But… which one should he buy?
Arriving at the instrument shop, Kamijou Mutsuki looked at the dazzling array of guitars on display and fell into decision paralysis.
Maybe he should just ask Mutsumi and see which kind she liked.
Just as he was thinking this and about to take out his phone, a soft yet clear voice sounded beside him.
"Um, senpai, could you help me for a moment?"
Kamijou Mutsuki turned around and saw a red-haired girl with a bright, cheerful aura — the kind of girl who was obviously part of the popular crowd.
At this moment, she had her hands clasped together, her beautiful emerald-green eyes showing a pleading expression. Paired with her delicate and adorable face, there probably weren't many men who could refuse her.
However, compared to her looks, what caught Kamijou Mutsuki's attention more was—
"Ms. Kaerimichi?!"
Just coming out to buy a guitar and running into her — what were the odds?
"Eh?"
Hearing his form of address, the red-haired girl — Ms. Kaerimichi — froze slightly, then her face flushed red.
"What kind of weird nickname is 'Ms. Kaerimichi'?!"
"You're way too rude!"
"Then… the runaway guitarist?"
"What's that supposed to be?! Why does it sound like it comes with some kind of bad premonition?"
After finishing her complaints, the girl looked at Kamijou Mutsuki with a wary expression.
"Also, why are you acting like we're really familiar the moment we meet… do we know each other?"
"You don't remember me? I'm your upperclassman from the same school, Ms. Kaerimichi."
Facing her suspicion, Kamijou Mutsuki stood there and spouted nonsense with a completely serious expression.
"I already said I'm not Ms. Kaerimichi!"
The girl corrected his address again, then asked back,
"Really?"
Naturally, she wasn't going to be fooled that easily.
"Then the school we attend is…"
"Tsukinomori!"
Instant answer.
"Even if you're going to guess randomly, at least put in some effort! Tsukinomori is an all-girls school!"
Hearing his answer, black lines instantly filled the girl's forehead.
"And it's an elite academy only for young ladies of distinguished families. Don't tell me you're a young lady too?"
"Why can't a man be a young lady? Are you discriminating against men? It's because of narrow-minded people like you that world peace can never be achieved!"
Now they were in his area of expertise.
"Wait, you—"
Like Anon, this bright and outgoing girl was momentarily stunned by that cross-dimensional punch.
However, she recovered much faster.
"Senpai, is teasing me really that fun?"
She puffed out her cheeks slightly, looking incredibly cute.
"How did you know?"
Her cheeks puffed out even more.
"Senpai, if your personality is too awful, girls won't like you!"
Perhaps feeling that this could go on forever, the girl straightened her expression and spoke directly.
"I'm sure you know my name, senpai. Just call me Kita. I'm not some 'Ms. Kaerimichi'!"
It seemed she truly held deep resentment toward that nickname.
"And you, senpai?"
"Kamijou Mutsuki."
It could only be said — as expected of her. Even after that whole exchange, she could still talk to him calmly.
"So what kind of help does Kita-chan need from me?"
"Kita-chan, really… senpai is way too familiar!"
Her cheeks turning slightly red as she complained, Ms. Kaerimichi — that is, Kita — finally got to the point.
"Well, recently I've become really interested in playing the guitar and wanted to buy one to practice with. But I don't really understand this stuff, so could you recommend one for me, senpai?"
So it really was this scene.
"For beginners, honestly, any guitar is more or less the same."
How could he possibly refuse such a cute underclassman's request?
"The main thing is not to buy the wrong one. Basses and guitars look pretty similar!"
"Senpai, you're making me sound way too dumb!"
However, hearing Kamijou Mutsuki's warning, Kita puffed out her cheeks again.
"No matter what, I'm not so clueless that I can't tell the difference between a bass and a guitar!"
"A bass has four strings, while a guitar has six."
Kita said this confidently — and then, sure enough, picked up the same black six-string bass as in the anime.
"…"
It could only be said — as expected of you, Kita.
Was this fate?
"Um, there are also basses with six strings. They're called multi-string basses."
Looking at the somewhat smug Kita, Kamijou Mutsuki quietly added.
"Eh?"
Hearing that, Kita's expression instantly stiffened, and her cheeks flushed red.
"This… could it be…"
"That's right. A six-string bass."
"I want to die…"
At this moment, it was as if Bocchi had possessed her. Her entire figure seemed to turn gray and drained of life.
She had been so confident in front of senpai, and yet…
"Alright, take a look at this."
Seeing Kita's adorable appearance, even Kamijou Mutsuki had trouble suppressing the curve of his lips. He picked up a blue guitar from the side — exactly the same as in the anime.
"This… is the guitar?"
"Anon would probably like this kind. Maybe."
"Anon… senpai watches MyGO!!!!! too?"
So you watch MyGO!!!!! too?!
As if a certain keyword had been triggered, Kita didn't even care about the guitar in her hands anymore. Her eyes instantly sparkled.
"MyGO!!!!! is really super interesting. It's completely different from the previous band anime."
Perhaps because it was a topic she liked, Kita began talking nonstop.
"Although the band's atmosphere feels a bit heavy — that part is slightly unrealistic… but all the characters are really cute."
"My favorite is Tomori. She's like a little animal, so adorable. What about you, senpai?"
"Kids make choices. I want them all."
"Eh? Senpai is way too fickle…"
Kita happily chatted with Kamijou Mutsuki for a while, then suddenly came back to her senses.
"Sorry, it's my first time talking with someone about MyGO!!!!!, so I got a little too excited…"
The girl scratched the back of her head and even stuck out her tongue at Kamijou Mutsuki in a slightly playful way. It was unbearably cute.
"Since senpai thinks it's fine, I'll take this one!"
Saying that, Kita directly took the guitar to the register.
"By the way, senpai, what did you come to the instrument shop to buy?"
The outgoing girl struck up another conversation with Kamijou Mutsuki.
"A guitar."
"Eh? Senpai is a guitarist?"
"No. I can't play guitar. I'm buying it for my fiancée."
"Eh? Fiancée?"
Kita looked as if she had just been startled.
"Is there a problem?"
"It's just that 'fiancée' sounds like a setting that only appears in novels or manga!"
Kita voiced her thoughts.
"I didn't expect senpai to already have a fiancée. She must be a super cute girl, right?"
"My Mutsumi is super cute!"
"Mutsumi… senpai means…"
"Wakaba Mutsumi. Kita-chan should know her, right?"
Kita: ?
Could it be that senpai was the type of chuuni otaku who called anime characters his wife?
She didn't discriminate against that sort of thing, but she had heard that those kinds of chuuni otaku weren't very popular in class and were usually alone most of the time.
Because they didn't like real people, they liked anime characters instead.
Was senpai so annoying when he talked because of that too?
The way Kita looked at Kamijou Mutsuki unconsciously gained a few traces of concern.
Although she couldn't change anything, at least she wouldn't discriminate against senpai because of it.
PS: Letting a Bocchi the Rock! character make an appearance, otherwise people might think this is purely a MyGO!!!!! fanfic.
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