About the fact that I unintentionally raised my sister to be a cripple

"Le, do you want to do it?"

"Ah, there is no other way but to do it."

"But, this is my first time."

"Me too. But there is no way, this is something that has been decided, and this is not something you proposed on your own initiative?"

"Le, it's too much."

"Why did I go too far? I obviously agreed to your request."

"But why did Le have to agree last night?"

"Because I made my decision at that time, and my uncle agreed after knowing it."

As he talked, Sakakibara couldn't help it anymore and asked the plain little face of Amami Nozuki at the other end of the table: "By the way, why are our conversations so strange? We are not discussing how to give Does the band recruit people?”

"I'm talking about the band, Le Zhen is weird."

"."

Sakakibara didn't intend to keep the topic on this meaningless joke for too long. Recently, Lao and Amami Yuki sat together to eat in the cafeteria at noon. Many classmates were already speculating whether he was a scumbag.

He continued: "So, when it comes to this, our division of labor is clear, right? In order to successfully form a five-member band, Zhixue, you go pull A Ling, and I'll handle Jiu Liuli and Qi Mingyue."

"Well."

"has a problem?"

"Le needs to take care of Xiao Qi and Xiao Jiu at the same time. Can your body handle it?"

"You have to eat even if you can't bear it."

"Can it really be tolerated?"

"."

*

The end of term is approaching.

I will officially enter the second grade in April.

Club activities are closed, two classes are added in the afternoon, and the entire school is fully prepared for war.

Sakakibara doesn't have to worry about any problems with his grades. After all, he has never fallen out of third place since the first month of this semester. Except for the two top-level players, Tiankai Nanmingyue and Tianhai Jiuliuri, he has always been stable. Ranked among the top three.

When walking on campus, people often say hello to him.

Most of them are girls, and they often say "Sakakibara-kun" or "Sakakibara-san" with a smile.

Sakakibara could feel the other person's gaze on him, as well as the feeling of wanting to talk but not daring to do so.

Why?

Is it because I insist on running at noon recently and gained a lot of fans in school?

This made him always hear Tianhai Qimingyue's venomous words about him when he met Tianhai Qimingyue by chance in the student corridor in the afternoon: "When the influential person on campus comes in front of me, I don't even know how to open my eyes for reading."

Sakakibara didn't want to always get used to Qi Mingyue's bad temper, and he didn't offend her.

Besides, he didn't even know what he had done.

"Isn't it the beginning of the month yet?"

"At the beginning of the month? Don't worry, I've taken good care of my menstrual period, and I'm still waiting for you to buy me new sanitary napkins."

"The girl who wants me to buy two packs of sanitary napkins a month, Qi Mingyue, do you think she has an endocrine disorder?"

"It seems like you have no physiological knowledge. About 15 tablets is normal. During the days when you are on your menstrual period, you have to change one tablet almost every two to three hours."

With such a large amount of bleeding, no wonder Qi Mingyue didn't feel right in those days.

He has a terrible temper.

"Brother, do you understand why some men are annoying?"

"Um?"

"It's because most men think that only women have endocrine disorders," Tianhai Qimingyue raised her eyes, "In fact, men have much more serious problems than women. They usually suffer from adrenal gland disease, causing infertility."

Do you think I don’t know that women can be infertile?

Tianhai Qimingyue seemed to see through what he was thinking, and then said: "Infertility is the second, and the most important thing is that it will lose its function."

She also looked down at Sakakihara Raku's pants.

It's true that every time I talk to Qi Mingyue, I get angry at her venomous tongue.

However, she has a wide range of knowledge, and I can't even compare to her.

Sakakihara Raku didn't want to talk about endocrine disorders with her anyway.

No matter how venomous you are, aren't you still my girlfriend?

Tianhai Qimingyue let go of the hand holding the book, held up the gold-rimmed glasses with one hand, and moved her hair a little behind her ears: "I heard that someone always eats alone with a girl at noon recently? It smells good, right? ?”

Sakakihara Raku finally understands why Qi Qi is venomous at him.

Vinegar jar.

It's just a little jealous jar.

"I was talking about business."

"We talk about business in aunt's bedroom every night? Is someone not satisfied with being my brother?"

Sakakibara knew that Nanami Mingzuki was just using the situation as an excuse. How could he go to the room every day? Even if he did, he would only ask about the video editing.

I have to say that jealous women are really scary.

"What do you think?" Sakakihara tapped his fingers on his shoulders and asked with a smile.

"If you have any evil thoughts and want to stab you in the back, I won't be the first one."

Tianhai Qimingyue simply dropped this sentence, ended this topic, and walked towards the teaching building.

Sakakihara watched her confident figure disappear around the corner of the stairs.

No more talking?

He hasn't found a chance to talk about the band yet.

But it's okay, Qi Mingyue was originally scheduled for later.

Let’s get Jiuliuli in first.

Thinking about this, Sakakihara walked in the opposite direction.

The next day.

In mid-December, which was only a week away from Christmas, at 5 p.m., the sky rarely cleared up. The blue sky, which had not been seen for many days, made everyone feel better.

During school hours, many female students held books, chatted with their friends, and walked toward the school gate with smiles. Clean long hair, slightly rippling pleated skirt, schoolbags and shoulder bags of different sizes.

In addition to the girls' youthful and beautiful legs under their pleated skirts, the corridor was also filled with the laughter of boys circling each other's backs, and the discussion of secretly observing which girl looked better.

It was as if all the stress accumulated throughout the day had been released.

After sorting out his books in the noisy campus, picking up his shoulder bag, Raku Sakakihara stepped into the student corridor outside the classroom. At the door of the classroom, he said goodbye to Nishijima and Fujino and walked out of the teaching building.

The cold winter wind and sunshine hit my face at the same time, making me feel so comfortable that I couldn't help but pull the scarf around my neck.

This action also caused the girl's fragrance on the scarf to enter her nose.

Sakakibara glanced at the scarf around his neck.

It is said that the fabrics given by girls have an inexplicable fragrance, and now it seems that it is indeed the case.

After walking out of the school and walking through the ginkgo slope in front of the school gate, Raku Sakakihara entered a book cafe.

The heating in the store made him consciously loosen the zipper of his coat, and he soon saw Tianhai Jiuliuli smiling at him from the innermost side of the window.

"Ruri arrived so quickly, five minutes earlier than the agreed time." Raku Sakakibara untied his scarf and coat, put them on the backrest of the seat, pulled out the chair, and sat down in front of Amami Kururi.

"I came here in advance and ordered two cups of coffee." Amami Kuruuri smiled and pushed the cup in front of him towards Sakakibara Raku.

If you look closely, it's Sakakihara Raku's favorite taste.

"Liu Li looks very happy? What happened?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli showed him another small note that came after payment, which said payment was 0 yen.

"Yesterday you said you wanted to go out to review your homework alone, so I took a look at this store. They happened to be doing an event, and Lejun's cup of coffee is free."

"Free coffee?"

"Uh-huh."

Jiu Liuli was not short of money at all, and he was not happy about saving more than 1,000 yen.

The reason for her joy was another.

She would only be happy because he took the initiative to ask her out.

"It's just a matter of going out and sitting alone. Don't be so happy."

"idiot."

Sakakibara Raku, who was suddenly scolded as "idiot", couldn't help but look at Amami Kuruuri, who had a slight resentment on his face.

I just heard her say with some dissatisfaction:

"Lejun, don't you think about it, how long ago was the last time we went out alone?"

Last time?

The last time seemed to be before A Ling’s birthday.

It's been almost a month, and the date was interrupted by Qi Mingyue.

No wonder Jiuliuli felt a little complaining.

"Well, this is indeed my fault. Do you need me to compensate Liuli after she returns home?"

"Compensation for what?"

"Of course I'm going to help you squeeze your shoulders, legs, and feet."

"It's all shameful stuff."

"Why is this so embarrassing?"

"Isn't it shameful to pinch your feet? Do you have to take off your clothes to be ashamed?"

"Why did you suddenly talk about stripping off? Is there any connection between this?"

When Sakakibara replied, Amami Kuruuri realized that the more he thought about it, the more he went wrong.

After realizing that he was smiling on purpose, she glanced at him complainingly and tangled her hands in front of her pleated skirt, making a slight squirm.

"Is it tiring for Liuli to be outside like this?"

"Huh?" Tianhai Jiuliuli stirred it twice with a silver spoon and was about to drink coffee.

"Just maintain your gentle image to the outside world. I saw you chatting with other students yesterday afternoon. You were very confident and perfect in front of them."

"Ah? Yes, there are some." Tianhai Jiuliuli's eyes suddenly became evasive, and the silver spoon stirred the coffee in the cup.

"The real Jiuliuli is actually a girl who gets jealous easily, right?"

"If Lejun knows, he should talk less to Qimingyue." Tianhai Jiuliuli seemed to have breath in his mouth.

"One more thing, that is, Liuli is not very frank sometimes. Just tell me when you are jealous. Why do you have to wait until now?"

Sakakihara held one of her little hands, and the touch was more delicate than a hard-boiled egg.

".I didn't say you could hold it."

"Wouldn't it be nice to think of it as your reward for me?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli blushed and retracted his hand in a panic. After experiencing an awkward moment of being at a loss, he closed his eyes and straightened his waist to adjust his mentality.

Sakakibara patted the seat next to him and said, "Ruri, come sit here."

"Um?"

"Come sit here with me."

"What do you want Lejun to do? This is outside." Tianhai Jiuliuli raised his head and glanced at the coffee bookstore, observing the surrounding environment.

"Ruri, just come here." Sakakihara just invited Jiu Ruri again.

Tianhai Jiuliuli didn't know his specific purpose, but if he wanted to sit next to him, he definitely wanted to.

So the girl looked around for a few times to make sure that no one was looking at her. Amami Kuriuri sat next to Sakakibara Raku. She lowered her head slightly and lifted the flaxen hair beside her ear with her hand. Revealing a side face as beautiful and delicate as glass.

"What to do.?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli wore black stockings today. She was already very tall, and her legs showed straight and smooth lines under the pleated skirt.

"Why do you say it so strangely?"

Sakakibara Raku really didn't want to do anything bad, but he didn't expect that Amami Kuruuri himself acted like he was going to do something bad.

His face was red and he didn't dare to look at anyone.

"Ruri, can't you relax a little?" Sakakibara turned around, opened his shoulder bag, and took out the teaching materials.

Tianhai Jiuliuli shook his head: "Isn't it because Lejun asked me to sit next to you before, either to kiss or to hold hands?"

"That's what happens when I ask you to sit on my lap."

"There's obviously someone sitting next to me!"

Sakakibara laughed and put the textbook on the table and said, "I've always felt that Ruri is particularly cute when she's angry."

"I would not be happy with such a compliment."

"But you're actually very happy, right?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli was exposed, and her heart skipped a beat in embarrassment, ".I feel like every time Lejun says I'm cute, it's when he wants to kiss me."

"Why are Liuli thinking so much? I asked you to sit here just so you could review your homework with me. You don't really want me to kiss you, do you?"

".No."

"It's not cute not to be candid."

"There is no such thing."

"Okay, okay, Ruri, you're right." Finding her glaring at him, Sakakibara quickly agreed to her idea.

Tianhai Jiuliuli answered hurriedly beside him, seeing him reaching out to take his teaching materials to his side.

The girl inexplicably noticed his profile.

It seems that he has become much more handsome.

‘Lejun has been exercising recently, right? Will my figure also get a lot better? If you hold me in your arms, will you feel more at ease? ’

Tianhai Jiuliuli didn't know what he was thinking, and his face lowered again.

Sakakihara Raku spent a long time sorting out the lessons he was going to review today, and suddenly found that Tianhai Jiureli was still in the same state of red ears, so he asked:

"Could Liuli be thinking, 'It's okay to kiss me when you get home'?"

".No." Tianhai Jiululi's ears turned even redder.

"Does Liuli like kissing so much?"

"No, no!" Amami Kuruuri closed her eyes and pushed Sakakibara's face away. This time, she probably had a little more strength and pressed Sakakibara's head against the glass window.

"."

My girlfriend is a bit strong.

"Hug, sorry."

"It's okay, let's review first. Your grades at the end of this semester will determine your class placement next year."

"Mmm Good."

Tianhai Jiuliuli is definitely a person who makes a distinction between business and private matters. As soon as he enters the learning state, he enters the meticulous recognition mode. If some over-the-top questions are involved, the two will discuss each other for a while, jointly give their own solutions, and then compare with each other to unpack the problem-solving ideas step by step.

She is very patient and can express her opinions clearly every time. If Sakakibara makes a mistake in any step, she will remind her tactfully and then give her own method.

"Like this question, the quadrant is expressed as"

Sakakihara Raku felt like she was a girlfriend, a teacher, and a sister.

With such a patient girlfriend, we can sit together and make progress and learn together.

There's nothing more comfortable than this, right?

After studying like this for an hour and a half, not to mention that he had already refilled two cups of coffee, Raku Sakakibara almost forgot about the real thing.

Tianhai Jiuliuli was still immersed in learning, "Chu Chuan Shiracun's most famous work is "The Symbol of Depression" and he also wrote "Modern Views on Love". He is an absolute critic of the traditional concept of marriage, and he also dared to criticize the backwardness of past society, so It is a fallacy to label him as a feudal scholar.”

"Ruri," Raku Sakakibara interrupted Tenkai Kyūruri and put away his pen, "Let's take a rest first. It's almost seven o'clock."

Tianhai Jiuliuli put down the pen in his hand and looked at the sky. It was indeed almost dark.

"Okay, it looks like it's almost time to go home."

The two of them packed up the textbooks they had studied, paid the bill, and walked out of the book cafe.

Under night.

Sakakihara Raku and Amami Kururi were walking on the street together, her pleated skirt swaying slightly beside her.

"Liu Li."

"Um?"

"Actually, there is one more thing I want to say to you today."

"What?"

"Let me be blunt, I want to get you into the band."

"Band?" Tianhai Jiuliuli expressed confusion.

"Yes, the band." Sakakihara smiled at her gaze, "How about it, do you want to join our band?"

"When did Lejun join the band? Piano? Or orchestra?"

"No, it's a newly formed rock band."

"Is it related to my aunt?"

"Well, Zhixue is the founder, and I am the second one to join."

Tianhai Jiuliuli only felt strange, "Why did my aunt suddenly want to start a band?"

"Ah, well, you know, she's the kind of person who loves rock music, so it's not surprising that she suddenly said, 'Let's create a band together!'"

"It's weird." Tianhai Jiuliuli commented in a low voice, "But it's true that my aunt likes rock and roll. She has been learning it since very early and persists every day. She probably hid her desire to create a band for a long time. Real thoughts.”

"But why did Lejun join this band?" Tianhai Jiuliuli asked again.

"This is a long story."

Sakakibara Raku explained as he walked, telling Amami Kuruuri what he understood yesterday - his passion to find a path through the band, to feel love, and to feel the motivation to work hard and move forward.

"I understand," she said after listening carefully.

"How about it, Liuli? You can come too. We can perform together and practice together in the audience. It doesn't matter even if we are rejected by the world. We will work hard together until we are recognized by the world."

After Tianhai Jiuliuli heard this, she picked up the shoulder bag hanging in front of her skirt. She raised her sky-blue eyes that were shining brightly under the street lights and looked into the sky.

"Well, what Le Jun said just now makes me feel very much. If you stick to a path or something, you will have the idea of ​​​​joining, so--"

"So...?" Sakakihara waited for her answer.

"I reject."

"."

Sakakihara Raku was surprised by Amami Kuruuri's answer.

Tianhai Jiuliuli smiled, her streamlined flaxen hair shining brightly under the light, and she said, "In Le Jun's vision, he must be pulling everyone over, right?"

"That's right."

"Then Lejun must be recruiting Qi Mingyue to join the band, right?"

"affim."

Tianhai Jiuliuli withdrew his gaze and looked squarely at the tree shadows stretched by the street lights not far ahead:

"So, Lejun, I have no reason to join. These days I have been trying to deal with the relationship with Qi Mingyue in life, but the more I get along with Qi Mingyue, the more I find out how much she hates me. She It’s right to hate my sister. After all, I took away a lot of things from her since she was a child, and—”

Tianhai Jiureli's eyes fell on Sakakibara Raku:

"I took away the thing she had valued most for more than ten years."

After a while, Tianhai Jiuliuli continued to walk forward with his head lowered, as if he had not said anything just now.

Guilt, hesitation, reluctance, and not wanting to surrender to his sister. Sakakihara Raku saw these emotions in Amami Kuriuri's body.

Jiuliuli definitely had a relaxed attitude towards Qi Mingyue.

——This is something Sakakibara is sure of.

It was also the only effect of asking them to go for a morning run together.

Sakakibara did not immediately persuade Amami Kuruuri, but waited until she walked to a food stall selling hand cakes and asked her if she wanted to eat something first. After receiving a definite answer, he ordered another hand cake for her. Wait, while continuing:

"Jiu Liuli told me before that she wanted to get along well with Qi Mingyue in life, right?"

Tianhai Jiuliuli was silent for a long time, then looked at the stall owner packing hand cakes, and replied in a low voice: "Yes, and I have tried it, but Qi Mingyue doesn't want to reconcile with me, not even a little bit."

"How did Jiu Liuli see Qiming Yue? Now." Sakakihara took out the money, took it, and handed it to Tianhai Jiu Liuli.

"I don't know what to say either."

Tianhai Jiuliuli held the hand cake filled with meat and intestines in both hands, and the lights of the vehicles driving on the street on the right illuminated the green hair around her ears.

Not only the hot breath exhaled from the mouth, but also the thin down on the girl's cheeks were reflected clearly.

After the girl took a careful bite of the hand cake, she continued to whisper:

"Qi Mingyue Lejun, I don't want to give you Lejun to her, but I do want to be sisters with her. At least, we don't want to be so quarrelsome. When we get home and see each other, we turn a blind eye and are indifferent."

The dispute between Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli.

In the end, it was Jiuliuli who was the first to give in.

There may be a reason why Jiuliuli couldn't talk to anyone but herself at home.

Qi Mingyue is used to being alone, but Jiu Liuli is not like this.

"So Liuli-chan still wants to reconcile with Qi Mingyue, even if it's a small amount."

"Um."

"But you take into account the various factors that will arise in the band, and because of my relationship with Jiu Liuli, Qi Mingyue will become even more unhappy when she joins the band and sees us staying together - Jiu Liuli, you are afraid that we will further irritate you Seven bright moons.”

"Lejun turns out to understand my thoughts."

Sakakibara took away his portion of the hand cake, left the stall with Jiuriuri, and continued walking on the street:

"Jiu Liuli, you don't need to worry about this at all. You have to understand that if we maintain a relationship on the surface, we are already irritating Qi Mingyue. If she wants to fight with you, she will definitely be mentally prepared accordingly."

"Lejun is saying that Qi Mingyue won't be hurt more just because we are in the same band? I'm afraid that our actions will make her uncomfortable. She is a jealous person to begin with."

"Then let's be more restrained. And Jiuliuli, you really don't need to take this too seriously. Didn't you say that you won't soften your attitude when it comes to relationships? So show your identity as your girlfriend in front of Qi Mingyue, On the contrary, this is your proper reaction. If Qi Mingyue can't beat you, doesn't that mean she has no ability?"

"Lejun is right."

"Ahem, that's a bit too much, but it's true. Liuli, didn't you say that love and life should be separated as much as possible? You and Qi Mingyue are rivals in love, but they may still be good sisters in life. It's like they cherish each other. The opponents are average.”

Tianhai Jiuliuli hesitated, "I don't know if I can do this myself."

The two of them walked onto the overpass, and the neon lights and advertising photos of Shirogane Takanawa Commercial Street were colorful.

"Jiu Liuli, not knowing whether I can do it is not a reason to refuse."

Amami Kuruuri looked towards Sakakibara Raku's determined face.

"It's because I don't know if I can do it, so I have to do it! If I don't do it, who knows if I can't complete it? It won't help to keep wandering in confusion."

". Then Lejun, can you explain why we want to join the band."

"Stand firm in your beliefs."

"Eh?" Tianhai Jiuliuli blinked.

"You and I are both people without any goals, and we can't find any way forward. Try to think about it, how long has it been since the last time we said we would try to find our goals at this stage?"

"Almost three months."

"That's right, Jiuliuli, it's been almost three months? And what are we doing now?"

"Just getting through each day."

"That's right, we can't find the direction in the confusion. We obviously have time to be confused, but we don't use this time to actively try something we haven't touched before. This is like the 'Emperor's New Clothes'. We are doing it in the same way self-deception in a way that is uniquely your own right.”

Tianhai Jiuliuli listened carefully to his firm words.

"A road is placed in front of you, and you have no direction, but you are still hesitating whether to participate?! Do you want to participate?! This is so ridiculous! They say we are looking for a goal, but at the end of the day, we are just where we are. Step!”

Sakakihara smiled lightly, and his plain words revealed inexplicable confidence and determination.

He stopped, and Jiu Liuli also stopped.

"And we should not be the 'Emperor's New Clothes', but should have the courage to face the true self. Instead of letting ourselves live in the 'Emperor's New Clothes' whitewashed by lies and false excuses, it is better to face our naked selves, what? You don’t have any yourself. Then take the first step towards the unknown bravely, even if you may be laughed at, even if you don’t even know whether you love this path.”

On the bridge with air-conditioning and neon lights in December, with colorful billboards reflected behind him, Raku Sakakihara stretched out his hand towards the girl:

"So, Jiuliuli, in order to stop ourselves from being confused and to find what we want, let's try to borrow this band, a thing that we don't even know whether we love, and work hard towards the Tokyo Budokan. !”