[Natsume] When the sun shines

Being in love is a really strange thing.

It can turn a mature person into a child.

Although I am not a mature person, the moment I blurted out that sentence just now, I felt that I was childish.

……never mind.

The little golden dragon next to him lazily ate the cookies, then turned into a little black snake and crawled over, "Blade, let's go drink."

"..."

Xiao Hei, I'm going to take all your cookies!

Fat Cat glanced at me casually, but I always felt that there was deep meaning in those eyes.

——That kind of look that seems to know everything.

evening.

"Is it really okay to go without food for a day?"

I stuffed the piece of candy into the boy's hand, with a straight face, "I don't want you to bring me purple rice dumplings and persimmon cakes, but bring your favorite food..."

"I like to eat too." The boy's gentle smile warmed the branches of the persimmon tree.My face burned, and I turned my eyes away, "Don't, don't think I don't know... You didn't eat anything with me at noon today."

Don't accommodate me, I will be uncomfortable.

I like you, not to make you hungry.

Although it is very happy to eat sweets at noon every day, but...

"Little Mu."

The young man sighed slightly, "When will you stop being so anxious?"

"..." I lowered my head and looked at the toe of the shoe.

"Xiao Mu. Look up at me."

The boy's gentle voice sounded, and I raised my head subconsciously, but when I saw the boy's face, I couldn't help but stop talking, "Hmm..."

Pulling my head back with one hand, the boy put his forehead against mine, his clear eyes were facing mine, "Xiao Mu, I like you."

My face became extremely hot all of a sudden, and I knew without looking that I must have turned into a cooked prawn now.I felt the young man's left hand hold my right hand, and the warm feeling passed from the fingers to the heart and turned into hot magma, which made me very... at a loss.

"So... don't look at me with that kind of eyes, as if you are afraid that I will disappear at any time."

The young man's voice was very gentle, "I will always be by your side. Don't be afraid, don't be anxious, because Xiao Mu... I also like you."

I too... like you.

The sky was blue, and the sky in the west was as red as blood in the evening. I felt my eye sockets getting wet, and I couldn't help it. I stood on tiptoe and kissed it.

Thank you for making me feel safe.Thank you for being so honest with me.

Thank you for bringing me my favorite desserts every day in the name of eating together.

thank you.

The temperature on my lips was gentle and tender, but I felt hot tears streaming down again.

"Why are you crying?"

he asked in a low voice.

"I was so moved that tears flowed down my face." I wiped away my tears indiscriminately, and then smiled.

The warm fingertips helped me wipe the tears from the corners of my eyes, and he sighed, "There's no need to cry."

Natsume walked me all the way back to the door.Before leaving, he put the candy back into my hand, "See you tomorrow, Xiao Mu."

"...Well, see you tomorrow."

Watching his back gradually go away, a bald stray dog ​​emerged from a certain corner, it first looked at the direction Natsume left, then looked into my eyes, for a while, "You really don't regret?"

"If you make a decision, you have no regrets or no regrets." I sighed slightly, "Hayakawa is in it, and I will call her out later...she must really want to see you."

"..."

Rhubarb was obviously not ready for this.

I took out my pocket watch and tried to put it on.Xiao Hei suddenly jumped out of the backpack, "Wait!"

"……Um?"

I was taken aback.He looked at the little black snake on his shoulder.

Xiao Hei didn't explain anything, his eyes even averted a little, he turned his snake face away, "Well, Master Zhenlong probably doesn't need this thing..."

Da Huang squinted his eyes and looked at Xiao Hei for a while, but this time Xiao Hei did not give in, and looked at it steadfastly.

Seeming to understand something, Da Huang smiled slightly, "I really don't need it."

"..."

I took the pocket watch and looked at Xiao Hei strangely.

... What kind of charade.

There seems to be footsteps coming from inside the door, it seems that I don't need to shout, Hayakawa is coming——

I quickly put away my pocket watch, and then quickly found a telephone pole to hide.

"Why hasn't Mumu come back? The bone soup is ready..."

The moment the woman in the apron opened the door, the muttering stopped abruptly.

"Snapped."

I saw the spoon in her hand drop to the ground.

"...bone, bone?"

It turns out that the stray dog ​​Rhubarb is called Bone.

"Wow."

Rhubarb yelled, I hid myself, and then watched as Rhubarb rubbed against Hayakawa's trouser leg.

Hayakawa's gaze was as soft as a puddle of water. She squatted down and didn't pick up the spoon on one side. She reached out and rubbed Rhubarb's head. Finally, as if she couldn't help it, she wrapped her arms around its neck, "Bone, Where have you been? Are you hungry..."

I saw the tenderness and faint water in her eyes.

"So you are satisfied?" Xiao Hei's voice was filled with a bit of restrained anger, "It really doesn't matter right from wrong..."

I raised the corners of my lips slightly, looked away, and leaned against the electric pole behind me, looking at the bright and fiery red sky in the west, "Ah, I'm very satisfied."

That kind of satisfaction.

The... satisfaction of finally doing something for you.

"Bone, come on, I really didn't expect it, I'll serve you a bowl of soup again... Eh, it's strange, at this time, Mumu should be back..."

I saw her casually wipe the liquid from the corners of her eyes with her fingertips, with a slight smile on her lips, she picked up the spoon that fell on the ground, "Bones, the bone soup I made is delicious, and Mu Mu is also very delicious." like……"

"Wow."

It was getting dark, I stayed behind the telegraph pole until the sky was full of stars, and then I knocked on the door slowly.

Hayakawa was a little worried when he opened the door for me. He was relieved when he saw me, and then frowned slightly, "Where did you go? Why did you come back so late?"

"...Well, I chatted with my classmates for a while on the way." I pursed my lips, and it took me a while to tell a not-so-clever lie.

She looked at me for a while, and finally sighed helplessly, "The soup is cold, so I can't come back so late next time."

"okay."

Entering the house, rhubarb... No, it should be a bone now, it is lying lazily in a small corner, and there is a bowl of fragrant bone soup in front of it.

Hayakawa's skill in making bone soup is not too bad.

I changed my shoes, put my schoolbag aside, and pretended to be surprised when I saw the bones, "Hayakawa, this is..."

Hayakawa Liu blushed slightly, and she took out a small handkerchief from the pocket of her apron, which was the one she was embroidering yesterday, "Mu Mu, it is it."

She pointed to the bone, and then pointed to the picture of a pocket puppy with a bone in her handkerchief.

I couldn't help laughing at the vividly embroidered puppy even on the bald areas, "It really looks like it."

I noticed that the majestic ancestor of the dragon clan twitched the corners of his eyes, and then continued to lick his bone soup without changing his face.

"Is it the owner of this pocket watch? Congratulations." I took out the pocket watch from my pocket, smiling, "Since the owner has been found, it should be returned to the original owner."

Xiao Hei's tail slapped me mercilessly, "No way!"

My face twitched in pain, and I gripped my pocket watch tightly. Hayakawa noticed that my face was not good, so he ignored the pocket watch question, "What's wrong?"

"...It's okay, I'm a little hungry."

After dinner, I dragged my schoolbag upstairs and returned to my room. I closed the door, and Xiao Hei slipped onto the desk with a bang, and his movements were swift.

"Why did you whip me?"

I stared at it, then took out the pocket watch and weighed it in my hand, "Or... is there something wrong with it?"

I obviously noticed some changes in Xiao Hei's complexion.

Although I can't see anything on that black snake face, I can see the panic in its eyes.

——It seems to be covering up something.

"Little black."

I sighed slightly, "Is there anything that you can't tell me, who has one foot in the coffin?"

Although it is a bit strange to describe myself in this way, it is undoubtedly an apt description for me.

"..."

Xiao Hei was silent, but said nothing.

Finally, I pursed my lips and put the pocket watch aside, "No matter what the reason is...Xiao Hei, I am very unhappy."

After tidying up and changing into pajamas, I lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling, but I couldn't sleep well anyway.

I feel a little depressed.

...But who doesn't have a secret?

Even I, who is as gentle as Hayakawa, have not been completely honest about my past.

And why force Xiao Hei to tell me the secret it doesn't want to tell?

After all, just know...

Xiao Hei, you will never harm me, isn't that enough.

"Mu Hayakawa."

Just as I was looking for a reason for Xiao Hei's concealment, Xiao Hei's voice sounded.

Low-pitched, serious, without the usual silly look.

……very serious.

I squeezed the thickened quilt on my body due to the change of seasons, pursed my lips and did not speak.

"I hope you can live." Its voice became long and distant, and finally let me hear its own, the taste of time.

I almost forgot, no matter how stupid I am, the dragon beside me is an old monster who has lived for thousands of years.

The time is long and the years are quiet.

The quiet moonlight shines into the house from the window, and the pot of spider orchids has not been affected by winter, and the green leaves are coated with a layer of silver edges, which is really beautiful.

"anyway……"

Its voice gradually lowered, and finally disappeared into nothingness.

——In the end, there was still no explanation.

I casually turned over and turned my back to it, feeling my tears slowly fill my eyes.

Thank you, blackie.

Maybe there is darkness and endless despair ahead.But at least this part of the road I want to walk is full of sunshine.

The handkerchief containing the green grasshopper was quietly opened by me, and I gently pinched the grasshopper——

Perhaps, this will be the last dream I can wake up from.

What a... pity.

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