I am a voice actor, not your emotional support

"I've been a single pusher of Shui Shui all my life ←八二¨篮0五肿zhＵａｎｑUN:people!!!"

"me too!!"

"Even if there's dirt on her exposed in the future, I'll still be her fan forever!!"

There were many crazy solo pushers roaring behind him, and Uehara Toru couldn't help but shook his head as he listened, finding it a little funny.

"Do you want to go backstage to see her?" Toru Uehara looked at Sakura Ayane beside him and asked.

Sakura Ayane nodded, "Of course, you acted so well, but you cried a lot, too."

"You have to go and comfort her."

"it is good."

After the concert, Sakura Ayane took Uehara Toru's hand and left with the crowd. After walking a few steps, her eyes fell on a woman who was talking in a low voice with the staff at the side of the stage.

It was a beautiful woman who looked very graceful. She was obviously an old classmate of Uehara Toru who she had just met in the parking lot. Sakura Ayane's eyes lit up slightly, and then she turned to look at Uehara Toru, and found that he didn't seem to notice the existence of that person.

She quickly said, "Senior, please go backstage later."

Uehara Toru glanced at her and asked with a hint of confusion: "What are you going to do?"

"An old classmate of mine is nearby, so I went to say hello." Sakura Ayane explained casually.

"...Okay." Toru Uehara didn't ask any more questions. He nodded and followed the crowd to the backstage.

Seeing him walk away, Sakura Ayane took a deep breath, adjusted her expression, and walked towards the woman.

"Hello." She greeted in a polite tone.

The other person turned to look at her, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he showed a polite smile: "Hello... May I ask what I can do for you? Ah, it's Uehara-kun..."

The female high school classmate obviously recognized her and smiled with a hint of teasing.

Sakura Ayane politely responded: "Sorry to bother you. I wanted to talk to you, um...are you one of the organizers of this concert?"

"That's about right." The high school girl nodded and said gently, "So, what do you want to talk about?"

"Something about Uehara Toru." Sakura Ayane said directly, her tone was calm but a little serious.

"Uehara-kun..." The other party showed a meaningful smile, "Okay, then let's find a place to sit down and chat?"

"Sure." Sakura Ayane agreed readily.

Although she knew that if she and Uehara Toru left for a while, it might give Mizuno Inori a chance to be alone with Uehara Toru, she was very confident in her best friend's character and knew that she would not cross the line. Now, her purpose was clear: to learn more about Uehara Toru's past and the love letter incident that had always made her curious.

She wanted to take this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of Uehara Toru's environment at the time, especially his mentality and behavior.

It was not just out of curiosity for gossip, but she wanted to get a more comprehensive understanding of the person in front of her, the Toru Uehara who had changed a lot for her.

"Only by understanding his past can we better understand his present." Sakura Ayane thought silently and followed the high school girl to a quiet corner.

-

Uehara Toru stood in front of the door of the singer's lounge and knocked gently. Soon he heard a voice saying "Come in". He pushed the door open and saw that Mizuno Inori had removed her makeup. Her face looked a little tired, and her eyes were swollen from crying.

Her manager, Meiyu, was carefully applying an ice pack to her skin, complaining, "My little Shui, are you going to shoot the photo shoot tomorrow?"

Mizuno Qi muttered in response: "There's nothing I can do, I just can't control my emotions today." She rubbed her nose and felt that she had shed more tears today than drank water.

Sister Miyu shook her head and sighed, but her tone was still full of concern: "Really, but you performed very well today. Now your violin performance has become a hot search trend on the Internet. It's great."

"Hehe~" Mizuno Inori chuckled, but when she looked up at her reflection in the mirror, she noticed Uehara Toru standing at the door.

Sister Meiyu looked at the two of them, smiled and said in a tacit understanding: "Okay, I'll go out and make room for you."

Unexpectedly, Mizuno Qi immediately grabbed her clothes and shook her head to signal her not to leave. Sister Miyu was a little confused, but she still stayed by her side and continued to help her apply the eye mask.

Mizuno Inori raised her head, with a hint of anticipation and nervousness, and asked Uehara Tetsu: "Tetsu-kun, how was my violin performance today?"

Uehara Toru looked at her and said calmly, "It's fine."

Mizuno Inori stared at him, with a hint of teasing in her eyes: "Tetsu-kun, I'm not Ayane, you don't have to be so gentle to people other than your girlfriend, just tell me what you really think."

Uehara Toru was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Did I really say that?"

"Well, tell me!"

"It was okay at the beginning. The rhythm and strength were good. I can see that you really spent a lot of time practicing repeatedly. But..."

"But?" Mizuno Qi held his breath slightly and prepared himself mentally.

"But when the emotions got excited later, it was no longer acceptable," said Toru Uehara bluntly. "The rhythm was completely messed up, and the intensity was also messed up. If this wasn't a concert, it would be a mess of noise, completely unbearable to listen to."

"Hiss..." Sister Miyu couldn't help but gasp. She didn't expect Uehara Toru to be so direct, even merciless. She was so moved that she cried when she heard it just now. She didn't expect that this would be the case in the eyes of professionals.

Mizuno Inori was stunned for a moment, obviously a little shocked, but Uehara Toru continued: "However, this is a concert. The essence of a concert is appeal and resonance. You successfully guided the audience's emotions through your performance and made everyone move with you. This is much more important than technique."

He paused, looked at her seriously, and said solemnly: "Today's performance was very, very good."

Hearing this praise, Mizuno Qi's eyes became hot and she couldn't help but cry.

2 “Really, Toru-kun, I told you there’s no need to be polite…” She wiped away her tears gently, trying to hide her emotions.

Uehara Toru chuckled, his voice low and sincere: "I never say polite words, you always know this."

Mizuno Inori was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Yes, this is what you really look like, Toru-kun."

She gently put the ice pack down, took a deep breath and asked, "Where's Caiyin? Where did she go?"

"She said she went to see her old classmates," Toru Uehara replied.

"Old classmates?" Mizuno Inori was a little confused, thinking that Sakura Ayane didn't seem to have any old classmates with whom she had a particularly good relationship. However, she didn't delve into it and continued to chat with Uehara Toru about other things.

"Senior, there are several animations adapted from light novels in July this year. Do you want to try them together?"

Mizuno Inori spoke in a cheerful tone, seeming to be looking forward to this proposal.

Jigamihara Tetsu frowned slightly and said calmly: "Well...it's hard to say."

"Eh?" Mizuno Qi opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Can you tell me what work it is first? I haven't paid much attention to it recently."

Mizuno Inori thought for a moment and listed: "One is "The Wrong Place", one is "Re:Zero - Job", and the other is "The Irregular at Magic High School."

"These three..." Uehara Toru lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded, "They are indeed very famous."

"Yes! So, Toru-kun, don't you want to give it a try?" A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Mizuno Inori's eyes.

Uehara Toru smiled slightly, his tone gentle but not very enthusiastic: "Let's talk about it later."

Although his answer was understated, Mizuno Qi had already vaguely understood what he meant.

She blinked and looked at him with complicated eyes. Although she felt a little regretful, she didn't say much in the end.

This is probably his choice now.

Mizuno Qi understood that Uehara Toru had obviously reduced his high-intensity pursuit of work recently and focused more on life and companionship, and she could vaguely guess the reason for all this.

That's a bit of a pity.

She lowered her head and sighed softly, a trace of regret passing through her heart.

I was also wondering if there was a chance for me to act with Tetsu-kun.

Despite this, she did not show any disappointment, but quickly adjusted her mood, smiled brightly, and continued to chat with him about other topics.

-

Inside the cafe, the street across from the concert seemed unusually quiet.

Most people who had just finished watching the concert were rushing home, and only a few people were leisurely drinking coffee in this cafe. Sakura Ayane picked up the cup, took a sip, and then her eyes fell on the high school girl sitting opposite her, revealing a polite smile.

"It's like this, I want to know what kind of person Toru was like when he was in high school." She said in a calm tone with a hint of curiosity.

The woman opposite smiled, thought for a moment, and said, "Well, let's put it this way. You may think it's a bit exaggerated, but his influence in school at that time was almost like that of a celebrity."

"So, are you one of those who followed the trend and sent him a love letter?" Sakura Ayane asked casually, with a slightly relaxed tone, but she realized that it was a bit offensive after she said it, and quickly added with a smile: "Ah, sorry, because Toru just told me that, he might have remembered it wrong."

The other person shrugged and smiled bitterly: "Unfortunately, I have never written a love letter, but I was one of the first to be rejected when I confessed my love."

"Oh?" Sakura Ayane put down the coffee cup with interest, with a hint of inquiry in her eyes.

"I remember him very clearly. At that time, Uehara-kun asked me, 'What do you like about me?'" The other person paused and continued, "Then I said, Uehara-kun, you are very outstanding and handsome, and you are the object of everyone's admiration."

"...Wait, is that what you told him?" Upon hearing this, Sakura Ayane couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand, feeling speechless.

The beautiful woman smiled a little embarrassedly: "Well, most people said so at the time. Because no one could really get close to Uehara-kun, except for that... a little fat guy, his childhood sweetheart."

"So," Sakura Ayane looked at her thoughtfully, "the reason why everyone likes him is just because he is handsome and the focus of the school, like a star? Even confessing to him is a way to satisfy their vanity?"

The other party smiled helplessly and nodded: "Yeah... that's about it. Later on, even many girls regarded being able to confess to him as a topic of conversation and felt very proud. Now when I think about it, I feel stupid."

Sakura Ayane asked softly, "So, no one has ever really seen the good in him?"

The other party was slightly stunned, and then said: "Good grades, good sports, good image... Aren't these considered good?"

Sakura Ayane fell into deep thought.

For the first time, she began to deeply resonate with Toru Uehara's ideas.

"No wonder he has such an understanding of high school students' feelings."

She looked down at her reflection in the coffee cup, feeling a little sad. "It turns out that the 'like' he received was too cheap, which made him feel that love was just like this."

０ Thinking of this, she couldn't help but think of Uehara Toru's recent transformation. The once cold and eccentric man was now willing to make so many changes for her.

"So, his sudden change recently, does it mean that he really likes me?"

An indescribable complex emotion surged in Sakura Ayane's heart. She raised her hand to touch her forehead and felt a dull pain in her chest.

"I didn't expect that I would understand this at this time."

The complex feelings of being touched and feeling uncomfortable intertwined together made her at a loss for how to describe her feelings for a moment.

"Thank you. I've learned a lot from chatting with you."

Sakura Ayane smiled and stood up, preparing to leave.

The woman opposite was a little surprised: "Eh? Are you leaving so soon?"

Sakura Ayane nodded and said politely, "I'll pay the bill. But... before I leave, I have one last question for you."

"Oh? What's the problem?"

"At that time, did the love letters written by those girls come out of discussions among everyone, and then quote famous quotes from famous books?"

The other party was stunned for a moment, then showed a helpless smile: "Well, I haven't written it, but this situation does exist. Many girls will keep their love letters for a long time after being rejected and taking them back, and then compare them with others, like a capital for showing off."

Sakura Ayane raised her head slightly and said softly: "Really..."

Her eyes drifted away for a moment, and then she added in a low voice: "I see, thank you."

After leaving the cafe, Sakura Ayane sorted out what she had just learned as she walked.

"So, no one really understands what kind of person Senpai is. They just like the 'Uehara Toru' they imagined, not the real him."

No, to be more precise, what they like may not be Toru Uehara, but the self that "likes Toru Uehara".

"Being too popular is not a good thing after all."

Sakura Ayane smiled bitterly and shook her head, standing on the roadside looking at the concert venue where the lights had been turned off, but her thoughts remained on the memories just now.

She thought of the concert, when Toru Uehara held a light stick and stared at the stage with sparkling eyes. His eyes were full of appreciation for the stage and the people who tried their best. At that moment, his emotions seemed pure, without a trace of impurities.

Sakura Ayane bit her lip lightly and made up her mind secretly.

"Senior, I will definitely correct your view of love."

"I will definitely let you know what true love is."

She murmured softly, with a firm tone in her voice.

"Also, next time..."

A complex emotion flashed across her eyes, and a self-deprecating smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Thinking, "Next time, don't confess your feelings to a girl who likes you so rashly."

"They are different from everyone you have met before."

She paused and added in a low voice:

"Me too."

five--

After receiving the message from Sakura Ayane, Toru Uehara drove out to pick her up.