shadow of nothingness

"Why did you run?" Xiao ran to keep up with Ichigo, tilting his head slightly and asking in doubt.

Ichigo glared at her angrily, "Whose fault do you think!"

"Me?" Pointing her index finger at herself, she spoke in disbelief.

"Stop saying weird things in front of other people!"

"Hi~"

When Ichigo was in class, Qianqian sat obediently at the back of the classroom, tilting her head and listening to the teacher's lecture.Whenever she asked a question, she excitedly raised her hand and said what she thought was the correct answer, but no one in the class could hear her voice except Ichigo.

During the painting class, Qianqian was even more excited.Bouncing around behind Ichigo, he kept muttering, "Kurosaki-kun must learn to draw from the teacher, definitely, definitely!"

"I see...you're really long-winded!" Ichigo frowned, scratching his orange hair irritably.

Sticking out her tongue, Qianqian didn't continue talking.Put your hands behind your back, slightly tiptoe, and jump forward step by step.

The teacher who was in charge of teaching the painting class just gave some hints and then let the students go to paint by themselves.

Ichigo looked at the blank drawing paper very distressed, he really struggled to draw...

She sneaked a glance at Qianqian who was next to her, her red eyes were shining brightly, she seemed to be looking forward to it.

Ichigo lowered his head and mourned for himself again in his heart.

"Come on! Kurosaki-kun!" Qianqian squatted on the ground, completely ignoring the long silver hair hanging on the ground, and waved her small fist.

If you look closely, you can still see slightly flushed cheeks.

"I see..." The tone was helpless.

While glancing at Asahi's appearance, Ichigo traced lines on the drawing paper.The pretty brows were frowning, with a serious expression, and the brown eyes moved back and forth between the shallow face and the drawing paper.

"Complete!" Although he rubbed several times in the middle, Ichigo was finally finished.

Sitting next to Ichigo, who had already drawn Chadu Yasutora, he stretched half his body over, and was a little surprised after seeing what Ichigo had drawn, "Ichigo, is this... a girl?"

The relationship between Chadu and Ichigo is not bad, but I have never seen Ichigo pay special attention to any girl, let alone draw someone's appearance.

Waving his hands guiltily, Ichigo explained, "This is a person I saw by chance on the street, and I drew it when I thought it would be more suitable."

"Is that so..." Although Chadu was a little curious about Ichigo's explanation, he didn't pay much attention to it.

Qianqian didn't notice the conversation between the two, but just kept staring at the painting after Ichigo finished.Although the line drawing is crooked and the proportions are not well grasped, the shape of the face is easier to see than the one drawn last time.

She shook her head from side to side, her slender eyebrows were furrowed, her white fingers were pressed against her cheeks, and her red eyes were full of strange emotions.

A girl's crisp voice sounded in the air, "I...do I look like this?"

***

After finally returning home after a busy day, Ichigo sighed deeply, "I'm back."

"Welcome back, brother Ichigo, sister Qianqian~" Youzi showed half of his head from the kitchen, and greeted with a smile.Although she couldn't see Qianqian's existence, Yuzi knew that Qianqian had been following Ichigo, so she added her name so definitely.

"Well, welcome back." This is Xia Li who hasn't changed at all.

The upward arc of the corner of the mouth became wider, and Qianqian rushed towards Xia Li all at once. "Summer Pear Sauce~~"

"Let go, Qianqian." Xia Li shouted as she struggled, but in fact she didn't struggle much.

Gently rubbing against Xia Li's head, she showed a slightly excited expression.The cheeks are also red, and the smile is getting brighter.

"Go hug the wanderer!"

"But Yuko-chan can't feel it, I don't have that feeling~"

"So sad……"

"Hey, is Xia Li Jiang okay?"

"chant."

"It's not good to lie, Xia Lijiang!"

"Humph~"

The days in the Kurosaki family are unexpectedly very happy, and everyone in the Kurosaki family is a very good person.

Although Youzi and Kurosaki's father can't see their own existence, they have not forgotten Qianqian's existence, and they will think of her whenever there is anything.

It's like a family.

For some reason, such words popped up in Qianqian's mind.Then smiled and shook his head.

I am so happy that I almost forget that I am a dead person~

Just how happy I am here now, one day I should leave.

They are all people who are still alive, but they themselves are dead people, people who should not exist here.

It was another weekend, and Ichigo took Qianqian to look for the so-called clues again.

"Go all the way." This is the smiling wanderer and the expressionless Xia Li.

"Hi~ let's go!" This is Qianqian who raised her hands happily.

"Don't bully Qianqian, Ichigo!" This was Kurosaki Isshin who was pretending to be vicious.

Angrily, he grabbed the things around him and threw them at his father, "Who would bully her!"

"Ahaha..." This is shallow embarrassment.

In any case, Ichigo and Qianqian stepped out of the gate of Kurosaki's house after going through big and small things, and headed towards the place they had been to before.

With his hands in his pockets, Ichigo still looked terrifying.

Qianqian pursed her mouth, gently tugged on the corner of Ichigo's clothes with her left hand, and her right fingertips danced quietly in the air.It looks like he is enjoying himself, but he doesn't look sad at all from the outside.

Watching Qianqian's expression and movements through the corner of his eyes, Ichigo slowed down the moving part slightly.

The creases between the brows deepened again.

He really didn't understand what the people around him were thinking. To her, she seemed to be smiling all the time, as if there was nothing sad about it.

But Ichigo clearly remembered her sad expression a few days ago.

Why can I forget so quickly...

Ichigo was puzzled.

Although he didn't want Qianqian to live in a sad way forever, but... now she behaved as if she had never met that senior who disappeared.

Personality is too strange.

Ichigo, who really couldn't figure it out, gave Qianqian a definition in his heart.

But at this time, Ichigo didn't expect that there is such a kind of person, no matter how sad he is, he still smiles on the surface.It was a very bright smile, and no one would know the sadness under the smile.

Soon, Ichigo and Qianqian came to the place where she first appeared.

The surrounding scenery was exactly the same as last week. The house where Ichigo knocked on the door last week seemed to be full of excitement, with laughter constantly coming from inside.

"That house..." Qianqian frowned slightly and pointed at the house on the other side, feeling stuffy in her heart.

I have been recalling it since just now, but there is no other information other than feeling uncomfortable.

Ichigo walked in the direction Qianqian pointed. From the outside, there were a lot of weeds growing in the yard, but there was no trace of trimming.The handwriting on the door plate was distorted, and it looked like it was written by a child.

"Clear water?"