Tomori also nodded vigorously from the side: “Ayanokoji-kun…
is truly amazing.”
“Thank you.” Kiyotaka pulled back his hand in a flat tone, which also caused the tears in Sakiko’s eyes to gradually fade away after her excitement, and a slight blush appeared on her face.
After calming down, Sakiko’s eyes turned complex after a moment of silence.
“But…”
Sakiko tilted her head slightly, looking at the piano, “Although Ayanokoji-kun’s music is touching, the feeling it gives people seems a bit strange.”
“Strange?”
“I always feel…
it makes people very hard to approach.” Takamatsu Tomori expressed her most intuitive feeling.
“That’s right.”
Sakiko nodded, her tone devoid of any malice and filled more with regret, “To put it more clearly, it is ‘precise’ enough, but emotionally, it appears distant.”
“It’s like…
a perfect playing machine.”
After making this evaluation, those golden eyes with a faint watery glint stared at Kiyotaka’s face for over a dozen seconds before looking away.
Sakiko sighed and said in a low tone, “What a pity desuwa.”
“…A pity?”
“I am forming a Band.”
She looked down at the keys, “But the keyboardist position has already been filled by me.
Otherwise, no matter what method I use, I would pull Ayanokoji-kun to join!
You play so well, if we could perform together, it would definitely be very happy.”
“That is truly a pity.” Kiyotaka replied.
Just as the atmosphere fell into a brief and awkward silence, Takamatsu Tomori unexpectedly took the initiative to speak.
“Ayanokoji-kun…
has great musical talent.”
Sakiko raised her head and looked at Tomori somewhat unexpectedly.
Tomori’s fingers twisted together uneasily, pouring out the anxiety that had been weighing on her mind for the past few days:
“The lyrics Xiaoxiang mentioned that day… Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
actually, what I wrote was just my diary.
If it really needs to be transformed into professional lyrics…
I might mess it up.”
She paused for a moment, “However, if someone who understands is helping nearby…
maybe we can…”
Sakiko looked at her.
In just an instant, her light golden eyes lit up again, understanding the subtext of Tomori’s words.
“That’s right!”
She suddenly turned to Kiyotaka, and the previous feeling of regret was swept away.
“Ayanokoji-kun!
When we were communicating on the way just now, didn’t you also understand music theory and harmony very well?”
“What about lyric writing?
You should know how to do that too!”
Kiyotaka looked into her expectant eyes and calmly replied, “If it’s writing, I suppose I know a little.”
“Know a little!”
Sakiko’s smile completely dispelled the gloom, “It’s ‘know a little’ again!
You are always so humble!”
She paced back and forth in the piano room a few times, seeming to quickly organize her thoughts.
Then, she stopped, turned to face Ayanokouji, her eyes brighter than at any other moment before.
“Ayanokoji-kun.
I have a proposal.”
“What proposal?”
“Would you be willing to serve as our Band’s manager?”
“Manager?”
“Yes!
Someone who helps manage the Band!”
Sakiko leaned in a step closer with excitement, “For example, contacting future performance venues, arranging rehearsal times, and providing professional advice on arrangement and lyric writing!”
“Of course, you don’t need to do all the chores!
You understand music theory, can understand Tomori-kun’s lyrics, and your piano playing technique is so amazing.
If you are here, our Band will definitely go much smoother!”
She stopped, seeming to realize she had spoken too hastily and asked for too much, and a trace of blush slightly rose on her cheeks.
“Of course, I also know this request is very sudden…
You said earlier that you haven’t joined any school clubs, right?
You don’t have much to do after school anyway, if you are willing…”
Kiyotaka was silent for a moment.
“I am not clear about the specific responsibilities of a Band manager and how it should be done.”
He slowly said in a still-flat tone:
“However, just as Togawa you said, I really don’t have much to do after school.
If you are willing to teach me how to do it, finding something to do for myself is not out of the question.”
Sakiko’s eyes instantly widened, and the light reignited.
“Really?!”
“Mhm.”
“That’s great desuwa!”
Sakiko turned around excitedly, grabbing Tomori’s shoulders with both hands and shaking them.
“Tomori!
Did you hear that?
Ayanokoji-kun is willing to be our Band manager!”
Looking at the jubilant Sakiko before her, the corners of Takamatsu Tomori’s mouth curved up slightly.
That was the expression closest to a “smile” that Kiyotaka had seen on her face in the past few days.