I live my life in Tokyo

"Yes, all my classmates are his fans."

"Is that the Sakakibara actor who invited you to dance in front of the bonfire?"

"..."

Seeing the teasing and ambiguous look in Usagi Fukasumi's smile, Yuuki Asuna could only smile and pinch her kidney, and then the two of them started to play around.

"Sakakibara-senpai knows my brother and has exchanged a few words with me. He invited me to dance last time to ease the awkwardness."

"Have you called the seniors yet?"

Usagi Fukasumi said teasingly, her focus was totally not here.

Asuna Yuuki smiled bitterly at her friend who was trying to get to the bottom of the matter. She didn't know how to explain the relationship between her and Sakakibara-senpai for a while.

If you say they are close, it seems that the communication between them seems to be maintained with polite words. If you say they are distant, they now often meet at RECT company and send each other holiday greetings on Line.

"Hey... this reality show that actor Sakakibara participated in is quite interesting. It's a pity that I didn't sign up for it."

Usagi Fukasumi muttered to herself that she was not the kind of fanatical star-chasing girl, she just thought that Sakakibara-senpai was a good person and his performances were also good, and it would be even better if she could live under the same roof and receive his guidance.

Of course, I'm referring to learning.

In the entertainment industry that she knows, there don't seem to be many actors who have the attributes of academic masters, but Sakakibara Kaede is one of them. Look, he implicitly stated on TV that he is a freshman at the University of Tokyo, and is also studying in the Department of Economics, which has more difficult on-campus examinations.

Usazawa Fukasumi had never seen such a humble academic master before.

Yuuki Asuna looked curiously at the young man on TV who was introducing himself with a smile. At the same time, lines of words appeared below accompanied by sound effects.

The above are all the TV series and movies that Sakakibara Kaede has participated in - although some of them are extras, this is proof that he played the role.

She looked at her Line phone and read the message her brother had sent her.

My father wanted to meet Sakakibara-senpai, who was praised so highly by my brother. He wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of person Sakakibara-senpai was like.

After all, it involves the company, and Yuuki Asuna continues to focus on the TV. It is reasonable for Dad to take it seriously. . . I just don’t know how Mom will treat Sakakibara-senpai at that time.

She thought about it and decided not to tell anyone that Sakakibara-senpai would be having dinner with their family next week. This was obviously inappropriate, and she didn't know how she would be teased by her friends if she told them.

When Yuuki Asuna saw Sakakibara-senpai on TV introducing himself and walking up the stairs step by step, she looked away and refreshed Twitter.

In addition to the first game maintenance and update announcement, in the second one, Yuuki Asuna saw the new updates of Sakakibara-senpai.

He posted a video using his official account.

The girl put on wireless headphones and clicked on the video.

The video was shot facing the strings. The fingers plucked the strings, and the passionate and echoing sound of the electric guitar was clearly audible. In addition, she also heard the low humming sound of the bass.

One high and one low, one shallow and one deep, they match each other perfectly. In the short chord video of less than a minute, the fusion of the two instruments sounds unusually harmonious.

She clicked on the comment section.

"?????"

"Huh? Sakakibara-senpai can also play the guitar?"

"Hey, it's obvious that you don't check the Twitter feeds of celebrities. Last month, one of Mai Sakurajima's scheduled videos was of Kaede Sakakibara singing while playing guitar. You are really ignorant."

"+1, Sakakibara's singing is indeed very nice, is he going to debut as a singer next?"

Following the link provided by an enthusiastic netizen, Asuna Yuuki entered Sakurajima Mai's homepage, pressed the still-active status message, and began to listen to his voice.

The singing voice is clear and the guitar music makes people feel a warm emotion fermenting in their hearts. What was Sakakibara-senpai thinking when he sang this song about friends and for himself?

Asuna Yuuki liked both the boy's and Mai Sakurajima's videos.

Similar scenes occurred in every corner of the afternoon TV watching room.

"Higuchi, what are you looking at?"

Toru Asakura, who was lying on the bed, raised her head and looked at Higuchi Madoka, who was sitting beside the bed and looking at her mobile phone. She subconsciously put the phone down, but after thinking for a moment, she felt that there was no need to do so, so she handed the phone to Toru Asakura.

"What... about the dream apartment... can I live there?"

"No, the registration period has long passed."

Higuchi Madoka complained as she placed her phone on the low table where she ate snacks and did her homework. Asakura Toru left her favorite bed, knelt beside Higuchi Madoka, and watched the reality show with great interest.

"Oh... what a pity."

Higuchi Madoka pursed her lips. At this moment, the boy on TV was chatting with several other high school juniors. From the handwriting hints given by the TV program, Higuchi Madoka recognized what the three people who were dubbed the "top students" by the program crew were discussing.

The three of them were discussing science questions, with notebooks filling the wooden table. Sakakibara Kaede was talking about the out-of-scope questions she encountered on the exam last year, while Furuno Furuma and Miyuki Shirogane were listening attentively, nodding in agreement occasionally.

"My name is Chizuru Ichinose, and I want to be an actor like Sakakibara-senpai."

The girl blushed in front of the camera, clenched her fist and swore, "This is my dream."

Higuchi Madoka recognized the girl. She looked at the subtitles on TV. Closely related seniors and juniors in the acting world? After the introduction, she fell into a brief silence.

Is this production team trying to create a CP?

"Hey... someone I know."

Asakura Toru hummed.

"It's the new actor who was in the rest area that day." Higuchi Madoka said lightly, "It's a new talent that Sakakibara-san's agent found."

"Eh--"

Asakura Toru sighed, holding his cheek, and looked at the six people being so reserved with each other. For some reason, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Ah, Higuchi, have you done your homework?"

Higuchi Yuanka put down her phone and frowned slightly, "Is it school homework?"

"No...Sakakibara-san arranged it."

"what."

Higuchi Madoka let out a long sigh, but her obvious disdain was completely unable to break through Asakura Toru's thick skin. She just stared at Higuchi Madoka, with cuteness and innocence flashing in her big eyes.

"Sakakibara-san will come tonight... two hours from now."

Higuchi Yuanka glanced at her watch and said expressionlessly without a trace of mercy.

Seeing Asakura Toru's pitiful appearance, Higuchi Madoka reluctantly pushed the hair on the side of her face behind her ear and said, "It should be in time to start now."

Seeing this, Toru Asakura laughed. She took out the unfinished homework from her bag, climbed off the bed and kneeled on the cushion.

Higuchi Madoka sat next to her and opened her notebook.

She looked at her childhood friend and said, "Asakura, you went to the audition yesterday, right? You can use this as an excuse to ask for leave from Sakakibara-san."

Among the four members of Noctchill, Toru Asakura is the captain and the core, and she also has many flaws and attractions that fans like, which makes her receive several times more attention than the other three. Auditioning and shooting commercials are also common occurrences. Before entering the third year of high school, she went to school the least.

"Yeah... Sakakibara-san is very serious."

Asakura Toru spoke softly, but there was weight in his words.

Higuchi Madoka understood that what Asakura Toru said was that Sakakibara Kaede treated the two of them very seriously, as if he really hoped that they could enter the University of Tokyo, a goal that was almost like child's play.

This is what he believed and did, spending his passion on their illusory dream. This was his choice.

A passion that Higuchi Enka was unwilling to believe existed.

"Higuchi, are you going to cook today?"

Asakura Toru, who had overcome all the difficulties under the guidance of his childhood sweetheart, asked.

"...You can do the rest yourself."

"Ah."

Higuchi Yuanka got the answer. She rubbed the shallow wound on her finger, got up and left.

Chapter 22: Iron Man

July.

sweltering heat.

Summer vacation is here. For students, it is a period of ample rest time as well as a precious time for study - at least for high school students.

It was a rare chance for him to get a nap in bed. After the alarm rang impatiently ten times, Sakakibara Kaede finally got up and pressed the mute button on his phone. He yawned loudly towards the pure white ceiling.

As summer vacation begins, people seem to become lazy, and going to university has been completely eliminated from his schedule.

He rubbed his eyes, propped the pillow upright against his back, and began to edit Line messages for Doma Ohira.

It has only been three days since the summer vacation started, but the two of them have already completed most of the heavy tasks assigned by the school. The boy's late night work in making an economic curve chart can be considered to have paid off.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sakakibara-san. I will stay up late tonight to finish it."

Doma Ohira instantly sent him a message, and the boy asked, "By the way, what has Doma-san been doing these past two days?"

Doma Ohira was silent for a moment, then sent him a photo.

The photo shows him and a little girl who is as tall as his waist. Doma Ohira's face is full of a wry smile.

Are you taking care of children?

Sakakibara Kaede sighed, feeling a little sympathetic. Could this be the child of a relative? . . . Judging from Doma Ohira's tired look, this child must have bullied him a lot.

The boy mourned for Doma Ohira in his heart because he also had to entertain naughty kids who came to his home.

Before they entered the house, Kaede Sakakibara needed to lock his room and the glass display case tightly. It was so realistic.

"awful."

He stood up and stretched. It was still quiet downstairs. Although it was already late, for high school students, the first few days of summer vacation were usually a good time to catch up on sleep.

Of course, after a lazy nap every morning, what awaits them is the daily routine of picking up their pens and working hard on their homework.

Of course the show had to be filmed, and the camera in the living room on the first floor recorded the daily lives of the six people. Among the six, Chizuru Ichinose was actually the most idle person.

During the summer vacation, she didn't have to report to Nerima University, so she could sleep until she woke up naturally every day. After lunch, she would leisurely go to the agency's actor training class. After returning home for dinner in the evening, she would go to work in a nearby restaurant and convenience store.

Of course, sometimes she would watch videotapes of different TV shows and movies in the living room, learning to imitate the acting skills of different actors and putting her true feelings into each role - this was the homework for the training class.

Among the four senior high school students, only Nanami Aoyama and Utaha Kasumigaoka have side jobs that require time. Nanami Aoyama goes to voice actor training class every week, while Utaha Kasumigaoka is a night owl and is the one who competes with Kaede Sakakibara in staying up late in the Dream Apartment.

Among the six people, Sakakibara Kaede is actually the busiest one.

He still didn't get up at this time. He changed into a comfortable sleeping position and lay on the bed, opening Twitter to see what the response to the dream apartment was.

In this episode, except for him, all the other actors are amateurs, which is one of the charms of reality shows.

"It turns out that Sakakibara-senpai is also very casual in his daily life. He seems to be living in a TV series."

"In the previous one, I think the image of actor Sakakibara is the sunny class leader Mizuno Hayabusa. His communication with several high school students is mature and interesting, with a little humor. Maybe this is the value of Tokyo University."

"Who is that Chizuru Ichinose? I heard that she is the junior of Kaede Sakakibara. Is that true?"

Sakakibara Kaede watched the entire film under promotion and paused slightly at the comment saying that he looked like Mizuno Hayabusa. Because the film has not yet been scheduled, everyone thinks that he is a sunny and cheerful good boy.

The comments were all about the boy's style of doing things and his gentle and kind attitude towards his younger classmates. In addition, there were also netizens who felt that there were many beautiful girls in the apartment, and some even licked a single student.

The boy looked around and found that besides him, Kasumigaoka Utaha was the most popular, followed by... Shirogane Miyuki.

Popularity is determined by user voting, and I don’t think anyone would buy an account to vote.

Netizens and fans saw the approachable side of Sakakibara Kaede.

Although the actors and directors who have worked with him all praised him for being kind and good at socializing on the set, anyone can say that, so will the audience believe it?

Taking advantage of this reality show opportunity, Sakakibara Kaede stood in front of the public. Seeing is more useful than hearing.

Seeing that his number of fans had increased a little, the boy put down his phone, turned over, and then got up.

The person in charge of breakfast today was Shirogane Miyuki. When he went downstairs, he found a senior high school student with blonde hair and dark circles under his eyes, wearing an apron and cutting fruit with a knife in an orderly manner.

"Ah, good morning, Sakakibara-senpai."

"morning."

After a brief greeting, Sakakibara Kaede picked up a piece of cut fruit from the table and put it into his mouth, "It's so sweet."

"This was bought by Mr. Furuhashi and Mr. Kasumigaoka at the supermarket last night." said Shirogane Miyuki.

"You really know how to live."

Sakakibara Feng sighed, came to Shirogane Yuxing, took a fruit knife and started cutting an apple, "I'll take care of the breakfast, I'll take care of the fruit."