LOVE VOICE

"Now it looks like you are more of a patient than I am."

Kondo's spirit is obviously not as good as it was a few months ago, still teasing Takikawa with his warm smile.

With a bitter face, Takigawa continued to push the wheelchair and walked slowly under the shade of greenery.

Kondo's condition has deteriorated sharply in the past month, and now he can no longer walk on his own legs.

"Stop by the flower bed over there and let me see how the flowers are blooming." Kondo pointed to the flower bed not far away.

Takikawa pushed Kondo to stop beside the flower bed as he said, and helped Kondo put on his glasses by the way.

"It's really vibrant...these flowers." Kondo sighed as if talking to himself.

Looking at Kondo, who is obviously full of attachment to this world, Takikawa's sadness welled up uncontrollably.

"Stupid, why are you crying? We will leave sooner or later. I just came to that world one step ahead of you. I will prepare everything to welcome you there, but you are not allowed to come too early."

Takigawa quickly wiped away the tears, and said stubbornly, "I didn't cry".

"Ayou, haven't you found the reason why you can't speak?"

Takikawa shook his head, looking a little sad.

"That's it..." Kondo stared at the most colorful flower, "After knowing that you lost your voice, I have been thinking... Is it a mistake to ask you to be a voice actress? If I hadn't told you If you do that, maybe you will be much happier now."

Not so!It was Kondo-senpai who gave me a clear direction and let me know that there is still work that can reflect the value of my existence. I like the work of voice actors, I really like it, although it is a bit late, but...it is really better than anything I can think of Work is more like...

Takikawa interrupted Kondo's words and spoke silently.

"But Ah Yu, the so-called voice actors have a shelf life... Once the shelf life has passed, no matter how beautiful the voice is, they will not be able to attract people's attention... In order to extend their shelf life, voice actors are doing all kinds of hard work , if you don’t have a certain level of awareness, it’s a better choice to just give up…”

Kondo slowly organized his words as if he was speaking to himself.

Takigawa listened quietly, without expressing anything.

The fact is that cruel.The crisp and melodious voice in the early days gradually lost its tension with age, and the voices that could perform various roles in the early days can only be dubbed by some adult men. kind of necessity.

These words uttered by Kondo, who loves his work deeply, are a kind of pain that both of them have to face.

"Ayou, let's go to the premiere of the theatrical version of "Knights of Wings". This weekend, the two of us will go together. Ah... now I seem to be forbidden by the doctor to go out... It's so embarrassing..."

Kondo suddenly became excited and suggested on a whim.

"I really want to see how those younger generations performed the roles that belonged to us in the past. But if you want to compare with us, they are 100 years earlier, haha!"

Speaking of "Wing Knights", the figure that I thought I had forgotten resurfaced in my mind.

"Ayu, you know about Ono's plan to quit, right?" Kondo suddenly changed the topic to Ono, Takigawa nodded stiffly.

"Young people are really impulsive..." Kondo elongated his voice enviously, "Ayu...the reason why you lost your voice...is because of Ono?"

Like a butterfly specimen pierced by a spike, Takikawa lost the ability to move.

"Strange why do I know?" Kondo didn't go to see Takikawa, probably because he was afraid that he would feel embarrassed, "Ono came here two days ago. He told me everything. Including what he did to you so badly He didn't hide anything from me."

That person...why doesn't he let himself go?I have already decided to pretend that nothing happened, why should I tell this to the person I don't want him to know?

Whether it was anger or shame, Takikawa's body trembled slightly.

"I really wanted to kill him at the time. I hurt the person I always wanted to protect the most. I really wanted to kill him for you..." Kondo finally turned his head and blinked at Takikawa who was standing stiffly beside him, "It's a pity This body does not allow me to do that. Otherwise, the man in front of you would be a murderer. "

There was no expression of disgust or rejection on Kondo's face, which made Takikawa heave a sigh of relief.What I am most afraid of is probably losing Kondo's love and protection.

"The man told me that since he told me, he was ready to accept any result. You should really see the expression on that man's face at that time. It's been a long time since I met such an old-fashioned young man... Then It's the expression of a samurai who knows he's going to die but is still determined to go to war. As atonement, he chooses to exile himself, to disappear from the domain you're in. If he does that... maybe you'll be able to speak again. It's naive not to think ?"

Kondo narrated in the tone of a child telling a story.

can imagine.Even if he desperately told himself not to think about that person, the expression on that handsome face would still appear in front of his eyes.

"Sometimes loving someone is really simple and simple, and you can't even find a reason why you love it. If you can't find it, why bother to find it? Just listen to the voice in your heart and follow that Just do what the voice says."

Kondo's gentle gaze drove away all the coldness in Takikawa's body: "It's enough, Ayu, don't suppress yourself anymore. Try to fall in love with someone. By then, you will definitely be able to find your voice I wish I could hear you calling me again... Even if you don't call me 'and brother', you can call me Kondo-senpai."

Takikawa laughed amused by Kondo's words, with tears in his eyes.

"Let's go back, it seems a bit cold." Kondo said rubbing his arm.

Takikawa took off his coat and put it on Kondo, pushing him towards the ward.