New Songs

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"Amazing! Chika-chan!" Honoka applauded.

"I never expected Fujiwara-san to have such talent..." Kaguya remarked, feeling surprised.

"Ehehe..." Chika chuckled, scratching the back of her head.

"Honestly, who would know Chika could do rap?" Eriri scoffed before gazing at the only man. "Except for a certain someone, of course."

"Mugi, Mio, Yui, Ritsu, here is your song!"

Pretending not to hear Eriri's words, Homura turned to the members of the Light Music Club, showing them their songs on the laptop.

'Well, what do you expect from the all-knowing Homura-kun?' Utaha quipped inwardly, rolling her eyes.

"Two songs? Is this really okay?" Mio asked, feeling conflicted.

Every time Homura gave songs, they were fitting, or rather, perfect for them.

Accepting it felt awkward, but rejecting it was even more difficult.

"It's fine. I'm just giving you the songs that already belong to you anyway." Homura smiled, then shrugged. "Just take it easy, there's nothing special about these songs. Do as you please with them."

He meant that even if they didn't use the songs, he wouldn't mind.

However, since they were incredibly suitable songs for them, would they really not use them?

"Mio-chan, let's take a look first." Tsumugi said with interest. "I'm curious to see what songs Homura-niisan entrusted to us."

Eventually, Mio stopped fretting.

Considering Homura's relationship with Tsumugi, it wasn't surprising that he would give them a few songs.

Moreover, Homura hadn't intended to profit from them in the first place, so what was wrong with giving the right songs to the right people?

"Cagayake... Girls?" Yui muttered with a bewildered expression.

"Cagayake! GIRLS..." Ritsu spelled out the song title and then got excited. "Oh! It sounds interesting! C'mon, play it quickly!"

"By the way, here are the music sheet and lyrics." Homura pointed to two files. "Like Chika, it only contained the music, so you must sing it yourselves."

What he gave to the Light Music Club were the opening and ending songs from the first season of 'K-On!'. Since these songs didn't appear in the story itself, it wasn't a problem to give them.

"I see... well, that's fine." Tsumugi nodded with a smile.

"Let's check another one." Mio clicked the back button and then clicked on another folder. "Don't say "lazy"?"

Hearing the song's title, Maki approached, looking at its music sheet and lyrics.

As for Ritsu's suggestion to listen to the music first, they thought it was better to read the music sheet and lyrics first.

After a moment of chatter among the girls, Tsumugi couldn't help but ask Homura.

"Homura-niisan, you did this on purpose, didn't you?"

Homura smiled wryly.

While he really didn't do it on purpose, he understood what Tsumugi meant.

Today, both Yui and Mio had sung one after the other, and the songs he gave them just happened to fit their styles perfectly.

Given this, it was only natural for others to think he had planned it way before.

At this point, denying it wouldn't convince anyone.

Truthfully, who could blame them?

It was what he got for acting mysterious all the time.

"In that case, why don't you and Ritsu sing together next time?" Homura suggested with a teasing smile. "Maybe there'll be two more songs added."

"By the way, I'm actually surprised that they're not ridiculously catchy and addictive songs this time." Maki remarked.

"Sometimes, okay? Just sometimes. Just think of them as a little harmless fun. Besides, how many over-the-top catchy songs could there possibly be?" Homura waved his hand casually, then quietly muttered, "Unless it's some crazy remix..."

Crazy remix?

Hearing them occasionally was fine, but actually creating one himself? It was a hard no—he just didn't love it enough for that.

"Is that so..." Maki raised her eyebrows. "Well, it's our turn next."

"It's not going to be like over ten songs again, right?" Honoka couldn't help but ask.

"Nope, only four songs this time." Homura replied calmly.

"Only..." Maki's mouth twitched.

"Four..." Eli's mouth twitched as well.

'Do these songs seem like pebbles on the street in his eyes?'

Maki and Eli couldn't help but think this way.

"Four songs for nine of us?" Kotori murmured.

"More precisely, only one of them is for nine of you." Homura corrected.

"Eh?" Kotori blinked her eyes, confused. "What do you mean? What about the other three?"

"Well, each of the three is for three of you."

"Could they be... divided by our grades?" Umi couldn't help but ask. 

"Hmm... not quite." Homura shrugged with a smile. "Well, just look at them yourself, and you'll know."

Without delay, Hanayo took the laptop and started checking.

"Let's see... the first one is... 'The Premonition Winter Gave Me (Fuyu ga Kureta Yokan)', recommended performers are Ayase Eli, Nishikino Maki, Yazawa Nico..."

Hearing this, no one reacted much, just wondering why they had been divided like this.

Homura shrugged, not saying anything.

In fact, there wasn't anything special about it.

It was simply because, in his previous, original world, Muse had formed three sub-units, each consisting of three of Muse's members, which had been decided through a vote by the fans.

"As for the second song, it's... 'sweet&sweet holiday'?" Hanayo muttered, raising her eyebrows. "Recommended performers are Kosaka Honoka, Minami Kotori, Koizumi Hanayo..."

Truthfully, Homura was curious if the voting for the members of the three sub-units happened again in this world, would they still have the same members?

It would be interesting if they were different.

"Next... the third song... 'Mystery From Slight Fever (Binetsu Kara Mystery)', recommended performers are Tojo Nozomi, Sonoda Umi, Hoshizora Rin..." Hanayo continued.

Although the member combinations of these three sub-units were good, Homura couldn't help but feel like there were other good combinations aside from these.

Based on their vocal tones, as long as the right music style was chosen, they all sounded unexpectedly great together.

Take Hanayo, for example.

Even though the style that suited her best was soft and sweet, when she teamed up with Maki and Rin as the first-year group, singing lively, energetic songs was surprisingly no problem for her.

It was the same for the others.

He had to admit, these nine were truly a miracle in so many ways.

"So, the last one will be the song for all nine of us to sing together, right? Let me see..."

Hanayo and the girls behind her couldn't help but feel excited.

"'I Want to Dance in Kaguya's Castle (Kaguya no Shiro de Odoritai)'? Wow, the song title sounds great!" Kotori exclaimed, clapping her hands. "How do I put it... it has some kind of girlish vibe?"

At this, Homura rolled his eyes.

"Duh, this song is for you, so of course, I make it to have a girlish vibe. I can't give you something suitable for macho guys to sing, can I?"

"..."

Everyone fell silent, looking speechless.

Homura truly had a point.

In truth, everyone had previously thought that he had a strong girlish side—how else could he always come up with so many songs perfect for girls?

However, now they realized they had evidently overthought it, as it was simply because he was an impressive composer.

Afterward, the conversation revolved around Muse's new four songs, and they even tried singing a bit with Homura's accompaniment, making them admit that he really knew them very well, as all the songs he created were truly suitable for them.

Meanwhile, watching the girls chatting happily, Homura sighed and carefully put away the camcorder he used to record their dance.

"Well, the time is near..."

Homura muttered, glancing at the smiling Kaguya.

"After preparing two more bento boxes, it's time to take Kaguya home..."