[Tutor] Lick the dog until nothing is left

When Tsuna woke up, it was over.

Just like the best ending he had expected, it was over.

He opened his eyes from this long nightmare, and was soon overwhelmed by his friends who rushed forward.In the gap between the hugs, he saw everyone's smiling faces and red eyes with tears in their eyes. They hugged him and said welcome back to him.

He saw the revived Rainbow Son, Balian who was facing each other in the distance, and Li Baoen whom he hadn't seen for a long time.His teacher was still the same as he remembered, only slightly nodding at him when his eyes met, with a slight smile on his lips.

Warm light fell from the clouds, like finely divided phosphorous powder, falling on everyone's smiling faces.

Looking at the scene in front of him and these familiar people, Tsuna Kichi seemed to be infected by this joy, curled the corners of his lips, and laughed too.

His eyes slowly moved across everyone, imprinting this scene deeply in his mind with unprecedented seriousness.

Only at this moment, the pain that has been encountered can really dissipate.

All the sleepless days and nights in the past, and the mourning that I never got rid of in the depths of the dream, it is worthwhile to exchange for a sentence at this time.

all his sacrifices.

Something he inadvertently gave up.

It's all worth it.All to preserve this future.

Keep this future that exists for everyone and belongs only to them.

Gangji was always smiling.

This is the best ending to the story.

But in this ending, something seems to be missing.

... Who is missing?

He said goodbye to all his companions, and walked to the depths of the forest alone, where there were still traces of the battle not long ago. He bent down and picked up a letter beside the blooming lilies.

He folded the letter paper, and what he saw was a piece of familiar handwriting, written in a childish way: To me ten years later.

Gang Ji held this letter that spanned time and space, and lowered his eyes amid the blending of sunlight and tree shadows.His side face is still so soft, with a warm brilliance between his brows and eyes.

He just stood there quietly, with the same back that never bent, only the fingertips covering the letter paper trembled slightly.

"...Boss?"

The very light rustling sound stopped behind him, but Gang Ji didn't look back.

He felt that the footsteps that stopped at the same place paused slightly, and walked towards him again. A slender palm was spread out in front of him, and there was a pure white flower in the palm.

"Boss, have you seen her?"

Collom said softly, and picked up the flower, revealing the ring of hell hidden under the petals like a screaming ghost.

The quiet fragrance came from this unknown flower, Tsuna Kichi's eyes finally turned, but he glanced over the petals and landed on the ring.

After a long time, he shook his head.

"……No."

From the moment he woke up, he had never seen that familiar figure.

Charlie she... disappeared.

Youni used her own life to resurrect all the people who died because of Bailan, but the people sent to investigate reported again and again that there was no trace of her last appearance.

Tsuna tried various methods to find her, until the moment he had to leave Japan, he found nothing.

As time passed, he couldn't help but began to wonder, is Xia Li really dead?

But this is impossible.

She has always been good at hiding, just like those eighteen months in high school.

He just can't find her.

The skies in Italy were clear and cloudless, and most of the time he would lean against the window and gaze into the distance through the cold glass.

Here, he can see the endless blue sky and the whirling forest waves played by the branches and leaves in the lush forest.

As he watched, he would unconsciously think, in those long distant pasts, was there a certain moment when Xia Li watched the same sky and saw similar scenery with him?

On the letter that fell into his hands through the barrier of time, he wrote carefully and tentatively ten years ago:

"She must have missed you."

Zhengyi abided by his instructions, and consciously concealed the truth of his fake death from her.

"Although I don't think I should talk too much about this, after all, this is a matter between you, it's just..."

"Gunji-kun, is this really alright?"

Is this really good?

Just ask.

And how did he answer at that time?

"……It doesn't matter."

He closed his eyes and heard himself say.

"Natsu-chan she..."

What will happen to her?

How did he understand her in his unfinished words at that time?

As he had felt countless times in the past, he always knew that Charlie understood him.

This unique understanding in the world became the ultimate driving force for his determination.

If it's her, even if he doesn't say it, he can know it, right?

All the pain he experienced, every decision he made, the words he failed to say, and the feelings he kept deep in his heart.

If it was her, it must be understandable, right?

They had had such a tacit understanding without words.

And when she looked at him, there was always tolerance that others didn't know.

Do people tell lies only when facing something they want to protect?

He wanted to protect her, but ended up hurting her.

From the moment Xia Li disappeared, he suddenly understood——

In this world, no one's mind can truly communicate.

And she didn't understand him for granted.

It's just that he has relied on this special understanding and the broad tolerance she gave him to repeat the same mistakes inadvertently.

But before that, he didn't realize it.

It was clearly agreed that when everything was over, he would tell her all the truth.

From now on, he will no longer hide from her.

But in fact, if he was faced with the same situation as this time again, would he really be able to really tell her everything as he said?

This question, even now, he still can't answer.

He is no ordinary person.

They are no longer ordinary people.

All his concealment from her was carried with unprecedented consideration.

Because of this, he desperately hoped that she would understand him.

It's just that compared to before, he has gradually understood how to get along with Xia Li.He began to understand that self-righteous protection cannot lock in the same mind that he once had.

He thought it was over.

But now he can't tell whether he woke up from the nightmare or fell into a new nightmare again.

A dream named Charlie.

Until now, he gradually retrieved the fragments that belonged to the two of them from his long-term memory. In these scattered lights and shadows, she was always watching him.

It was a corner of his memory that he hadn't noticed, but after she disappeared, it became more and more clear in the cycle of time.

In this relationship, it turned out that he was the one who was indulged.

She condoned his silence, his concealment, his self-righteous tolerance, and all the hesitation when facing her.

Her love is fierce and forbearing, persistent and firm.

And what did he bring her?

For Xia Li, love is anticipation, compromise, companionship, waiting day after day, and entangled struggle.

But at the same time, this love is also the driving force, the light, the strength to move forward bravely, and the unwavering determination.

She is complicated.

Just like the two diametrically opposite weathers, fog and sunshine, they obviously shouldn't appear at the same time, but they are hidden deep in her body.

He always remembered Li Baoen's evaluation of her.

"The more you are not recognized, the harder you will work hard," even when it comes to love.Such a stubborn and fierce personality, but suppressed restraint when facing him.

Perhaps, this is the reason.

In this world, there is always a kind of person born facing the sun, Xia Li is such a person, and Gang Ji is also such a person.It is for this reason that they attract each other and continue to move forward under the guidance of the same goal.

He originally thought that no matter what time, no matter what happened, Xia Li would always be waiting for him at the finish line with a smile.But now I know that no one will stay in one place for too long.

One day she will get out of there.

Like leaving the shrine he had made her wait for, like leaving him now.

The next time may be very long.But with the determination to find her, he didn't find it difficult.

I just don't know, in the ten years that once belonged to Xia Li, what kind of mood did she hold on to, waiting for the moment when he stopped occasionally?

He has a lot of things that he failed to say to her. If he can meet again, he will definitely tell her this time.

The company of these ten years, every look in the eyes, every word he said with her, has always existed in the bottom of his heart.

It's just that now, will she still be willing to listen?

In the long night, Tsuna had a dream.

In the dream, he returned to the sunny rooftop, and Xia Li was crying in front of him.

That was the place where she confessed to him for the second time, and he still remembers his feelings at that time until now.

He used to really hope that there would be someone in his future life who could take his place in her heart and truly like her.

But now, in this old dream that has long since turned into dust, he stretched out his hand to her.

He hugged her, like hugging all the past that he didn't cherish well, and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

He saw Xia Li raised her head in surprise, looking at him, her eyes were filled with golden light, those lights settled in her dark eyes, intertwined into an intoxicated and beautiful dream.

……

In his life, Sawada Tsunayoshi briefly had two girls.

The first girl is like a daisy, bright but fragile, warm and soft, with the brightest smile in the world.

The second girl is like Qinglian, who obviously grows in the water, but persistently yearns for the rising sun. Her roots are proud and tenacious, and she never gives up the hope of chasing the light.

The first girl said goodbye to him at the fork of the road leading to the future, and the second girl accompanied him through a not too long distance.

He had thought that he would go to the end with her, but he didn't expect the bell to end the curtain to ring so early.

Opening his eyes again from the dream, everything returned to reality.

He is still alone after all.