I live my life in Tokyo

"Why, are you disappointed?"

“No, I like it even more.”

Sakakibara Kaede chuckled twice. He was now almost immune to the embarrassing words that Sakurajima Mai would throw out from time to time.

At this time, he saw the students of Kitauji High School, stretched out his hand and waved to them as a greeting.

This is how people interact with each other. If you meet someone familiar outside, you don't necessarily have to go up and talk to them. A nod or a smile is enough. Sakakibara Kaede came here in a group, and so did they. If they wanted to go up and talk to them, they would definitely introduce their companions Mai and Chizuru, which would surely make those gossip-loving high school girls think about it.

Chizuru Ichinose emerged from the water. She had just been swimming with the actors she met from the studio, but now there were more people and the area available for swimming was getting smaller and smaller.

This place is not like the swimming pool in a gym or an office, where there is a large area to swim dozens of times. The current swimming pool is like a dumpling storage. It is obviously impossible to swim a dozen times without distraction.

“The taste of summer is still not strong enough.”

Sakakibara Kaede sighed softly, "Last year I said I wanted to see the sea, but this year I came to Kyoto. Although it's nice to vacation in another city during the summer vacation, I always feel like something is missing."

"Summer festival and swimming pool, is that enough?" Chizuru Ichinose asked doubtfully, wiping away the water droplets on her face.

“It feels like something is missing.”

"Hmm... aquarium?" Mai Sakurajima nodded her chin and muttered to herself.

“You can go to the aquarium all year round.”

"What season was it when you and Chizuru-san went on that date to the aquarium?"

When Chizuru Ichinose heard this, her face suddenly turned red. She was submerged in the water again, at a loss, and gently kicked Kaede Sakakibara under the water.

The young man scratched his head and said, "It wasn't me who said that. Why did you kick me?"

But he still remembered the answer to the question, "Before summer. There were a lot of people in the aquarium at that time, and there were quite a few high school couples."

"That's right. The aquarium is a dating destination for couples. Feng, you know that, don't you?"

Ichinose Chizuru emerged from the water. She muttered, "At that time, I specifically searched for a date location. The first one I recommended was the aquarium, and the second one was the amusement park."

"If you go to an amusement park in the summer, you will be burned by the sun."

"I agree with this. It turns out that in summer, apart from going to the beach, it is most comfortable to stay indoors."

Kaede Sakakibara and Mai Sakurajima reached a consensus.

The aquarium that year was indeed very beautiful. He was the fish in the water and she was the person outside the glass wall. He seemed to have been trapped in the aquarium that summer forever.

Hearing the laughter of children on the shore, Kaede Sakakibara thought it was a good thing to interact with people. He had experienced VIP enjoyment and service. Last year, after the toilet at home was broken by Kei Iida, he lived in a hotel and enjoyed the public hot spring in the hotel every day. That period was not a tourist season, so there were not many people staying in the hotel, and even fewer people taking a hot spring bath every day.

Getting close to people is also a way to add a sense of reality to yourself, making you feel that you are not out of touch with society.

Sakakibara Kaede noticed the commotion near the swimming pool. Apparently some actors were recognized by passers-by, and they all confirmed with their companions whether they had seen them wrong.

Naturally, Mai Sakurajima and Chizuru Ichinose received the most attention.

Sakakibara Kaede couldn't stand being probed by the gaze, so he let out a long sigh and said sideways, "Mai-san, Chizuru-san, I'm going to take a shower and then go play in the pool. Let's meet up for lunch later. I see a lot of people having picnics in the park."

"Okay, you decide."

Mai Sakurajima still gave face to Kaede Sakakibara outside. She smiled slightly, a smile that drove her fans crazy, and waved to Kaede Sakakibara.

The young man left the swimming pool and went to the open-air shower nearby. He breathed a sigh of relief as the cool water washed his body.

The actors and stars who used to appear on TV screens in the past do not seem so unapproachable in real life, which naturally makes many ordinary people or fans admire them. . . In fact, actors and stars are just ordinary people, no different from them.

Sakakibara saw several adults dressed like agents standing next to the actors who were chatting, and understood that this was for safety reasons.

The pool at the other end was shallower and there weren't many people there, mostly boys and girls playing in the water. Sakakibara Kaede sat aside with her feet soaked in the pool. She put on the sunglasses she had just retrieved from the locker, squinted her eyes and looked at the sun, letting the sunlight shine on her body, which was really comfortable, alternating between cool and hot.

"Um, good morning, Sakakibara-senpai."

Hearing the small chatter, Kaede Sakakibara opened his eyes. He saw Xiaolu and his group standing beside him and waving at him. He couldn't help but laugh. The few people just now were probably shocked by Mai Sakurajima and Chizuru Ichinose. As actors, their aura was too strong, so it was not surprising that the high school girls didn't dare to approach them and talk to them.

The young man had been spending less than a month with the members of the wind band, and they were no longer as reserved as they were at the beginning. Now that he saw Sakakibara Kaede was alone, he naturally came up to talk to her.

"Hey, Sakakibara-senpai looks very stylish, in every aspect."

"Tanaka-san, this is considered harassment."

"Ahahaha, how could that be."

Asuka Tanaka put her hands on her hips, looking carefree and very approachable. Sakakibara Kaede just smiled and didn't show any reaction to the high school student's casual remark.

However, Asuka Tanaka's words made several of the younger girls in the first year of high school feel a little embarrassed.

Except for Reina Kousaka who has someone in love and Kumiko Huangzen who blinks her eyes and looks a little dazed, the other two first-year high school girls are a little shy.

Kaede Sakakibara felt a chill on his back. He turned his head and found Mai Sakurajima smiling at him with narrowed eyes. Goose bumps on his arms instantly stood up.

Is this the so-called spider reaction? Or is it because he used to be a Kamen Rider that he has foresight about danger?

"There are so many celebrities here today. Are they all Sakakibara-senpai's colleagues?"

"Some are, and some are actors from other studio crews." The young man shrugged. Seeing that Asuka Tanaka still had no intention of leaving, "Tanaka-san, do you have anything you want to ask me?"

"Well, now I have some ideas about college."

The four freshman students nearby couldn't help but sigh when they heard this. Yes, Senior Tanaka is already a senior, and it is indeed time for her to consider college during the summer vacation. They don't know what they will think in two years.

Sakakibara Kaede glanced at Asuka Tanaka's face, which didn't look like she was smiling, and nodded slowly.

The girl immediately regained her smile and called the first-year girls to have fun in the big pool.

The young man pondered for a moment, then smiled. He thought that discovering the secrets behind a girl, opening his arms, and waiting for her to cry in his arms was a boring and galgame thing. Tanaka Asuka looked like such a person, but he didn't want to be the one to redeem her.

If it has to be him, then Sakakibara Kaede will choose to take action. If it is not necessary, Sakakibara Kaede will leave this opportunity to her good friends.

After all, the young man and her may have only interacted for two or three months.

After soaking in the swimming pool until his fingers were wrinkled, Sakakibara Kaede stretched, returned to the locker room, changed into a casual T-shirt and summer khaki pants, and came to the outside of the swimming pool.

He guessed that Mai Sakurajima and Chizuru Ichinose were probably washing their bodies with shower gel, which would take some time, so he sat on a bench nearby and started checking Twitter.

His Twitter has been much busier recently than before, not to mention that he hasn't received any official TV or movie work from Kei Iida for several months... Although he still received some endorsements and advertisements, compared with the TV series with amazing traffic, these are just drop in the bucket and not worth much.

Due to the announcement of the World Shining Concert these few days, his homepage was once again urged to be updated by fans. Sakakibara took a look at the last time he posted an update, and it seemed to be before the summer vacation.

He clicked on the official Twitter of World Shining and found that Miss Nanakusa had posted a lot of his makeup photos and photos with the band. In the middle photo, they were wearing traditional kimonos, which looked very much like the ancient traditions of Kansai, and received countless likes.

Kaede Sakakibara directly retweeted the official Twitter.

Then he turned off his phone, mission accomplished.

"Feng Sang."

Sakakibara Kaede looked up and found Chizuru Ichinose standing in front of her. She extended her hand, "What do you think of today's lunch, Kaede-san?"

"I just saw a place selling fried noodles and fried rice. We can eat at the park." Sakakibara Kaede held her hand and stood up to answer. He turned his head and said, "Where's Mai?"

"Here, over there, talking to a colleague."

Kaede Sakakibara looked in the direction of the finger and found Mai Sakurajima standing next to several actresses, whispering something.

After waiting for a few minutes, the girl waved to a few people and walked towards Sakakibara Kaede.

The young man smiled bitterly. He had already seen those actresses pointing in this direction and seemed to be laughing.

"Mai-san, what did you say to them?"

Sakurajima Mai glanced at the young man and said, "They asked me who I came with today and whether it was a date or something, so I told them the truth."

So what did you answer? Was it a date?

Sakakibara Kaede was helpless, and Sakurajima Mayu snorted and laughed. Seeing that her plan to torture the young man was successful, she stepped forward, took Chizuru Ichinose's hand, and walked towards the picnic site.

While buying fried noodles and fried rice, the young man received a text message from Yuuma Miura. He went back to Tokyo during the holiday. He had been lazy and ate too much at home in Chiba these days and was already disliked by his parents.

Not only that, but Yuuma Miura is also plagued by his sister who keeps pestering him about all the details of the concert with senior Sakakibara.

I was welcomed by my parents on the first day I returned home, nothing happened on the second day, and on the third day my parents started to dislike me.

Not only that, the younger sister didn't care about her brother's thoughts at all. Instead, she kept asking about Sakakibara Kaede, which made Yuma Miura very anxious and desperate.

It hurts, it hurts too much.

The email he sent was about the subsequent training plan, which was to practice for three days and two nights at a concert hall in the suburbs of Kyoto, and the accommodation would be a nearby B&B or dormitory.

Sakakibara glanced at the address of the concert hall... Isn't this the place where Noctchill has been practicing? Sakakibara had heard about it from Miss Nanakusa, so he had some impression of it.

The rehearsals of the two shouldn't conflict with each other, the young man thought about it and felt that it was impossible. The timings should just be staggered.

After returning to the table with fried rice and fried noodles at the counter, Sakakibara noticed the boss's hesitant look, and he knew what he was thinking. . . Others ate in pairs, one man and one woman, because working together is not tiring.

There were two people sitting at his table, a couple of men and women.

If Mai Sakurajima knew about this idea, she would laugh out loud. This configuration is all women, women, women, women, women. The man is sitting on the sofa, and five women are lined up behind the sofa.jpg.

"After the holidays, I'll move out for a few days."

"About the concert?"

"No, the wind orchestra's joint practice." Sakakibara Kaede glanced at the end of Yuuma Miura's text message, then put away her phone, broke off her chopsticks and said.

Sakurajima Mai hummed, "So you want to pack your luggage? I'll help you pack a small bag when you get home."

"It helped a lot."

“It’s not priceless.”

"what?"

"Tonight, classmates line, huh?"

Sakakibara Kaede frowned. The Nine-Turn Fried Rice in front of him no longer had any taste, as if the old man on the subway was possessed by his cell phone.

Chizuru Ichinose listened to the conversation between Mai Sakurajima and Kaede Sakakibara. It would be a lie to say that she was not envious. Although Mai Sakurajima also had some tsundere attributes, she did not show much in front of Kaede Sakakibara. She was more intellectual, considerate, mature and gentle, and her status in the family was obvious.

The only thing left in her conversation with Sakakibara Kaede was tsundere... It's really hard to think about it this way.

But she was still lucky, as she was able to confess her feelings before Toru Asakura and Madoka Higuchi.

Asakura Toru is a little hard to figure out, but Higuchi Madoka gives people the feeling that she is not in a hurry at all. It seems that she is sure of confessing to Madoka!

Chapter 23: Training and Hot Spring Bathing

The training camp was located in the mountains near Kyoto. It took an hour to get there by bus. While driving on the mountain road, the high school students quickly forgot about the upcoming performance practice and started to make a lot of noise in the bus, as if they were on an outing.

In school, the only things that surround everyone are study and club activities. The only connection between students is after-school time and homework. The benefit of an outing is that it can quickly bring students closer together, and maybe even a few couples will appear... Who knows.

For ordinary students, the school trip in high school is a journey full of passion and romance.

Of course, the purpose of this training camp is not to travel, but to concentrate and rehearse for three days.

Yuuma Miura sat next to Kaede Sakakibara. The two heard the noise in front of the bus through their headphones. Compared with them, the two seemed like middle-aged people who were about to retire. As soon as they got on the bus, they put on headphones and prepared to have a good sleep.

Sakakibara Kaede simply doesn't want to get motion sickness. Moving on a means of transportation will make him dizzy and will affect his movement after he gets off the vehicle.

The vacation lasted only a few days, but it was a very happy one. Kaede Sakakibara finally finished the classmate line with Mai Sakurajima, and she felt relieved. Mai Sakurajima no longer had any thoughts, and she spoke a lot more gently in the past few days.

Compared to their busyness, Sakakibara Kaede has not much work to do. Most of the sounds in the studio have been recorded. The next step may be to participate in activities such as release conferences, but it is unlikely to be in the near future.

The young man felt that this training camp could be considered a spiritual relaxation.

I haven't seen Asakura and the others for a while, so I wonder how they are rehearsing for this concert.

The B&B that Kitauji High School stayed in was not the same one that Noctchill stayed in. The one that the school booked was more affordable, and it was obvious that it often received visitors from outside schools, so they needed to order lunch boxes in the cafeteria, like the original local specialties that Sakakibara Kaede had eaten in the B&B when she was filming Kamen Rider... That was out of the question, let alone kaiseki cuisine.

The voting for the concert has ended, and as expected, Osaka has won. I don’t know if the official robots have been deployed, but Osaka has more people than Kyoto, and it is more popular for tourism. There are Universal Studios Japan, the castle tower, and Dotonbori in Namba. During the holidays, the passenger flow is huge.

Yuuma Miura also told Kaede Sakakibara privately that he would rather hold a concert in Osaka, because they could travel to Osaka with a legitimate reason, and he could also bring her sister, and her sister could bring her group of good friends, and they could have a last crazy relaxation before the college entrance examination.

According to Yuuma Miura, his sister wants to get into a good school and has been under a lot of pressure from studying recently. He hopes that this time she can relax. It would be even better if Kaede Sakakibara could hold her hand and take her to watch the fish in the Aquarium and take a stroll in Nakanoshima at night.

The fact that the concert was not held in Kyoto did make many students upset, but they soon forgot their worries and happily discussed forming a team to go to Osaka.

This is probably the second to last group project in the senior year of high school. The first to last is the school trip in October.

All announcements about the concert are being sent out in an orderly manner. The official department habitually keeps people in suspense by only sending out two latest announcements every day, such as advertisements for endorsements and peripheral products sold at the last concert, but has been slow to update the date of the concert.

The phone vibrated, Kaede Sakakibara opened his eyes and glanced at the screen.

It was a work email from Ms. Nanakusa.

I clicked on it and took a look. In order to increase popularity, the two major companies are planning to invite the world-renowned trio to participate in the live broadcast on the platform, interact with fans and audiences during the live broadcast, and reveal the details of the concert one by one.

This is indeed quite interesting, like the voice actors' routine meet-and-greet activities.

The working hours are in the evening, so what happened in these two days will not affect the rehearsals.