Do I really have a thing for female voice actors?

This is something many girls can't do.

Happy times always pass too quickly. Today's group stage matches have all ended. As I walked out of the stadium with the crowd, Ms. Tachibana was still chattering away like a sparrow, forgetting to use honorifics with Ms. Mizuno several times.

The original plan was to find a place to eat and then chat more about games, but Ms. Mizuno seemed to have work to do and had to return to Tokyo immediately.

Rin Tachibana was a little disappointed, but she thanked her very sincerely for the invitation and the tickets.

After parting ways with Ms. Mizuno in front of the station, Rin Tachibana stood there for a while, looking up at the azure sky.

It's a wonderful day.

It's ten times, a hundred times better than the narrow-minded Tokyo.

You can't see a sky like this in Tokyo. When you look up, all you can see is the ceiling of the recording studio, and when you look down, there are effects pedals, amplifiers, and equipment cables all over the floor, which are even more tangled than her hair when she wakes up.

She'd really had enough.

"Hey, Tazaki."

"Ok?"

"Is there anything you want to do? I might be able to make it happen for you."

Tazaki Toru didn't understand what this meant.

“If only you could find a way to stop time so I don’t have to go back to Tokyo,” she added.

"I don't have that kind of superpower right now, but if I can awaken it in the future, I will remember it."

"What a useless person!"

Although it was nonsense, the way Tazaki Toru said it carried a strange sense of conviction.

Who told him to be such an inflexible guy?

Rin Tachibana wouldn't easily believe that there's no such thing as a man who never lies.

The girl closed her eyes and happily opened her arms: "If I could breathe this leisurely and pleasant air forever, I would be happy to play games for eight hours every day."

Tazaki Toru was speechless.

She opened her eyes, which were full of smiles, and said jokingly, "Then if you can stop time in the future, come and fulfill your promise to me. I promise I will never break my word."

"On the premise that you can actually do it."

Tazaki Toru maintained his calm expression and nodded in response, "I understand."

Seeing Tazaki Toru's serious response, Tachibana burst out laughing, bending over and laughing non-stop, before patting Tazaki Toru on the shoulder.

"Mhm! Good luck then, hahaha... I'm dying of laughter."

Miss Tachibana, of course, had no idea what the man in front of her was thinking.

If time travel is possible, why can't time stop?

Of course, that's not possible.

After a while, Ms. Tachibana, her laughter fading, calmed herself down and said, "What would you like to eat? I'm hungry."

"I'm in charge?"

Tazaki Toru knew that Tachibana was an incredibly willful girl. Even if he made any suggestions, she would completely ignore them and do whatever she liked.

Unbound by anything external, this is Tachibana Rin's most original self.

"I'm in an incredibly good mood today, and you just made me so happy."

"If it were a Japanese girl, she would definitely mock me for being unrealistic and suggest I play more chords instead, so I'm making an exception for you today."

Tazaki Toru hadn't eaten anything since early morning. Looking around, he spotted a soba noodle shop at the street corner where you could eat standing up. There weren't many customers in front of it, so he figured he could fill his stomach without having to wait in line.

"Let's go to that noodle shop then. I probably only have the strength to walk there; I can't go any further."

Miss Tachibana's expression changed instantly. Her originally cheerful and bright expression turned gloomy, like an approaching rain shower, and the girl couldn't help but pout.

"Tazaki, it's this kind of thing about you that makes me so angry."

81. I'm all clean now, come on over.

Tazaki Toru later learned that Tachibana Rin didn't like soba noodles, so she ended up eating conveyor belt sushi instead.

Sure enough, in the end, things still need to get to a state that satisfies her.

Rin Tachibana is just that kind of independent and unconventional girl.

But this didn't bother Tazaki Toru at all. On the contrary, he thought it was amazing that Tachibana Rin could maintain this "willfulness" and never compromise.

It seems that only someone who grows up in an environment where they are not lacking in wealth or love can develop such a carefree personality.

"Ugh……"

However, at this moment, Ms. Tachibana was sighing and complaining, as if the cheerful Tachibana Rin from the daytime had completely disappeared from her.

Sitting in the back seat of the taxi back to the hotel, Ms. Tachibana pressed her smooth forehead against the car window, gazing melancholically at the night view of Chiba outside.

Compared to the bustling city of Tokyo, Chiba's streets are wide and empty, appearing sparsely populated.

Each time she lightly tapped her forehead against the glass, it was accompanied by a soft sigh.

Sitting beside him, Toru Tazaki couldn't bear to watch any longer and slowly said, "Don't smash your head in."

"It's better if it's broken, preferably completely shattered, so that the sheet music and chords are completely forgotten."

What on earth is she being difficult about?

The girl's phone kept buzzing and vibrating. She deliberately ignored it for a few seconds, but eventually couldn't resist unlocking it.

Tazaki Toru glanced at the phone screen, which displayed Aoki Hina's profile picture. He couldn't make out the content, only catching a glimpse of what looked like the word "practice".

Ms. Tachibana got even angrier, pressed the lock screen button hard, and turned her head away with a soft hum.

Her puffed-out cheeks were reflected in the car window, making them especially clear to Toru Tazaki.

After arriving at the hotel, the two went to their respective rooms. They were on the same floor, across from each other.

After entering the room, Tazaki Toru collapsed onto the bed, exhausted.

Above the bed, on the wall, hangs an aurora-themed decorative painting that perfectly matches the hotel's style.

As soon as I closed my eyes, I felt a wave of drowsiness wash over me, and I drifted off to sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, a noisy conversation came from outside the door, waking Tazaki Toru up.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Tachibana Rin standing in the doorway of the opposite room with her arms crossed and a helpless expression on her face.

Besides Tachibana Rin, there were two other female employees in hotel uniforms who were bowing and apologizing to her repeatedly.

"What happened?" Tazaki Toru asked as he walked over.

Rin Tachibana glanced at him and said helplessly, "The bathroom faucet isn't working."

"I'm so sorry."

Logically, if the bathroom equipment is malfunctioning, you should just change rooms.

But it seems to be because of the Tokyo Masters, and because a singer held a concert in Makuhari in the past two days.

The hotel rooms were all booked, and the room they were staying in was also booked online by Tachibana Rin a long time ago.

Rin Tachibana is not an unreasonable person, but when asked for a solution, the other party bowed at a 90-degree angle and made a private gesture with red bean paste, which made Ms. Tachibana very angry.

Unfortunately, she was not good at dealing with strangers, and all the complaints she had inside turned into a soft, gentle "What should I do?"

In contrast, although Tazaki Toru is not talkative, he is calm and composed when faced with unexpected situations.

After speaking with the two staff members, Tazaki Toru told them to go back and discuss a way to compensate them, and then let them leave.

"What do you mean?" Tachibana Rin asked hurriedly.

"I'm waiting for the hotel to contact me. They said they would give me a reply, but I guess at most it will be a refund or some small gifts."

"Who cares about that junk!"

With no outsiders present, Ms. Tachibana no longer needed to be timid, and her voice became several decibels louder.

I really hope she would dare to speak like that in front of strangers.

Tazaki Toru glanced at the open suitcase on the floor and the pajamas he had taken out and placed on the bed, and said, "Go to my room to shower."

"Well……"

After stammering for a while, Tachibana Rin immediately understood what she was thinking.

"I didn't bring any luggage. I'm going to the nearby supermarket to buy some necessities. By the time I get back, you should be almost done washing up."

Rin Tachibana nodded weakly: "Alright then, but you're not allowed to come back too early."

"Hmm, I'll wander around for a bit."

Tazaki Toru's voice remained consistently neither humble nor arrogant, and his tone was calm.

Even if Tachibana Rin showed some trouble or willfulness, he didn't seem to care.

He handed the room key to Tachibana Rin to prevent her from misunderstanding that he could come in anytime, and told her to call him after she finished showering.

After doing all this, Tazaki Toru went downstairs alone.

Rin Tachibana stood alone in Toru Tazaki's room, placed her pajamas on a chair beside her, and then stared blankly at the decorative painting above the bed for a while.

Her phone vibrated again. Seeing the familiar name, she snorted softly, turned around, and went into the bathroom without looking back.

……

……

After Tachibana Rin finished showering, she had a full thirty unread LINE messages on her phone, all from Aoki Hina.

"How scary!"

Rin Tachibana couldn't help but shout out.

I opened the Line interface and was bombarded with the same emoji.

"What? You clearly care about it a lot."

She sat on the edge of the bed, struck a beautiful pose, made a peace sign, and smiled at the camera, her teeth dazzlingly white.