Love Fest!

'Is he a dumbass? well he is one, he told his name earlier and would easily believe the person who just beat him up?..' Hiroto had searched the internet for the civility of Japanese regulations here and saw it was stricter and the punishment for a minute crime acts were punished in irregularly long and harsh. When a person does on the public, one thing he knew. It wouldn't end well with that person once his face is seen. But even if that was the case many people still commit some crimes through hidden modus, many things should or will be in the underground society. It's the part of the society as they say. Hiroto looked back and saw the petrified girl who was looking at the corner of the wall. He approached her while rubbing the back of his head.

"Well, You okay? " Hiroto looked at the female with long black hair.

The female still couldn't believe what had just happened just now. It felt like Hiroto's body just disappeared and beat the thugs like a walk in the park, then saw Hebi got demolished by his chop in the head.

With no response, Hiroto increased his voice by a little "Oi!"

"Ah! I'm okay" The female correspondingly replied with an awkward voice.

"Why did you get to fight?" Hiroto asked confusedly, he knew that the had some

"Those guys bullied a girl a few days ago and I saved her." The female said

"Haaaa. So they are here for revenge. Furthermore, bringing more people to fight a girl?." Hiroto said as he sighed with some helplessness. They have been dealt with accordingly with some slightly harsh methods. How desperate this group of people living with? they must have been so bored in their life. While he added some dysfunctionality in his body for so he will be able to commit acts like this. As for what is that, he didn't want to iterate it. (AN: But I can, peepee no more, reduced strength no more pee-pee weewee.)

"Anyway, you should be careful on your way home, okay? " Hiroto nonchalantly said as he bade farewell.

"Wait!" The female holds the tip of his sleeves stopping his advanced while he felt his hair dangle on his hands.

"What is it?" Hiroto turned around and looked at the female who had a blushing face.

"I'm Kotoko Ayame, m-may I know your name? What you said before was just a joke name right?" Kotoko asked while holding her long hair feeling shyness over his straight looking face.

[AN2: If you're also reading manga or this novel you might have known her. The title is Chuuko demo Koi ga Shitai! (not the chuunibyou haha)]

She must ask his name through his mouth and believe that he will not tell a lie to her especially since he saved her in the first place.

"That Kazuma is just a joke and my real name is Tamaki Hiroto, well then bye. Don't walk to alleyways like this okay? I'll be going now..." Hiroto waved his hand while walking away cooly. He felt like he just did something today that was of no trouble but he didn't know how much trouble he will face in the future.

"Tamaki… Hiroto.." Kotoko mumbled to herself while holding both her hands on her c.h.e.s.t.

[DING]

[Quest: Special: Completed: Time limit: 10 minutes

Help the person in distress!:

Someone is being held by the delinquents, save the person by giving the self-proclaimed thugs a beating.

Requirements :

Knockdown all of the delinquents: 10/10

Failure Conditions :

10 minutes had passed.

Reward: Courageous Aura.]

[Congratulations you had received Courageous Aura Skill (Active)]

"Nice, I wonder what this courageous thing can do?" Hiroto was smiling ear to ear as he thought of the skill for its effect.

[Courageous Aura] (Active: On)

Stand up against the odds without flinching from any pain, danger and remove unwillingness from any situation.

Master Rank (⭐) tier.

'Ohh, I think I have a way to use this skill frequently.' Hiroto rubbed his nose while planning the things to make it seem natural for everyone.

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Kotoko side

'Tamaki…. Hiroto…. That name seems kind of familiar, I don't know where I heard that name ' Kotoko looked at the disappearing silhouette of the person who saved her.

Kotoko left the alley and didn't look at the delinquents lying on the ground.

'He's not from my school and I haven't seen him since he should be popular in schools with his charisma and surely I might be missing something here.' Kotoko went home while thinking where did she hear his name, it felt odd to her.

Kotoko thought when she heard him before she saw herself in front of their worn-out apartment already. She entered the rusty gate and went upstairs before getting the keys under the mattress.

"I'm home..." Kotoko opened the door and walked into the dilapidated apartment room with a small room to spare, while in the front of the door anyone can see the kitchen behind the room then she saw her mother cooking with a frail-looking face.

"Welcome home, dear. " Her mother slightly smiled before coughing a bit, as she held the white cloth wrap around her back to her nose to prevent herself from infecting her daughter with her sickness.

"Mom, don't overexert yourself. You're still sick and have yet to recover" Kotoko worriedly said as she approached her missile speed while getting water from the tap.

"I am okay. I can handle this just okay." her mother insists before Kototo brought the glass for her to drink.

"Thank you, Kotoko." Her mother drank the water before feeling a little better.

"Then let me do the chores, Mom?." Kotoko smiled gently while she put on the apron hanging on a wall before wearing it while still in her student uniform.

Her mother smiled gently at her but she insisted on helping as well so they worked together to make their supper.

They ate their dinner and since they don't know what to talk about they are silently eating until the end. They didn't have much entertainment in the apartment and their situation was slightly unhealthy.

"Mom, let me handle the plates. Please go back to your room and have plenty of rest." Ayame said as she escorted her mom to her room.

After she laid her mother on the bed and left the room, she went to the kitchen and washed the dishes as she thought about Hiroto's name and remembered some details.

She heard it once during break time when she attended class just for the attendance since she didn't want to repeat the year.

Kotoko, who's sitting at her desk felt bored over a morning. She didn't have any friends in the school and with the constant rumors of her spreading around the school, it turned worse as they turned away from her. With nothing else to do, she just sat there and pretended to take a nap while thinking of ways to entertain herself.

"Tamaki Hiroto, It seems Otonokizaka has a prodigy in there." Girl A said

"Eh? Really?" Girl B curiously asked.

"Look at his performance, he's even allowed to use the auditorium for the students to listen to!" Girl A said as she took out her cell phone and played one of his footage, she had admiration shown through her face.

"Myyy! How beautiful! I feel at ease hearing his play!" Girl B exclaimed.

"Furthermore, he's an Ikemen how lovely I want to be his girlfriend." Girl C showed a lovestruck expression.

"Um, it's not possible with your looks." Girl A joke to her friend which made her angry and pouty.

"Un! That's what the audiences said, some others said it's Hiroto's effect!" Girl A said with admiration

"What's that, I don't get it.." Girl D felt amused by their conversation but upon looking at the handsome male playing the piano, she got instantly hooked to their fangirling.

Ayame Kotoko who's musing to her head suddenly heard something that got interesting before she left the room because the girls got noisier.

Back to her senses, she already finished washing the dishes and took the chair as she thought for a bit.

'I think I heard that name from class by coincidence. They said public video right?' Kotoko felt enlightened before she went upstairs and opened her laptop to look up at the official site of Otonokizaka Academy which she heard. Upon opening the site she instantly saw a banner of him at the side. They implemented a feature where his piano music can be played if anyone wanted. Upon cl.i.c.k.i.n.g the video thumbnail, she saw him playing the piano in an auditorium.

Kotoko watched him play and turned dazed before tears silently slipped and fell in her cheeks. She knew she was alone, she didn't have any friends. Moreover, It was her first time being saved by someone, her first time being the limelight of the day.

There were always bad rumors about her being 'used goods' and her delinquency which they knew from her rugged behavior without more reason turned her classmates back away from her.

Kotoko wiped her tears and silently listened to his performance before she smiled. Her fatigue miraculously disappeared as she felt ease and lighter.

"So this is what they called the Hiroto effect?" Kotoko mumbled before feeling funny because of the title they made for him.

Kotoko giggled for a moment before curiously looking at his other videos. She could see him playing and streaming on a website. She instantly scrolled on the comment section where there was someone who posted about his Switchtv account.

Kotoko showed interest as she clicked the link before she got directed to Hiroto's account front page.

She looked at his streaming schedule and looked at the time. He wasn't streaming regularly but she saw that he would stream today. She got excited but there was a little more time on his stream so she took a bath first.

After taking a bath, she wears cute pajamas and sits in front of her laptop. Her silky brown hair glistened under her freshly worn outfit. Her unblemished skin was unusual to the background as it differed to the person living on it but she wasn't affected in the slightest.

"Hello everyone, It's been a while" Hiroto waved his hands towards the screen with a smile, this time he isn't using his black mask on.

"What should we play today? Hiroto followed.

[What's up with your mask? Are you going to do something new today?] Someone from the chat asked him curiously.

[Yeah, don't put on a mask every day, I like seeing your handsome face better.]

[....You shouldn't hide it for us..]

Kotoko was an introverted watcher as she didn't participate in any discussions in the stream chat and only waited patiently for him to perform.

"I'll sing today this time, I have a surprise for everyone." Hiroto chuckled before he moved outside the camera view before getting back and bringing something with him.

'He's going to sing?' Kotoko's eyes showed an interesting expression, she put her earbuds and plugged it to her laptop.

He opened the case and it seemed that it was a guitar.

The live chat went wild and got more interesting, some were skeptical about his ability to play the guitar, but they just waited for his performance. In any case, it seems that he was attuned with it and knew what he was doing. Kotoko felt amazed at his popularity, while she just silently watched the unveiling, he tuned the guitar for a bit of time before nodding with satisfaction.

Afterward, he aligned his face through the mic while his hands had put the guitar to rest on his t.h.i.g.hs, his fingers near the string.

(AN: Sparkle by Radwimps; from the Your Name Anime)

He started plucking the strings, the rhyming of the sound felt natural. Meanwhile, the chat stopped with their bickering as they listened to his performance yet again. Few found his technique amazing since they had some experience using one, finger tapping while using some hammer-ons and were mesmerized with his fingers movements.

'So he's good at guitar as well but is he really going to sing? I haven't seen it before.' Kotoko got more interested since she hasn't watched more of his videos and looking at the graph of his Livestream, it seemed that he was already doing this for quite a time.

After the intro of his guitar which was so melodious while the tune felt happy he closed his eyes in a stop of a tune for a moment before he started singing.

"Mada kono sekai wa. . . . boku wo kainarashitetai mitai da, nozomi doori ii darou utsukushiku mogaku yo…"

"Tagai no sunadokei nagame nagara kisu wo shiyou yo "sayonara" kara ichiban tooi basho de machi awaseyou "

This world seems like it still wants to keep me tamed. As you wish, then- I'll struggle beautifully.

Let's kiss as we watch each other's hourglasses And let's meet up at the place farthest from goodbye

The tune of his acoustic guitar coupled with his magnetic voice exploded a mesmerizing sound as everyone turned dumbfounded.

[Why didn't we ask him to sing every time, why!!!, look at him now!! 🤤🤤]

He had a very light manly voice. It was on the neared side of the balance and not stuffy or deep. Meanwhile, the ups and downs with his singing felt natural and felt good to the ears as the listeners felt some goosebumps throughout their bodies. His voice felt hypnotizing, what the master skill shows a really attractive voice that can enhance and make people into hearing his singing until it stopped.

[God, is he this good in the past performances?!]

[My hair skin is approaching his performance, I'm seeing some movement.]

[Yuck, gross.]

"Unmei da toka mirai tokatte kotoba ga dore dake te wo.

Nobasou to todokanai basho de bokura koi wo suru.

Tokei no hari mo futari wo yokomeni minagara susumu.

Sonna sekai wa futari de isshou iya, nan-shou demo."

Ikinuite ikou

Destiny and future; in a place where such words cannot reach us.

No matter how much they extend their arm, we'll fall in love.

The needles of the clock would move as they look at the two of us from the corners of their eyes.

Let the two of us, for our whole lives- no, no matter how many chapters,

Keep living through such a world.

While his Guitar Skill wasn't at the highest tier, but accompanying his Singing (Master) one which he got during the competition, to the audience it felt like they were riding a sweet emotional wave coming from him.

A once in a lifetime sweet romance rendered by time but still reached out to each other until they found themselves feeling each other's warmth.

[Please perform for us again, you hid your singing well, give him a big boy clap!]

[Piano Man-san is a joker, you should have let us know…]

[Tomato-chan had donated 200 credits. Keep up the good work Guitar-Kun?]

[So he's guitar-kun now? Or should we say singing-Kun?]

[Yosh rally the live chat up everyone!]

[+9999]

"His music feels so warm like he's serenading us one by one." Kotoko closed her eyes and had some illusions of different scenes playing out. Playing in front of her with a gentle smile.

That day, Hiroto gained new followers including Kotoko, whom he saved just a while ago but the person himself didn't know either.

"I've decided!!" Kotoko felt determined as she suddenly had motivation for something she decided to do.