Tangent

00.

I once liked a wonderful person when I was a beautiful young man.

In the middle of the night, the man who had been sitting quietly by the window for a long time suddenly opened his mouth with lowered brows and eyes.

The person who was wiping the cup leisurely behind the counter didn't look up, but the movements of his hands paused.

What now.

Still love.

What about that person.

already married.

……

The person behind the counter stopped what he was doing, picked up the steaming coffee pot, walked over and sat down, as if he was listening attentively.

Or Mocha.Tonight we are going to rely on this to keep the New Year's Eve together.

He wiped his eyes covered by the coffee mist, pushed the empty coffee cup over, and spoke leisurely.

He is my classmate in the next class...

01.

"He's a classmate in our next class."

Seeing Qiao Lijia suddenly staring at the lonely figure on the basketball court, the tablemate explained thoughtfully.

"This guy is very strange. His grades have always been good, but he didn't see how to study. He ran over to play basketball every day without eating dinner. He played for an hour and then went back to study at night. The teacher didn't scold him for it. he."

"Scholars have some eccentricities."

Qiao Lijia looked away and smiled, and continued to walk towards the cafeteria.

"For example, do you have to go to the coffee shop outside the school to buy a cup of mocha before dinner?"

The tablemate laughed and teased, and walked a few steps to keep up with Qiao Lijia, the plastic bag of the lunch box rattling in the wind.

When passing the basketball court alone again, Qiao Lijia was successfully hit in the calf by a basketball flying from nowhere.

"I'm sorry, I was distracted and didn't hold the ball just now."

The boy at 1.8 meters taller than himself, who was almost half a head taller than himself, bowed in front of him, and then hurriedly caught the rolling basketball back, which was slightly funny. Qiao Lijia couldn't help but smile in his eyes.

"It's ok."

The boy holding the basketball stood against the light, his whole body was dyed a layer of gold but he couldn't see the expression on his face clearly. He touched the back of his head and showed a friendly smile.

"I'm Ruan Jing, from Class [-]." If you get sick, you can find me.

"Qiao Lijia, Class Fourteen."

"It's almost evening self-study, see you later."

"See you."

02.

Probably because dinner was changed to eating at school. Qiao Lijia found that every time he went to the cafeteria and passed the basketball court, he could always see Ruan Jing playing there alone. Occasionally, some classmates would join in after dinner. After a long day of studying.

"...Aren't you hungry if you don't eat?"

Qiao Lijia finally couldn't help asking questions after watching for a week.

Hearing this, Ruan Jing grinned and showed her white teeth, and picked up the towel she put aside to wipe off her sweat.

"A little bit, but it lasts until breakfast the next morning."

"……lunch box."

"Eh?"

"...Anyway, I want to cook, so I'll bring you a copy by the way."

"Thank you so much! How about teaching you how to play basketball another day?" ovo

"...Okay. What do you want to eat?"

"I'm not picky about food, I eat whatever I buy!" ovo

"..."

Qiao Lijia picked up two lunch boxes and the coffee she just bought, got up and walked to the cafeteria.

Perhaps it was because of the close proximity, and the lunch box also carried the temperature of the coffee. Qiao Lijia couldn't help but stop and turn around to look back. He was surprised to find that the other party waved at him with a bright smile on his face, and a mouthful of white teeth. Seems to glow in biubiu.

"..." must be an illusion.

Although I feel that this "scholar with eccentricities" is really strange, but there is a seed planted in my heart, which was planted unintentionally, but sprouted unconsciously, and then took root, growing wildly like a creeper in summer, spreading the whole atrium.

Unknowingly allowing it to fill the whole life, it will be very painful when it is uprooted.

03.

In the black June of that year, the school was used as an examination room, and the first and second graders had a three-day vacation. Qiao Lijia, who was a prospective senior, had three days of free time, and went to play basketball with Ruan Jing without much excuse.

"Playing basketball will make you grow taller."

Ruan Jing threw a bottle of mineral water over, unscrewed his own bottle, and added with a smile.

"It's best for you to grow up to 1.8 meters quickly. You have to be tall enough to find a wife."

"Screw you."

Qiao Lijia rolled her eyes, unscrewed the cap of the bottle and drank it down, staring at the sunset in a daze.

"There are still 365 days until our college entrance examination."

"It's so fast, if you don't fall in love early, you won't have time." (=Д=)

"...I can't communicate with the snake spirit disease."

Sitting beside Qiao Lijia, Ruan Jing also followed his example and raised her head to look at the sunset and the western mountains, and was silent for a while.

"Qiao Lijia."

"Ok?"

"I think my mind is not as delicate as yours. It's hard to keep some things in my heart. Can I tell you?"

"Ah."

"I like someone, but I don't know if I can be with her."

My heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and my heart was like the setting sun. Even though it was about to sink below the horizon, it still tried to radiate its brilliance. The gorgeous light like fireworks illuminated the whole world, and it was eternity in an instant.

Qiao Lijia tried hard to tell himself that he was just being self-indulgent, that he must have fallen in love with a girl in some class, but he still couldn't help but feel a little joy in his heart, like the green waves formed by ivy in summer, undulating in the wind, unstoppable soaring.

I have fallen in love with this person irretrievably, even though he is a man of the same gender as myself, yet somehow... my heart is moved.But he didn't know the other party's sexual orientation, so he could only stay by his side as a "buddy" foolishly. On a hot summer evening, he listened to him confessing that he liked someone, but he was faced with this seemingly doomed situation. The fruitless "like" is helpless.

In the hot summer that was still hot in the evening, Qiao Lijia only felt shivering and chilled all over.

"... Oh?" ​​Suppressing all emotions, he spit out a single syllable.

"It's a girl in our class, Yu Yan, she has cute long hair, do you know her?"

04.

"……do not know."

Like a fire that burns up the creepers all over the wall, withered branches and leaves, ashes are all over the ground.

Qiao Lijia pretended to be calm on the surface, and the plastic water bottle was deformed in his hand.

"The person is quite kind. I used to skip dinner and go to study at night, and sometimes she would give me her snacks. And I think she is cute when she smiles... She has an inexplicable protective desire."

Qiao Lijia remained silent, just looking at the sky in the distance.

Ruan Jing held her chin in a bit of melancholy, learning to look at the burning clouds in the distance, while continuing to mutter.

"But her grades are not very good. I don't have any reason to give her tutoring. I want to take the F university, but I don't know if she will go to S city."

"really like."

"You think it's weird... There's no reason."

Why do you feel strange, there is always no reason to like it.

Qiao Lijia, who had been silent all the time, tried hard to hold back the sadness in her heart, and squeezed out a smile.

I also want a reason.

"If you treat her well, you will naturally feel it. If you really like her, go after her."

"That's right... I'll ask her about her choice when school starts."

Ruan Jing finally felt relieved, watched the last ray of brilliance disappear from the sky, stood up holding the basketball, as if thinking of something, turned to face Qiao Lijia who was still sitting on the bench, the thick long eyelashes could not hide the gleam in the dark eyes. curious.

"Hey, let me tell you... don't you have anyone you like?"

Two points serious and eight points joking tone, full of ridicule.

Qiao Lijia's face was hidden in the light night, her expression was unclear, but her tone was cold.

"……of course not."

It's against my will.

Maintaining the posture of sitting with her knees hugged, Qiao Lijia couldn't help but bury her face between her knees, raised her hands to cover her eyes with the back of her hands, and felt the slight trembling of her eyelashes and the coldness on her skin.

"It's too windy."

Under the night where someone deliberately lowered the brightness, Ruan Jing didn't notice anything wrong with Qiao Lijia, raised her arm to feel the wind, blinked suspiciously, and finally resisted the urge to say something, and kept silent .

There is something like vines in the dark night silently sprouting, branching out, and growing wildly.

In the entanglement, there are endless gaps and low sighs.

The author has something to say: 555 must be rewritten many, many years ago [clench fist]