I live my life in Tokyo

Sakakibara Kaede smiled, picked up the squid from the salad and put it into his mouth and chewed it.

Nanami Aoyama, who dreams of becoming a voice actor, got her first crowd role. On the day she left, five people stood in front of the door to see her off. The result was wonderful. Nanami Aoyama lived up to everyone's expectations and performed very well in the recording studio, recording two different voices - although it was a bit redundant for an ordinary girl, but this was an opportunity for her to show different voices.

Nanami Aoyama has had a good start, and with work experience in the future auditions, she will be more mature and appropriate when facing them.

Chizuru Ichinose was naturally happy for her good sister Nanami Aoyama, and she prepared a sumptuous meal for her that day. At the same time, she was also looking forward to getting a chance to play an extra like Nanami Aoyama.

"The female lead is too exaggerated."

Ichinose Chizuru whispered, "I am already satisfied with being a female student who just plays a supporting role."

"I think Ichinose-senpai is very suitable for playing a female character who appears sunny and cheerful in front of her seniors, but is actually secretly shy in her heart." Kasumigaoka Utaha said as she sat aside. As a writer, she directly imagined the character based on Chizuru Ichinose's personality.

Chizuru Ichinose's face suddenly turned red. Sakakibara Kaede glanced at Kasumigaoka Utaha who was smiling secretly. This junior girl really has a bad taste.

"An actor can play any role." Sakakibara Kaede coughed lightly to stop Chizuru Ichinose from thinking about it. "Only such an actor can be successful and can play well in all scripts."

"For example, I should be able to play the hero in Kasumigaoka-san's novel, right?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha was stunned for a moment, then smiled mysteriously, "If my novel can be adapted into a live-action film, I will definitely strongly request Sakakibara-senpai to play the male lead... By the way, the female lead was created based on me."

She hesitated as she raised her wine-red eyes and looked at Sakakibara Kaede tenderly, "Sakakibara-senpai, I'll leave the scenes with you later~"

"..."

Sakakibara Kaede is really helpless facing Kasumigaoka Utaha. It can only be said that he is not very good at dealing with such a devilish girl.

“Ah…” Chizuru Ichinose seemed to have imagined something and her face turned red again.

"I told you to stop thinking about this."

The boy frowned, stopped talking and started to concentrate on eating. He mostly used dirty talk to make jokes, but when faced with the dirty talk from Kasumigaoka-chan that was obviously suggestive, he didn't know how to respond. Even if he did respond, the crew was still recording.

The afternoon sun was more scorching than the morning sun. After finishing their meal, the group returned to the beach. Sakakibara Kaede sat cross-legged on the ground and picked up the bottle of sunscreen.

"Ah, Sakakibara-senpai, do you need my help?"

It was Kasumigaoka Utaha again. She came forward and smiled in a mature swimsuit.

Sakakibara Feng shook his head helplessly. Didn't you see that Chizuru Ichinose's head was full of smoke? She is still teasing her senior. In the past, the senior was the elder brother of the junior. If he said he couldn't hear her, he wouldn't hear her. How dare Kasumigaoka-san continue like this?

"Sakakibara-senpai, let me do it."

Shirogane Miyuki walked forward with a wry smile and nodded to Kasumigaoka Utaha. The latter smiled slightly, ran quickly towards Ichinose Chizuru, took her senior's hand and went to whisper to him.

"I'm counting on you, Shirogane-san."

"Well, leave it to me."

At the end of the field of vision, Fumino Furuhashi and Nanami Aoyama were playing water polo in the shallow water. Kasumigaoka Utaha and Ichinose Chizuru came forward to talk to them, and it soon turned into a two-on-two battle.

Sakakibara Kaede was lying down with his head resting on his arms and his eyes narrowed.

“It feels a bit like a graduation trip.”

"I don't know. I think it's a bit like a school trip."

"Ah, I'm so envious of the school trip." Sakakibara Kaede tilted her head and complained, "Sitting there with my classmates and having fun, doing things freely with the person I like, and telling ghost stories in the room with my friends. I also want to go on a school trip."

This was the part he had been lacking, and now he can only hope to take on another youth campus drama in the future, where the character he plays will go on a school trip with his classmates.

After applying sunscreen on him, he stood up and started rubbing Baiyin Yuxing's back. After taking turns, they walked onto the beach again.

"Can you play volleyball?"

Sakakibara Kaede saw Chizuru Ichinose waving at them and asked from the side.

Baiyin Yuxing seemed to recall some unpleasant memories, at least that was the emotion on his face, "... a little bit."

"I won't."

Volleyball is a sport included in high school's physical education classes, but Sakakibara Kaede missed it a lot. During the final year, he had very little time to go to school, so he naturally skipped physical education classes whenever he could.

The boy stood aside and watched for a moment, gaining some superficial understanding of the movements and rules. He handed a bottle of water to Fumino Furuhashi, who replaced Shirogane Miyuki during the halftime break, and the latter took it with thanks.

He did not attribute his behavior to being a warm-hearted man or central air conditioning. Such behavior was just human nature.

After a while, he walked forward and joined the two teams with Fumino Furuhashi. The situation changed from two-on-two to three-on-three, but neither side was a professional player and they were still mainly playing for fun.

Finally, after playing, eating and feeling tired, the six of them sat in a row on the beach.

The sea breeze at this time is slightly cool, blowing away the scorching heat and the irritability in the heart. The red sea illuminated by the setting sun rises and falls, and every flying wave is a scenery.

Looking at the scenery in front of them, several people were speechless for a while.

It’s really great to be able to come to the beach.

The boy raised his head, letting his wet bangs hang on his head, with an intoxicating smile.

Nanami Aoyama stood up, facing the orange-red sea, put her hands to her mouth, and shouted, "I must - must become the best voice actor!"

The heavy words were gently received by the sea. Aoyama Nanami turned around and looked at the five people sitting on the ground. Her face was a little pink, and it was unclear whether it was because of shyness or simply because of the sunset.

Formalism? Maybe. The production team's mission? Maybe, but sometimes, I just can't help but speak out.

I wanted to shout out the words that had been pent up in my heart for so long, I wanted to express my dreams, but the words were swallowed up by the waves as soon as they came out of my mouth. The momentary brilliance eventually left a mark in this world.

"I want to be the best astronomer!" Fumino Furuhashi was the second to stand up. She made her hands like a megaphone and shouted loudly, her blue hair flying in the wind like the sea.

"I want to be the best version of myself." Kasumigaoka Utaha rolled up her long hair and tucked it behind her ears, and spoke out her dream for the first time. "Of course, I also want to keep running on the career path of a writer."

"I want to be an actor that I can relate to when I watch him." Chizuru Ichinose shouted. She looked back and smiled, taking in the depth and smile in the boy's eyes. "One day I want to act opposite Sakakibara-senpai!"

"..." Shirogane Yuxing stared at the sunset in the distance. His stiff face at school now looked particularly gentle. "I want to be someone who can be relied on by others."

The boy narrowed his eyes. His dream had never changed.

Or rather, his attitude towards the world has changed.

Originally an outsider, he found his own place in a small rental house in Tokyo. With his own efforts, he temporarily forgot the negative emotions in his originally confused heart.

After all, we are just passers-by, and everything in front of us will disappear when we wake up. The boy would ask himself this question every day when he opened his eyes.

However, it was in the company of friends and in interpersonal interactions that I found the bonds that belong to this world.

Even if I leave one day, my friends will remember me. Even if I disappear one day, the film and television works I have filmed will still exist on the Internet.

"I want to leave as many footprints as possible," the boy said, but his words were slightly different from what he said on TV. "Of course, it's more fun to leave footprints with friends than alone."

The young men and women in front of the camera were smiling happily. Sakakibara Kaede stared blankly at the sky dyed red by the sunset. He took out his mobile phone, took a photo of the sunset, and then pressed the group sending button in Line.

"Let's go, let's go eat!"

Nanami Aoyama was the first one to pat her trousers and stand up. She was naturally a little embarrassed after being the first to say such words. Her face was almost hot, and she was the first to get up and run away.

The others laughed, brushed the sand off their pants, and stood up.

Sakakibara Kaede finally stood up. This was not his last time to see the sea, nor was it his last summer vacation.

To leave a mark on the world with his friends? This idea is indeed difficult, but he has confidence in himself and even more confidence in his friends.

After stretching lazily, Sakakibara Kaede walked away step by step on the sand with his back to the sunset.

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"Hey, that's good."

"what?"

"Yeah, so energetic."

Higuchi Madoka poked her head out and glanced at her childhood sweetheart's phone and found a photo of the beach.

"Did you take the photo?"

"It was sent by Sakakibara-senpai."

Higuchi Madoka paused, glanced at Koito and Hina who were sitting in front of the TV watching the variety show with relish, and frowned slightly. She did not receive the message.

After a moment, his brows relaxed. It turned out that the signal was bad just now, so the message did not appear for a while.

Asakura Toru looked at the slightly changed expression of Higuchi Madoka, she smiled slightly, and then looked away.

"Don't you think it's a bit similar?"

“The ocean when I was shooting my first music video.”

Higuchi Madoka recalled the various discomforts and inadaptability they had when participating in idol activities, and eventually they held their first idol activity at a beach near the sea. Many idol groups were invited that time, but the audience was only about a hundred people.

After singing, they embraced the sea breeze and jumped into the sea.

Facing the sunset sky.

With different expressions on their faces, they looked at the camera on the shore.

Higuchi Madoka could no longer remember the details of her facial expression, but she felt that she must have been smiling that time.

I wonder if Sakakibara-san is smiling.

She lay on the coffee table, repeatedly clicking on the photos and then closing them.

As soon as this thought appeared in her mind, it was automatically filtered out. She and Sakakibara-san were just ordinary friends, and it was none of her business whether the other person smiled or not.

Asakura Toru coughed lightly, "Want to watch this week's Dream Apartment Ocean Special?"

"Look."

Chapter 34: Catch Everything Except Fish

"I say, brother, what are you talking about? You can't eat seafood like this."

“Uh aaaaaah – I guess I can’t shoot any more today. Please ask someone else to do it.”

A hellish cry came from the toilet, and the boy subconsciously took a few steps back. He turned to Shirogane Miyuki and Furuno Furuma who were waiting outside the holiday home, and sighed.

Fortunately, there was more than one cameraman in the filming crew.

Last night, all the staff of the production team relaxed and ate to their heart's content, stuffing seafood and wine into their stomachs. As a result, many of them had stomach upsets the next day.

"Really? What a bunch of careless guys."

Oshima Hide, with a sun hat on his head and a stack of manuscripts in his hands, nodded to Sakakibara Kaede and said, "The plan remains unchanged. You will still go hiking in the nearby park today. You will still be the one to guide the topic."

The boy hummed, "Let's just talk about anything, right?"

"If you want, we can talk about family." Oshima Hide said carefully. His eyes passed the boy and caught up with the falling flowers blown by the wind. After a pause, he said, "Guqiao-san's father is still against her dream."

"I think the vacation episode is a time to unravel her father's heart knot, so naturally, Furuhashi-san has to step forward."

Sakakibara Kaede hesitated for a moment, "But this is Guqiao-san's family, even the production team can't interfere too much."

He smelled something and spoke in advance.

The boy vaguely recalled a variety show in the past. While inviting the female guest, they also brought back the female guest's parents who had abandoned her for many years. After a heartfelt talk, the production team and the host asked the female guest to forgive her parents for leaving without saying goodbye, and they hugged each other and cried bitterly on the spot.

After the female guest refuses, the host will criticize her for being narrow-minded and think that she should think from her parents' perspective and be more considerate of her parents.

Under coercion, the female guest had to hug her parents.

Behind the seemingly touching story, there is a moral kidnapping that makes people frown. The so-called dramatic change that the program team thinks is can make people's fists clenched.

There was some misunderstanding in what Oshima Hide said, so Sakakibara Kaede naturally wanted to confirm it.

"Of course, we won't interfere with the decision of the Guqiao family." Oshima Hide put out his cigarette and put away a little smile. "During this period of filming, everyone in the production team treated you as younger brothers and sisters. Guqiao-san is well-educated and very quiet. We naturally hope that she can convince her father and fulfill her dream."

"Ah."

Kaede Sakakibara then started walking, taking out his cell phone as he walked. The park was not far from here, and their shooting task was easier than the other three groups who went into the city center for shopping today.

"Today's task is...barbecue."

Sakakibara took out the task card given by the production team and read out: "Two teams set out to the city center and the park to find ingredients that can be used for barbecue in these two locations. The team that brings the most delicious ingredients in the evening wins."

I haven't seen the mission for a long time. Why is it so late?

It used to be easy for both parties to get to know each other, chat and go shopping, but now it requires physical energy and money, which is really sad.

"The losing team will be responsible for cleaning the grill and the kitchen."

"The production team has bad intentions with this rule." Sakakibara Kaede complained, "Where can we get food near our park? Are we going to dig wild vegetables and mushrooms?"

"There should be a seafood market nearby." Fumino Furuhashi glanced at the map and said in a low voice.

The three of them did not receive much money, so they temporarily handed it over to Baiyin Yuxing for management and walked towards the park.