[MHA Blasts] Empty Doll

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After the official relationship, Hong also successfully transferred to the headquarters at the beginning of the year. Tokyo is not too far from Shizuoka Prefecture, but compared with the previous joint access, it cannot be said that there is no distance.

Apart from Hong’s status as a lover, Green Valley can still be regarded as an office worker who needs to support his family. Not far away in the countryside, there are retired parents and elderly grandma who are waiting for him to get married and start a family. He abandons his job for love and rushes to the metropolis. He can't do the runaway love song, so he will probably take one or two weekends a month to meet, sometimes he goes to Hong, but most of them come to the small apartment where they are familiar with each other.

Prior to this, Hong's grandfather, the president of the headquarters, was admitted to the hospital due to the recurrence of chronic diseases and had to resign early.The entire headquarters was busy due to personnel changes, and when there was an urgent need for reliable manpower, Hong Jiaodong took the opportunity to make three chapters with his father in exchange for his mother and his own freedom. It's time to take over as the company's executive", Hong Yansi, who was almost half a century old, was so angry that he almost didn't go to the hospital with his father.

Even so, I have compromised.

On the night after the negotiation was completed, Hong who came to another person's apartment deliberately explained to Green Valley.The big filial son Lu Gu had a headache after listening to it for a long time, but he really couldn't make other speeches except reminding him not to go too far in order to avoid regret.

"Because I want to be with Senior."

According to Hong's words, the reason why he gave up the idea of ​​destroying his own company was all because of one of the guarantees given to him by Hong Yansi who took the overall situation into consideration. With the messy transactions with competing companies outside, he will obediently take over the title of heir, and he will no longer interfere with Hong Jiaodong's marriage.

How can this make Lu Gu continue to blame the other party, and after learning that everything is based on his own truth, he suddenly felt a burst of inexplicable pressure.

"Is this really right for Mr. Hong?"... Lugu couldn't help being entangled, even though he had fully experienced the love from the other party, he knew that pheromones and knots could not represent all true love in the world, so looking back On the night when the two first met, Green Valley pushed the time forward a little further, and all he remembered was his bitter memories of yearning for each other and worrying that there would never be results.

Hong is not good at all kinds of love words that make lovers feel at ease, but sometimes, straightforward inner expressions have unexpected effects.Green Valley does not intend to let this issue become the fuse that affects each other's development in the future, but after the relationship is stable, they live in the belated pink world and fully enjoy the love of that person. For a long time, sometimes I can't help but be prepared for danger in times of peace...or, I want a reasonable explanation.

——I have always, always liked Senpai.

When did the mediocre him attract Hong Jiaodong's attention?

And why was he deeply in love with that person?

The day before the start of the annual holiday, Green Valley arrived at the high-end apartment in Tokyo with a week's worth of luggage and a variety of souvenirs given by his mother to take care of his son who was away for the first time during the New Year's Eve.

Arrived at about four or five in the afternoon. Before coming, he had a phone call with Hong. When he arrived at the destination, he opened the door with the key.Lu Gu put the things he brought on the edge of the hallway, and when he was bending over to take off his shoes, Xiao Mo's gray-white shadow flashed across the corridor, completely robbing him of all his attention.

He followed and saw that it was a two-year-old American Shorthair cat.

"Isn't it Mr. Hong's cat?"

"...is raised by my sister." Sitting on the other side of the kotatsu, he shrugged his shoulders biting off the sharp corner of the pizza, "It's similar to the situation of the seniors, she has to live with her mother-in-law for the New Year, and then there seems to be very cruel to cats." Looks like a way."

"I see..." It was hard not to pay attention to the cat who was standing in the corner enjoying dinner like them at this time, and Lu Gu suddenly thought of a very important question, "Does it have a name?"

The other party hesitated for a moment, and said with embarrassment, "...Jiao Dong."

Green Valley was choked by his answer, and didn't know whether to help smooth things over and change the subject, or to laugh outright.

"Why, why is it Mr. Hong...?"

"My sister hopes that I am as close as it is, and then have vitality." Hong stretched out his right hand to the cat that had eaten the cat food. The little guy saw it, walked over on catwalks, and rubbed the back of Hong's hand with his bearded cheek , "This guy is very courageous and not very afraid of people. Because he has brought him before, so he is still close to me."

"It's not so close..." Green Valley stuffed the last bite of pizza into his mouth, and the cat, which was massaged by its chin, narrowed its eyes comfortably, and finally jumped into Alpha's arms.

Hong frowned slightly: "I'm sorry, if senior thinks it's not okay—"

"Ah, I don't mean I don't like it!" Lu Gu immediately waved his right hand with debris, and then pointed his index finger at him, "Actually, my mother also has one, but it's not a pedigree cat, and the name is not so So many meanings..."

"Oh."

"I always feel that Mr. Hong doesn't seem very surprised..." Compared with the previous reaction of the other party who would ask non-stop questions when he heard something about himself, he seems to be too calm now - I hope he is not self-indulgent That's right, the puzzled Lvgu reached out and took another slice of pizza.

Hong seemed to read his heart: "I know."

"Hmm?"

"It's about keeping a cat." The big palm stroked the cat's round head, lowered his head, and slowly described: "It's a very ordinary three-colored cat, with a dark spot on the left eye, and a little black at the end of the tail. "

Green Valley was so surprised that he even forgot to swallow the pizza, with a puffed face, he watched Hong who had finished dinner earlier, and slowly touched his poured cup of hot barley tea with his hand on the table.

"It's all right..." He took a sip, but felt that it wasn't enough, and finished the glass directly, "Wait! How did you know! I, I remember this except for me and my mother—"

Then it dawned on me. "Could it be that the person who kept putting things on my seat during that time..."

Hong didn't answer him, holding the paper package outside the straw in his hand, shaking it lightly in front of the cat's eyes, and raised his hand nimbly before the furry paws reached the lower end of the paper bag.Green Valley stared at the warm scene of the man and the cat living in harmony, the pizza box on the table was empty, no one had to fight to wash the dishes because of the takeaway, and every inch outside the heater was so cold that people didn't want to touch it, he slowly pressed his chin On the desktop, the memories in my mind slowly took shape...

That was what happened during the rainy season last year.

Green Valley knows that pets are not allowed in the apartment he rented, but when the little guy in the box made a soft cry for help, his feet seemed to be fixed in place, and he couldn't move forward for a while take a step.

The mandarin box is placed in a certain alley on the way to work, and the tram station is in front of it.It was a rainy day, and no one would pay much attention to the surrounding environment. Green Valley was holding an umbrella. He also accidentally stepped on a puddle and had to look down. Then he accidentally found the box and the constantly appearing lights on the edge of the box. A dirty little head, the rain from the eaves dripped on the milk cat's skinny body from time to time, the little guy was trembling, as if he saw a human who was willing to stop for himself, "meow", "meow"... For a moment, it seemed to be shouting louder.

A very traditional cat abandonment scene: a rainy day, a mandarin box, and an apology card filled with "I'm really sorry, there are too many cats in the house, so I have to do something wrong."Without knowing the truth, Lugu couldn't blame the owner who abandoned the kitten too much. Standing in front of the box, he hesitated for a long time whether to take the cat back to the apartment directly.

The cat's meowing stopped, and when he came back to his senses, the mandarin box and the cat had already been placed in the center of the living room.

"……Ugh."

After taking off his coat, Lu Gu couldn't help sighing, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and dried the cat with a blower. There was no cat food, and he went downstairs to borrow some milk powder from the newlyweds.If he didn't intervene, the little guy would definitely be hopeless. While treating the dead horse as a living horse doctor and feeding the cat human milk powder, he planned to take it to the nearest veterinarian for an examination tomorrow.

Feeding and feeding, the exhausted cat put its head on his palm, closed its eyes and fell asleep, and even turned its furry belly up for the public to see.Lu Gu scratched the semi-dry fluff with his fingers. After renting this room, he has been alone. Now there is another breathing life in the space of 1LDK. It should be said that he is excited or happy... he Curl your lips until your stomach growls.

The main body of the cat is creamy white with light brown piebald spots all over the body, with a little black at the end of the tail, but the spot on the left eye is darker than the rest.Green Valley blinked, even though he knew it was wrong, but the dark color of the cat's left eye reminded him of someone he would see a few times at work... just came after the year, gender Alpha, because of his appearance Good-looking and instantly became the subject of discussion in the office. He has strong business ability and is easy to learn. He is obviously a superior, but he will still call him senior when he sees him...

At the same time, it is the object of Green Valley's heart.

"Name..." Lvgu said to himself, "Scorched...?"

Soon he was frightened by his rudeness, he was the only one in the apartment, but Lu Gu looked around, and then apologized in his heart to the person who accidentally equated with the cat.

"Soba noodles?"

The milk cat opened its eyes and let out a thin meow.

Green Valley called again, and the cat meowed again, and he couldn't help repeating it several times. The short two syllables made him laugh when he said too much.

To use a cat as a substitute for that person by my side, and to choose a name with a meaningful meaning*... No matter how I say it, it's too embarrassing.

"Senior Green Valley, do you have any pets?"

Passing by the company's tea room before going to work, the young junior who just poured boiling water in it asked such a question. Lugu was a little surprised by what happened last night. There was a disturbance this morning and it was too fast. With emotion, he came to his seat.

After confirming that the desktop and chairs were empty when I got off work yesterday, a large bag of kitten food and cat litter was piled on it—no signature or writing was given to me—quickly, Green Valley noticed that people around Without thinking too much about the suspicious gazes they cast, they hurriedly removed the two big bags from the table before the head of the class came.

what happened.

He really planned to take the cat to the hospital for an examination after get off work, and then stop by to buy these things—did he go to an online store to place an order in his sleep?No, even so, the efficiency of merchants and delivery staff has not reached this point...

Could it be that someone saw him go back to the apartment with the cat in his arms?Thinking of this, Green Valley became even more worried, because there were people working in the same office building in the rented apartment. If the landlord found out about the cat in his room, the liquidated damages would not be mentioned, and the buckwheat noodles could not be kept. go down.

"……senior."

"...Even if you deny the fact that you have a cat, everyone will definitely find out that there are two such big bags of cat food when you take them home. It should be possible to find a plastic bag to pack them...but where is such a big bag...ah no, it should be said If the section chief sees you bring these things to work..."

"Senior Green Valley."

Someone patted him on the shoulder, and Lvgu turned his head, almost jumping up from the chair because of the fright of the person behind him.

"Mr. Hong!" It's Hong Jiao Dong, a handsome newcomer who came at the beginning of the year. He likes to call Lu Gu "senior", and he is also an alpha who loves to eat soba noodles.

When Lvgu stood there, the cat food on his lap fell to the ground. The thing was not light, and there was a loud muffled sound after landing.

Hong Chui looked at the food bag with the photo of the real cat printed on it, and before he could say anything, Uchida, who was carrying his breakfast, happened to pass by, and made an exaggerated noise at the bag that fell to the ground.

"Has senior Green Valley finally adopted a cat?!" He exclaimed behind Hong Jiaodong's back, "I knew that a cat is a standard companion for a single omega!"

"Partner, partner?" Lu Gu was stunned for a moment, and then remembered to deny, "No, no! This is the cat food that my neighbor asked me to collect for him..."

"Neighbor?" Uchida slumped his shoulders, and then he noticed Hong Jiaodong in front of him, "Ah, good morning, Mr. Hong!"

"Ah."

Green Valley hurriedly picked up the thought of being accidentally led away by Uchida, and said to the boss: "Good morning, Mr. Hong——Is there anything you want to come here on purpose?"

"……It is nothing special."

Leaving under the suspicious eyes of Lu Gu, Hong Jiao Dong glanced at the cat food on the ground before leaving, and showed a thoughtful expression.

The next day, there were several brand new cat toys on Izuku Lvgu's table.

"Is this also bought by a neighbor?" Ms. Naruse, who was a few seats away, picked up one of them. The woman once had a cat for a while. To be precise, it was raised by her ex-partner. Guy bought a bargain."

"Um... um."

"what happened to you?"

Green Valley shook his head, but behind the woman's invisibility, he held a card with his full name written on it and the sentence "All these are for you".

"People who have just raised cats will buy a lot of things they don't need!" Ms. Naruse thought that he was annoyed by constantly helping the neighbors to collect cat deliveries, and comforted her gently, "I remember you also want to raise... just as a study how?"

"It's not like that either..."

Cat food and cat litter plus today’s toys, the total price of several items is not a small figure—even if you need them, it’s not appropriate to accept them for no reason. It’s okay if you know who sent them, Green Valley You can find the other party directly, and at least ask him to treat you to a meal as a thank you...

"Are you ok?"

Green Valley shook his head, and nonchalantly put the card into the folder at hand, he thought of a good idea.

After get off work, Lugu put the note of gratitude and inner doubts on his desk.

The next day, Green Valley's thanks were exchanged for a "you're welcome" reply—the same short sentence was written on the same card as yesterday.But the card comes with a large bag of special items for cats, such as canned cat food, fresh packs, cat grass, hair removal cream... all kinds of things, and a pet ribbon decorated with a big red bow—— Soon, Green Valley found a self-adhesive sticker with "gift" printed on the back of the package.

If you're welcome, and such a big bag of things...the contrast is so great that it makes Lu Gu a headache.

The colleagues in the office are obviously used to the cats and cats that appeared on the Green Valley table for three consecutive days, and they didn't even give him the initial doubts. They didn't know whether to be happy or distressed. Green Valley put the things on the bottom of the table in distress, and thought that , it's time for him to be tougher.

——Although I don't know who you are, I can't accept these for nothing.And please let me thank you in person, or take them home.

After work, the things were left intact and the notes were pasted in conspicuous places as usual. Green Valley stayed in the company for a while, and when the people were almost gone, he was about to carry his bags and go home. When he turned around, he saw With a takeaway meal, Hong Jiaodong was about to go back to the office to work overtime.

In the distance, their gazes collided, and Lvgu was stunned for a moment. After looking at him, he also glanced at the pile of things on the table, suddenly changed his route, and walked towards Lvgu.

"Don't you take those things back?"

It really doesn't look good to leave too many personal items in the company. Lugu thought to herself that the timing of the other party's appearance was too ingenious, so she nodded... and shook it a few times, but she didn't know what the answer was.

Lu Gu suddenly remembered that the other party had to work overtime at night, and would stay in the office until [-]:[-] in the evening. In addition, there was a branch meeting early in the morning tomorrow, and he had to make a summary at the meeting, so he had to arrive early.I don't know where the courage came from, Lu Gu was looking into Hong's eyes, and expressed his worries in recent days, including that cats are not allowed in the rented apartment, and the company has a colleague who rents the same apartment, So I have to hide the fact that I picked up cats and raised them secretly.

"...That's it. If Hong-kun notices who it is, can you tell me?"

The other party answered irrelevantly: "As long as it is what the other party wants, any repayment is fine."

Green Valley: "What?"

"No money, no treats. Since the other party is willing to give you these things, it proves that he is also very concerned about the cat that senior picked up." Holding a plastic bag from the convenience store, Hong spoke with a calm expression, "Tell him the cat The situation—I think it is more important than words of thanks and material rewards."

On the way home, my mind was full of words that were so hot, and when I turned the key to open the door and saw the little guy running towards me energetically, Lu Gu woke up, and put the briefcase and a large bag of things in his hand. On the ground, he reached out and rubbed Soba's head.

If I follow my original plan, the cold polite words on the note may hurt the person who wants to show affection to the cat. Even if it is not good to accept things from strangers at random, there are more gradual ways than directly asking for the return method.

"I was helped again..." Lugu sat on the porch, staring at the soba noodles that kept moving his claws, "Mr. Hong is really a very gentle and considerate person."

Soba turned over, seemed to understand what Green Valley said, and shook his round head back and forth.

"You have also been taken care of by many people." Green Valley said with a smile, "Let's go have dinner."

Apart from the customary thanks, Green Valley expressed his troubles in receiving things in more euphemistic language.Instead of a few polite words, he wrote a lot about soba noodles, but most of them were told by doctors in pet hospitals.Facts have proved that the effect it brings is more obvious than just saying thank you. At least Green Valley did not receive a pile of cat accessories on the table the next day, and there were more different words on the response card.

For example, the precautions for raising a cat for several months, and how to use some toys.Green Valley didn't know if the other party had any experience in raising cats, but he still wrote down the problems he encountered and the special reactions that Soba sometimes made, and then got concise and clear answers from the other party... But more often, He still suggested that if the cat has a bad condition, it is more appropriate to go to the hospital to find a doctor in time.

After a long time, the object of that person's care has expanded from cats to cat owners. How is work and life, and how is his mood recently? Both sides are gradually getting more courageous, and the other side will ask while rubbing, and Green Valley will also give vaguely Answer, but stop on issues involving personal feelings, like an untouchable final line of defense.

Green Valley will stick the note when he gets off work. No accident, he will receive a reply from the other party the next day when he goes to work, written on the same white cardboard.The cardboard had no patterns, just like the man's impression in Green Valley, except for a cat that connected them, everything else was blank.

It’s not that I’m not curious, and sometimes I would suggest whether the other party wants to come and see the cat, but I get rejected a lot, and Green Valley also finds it boring... Oh, by the way, the reason why the other party knew that he had soba noodles was because it happened to be off work that day Running into Lu Gu and carrying the cat home was the reason that Lu Gu expected.

Time passed quickly, and one morning, Uchida saw Green Valley holding the card, and the kind young junior smiled at him maliciously and asked loudly.

"Is senior in love?!"

"Ah?" Lu Gu put down the card, and there was commotion around him, he quickly denied, "I'm not in a relationship."

"But senior is in a good mood recently, is the card just now a love letter?"

Green Valley smiled wryly and shook his head: "No matter how old you are, there are no love letters..."

"But senior's expression is very good. If I were a photographer, I would want to take a picture of senior's heartbeat!"

The younger generation continued to tease the honest senior, Lugu felt embarrassed and kept a smile on his face, but patted Uchida on the shoulder heavily with his hand a few times to remind him to shut up.

Uchida hid from Lugu's "attack", neither of them knew when Hong Jiaodong appeared next to him, and how much he had heard, so Lugu hurriedly bowed his head to say hello.

Speaking of which, the last time the other party was willing to listen to his troubles and help him, he hadn't thanked him yet...

"What happened last time... Thank you, Mr. Hong." Seeing Uchida return to his seat, Green Valley said in a volume that only the two of them could hear, "According to your method, I wrote a lot about cats with the other party... "

"That's good." Hong looked at the man who bowed his head in thanks, even though the response was weak, his expression was much gentler than before.

"Very happy, as fun as two people raising cats together."

Green Valley touched the back of his head, his thanks came from the heart.But I don't know which word hit the opponent. After raising his head, Lu Gu couldn't see the other's eyes of different colors. He seemed to be avoiding someone's sight, which unnaturally made Lu Gu feel suspicious.

"Boom?"

"...It's okay." There was a seldom-heard embarrassment in his tone, and he tapped Lu Gu's shoulder with the folder in his hand, speaking softly, as if confirming something to someone, "Since senior is happy, then no problem."

The good times didn't last long, and within less than a month of raising the cat, Lugu was stopped by the landlord who was guarding the apartment downstairs on his way to work in the morning.

The meaning is very simple. The landlord received a report from an anonymous tenant that someone, or Green Valley, secretly raised pets in the room.But considering the young man's good performance, she decided not to pay a fine. She only asked the young man to hand over the cat to someone else within a week, otherwise she would ask him to move out and the deposit would not be refunded.

And Lu Gu was prepared for this, not too sad, because he quickly thought of his parents living in the country, and called the two of them that night.The two readily accepted the cat sent by Green Valley. It just so happened that Soba was not a pedigree cat. It was lively and active by nature, so if you cultivated it well, you might be able to catch some mice in the house and save a lot of money to hire someone to drive them away. .

But Lu Gu had to explain to the mysterious person on a note that the buckwheat noodles were going to be fed to his mother.

It's not that I can't afford it, and it's not that I want to repeat the mistakes of the cat owner. After explaining everything clearly, Lugu naturally got the other party's understanding.But the short-term "co-raising cats" is coming to an end. It would be a lie to say that it is not sad. After all, without soba noodles, Green Valley will never have the opportunity to write notes with him every now and then... Now let him choose, what is it? Reluctant to bear the cat, or reluctant to have a conversation with that person, Green Valley can probably say decisively that both parties make him sad.

After thinking about it, on the working day before delivering the soba noodles to the home delivery truck, Lu Gu put a note on the table as usual.

— If there's anything new about cats on Mother's side, can I still write you a note like this?

Expected to get a "yes" reply, but the truth is, he never got the card again.

As if the cat was the link to that person, and now that the cat is gone, the link is broken, and the pink foam that has been inflated for a month is all broken.When Izuku woke up, he realized that he was unconsciously seeking warmth from soba noodles and from strangers...it was a bit ridiculously lonely.

Even so, he still wanted a cat.

That night, on the double bed in the bedroom, the pajamas were taken off completely, and Izuku Midoriya was completely naked, with two arms wrapped around his frozen neck, slowly leading the kissing route to a place that needed more comfort.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Hong, why didn't you continue to write cards?"

He raised his head in front of his chest, thought for a moment and said: "...It's not a big reason."

Is that so? Originally, the other party insisted, and there was no need for Green Valley to continue to ask, but under the dim light of the desk lamp, he accidentally found that the root of Alpha's right ear was slightly red.

He asked softly, "Say it?"

Hong looked at Lugu's face, turned his eyes away to contemplate, and finally retreated in defeat, sighing.

"I heard Uchida's words that day... After I realized that I might like Senior, I was not interested in writing it down." Hong said in a low voice, and kissed the other person's heart beating most violently, "And the card on the card When I talked, that kind of senior seemed too happy...so I couldn't help but start to be jealous."

"Anyway, the result is good, and the past is no big deal."

He pulled up his upper body, raised half of his forehead hair in the dark, his words and actions, everything was so sexy that Lu Gu blushed and his heart beat.

"Green Valley?"

——I heard Uchida's words that day... After realizing that I might like Senpai.

"So it was at that time..."

Green Valley covered his hot cheeks with both hands, he realized it later, but immediately laughed, bowed his head and kissed his omega's lips.

"It's the same now, senior."

END.