Survival in a relationship

After returning from Kyoto, you find that the house next door to your own—the house where Otoko Yuta lived has been rented by another person.

When you came back, you were blocked by a pile of cardboard boxes in the corridor. A 1.9-meter-tall boy was sorting out these boxes with his sleeves rolled up. When he saw you, he nodded slightly to you and said, "Sorry, things are a bit I'll finish it soon."

"it does not matter."

You shook your head and smiled politely: "Hi, I'm Xing Chuanli, you are my new neighbor, aren't you?"

"Yes, I am Umetaro Nozaki, please give me your advice."

The person who called himself Umetaro Nozaki put down what he was doing and looked directly at you: "I made some dim sum in it, and it should be baked by now, if you don't mind, why don't you taste it, it's for you Trouble apologizing."

"OK……"

Your first impression of this person is quite good, of course you will agree.But in my heart, I actually have a cautious plan to go in and have a look inside.

By the way, have you heard this person's name before?

The furniture in the house should be arranged by Nozaki Umetaro again according to his preferences, and you don't get a glimpse of the atmosphere that belongs to Otoko Yuta.

You took a bite of the freshly baked biscuit and fell silent for a moment.

"What's the matter, does it taste bad?"

Seeing your reaction, Nozaki Umetaro asked tentatively.

"Ah, no, it's moderately salty and sweet, and it's baked just right. It's unexpectedly delicious."

From the taste of the biscuits, you can feel the chef's intentions, and it doesn't feel like something that the tall hunk in front of you can make.

Do you doubt life a little bit, are boys and girls so powerful now?

You ate the biscuit in silence, and Nozaki Umetaro stared at you with those calm, dead fish eyes.

"Uh……"

"Nozaki-kun, why are you looking at me?"

"Ah, I'm sorry, I can't help but look fascinated."

You have a question mark on your face, "??"

Just when you thought you had encountered a sudden romantic confession, the other party seemed to be eager to explain it to you——

"It's like this. I'm working as a part-time cartoonist now, and I'm planning to start a new chapter. And Xingchuan and a character in my blueprint have something in common.

So I want to observe you more, maybe I can use Xingchuan as the prototype of that character in the future, so that I can save a lot of trouble in creation. "

That's right, I almost misunderstood you.

"Is Nozaki-kun still a student?"

"Well, I'm in the freshman year of high school now."

"Oh, it's the same as me, it's actually a cartoonist, it's amazing."

"It's just a novice, I still have a lot of shortcomings to learn."

"What kind of manga does Nozaki-kun draw?"

You continue to chat about this topic with a little interest.

"It's a girl manga."

You were stunned, question marks flew across the screen, and you mistakenly thought that you heard it wrong, "What manga?"

"Girl comics, I tried to submit a short story before, but I didn't expect the response to be pretty good."

Nozaki Umetaro looked calm, and he didn’t seem to think there was anything strange about him drawing shoujo manga, “By the way, my pen name is Yumeno Sakiko, I came up with it after thinking for a long time, how about it, sounds great, right? .”

Great is great, just can't relate to your image.

Full of complaints in your heart, you smiled and said: "So that's the case, then I'm looking forward to Mr. Mengye's new work."

"Does Xingchuan like comics?"

"Quite like."

"Then I wonder if I can listen to the story of my new work and give some opinions of my own."

Facing Nozaki Umetaro’s desire to communicate with you about his manga, you don’t think the request is too much, so take it as a gift in return, “Then Nozaki-kun might as well talk about it.”

Although you don't think you can give much constructive advice.

"It's like this. This is a story between a girl and two boys. The heroine and the second hero are childhood sweethearts. They have a very good relationship. They even confirmed their feelings for each other when they were very young. They even exchanged tokens of love. .However, when I was still young, the male number two unfortunately passed away in a car accident."

You raised your eyebrows, why did you have a strong sense of déjà vu.

"Because the heroine has witnessed the death of the bamboo horse for many years, she has a strong psychological shadow in her heart, and her personality has become inferior and gloomy, so she is often excluded on campus."

Your hand holding the teacup trembled.

"at this time--"

Umetaro Nozaki's voice suddenly became high-pitched, shaking you out of your tea in fright, "The hero has appeared!"

After you calmed down and wiped off the tea with a handkerchief, you found that the other side was silent, "Then, what happened after the male lead appeared?"

"Isn't the following story the story of a handsome, gentle and considerate hero who warms and heals the heroine?"

Umetaro Nozaki said, "I thought Hoshikawa would understand even if I didn't say it."

you,"……"

Yes, it was an unsurprising development.

"Although at the beginning I wanted to set a gentle male lead without tinted glasses to appear to redeem the female lead, but I always feel that there are already many such stories in the world, which is a bit old-fashioned, and the image of the male lead is a bit different from the second male lead. When they overlap, it will give people a feeling that the male lead has always been a substitute for the second male lead."

Umetaro Nozaki made a thoughtful gesture: "Then it suddenly occurred to me just now that maybe the male protagonist can be set as a person who is gentle on the surface but a bit selfish and indifferent in his heart, and the link between him and the female protagonist can also be designed cleverly. .”

"For example——because the male lead lost the truth or dare, he was assigned to confess to the female lead in the same class. From the beginning, he approached the other party with the purpose of deceiving."

"Uh..." You always feel like you've been shot in the knee with an arrow.

"Then after approaching, I felt the lovely and gentle side of the heroine, and I also fell into it, so this is actually a two-way redemptive relationship."

After listening, the sense of sight is a little less serious, and you feel that it may be just a coincidence, and there is no need to sensitively map so many details to yourself. Umetaro Nozaki has just met you, and it is impossible to install a camera on you.

"Then, who is the character based on me?"

You think a little smugly, I don't know which female character is so lucky.

"Of course it's the male lead." Umetaro Nozaki said with certainty.

A thunder strikes!

You burst open in an instant, "..." Hehe, this man's eyes are really vicious...)

He knows too much, just assassinate him.

You put on a half-smile, "So that's it, so in the eyes of Nozaki-kun, I'm a selfish and cold-blooded person."

Nozaki Umetaro didn't hear the yin and yang in your words, and admitted very generously, "Hoshikawa does have the kind of temperament I want to refer to."

You, "..." Thank you, you want to hit someone, and your fist hardens.

"It's a good thing that the male second died, it's the prototype of Omi, and I don't have anyone to refer to."

Umetaro Nozaki feels that there are still obstacles in his creation.

You, "Xomi?"

"The name of the heroine."

You, "What a cute name."

That's great, it's not about You Mei You Ji or something like that.

"By the way, Xingchuan, is it convenient to ask about your birthday?"

Nozaki Umetaro began to record something in his notebook.

"May the fifth."

"May [-]th... Taurus!"

Nozaki Umetaro was pleasantly surprised by this wonderful coincidence, "People of this sign are usually rational, selfish and indifferent, which is really great."

Nozaki Umetaro felt that he was right, and gave you a thumbs up, "Hoshikawa, perfect!"

You are speechless, "..."

Could it be that the audience of the horoscope and divination programs are all tall men with a height of 1.9 meters?

-

You find that Umetaro Nozaki is simply a miraculous character. This is the first man you meet whose inner things like nerves can form a great contrast with his appearance.

Who would have thought that a tall and mighty male high school student who played basketball would be secretly a teenage manga writer with a cute pseudonym, who is good at cooking and capable of housework, but a straight man can write slender girly love stories, amazing a man.

Although the first meeting gave you some unpleasant experiences, you are still quite happy to make friends with him.

You and him are not in the same school, but because we are neighbors, Nozaki Umetaro has time to deal with you every day.

He never hides his identity, but you are the first person who can accept his identity as a manga artist (you: no), so, soon, you become his assistant when drawing manga.To put it simply, you are being used as a tool man.

You don't know why the situation developed like this——

The first time Umetaro Nozaki came to visit you at your house, you were bored at the time, so you agreed to his request to help draw manga together.

Although you don't get much, you can get started quickly by doing some drawing and pasting dots-this is the reason why you often go to him now.

You are a warm-hearted and good person, you have always felt this way, and it is definitely not because the rice cooked by Umetaro Nozaki is too delicious.

On this day, you helped to erase the pencil lines on the dried line draft, but found that there seemed to be too much frequency of something on the draft.

"Nozaki-kun, what is this? Tanuki? A mascot?"

You point to animals that shouldn't appear in certain scenes, a little confused.

"It's not a mascot, it's an important supporting role."

It is rare for you to find negative emotions on Nozaki Umetaro's face. He explained to you with a gloomy face: "My editor in charge thinks that the plot of the male second's death is too sad, which is incompatible with the tone of the monthly magazine. So he mentioned I made a suggestion to let the soul of the dead male second stay in the world, and possessed it on an animal, and then silently guarded by the heroine's side."

"So this civet cat is!"

Your pupils start shaking.

"It's the male second..."

Umetaro Nozaki looked sad, "The healing manga, which was originally a bit of a tragedy, has been turned into a comedy by my editor."

No, this is obviously turning into a horror cartoon.

Looking at the cute civet cats on the paper, you feel extremely suffocated.

"Xingchuan, are you okay, your complexion is a little bad."

"I'm just a little bit jealous."

Why can't the guardian spirit next to the real version of "Xomi" be a cute civet cat!