant scent of Hoshino Ai's hair, Iura Hide slowly fell asleep.

In comparison, Kitagawa Umi, as well as Sugaya Noha, Yoshikawa Yuki, Hori Kyoko, and Pochi-chan, almost all went to bed earlier than usual.

Because early to bed means early to wake up~
You know, tomorrow is April 4rd, which is the official release date of "April".

People like Kitagawa Umi, Sugaya Noha and three others had already made an appointment in advance to meet at Takasago Bookstore early tomorrow morning.

Among them, Ryune originally wanted to ask Noha Sugaya to bring her just one book, but she was rejected by Noha Sugaya without Kitagawa Umi even asking.

After all, buying something in person and entrusting someone else to buy it on your behalf have different meanings!

"Meow meow meow?"

The silly Liuyin couldn't help but scratch his head, with a forehead full of question marks.

What does it mean or not? Does it have anything to do with her?
Although Iura Hide is the boyfriend of her good friend Kitagawa Umi and is also her friend, but... this is just a light novel, right?
Unfortunately, when she saw that even Daikong was going to go together, she had no choice but to swallow her words back.

"Well, let's just think of it as shopping together."

So at seven o'clock in the morning, the four of them showed up at the door of Takasago Bookstore on time. For this reason, Kitagawa Umi gave up having breakfast with Iura Hide and went out on an empty stomach.

What she didn't expect was that they were not the first to arrive, but the first to arrive was.
"Pochi-chan!?"

Looking at Pochi-chan sitting alone at the door of a shop that had not yet opened, with a few dewdrops on her hair, Kitagawa Umeng almost suspected that she had been waiting here all night.

Of course, waiting all night is definitely impossible, but Pochi-chan came really early.

"Ah ...

"I went out with Odou-san."

"Because our home is far away, Oudou-san usually goes out to work at five o'clock."

After hearing this, Kitagawa, Umi and the other three looked at each other in bewilderment. For a moment, they didn't know whether they should lament that Pochi-chan's home was too far away, or that the work of married corporate slaves was too hard.

Anyway, a certain idea hidden in Dakong's heart became more firm for a moment.

only.
"Isn't there a bookstore near Pochi-chan's house?"

"Yes, there are, but the bookstores over here seem to only open at nine in the morning." Pochi-chan explained hesitantly.

But the most crucial reason was that she rarely read light novels and comics before, and had almost never been to a bookstore.

Relatively speaking, the Takasago Bookstore, which she often passes by recently, has become the bookstore she is most familiar with.

In addition to her social phobia, she would rather spend more time in Takasago Bookstore than go to other bookstores.

"So this is ah!"

Kitagawa Umi suddenly realized what was going on, and then asked Pochi-chan with a smile, "By the way, Pochi-chan, have you had breakfast?"

Maybe it's because she is too harmless and not aggressive at all, plus Pochi-chan is a member of the Iura Hide band.

She still has a good impression of Pochi-chan.

"I ate a sandwich made by Ogasan on the way."

"How about a can of hot red bean soup?"

"Eh? This, this."

"Then two cans of hot red bean soup. What would you three like to drink?"

"Just the same."

"I'll go with you!"

"Then I'll call Zhihui now and ask her to come down and open the door."

"."

Pochi blinked cutely, hesitated for a moment, and then followed Oosora and Kitagawa Umi to the roadside vending machine a few dozen meters away.

Wait until they come back with the drinks.

Chie Takasago was already yawning, and opened the door at the urging of Noha Sugaya's phone call.

"Oh, Kitagawa-chan, Ryune-chan, Ozora-chan, who is this?"

"This is Pochi-chan, the guitarist of the senior band."

"I don't think Ebochi-chan lives near here, right?"

"I, I live in Suginami District."

"Huh? Doesn't that mean we have to take the subway here?!"

The little sleepiness that Chie Takasago still had disappeared instantly. The corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch. She complained speechlessly, "You guys came too early. Didn't I say that the magazines and new books will be delivered around 7:20 every day?" "But isn't it 7:10 now?"

Sugaya Noha's question left Takasago Chie speechless.

She couldn't tell Noha Sugaya that after the magazines and new books arrived, they had to be entered into the system first and then placed on the bookshelf, and it would take about half an hour to organize them, right?

She knew it as soon as she saw the posture of the five people in front of her.

As soon as the new books arrived, these guys would definitely find "April" first, ask her to enter it into the system immediately and then buy it.

In fact, this is indeed the case throughout the process.

The truck arrived at 7:18, and before 7:21, five people had already sat in a row in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding five unwrapped copies of "April".

Among them, Noha Sugaya bought an extra copy specifically for her collection, while Umi Kitagawa bought four more copies at once.

One book is also for collection, and the other three are intended to be given to Gokou Ruri, Shimizu Elisa, and Inui Shinshou.

Yes, following Daisora's suggestion, and also because she herself was very comfortable and happy working with Qian Xinshou, she has decided to continue working with Qian Xinshou for this week and future filming jobs.

Although Gokou Ruri and the other two don't know that Iura Hide is also a light novel writer, that doesn't stop her from showing off, right?

However, Chie Takasago, who was standing behind her, looked at the five people who were living a peaceful life, and then looked at the pile of magazines in her hands, and her face suddenly darkened.

"Hey, you guys are too disloyal, aren't you? You only put April in the right place and ignored the others? Believe it or not, I will move April from the best position, you bastards!"

Of course, Chie Takasago only dared to complain about these words in her heart. She was afraid of being beaten if she really said them out loud!
Fortunately, Kitagawa Umi and the others only sat for a few minutes, finished their red bean soup, and left with their books. After all, except for Pochi-chan, the other four had not eaten yet.

"What should we eat?"

"How's Koluli?"

"Eh? Is this Kaoru Miyazono's favorite food?"

"Yeah, yeah, the bakery isn't open right now, but the supermarket should also have it."

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Seeing the five people leaving the bookstore, Chie Takasago wiped the sweat from her forehead, and finally couldn't help but waved her clenched fist vigorously at their departing figures.

But not long after, she had a black line on her forehead again.

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but she had just finished tidying up the bookshelf and put all the magazines and new books neatly in place. Ijichi Hongxia, who looked as clean and refreshed as usual and full of energy, and Yamada Ryo, who was holding boxes of juice in her hands and sucking hard from a straw as she walked, walked into the store.

"Ouhayo, Chie-chan~!"

"."

Needless to say, Ijichi Kouka and Yamada Ryo must have come to buy "April". Not to mention that they are both members of the Iura Shuu band, even if they are just ordinary friends, they will definitely come to support them at this time.

And Ijichi Hongxia bought two copies at one time, keeping one for herself and planning to give the remaining one to the sound engineer in their store.

"It's fine that Naoha and Nijiya like it so much, but even the publisher said this light novel has the potential to be a bestseller. Is it really that good?"

After sending away Ijichi Kouka and Yamada Ryo, Takasago Chie couldn't help but pick up a book on QR code payment out of curiosity and sat behind the counter to read it.

Then, as expected, she was quickly attracted by the beautiful and delicate writing style between the lines.

"Oh my god, isn't that Iura-senpai so amazing? He actually has such a great writing style. No wonder the lyrics he wrote are also very good."

Chie Takasago couldn't help but marvel in her heart.

At the same time, as time went by, the number of customers in the store gradually increased.

Although Shimokitazawa is much quieter in the morning than in the afternoon and evening, it is not so deserted that there are no pedestrians on the streets.

In addition, many students like Ijichi Kouka and Takasago Chie who live nearby like to stop by the bookstore on their way to school to buy magazines, comics, or light novels to bring to school, so the bookstore is quite crowded in the morning.

"Oh my god, Takasago~"

"Oh, Ayumi."

"Hey, is this a new book? It's placed here. Is it a new work by a best-selling author?"

"He is not a best-selling author, but a newcomer. However, his works are very good, and are not inferior to the famous works of those best-selling authors at all!"

"Eh? Is that so? "Your Lie in April" has such an artistic name, and the poster is so well drawn! Is it a romance light novel? I'll buy one too."

It is placed in the most conspicuous position facing the gate, with the added bonus of Mashiro's illustration and the recommendation of her friend and acquaintance Chie Takasago.

Almost every customer who walked into the store this morning and liked to read romance light novels bought a copy of "April" to take away.

Even if we don't count the ones bought by Kitagawa Umi and Ijichi Kouka, more than twenty books were sold in just one morning.

"Ah, it's already 8:20, Zhihui, aren't you going to school yet?"

"Eh? Is it that late already? I'll leave the bookstore to you, Odou-san—"

Seeing that Chie Takasago had completely forgotten the time, she first looked up at the time, then hurriedly picked up her schoolbag and put it on her back, then picked up "April" on the table, held it carefully in her arms as if she was holding a treasure, and then walked out of the store.

Although the plot of "April" is not very exciting, it still makes her feel unable to stop.

Even though she couldn't read it while walking on the street, she subconsciously wanted to put "April" closer to herself.

It’s just like many people can put their phones in their pockets, but they prefer to hold them in their hands all the time.

"By the way, Odou-san, this newly arrived book 'April' is really great! Can you help write a sign saying 'Highly Recommended by the Store Manager' and 'Must-Read Romance Light Novel of the Year' later?"

"Okay."

Mr. Takasago was stunned for a moment when he saw his daughter's excited face, and then he couldn't help but become curious about "April".

As the owner of a bookstore, he is naturally a book lover.

But he was almost forty years old after all, so he thought he was no longer at the age to read romance light novels.

However, he was soon slapped in the face.

After he wrote the two signs according to Chie Takasago's request, driven by curiosity, he couldn't help but pick up a copy and sat behind the counter to read it.

then
Youthful memories kept coming back to his mind. Although he was nearly 40 years old and his reaction was not as great as Chie Takasago's, he was still quietly touched by the delicate writing style like the gurgling of a stream.

For the rest of the day, he, like Chie Takasago, would proactively recommend "April" to every young customer who walked into the store.

The result was that Chie Takasago had just returned from school, and almost half of the 500 copies of "April" that had been shipped to their store had already been sold.

You should know that the evening and night are when Shimokitazawa has the most visitors!

And this is only the first day of release!
There is no doubt that April is a blast!
(End of this chapter)