You Were Experienced, I Was Not: Our Dating Story 8th Date by Makiko Nagaoka

Author:Makiko Nagaoka [NAGAOKA, MAKIKO]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2025-09-02T00:00:00+00:00

Raion: I finished the lyrics for the intro. Would you mind giving it a listen and letting me know what you think?

It was followed by a link to a video of him. In the video, he sat on a chair in a tatami room—probably at his uncle’s place—and played a guitar while singing.

“In my dreams... I call your name...over and over...” His eyes were lowered toward the guitar as he sang in a voice filled with emotion. “I’ll never...let go again... Don’t wanna let go...ever...”

Whenever I heard guys sing self-written love songs such as this one, I always had to wonder how much of it came from the heart.

Sure, if someone gave me a questionnaire that read “I don’t want to ever let go of my girlfriend” and presented the choices of “Yes,” “No,” and “Neither,” I would probably tick the first option, but I wouldn’t go saying it to people unless someone asked me. The idea of singing it so sonorously was too embarrassing to even consider.

Anyway, the reason I couldn’t help thinking these things now was that, frankly, Raion-san’s song was clichéd.

He had a good voice, though, which I hadn’t noticed when we’d talked. While he wasn’t exceptionally good at singing, he was still pretty solid, so at the very least, it wasn’t painful to press replay and listen to him sing it a couple more times.

Either way, it was only his voice that I found good. The lyrics and the instrumentals were your typical love song fare that felt like you’d heard it all before at some point. Since I wasn’t knowledgeable about music, I couldn’t give any further impressions like an expert might’ve been able to do.

As it was just the intro, the video ended right away. It was hard to reply through messages, so we got on a video call.

“Hello, Raion-san.”

“Hello, Ryuto-san!”

On the other end of the screen, Raion-san’s eyes were sparkling—maybe he thought I was going to praise him. He assumed a low posture in greeting as though he were younger than me, which wasn’t the case. This was making it harder for me to give my honest impressions.

“Let me begin by saying that I’ve never written any songs and don’t know much about music, so I really admire people like you who can actually make it.”

“Oh, it’s nothing so special.”

“So this is really just going to be the opinion of a total amateur...”

I chose my words carefully. It wasn’t easy.

“I’d say it’s...pretty common? Like...it’s not bad, but I found it rather innocuous...” I admitted.

Raion-san didn’t look as discouraged as I’d expected him to be. “Yeah, I guess so...” He slightly lowered his eyes and spoke in a meek tone. “I thought the same thing myself, which is why I couldn’t come up with any lyrics to put with it... That’s why I wanted to ask you for advice.”

It was only now that I remembered that this was about him getting advice from me. Back in that family restaurant, I’d empathized with Raion-san and offered to help purely out of enthusiasm.

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