I live my life in Tokyo

The boy had a clear understanding of the layout and structure when he visited the office before. Going down one floor, he arrived at the music area for musicians.

The rooms here are all designed to be soundproof. In addition to the rooms provided for musicians to create individually, there are also recording studios, mixing rooms and many other high-end configurations.

Kaede Sakakibara had been to the music hall before. He was excitedly dragged here by Yuuma Miura. Without saying a word, he pulled the boy into a small room and asked the boy to listen to his drum solo.

Different types of musical instruments are hung on the walls, mostly guitars, and the truly valuable instruments are stored in the instrument room.

Most musicians have their own musical instruments, which they can store at the office, otherwise it would be troublesome to move them every time.

The same goes for Yuuma Miura's drum set. He couldn't play the drums in his rented apartment, otherwise he would be complained about. So he moved his drums to the office. At the same time, there was a public drum set in his school. There were musical instruments at both ends, which was a very reasonable arrangement for him.

But then again, there are indeed very few STARS musicians, because most musicians do not need agencies to package themselves; they are able to take exams and perform. Most of them would choose to join an orchestra and perform an auditory feast with like-minded people.

Currently, musicians in the agency are mostly learning instruments used in modern bands, such as drums and guitars.

In the distance, the boy heard the sound of a piano being played.

At some point, his fingers began to move in rhythm with the keys, a physical memory left over from past piano practice.

This is not some classic piano piece.

The boy listened carefully for a while and found out that the song seemed to be created by the musician himself.

"Cheers to the feeling of love—"

The singing was heard.

The boy was impressed by the singing, or rather the voice.

Having learned to sing, he has a clear memory of human voice and singing throat, and can distinguish different tones or true and false voices in singing, although he cannot be said to have absolute pitch.

"I'm so grateful to be here. Our present is just beginning."

The boy stopped in front of the door and listened to the nostalgic song coming from inside.

He seemed to know who was inside.

He could instantly find the position of this voice among the nine-member group, the part of the song she was responsible for, and the words to be sung.

"We have just started our journey. Please give me your guidance tomorrow. This is... not the end."

For Maki Nishikino, this is not her end.

Chapter 8 One day, I will travel with them (9/)

Summer afternoons, weekends.

The boy took a break from his busy schedule and came to the Starlight Cafe to work. There was no worldly noise or the crazy face of the agent here, only lively diners.

The five sisters are not here today.

The boys did not attend cram school every day, so he left some free time for the five of them.

Nino Nakano said that she wanted to spend more time alone with him, but before she could finish her words she was pulled back by the other sisters.

The coffee beans were ground using standard techniques, and soon an elegant aroma wafted from the air.

"You... why are you here again?"

Looking at the white cat Vanilla jumping onto the counter, the boy stretched out his hand skillfully, and Vanilla put his chin on it in a familiar manner.

Well, I have to wash my hands again later.

Vanilla was very well-behaved and didn't cause any trouble. Seeing the boy busy, she lay down beside the bar and licked her short hair.

This made the high school girls at the tables not far away stare with stars in their eyes. If the boy looked closely, he would find that they were the female students he met in the kendo hall that day.

"Mocha."

Pushing the steaming cup of mocha coffee in front of the girl, she said, "Thank you."

After a cup of coffee is made, it is time to clean up. The boy picked up a rag and wiped the bar, rolling up the crumbs and dust and sweeping them into the trash can.

"It was a surprise to see Higuchi-san on a free Saturday afternoon."

"Am I a workaholic in your eyes? Mr. Barista." Higuchi Yuanxiang took a sip of coffee, her purple eyes looked at the boy calmly, and then looked away after a moment.

Seeing that the boy had finished his job, Vanilla jumped over, fell asleep limply in the boy's arms, and called weakly, signaling the boy to serve her quickly.

Sakakibara Kaede was rubbing Vanilla's little belly, and the store manager Shiki Natsume came over from the kitchen with a bag of cat food and poured it into the cat bowl next to the bar.

When Vanilla saw the food, she immediately abandoned her beloved, gently licked the boy's hand, gently broke free from his arms, and walked towards the cat bowl step by step - but she looked back every step, and her blue cat eyes were full of reluctance to leave the boy.

"what."

The boy smiled at this and poured himself a bottle of boiled water. "Higuchi-san, are you here to discuss something important?"

Higuchi Madoka did not express her desire at the beginning. She took the matter lightly. However, whether or not she could enter university was related to whether she could be with her childhood sweetheart in the future, so this matter was not a low priority in her mind.

"Sakakibara-san, what do you think of college?"

This is a question very much in the style of Higuchi Madoka. The boy nodded slightly. If it was another girl here, she would probably say, "Hey, hey, Sakakibara-san, can you give me some advice? I don't know whether I should go to college or not."

"College is a place where you can find many future paths and also determine your dreams," the boy recalled. He had been to college twice, so he had more say on this topic.

College life, while studying, enrich yourself, if possible, you can also find an internship to increase work experience - this is what the boy has experienced in the past.

But his small goal is like Hu Shi's diary. While lamenting his own decline... he will play a few games of black games with his classmates who are free.

If you win this time, you will learn.

However, boys do spend more time in the library.

"University is a place to determine who you are." The boy knew that Higuchi Madoka was standing at the crossroads of her life. Without any prompts or warning signs, she didn't know which way to go.

This is a very confusing topic, especially when Higuchi Madoka was still an idol, having a college degree or not did not matter to her idol career.

"Has Sakakibara-san found himself? At the University of Tokyo."

"I found the emperor of the Han Dynasty and became a brave general under his command." The boy sighed about the Han Dynasty, that era that made people feel confused, that era that made people excited when mentioned, and that era where stars shone brightly.

During this period of time, he met many generals who were appointed by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and also got to know famous generals such as Bai Ma Gongsun who were well-known in the three departments of science.

Higuchi Madoka looked at him coldly. She found that the boy's way of speaking was a bit like Hina's. If you weren't careful, he would start talking nonsense.

The boy felt upset when he saw that Higuchi Yuanka didn't believe him. What he said was true. He had just had a piano argument with Cai Yan from the Economics Department a few days ago, and had made a sharp comment on the advantages and disadvantages of different brands of pianos.

I can only say that she is worthy of being described as Cai Yan by Ichiro Nakamura. She knows all brands of piano instruments like the back of her hand. After asking her, I found out that her villa is very big and has pianos of every brand.

"Higuchi-san, why don't you talk to your childhood sweethearts and see what they think?" The boy gave the most pertinent advice, "It would be a good thing if you could get into the same university with them."

"Um..."

She pondered for a moment, as if in a trance, and finally said, "Okay."

"I'm Zhao Zilong from Chiba, Department of Economics, University of Tokyo." The boy patted his chest and said, "Higuchi-san, are you going to study liberal arts or science in the future? If you're studying liberal arts, I have connections here and can get you some college entrance examination key points. If you're studying science, I'll organize the information and send it to you in a couple of days."

That's why Higuchi Madoka's blatant sigh was considered fake.

However, he felt that the boy was right about one thing, which was that she needed to discuss this matter with Asakura. Although the final result might be a meaningless riddle, she still had to say it.

Higuchi Enka briefly mentioned this topic, and the boy brought a cup of coffee to the beautiful woman next to him and returned to his original place.

At this time, Vanilla finished eating the tribute offered by humans, and comfortably returned to the boy's arms to act coquettishly. This scene made the beautiful woman sitting in front of the bar and the female high school student not far away press the shutter one after another.

I might as well charge for taking photos in the future...

"Back to the summer festival." The boy shook his head and sighed, "I asked Sakurajima-senpai, Kashima-san, and Nakano-san on Line yesterday. The three of them were fully booked on Friday. They didn't have any spare time at all. After filming one scene, they had to go to the next set to shoot a commercial."

"But Uehara and Takeda are still available... Well, why don't I go ask my seniors."

The boy frowned. Since entering the internship company, Koichiro Yuki's life has become increasingly busy, and his dark circles have become increasingly darker. The boy suspects that one day he will not be wearing plain glasses, but real myopia glasses.

To be honest, the boy couldn't guarantee whether Koichiro Yuki could spare time despite his busy schedule.

Another person with sister complex, Yuuma Miura, has a music test recently and probably doesn't have time to leave central Tokyo for team building.

"...There are four of us going." Higuchi Madoka said softly.

"It's more lively when there are more people, just like the last time at Idol Fes." The boy grinned and nodded.

Afternoon tea time passed quickly, and it would be dinner time later. Higuchi Madoka finished her coffee, looked away from the group chat on her phone, and wiped the drink residue from the corners of her mouth with a wet tissue.

The boy had a place to work at the afternoon tea event at the Starlight Cafe, but he had no work to do at dinner time afterwards. He leisurely changed his clothes in the locker room, nodded and said hello to several girls working in the restaurant, then left with his schoolbag on his back.

"I said, you followed me here, you really want to go home with me."

When they arrived outside the cafe, Vanilla still followed him reluctantly, staring at him with her watery blue cat eyes and calling in a baby voice.

"This cat likes you very much." The middle-aged man who was the manager and housekeeper of the Starlight Cafe saw off a group of guests. When he saw the boy and the cat, he said, "She said she wanted to go home with you."

"It's a pity that it can't change." The boy bent down, rubbed Vanilla's little head, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

The butler looked a little strange, and he coughed lightly, "No..."

The boy looked up, and the strange look on his face quickly disappeared.

"I'll take you home when I'm done with my work." The boy teased Vanilla's soft flesh pads and pulled his arms away as she moaned in satisfaction.

The summer season was too busy. Filming for movie commercials required him to drag his tired body home every night. In addition to his acting job, he also had to take part-time tutoring and work, so he naturally had no energy to take care of his cat.

I just hope the autumn season will be a little better, giving him more time to rest and cultivate his sentiments.

"That's best." The butler smiled kindly and hooked his finger. Vanilla obediently did not continue to pester the boy. Instead, she turned around and squatted beside the butler's legs, meowing at the boy a few times.

"Isn't there someone waiting for you instead of a cute cat?"

Sakakibara Kaede followed the butler's raised hand and looked towards the intersection, where Higuchi Madoka was hiding from the scorching sunset that was about to set.

"Thank you, see you tomorrow."

The boy smiled and said goodbye to the butler, then walked towards the girl.

The butler stroked Vanilla's back and watched the boy leave with a kind smile.

The boy used to think that Higuchi Madoka and the sea were a good match because of her performance costume and her ethereal singing voice.

Now the boy also thinks that Higuchi Madoka and the sunset are a good match. Not to mention the hair color, the coldness or melancholy of Higuchi Madoka herself matches well with the end represented by the sunset itself.

The dimness after all the light is emitted, waiting for the next appearance, there is a new beginning after the end of the day.

The two of them didn't say a word, or there was no need for them to continue to say anything to confirm.

The boy would not let Higuchi Madoka walk alone at night, and even if Higuchi Madoka told the boy, the boy would not change his mind, so he simply didn't say anything.

"Do you have any other plans today, Higuchi-san?"

At the crossroads, Higuchi Madoka did not go home as usual. She chose another road and turned her head to the side, "I'm going to buy some books."

Seeing a question mark popping up on the boy's head, Higuchi Yuanxiang explained: "I'm buying reference books for the college entrance examination. Do you want to come with me? Mr. Bodyguard."

"Of course I'm coming. Speaking of the college entrance examination, I can give you some good question books for reference."

The boy nodded and stepped forward.

Higuchi Madoka feels very special about this shopping street. Although she says so, it is just a shopping street near the community that can be seen everywhere in Tokyo. It is just that this place is filled with their memories, memories shared by her and the other three people.

She doesn't want to be separated from them in the future. Even if idol activities will end one day, like the Muse girls, she wants to continue this relationship.

Rather than verbal language, she uses practical actions the most.

There is no need for happiness or any solemn promises. Higuchi Madoka only hopes that they can stand together in the future and travel far away one day.

I thought of the vow the four of them had made to jointly buy a car and go see the sea.

Higuchi Yuanka stopped in front of the bookstore and found herself reflecting in the glass, smiling faintly.

She put away her smile and entered the bookstore.

What hits you is the exaggerated poster that takes up the entire front of the bookstore. It shows a young man standing in the front with a sword, and behind him are several beautiful girls dressed in clothes with otherworldly styles falling from the sky.

Okay, okay, harem novels are popular nowadays, but there are no live-action adaptations, right?

The boy glanced at the light novel section with a resentful look in his eyes.

Higuchi Madoka didn't pay attention to the two-dimensional posters and walked straight to the teaching materials area.

Compared to the light novel area which was crowded with high-quality men in glasses, the textbook area selling materials for the college entrance examination saw almost no customers.

Occasionally, a few high school students wearing the uniforms of nearby high schools would stop for a while, pick up a reference book, and then run to check out.

"Higuchi-san, do you want to study liberal arts or science in the next year?" The boy paused before summer vacation, pulled out a math reference book with his fair fingers, turned around and asked.

"My grades are average." Higuchi Madoka answered honestly when talking about the college entrance examination. "Does Sakakibara-san have any recommendations?"