Do I really have a thing for female voice actors?

Inside the living room.

Rin Tachibana sat on the sofa, hugging a square cushion. Her slender right fingernails kept scratching the cushion's fluff and then gently smoothing it out, repeating this meaningless action.

Tazaki Toru sat opposite the girl.

Her feet were on the sofa, her ten toes slowly twitching like a cat's paws, opening and closing, revealing her inner unease.

To be honest, Tachibana Rin has absolutely no idea what expression to wear when facing Tazaki Toru.

She was afraid that just seeing his eyes would make her heart pound.

I have something to say to myself... What could it be?

Is he about to confess his feelings?

Judging from Tazaki Toru's previous behavior, she definitely has feelings for me, probably.

Rin Tachibana was lost in thought, and at the same time, a sense of worry arose within her.

It wouldn't be good if Japanese food got jealous.

If she were to win over Tazaki Toru first, she would still need to find a way to get Tazaki Toru to accept Aoki Hina.

Alas, the troubles of the empress.

However, Toru Tazaki silently watched Rin Tachibana, seemingly organizing his thoughts in his mind.

Rin Tachibana secretly glanced at Toru Tazaki and asked:

"You...aren't you angry with me?"

Tazaki Toru's thoughts were interrupted by the girl, who cast a slightly surprised glance at him.

"angry?"

"I thought you were angry with me about what happened this morning," Tachibana Rin said timidly.

Tazaki Toru was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

Seeing that Tazaki Toru did not reply immediately, Tachibana Rin felt a little uneasy.

"To say that there is none at all would be a lie."

Rin Tachibana couldn't help but grip the sharp corner of the pillow tightly: "See, you really are angry with me."

“No.” Tazaki Toru slowly shook his head.

"It's less about being angry and more about feeling frustrated and helpless."

"What? I don't understand. Speak like a human." Tachibana Rin pouted.

"I was annoyed that I hadn't been able to react appropriately at the time, and at the same time I felt helpless towards Ms. Mingyou."

“Ms. Mingyou, it seems you lack awareness of being a girl. In any case, I still hope you can understand the differences between men and women.”

"Of course I know, don't treat me like an idiot. This is home, there's no other man besides you."

“If I were going out, I wouldn’t be so unprepared.”

Rin Tachibana hugged the pillow tightly, looking rather sullen.

That guy, Toru Tazaki, does he really think he treats everyone the same way?

If that's the case, she's confident she'll burst into tears on the spot and see how he handles it.

"Okay, okay, I get what you're trying to say. I'll be more careful next time, alright?"

In the past, Tachibana Rin wouldn't have been so easily appeased; she might have thrown the body pillow in her arms at him and thrown a tantrum.

But Tazaki Toru's performance tonight pleased her so much that she couldn't bring herself to be angry with him.

I've been outmaneuvered by that damn guy again.

Tazaki Toru quietly observed the girl in front of him.

Rin Tachibana is indeed a troublesome girl, but her troubles always seem to stop at just the right moment.

It was as if the defenses of Toru Toki's heart had been carefully calculated, and that they would stop at a level that he found both troublesome and endearing, without pushing his luck any further.

Tazaki Toru does have something he wants to say to Tachibana Rin.

"I don't want Miss Ling Mingyou to misunderstand me."

"……Misunderstand?"

It is often said that there is no such thing as a 100% pure friendship between men and women in this world.

"I feel regretful about this, but I don't know how to prove it."

"We live under the same roof, and we have indeed encountered some inconveniences in our lives."

Even so, I still consider you and all of you to be very important...good friends from the bottom of my heart.

"........."

476. I probably like you much more than they realize.

Rin Tachibana is not a stupid girl.

Among the band girls who are illiterate these days, she graduated from a prestigious university and can recite pi to one hundred decimal places.

Looking at the entire Bangbang Project, even if their academic background isn't top-tier, it's still quite impressive.

Compared to some village girls who graduated from some unknown rural school, Tachibana Rin is an absolute academic elite.

Therefore, when she heard Tazaki Toru's words, she immediately realized what he was trying to say.

He didn't need to be more explicit; she understood.

So that's what you wanted to say.

For some reason, my heart felt like it was being clenched.

It seems that after spending so much time with Hina Aoki, Rin Tachibana has also picked up her tricks.

The girl forced a smile, trying not to make the expression look too stiff.

"Why are you suddenly saying such cheesy things? You don't think I've taken a liking to you, do you? Don't make your sister Rin laugh."

Ah, you're saying things you don't mean again.

Actually, he's my favorite.

I love the slight upturn of his lips when he smiles, I love his gentleness, I love the meticulous care he gave her when she was sick, and I love the way his profile looks like springtime when he plays the piano.

But she couldn't honestly tell him these things.

Hina Aoki often says that she is a girl who lies a lot and wants to become more sincere.

The same goes for Tachibana Rin.

If she had been more frank and courageous, wouldn't she have been able to convey all her innermost thoughts to him?

Rin Tachibana thought that if she really did that, she would definitely get another friend-zoned treatment.

Rin Tachibana doesn't want that kind of thing.

Ugh... what a despicable guy.

Why say something that will make her sad when you're feeling so happy?

Rin Tachibana had never wished more than at this moment that Toru Tazaki was a liar who only knew how to sweet-talk girls.

Even though she knew in her heart that it was precisely because Tazaki Toru was this kind of person that she had risked turning against her best friend to fall in love with him.

But his words shattered her illusions and made her promise to Aoki Hina seem absurd and laughable.

"If I have misunderstood you, I apologize in advance," Tazaki Toru's voice rang out again.

"I consider Miss Mingyou a very important friend."

"But earlier, Miss Kubo's mother seemed to have something in mind when she said that. Although I didn't ask her directly, I could roughly tell what she meant."

Rin Tachibana quietly clenched her fingers.

She also heard what her mother said.

That's exactly why Tazaki had these extraneous thoughts.

Why are they all like this? Whether it's Mom or Japanese food, they only make things worse.

Rin Tachibana felt extremely wronged.

"Stop trying to make yourself look good. My parents wouldn't even approve of you! You really think being handsome can put food on the table?"

"Let me tell you, the line of men who want to marry into the Kubo family could stretch from Tsukishima all the way to Hachioji! You wouldn't even get a chance!"

Rin Tachibana is always like this.

She replaced sadness and shyness with anger, as if anger alone could cope with everything that made her feel sad.

Just like it is now.

The girl in front of me seemed about to shed tears. If she did, I should pretend that she was crying because he made her angry.

In that way, he would definitely stop saying those hurtful things to her.

"no."

Tazaki Toru suddenly shook his head at that moment.

"I am not saying these things to show that I am a very upright person."

"On the contrary, I am far from being as honest as Miss Mingyou imagines, and I am not a good person in the traditional sense."

"I may have said this many times. I am just an ordinary man like everyone else, eating the same food and living the same life as everyone else."

"I cherish the time I spend with Miss Mingyou and naively believe that I can help you realize your dreams."

"If this feeling were shared by others... such as Miss Mingyou's parents."

It was taken as love, as ordinary romantic feelings between a man and a woman.

"For some reason, I felt truly sad."

"I probably like you and all of you much more than they realize."