Do I really have a thing for female voice actors?

But once he met Tazaki Toru's gaze, he forgot to exhale the air he had just inhaled, and stared blankly at Tazaki Toru in a daze.

"Ms. Aoki, please feel free to point out any parts you are dissatisfied with, and I will make corrections."

Hina Aoki couldn't utter a single word and could only keep shaking her head.

"Tazaki-kun".

"Ok?"

"...Thank you, I like it very much."

Hina Aoki's talent might be to express her feelings without reservation.

Her ability to express her joy for what she loves without reservation must be one of her strengths.

It was Aoki Hina's incredibly candid joy that made Tazaki Toru show a faint smile.

The smile that fell into the girl's eyes was even more heartwarming than the lyrics.

It was as if the air she inhaled was coated with high temperature, slowly scorching her heart.

Hina Aoki gently stroked the lyric book, referring to the lyrics, and softly murmured: "Like a fledgling bird perched in the wilderness... a fledgling bird (hina)..."

"Hey, Tazaki-kun, is this... me?"

She spoke with a hint of expectation, cautiously, as if afraid of hearing another girl's name from Tazaki Toru.

"um, yes."

The girl finally breathed a long sigh of relief when Tazaki Toru's response finally reached her ears.

Her gaze returned to the lyrics.

—Although the only thing we have in common is that we were born on the same planet, we can still confide in each other through this voice.

OMG!

This perfectly describes the two of us!

All the memories I have of spending this year with Tazaki Toru: the quiet music room late at night, the crowded fireworks festival, the tranquil blue aquarium, and the empty tram at sunset.

All these memories seem to have been crushed and kneaded into the lyrics.

Hina Aoki could clearly sense that Toru Tazaki remembered it.

He remembered every little detail of their time together, every ordinary day.

"Ever since I first met Miss Aoki, I have felt from the bottom of my heart that Miss Aoki might be the same kind of person as me."

"I have an extreme longing for music and wish I could dedicate everything to it."

"It gave me a feeling of finding like-minded people, so I am sincerely grateful to my past self and glad that I applied for the part-time job at the live house."

"Let me find Miss Aoki, who is like me."

I think Tazaki-kun is wrong about one thing.

I am not one of his kind.

Unlike his pure love for music, since I met him, my originally pure musical heart has been helplessly tainted by his influence.

It has become less innocent and less clear.

But I think it's fine to keep it this way.

I do not aspire to be like him.

What I long for,

What Hina Aoki longed for was himself.

The girl couldn't suppress the smile on her lips, and it blossomed into a captivating smile, with a dazzling light shining deep within her eyes.

She had long since lost count of how many times she had been deeply moved by his work.

"Tazaki-kun, it's been so long since you called me by my name."

"Eh?"

The girl touched the words "baby bird" on the lyric book and said this.

"Is it no longer valid? In private, it's okay if you call me by my name."

In order to deceive Kubo Miyu, Tachibana Rin lied and said that they were dating.

During that time, in order to avoid being seen through, Tazaki Toru referred to Aoki Hina by her given name.

However, after confessing to Kubo Yayu, Tazaki Toru, out of habit, slowly started calling him by his old name again.

Hina Aoki didn't seem to care.

In public settings at work, Hina Aoki is very mindful of this, always referring to him as "Tazaki-sensei" in front of others.

Although there was an element of trying to cover up something, it also reflected a clear distinction between public and private matters.

"Tazaki-kun, are you perhaps holding a grudge against me for what I said to you back then?"

Tazaki Toru was completely confused, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was referring to her forcefully correcting Tazaki Toru back then, making her address him as "Aoki".

"Now, I prefer you to call me by my name."

"The surname Aoki always sounds somewhat distant, because it's a stage name, a fake name."

"Hina is a name given to me by my parents. Even if I get married in the future and become someone's wife, this name will accompany me for the rest of my life. It is such an important name."

"So, even in public, not just in private, I hope..."

"I hope that to Tazaki-kun, I am a special girl who is close enough to be addressed by name."

The girl spoke softly and methodically, but if you listened carefully, you could detect the slight tremor and unease in her voice.

"I understand. Even if we meet in the recording studio in the future, I will not change how I address you, Ms. Hina."

"Ah."

"Ah...but the little sheep is also called Hina. What if you say that to her and she responds?"

"I have never addressed Miss Yang Gong as such before."

"If she answers like that, I'll be angry."

Tazaki Toru hadn't expected this at all, nor did he expect Aoki Hina to show such an expression.

Hina Aoki chuckled: "I was just kidding you, I wouldn't be that petty!"

"Tazaki-kun, I really like this song."

"Thank you for being willing to do this for a girl like me..."

Tazaki Toru interrupted her before she could speak: "It's precisely because of girls like Hina that the songs I write can be known by others, isn't it?"

No, that's not true.

Any song written by Tazaki-kun will receive the attention and praise it deserves, regardless of who sings or plays it.

But you chose me.

Anyone would have been fine, but they chose me.

However, Hina Aoki was unable to refute him at this moment.

Just by listening to his voice and looking at his face, what girl could possibly say "no"?

"I will definitely sing a song that is worthy of this song."

It might overpower the lamb and steal all the limelight.

But this song was the one she fought so hard for; it was written by him for her.

I don't want to lose to that lead singer who died.

"I really... really like it."

Her vocabulary seemed to be so limited that she could only keep repeating those two words.

"Ah."

Tazaki Toru accepted her "likes" completely and didn't say anything that would spoil her mood.

"In the more than twenty years since I was born, I have never encountered anything so... so moving..."

The girl's voice paused slowly.

"song."

Tazaki Toru was speechless: "Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?"

She shook her head vigorously: "Because this is the first time in my life that someone has written a song for me, for a girl who hasn't yet achieved anything in music."

"As for achievements, Miss Hina has already accomplished them long ago." Tazaki Toru's expression remained unchanged, still holding a faint smile, elegant and gentle.

"Eh?"

"It may sound arrogant, but I believe that there are very few piano pieces in this world that can move my heart."

"Miss Hinata is one of them."

"Please continue to play the music that moves me in the future."

The girl's cat-like eyes, trembling violently, stared straight at the man in front of her.

Time seemed to pass in an instant, yet it felt so long that she lost herself in the moment, and could only manage a trembling voice as she squeezed out a joyful and satisfied sound.

"……it is good."

407. Yang Jie finally showed some promise!

The next day.

Tazaki Toru sat alone in the music room, continuing to refine the new piece he had composed for Aoki Hina, which he named "Muroya".

Rin Tachibana often mocks Toru Tazaki's naming taste, always saying that he knows so many strange kanji.

The phrase "a mysterious star" suggests that this time, another clueless situation has arisen.

Where on earth did he learn so many strange and unusual Chinese characters?