In crossover anime, who isn't a childhood friend?

There's no one else here right now.

Gen Chiya sent this message to Kazusa and waited quietly for a while, but received no reply.

I could hear piano music coming from the top floor. It stopped, but soon it naturally resumed playing where it had stopped.

Here's some pudding you like. Come on over. Even if you work hard, you need to rest.

He sent another message.

This worked; after the piece ended, no other piano piece was played.

Five minutes later, the door to the student council room was pushed open without knocking.

Yuan Qianye didn't care at all. Looking at the calm-looking Kazusa, he waved his hand and quickly gestured for her to come over.

He wasn't lying; tea was already prepared on the coffee table, along with bouncy egg pudding inverted on an elegant dessert plate, which looked even more delicious as he poured caramel syrup over it.

Kazusa has always loved sweets and has absolutely no resistance to these kinds of snacks.

Faced with the spoon that Chiya handed her, Kazusa glanced at the pudding on the coffee table and hesitated for a moment: "Only one serving?"

"not enough?"

“No.” Kazusa looked at him.

Yuan Qianye instantly understood and raised the coffee in front of him: "Oh, it was prepared for you anyway, don't worry about me, I'll just drink this."

Coffee is bitter, and Kazusa rarely drinks it. Even when she does, she adds a lethal amount of sugar.

Seeing that he said that, she didn't say anything more, took the spoon, scooped up some pudding and put it in her mouth.

The smooth and sweet taste softened her features, giving her a sense of blissful healing.

"You must have asked me to come here specifically for something."

"how do you know?"

"intuition."

"There is indeed a plan in January, and I would like to hear your thoughts."

Kazusa stopped eating for a moment: "What is it?"

Do you still remember the secret that couldn't be told?

Are you talking about TV dramas?

"Yes, it received a good response after it aired on TV. Since we couldn't get in touch with you, I received an invitation on your behalf. The Drama Academy Awards, co-founded by the Private Broadcasting Union and NHK, would like to invite you to the awards ceremony. Based on the positive feedback from the audience, you have a high probability of winning an award."

"What do TV drama awards have to do with me?"

Yuan Qianye explained, "Awards for TV dramas are not only given to actors or directors. If you are the producer of the music and songs in the drama, there will naturally be special awards in your specific field."

"But I didn't help at all. The background music and songs in the movies shown at the school festival were all created by you, and I just helped you optimize them. The music in the TV series was done by my mother, so it had even less to do with me."

"So you're saying you don't want to go?"

"I'm not going," Kazusa replied without hesitation, scooping up another small piece of pudding and putting it in her mouth.

She hadn't been to many TV drama award ceremonies, but she had attended many banquets of all sizes with her mother since she was a child, and she didn't find anything particularly exciting about going to those kinds of events.

Even if she were guaranteed to win, let alone just having a high probability of winning, she wouldn't be interested in attending.

“Okay, I understand what Kazusa means.” Gen Chiyo nodded to show that he understood her meaning and did not force her: “Since Kazusa is not going, then I won’t go either. I’m only familiar with Mr. Ueno and a few staff members in the crew of The Secret That Cannot Be Told. I feel like I would be sitting there like an idiot and just grinning like a fool if I went alone.”

Kazusa stopped poking at the pudding, looked at him, and quickly withdrew her hand: "What do you mean by that? You were invited too?"

"Well, the director said that since I am the original writer of this drama, they strongly invited me to attend. Well, it's not a big deal. You can say that you have to prepare for a piano competition, and I'm too busy with work to make it. If we decline, there shouldn't be any problem... Don't worry, I'll help you decline."

"..."

Yuan Qianye stood up with a gentle smile: "After you finish eating, rest here for a while, and then let's go to the Ten Flowers Shop for dinner. I'll take you home tonight."

Kazusa didn't answer, but after taking another bite of pudding, she replied, "Go."

"Yes, it's five o'clock now. We'll leave at five-thirty..."

"It's not just about eating, it's about... going to that TV drama awards ceremony too."

"Oh? Why did you suddenly change your mind?" He even failed several subjects and was called to the homeroom teacher's office for a talk.

They said if the next test is the same, they will call their parents to the school.

For students with even a little self-respect, this is the ultimate weapon.

"Let's have a study session this weekend!"

During lunch break in the student council room, with everyone present, Rikka suddenly slammed her hand on the table with great force and made this suggestion to everyone.

The proposal was immediately approved by Eriri, who had discussed it with Rikka beforehand, and she immediately stood up: "I agree! We've already discussed the specific details of the cooperation with Shuchiin Academy, so we just need to keep in touch online as planned."

The training camp is approaching, and shortly after that, Christmas and New Year's will be here. There will be lots of fun things to do during that time, leaving no time to study. But then there will be tests again after the short break. In short, there won't be any time after that, so I have to cram and study hard now!

After she finished speaking, she exchanged a glance with Eriri, who also seemed full of fighting spirit, and nodded vigorously before looking at Yukino together.

Yukino sighed in exasperation as she looked at Eriri's English test paper, which only scored 36 points. Considering how the two of them had been going in and out of the student council lately and had helped her quite a bit, she couldn't refuse: "Sure, I'm free this weekend. Where would you like to hold the student council meeting?"

"Yay!" Rikka Eriri clapped her hands, then turned her expectant gaze to Saeko and Minamoto Chiya.

The more people there are at a study session, the more lively it is.

"Um..." Saeko hesitated, seeing this.

Chiya Minamoto said frankly without any concern, "I'm sorry, Saeko and I can't come. We already made plans to go out on a date this weekend."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Eriri and said, "I'm sorry, Eriri."

Saeko also cast an apologetic glance, hesitated for a moment, then looked at her lover: "How about we skip this weekend and just spend it together..."

"No, no!" Eriri quickly waved her hand, understanding what Saeko was worried about.

But there really wasn't any need for that, because since they started dating, she and Chiya had secretly dated each other many times without Saeko's presence.

She wouldn't think that something she herself had done would be a problem if Saeko were to do it. She wasn't that hypocritical. Besides, she had been prepared for this situation ever since they started dating.

"Just do whatever you want, having Yukino with us is enough!"

…………

Volume 2: Chapter 211: The Night Before Departure

After the monthly test results came out, the overall atmosphere at school was much more relaxed. Of course, it could also be said that the anxiety that had been hanging over us finally died. But no matter what the results were, the monthly test was finally over.

For the next short period of time, it will be all happy days.

First, there were the usual two-day weekend, followed by two more days of classes, and then the long-awaited winter training camp.

After school, for the first time in a long time, Yuan Qianye let everyone else go about their own business and stayed behind to be on duty in the student council room.

Apart from the time right after school when members of the table tennis and gardening clubs came to submit their activity funding applications, the student council room remained quiet afterwards.

There's no one else here right now.

Gen Chiya sent this message to Kazusa and waited quietly for a while, but received no reply.

I could hear piano music coming from the top floor. It stopped, but soon it naturally resumed playing where it had stopped.

Here's some pudding you like. Come on over. Even if you work hard, you need to rest.

He sent another message.

This worked; after the piece ended, no other piano piece was played.

Five minutes later, the door to the student council room was pushed open without knocking.

Yuan Qianye didn't care at all. Looking at the calm-looking Kazusa, he waved his hand and quickly gestured for her to come over.

He wasn't lying; tea was already prepared on the coffee table, along with bouncy egg pudding inverted on an elegant dessert plate, which looked even more delicious as he poured caramel syrup over it.

Kazusa has always loved sweets and has absolutely no resistance to these kinds of snacks.

Faced with the spoon that Chiya handed her, Kazusa glanced at the pudding on the coffee table and hesitated for a moment: "Only one serving?"

"not enough?"

“No.” Kazusa looked at him.

Yuan Qianye instantly understood and raised the coffee in front of him: "Oh, it was prepared for you anyway, don't worry about me, I'll just drink this."

Coffee is bitter, and Kazusa rarely drinks it. Even when she does, she adds a lethal amount of sugar.

Seeing that he said that, she didn't say anything more, took the spoon, scooped up some pudding and put it in her mouth.

The smooth and sweet taste softened her features, giving her a sense of blissful healing.

"You must have asked me to come here specifically for something."

"how do you know?"

"intuition."

"There is indeed a plan in January, and I would like to hear your thoughts."

Kazusa stopped eating for a moment: "What is it?"

Do you still remember the secret that couldn't be told?

Are you talking about TV dramas?

"Yes, it received a good response after it aired on TV. Since we couldn't get in touch with you, I received an invitation on your behalf. The Drama Academy Awards, co-founded by the Private Broadcasting Union and NHK, would like to invite you to the awards ceremony. Based on the positive feedback from the audience, you have a high probability of winning an award."

"What do TV drama awards have to do with me?"

Yuan Qianye explained, "Awards for TV dramas are not only given to actors or directors. If you are the producer of the music and songs in the drama, there will naturally be special awards in your specific field."

"But I didn't help at all. The background music and songs in the movies shown at the school festival were all created by you, and I just helped you optimize them. The music in the TV series was done by my mother, so it had even less to do with me."

"So you're saying you don't want to go?"

"I'm not going," Kazusa replied without hesitation, scooping up another small piece of pudding and putting it in her mouth.

She hadn't been to many TV drama award ceremonies, but she had attended many banquets of all sizes with her mother since she was a child, and she didn't find anything particularly exciting about going to those kinds of events.

Even if she were guaranteed to win, let alone just having a high probability of winning, she wouldn't be interested in attending.

“Okay, I understand what Kazusa means.” Gen Chiyo nodded to show that he understood her meaning and did not force her: “Since Kazusa is not going, then I won’t go either. I’m only familiar with Mr. Ueno and a few staff members in the crew of The Secret That Cannot Be Told. I feel like I would be sitting there like an idiot and just grinning like a fool if I went alone.”

Kazusa stopped poking at the pudding, looked at him, and quickly withdrew her hand: "What do you mean by that? You were invited too?"