Ryo really didn't hold back at all… Hayato sat on the train home, recording the feedback Ryo had just given him on his phone.
In the train, which was past its peak hours, even the sound of his fingers rapidly tapping on the screen was clearly audible.
He quite liked this feeling of being able to hear his every action.
Looking back at today, although it wasn't particularly harmonious yet, it was a day where their relationship advanced, and he successfully revealed himself to be a Pervert.
It was a day Hayato was satisfied with.
Though he had never been dissatisfied on any day.
It was just a pity he didn't get the satisfaction of showing them up.
But after returning, Big Sister (Seika)'s reaction was very interesting.
Hayato smiled, put his phone back in his pocket, and looked out at the houses and scattered lights flashing past in the dark, his gaze calm… More than ten minutes ago, inside Starry.
"…And so, there are still many, many areas for improvement. As a keyboardist, you are completely unqualified."
After Hayato finished playing, Ryo stood with her arms crossed, an arrogant expression on her face, looking like a master.
She corrected Hayato very bluntly, her merciless tone making people feel afraid.
Midway through Ryo's lengthy discourse, Nijika had been stunned by her exaggerated tone and only now came back to her senses.
"Ryo, you've gone too far!!"
This was clearly not evaluating him at a beginner's level, but demanding a stage-performance level from Hayato!
Even if she wanted to be strict, this was too much.
After scolding Ryo, she comforted Hayato, who was standing behind the keyboard.
"Hayato-kun is already amazing! He couldn't do it at all yesterday."
"Right, Big Sister?"
After speaking, to add more conviction, she sought outside help.
"Well, it was a bit strict."
Seika seemed very perfunctory in her spare time, averting her gaze and looking elsewhere, but her tone did imply she was speaking up for Hayato.
Nijika was already used to her sister's attitude, so she immediately turned to Ryo.
"Ryo, be gentle with me!"
Facing these two consecutive blows, Ryo, who had just been very satisfied with her sharp critique, froze, blinked her eyes in distress, and then looked at Hayato.
"How can Nijika say that to Ryo?"
Unexpectedly, Hayato actually walked over quickly and shielded Ryo.
"Eh eh eh!?"
Nijika Silly confirmed the expressions of the people around her; she hadn't said anything wrong just now, had she? She was helping Hayato, right?
"People need to constantly undergo sharpening to grow, and a Pervert doesn't get hurt. A Pervert's mental fortitude is infinite!"
Hayato turned to Ryo and said in a very arrogant tone,
"Please guide me with an even stricter attitude!"
Pervert?
Seika, who was on the side, heard Hayato's words and was full of questions. What happened to this child after he went out just now?
How did he suddenly become like a different person?
She rubbed her eyes to confirm if she was dreaming.
Then she perked up and paid attention to the situation here.
Meanwhile, Ryo pulled a handkerchief from her pocket, wiped away tears of emotion from the corner of her eye with one hand, and patted Hayato's shoulder with the other.
"Mmm, very good. I will make you the strongest keyboardist in all of Japan."
Nijika felt so tired. Did her Band have some kind of curse? When Hayato first arrived, he was so normal, but now... weirdo, Pervert... what's next?
However, she breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the two of them getting along quite well, and it seemed Hayato would soon be able to play with them. She felt like the Band was taking shape step by step.
That's great... Hayato stepped out of the train, and as soon as he exited, he saw Jinpei in the distance.
The two men of the Ishikawa Family looked at each other from afar and then converged.
Jinpei walked over like a good brother, his arm draped over Hayato's shoulder.
"Yo, how's the harem progress?"
Hearing this man's tone, which was like he was waiting for him to make a fool of himself, Hayato curled his lip in disdain.
"Good evening, Dad. Today, a girl stared at me intently, gazing at me with a deep look for a long time."
Hayato disdained lying; he always spoke the truth.
Kita had indeed stared at him (his hands) for a long time.
"Stared for a long time..."
Jinpei and Hayato walked out of the station and headed towards home, their figures, arms around each other's shoulders, moving towards the myriad lights of houses.
The head of the Ishikawa Family walked, constantly thinking, his brow slightly furrowed, listing various possibilities.
Hayato quietly watched his father. This guy's expression went from initial confusion to nervousness, then to panic, and finally, even his hands started trembling.
He didn't even need to think to know what was going through this man's head.
He spoke first.
"Your next sentence is 'Go apologize! Go to their house immediately and apologize! Before they call the police.'"
"Go apologize! Go to their house immediately and apologize! Before they call the police."
Jinpei even spoke half a beat slower than Hayato, and when his answer was stolen, he showed a miserable expression like he had eaten a fly.
Hayato smiled smugly.
"At the next family meeting, I will propose to your mother that your allowance be reduced."
Jinpei, showing no martial virtue, resorted to an external tactic. Now the smug smile moved from Hayato's face to Jinpei's face.
This father and son proved with facts the principle that smiles don't disappear, they only transfer.
And Hayato, who originally didn't rely on pocket money, and had barely taken any, now only had a few pitiful coins left in his pocket after buying a keyboard.
He felt his pocket and made a decision.
"If Mom agrees, I'll..."
Jinpei's head tilted higher and higher.
"I'll hug her feet and won't let go until she changes her mind! I swear on my Pervert name!"
Hayato spoke with certainty; no one who knew him would take his words as a joke.
"You little brat, get out of here!"
Their shouts attracted the surrounding neighbors.
After the two of them arrived home, apologizing and greeting people, they saw Shizuka standing at the doorway with her hands on her hips.
"I'm sorry!"
Hayato bowed his head without hesitation and apologized solemnly.
This reaction startled Jinpei, who was still hesitating beside him. Do you have no dignity at all, you guy?
...After studying music theory and related knowledge with his sister, it was already very late.
Hayato walked back to his room contentedly, and upon opening the door, the first thing he saw was a poem written in Chinese characters.
'From tomorrow on, be a happy person... From tomorrow on, write to every loved one. Tell them of my happiness.'
He wrote this in his elementary school calligraphy class. When the teacher suggested writing a favorite sentence, he wrote this poem and kept it to himself.
He reviewed it every day, asking if he had achieved it, and if he had made his relatives and friends feel happy.
Today, without a doubt, was another happy day.
"Tomorrow, I must also work hard and sprint wildly on the path of a Pervert!"
Hayato walked lazily and relaxed to his bed, lay down lazily, and on the bed filled with his scent, his body and mind didn't want to move due to the sense of security.
But Hayato hadn't stopped thinking.
"No... Today I received so many opinions, I need to correct them one by one, and then greet tomorrow with an even more perfect Pervert posture..."
The next moment, his eyes snapped open, and the two characters for Pervert flashed in his left and right eyes respectively.
"Open the scroll!"