Do I really have a thing for female voice actors?

Tazaki Toru didn't speak, he just silently watched Aoki Hina.

Hina Aoki opened her mouth, about to explain, but found the words stuck in her throat, unable to come out.

Well, he was right.

However, the topics they discussed were quite different from what Tazaki Toru had imagined.

Seeing that Aoki Hina remained silent, Tazaki Toru assumed he had hit the nail on the head. Not wanting Aoki Hina to worry too much about his affairs, he smiled faintly and said:

"Actually, as long as it's not every day, playing with her for a while every few days should be fine."

"I don't think Miss Tachibana is such an unreasonable person, and..."

"Don't let my appearance fool you, I'm the kind of person who refuses to admit defeat. Even in online games, I'm always being belittled and looked down upon. Over time, I've accumulated a lot of resentment, and I've developed a competitive spirit myself."

"Angry? Tazaki-kun?" Hina Aoki looked incredulous.

"nature."

"This really startled me."

Tazaki Toru shook his head slightly. He was just not used to showing his emotions on his face; it wasn't that he didn't care about anyone.

"After all, I'm not some kind of android. I still have a 'heart'."

"........."

The girl suddenly didn't know what to say.

"Miss Aoki?"

"No, it's nothing. Well... I'm going to sleep now."

After leaving those words, she immediately left the music room, even forgetting to say "goodnight" as she always did.

"Good night."

Tazaki Toru said this, but it's unclear whether Aoki Hina heard him.

The soundproof door closed again, and Aoki Hina subconsciously turned her head slightly, catching a glimpse of him looking down at his phone before the door was completely shut.

It was as if he was on the phone with someone.

……

……

Tazaki Toru continued looking at his phone screen: "Sorry, someone suddenly..."

There was no human figure on the phone screen, only an unfamiliar ceiling and glaring chandelier light. It must have been carelessly tossed onto the bed to capture this scene that Mika Takagi sees every night before going to sleep.

Not long after, the girl's voice rang out, and her figure reappeared in the frame.

"Sorry, I just went to get a drink."

Mika Takagi smiled and shook the barley tea in her hand as she looked towards the end of the road.

During the time they spent together, Toru Tazaki always loved Mika Takagi's smile.

Feeling that it was the most precious thing about her, Tazaki Toru would always be irresistibly drawn to her smile, and if he looked at it for too long, he would find it hard to look away.

Perhaps that's why Tazaki Toru was able to tell that her smile wasn't genuine.

"Oh! It seems to be getting late. I'm sorry to bother you with a video call so late. Goodnight."

Her voice paused: "Tazaki-san."

Just as the girl was about to hang up the phone, Tazaki Toru's voice suddenly came through.

"Is that matter no longer valid?" he asked.

Mika Takagi was taken aback: "That matter?"

"name."

"........."

After a brief silence, Tazaki Toru's gentle voice rang out again.

"The person who spoke to me just now is my current roommate."

"Huh? Oh... Oh oh."

Mika Takagi, bewildered as to why Toru Tazaki needed to explain, nodded her head helplessly.

"I met her at my part-time job. Through her connections, she introduced me to my current place. The rent is 60,000 yuan, and I can use the current practice room."

There is also a piano in the common living room, which is played occasionally.

"He is a kind and good person."

Tazaki Toru added this sentence.

Takagi didn't want to sit on the bed, unsure how to answer.

Even though she hadn't asked anything, he blurted everything out.

What does this mean?

Why should I explain it to her?

This inevitably left her feeling completely bewildered.

Looking at the screen, Tazaki Toru's undisguised eyes seemed to be playfully patting the drumbeat in her heart as a passing child tried to rouse her.

"Could it be that two people are living together?"

Guided by the sound of the drums, she actually asked the question.

“We live with the landlady, who seems to be a girl from a wealthy family.”

"Huh? Living with two girls?" Mika Takagi exclaimed incredulously.

"Well, luckily the house is big enough and the floors are separate, so I didn't encounter the same thing that happened between you and me again."

Mika Takagi blushed slightly, and after a long silence, she asked softly, "Tazaki-san, why are you telling me all this?"

Tazaki Toru thought about it for a long time.

"Because I don't have any friends to share these things with."

"What did I eat for lunch? What work did I do? What kind of people did I meet? What size room did I stay in?"

"So I thought, if it were Miss Mika, she might be willing to listen to me talk about these things."

"Tazaki-san..."

"Your name... Can I still call you by your name?"

"...Hmm." It was unclear whether it was a problem with the phone's reception or if her voice was just naturally so soft.

"Thank you, Mika."

"Huh? You're even going to drop the word 'Miss'?"

"I'm not good at interpersonal communication, so I'll just do things my own way. If you don't want to, just say so."

"I... I didn't say I was unwilling, it's just... I was a little startled."

"I see."

The girl's hand, holding the phone, was slightly damp with sweat, and she whispered her last words:

"Well... it's getting late, I really need to take a shower. You know, the water heater at home isn't working very well, and there might not be any hot water soon."

Okay, good night.

"Okay, goodnight to you too, um..."

"Toru-kun."

44. The voice actors of "Lonely Rock".

After the phone call ended, the world should have fallen silent.

As always, she allowed loneliness to take root in her heart, silently eroding her courage, and one day it would wear away all her passion.

But at this moment, there was nothing but silence in her ears.

It was as if she had been thrown into a magic door. After passing through an unknown spatial tunnel, she found herself in a golden symphony hall, where the sounds of all kinds of musical instruments were almost creating a whirlwind in her heart.

If loneliness truly existed, it would surely be terrified by this scene and flee in panic, never daring to invade again.

After taking off her clothes and untying her carefully braided three-strand braid, the girl stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom. Her skin wasn't particularly fair, but her cheeks were unusually red.

She quickly washed herself, then sat down in the bathtub in one go, dyeing her skin the same color as her cheeks, before finally breathing a sigh of relief.

Wouldn't this be considered an attempt to cover up the truth?

She stared blankly at the plastic bottle floating on the water, pressing the bottle with her finger, mechanically repeating the action.

suddenly.

Without any warning, she tried to open her mouth slightly and talk to herself.

"Toru-kun."

Her self-talk echoed in the cramped bathroom.

In an instant, the girl was overwhelmed by the echoes rebounding from all directions. She immediately clutched the bottle floating in front of her, as if using it as a symbol of her shame, and forcefully pushed it to the bottom of the water.

It was as if she would be overwhelmed by shame and collapse if she didn't do so.

After taking a shower, Mika Takagi lay on the living room floor for a long time, her mind still filled with that person's voice and face.

She tried reading audition scripts, her collection of comics, and novels she had bought but never read.

But none of these things could get into her head.

In the end, she completely gave up on this futile struggle.

Mika Takagi, who has no particular strengths, sells herself on her "perseverance."

He gave up at that moment.

She hugged her knees with both hands and rolled back and forth on the floor.