LOVE VOICE

After leaving the izakaya, there were only three people who could stay awake including Ono.

"Drink again, Aoki... Didn't you say that you won't get drunk after a thousand cups? Ono, let me go." Takikawa yelled inarticulately, unable to fully open his eyes.

Ono, who supported Takikawa, stood by the side of the road, looking for a taxi that could take passengers.

Mr. Takikawa's wine taste is surprisingly... Poor... Ono sighed in his heart.

After a few glasses of wine, Takikawa was a completely different person, and he was extremely active at the banquet.But according to Aoki, after waking up, Takikawa would not remember what happened after being drunk.

"So, I'm asking you to send Takikawa back. Even if you take the opportunity to do something bad, it's fine." Aoki never forgot to make fun of others even when he was drunk.

After finally sending Takikawa to the stopped taxi, Ono directly delivered the address that Aoki had written to him to the driver.

"Pour me another drink, Ono..."

Takikawa, with his head resting on Ono's shoulder, gave orders very rudely.

"Everyone has run out of wine, Mr. Takikawa."

"Then call again."

"The wine in the store is sold out."

"Then go to the next stall!"

Takikawa grabbed Ono's sleeve relentlessly, and leaned on him.

"Okay, we are preparing to go, you take a rest first, we will be there soon." Knowing that he could not explain clearly to the drunk, Ono simply followed Takikawa's words.

Only then did Takikawa calm down, and closed his eyes with peace of mind.

Staring at Takikawa's still rosy cheeks, Ono suppressed the urge to touch them.

The defenseless person by my side at this moment is not the person I dreamed of in my heart.

Wasn't it me who decided to bury that unspeakable feeling deep in my heart?Because the object he wants to tell him does not really exist.

Facing the real disillusionment of Takigawa Yusuke, I once disappointed myself.There was even a moment when the idea of ​​not wanting to be a voice actor came to mind.

Knowing that such an act of idealizing others without authorization is very inappropriate, Ono still couldn't stop doing it.

The so-called greater expectations, greater disappointment, refers to my current mood.

You can no longer expect anything from the person in front of you.Ono kept admonishing himself like this.

"Ono-kun... Ono..."

Takikawa vaguely called Ono.

"I'm here." Thinking that Takikawa was uncomfortable, Ono adjusted his posture slightly.

"If it's Ono-kun... it's okay to entrust you with the role of Frode..." Takikawa said as if he was talking in his sleep.

"Ah... leave it to me."

"But... I can't be reconciled... It's been so long, and I still... I can't be reconciled..." Takikawa suddenly bent down, choking on his sobs.

"Mr. Takikawa!" Ono was at a loss by this situation, he could only stretch out his hand to hold Takikawa in his arms, and patted Takikawa's back tenderly.

Perhaps Ono's comforting effect had worked, Takikawa's sobbing gradually stopped, and he just leaned on Ono's lap and did not move.

The white neck exposed from the neckline became extremely dazzling in Ono's eyes.

"Even if you take the opportunity to do something bad, it's fine."

Aoki's words seemed to still echo in his ears.

It might be true.Even if he did something, Takigawa-san wouldn't know...

Afterwards, his own thoughts were extinguished by himself.Ono wanted to slap himself hard.

In order not to stop thinking wildly, Ono quickly moved his eyes away from Takikawa, but his hands were still on Takikawa's back, the heat he felt was echoing the frequency of his own heartbeat...

When the taxi arrived at Takikawa's apartment, Takikawa was already fast asleep in Ono's arms.

After paying the fare, Ono had no choice but to wake up Takikawa and help him out of the car.

There was also a taxi parked on the opposite road.The people who came down from there let out an unexpected "ah" when they saw Ono and Takikawa.

"Husband... Ono-kun?"

After getting off the car, Maiko Takigawa saw her husband being embraced by Ono from the same office.

"It's Miss Maiko." Ono greeted Maiko.

Wuzi hurriedly ran to the two of them: "What's going on? My husband..."

"After the recording ended today, everyone went to drink some wine together, but Mr. Takikawa got drunk by Mr. Aoki, so..." Ono explained, holding Takikawa's hand without letting go.

"That's right, my husband really troubled you, thank you for sending him back." Maiko stretched out her hand to help Takigawa, but Ono took a step back.

"Mr. Takikawa is unconscious now, I'm afraid Maiko-san can't handle it by herself, if you don't mind, I'll help send Mr. Takikawa to the room."

Maiko breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That would be great. It's just that I have to trouble Ono-kun again..."

"Where, Mr. Aoki also ordered me to send Mr. Takikawa back properly. Let's go together." Ono motioned Maiko to lead the way.

With Ono's help, Takikawa finally returned home safely.

Putting Takikawa on the sofa, Ono prepared to say goodbye.

"Won't Ono-kun leave without a cup of tea?" Maiko asked when Ono reached the door.

"It's late today, next time I have a chance..."

"Then Ono-kun, be careful on the way, thank you so much for today, please be sure to come again next time." Probably because she was anxious to take care of her husband, Maiko kept saying polite words.It sounded like urging Ono to leave quickly.

"Okay, I'll go first, goodbye."

When he reached the elevator door, Ono heard the sound of Takikawa's door closing.

"Hmm..." The headache caused by the hangover made Takikawa groan in pain.

"Ah~ You're finally awake. It's a good thing you and I don't have work today, otherwise it would be really bad." The brisk voice of his wife gradually approached, and then something cold was stuck to his forehead, "Come on , it will make you feel better after drinking it.”

Takikawa struggled to open his eyes, and saw his wife sitting next to him holding a glass of drink.

"Am I drunk?" Takikawa's memory still stays in the scene of being drunk by Aoki in the izakaya, but he can't remember what happened afterwards.Having gotten used to this kind of self, Takikawa didn't think too much about it.Anyway, it brought a lot of jokes to everyone.

Maiko stuffed the drink into Takikawa's hand: "You're so drunk. Fortunately, you have Ono-kun to help, otherwise you might just find another place to sleep all night."

Judging from his past records, it is not impossible for such a thing to happen.Fortunately, the one night I slept in the park was just missing my wallet.

"Ah, did Ono-kun send me back?" Takikawa's brain hadn't quite adapted to the rhythm of normal thinking.

"That's right. So remember to call and thank them well. Drink your drink quickly, it can cure your hangover." Maiko urged.

"Oh." After drinking almost half of the drink in the cup, Takikawa suddenly realized that he didn't know Ono's phone number at all.

"I knew it would happen, so I called the office early in the morning and asked for Ono-kun's number."

After talking to his wife, his wife handed the address book with Ono's phone number in front of Takikawa with an expression that she had expected a long time ago.

Without this person, I really don't know what my life would be like now.

Smiling gratefully at his wife, Takigawa thought that if he could live like this all the time, he would be considered happy.

The phone number of Ono's apartment is listed in the address book.Although he didn't know if Ono was at home now, Takikawa still dialed that number.

"Hello?" The phone rang twice before someone picked it up, and the voice of a strange man came from the receiver.

"Ah, hello, my surname is Takikawa, is this Mr. Ono's home?" Takikawa thought he had dialed the wrong number, so he quickly confirmed.

"Wait a minute." The other party's tone was quite rude, probably because he was woken up by the phone.

"I said to find someone named Ono, is that you?"

"Ah, give it to me quickly. Hello, I'm Ono, who are you?"

Finally hearing that familiar voice, Takigawa couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I'm Takikawa."

"Ah, Mr. Takikawa?" Ono's voice seemed to panic for a moment.

"So you're really here. I thought you had work and had gone out. I'm really sorry to cause you trouble yesterday." Takikawa said slowly.

"Please don't say that, as a junior, these are what I should do."

"You paid the fare for taking me back yesterday, right? I will definitely pay it back when we meet next time."

"That's unnecessary, Mr. Takikawa paid for my drink last night." Ono regained his composure, "Has Mr. Takikawa sobered up now?"

"Well, I'll be fine after a night's sleep. By the way, the one just now was..." Although Takikawa hesitated in his heart, he still asked.

"Just a friend, but not a colleague." As soon as Ono finished speaking, the man's laughter came from the microphone.

"That's it... Since you have friends here, I won't bother you too much. See you later if you have a chance to cooperate."

"I believe I will see Mr. Takikawa again soon." Ono probably also hung up the phone in a hurry, speaking at a much faster speed.

"That's it, bye."

Putting down the phone, Takikawa always felt that Ono's reaction today was a bit strange.A young man who seems so calm would actually make friends with someone who doesn't even know his own name.