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Bocchi was holed up in a box which was shaking vigorously.
She was silently whispering in a hoarse voice, "Forgive me for I had committed such a treacherous act. May I be punished harshly and viewed as a heretic for the rest of my life. A person like me doesn't deserve any mercy. I shall accept my punishment in the deepest pits of hell."
"Bocchi…" said worried Nijika.
"It's fine. You just need to improve," Ryo was direct.
"I-Improve? I-I-I'm deeply sorry for my lack of skill!!"
Bocchi started bowing as deep as she could. It was her attempt to show them that she was so deeply sorry that she would be willing to give her dignity away.
"I-It's fine, Bocchi! We aren't born masters! I'm sure you'll get the hang of it soon!" Nijika tried to comfort her.
"Yeah! I am a guitar newbie too!" Ikuyo said.
"...!!"
Bocchi felt a strong confidence that went through her skin, her bones, her mind. Infinite damage!! What was this formidable power?!! Just how could a person possess such fierce confidence?!!
She was crushed.
"Ah…haha… I'm the lowest of the lowest… An insect in a world of gods…" she drowned in self-pity.
"Bocchi?" Ikuyo looked at her.
"Come on. We need to practice," Ryo bluntly said.
"A-ah, r-right," Bocchi went out of her box.
"You'll do fine, Bocchi!" Nijika tried to lift her spirits.
"Y-yeah… Ahaha… I will do fine… I'm gonna evolve into a LVL 2 fly… Hehe…"
"...?" Ikuyo didn't understand what she was talking about.
The band started their practice session.
"..."
"Not bad. But you don't sound good either," Seika was nonchalant about it.
"What is that supposed to mean, onee-san!!" Nijika said.
"It means that you suck. Try harder next time."
"What is 'good' to you?!" Nijika was frustrated. No matter how hard she tried, her sister still wouldn't approve.
"If you want another concert, I'm saying you should try harder. I don't want to hear cringe again."
"Y-you're so rude, onee-sama!! You peed your bed until high school!!" Nijika shouted as she ran out of the building.
"...That's not true or anything," Seika was embarrassed.
"Well, I guess that's all for today," Ryo said.
"Yeah," Ikuyo said.
"Did you really pee your bed until high school?" she continued.
"Say any more and your band is over," Seika clearly wasn't having her time of the day.
"..." Bocchi watched as Ryo and Ikuyo were getting ready to leave.
"Bye, Bocchi," Ryo uttered.
"Bye! See you tomorrow!" Ikuyo said with her usual confidence. Bocchi remembered that she had to practice guitar with her tomorrow.
"B-bye…" she said in a shaky noise.
The door shut. The room now had no one else but Bocchi. She started to calm down, reflecting on what happened before.
"I am still not good… but I didn't ruin the performance…" she thought she got a bit better.
"Bocchi? You're still here?" Nijika entered the room.
"A-ah!!" Bocchi slipped and fell.
"B-Bocchi!!" Nijika ran to her.
She helped her get up. Bocchi accidentally touched her boobs while she was getting up.
"Eek!!" Nijika yelped.
"A-Ah… S-sorry… They are so big…" Bocchi wanted to apologize but phrased it wrong accidentally. Because of her social anxiety, she didn't have a good way with words.
Nijika started to blush very hard.
"N-no… I mean they are so big… I mean they are so big… I mean they are so big… I mean they are so big… I mean…" she turned into a broken record.
"Bocchi…" Nijika was flustered.
"I…"
"I understand!! It's fine to like girls!!"
"N-no… It's not… It's… It's… Aaa…auuaaghhhuaaghh."
She started to roll on the floor. The embarrassment, the awkwardness–it was indescribable. Just how did she get into this situation?!! She could never recover from that, so she thought.
"I… also like you, Bocchi!!"
…What? Bocchi stopped rolling around and laid stone still. She was shocked by this sudden turn of fate.
"Ah… Ahaha… Ah…." Bocchi uttered in a very shaky and hoarse voice.
"Bocchi?"
She quickly got up and swiftly launched herself towards the door. It loudly shut and she started running as fast as she could.
"B-Bocchi!!" Nijika tried to catch up to her.
"Nononono… NONONONONONO!!!!" Bocchi yelled as she ran through the town. She felt like there was nothing better than to run as fast as she could. Just how could she face this? She thought her life was all over.
"Bocchiiiiii!!" Nijika's voice echoed a few kilometres away.
Bocchi ran into an alley and hid in a dumpster. Thankfully Nijika didn't notice her and ran past her. She could finally relax while she prepared to face the consequences tomorrow.
"Just what… happened…?"
The shock was unbearable. She thought that was something that couldn't have happened in real life.
"Only crappy fanfictions are written like this!!" she screamed in the dumpster.