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When I got home, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening.

Standing silently at the door without turning on the light, Vulcan let the darkness wrap him with a dim face, feeling the chaos that gnawed at his thoughts.

After cutting off the phone with Heizi in the afternoon, I happened to meet a classmate.

By the time the absent-minded exchange of greetings was over, it was already dark.

Looking at the empty living room, Vulcan moved his feet wearily, and walked in without taking off his shoes.

He stretched out his hand and threw the sports bag to the sofa. Hearing the sound of the soft leather cloth rubbing against each other, Vulcan crossed the room expressionlessly and headed for the balcony in the back room.

Opening the balcony door, the night wind from outside rushed in in an instant.

Vulcan remained silent on the spot, letting the coolness slowly take away the heat that gradually accumulated in his chest.

Stepping forward slowly, he leaned against the railing of the balcony, looked at the busy traffic on the street with distant eyes, and took a long breath.

Feeling the coolness rushing into his nostrils, he frowned his red brows, clenched his fists and closed his eyes.

Emotions really hit rock bottom.

The mood cannot be described as gloomy.

——Heizi, I...——

Thinking of how eagerly he wanted to call Heizi before the phone was powered off in the afternoon, but he was stunned for a moment before he suddenly realized something.

——Even if Heizi was summoned, what else could he say?

Pinching the center of the eyebrows with his fingers, Vulcan ruthlessly dug his nails into the skin, leaving two red marks on the center of the eyebrows.

"...you are really calm..." muttering, he smiled wryly, letting the Liufeng blow the ends of his hair into mess.

——Mr. Vulcan, what you need now is a shadow that can understand you. ——

——There are many people who are a hundred times better than me who can be qualified for this position. ——

——Don't worry, that person will show up soon. ——

Gritting his teeth, he clasped his palms slightly, and lowered his head: "You actually said that there is still a shadow that understands me?" Shaking his head, his face gradually became slightly annoyed, "It's really easy to send me away." Ten fingers embedded in the palm, Vulcan His shoulders trembled slightly, "The one who said you wanted to be my shadow by my side, wasn't it you?..."

——Vulcan-kun, I like you——

"!"

Heizi's calm words suddenly echoed in his mind.

The nerve trembled fiercely, and the red pupils of Vulcan flashed a touch of complexity.

——Mr. Vulcan, my "like" is the "like" I want to associate with you, you know? ——

With his elbows resting on the balcony railing, Vulcan felt a tightness that he had never felt before slowly climbing up his chest.

Subconsciously reaching out to grab the front of the sportswear, he slightly tightened his palms.

"Acquaintance? Huh..." His eyes were dim, Vulcan gritted his teeth, panting bitterly, "Are you kidding me?..." The probing hand ruthlessly rubbed into the ends of the hair, pulling the roots of the hair so painfully.

Frustrations wiped out Vulcan's sanity on the edge of the cliff like a tidal wave.

"Like me?..." He murmured, continuing to mutter to himself, "Since you like me, leave it to me, bastard..."

The palm of his hand slammed against the iron railing of the balcony. Hearing the dull sound, Vulcan let the burning pain take away his messy thoughts.

"Huh? Tiger, girl problem?"

However, just as Vulcan gritted his teeth bitterly and stared intently at the lights downstairs, a deep female voice suddenly came from his ear.

Hearing the sound, he turned his head dumbly, and the next second Alex's face came straight into his eyes.

Looking at the face that was close at hand, Vulcan took two steps back in astonishment, and opened his lips like a ghost.

"Alex?!"

Satisfied with the astonished reaction of the person in front of him, Alex turned his head sideways, his long blond hair fluttering with the night wind: "Miss me?"

"Absolutely not!"

"Ah~~ so indifferent!" After finishing speaking, she straightened her flowing blond hair, leaned forward and hooked Vulcan's neck, ready to kiss him.

Stretching out his hand to hold down Alex's self-conscious face, Vulcan's face was full of black lines, and he leaned back desperately: "This will be avoided!"

Hanging on Vulcan's body, Alex's eyes became a line of laughter: "Hey, Tiger, what's the matter, with a sad face? Lost in the game?"

"No!" Responding like an electric shock, Vulcan pushed away Alex's slender arms with a dark face.

"Oh? Is that really a girl problem?" Alex's eyes lit up with faint excitement in his voice, "Why, Tiger has a girl he likes?"

"You, you think too much!" His face turned red violently, and Vulcan looked sideways in embarrassment, avoiding Alex's questioning gaze.

"Huh?" Looking left and right beside Vulcan, Alex narrowed his eyes and carefully observed Vulcan's uncomfortable expression, with playful hooks on his lips.

Breaking out in a cold sweat, Vulcan gritted his teeth and stared awkwardly at the curious face that looked him up and down, and moved his Adam's apple slightly.

"Heh, Tiger." After observing Vulcan for a while, Alex gradually straightened his body and crossed his arms, "How long do you think I've been your master? You want to hide your thoughts from me, so wait another 100 years!" Hooked on with one hand again Vulcan's neck, Alex smiled brightly, "Say it quickly, or Master, I'll—"

Puckering up the corners of her lips again to kiss her, Vulcan reached out and pressed her soft lips firmly against her soft lips in frustration: "Restrain me a little!"

After struggling for a while and finally peeling off Alex who was sticking to him, Vulcan retreated helplessly to the corner of the balcony next to him, staring nervously at Alex's sharp eyes, trying to find an excuse.

——If you told her that her head was full of black spots just now, she might have already swallowed a mouthful of black blood...

Uh... wait a minute.

wrong……

If it's this guy, maybe he can really accept it... =_=

Thinking of this, Vulcan stretched out his hand feebly to rub his forehead, and sighed slowly.

It's okay to tell her, anyway, now I am worrying about how to deal with this kind of thing.

If it's her, maybe it can help.

——Especially when I don't understand what's going on with the frustration and anger surging in my heart.

Noticing that Vulcan seems to be starting to compromise, Alex's expression gradually brightened: "Come on, tell me what bothers my apprentice so much?"

Looking at the curious face of the other party, Vulcan frowned, stretched out his hand and scratched his head in embarrassment, opened his eyebrows sideways, and said intermittently: "That, Alex."

"Huh? I'm listening~"

"I... have a question for you."

"Ask! When have you not been asked a question?"

Reaching out his hand to rub the tip of his nose uncomfortably again, Vulcan's eyes wandered, as if he wanted to decide something.

"Alex, I... have a classmate A who was confessed by same-sex classmate B." After a moment of hesitation, Vulcan spoke.

"Huh? Classmate?" Hearing Vulcan's slow response, Alex's cheeks were slightly tinged with disappointment, "Isn't it Tiger's own business?"

"No, it's not!" His face froze, and Vulcan responded awkwardly.

Realizing that the other party didn't respond to the word "same sex" at all, Vulcan couldn't help feeling helpless.

—much like what she would do.

"Oh...that's it." Responded hastily, Alex stared at Vulcan, raised his slender golden eyebrows, "Then, tell me, what's wrong with your classmate Mr. A?"

"He's troubled."

"troubled?"

"Well."

"Trouble was confessed by Mr. B?"

Hearing Alex's question, Vulcan frowned slightly, carefully searching for that "troublesome" feeling in his heart.

However, after a while, his brows and eyes deepened.

"……no."

"Huh? What's that bothering you?" Alex's emerald green eyes widened in surprise.

"..." Putting his hands back into his pockets, Vulcan stared at Alex's questioning face speechlessly, squinting his eyes.

— What bothers you?

What exactly is bothering you?

After a moment of silence, Vulcan turned his face slightly to the side, and looked at the empty starry sky above the balcony again, his face gloomy.

"It's bothering him to leave." Muttering, he responded calmly.

"leave?"

"Ah."

"So, if Mr. B stays, will Mr. A accept Mr. B's confession?" There was a joke on the corner of his lips, Alex put his hands on his hips, and looked at Vulcan's dignified face with his head tilted.

"Huh?" Hearing this, he didn't seem to realize that Alex would ask such a question at all, and Vulcan raised his forked eyebrows unexpectedly.

"So, Mr. A actually likes Mr. B, doesn't he?" With a relaxed shrug, Alex quickly came to a conclusion.

Hearing the other party's smooth judgment, Vulcan's complexion darkened, and his eyes were filled with astonishment: "How, how is it possible?!"

Looking at the dramatic change on the other person's face, the smile on Alex's lips did not diminish: "Mr. A is not bothering Mr. B's confession, but is bothering Mr. B about leaving. Doesn't it mean that he also likes Mr. B?"

"It's totally two different things!" Clenching his fists, Vulcan frowned fiercely, staring at Alex sharply.

"Is it two different things? You have to ask Mr. A himself. After all, how does he feel about Mr. B? Like it, or..."

"It's a good buddy!" Responding like an electric shock, Vulcan gritted his teeth.

"Oh, is that so?" Alex squinted one eye, staring at Vulcan ambiguously.

"Why are you looking at me like that?!"

"Tiger, you can't let others decide this kind of thing for you, you know?" Alex showed his white teeth, and his smile grew wider, "Ask your own heart. How do you feel about Mr. B, huh?"

"Of course it's just..." However, following Alex's words, Vulcan responded furiously before realizing that he was hooked.

— this woman! ...

"Ah, is Mr. A's matter really Tiger's own matter? Haha, I knew it!" He reached out and rubbed the tip of Vulcan's hair, making the face of the man opposite him darkened in frustration.

"..."

"Actually, I've already troubled myself to this extent. Whether you 'like' it or not, at least it means that you care about Mr. B, doesn't it?"

"I--"

——Of course I care!

Heizi is his shadow, his teammate, his...

Heart froze for a moment, Vulcan was dumb.

——I... what do you want to say?

"He'll be happy when he's around, think about him when he's not around, feel moved and nervous when he confesses, feel depressed when he hears he's leaving..." Gradually his face sank , Alex stared seriously at the opposite Vulcan, who was gradually turning calm, and squinted, "Have you ever experienced it?"

"..." Gritting his teeth, Vulcan clenched his fist slightly.

"Ask your heart, do you like it or not?"

"..."

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