【Master Ming】Golden Day of the Gods

In a blink of an eye, it is June.It's the rainy season, and the always gloomy rainy days always make people feel bright.Affected by the rain, there were few people in the Shibuya underground shopping mall.There was no customer for a while, and the manager of the florist also sighed, telling Akechi that he could take a break.Zhizhi nodded and smiled, and put down the flower branch in his hand.The store manager handed him the brewed scented tea, and the two chatted while drinking tea.The gentle female store manager will explain the flower language of each flower in the store to Zhi Zhi, a part-time worker, when she finds time, and today is no exception.

"Speaking of flowers in June, it must be hydrangea. It has many flower languages, such as the pink flower language is 'a very energetic woman', it is very suitable for women. And there is also 'family reunion' It’s also a good gift for your mother. The blue-purple one means ‘patient love’, but it also means ‘you’re beautiful but you’re cold’.”

Akechi nodded seriously.He is smart, has impeccable learning ability, and is quick to do things. Coupled with his handsome face, many obasans have become regular customers of this flower shop because of him.In the words of the store manager, "Even if you pick the wrong flowers, you will be forgiven." In this way, Akechi's part-time job here twice a week has been smooth and smooth, without any problems.

"Hello, I want to buy flowers."

Finally we have guests.Zhizhi took a deep breath and stood up, putting on a standard business smile: "Welcome, what kind of flowers do you need?"

"Hey, it turns out that Zhizhi is working here."

Akechi was startled when he heard this voice, and when he looked closely, it was Niwa Sakuya who he hadn't contacted for a week and tried to ignore to the end.He wasn't wearing a school uniform today, and his casual attire made him look more mature than usual.

"Why are you here?" Zhizhi regretted as soon as he said it.The store manager heard the movement and came over.

"Are you wise-kun's friend?"

"Yes." That guy admitted without shame!

"What do you want?" Sensible's smile became colder by two degrees, Niwa supported his chin and thought for a while, then pointed to the hydrangea by the wall and said, "Then, I want a blue one."

Zhizhi chose the flowers without saying a word, and asked him whether to use them for himself or give them away.Niwa said it was a gift, and chose another vase.Zhizhi wrapped the things in a bag and handed them to him, hoping that he would disappear quickly.But the other party is naturally not such an easy character to dismiss. After paying the money, he did not leave immediately, but said to Zhizhi: "Are you free later? I want to take you to a place."

"Sorry, I'm still working." Zhizhi said politely but in a cold tone.

"It's okay, I'll wait for you to get off work nearby."

There's no end to it you stalker!If it weren't for the store manager still behind him, Zhi Zhi would probably explode.He frowned and was about to say something to tell him to leave, but the store manager said softly:

"Go, wise man, anyway, you'll be off work in half an hour."

"Hey, but the manager..."

"There are not many guests today, and I can handle it by myself. You should go early and play with your friends."

"Thank you very much." Before being wise, Niwa sincerely thanked the store manager. The store manager smiled and waved his hands, saying that it's good to be young, and immediately blocked the escape route.Niwa looked at Akechi as if he had succeeded, with a little playfulness written in his eyes.Akechi swallowed the swearing words into his stomach, and forced out an extremely uncomfortable smile.

As soon as he walked out of the underground shopping mall, Akechi couldn't bear it anymore and turned around and asked:

"Why do you know I'm here?"

"Why didn't you reply to my message?"

The two were silent at the same time, and the scene was very awkward for a while.Zhizhi rubbed his brows and said, "I think I already understand what I mean." But I noticed it, and there should be a degree if you don't know how to read atmosphere.

"You don't want to be my friend, do you?"

"...Because it's so weird."

"Why?" Niwa tilted his head in confusion.

"Normal people want to make friends with someone, they don't go to school, let alone follow them to the place where they work."

"But if you don't do this, you won't be found. If you reply to my message, I won't bother you so much."

This person is actually plausible.And act like it's my fault what's going on? !Zhizhi looked at him with the eyes of a madman.

"Does it have to go on like this? I can really call the police."

"If you call the police, you are the one who is bothering you, right? Middle school students are forbidden to work part-time. If you call the police, what will happen to the flower shop?"

Zhizhi was speechless, and the black-haired boy in front of him had an expressionless expression, and his relaxed appearance made people angry.One-sidedly said that he wanted to make friends with himself, but maybe there was no option to refuse from the beginning.After much deliberation, he couldn't find a better solution, so Zhizhi sighed and surrendered.

"You just said, where are you taking me?"

Twenty minutes later, they came to a well-known pancake shop in Shibuya.Almost all the people sitting in the shop were girls or couples, and the two boys were baptized by many eyes from the shop as soon as they entered.

Zhizhi looked at the dazzling array of menus uncomfortably. He had never been to this kind of shop and could not imagine why he came here.On the other hand, Niwa had a normal face and asked him what he wanted. After confirming, he called the waiter and ordered a pot of black tea, chocolate ice cream banana muffins and vanilla cream honey nut muffins.

"You like sweets?" Akechi asked puzzled, Niwa shook his head.

"I don't like it or hate it. I just thought you'd like it."

"I?"

"Do you hate muffins?"

"Hate is not hate, but why do you think I like this?"

"Hmm... intuition?"

Zhizhi rolled his eyes in his heart, he shouldn't have expected this person's answer.Regardless of his intuition that he loves muffins, it's strange enough that two boys come here to eat muffins on a big weekend.

"It's just like a date." Niwa Sakuya murmured out his inner voice.

"Please don't classify me as a pervert like you. How the hell did you get this unreasonable whim?"

"Because it's June 6th. Pancake Day."

"Huh? I don't understand what you're talking about..."

Niwa smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand." Akechi looked at the mysterious boy in front of him, and couldn't help sighing: "The carefree middle school students are really enviable."

"Speaking of which, are you working part-time to earn living expenses?"

"That's savings. Independence for high school."

It’s not fun to hide it from him, anyway, this guy will never give up, so Zhizhi told him honestly how much work he had spent in order to work: as Niwa said, no one wants to recruit himself as a middle school student, so he also touched him because of this. A nose of ashes.Only the owner of the flower shop could not bear his begging, and finally pretended that he was a high school student and took him in.Fortunately, his school is a certain distance from the flower shop, and he seldom meets his school's students here, so he can maintain his part-time job for the time being.

"He's a good guy, that boss." After listening to the wise narrative, Niwa said, "However, just working in a flower shop twice a week is still a drop in the bucket for the problems you will encounter in the future when you go out independently."

Sensibly looking away in displeasure, of course I know that, he muttered.Living alone in Tokyo, the expenses cannot be underestimated at all. It is definitely not what a middle school student can earn by working part-time in a flower shop.

At this time, the muffins they ordered were delivered, and the attractive appearance took away the troubles of wisdom for the time being.Let's start first, the black-haired boy said lightly, cutting the muffin in front of him with a knife and fork.That's right, it's useless to talk to this person, he can't help himself anyway.Sensei tackled his share of chocolate ice cream banana muffins somewhat resignedly.

"Don't worry, I'll help."

Akechi finally swallowed the muffin in his mouth, digested what he said for a few seconds, and after confirming that his ears were not broken, he looked at him suspiciously.

"Could you recommend some strange part-time job to me in the next second? If your purpose is this—"

Niwa was stunned for a while, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Eh... I thought your brain was always working fine."

"……What do you mean!"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, if I gave you a suspicious impression, I apologize. But it's not a part-time job, and I want to give you much more than that."

This sounded increasingly suspicious.Sensei stared at each other with a frown, asking what the hell it was.

"A shelter."

A shelter that can be completely trusted and relied on.When Zhizhi heard these words, he didn't react for a long time.There must be something wrong with this person's head, right?Who would say to someone who has just met for a few days, I want to give you a place to stay?

"Do you have... any intentions? Otherwise, how could you say such... such crazy words..."

This time it was Niwa's turn to sigh.

"Attempt... If I say no, you will not believe it. Just pretend that there is, but I will not do anything to harm you, I promise."

"Niwa-kun, your guarantee is worthless to me." Akechi raised the corner of his mouth dryly.Niwa smiled confidently.

"That's just now. But be wise, don't forget you're still in my hands."

"...You keep saying you want to help me, and then you threaten me again and again?"

"Because you are wise, you are always unwilling to face your sincerity."

The fork in Niwa's hand pointed at the other party listlessly, his words were vague, probably because he hadn't finished chewing the muffin in his mouth.Zhizhi raised his head and stared at him, his face full of disbelief.But the man didn't seem to notice it at all, and spit out the next words mockingly.

"Actually, you really want friends, don't you?"

His wise eyes seemed to burst into flames, and the knife in his hand trembled slightly as he clenched it tightly.

"What do you know about me!"

It was obviously the first time we met on that rainy day, but we spoke as if we had known each other for a long time.But compared to the fear of being found out about his privacy, Zhizhi felt more angry, as if the self who had been sleeping for a long time and even tried to ignore it was suddenly awakened.

However, the black-haired boy in front of him was not frightened by his anger at all, and stared at him seriously.

"I know everything about you. Including your mother's death, you had to move among relatives, and in order not to be hated by adults, you became a top student in others' mouths. You were labeled, and you didn't have any close friends in school... …am I right?"

The anger in Sensei's eyes turned into shock and warning.

"...Why do you know such a thing? Who are you?"

Even for a stalker, it's too unscientific for him to know everything about his past that he never told anyone about.Does he know his true identity... Could it be that he was sent by that person to deal with him?No, I haven't had any contact with that person so far, so he probably doesn't know his existence.

Niwa Sakuya looked like he was about to run away in the next second but was pretending to be calm and wise, and smiled softly.

"I'm just an ordinary high school student, just like you. I know these things because I've met you before."

"I met you before?...I have no impression at all."

"I'm telling the truth." Niwa said loudly, "Believe it or not, but now you have no room to refuse me."

"You're still threatening me after all."

"It's not my wish. I want to have a good relationship with you. It's very important to you and me, wise."

Is it important for them to have a good relationship?Have no idea what he's talking about.Zhizhi was at a loss, but that person's sincere appearance, calm eyebrows, and fluffy black hair were indeed full of some indescribable familiarity.When we met for the second time, I also felt like I met somewhere before...

"Aren't you going to eat? The ice cream is going to melt away."

In the next second, Niwa pointed to the pancake on his plate again, and ate his portion as if nothing had happened.

After eating muffins, night has fallen.When parting at the station, Niwa suddenly remembered something, and handed the bag in his hand to Akechi, which was the flowers and vases he bought at the flower shop where he worked this afternoon.

"Next time, you will reply to my message. I hope you won't meet in this way again."

Without waiting for Akechi to reply, Niwa smiled and waved to him, and walked into the station without looking back.Zhizhi stood blankly holding the bag for a long time before the words that the shopkeeper said to him today rang in his mind.

——Blue-purple hydrangea, the flower language is "patient love" and "you are beautiful but you are cold".

He gritted his teeth resentfully, and squeezed the bag tightly in his hand.I thought that if that person committed a crime knowingly, I would beat him no matter what next time we meet.

After all, a man sending flowers to a man is suspicious enough in itself!

The residential area is lonely, and occasionally you can hear a dog barking or a child barking. Niwa Sakuya walks on the dimly lit road. This is still the way home he knows. There are no drunks, no Entangled women.

A black figure suddenly jumped past him, Niwa stopped and turned to look at the wall.There was an unfamiliar black cat there, with two golden cat eyes that were astonishingly bright in the dark night, as if sensing his sight, it meowed at him full of vigilance.

Not Morgana.Niwa exhaled deeply, didn't look at the black cat again, turned around and walked towards home.In June, the hot season had just begun, and he felt a little sweat on his back, but it wasn't just because of the weather.

There is still time.He looked at the dark sky and muttered in his heart.

-tbc-