Drowning in a sea of ​​moonlight

"Wow, Kosuke, you hit me on the head—"

"I didn't! Just a little bit!"

"Hey, don't make trouble, today is a guest—"

This is other kids chasing and playing or trying to stop.

"Have I met this brother?"

This is a little ignorant, and the only child who understands, Saku Le.

"Yes, I sent you a flower. I'm glad you remembered."

Sitting on the floor of Oda's new home, I smiled and patted her head.

"Then why did my brother grow so tall all of a sudden?"

Sakuya said confusedly.

"It's magic——" I held up a finger, and watched with relief that other children stopped fighting after hearing this word, and looked at me with bright eyes, "You also want to look like If I am the same height, I must go to bed early and get up early, and eat on time."

—Although, the brutal fact is that height is almost entirely determined by genes.

But this kind of acquired hard work is useless at all, and everything destined to happen is chilling. Besides, I instilled this kind of thinking in them, and it will also help them develop healthy living habits from an early age——

Unlike this disobedient cat in my family, I have to watch and take care of it all the time-so I say this without psychological pressure.

"Hey, it's really wicked to coax a child like this. You are a terrible adult."

With a fox-like smile on his face, Dazai walked over with his hands behind his back, bent down, and spoke in a voice that the children couldn't hear.

"If you are so proficient at deceiving, you must be a habitual offender, right? Ah, think about it! Back then, he pretended to be a innocent and harmless kid, and coaxed me into his hands with sweet words, but in the end he showed his true colors, deceiving me both physically and mentally. Now I have to stay alone in an empty room, my youth—”

"...Really, Brother Bandage?"

He said the last sentence in a normal voice, and the children next to him heard it, and they were looking at me like they were looking at harmful garbage.

"...Can't be farther from the truth, okay? It's really unreasonable."

I said with a dark face.

"......Hahaha."

Seeing the child in front of him looking at me with accusing eyes, and I looking at him with accusing eyes, Dazai laughed happily, pounding the floor, out of breath from laughing, and there were even faint tears in his eyes, "...Ah, it's so fresh to see children being treated as bad guys, it's so funny hahaha——"

...I suddenly remembered the time when I was carrying a small schoolbag and was laughed at by him unscrupulously.

Somehow, I really miss it.

"...Student Xiuzhi. Are you so happy that your boyfriend was discredited?"

I pulled him into my arms a little tiredly, flicked his forehead (the kid next to me immediately became anxious: "You are a big villain, you still bandage brother!!"), and said: "Come on, laugh, laugh!" Come on, smile ten years ago."

"." He continued to smile tremblingly in my arms, his fluffy hair trembled slightly, a slight blush appeared on his porcelain-like cheeks, he raised his head, with a pair of sparkling eyes that seemed to be full of starlight Looking at me, I said: "...if you are ten years younger, you will be arrested, Mr. Jinji."

Then he looked at the children over there, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I lied to you just now. This person treats me so well."

"Yes, I'm glad to hear that."

Oda's calm voice came.

"...Dazai-kun will take care of you in the future, Kyo-kun."

Sakaguchi followed behind him, holding his glasses and walked in, with a mixed expression of embarrassment and emotion on his face.

Then he said in a low voice, "...For some reason, it feels like I've been stuffed into my mouth with something bad."

"Ah, Odasaku, Ango!"

Dazai happily waved at them, and I also stood up, "Mr. Oda, Mr. Sakaguchi."

"Long time no see, today."

Oda showed a faint smile, "Thank you very much for what has happened so far. Have you bought the ingredients, please."

I was amazed by his ability to change the subject seamlessly, lifted the shopping bag beside me, and said, "I've bought everything. I'll talk to you later."

"So it really is crab hot pot." Sakaguchi's complaints seemed to have become the same instinct as breathing, and he opened his mouth without hesitation.

"I don't know why I can't feel the slightest surprise about this. It's better to say that with the two of you here, it's only a matter of time before Dazai-kun really gets carried away to fly into the sky."

"What's wrong with that~?" Dazai said, his tail almost raised with pride, "Or, Ango, are you jealous? No way no way—"

"...No, please don't be sentimental. I'm just surprised that my mentality is getting closer to parents with children, so I can't help feeling a little bit emotional."

Sakaguchi pushed his glasses back and responded calmly and forcefully.

"Mr. Odasaku and Imaki-kun, please feel free to go, I will do my best to take good care of the six children here."

"Hey, have you put me and the children together without authorization? You really have the self-consciousness of a parent, Ango. Then I ask you, the parent, to help find hot beer with dish soap, oh, and I don't want it **Coffee—”

"There is no such thing. And please don't say anything about adding dish soap in front of minors...!"

Amidst the noisy voices of Dazai and Sakaguchi (and the cheering and cheering of the children), Oda and I quietly slipped out of the room and went downstairs to the kitchen to chop vegetables.

It is said to be cutting vegetables, but in fact it is really cut into several sections and then stewed in the pot.It's just that there's a little more stuff.

Although Mr. Xiuzhi is a picky eater, I can still support him.

Oda and I began to mechanically shred mushrooms, pull lettuce, slice meat, radish slices, peppers and bell peppers.

For the two of us, this kind of work can be done almost without looking at the things under our hands. I looked at the clean and bright kitchen and said, "Are you cooking for the children by yourself now?"

"Well, now I have time." Oda poured the cut vegetables into the plate, "The owner of the foreign restaurant also changed the address before, not very far from here, and occasionally comes to help, and I am also learning from him to cook. Rice. He also said thank you very much."

"You're welcome, Oda-san. I'm glad I could help you, the boss, and the kids."

Thinking of how the two of us tried so hard to arrange the children without telling Dazai, and the illusion that Ms. Etsuko made to lure Mimic into the urn, I couldn't help but smile.

It's like a lifetime away.

"Speaking of which, there is one thing that I am a little concerned about."

Oda suddenly stopped what he was doing, raised his head and said.

"I was quite surprised when I heard that Dazai did what he did before he defected. Although I can understand his motives, I still feel that even from the perspective of a bystander like me, it is hard to let go. "

"I probably know what's going on with Dazai's mood. As a friend, I can probably assure you of his feelings. But I also want to confirm one thing."

Oda looked at me calmly and solemnly, as if he was examining something, and continued.

"Now, is there really no problem for you?"

I smiled helplessly.

"...As you once said, he is still a child who is afraid of unfamiliar feelings after all.

Before, I left because I thought he didn't need me, but when I knew what he actually thought, I still couldn't calm down. "

"And to be honest, there are many cute things about him. There are also many places that people can't help but get close to. Like him, he has so many whimsical ideas, he is used to bluffing when he is surprised, and he always hides well when he is sad. others know.

Then, obviously looking forward to being loved so much, but having such a low sense of security, it seems that no one in this world will love him. "

"In short, when I realized it, I was already stuck in it. What can I do?"

Oda smiled slowly, lowered his head again, and started cutting vegetables.

"I understand. It seems that love is really accompanied by a lot of troubles."

"...hahaha. Yeah."

I looked up at the ceiling, smiled and sighed.

"Love is such a meaningless thing."

"Ahh-"

A steaming hot pot was placed in the middle of the round table, and four people sat on the floor around the table. The midday sun cast stripes of light and shadow on the floor through the blinds, and the fragrant white mist was steaming.

Dazai opened his mouth wide, swallowed the crab meat on the chopsticks I handed over to him, chewed it for a while with puffed cheeks, swallowed it, his eyes glowed: "Wow, it's delicious. I want more~"

"I feel like my whole body is shining right now."

Sakaguchi said softly.

"Are you okay, Ango?"

Oda asked with concern.

"I still want, at this moment—"

Dazai turned a deaf ear to it and pestered me wholeheartedly.

"...Nothing is wrong, Odasaku-san."

Sakaguchi said quietly.

"Eat some other dishes first, or you will be full just eating crabs."

I turned a blind eye to Dazai's suddenly resentful gaze and pouted mouth, and put a large slice of white radish with chopsticks into his bowl.

"......Humph."

He said in a low voice, stuffed the dish into his mouth viciously, chewed and swallowed.

Then began to starve again.

"... Dazai-kun. How old are you?"

Under Sakaguchi's glasses, there was an unlovely light.

"Not much, not much, I'm only 22 years old. It's the age that should be fed by my boyfriend. Ango will let me, a child."

Dazai said with a bright smile, and continued to accept the food I fed according to the rule of one chopstick of vegetables and one chopstick of crab meat.

"." Even I felt that we were a little too self-conscious at the moment, so I said soothingly, "Mr. Sakaguchi also eat more. I think you don't look very good. Even if you are busy with work, please pay attention to rest. Stay up late Working can greatly increase the risk of sudden death."

"What, sudden death??"

The children who had caught the inexplicable key words and were eating the dishes we had prepared in advance and cooled down at another round table looked over with excitement on their faces.

"Who is going to die suddenly?"

"No one. Sudden death is not a good thing, don't act so expectant."

Oda said somewhat seriously.

Sakaguchi said weakly: "Thank you, Imaki-kun. I will try my best."

"Pfft ha ha ha, alas, this is really difficult. The Supernatural Secret Service is such an organization that can oppress people. I'm afraid I'm more tired than when I was in Hong Kong? Is it, Ango~?"

Sakaguchi did not quarrel with him, but smiled faintly, still in a joking tone, but a little nostalgia rose in his eyes.

"Yeah, I still have time to drink with the two of you. I'm afraid this is one of the few benefits of being an undercover agent. Although I always feel that maybe I went there to work for Chief Sen Bai for two years."

"." Dazai took a sip of the hot beer on the table, and said, "There is no way, Mr. Mori would be a fool if he didn't use the labor force in front of him."

I handed a chopstick of crab meat to his mouth, and watched with satisfaction that the barely noticeable depression on his face was replaced by happiness. He looked at me with a smile, lowered his head, bit it, and began to chew.

Then I leaned over and kissed him on the tip of his nose.

"No, he doesn't cherish such a powerful labor force like you. It's a super failure. But I cherish it, so I'm very successful."

"." His eyes drifted to one side, and he muttered softly, "Really, what kind of labor...it's almost as good as being labored by you every day."

"...Puff cough, cough cough cough."

Sakaguchi suddenly choked on the wine in his mouth, and after a long pause, he said with a dumbfounding expression: "Then we should really celebrate Dazai-kun, who escaped from the clutches of Lord Mori, and fell into the clutches of Toki-kun."

"...After all, life is spent in constant exhaustion. There is no way."

Oda raised his wine glass and nodded understandingly.

"Mr. Nonodasaku, here should be a fierce complaint about 'the way of falling into the clutches is different'.

If I managed to cooperate with Dazai-kun's nonsense, but was accepted as the truth with a serious face, I would be very troubled—”

"Hahaha, it is indeed worth celebrating that he fell into my clutches, cheers."

"Cheers to this kind of thing... as if I wish I could fall into someone's clutches. Both Ango and Odasaku are so unfeeling, I am very sad!"

Dazai said with a dark face, but still raised the beer can in his hand.

"What's wrong with that? You fell into my hands."

I laughed as the four beer cans collided.

"Indeed, it's much better than falling into other people's hands."

Sakaguchi asserted with a serious face.

"Be happy, two people together."

Oda gave a gratified smile.

"......Um."

Dazai lowered his head and smiled softly himself.

"Thank you, Ango, Odasaku."

The author has something to say:

...Well, a chapter that is both sweet and depressing.

(Inexplicably coincident with Fan Lu's dream, the scene where the rogue sent the other two to agree to the marriage. It's really not what it used to be.)

When I read the novel, I felt that unlike Chuya/Kunikida, Ango and Zai are completely evenly matched, and their eloquence is very good.

(Of course, Ango is giving way to Zai)

At the beginning, the order of entering the house here is that Oda Tsukuru saw that Ango had taken too many things and went to the bus stop to meet him, and now Kazuya went upstairs first when he had the key.

Back in the day, today's classmate coaxed Sakura who got separated from Odasaku.

The children confronted each other: Bandage brother! (Clever)

(Personally, I feel that although Wu Zhenzai still bullies children, he can also coax children to play (except for bear children), especially because his temperament is so gentle, it should be quite attractive to children.)

The conversation between Oda Saku and Jinjin can be seen as a test from his father-in-law (狗头

But it’s not actually, Odasaku is a person who won’t take sides, he won’t take sides with Dazai, and at the same time here he is not giving preference to the present, but cares about the feelings of the present, whether he really likes Dazai, This feeling is not mutual.

Then make your own judgment based on this, and decide his attitude towards these two people together, instead of testing him.

It will be in stark contrast to the dialogue with Ango in the next chapter.

Just entering the door: An Wu: Ah, the dog food that Yingfeng stuffed into his mouth.Complicated mood.jpg

During dinner: Ango: ...Am I still there?In the eyes of these two people, do I still exist with Mr. Oda Saku?Um? ?

Zai: I am at the age when I should be fed by my boyfriend——

Today: (nods)

Talking about sudden death while eating, I now know that Ango will not like to hear it, but because I don’t know why I want to play tricks on him with Zai, I deliberately said it in a very caring tone. (But I do worry about him, too.)

Then, when he said that he succeeded, he was just joking and coaxing Zai, and he didn't really think that Mr. Mori failed.

After all, the things he values ​​are different, and everyone's choices are also different, so he will not judge others at will because of this.

Ango (hoarse): Social animals are people too!Do social animals deserve to be abused like this by you? !

Now: Wink innocently

Zai: wink innocently

"Celebrate falling into the clutches of the present" = "Celebrate that they are finally together"

In the next chapter, today's classmate accepts "Talk to Parents? part2" from Ango, and confesses affectionately to Zai on the Ferris wheel, and then the next chapter meets Zhongya and...?

The sweetness is too high recently, let me adjust the knife for everyone (dog head), it is an episode of Modern Pa, in the new article of my column "Countless Worlds, and You".Afterwards, other paro episodes will be updated there~

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!