Do I really have a thing for female voice actors?

Seeing him return to his room without a word, Aoki Hina couldn't help but prop herself up and peek into his room. Then she saw him turn back, hurriedly lay down, and covered her head tightly with a blanket.

Generally speaking, emotions and moods fall under the category of human physical health, so she was indeed feeling unwell.

"Miss Aoki."

Through the blanket, his voice sounded as if it were filtered through a sand painting.

Miss Aoki slowly lifted the blanket, revealing only a pair of bright cat eyes.

Those watery eyes were just like a house cat that had been waiting all day, and upon seeing its owner, it seemed to be saying, "Hurry up and groom me, pet my head, feed me, then take me back to your room, let me use your pillow as a cradle, and you are specially allowed to stroke my fur to fall asleep."

Unfortunately, Hina Aoki is not a cat; she is a human girl.

The man in front of her couldn't take her back to the house either.

Tazaki Toru handed her the water glass.

"In my hometown, it's customary for girls to drink more hot water when they feel unwell."

"But isn't Tazaki-kun from Tokyo?"

"My dream hometown."

"What? That's...!"

She couldn't help but laugh.

He sat up and drank the hot water he handed him; the atmosphere in the living room became slightly somber.

"Tazaki-kun, aren't you going to ask me anything? Like, where I feel unwell, or why I feel unwell, or anything like that."

"I can't understand girls' thoughts. I don't know whether to greet them or not, and I'm worried about touching your sore spot."

"Now you know how to be cautious? I still remember that perfectly well."

"Remember what?"

She stared intently at Tazaki Toru, her soft, slightly coquettish voice squeezing out each word from her throat: "You said I have a big head and a round face."

Tazaki Toru hissed, "You still remember that?"

She turned her face to the side again, showing off her perfect profile to Toru Tazaki.

"Ears again?" Tazaki Toru asked.

"good."

Hina Aoki nodded, and Toru Tazaki leaned closer to take a look.

"What beautiful ears," he exclaimed.

The girl immediately showed a satisfied expression and said, "Of course I remember. Look at my ears, once praise or slander gets in, I remember it clearly for the rest of my life."

"Tazaki-kun, have you already forgotten that I'm just an ordinary girl?"

62. I want Tazaki-kun to comfort me.

"Miss Aoki can be considered ordinary?"

"Why not? I also have two eyes, one nose, and one mouth."

"I always thought that beautiful girls couldn't be categorized as 'ordinary'."

"That's prejudice. Even among beautiful girls, there are those like Rin-chan who play video games until dawn during their holidays, and then go to sleep without showering or changing their underwear."

"I have absolutely no interest in knowing the behind-the-scenes stories of these female voice actors."

"Could this be considered an interesting story?"

"I guess so."

In short, let's pretend we didn't hear about what just happened.

Hina Aoki held the glass in both hands. Fortunately, the water inside was warm, so she didn't need to blow on it; it was already the perfect temperature for her cat-like tongue.

"Tazaki-kun".

"Ok?"

"Tazaki-kun".

"what happened?"

"Tazaki-kun".

"........."

"I'm really not in the right frame of mind today, so I can't come to your class."

"it is good."

"Okay? You dismissed me with just one simple word?" Hina Aoki immediately showed an incredulous expression.

Tazaki Toru was undecided, but when he met her expressive, watery eyes, his body seemed to start a program and began to function smoothly.

He picked up Aoki Hina's frequently used wooden guitar, which had only cost 10,000 yen, from beside the piano in the living room, and sat down next to her.

He's always like that.

Because Toru Tazaki is not good with words and is afraid that his unthinking words might hurt someone, he always uses music to convey his feelings.

"Then should I play 'Spring Shadow' for you again so that you can forgive and forget about it?"

Unexpectedly, Hina Aoki's cat-like face fell: "I don't want to listen to 'Spring Shadow' today."

Tazaki Toru was completely stunned.

"Rebellious phase?"

"Why did it turn out like that?!"

The girl hugged her knees tightly, curled up in a ball, and headbutted Toru Tazaki's shoulder without any hesitation.

"Doesn't it hurt?" Toru Tazaki asked.

After a long pause, she muttered:

"pain."

So she bumped into him again lightly.

This time, he didn't raise his head; his forehead touched Tazaki Toru's shoulder, simply resting against it.

"Hey... Tazaki-kun, do you hate a bad student like me who only studies sporadically?"

"I don't dislike it."

"why?"

"If students are reluctant to study, then I, as their teacher, have no choice but to make home visits."

"A home visit?"

She slowly raised her head and met Tazaki Toru's calm and deep eyes, which were like black gemstones, at a very close distance.

He always exuded a calm and collected demeanor, seemingly dull and uninteresting, yet occasionally he would radiate a light that captivated her attention.

It must all be the fault of "Spring Shadow".

As long as "Spring Shadow" is gone.

As long as that girl sings "Spring Shadow" in front of her again and again.

Perhaps she could transform back into the Aoki Hina she once was, a girl whose mind was filled only with music.

Tazaki Toru slowly lowered his head and began strumming the strings, taking out a pick with the words "Aoki Hina" printed on it from between the strings and frets.

"La la la la~"

His slightly deep voice echoed in the quiet room, and the piano music, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, made her almost forget to breathe.

The girl sat there blankly beside him, becoming more and more engrossed in his singing. Before she knew it, she had pursed her lips.

Shouldn't "Spring Shadows" be something special?

Why did I fall in love with someone else so quickly?

Or perhaps, what attracted her was actually...

It's not a song?

Once his singing and piano music had completely faded into the air, Hina Aoki asked, "What song was that?"

"Just wrote it."

Does it have a name?

Tazaki Toru pondered for a long time before looking out the window. The cherry blossoms in the courtyard had lost all their petals, as if they had flown into the night sky and transformed into a sky full of stars.

It's quite rare to see so many stars tonight.

"The Starry Night Calls".

"...The Starry Night Calls."

"Ah."

"Can you teach me to play?"

Tazaki Toru looked at Aoki Hina and slowly shook his head: "I'm sorry, this song cannot be released at the moment."

"Not even me?"

Upon hearing this, Tazaki Toru looked at the girl beside him with a strange expression.

Hina Aoki was slightly taken aback, then waved her hand and said, "What I mean is, just think of it as a teacher instructing a student, not that our relationship is ambiguous or intimate."

Tazaki Toru understood immediately and said, "I see. I thought Ms. Aoki and I were quite close."

"Eh?"

No, Miss Aoki understood perfectly well that Toru Tazaki didn't mean it that way.

This man speaks very frankly.

The "close and intimate" he mentioned would be equivalent to "strong relationship" or "good friends" for other people.