[Net King] Pilgrim

On the way back, Machida Kazu and Echizen Ryoma briefly explained a few words, but naturally omitted Janice's teasing words, and only said that she stayed in Edinburgh to stay with friends for one night.

When we drove to the front of the apartment building, it started to rain unexpectedly, and the weather changed as it said.

After the car stopped, the two realized that they did not bring an umbrella.

Machida looked through the car window, there was still some distance between the parking lot and the door of the apartment, seeing the torrential rain, even if he ran over, he would get wet.

She was about to be in danger, she turned her head and looked at the shopping bags on the back, "I think... it's safer to store them in the car first."

"Compared to them, you should worry about yourself now." Echizen Ryoma put the hat on her head, reached out and took a thin blanket from the back seat to cover her, left a sentence "don't move", and took it Get out of the car key.

The cold wind rushed in, the rain was as dense as a drum, and the bean-sized raindrops made the leaves beep.

When Machida opened the side door, he saw Echizen Ryoma half wet from the rain.

She jumped out of the car with her backpack on her back, hurriedly took off the blanket on her body and gave it to him, but he only lifted one side, covered her with most of the blanket, and dragged her into the rain.

Stepping through the potholes that had accumulated rainwater, the trousers were soon wet.

After entering the house, Echizen Ryoma covered her with the entire blanket, went to his bedroom, and took a dark shirt and a pair of sports pants from the closet.

Machida changed his half-wet shoes at the entrance, put all his odds and ends on the cabinet by the door, stood there, and stared at Karubin, suddenly a little at a loss.

However, this feeling didn't last long, and she was dragged straight to the bathroom of the master bedroom by Echizen Ryoma, and turned on the headlight, "You take a shower first, I put the clothes on the shelf by the door."

Machida glanced at the clothes he brought, "What about you?"

He himself was still cold, the raindrops were dripping down his chin, and the tips of his hair were still dripping, but she was only half wet when she was protected by him just now.

"I'll use the bathroom outside." Echizen Ryoma took a clean towel and covered her head with a chuckle, "Go quickly, don't catch a cold."

Machida pulled down the towel, "You've been exposed to more rain than me, you're the one who should stop catching a cold, go take a shower." As if to push him out.

"I don't catch colds that easily..." As he was speaking, he suddenly covered his mouth and sneezed sideways.

Machida raised his eyebrows to see if he had anything else to say.

Echizen Ryoma turned his head to the side, "You have an illusion."

"...you hurry up and take a shower!"

……

Machida went to the bathroom and turned on the hot water. After a while, the room was filled with mist and steaming.

She soaked in a hot bath comfortably, and her whole body was warmed up.

After taking a shower and tidying up the bathroom, she changed into the clothes that Echizen brought, pulled up her half-dried hair, and searched for a hair dryer all over the bedroom.

I searched around and couldn't find it, so I had to go out and ask for help.

Machida poked his head out of the bedroom and saw Echizen Ryoma sitting casually on the living room carpet with his back leaning on the sofa. He had already changed his clothes. There was a laptop on the walnut coffee table in front of him, and he was making a video call.

Looking up and seeing her, he stopped talking, "...what's wrong?"

"I can't find a hair dryer."

Machida felt that he had lowered the volume, but for some reason he was still heard clearly by the other end of the call. Just as Echizen Ryoma was about to speak, a voice suddenly sounded from the computer——

"Echizen... there is a woman in your family?! It must be very late in Britain at this time!"

Machida froze for a moment, and then felt something was wrong, why is this voice... a little familiar?

"What what?! Ah Tao, you just said that the home of the little one...could it be Hajime?!"

"Senior Ying Er, you are blocking the screen..."

"Hey, little one~ I can tell that you and Hajime are dating!! You two live together, meow~"

"Looks like good data was collected..."

Echizen Ryoma and Machida: "..."

Machida retreated behind the door and mouthed Echizen: "What's going on?!"

It's still early in Japan, are these people going to do morning exercises? ?

A group of people at the other end were in a mess, and Echizen Ryoma raised his hand to his forehead, "A sudden call... Seniors are going on an outing, so they must be bored on the bus."

He glanced at the screen and explained, "She's just staying for one night." After a pause, he said in a muffled voice, "Senior Ying Er, I'm already an adult."

Echizen Ryoma denied some words, so everyone will naturally understand that the part of his defense that he did not deny is the truth.

Resigned to his fate, Machida put his head on the door, thinking that with his luck, he could go to the lottery...

"By the way, Echizen." Fuji said with a gentle smile at the other end, "You and Ah Yi are going back to Japan in two weeks, right? Let's get together then."

A group of seniors immediately "incited" repeatedly, saying that they would have a party.

"We will go back during the Easter holiday..." Echizen Ryoma looked up at Machida Kazu who was still standing at the door of the bedroom.

The latter nodded tacitly before he turned his gaze back and agreed to the party.

As soon as Machida walked to the living room, he grabbed a pillow from the sofa and hugged it in front of him, and went to the coffee table, only showing his small head, and said hello to the seniors.

On the other side of the screen, it was even more lively than she had imagined.

However, the excitement fell silent for a moment the moment she appeared, and then the scene became even more uncontrollable than before.

When the noisy conversation ended, Machida laughed instead, "Seniors are still the same, obviously they are all adults."

"Although I am an adult, some things in my heart are still there."

"Yeah." She smiled deeper, "It's good and rare."

She is the same as Echizen, although she has grown up, her heart has not changed.

Whether it is for life or for dreams.

The apartment was filled with heating, and the wind and rain were blocked outside the door, and the surroundings became quiet for a while.

Echizen Ryoma's gaze fell on Machida Kazu's side face, she was sitting with her head bent on a pillow, thinking of something.

His clothes were significantly bigger than hers, and the shirt cuffs and trousers were rolled up a few times, exposing smooth arms and ankles, which looked like white porcelain under the light.

Echizen Ryoma's eyes gradually dimmed, and then he looked away. The computer on the coffee table was still on, and he reached out and dragged it closer to turn off the video interface.

I thought, he really overestimated his concentration.

Machida didn't notice it, he straightened up, seeing that his attention was on the computer, he glanced at the desktop from the corner of his eye.

Echizen Ryoma was about to turn off the computer when he suddenly smelled a scent of shampoo with fresh water vapor on the tip of his nose.

He tensed up, turned his head, and found that Machida was leaning closer to look at the computer screen, "What are these software... I only know Office."

Just now the two of them were separated by a punch, but once she got closer, she couldn't see the boundary at all.

"It's for professional courses." After saying that, he suddenly turned sideways and sneezed.

Machida quickly took out a tissue and stuffed it for him, "Did you catch a cold?"

"...No." He spoke in a slightly nasal tone.

"Is there any discomfort?" She leaned forward and reached out to touch his forehead.

Echizen Ryoma was slightly taken aback, and saw her touch his forehead with the other hand. After a long while, he breathed a sigh of relief, "I don't have a fever..."

... She really didn't realize how close they were.

Echizen Ryoma raised his hand to hold her wrist, and pulled it down, "I'm fine, and I'm not uncomfortable, don't worry." He backed away a little, got up from the carpet, "The hair dryer is in my room, I'll get it for you."

Machida forgot about this early in the morning, and was taken aback by his sudden mention before standing up and following.

After receiving the hair dryer, she looked up at him slightly, with a bit of worry in her eyes, "Then if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me."

Echizen Ryoma looked at her silently for a moment, then lowered his head, and touched her forehead lightly as a promise.

Machida hesitated for a while, smiled, raised his hand to stroke his forehead, turned around and ran to the bathroom to dry his hair.

Before going to bed, Echizen Ryoma took medicine under the "supervision" of Machida. She said that she heard him cough while blowing her hair, and sneezed twice, and emphasized to him that it was not her illusion.

The night was thick, and the bedroom with the curtains closed was so dark that there was no light at all.

Machida did not sleep well.It's not because of the restraint of the bed, it's because subconsciously he is still a little worried about Echizen, and remembering the cold rain he poured all over his body because of her, he can't completely relax even if he is tired.

After an unknown amount of time, several coughs dispersed her sinking consciousness.

Machida opened her eyes slowly, the surroundings were silent, and she couldn't hear a single sound, which made her wonder if she heard it wrong just now.

After thinking for a while, she still sat up from the bed, and when her eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, she rolled over and got out of bed softly.

It was also dark outside the room, Echizen Ryoma's bedroom was not far from hers, and the door was ajar.

Machida walked over lightly, stood at the door of the room, hesitated for a moment, and gently pushed the door open.

There was a fluffy body nestled at the end of the bed. Karubin woke up vigilantly when he heard the movement, looked towards the door, and after a few seconds, relaxed his vigilance and went back to the bedding room.

Machida stood still and said softly, "...Ryoma, are you alright?"

There was silence all around, and a few inches of moonlight poured in through the gap between the bedroom curtains, spreading on the floor.

Borrowing that inch of cold light, she looked towards the bed, hesitated for a few seconds, and walked gently to the bed.

Echizen Ryoma seemed to hear Machida Kazu calling him while he was stunned, and when he slowly woke up, he suddenly felt a slight draft in the air.

When the air flow was warm and lightly fragrant, covering his forehead, his consciousness was completely awakened.

He raised his hand, grabbed the wrist in front of his forehead, and slightly pulled it in front of him.

Suddenly being pulled by a force, Machida screamed in shock, lost his balance, and fell forward.

In a panic, she subconsciously supported it with her hands, raised her head, and bumped into a pair of eyes dyed with moonlight.

Echizen Ryoma's eyes were still sleepy, he laughed, his voice was slightly hoarse: "You ran into my room in the middle of the night, how enlightened you are."

Once Machida came back to his senses, he realized that his arms were supporting his chest, and half of him was lying on top of him.

This scene was not her intention, she was so embarrassed that she wanted to get up, but a strong arm was wrapped around her waist, and she turned around.

She leaned down again, moved her face closer, and hurriedly said: "I heard you coughing... I told you just now that you didn't respond, I was afraid that you would become unconscious..."

Echizen Ryoma laughed softly, "Then are you sure now? Am I that seriously ill?"

"...I think you are doing well." Machida was annoyed.

He still has the strength to tease her!

Echizen Ryoma loosened his arms, and Machida straightened his clothes and sat on the edge of the bed. Looking up, he saw him sitting up slowly on the bed, turned on the bedside lamp, and turned the light to the darkest.

He carefully left her with a sense of security.

She relaxed and caught a glimpse of the thermometer on the bedside table. She took it over and looked at it under the light. The temperature displayed on it was within the normal range.

"Relax?" There was a hint of a smile in his lazy voice.

Machida pursed his lips and put the thermometer back, "...how do you feel now?"

"It's just that my throat is a little itchy, and everything else is fine." Echizen Ryoma knew that he was fine, and was worried about waking her up. He deliberately lowered his voice when he coughed just now, but he didn't expect her to run over in such a reckless manner.

He stretched out his fingers to cut the messy hair on her forehead, suppressed the urge to kiss her, and whispered: "I'm fine, just sleep. Go to sleep."

Seeing that she seemed hesitant, Echizen Ryoma raised his eyebrows, "You don't want to leave?"

Machida was stunned for a moment, then heard him laugh again and said, "I have no objection if you want to stay."

"..." teased her again, "I don't care about you, I'm going to sleep."

She got up and walked to the door, put her hand on the doorknob, stopped, and turned around, "Are you all right?"

Echizen Ryoma laughed.In the future, she can't let her be so soft-hearted towards him, otherwise he really needs a strong will, so as not to make progress.

"Well." He paused and said, "Good night."

The voice passed through the dim light and became soft in an instant.