I live my life in Tokyo

"Hey - Doma and Sakakibara formed a team..."

The female professor was calling out the grades slowly at the podium, as if she was naming the dishes, but unlike the indifference in her tone, the students below the stage looked serious.

The score accounts for a very important part of the final score, and everyone wants to get a high score.

Sakakibara Kaede tapped lightly on the keyboard. Although he sometimes felt that grades were external things and the most important thing was human growth and the skills learned, he was no exception this time.

While the professor was having a one-on-one conversation with the group, everyone else was studying on their own, and the group whose name was called came forward to hear the grades and the professor's instructions - in college, grades are a more personal matter.

After hearing the professor's results and comments, he and Doma Ohira sat back in their seats and visibly breathed a sigh of relief, with the latter smiling in relief.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"No, it's Doma who is having a hard time."

The two looked at each other and began to use the remaining self-study time after class to do the things at hand.

After the bell rang, Sakakibara Kaede put on his bag and left the classroom as if he was running away. Doma Ohira was stunned for a moment, and then he saw a lot of classmates chasing after Sakakibara Kaede, wanting an autograph, and he couldn't help but laugh.

The Konno family returned to a peaceful life. There was no inconvenience for the three of them to live together. Mrs. Konno was able to return to full-time work, and with the salary earned by Sakakibara's father's hard work every month, there was no difficulty in their financial conditions.

In another week, the two sisters should be able to live without wheelchairs.

On Saturday, Kaede Sakakibara and Asuna Yuuki stayed and did a thorough cleaning with Mrs. Konno. In the evening, Mrs. Konno and Asuna Yuuki stood in the kitchen, cooking dinner, and the two women talked and laughed while making dinner. Of course, Asuna Yuuki talked most of the time, and Mrs. Konno listened with a gentle smile.

She wanted to know from this lady from a noble family what Sakakibara Kaede was like in her daily life and how she loved him.

Although the dinner was simple, the family enjoyed it happily... A family?

Sakakibara Kaede raised his eyebrows when he thought of this and complained to himself.

However, looking at how Mrs. Konno and Asuna Yuuki get along, it is indeed possible to make such an association. Not only can she chat well with Mrs. Konno, she also has many common topics with the Konno sisters, and the atmosphere at the dinner table is harmonious.

Asuna Yuuki also said that she would wait for the day when Sakakibara's father came back to visit again to thank Kaede for his meticulous care for her.

Kaede Sakakibara bought a bottle of lemonade from the vending machine and did not hang around in front of the cafeteria window. He ate his lunch box, which was a rare occasion today.

Yuuki Asuna specially made lunch boxes for him and Sakurajima Mai. Sakurajima Mai is still so busy that the actors who are chasing after her can't help but feel that she is out of reach.

I seemed to hold the thick omelette made by my junior Asuna in my mouth for a while, feeling the sweetness of the food.

Ah, sweet things are indeed more delicious, such as tofu pudding!

Savoring the delicious food that he and his junior Asuna bought, cooked by Asuna, was also a way to relax himself.

He glanced at his watch. Today's freshman classes ended at 2 p.m., and his junior classmates were recently busy with the market research they did last year, which was a big challenge for students who were new to this field.

Sakakibara Kaede held the chopsticks in her mouth unconsciously. Asakura Toru and Higuchi Madoka had already booked the master teacher's guidance service for tonight. I wonder what the reward is, hehehe.

I guess it’s a week’s worth of lunch.

However, the bento boxes were all made by Higuchi Madoka, and Asakura Toru was cheering on the side, so it seems that she should not be included.

They should be charged separately.

Sakakibara nodded and mixed the gravy with the rice and ate it.

He naturally knew that people can do their best when they are good at something, and it can also be a hobby - for example, Toru Asakura chose the Department of Economics because of his interest.

Hmm... Asakura Toru sings very well, why not let her sing a song in front of me next time?

Sakakibara closed the lid of his lunch, wiped the table with a tissue, and walked away with the drink bottle.

He saw Kasumigaoka Utaha sitting with several other girls, and he nodded slightly out of politeness as a greeting. This action immediately caused several girls around her to exclaim quietly, their eyes shining. . . No matter what age, the gossiping heart will always exist.

Well, the relationship between him and Kasumigaoka can be considered as friends who can get along well, but out of politeness neither of them will enter each other's social circles. This is the sense of distance that Sakakibara Kaede created for himself. After all, he has not had any incidents that have caused him to interact with the other party.

If he said he graduated from Toyonosaki Academy, he would probably be able to talk a few words about his alma mater.

There was still some time before the first grade classes ended. Sakakibara Kaede did not have any RECT receiving work to do today, nor did he have any bugs to report. Everything was going smoothly. With nothing to do, he naturally went to the library to punch in.

Kei Iida called him yesterday to put pressure on him, saying that he has been a lazy dog ​​for almost a year. His official Twitter account is full of reposts and likes. He also steals the official pictures from the agency, removes the watermarks and then posts them himself. It has been a long time since he posted any literary text that would make his fans feel painful. It is too painful.

Sakakibara Kaede doesn't like to write literary paragraphs, which will make fans and passers-by wonder whether the actor is suffering from depression or illness. After he sends a message, there may be crazy replies like "giegie love you" below.

But it’s still appropriate to update your status.

Sakakibara Kaede took the bottle and took a sip of the sour and sweet lemon tea. This was a beverage brand recommended to him by Higuchi Madoka, who said that if one got tired of drinking warm water, one could drink some beverages that would nourish the throat.

"It's really sweet."

The sweet taste reminded him of the millet porridge in the pot when he was sick in bed.

After thinking about it, Sakakibara Kaede deleted the original pretentious text and updated his status as if recording his own status.

Record your own status, saying that you are studying in the library today and preparing to participate in a dubbing project in the afternoon.

The following reply came out quickly, and it was a string of question marks.

Sakakibara Kaede could imagine what the reply would be like, so he did not continue to focus on Twitter. Instead, he took advantage of the time he had and started to revise his thesis.

I changed two bottles of drinks and heard melodious piano and guitar sounds from my headphones. It would be even better if there could be a heavy rain outside the window that would flood the entire Tokyo.

It's just a mood. Who doesn't like to curl up in bed and read a book on a rainy day? It's just a mood.

Although I'm more likely to get up and play games.

It was almost time, so Kaede Sakakibara packed up his things and returned to the freshman classroom of the Faculty of Economics with his bag on his back. Outside the classroom, he faintly heard the energetic voice of Professor Kimura. It seemed that Professor Kimura still had some time before retirement. Although he was very old, he was still in good health and was still very energetic.

The class lasted for five minutes, and Professor Kimura left the classroom first with a book in his hand. When he saw Kaede Sakakibara, he squinted his eyes, smiled and waved at him.

"Professor Kimura."

"Have you read all the books I recommended to you last time?"

Sakakibara Kaede scratched his head and said, "I read it, but there are some parts that I don't understand."

"That's because the topic hasn't been taught yet, but it's always good to preview it in advance." Professor Kimura smiled, with wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.

"I feel that some of the ideas in the book are outdated. Several books were written more than ten years ago. I feel that some..."

Their views cannot keep up with the progress of the times, or they are radical in another way.

“These are the books I read back then.”

The old man patted the young man's shoulder slowly and said, "It will be helpful for your study of the bachelor's degree. After you graduate, stay with me as a teaching assistant... After that, it will be time for me to retire."

Freshmen filed out one after another. Some greeted Professor Kimura politely, while others left with their classmates. Sakakibara looked at the hustle and bustle around him and nodded. "Then I have to quickly familiarize myself with the job of a teaching assistant."

Professor Kimura smiled with satisfaction and left.

Sakakibara Feng could see that the old man was tired. He didn't even have the energy to make a joke with him about the Emperor of Han. Now that there were no classes in the afternoon, Professor Kimura should go home and have a good rest.

The change he feared finally came in a way he never expected. Unexpectedly, this time the person who left was not his friends, but an elder he respected.

"...Hello."

Toru Asakura waved in front of Kaede Sakakibara and called back his soul from afar.

"Good afternoon, Tou-san and Yuanxiang-san, are you hungry? Do you want to go get something to eat?"

Higuchi Madoka sensitively noticed that Sakakibara Kaede's mood seemed a little strange. She didn't say anything, but just nodded.

Sakakibara Feng glanced at his watch and began to ask what the key points of the tutoring he needed to do tonight were. There were quite a lot of knowledge points, and if he had to finish all of them, he would probably have to sleep at their house tonight.

"Well, I don't understand..." Asakura Toru obviously didn't get the joke that Sakakibara Kaede was telling. She nodded, indicating that Sakakibara Kaede could sleep on the sofa in their house.

"?"

"I'll highlight the key points for you later." Higuchi Madoka glanced at Asakura Toru, who was puffing his lips in displeasure, which looked cute. This made her feel better and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"it is good."

After walking into the cafe and skillfully ordering the afternoon tea set, Sakakibara Kaede took a sip of coffee and finally seemed to calm down. He leaned back in his chair and sighed.

Asakura Toru uttered an exclamation and stood up. "I forgot my notebook... in the classroom."

"Do you want us to accompany you to get it?" asked Sakakibara Kaede.

Asakura Toru shook her head. She glanced at Higuchi Madoka and Sakakibara Kaede, smiled and waved her hand, "I'll be back in a while."

The table for three suddenly became a table for two.

Higuchi Madoka took a small sip of the warm water and said, "Asakura has always been like this, forgetful."

"Yes."

Sakakibara Kaede stared at Asakura Toru's back until she disappeared around the corner. Then she looked away and smiled at Higuchi Madoka, "It feels like I haven't been alone with Madoka-san like this for a long time."

"Your smile looks a little creepy."

“Hey, is this true?”

Seeing that Sakakibara Kaede believed her words, Higuchi Madoka pursed her lips and snorted. She felt as if time had gone back, as if she had returned to the time two years ago when they first met.

Facing the outgoing man, Higuchi Madoka did not have any good attitude.

But only now.

“I think their smiles are all the same?”

"I want to see Feng-san's real smile."

Higuchi Madoka said softly, looking at those eyes indifferently. The beginning of all romance is love at first sight, the symphony and gaze of eyes, or long-term companionship.

Companionship is the longest confession of love.

"Real? I feel like I'm very real now." Sakakibara Kaede asked himself, when did he behave so artificially? Now he is more real than a thimble.

"Then I want to hear Mr.'s true opinion."

"What do you think?"

"My opinion."

As if she had said something insignificant, Higuchi Yuanka lightly shook her hand and dropped the time bomb she had prepared for a long time, with a timer of three seconds.

The waiter brought salad and drinks and the two of them thanked him politely.

Sakakibara Kaede crossed his legs and felt as if something was pressing tightly against his calves under the table. When he frowned and wanted to lift the tablecloth to see what kind of supernatural phenomenon it was, the feeling suddenly disappeared.

"...My opinion of Yuan Xiang-san, well, when I first met her, I felt that Yuan Xiang-san was very polite and cold to everyone. After we got to know each other better, I realized that Yuan Xiang-san was a person who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside."

"Feng Sang hasn't changed much. He has always been so mature, steady and charming."

"Haha, are you praising me? Thank you."

"Who is praising you?" Higuchi Madoka clicked her tongue and glanced aside.

Seeing this, Sakakibara Kaede smiled and said in a relaxed manner, "But I feel like I'm a very lucky person."

"Being able to be friends with someone as gentle as Madoka-san."

"Aren't you more fortunate to have met Mai-san, Asakura and the others?"

"You are one-of-a-kind, Yuanxiang."

Sakakibara Kaede whispered Higuchi Madoka's name, "Everyone is unique. Although there may be some results of following the crowd due to various reasons, everyone's thoughts and inner world are different... Well, to put it in a more literary way, it's like there are no two identical clouds in the world."

He seemed to see Higuchi Madoka's fear, the fear that she would become another person and become like everyone else.

"Yuan Xiang, it's Yuan Xiang. I listened to Yuan Xiang's single. This is a song that belongs to Yuan Xiang herself. It's a song that she wants to sing for herself, right? It's very nice to listen to. I heard that it sold very well."

Higuchi Madoka frowned, and in order to ease the sweet and painful emotions in her heart, she picked up a piece of vegetable and put it in her mouth.

Her calf seemed to be closer and collided with Sakakibara Kaede's leg, and at the moment of intersection, her cheeks turned red.

"Humph, Feng Sang like this is the most annoying."

"Someday, let me see Feng Sang's true appearance when he takes off his coat."

Sakakibara Kaede blinked helplessly, "My feelings are all real. The feelings of praising Yuanxiang are real, the feelings of liking her singing are real, and the feelings of treating Yuanxiang as a close friend are also real."

"I admire and love Higuchi Madoka as an idol on the screen and in music videos, and I also feel the same way when I look at Higuchi Madoka as a schoolmate, a colleague, and a friend."

Higuchi Madoka once again avoided the young man's eyes that seemed to be able to see through the conflicts deep in her heart. She, who had originally been attacking with great force, now retreated again and again.

No, there are too many people here, she made an excuse for herself.

This kind of words sounded a bit disgusting. She wanted to blurt out the words, but now she couldn't say them... Because she had watched too many movies, and the heroines who regretted their lives all said this.

Although she felt very involved in watching such a character, she didn't want to experience that kind of pain late at night.

She opened her mouth and finally hummed, "I'm almost there."

I am almost the same. I hate you. I hate the warm water you handed me, I hate the smile on your face, I hate your gentle attitude, I hate the way you talked to yourself to close the distance, I hate your tutoring time every night in the third year of high school, I hate your patient teaching, I hate the dreamy look on your face, I hate the way you shine in front of everyone.

All in all, the most annoying.