I live my life in Tokyo

If I died in front of him, would he cry and wail like that?

Such a thought was like the sweetest poison, and Higuchi Madoka had thought about it more than once.

When she was filming the scenes of lifelong regrets, she felt so deeply sad when she saw the young people either leaving gracefully or regretting history. Usually, such emotions would linger for a day or two, and she could not get over the heartache.

Only when she saw the young man beside her did she realize that the character played by Sakakibara Kaede had died, but the actor named Sakakibara Kaede was still alive and was still watching her.

If I die in front of him, will he cry? Will he feel heartbroken? Will he hug me and beg me to come back?

Higuchi Yuanka didn't know it, but she seemed to be infected by this emotion. She suddenly felt a little sad and wanted to hold the young man's hand, let him gently stroke her face and wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

It's just death in the game, there's not even a corpse, the whole person explodes into a ball of data fragments. After death in the game, the brain in the real world will also die at the same time.

The girl named Xing will never exist in this world again.

"Yuan Xiang, you look a little strange, what happened?"

Sakakibara Kaede observed Higuchi Madoka's face. He held the girl's hand tightly, trying to guess something from the slightly cold palm of her hand.

"Is the air conditioning on the train too cold?"

"No."

Higuchi Madoka said calmly, "I just thought about the plot that I'm going to shoot later, and I started daydreaming."

"Why do I see sadness in your eyes?"

"!"

Higuchi Madoka blinked her beautiful purple eyes, looking at the young man who was so close to her and looking directly into her eyes. For a moment, her shyness swallowed up all her sadness. She pushed Sakakibara Kaede's chest and asked him to move a little further away from her. "Move aside, I want to open the door."

"Oh, alright."

The door was pushed open. There was no sound of anyone in the living room, and Toru Asakura was not sleeping in the bedroom.

"Asakura went out to shoot a commercial this afternoon, and her agent will send her back in the evening," Higuchi Madoka explained.

She leaned forward, revealing her slender and smooth figure. When she stood up, she reached out to tuck her long hair behind her ears and handed Sakakibara Kaede a pair of slippers. "Your slippers, keep them."

"Thank you so much."

Sakakibara Kaede thanked him and took it. The moment the two looked at each other, Higuchi Yuanka bit her lower lip and lifted Sakakibara Kaede's chin.

"This is revenge for teasing me during filming."

The kiss was short but impressive. Higuchi Yuanxiang snorted and glared at Sakakibara Kaede with a pink face. She was trying to hide her shyness again - then she walked to the kitchen and began to rummage through the ingredients in the refrigerator to decide what to eat tonight.

Kaede Sakakibara had nothing to do and hadn't started cooking yet. He sat on the sofa and browsed his phone.

He forwarded the news from his own agency, liked the Lonely Rock Band, and commented on the starring role in I Am Big Brother that Uehara Yo had recently accepted. After doing all this, he turned on the TV.

Asakura Toru likes watching movies, Higuchi Madoka likes to watch movies to learn about the feelings of the female characters and try to interpret them. They have put a lot of rented discs that have not been watched yet under the TV. Sakakibara Kaede looked through a few of them and found that they are all about love or youth with a fresh flavor, which is perfect for girls to watch.

Higuchi Yuanxiang, wearing her home clothes, made a cup of tea for Sakakibara Kaede and herself. She handed the cup to the young man and glanced at the table. "These are all rented by Asakura. Do you want to see them?"

"Won't Toru be angry?"

"It's a pity at best. Asakura has been quite busy these past two days, so I won't be able to watch these movies anytime soon because they have to be returned tomorrow."

Higuchi Enka handed a few CDs to Sakakibara Kaede and gave him a wink, meaning that he could watch them now.

The young man took the disc and glanced at the titles. He found that one was a movie that had been released half a year ago, called "Her and I", and the other was a love story in the workplace, called "Colleagues, Friends, Lovers".

These movies are all about love, either finding happiness after entering the workplace, or stories of two hearts slowly getting closer as they spend day and night together.

Of course, there is also a love story between a tutor and a female student. According to Higuchi Madoka, the early stage was similar to a platonic love, because it is obvious that the teacher-student relationship is not recognized in the movie.

Sakakibara Kaede didn't care. He thought that this type of subject matter was rare and it was worth taking a look.

Higuchi Madoka came to the window and pressed a button. The curtains slowly drew together, and gradually only the dim light of the TV screen was left in the room.

“There’s no popcorn.”

"I have some cookies that I baked. Xiaoyi likes them very much. Do you want some?"

"need!"

Higuchi Yuanxiang looked at the young man's impatient look, her lips curled up slightly, and she turned back to the kitchen. Not long after, she returned to the living room with a box of cookies, "Eat slowly, and don't leave crumbs everywhere. You have to sleep here tonight, and you don't want to sleep in the crumbs of cookies, do you?"

"Hey, I thought I was going to sleep in the big bed with you guys tonight."

"You! Tsk, you are indeed a scumbag who has opened a harem. Are you getting bolder and bolder?"

Higuchi Madoka spat secretly, and the look she gave Sakakibara Kaede gradually turned into one of trash.

Sakakibara Kaede coughed lightly, then he pulled Higuchi Madoka's hand and squeezed it gently. After the latter shyly avoided his sight, the young man put the CD into the player. After the TV screen flashed a few times, Sakakibara Kaede pulled Higuchi Madoka to sit down.

Higuchi Yuanxiang lost her balance and was pulled down by Sakakibara Kaede, and fell gently into the young man's arms.

"You, what are you going to do?"

"Ah, what a mistake. I thought you would resist, so I used a bit too much force." Sakakibara Kaede apologized honestly. He thought Higuchi Madoka would continue to be arrogant and cold for a while, so he used a lot of force - he didn't expect that Higuchi Madoka had given up and suddenly became frank. What happened?

"Hmph, I won't do it next time."

"It would be a bit too much if it doesn't happen again."

"..."

Higuchi Yuanxiang was so angry that her teeth were itching. Where did Fengsang, who was originally thin-skinned and very polite to her, go? Why did he become so shameless now? It made her heart beat faster and faster.

The two of them were sitting very close to each other, with their fingers crossed and clasped together. Higuchi Madoka glanced at Sakakibara Kaede who took the initiative, snorted lightly, and let him go.

The tutor in the movie is not some uncle-type tutor. This is a movie after all, not a three-dimensional world. The tutor is the girl's recent neighbor in the movie. He is one year older than her, studied in a very good university, has a kind and sunny personality, and looks very attractive.

There is no romantic love at first sight in the movie. The girl wants to improve her grades and get into her ideal university, which is the one the hero is attending now. The hero just wants to work and earn money so that he can have more choices in his life. There are always various coincidences when the two meet outside of tutoring time. For example, when the hero went out for a team-building dinner, the heroine and her friends sat at the next table. In that plot, the heroine's friends secretly complained to the heroine that the hero was very handsome and sunny, and wanted to get his mobile phone number or something. The heroine remained calm, but suddenly felt a vague sense of tension in her heart, as if something important was about to be taken away.

Sakakibara Kaede squeezed Higuchi Madoka's hand, and the latter looked at him with dissatisfaction. The young man came forward and asked Higuchi Madoka in her ear: "Did Madoka feel this way at the time?"

Higuchi Yuanxiang felt the breath beside her ear, and her whole body went numb. She almost fell on Sakakibara Kaede's shoulder. She glared at Sakakibara Kaede fiercely, "What do you feel?"

"It's the feeling of gain and loss, tension, and crisis in the movie, which is very much like the feeling of high school girls."

Sakakibara Kaede asked.

Higuchi Yuanxiang glanced at the curious Sakakibara Kaede and said, "How could there be no such thing?"

If only Sakakibara Kaede could see the inner conflict I was feeling at that time. She knew nothing, but she always said words that touched my heart. I shouldn't have approached her and started a conversation without knowing how she felt.

Higuchi Yuanka pursed her lips. As for the sense of crisis, she has always had it.

At first, she suspected that Mai Sakurajima was interested in Kaede Sakakibara, but after asking her, she admitted it openly. Then, she suspected that Toru Asakura also liked Kaede Sakakibara, but after asking her, she admitted it with a strange arrangement of words.

I like them, but what about myself?

Higuchi Madoka gritted her teeth. During those days, she would dream at night. She dreamed of the future when she and Sakakibara Kaede became the most familiar strangers and met on the street. Although the emotions in her eyes were worth a thousand words, what she said were the most inhuman social etiquette.

"Yuanxiang, Yuanxiang, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Higuchi Madoka seemed to be trapped in some kind of mental demon, Sakakibara Kaede quickly squeezed her hand and called her back to the real world.

"I'm a little tired, can you carry me to the bed to rest?"

Although Sakakibara Kaede felt a little regretful that she didn't finish watching the movie, she didn't want to delay Higuchi Madoka's rest because of the movie.

He came to Higuchi Madoka, half squatted down, and motioned Higuchi Madoka to lie on his back.

Higuchi Madoka gritted her teeth. This man, when she was asleep, showed his manliness and handsomeness and used a princess hug. But now why did he seem like he was missing a thread in his brain and wanted to be carried to the bed by her?

"Didn't you always carry me like a princess before?"

"Oh, sorry, I forgot. I haven't done this move in a while."

Sakakibara laughed twice, and suddenly came to his senses, "That's not right. When I carried you to the bedroom like a princess, you were always asleep. How did you know I was carrying you like a princess?"

Higuchi Madoka looked at Sakakibara Kaede viciously. If possible, she would bite off a piece of flesh from the other person.

Sakakibara Feng asked awkwardly, "Could it be that... you were not asleep at that time?"

Thinking of the goodnight kiss she gave to Higuchi Madoka, and the scene of holding her hand to comfort her, Sakakibara Kaede suddenly felt terrible and even a little collapsed. Why didn't you say anything at that time when you were awake? Don't you know that if you were awake, I could have helped you into the bedroom, and there would be no need for a princess carry?

"Asakura told me."

Higuchi Madoka snorted coldly, and with the idea that it would rather die than let her friend die, she directly threw the blame onto Asakura Toru who was in love with Sakakibara Kaede.

"Um... is that so?"

"Yes."

Sakakibara Kaede sighed, "Never mind, never mind, it's fine since I've been seen clearly." He faced Higuchi Madoka, half leaned over, let out a "hey" sound, and held Higuchi Madoka in his arms like a princess.

"Be careful, don't fall."

"...Um."

Higuchi Madoka pulled Sakakibara Kaede's chest and leaned her body weight completely on Sakakibara Kaede's chest. This was the first time she did such a blatant action. When she smelled the subtle fragrance on Sakakibara Kaede's body, Higuchi Madoka was actually a little crazy.

"What's wrong."

“It feels a little itchy, haha.”

Sakakibara Kaede laughed, and Higuchi Madoka felt better and raised the corners of her mouth.

He pushed open the door, stepped in, and gently placed Higuchi Yuanxiang on the bed. The girl stretched lazily with satisfaction, "Although I know you are very tired, please don't sleep here. You are sleeping on the sofa tonight, do you know?"

"It's a pity there's no extra room here."

Sakakibara Kaede shrugged and pulled the quilt over Higuchi Madoka.

The latter groaned in annoyance. This man was usually able to interpret her words and draw inferences from them. Why didn't he interpret them here? Was he teasing himself?

She opened her eyes and glanced at Sakakibara Kaede. As expected, she saw his smiling eyes. Higuchi Yuanxiang was embarrassed for a moment. She stood up, picked up a pillow and threw it at the young man who was laughing beside the bed, "Get out, get out, get out——"

"I'm a little tired. I don't mind if I take a nap here for a while."

"I have a strong opinion, please leave."

"I... am I really leaving?"

Sakakibara Kaede pretended to stand up, and Higuchi Yuanxiang was immediately amused by the young man's jumping back and forth. She gritted her teeth and made up her mind to never pay attention to this big pig's hoof again. She half turned around and faced the wall, not even wanting to look at him.

Then she was hugged tenderly.

"Okay, Yuanxiang's temper is cute, go get some sleep. We can still rest for an hour or two. We're going to cook together later."

"Who wants to rest with you?" Higuchi Yuanxiang spat twice, turned around, leaving Sakakibara Kaede with the back of her head.

Sakakibara Kaede smelled the unique scent of a girl on the quilt and smiled gently. Seeing that Higuchi Madoka was still sulking facing the wall, he smiled and put his arm around Higuchi Madoka's shoulders.

The girl's body trembled slightly, then she turned around and, under the young man's continuous attack, she resigned herself to her fate and offered her lips.

Chapter 23 Good Night

After lying on the bed for a while with the seemingly extremely reluctant Higuchi Madoka, the young man fell asleep first as today's filming had consumed a lot of his energy.

Higuchi Madoka couldn't fall asleep for a while because of various reasons. She could feel the young man's body temperature so close to her, as if she could feel his breath blowing on her face.

They didn't hold hands when they went to sleep, but Higuchi Madoka felt a warmth that she had longed for, as if the sun was shining on her from the inside out.

She glanced sideways at the sleeping Kaede Sakakibara, then stood up, pulled up a corner of the quilt and covered him.

The weather in October is already a bit chilly. Although the air conditioner at home is set to a suitable temperature... there is still a risk of catching a cold.

Higuchi Madoka really wanted to experience again the feeling of taking care of a young man lying in bed like a child, but after thinking about it, she decided to give up, as she didn't want Sakakibara Kaede to get sick.

When she gives birth to a baby, it would be more appropriate for Sakakibara Kaede to take care of her.

Tsk, that's not right, why did I suddenly think of this.

Higuchi Madoka stared at the ceiling fiercely, thinking that these nonsensical thoughts must have been caused by watching the movie, and it was all Feng-san's fault.

After a while, she only heard the steady breathing sound. She looked at Sakakibara Kaede who was breathing steadily again. She cleared out the messy thoughts in her mind and closed her eyes as well.

When Higuchi Yuanxiang woke up, the lights were already on. She stood up and found that the person beside her had disappeared. She looked out the window and saw the beautiful night view of Tokyo Bay as usual. She rubbed her eyes. It was almost half past six, which was a bit late even for dinner.

Higuchi Yuuka sighed. She had clearly set the alarm before going to bed, but the alarm didn't wake her up? No, or was it because she slept too soundly?

Higuchi Madoka knew that she was a light sleeper and the slightest disturbance could wake her up from bed, but it was easy for her to fall asleep again and it was not that difficult.

“Maybe this is the sense of security.”

Higuchi Madoka said silently, covering her chest. She could still feel the residual warmth from the bed.

After opening the bedroom door, Higuchi Yuanxiang heard the occasional conversation coming from the living room, as well as the standard voice of the news anchor on TV.

"Hey...how much sugar?"