Do I really have a thing for female voice actors?

Hina Aoki walked forward with graceful steps.

"What are you talking about?"

Upon meeting Aoki Hina's smile, Kohinata Mika suddenly panicked.

"I didn't say anything, I have to go back to work."

"Nichi-chan sauce, bye-bye."

"Tou-kun too... Bye-bye."

"Yes, don't be careless again," Tazaki Toru reminded him.

After Mika Kohinata left, Toru Tazaki adjusted the shoulder strap of the violin case slightly: "Let's go, Miss Aoki."

"……Um."

On the way to the station, Toru Tazaki stood quietly at the street corner, waiting for the traffic light.

The moonlight was serene, and the evening breeze was gentle.

Hina Aoki always stood about a meter away from Toru Tazaki, her eyes frequently glancing at him.

His expression remained as gentle as ever, showing no unusual reaction to his chance encounter with Mika Kohinata.

This led Hina Aoki to believe that Toru Tazaki and Mika Kohinata had not developed a special relationship.

In other words, he and Mika Kohinata were essentially on the same starting line.

I have no reason to be afraid of this.

After planning for so long, and even sending the troublesome Tachibana Rin back to Osaka, she finally got some time alone with him and went to great lengths to arrange a "Christmas date" with him.

If we back down here, wouldn't all of this be for nothing?

Hina Aoki could not accept this outcome.

Even if we can't succeed today, we must make him realize that he holds a special place in our hearts.

When talking about the girl from the remote countryside, Toru Tazaki always referred to Mika Kohinata as a friend.

My most important friend.

Such a title once made Hina Aoki envious, but to this day, Hina Aoki no longer has such thoughts.

Cats are greedy; they want more and are not content with just being friends with him.

If we stop here, we might miss the most important opportunity.

As the traffic light turned from red to green, Aoki Hina suddenly stopped after crossing the road.

Sensing that Aoki Hina hadn't caught up, Tazaki Toru looked back in confusion.

"Tazaki-kun, I..."

The words were on the tip of my tongue, but I couldn't bring myself to say them.

"Miss Aoki, what's wrong?"

Just ask him here how he sees himself.

It wasn't because I was a band member, or because I was a friend who talked about music.

Instead, I wanted to ask him how he viewed her as a girl, and how he viewed Hina Oshima as a girl.

“Tazaki-kun…”

Faced with Tazaki Toru's clear, untainted eyes, Aoki Hina ultimately changed her mind.

She forced a smile, trying to appear relaxed.

"What did you say to Mika-chan in front of the shop just now?"

She changed the subject.

Upon hearing this, Tazaki Toru explained, "It's nothing serious, just some arrangements for New Year's Day."

"Oh, I see. Tazaki-kun seems to have mentioned that he has his own plans."

Tazaki Toru maintained his calm and indifferent expression as he slowly nodded.

"Yes, I promised her that we would go back to her hometown together this New Year's Day."

For an instant.

The sound of the wind in her ears suddenly vanished.

The surrounding traffic lights, which were originally festive, have lost their color.

The bustling crossroads became as quiet as a dark, dead well.

235. What time did you guys stay up last night?! (Please vote with monthly tickets!)

Hina Aoki forgot how she got home.

As soon as he entered the house, he rushed upstairs without even speaking to Toru Tazaki, almost forgetting to take the violin case that Toru Tazaki was carrying.

Back in the room, the exquisitely dressed girl stood there, stunned, in front of the full-length mirror.

What a disheveled face.

Like a defeated cat, who, in a battle it thought it had the upper hand, was beaten and forced to flee in panic, utterly powerless to fight back.

The phone buzzed and vibrated.

It was a message from Tachibana Rin.

I left the phone unread and tossed it onto the bed without saying a word.

Hina Aoki had no time to chat with Rin Tachibana; her mind was completely occupied with that seemingly harmless but actually deadly girl.

What a brilliant tactic of feigning one's intentions while secretly advancing another.

Despicable! Malicious!

How are we supposed to win like this?!

According to the original plan, even if she wasn't lying on the bed in Tazaki Toru's bedroom at this moment, she should at least take the opportunity to hug and kiss him, or even just hold hands.

As a result, all their efforts were in vain.

Looking in the mirror at her small breasts, which were a whole cup size larger than usual, and thinking about the expensive lingerie she was wearing, she realized that she was unaware of her current size.

All her efforts during this period were in vain, and Hina Aoki felt extremely wronged.

The corners of his mouth drooped down in disappointment.

I collapsed onto the soft bed, feeling utterly defeated. I tried to clear my mind, but it was incredibly difficult.

For Hina Aoki, this year's Christmas Eve...

It was destined to be a sleepless night.

……

……

late at night.

Tazaki Toru sat in the music room, holding his new guitar which he had just bought that day, with a thin cell phone clipped between his ear and shoulder, and a girl's voice coming from the receiver.

"Tou-kun, are you listening?"

"Yes, I'm listening."

Gently plucking the strings, Tazaki Toru finished tuning the guitar and held his phone in his hand.

"I just got off at the station and will be home soon."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

"Toru-kun, has the 'Hina-chan' sauce arrived home yet?"

This question sounds meaningless, like useless nonsense.

However, Tazaki Toru always answers Kohinata Mika's questions.

"I bought a new guitar today and I'm tuning it up."

"Oh dear~ I mean... um."

"...Tou-kun, you really seem to have nothing but music on your mind."

For some reason, Mika Kohinata's voice sounded like it had a hidden meaning.

"I can't say that my mind is always on music; I do think about things other than music."

"for example?"

"For example, if I were to go to Nanfangzong with you, you would make me transfer in northern Myanmar alone. Once there, a group of men in black would forcibly leave me there."

"In this kind of situation, how can I preserve my organs and escape safely?"

"You're telling some ridiculous lies again. You know perfectly well that I would never do such a strange thing."

"I thought these weren't lies, they were jokes."

"It's because you're usually so rigid and serious that I often can't tell if you're serious or just joking."

Tazaki Toru couldn't help but smile faintly.

It was only when facing Mika Kohinata that Toru Tazaki would occasionally say such things.

"Um... well, Toru-kun."

"Ok?"

"Where's the Japanese-style sauce?"

"Miss Aoki? She went back to her room. What happened?"

Her voice did not come through the phone immediately.

After a long silence.

"I heard that Rin-chan went back to Osaka the day before yesterday. Does that mean you're alone with Hina-chan right now?"