Do I really have a thing for female voice actors?

The cut wasn't deep, but the burn on my arm was really uncomfortable.

Tachibana Rin immediately sat up from Tazaki Toru, grabbed him without saying a word, and hurriedly led him to the kitchen, turning on the tap to rinse his arm.

"How are you?!"

Rin Tachibana dared not make any other movements, and could only turn the tap to its maximum flow. The splashing tap water soaked her clothes, and the fabric clung tightly to her slightly heaving chest.

Tazaki Toru looked at the girl's anxious profile, unusually quiet.

"Say something!"

The girl was so anxious that she kept stamping her feet.

Tazaki Toru reached out his right hand to the girl, fiddled with her messy long hair, and pulled out a short piece of thread from her clothes.

"It hurts a little," he said quietly.

As a result, Tachibana Rin became increasingly anxious.

Helpless, she watched the cold water wash over the man's forearm, but there was nothing she could do.

She had completely forgotten all the jealousy, willfulness, and trouble she had caused before.

It's as if those things are completely unimportant, and you wish you could get rid of them one by one.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault," the girl murmured hoarsely.

Tazaki Toru shook his head and said softly, "It's alright."

"What do you mean 'okay'! He's burned like this and bleeding, and you still say he's okay?"

"Fortunately, Ms. Tachibana's face is unharmed."

"........."

"Compared to my hands, Miss Tachibana's beautiful face is far more precious."

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tick...

The transparent teardrops were like the drizzle after the festival, sweeping away the lingering smell of fireworks and gunpowder in the air.

He still managed to see her pathetic state when she shed tears.

But Tachibana Rin didn't care about any of that. So what if she was ugly? He'd seen what she looked like before.

Willful, troublesome, angry—Tang Xiao has seen it all, every single one of his traits.

Now that things have come to this, all that's left is the ugly sight of people shedding tears for him.

If he really wants to see, then let him see as much as he wants.

More important than all of this are his hands...

He noticed that Tachibana Rin was feeling deeply guilty.

Tazaki Toru, as always, is a deeply sinful man.

To ease Tachibana Rin's mood, he jokingly said:

"If my hand is damaged and I lose my job, I might have no choice but to let Ms. Tachibana take responsibility for me and support me for the rest of my life."

"How can you say such things at a time like this?"

"Miss Tachibana is unwilling?"

Miss Tachibana's lips parted slightly, and round, full, transparent tears overflowed from her eyes and rolled down her delicate and beautiful face.

It's like standing on the top of a snow-capped mountain, gliding down to the bottom, leaving behind crystal-clear snow tracks.

The girl raised her eyes and stared intently at Tazaki Toru's feignedly relaxed face.

But how could she not know that a burn wouldn't only hurt a little?

She sniffled and managed a choked sob.

"...If you want to raise him/her, then raise him/her."

Tears fell one after another, intermittently, even more fiercely than the tap water washing over Tazaki Toru's arms.

This was the first time he had ever seen a girl cry since he met Tachibana Rin.

Tazaki Toru dislikes seeing girls cry, let alone because of him.

He reached out and gently brushed his hand across the girl's eye, wiping away her tears.

Rin Tachibana was too preoccupied with his actions to notice him, and continued to let his fingers scrape her face back and forth.

But the tears just wouldn't stop, and Tazaki Toru couldn't help but sigh that girls really seemed to be made of water.

The sight of them crying always made him struggle to cope.

"Miss Tachibana..."

Rin Tachibana's expression tightened, and she cried out in alarm, "What? Does it hurt a lot?!"

Tazaki Toru shook his head: "I'm just afraid that Tachibana-san will be angry with me again afterward."

"How could I possibly be angry with you! Would I even be human?!"

"Then can I tell the truth?"

"What truth?"

"Miss Tachibana's crying appearance is really not very attractive. If you continue to cry, you will probably threaten me again to make me forget your ugly crying appearance."

So, maybe you shouldn't cry.

Tachibana Rin never expected that Tazaki Tooru would still be talking about this kind of thing.

With mixed feelings, the tears finally began to subside a little.

But the heaviness in my heart did not lessen in the slightest.

"Does it... still hurt?"

Ms. Tachibana spoke in a low voice.

"A little."

"A little?"

“It’s bearable, though,” Tazaki Toru said again.

Rin Tachibana understood that this man was unwilling to lie, but he didn't want her to blame herself, so he could only speak ambiguously.

But the more he acted this way, the more uncomfortable Tachibana Rin felt.

The girl looked up and saw that Toru Tazaki was staring intently at her face.

In an instant, her heart started racing again.

Even at a time like this, even though I did something wrong.

Why did his gaze make her feel a faint sense of joy?

"Rin-chan? Tazaki-kun? What happened? I heard a loud noise, who broke a cup? Are you alright?"

Outside the kitchen, Aoki Hina's voice could be heard.

When Aoki Hina arrived at the kitchen door, she saw Tazaki Toru and Tachibana Rin almost touching, and she subconsciously felt a little uncomfortable.

But just a second later, she realized something was wrong, and all those thoughts vanished from her mind.

When Aoki Hina saw Tazaki Toru's arm, she panicked instantly.

She instinctively walked over quickly, and upon seeing the shocking burns and beads of blood, she immediately looked at Tachibana Rin with an anxious, accusing expression:

"Rin-chan! What's wrong with Tazaki-kun?"

"........."

342. She willingly gave him the entire "Kubo family." (Seeking monthly votes)

Inside the kitchen.

Hina Aoki stared intently at Toru Tazaki's scalded arm, where beads of blood were constantly oozing from the back of his hand.

The flowing water washed the blood, turning it a pale red, and it gurgled as it flowed into the drain.

Tazaki Toru said casually, "I accidentally broke the cup. I only got a small cut from a shard. It's nothing serious."

However, Hina Aoki's expression was not good.

She stared at Tazaki Toru's arm for a while before her gaze shifted to Tachibana Rin.

She stood silently beside Toru Tazaki, not uttering a single word, which was truly unlike her usual self.

Tazaki Toru only said that the cup was broken, but did not say who broke it or why it was broken.

Given Tachibana Rin's unusual behavior, it's not hard to deduce that it's because of Tachibana Rin.

Hina Aoki stared into Rin Tachibana's eyes for a long time, but in the end she only said one sentence.

"I'll go get the first-aid kit."

Hina Aoki turned and left the kitchen.

Tazaki Toru gently rotated his arm, letting the water flow evenly over his skin, and then looked at the girl beside him.

She remained close to Tazaki Toru, showing no sign of letting go even when Aoki Hina came to their side.

"Miss Tachibana, I can do it myself."

It wasn't until Tazaki Toru spoke that Tachibana Rin raised her still slightly reddened eyes and silently shook her head.

Thus, Tazaki Toru stopped trying to persuade her and let Tachibana Rin continue.

"Does it... still hurt?"

The girl suddenly asked in a soft voice.

The slightly hoarse voice, devoid of the familiar excessive sweetness, felt both fresh and unfamiliar to Tazaki Toru.

"It hurts a little."