"Moon Castle, huh? Yeah, I'm in the classroom. I'm gonna call you right now, so wait."

"I'm sorry. Please"

So I returned it and thanked the boy students who went into the classroom, I took the little box out of the paper bag.

It's Valentine's Day.

I am indispensable every year and give my hopes and essentials handmade chocolate.

This morning, however, I was so flustered that I gave my hopes chocolate.

So I'm just using my time off to visit my class of hope and call him...

By the way, I just handed you some chocolate earlier for the point.

Handing over chocolate first and hopes behind can also cause hopes to persevere. So I'd like to give it to you as soon as possible......

─ And as I was thinking about it, the hope of something busy walked this way.

"Hey, look. Do you have a minute?

"Oh, Chizuru? Sorry... Nakayama called me in and I have to go to his class now. It would be helpful if you could do business later."

"What... but it'll be done soon..."

Because it'll be done soon, and before I finish, my hopes ran away with my back to this one.

Oh...... he's gone. I just thought I'd give you this chocolate......

"I know you're busy, but you could listen to me for a little while..."

Nevertheless, no matter how blurry it is, it will not be communicated to the person of the day. While sighing, I have no choice but to put the box in my hand back in the paper bag.

"Oh, you've been shaken. Chizuru."

Suddenly from behind, I heard a teasing voice. I realize that, I turn around reflexively.

"What, good vegetables..."

"What the hell! I mean... you hadn't given chocolate to your hopes yet?

A friend of mine since middle school, Yoshiko is one of those girls who is single-minded to her hopes. She has been approaching her hopes since her sophomore year in secondary school, but she has been successfully deflected every time.

The effort is so tearful from my point of view... the feeling of hope never seems to change, and even now that I'm in high school, I still haven't achieved a single thought of a good vegetable.

"Yeah. Looks kind of busy. I really wanted to give it to you this morning, but I gave it to you..."

"You seem busy these days."

"That's right. It's been a while since I've been home..."

That's it, sigh again. For some reason, I feel like these past few weeks have been nothing but hopeful. It's kind of hard to hear the reason why I'm late to go home because Hope doesn't try to tell me himself...

"Did you even have a sister-brother fight?

"Huh? Nothing like that..."

"Well, there's a pretty mysterious part about hope. ─ Oh, yeah, yeah. Nakayama and the others are going live today, so why don't you come with me if you want? As a matter of fact, the kid I was planning to go with couldn't make it because of the rush... I just have extra tickets."

"Heh... it is. Me, I've never been there before, and I think I'll go check it out."

"Yeah, yeah, that's good. It'll change your mood, too, and we'll go together."

Nakayama-kun is a classmate of mine, as well as a friend of hope. So there are many opportunities to face something.

He's started banding since high school, and his hopes have often gone to his concert.

I'm sure the good vegetables cared about me worried about hope.

Accepting her suggestion, I decided to take part in the concert that will take place today.

"Er... it fits right here..."

Arriving at the live house, I looked around as I spoke to myself.

The best vegetables promised to "meet me in front of the live house" on the way home, so it looks good to be here already... but apparently, they haven't arrived yet. Let's wait a minute and give him a call if he still doesn't seem to come.

In the end - - I haven't been able to give him the chocolate yet because I was separated from the hope and went out as soon as I thought I was home.

After all, I think we've been wrong these days. I was kind of sad to think so and almost cried just a little bit.

Though I thought the Bracon was healing a lot myself...... I guess it's not completely healing around like this just making me sad because I can't talk a little...

"Chizuru!

From a short distance, I heard a good vegetable.

Oh, good. Thought you might be a little late, but you seem to have come right.

"I'm sorry. I'm a little late."

"Yeah, fine. Never mind."

I smile back at the good vegetables that I apologize for shorting my breath.

"So, I just heard from Nakayama..."

"Yeah......?

"Today's concert, hopes are helping and doing vocals. Chizuru, did you know?

"Huh!? What's that? Not at all, I haven't heard!?"

Surprisingly, I shouted so loud that it resonated around me. A passerby responding to my voice looks back and looks at this one. Oh, embarrassing......

But... but... I'd rather not be surprised to know that my own brother joins a band of friends with a helper.

"I thought it was exactly what you were asking, but you didn't know? Something happened to a vocal person. If I had to stay in the hospital for a while, I think my hopes suddenly came in with a helper."

"Oh yeah... so you went out in a hurry just now... I haven't heard a word of that..."

"Fair enough. There may have been something I didn't want to tell you. Why don't you forgive me?

"Ugh, yeah......"

"Nevertheless... look, you can really do anything. I knew you were a good singer, but I can't believe you called me a helper."

That said, the good vegetables shrug their shoulders. Seeing that makes me laugh unexpectedly, too.

Why, hope didn't tell me about today...... Did I do something? Or just a sister away?

...... hmm. Thinking about it doesn't start anything, and we'll hear it in person later.

When I walked into the live house, people were gathering more than I expected. Some of them had found out faces, not just classmates from the same school...... but even upper and lower classmates and teachers.

"They've become quite popular lately. Looks like some people fanned it live on the street."

"Heh... wow"

Anything, it seems that only Nakayama is a member of the band and a high school student, and all the other members are college students and social workers? This time the hope enters as a helper, so the high school students will mean two.

Admittedly, I'm a good hopeful singer. This is not a body correction or anything, it is true, as the good vegetables said earlier.

But I wonder if you're okay...... When it comes to singing live, I knew it would be different than karaoke......

"Guys ~! Thanks for coming today!

I noticed that voice, and when I looked up - the members of the band, the star of this concert, were on stage.

In the center there is hope. Looking straight in the face of his eyes, he noticed this one too, which gave him a slightly awkward look. You don't want me to know about today.

"I knew...... look, that's nice"

A good vegetable next door shrugged so in love.

"Yeah, you do... while my brother, I really do. Sometimes I get jealous."

"I envy Chizuru. I can always be there for you."

"Oh well...? But it's not as perfect as everyone thinks, is it? It's just really bad to wake up and I'll be asleep forever if I don't wake up..."

"Really? Maybe a little surprised..."

"How dare you fall asleep and hug me during this time... What the hell were you dreaming about..."

"Yep! What's that! I envy you too much!

"Good vegetables, you have a loud voice..."

How excited I was, my good vegetable voice suddenly grew louder. I slapped my best vegetable shoulder in a hurry and managed to calm it down.

"Oh, but... I guess I might not be jealous."

Until earlier, a good vegetable repeatedly said "envious" in high tension lowered the tone of his voice.

"Huh...? What's the matter with you? Suddenly."

"'Cause if I were Hope and my sister and brother... we can't go out with each other, and we can't even get married, can we? Well, even if you can't turn around, I wonder if it's still possible..."

As soon as I was told that, I felt a little pain in the back of my chest.

In my childhood, I was genuinely willing to marry Hope and didn't doubt that I could be the daughter-in-law of Hope. Because of that, I felt denied my feelings of purity back then.

Of course, I didn't mean to say good vegetables. I know that...

"Looks like it's time to start."

Reacting to the words of the good vegetables, I move my gaze to the stage again. At about the same time, members of the band started playing their respective responsible instruments, and the prelude flowed.

"Ah..."

After a while, the stretching, lustrous singing of hope echoed indoors.

The song was like an indelible ballad, a tune that seemed familiar to young and old alike. I heard it was a rock band, but I also sing these songs...... It goes well with the voice of hope, and I didn't seem to have to worry about it.

To touch you, to connect with you, to love you.

That's Guilty.

If it's so painful.

Let's just stop this love.

Though I thought so, this feeling for you is not going to be abandoned.

I'm a sinner.

Then I'll grab you and lock you up where no one else knows.

Shall I become a true sinner?

Oh, God... Please punish me...

"Look, wow..."

Unexpectedly the exclamation leaks when I see the hope of singing a song that seems difficult without difficulty.

It seems to be a forbidden love themed song, of course the melody is great, the lyricist's power could be glimpsed from the lyrics expressing his indefinite feelings from a male perspective.

Even when it comes to forbidden love, incest, cheating, love between teachers and students, and blood-connected opponents... although in many shapes, this is a song that sang a delicate heart that fits every situation.

"Maybe it's your fault... look, you're looking at me and singing, right?

…… With that said... "

Actually, I was a little concerned too, but somehow my hopes are singing staring at this one. It's as if you're singing to me......

He looked like that at first thing earlier, and do you care that he kept his mouth shut to me...?

"Probably cares what you kept quiet about me"

"Oh, my God. That's what I'm talking about... That's right. There's no way you're singing to me."

When the good vegetables dropped their shoulders disappointingly, they gave a discouraged look.

"─ So, it's about today... why were you hiding it?

On the way to the house.

I first tried to throw a question at the hopes I was walking away from.

"... somehow, because I was embarrassed. Once, I told Nakayama," Why don't you join our band? 'You said,' You've been invited, haven't you? That's when I said 'cause I'm not interested' and I said no, but this time I ended up singing as a helper. I feel kind of ill-defined about that... And then... simply because you were obstinate. "

"I was obstinate...?

Look at me tilting my neck, hope opens its mouth again.

"Every year, when Valentine's Day approaches, Chizuru tells me, 'What kind of chocolate do you want this year?' You asked me. Yet you didn't listen to me this year. I was asking..."

"Oh, that's..."

"This year, you don't have my share...?

The hope that blocked my words gave me an increasingly bullying look. Wait. That's a misunderstanding, look...

"Hey, look. Did you forget what you said to yourself last year?

"Huh...?

"Last year, when you asked, you said, 'I like white chocolate, so this is fine every year,' right?

"Ah..."

The hope of hearing my words opened my mouth as I remembered all the more.

"After all, I forgot...? Look, that's what's missing."

"... sorry"

"Look, I've got it ready for you this year."

I took the wrapped little box out of the paper bag and handed it to the stare.

Then, hopefully, he happily put the box in his coat pocket and held my hand with a full smile.

"Thousand Cranes...... thanks. Right...... If you think about it, there's no way Chizuru won't give me chocolate."

"Of course, right?

I gave it back, and I smiled a little better at it. I'm wrapping my own two hands, feeling the warmth of the hand of hope.