Do I really have a thing for female voice actors?

However, life is never static.

Not far from Toru Tazaki, a girl was sitting there, engrossed in strumming an unplugged electric guitar, occasionally making fret noises.

Although she sometimes pouted and frowned, her fingers never stopped moving, and she seemed to be enjoying it.

Compared to springtime, the girl's hair had grown a bit longer, reaching about shoulder-bladder level when fully spread out. Her carefully styled bangs concealed her neat and shiny forehead.

It is said that when a girl changes her hairstyle like this, it is usually due to some kind of change in her state of mind.

But Toru Tazaki thought that, rather than her hairstyle, it was her change of personality—coming to the music room every day to play chords for several hours—that was more like a change in her state of mind.

Suddenly, the girl stopped strumming the strings.

"Hey, Tazaki."

Tazaki Toru took off his headphones and looked at Tachibana Rin.

"My fingers hurt."

She almost cried, squeezing out a sharp voice from her throat.

Tazaki Toru hesitated for a moment before asking, "Do you mean you want me to massage your fingers?"

"Tch! You're so pleased with yourself. Who asked you to massage me? I wanted you to cut some fruit for me. I've been playing all morning, it's time for me to rest."

Tazaki Toru sighed softly and did as he was told, going downstairs.

Watching Tazaki Toru's retreating figure, Tachibana Rin revealed a smug and delighted expression.

When Hina Aoki was at home, Rin Tachibana didn't dare to cause too much trouble, while Toru Tazaki was relatively more comfortable.

Once they were alone together, Tachibana Rin's true nature—like a monkey ruling the mountain when the cat's away—was fully revealed.

During this period, the MyGO band has been operating smoothly.

However, due to the different schedules of the five members, they cannot get together to practice every day.

Hina Aoki occasionally goes to the set of the Girls' National Opera next door to do programs.

As for Hina Ayami, she will have a lot of voice acting-related work, after all, she is the one who is closest to being a voice actress among those who are called female voice actresses.

For example, Rin Tachibana has the title of a female voice actress, but she hasn't even had a single role to voice.

Kobayashi Koko also had to go to the neighboring Nijigasaki film set to receive secret dance training.

Even Mika Kohinata actively sought work, taking on minor roles in various stage plays to hone her acting skills.

Of all these, Tachibana Rin is undoubtedly the most carefree.

I had worked hard for a while, but before I could even keep it up for a full month, I was back to square one.

Ms. Tachibana was initially quite happy, eager to fight and battle in Neon Town every night until dawn.

While the members around her made rapid progress, she remained stuck in the same place.

Hina Aoki would occasionally whisper alarmist things in her ear.

I heard there's a cute chubby girl in the agency who plays the guitar really well. If she keeps slacking off like this, she might really become the unlucky one who gets kicked out of MyGO and has her role stolen.

Anyway, the project hasn't been officially announced yet, so changing the voice actor privately is no big deal.

And so, your sister Rin finally realized she was panicking.

As a result, during this period, Tazaki Toru was forced to watch Tachibana Rin play chords every day.

To be fair, there has been some progress.

Eating and drinking are not allowed in the music room; this is a basic rule. Therefore, by the time Tazaki Toru had finished cutting the fruit, Tachibana Rin was already comfortably lying on the living room sofa.

She has been working really hard these past few days. When she doesn't have to go out to practice with others, she gets up at eight o'clock every morning to play the piano.

"I'm going to Bushido this afternoon."

"I'll go as well."

Rin Tachibana glanced at Toru Tazaki with surprise, stuffing watermelon into her mouth as she asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Hold a composition meeting."

"Tsk! Another meeting. I've only ever seen you in meetings, but I've never seen you write any new songs. All you ever play are 'Spring Shadow' and 'Starry Night'. I'm already tired of them."

Tazaki Toru remained silent, observing the situation quietly, thinking to himself that once he actually laid out the sheet music for Mujica for her to play, she would probably be unhappy again.

“It’s not a MyGO song,” he said.

"Oh yeah, a master womanizer, that's impressive."

Tazaki Toru felt that this title was really inexplicable.

In the afternoon, the two took the tram together to the Bushido headquarters.

Rin Tachibana is quite carefree. She doesn't shy away from going out with Toru Tazaki at all, and even lets Toru carry her bag. She has no sense of self-awareness as a voice actress.

Indeed, no one would follow a female voice actress who doesn't actually have a voice acting job anyway.

Purely roadside.

Upon arriving at Nakano-zaka, the two went to different floors. Tachibana Rin specifically reminded him to let her know when the meeting ended, and if the timing worked out, they could go home together.

As soon as Tachibana Rin stepped out of the elevator, Tazaki Tooru followed her out.

"Bag."

"Oh dear! Look at my memory. Thanks, you'll have to wait for me later."

Rin Tachibana patted her head, quickly turned back, and gave Tazaki a silly grin.

If Hina Aoki were to see this smile, she would most likely be told by the cricket that she should control her sugar intake.

Just then, a young girl who came out of the next meeting room saw Tachibana Rin smiling at Tazaki Toru.

His eyes, which had been listless and rather lazy, suddenly sparkled with a special light, as if they had awakened some special ability.

She craned her neck to watch the man walk back to the elevator, the floors rising one after another. Then she looked in the direction Tachibana Rin had gone, and thoughtfully stroked her chin.

Rin Tachibana has been quite idle lately, so her manager seems to want to find her something to do, such as making a brief appearance on a senior colleague's show, or something similar.

Rin Tachibana felt neither joy nor sorrow about this.

If you can do it, then do it; if you can't, then forget it.

But the most basic formalities still need to be done, so let's discuss this part of the matter at Bushido today.

She arrived early, while her agent was still on his way, so she sat alone in the lounge waiting.

Not long after, the door to the lounge was opened.

Just as Tachibana Rin was about to get up to greet them, she realized that it wasn't her manager who had come, but a young female voice actress.

She recognized him; he was a younger senior colleague from the same company.

Just as Tachibana Rin was about to speak, she saw her crouch down and slip in with a "whoosh," putting her finger to her lips and making a "shh" gesture to Tachibana Rin.

"Is that Ms. Tateishi from MyGO?"

Her voice sounded somewhat hoarse, a complete opposite of Tachibana Rin's high-pitched and sharp voice.

"Eh? ...It's MyGO. My name is Tachibana Rin. Nice to meet you."

Although the other person was younger than her, Tachibana Rin had to use honorifics because the other person was a senior in the company.

She first glanced at Tachibana Rin with a sweeping look, noticing that Miss Tachibana was slender and smooth, and then looked down at herself. She immediately smiled contemptuously and raised her head with great confidence.

Miss Tachibana was furious.

What an rude woman!

She kept peeking out of the door, seemingly trying to hide from something, before giving Tachibana Rin a wink.

"Well, time is of the essence, so I'll just ask directly, Ms. Tateishi."

“My name is Tachibana,” Tachibana Rin replied expressionlessly.

"Was the young man who came with you earlier named Mr. Tazaki?"

"Eh?"

Rin Tachibana was clearly taken aback.

"Is that right?" she pressed.

"...Uh, yes."

She waved to Tachibana Rin again, and Tachibana Rin reluctantly walked over, forced by the strict senior-junior relationship in the voice acting industry.

She secretly slipped a note to me.

"This is my Line number. Have him add me later."

"what!?"

Rin Tachibana's eyes widened in surprise, thinking she had misheard. She stared blankly at the note in her hand, completely bewildered.

That's it, don't forget!

"Oh no! My mom's here, bye-bye!"

121. A cat's reaction speed is seven times that of a snake. Let Miss Aoki have a go at you!

After the composition meeting, Tazaki Toru went downstairs to the floor where Tachibana Rin was.

This entire building, except for the third floor, belongs to Bushido, and Hibiki, one of its agencies, is naturally located within it.

Within Hibiki Entertainment, male and female artists are in completely separate departments, even on different floors, to minimize interaction between artists of the opposite sex.

It is evident that Hibiki is an agency that imposes relatively strict constraints on its artists in this regard.

Tazaki Toru is a sensible adult. Even though he is a person associated with Bushido, he cannot just openly enter the female entertainer category.

Tazaki Toru stood near the elevator entrance on the first floor, waiting for Tachibana Rin to come down from upstairs.

After going up and down the elevator several times, Tachibana Rin finally came out. When she saw Tazaki Toru standing not far away, she did not walk over immediately.

Instead, he followed quietly and meekly behind the two slightly older female voice actors beside him.

Tazaki Toru noticed something amiss and stood still, not approaching Tachibana Rin to speak.