【Master Ming】Golden Day of the Gods

After that, the two started chatting on their phones.

At first it was some boring topics, mostly initiated by Niwa.He asked Wisdom what he had for dinner, and if the answer was just an apple or bread, he would be told to eat nutritiously.After the number of replies received increased, he would ask Zhizhi some academic questions. Zhizhi scoffed at this but still taught him. When he sneered at him, he would not answer such questions. The other party said helplessly that he was an ordinary student after all. Only then did Zhizhi naively believe for a moment that he was close to him for the purpose of learning.

At the same time, Niwa also revealed some things about himself.For example, I live in a quiet town in Chiba, an ordinary two-parent family, and I didn’t join clubs at school like myself (I seem to be interested in art, but I have no talent), because there are very few recreational activities in my hometown , I usually only play catch with friends at most.At first glance, it sounds like a junior high school student who is so ordinary that he can no longer be ordinary. What is the opportunity for him to find me?Wise is puzzled.

However, Goro Akechi, an ordinary middle school student who has never experienced these entertainment activities, once told Niwa that he had never participated in clubs, and of course he had never played ball with others. The other party immediately asked him to go to Sigenjaya not far from Shibuya on weekends. , a batting center in an alley.In his words, 500 yen can play here for most of the day, which is really a good place for poor students to spend time.

"Have you been here before?"

Akechi watched Niwa pay the money skillfully, asked the janitor for two junior courts, and couldn't help asking when he was led into the court's cubicle.

Niwa handed him the bat: "I come to this kind of place to play from time to time, and it is very effective for venting pressure."

Akechi took the bat and followed the black-haired boy standing next door with his eyes.He swung his bat, hunched over in a ready position, and looked confident.So he followed suit, staring at the ball machine in the distance.With a bang, the ball came towards them at a speed that might have been intimidating to a beginner, and they both swung almost at the same time, and ended up swinging in the air at the same time.

"coming!"

Reminded by Niwa, Akechi had no time to be depressed, and immediately concentrated on the next ball in a panic.Among the sounds of swinging bats and hitting balls one after another, mixed with the voices of teenagers talking.

"You play really badly, wise."

"Whispering, you have no right to speak of me!"

"It's been too long since I've had a thug."

"How old are you?! Don't say such uncle-like things!"

In this way, you came and went for several rounds, and after dozens of balls were played, they were finally too tired to move.Zhizhi slumped on the bench outside the court with his head down, and was shocked by a can of iced drink.He raised his head, and Niwa was standing in front of him, handing him the drink bottle with a smile on his face.

"It's fun, isn't it? It's one of the joys of hitting the pitch when you're so tired that you can't lift your arms."

"What's so interesting... I'm so tired..."

"It's tiring, but it's fun, right? Don't you think you can vent all your grievances after playing like this for a morning?"

Niwa sat beside him, opened the mouth of the soda can, small bubbles poured out, he took a big gulp of the drink, and wiped off the sweat that dripped down his chin.Zhizhi raised the corner of his mouth unwillingly.

"……That's true."

Niwa smiled contentedly.Seeing his honest expression without haze, Mingzhi couldn't help but fell into a trance.

Is this how it feels to have friends?

You can let go of your heart and talk to each other without nutrition. When you look back, you find that there is no emptiness around you.

Is this substantial sense of disobedience the so-called friendship?

——No, how is it possible, this person is just a stalker.He used so many despicable means to threaten himself to become a friend—how could such a friend obtained by threats be sincere?

"Speaking wisely, how do you arrange your summer vacation?"

When he came back to his senses, the black-haired boy was asking him curiously, and the empty soda can was flipping deftly in his hand.

"Me? It's nothing more than working and studying."

"Your summer vacation is really boring~" Niwa seemed disappointed, and after a while, he had a whim: "July 7, you should be able to spare a day to come out, right?"

"Yes, it should be possible... What do you want to do?"

"Speaking of summer vacation, it must be a firework festival. Have you been there?"

Sensei, who has no friends or family, can only shake his head.Niwa seemed to have guessed the answer a long time ago, he pursed his lips in disapproval and laughed again, that smiling face was too young and dazzling.

"Then it's decided. Let's go together."

After the final exam won the first place in the grade again, the summer vacation is coming.Zhizhi increased the schedule of part-time jobs, and the time when Niwa came to him became fixed. When I asked him, he said that he had found a part-time job. As for what kind of part-time job it was, Niwa just smiled mysteriously and did not tell him the details.

There is no fairness in knowing everything about others but hiding everything in yourself.One day his true colors will be revealed, Zhizhi gritted his teeth and thought.

But apart from the fact that Niwa Sakuya knows more about himself than normal, and his brain circuit is a bit different from ordinary people, it is wise to admit that he is not a person who will be annoying-if the acquaintance process is more normal, I am afraid he will not reject it Befriend this person.

For more than a month, Niwa has been sending him messages almost every day, visiting Zhizhi when he is not working, and pulling him to eat a lot of things that he has never eaten and go to places he has never been to.Although his attitude is a little involuntarily persistent, and he occasionally teases Zhizhi, but when he is separated from him and watching his back as he walks into the station, Zhizhi always has an indescribable emptiness in his heart.And when he didn't come to Tokyo for a week because of the exam and didn't contact him for three days, Zhizhi lost his mind during the exam for the first time and almost filled in the wrong order of the answers.And these are not like his own embarrassing things at all, he decided to kill him and not reveal it to Niwa.

The day before the Fireworks Festival, Akechi received a message from Niwa, who asked him if he had such a thing as a yukata, and Akechi frowned and asked, "Do you think I would?" :

"Then please look forward to tomorrow." 』

"When you say that, it doesn't feel right."

"Don't say that, when have I ever hurt you? 』

"Just wait and see if you dare to do that."

"I'm looking forward to it.Let's meet at the old place at the station at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. I think I still have something to do, so good night. 』

When Zhizhi came back to his senses, he found that the corners of his mouth were raised unconsciously.He froze in disbelief at first, and the smile disappeared from his face little by little, like erasing chalk on a blackboard.He couldn't yet believe that he was getting joy out of these boring conversations.That person had almost forcibly intervened in his life, gradually eroding his lonely daily life, and he didn't know when he began to accept it all.He wondered if he should be ashamed of it.Because Niwa Sakuya's existence seemed to be satirizing his unpopular life.

He never took the initiative to look forward to anything, because looking forward can only lead to greater disappointment.Even so, he still has unfulfilled wishes, and his deep-seated anger still needs to be vented.He also wants to take revenge on the man who made all of this, and this will inevitably bring about negative chains.Talking about wanting friends, in fact, he is not suitable to have such a beautiful thing at all, that is just a hindrance to him.

Is this really the time for friendship games and fireworks displays?

The next day, Akechi arrived at the Shibuya underground passage as promised.Although it is still very early, there are already many young girls dressed in yukata who are fancy-dressed in twos and twos or holding hands with their lovers.While leaning against the wall and waiting for Niwa, many passing women cast meaningful glances at him.Although he felt that this face was attractive enough, Akechi, who didn't want to get involved with anyone at all, just looked at his watch anxiously.

"Excuse me~ are you alone? Do you want to go shopping with us?"

While he was worrying, two gorgeous girls in yukata came over to talk to him.Zhizhi frowned unnoticed, and smiled without any flaws: "Sorry, I'm waiting for someone."

"Hey~ Is it a girlfriend?"

"That's not..."

"Isn't that good! We just happen to be two people, if your friend comes over, let's go shopping together?"

Instead, look at the atmosphere and get the hell out of here!Zhizhi was still smiling on the surface, but there were already several rounds of cursing in his heart.

"I'm sorry, ladies, I've been dating this person for a long time before I finally got hooked, but I can't give it to you."

A slightly laughing voice came from behind the girls.Akechi moved his gaze upwards, and the person who had made him wait for 10 minutes was wearing a black bathrobe with a dark check pattern, standing in front of him dignifiedly.

"Sorry, there are too many people and I missed the last bus, so I'm late."

The over-excited whispered discussion with the first two girls brought back his sensible thoughts.Before he could open his mouth to complain about who took the bait, he saw Niwa smiling and saying sorry to the girls, just like the time he saved him from a bad guy, he dragged him away without saying a word.

"?! Hey, wait—"

Shocked, Zhizhi couldn't help but yelled softly, because he heard an uncontrollable scream behind him.But Niwa didn't let go of him.

"Do you want to go with them?"

"Huh? Who wants to be with them, I just don't want to be misunderstood!"

"If there's anything wrong, let them misunderstand."

"It's not good! Are you out of your mind?!"

"Shh, if you continue to make trouble, you will become the center of attention."

Zhizhi glanced around, and many passers-by were paying attention to them.He had no choice but to keep quiet, and took two quick steps to walk side by side with Niwa, and by the way, used the sleeves of the other's wide bathrobe to hide their handshake.

Only then did he have the opportunity to really observe the other party.Although Akechi had the same cognition as the world, he knew that this person was a handsome guy, but he didn't expect this person to be so suitable for kimono.Even though there are many men in bathrobes today, the black-haired boy with his clean and coquettish aura stands out in the crowd.Even the self beside him was swept around with all kinds of eyes.

"Is this the so-called surprise?"

Niwa glanced at him, smiled but didn't answer.He took Zhizhi to the bathroom in the station, stuffed him into the largest compartment, followed him in and locked the door.

Zhi Zhi took a step back in horror: "What are you doing?"

Niwa unloaded the satchel, took out a stack of things from it and handed it to him, Akechi took it hesitantly, only to realize that it was a yukata.

"Take off your clothes." The tone of the boy who was one year younger than him was taken for granted.

"what?!"

"Will you put on your own bathrobe?"

It turned out to be this, Akechi heaved a sigh of relief for no reason, shook his head, and Niwa raised his chin slightly as I expected.

"So take it off, I'll put it on for you."

Ten minutes later, Akechi appeared at the station wearing a bathrobe with light gray vertical stripes on a linen white background.There are very few men who can control a light-colored bathrobe, but he has a beautiful face and a tall figure. The light-colored bathrobe sets off his temperament. When he is not talking, he is a quiet and beautiful boy, which attracts many people. turn heads.Akechi wanted to protest but couldn't think of any reason, so he stared hard at the instigator, who glanced up and down at him and smiled happily.

"White really suits you."

"What's going on, this is it."

"Didn't you say you don't have a bathrobe? I'll bring it for you."

"That's not the problem!"

"It's rare to dress like this, so don't be so vicious."

I just don't like this refreshing expression!Sensei looked awkward: "Is this the so-called surprise?"

Niwa nodded, his smile seemed to have some meaning. "It's a surprise if the needs of both parties are met, and it's not a surprise if it only satisfies either party."

"Could it be that you just want to see me in a yukata after all this trouble?" Zhizhi narrowed his eyes.

Niwa seemed amused, raised his chin as if recalling something, and murmured:

"It's a pity I couldn't see it before."

Zhizhi has no idea what his so-called "before" is, and what is worth pitying.They squeezed into the gate along the flow of people, the line to the direction of the venue was tight, they were almost pushed apart when they boarded the car, and then Akechi was held back again, and Niwa never let go of his hand after that.Fortunately, there were so many people that no one would pay attention to the clenched hands in the crowded carriage.Akechi felt that the nerve that made his palms feel hot seemed to be closely connected to his cheeks, but he was slightly taller than Niwa, so no matter whether he lowered his head or raised his head, he would be seen clearly by the other party.

Terrible in every sense of the word.He cursed secretly in his heart.

There was still some time before the fireworks show, and they followed the flow of people to the summer mat near the river, where snack stalls were lined up, attracting many couples and groups of students.Sensing Akechi's somewhat curious gaze, Niwa tugged on his sleeve.

"Let's go, I'll treat you to something to eat."

Not a moment later, Akechi held an apple candy that had nothing to do with boys, and Niwa couldn't help but stuff the hot takoyaki into his mouth, and then watched him being so hot that he wanted to open his mouth and desperately covered his mouth to maintain his image. He didn't forget to stare at himself full of hatred, and laughed happily.

Clogs made a rattling sound, and the air was filled with the unique sultry smell of summer.The surface of the candy apple melted and sticky to his fingers. Akechi was feeling uncomfortable, so he handed over a handkerchief beside him.After a while, with a muffled sound like crying, the grand firework festival kicked off the most beautiful prelude of summer.

More than 5000 continuous fireworks became the only light to illuminate the night sky.They are scrambling to bloom, filling the entire pitch-black canvas in the blink of an eye, and disappearing as quickly as a meteor.From time to time, the crowd exclaimed "It's great" and "It's so beautiful", and the ground under their feet was shaking faintly. Zhizhi, who had never seen such a lively and grand atmosphere, felt a tremor.

Some tingling fingertips were gently held by the people around them.He trembled slightly, turned his head, and the black-haired boy was smiling at him under the night sky, his clear side face flushed slightly as if immersed in warm water.Zhizhi saw his mouth moving, but he didn't hear a single word amidst the boiling voice.

For some reason, my nose suddenly felt a little sore.But nothing to cry about happened at the moment, and that's why.

Could it be that the atmosphere is very lively, the fireworks are beautiful, and there are people around, is this enough to make people want to cry?

Until a drop of water hit his face, Zhizhi thought it was really his own tears.

The firework festival was doused by a sudden rain near the end.They struggled forward in the crowded and chaotic crowd, and the whistle of the police maintaining order could be heard not far away. When they actually entered the station, the two of them were already drenched in the heavy rain, with water dripping from the corners of their clothes, and left a hole on the ground. The next wet marks.

"It sucks..." Mingzhi complained while wringing his head down and wringing out his cuffs, "Are you a rain man? The first time I saw you was also raining heavily."

Niwa stopped patting his shoulders and the water droplets on his curly hair, his face full of innocence.

"I remember I didn't have this kind of physique..."

"Forget it, it's a mistake not to bring an umbrella. Are you going back?"

Akechi raised his hand and twisted his shoulder-length hair, he couldn't help shivering as he was drenched by the wind in the station.

"Sensible, can I come and live with you tonight?"

Zhizhi, who thought he had heard wrong again, looked back at the other party.

"What did you say?"

"Look, we didn't bring an umbrella, and I have a long way to go home. You can't bear me to catch a cold, can you?"

The black-haired boy tilted his head and looked at him pretending to be wronged, wisely took a deep breath, and said decisively: "No."

"why?"

"You... Since you are a stalker, you should know my current situation, right? I am staying with a relative."

"So, is there any problem?" Before Zhizhi put on a gesture of wanting to teach him a lesson, Niwa said persuasively: "Just stay for one night, can't it? I won't cause you any trouble."

You are enough trouble for me now.Zhizhi slandered, but the other party sneezed at the right time and stared at him with those bright eyes. He frowned and thought for a moment, then turned his head angrily and said: "If I am scolded, I will put all the responsibility on you body."

Niwa smiled, and lifted the clogs that had become heavy from the water to catch up with the awkward figure.

It was late at night when they returned to the house of their wise relatives.Everyone in the house is either asleep or has no interest in being wise, and no one even enters the door.Instead, it was convenient for them, and the two tiptoed into the wise room.Like cheating.After closing the door, Niwa flatly said something that shouldn't be said at his age, and Akechi threw a towel across his face without thinking.

"Your room is smaller than I imagined." Niwa commented while grabbing the towel and looking around the room for a week.

"Stop talking nonsense and go take a shower."

"Aren't we going to wash together?"

Zhizhi glanced at him like a madman, "If you don't wash, get out of here."

With a suppressed smile, Niwa took the clean pajamas he handed over, and went to take a bath without saying a word.When he came back, he found that Zhizhi had already laid out the bedding on the ground, and there was basically no place to put his feet in the whole house.The single bed was really too narrow for two boys.

Akechi wiped his hair and went back to the room, seeing Niwa sitting on the ground, he was taken aback for a moment.The latter raised his head and asked him what was wrong, and he just shook his head.

Speaking of which, it was the first time he had brought outsiders into the room.

Not only that, wearing a yukata for the first time in life, watching a fireworks display with others... so many firsts happened after meeting this person.

It's only been two months since I met him, but it seems like I've known him for a long time.

"Aren't you going to sleep?"

Niwa smiled suspiciously, Akechi hummed, and silently turned off the light.He was sleeping on the bed, Niwa was laying on the floor, and the sound of two people's breathing flowed in the narrow space.

"Hello... are you still awake?"

With this person, there are rarely such quiet moments.Zhizhi tossed and turned, and opened his mouth in a low voice uncertainly.There was a rustling sound on the ground, and then Niwa made a narrow voice.

"Is there someone who can't sleep next to you?"

"Idiot." Zhizhi scolded him for being unreasonable in a low voice, his eyes adapted to the darkness, and he could vaguely see the color of the opponent's skin and translucent eyes. "...I want to ask you something."

"Ask, what's the matter?"

"...Are you real?"

"Ok?"

"Are you really Niwa Sakuya, aren't you a fake identity or some suspicious organization sent to spy on me?"

The other party fell into silence, Zhizhi didn't even dare to breathe, until there was a snort from the ground.

"What are you laughing at!"

"You've been thinking about this kind of question, hahaha...Sorry, sorry, I really think it's funny."

"I don't think so at all." Zhizhi said angrily, and his momentum softened all of a sudden, "Because no one has ever made friends with me, and I have never had friends. You suddenly appeared in front of me, You're so, so concerned about me again...why me? Am I worth it for you?"

Until Niwa's laughter gradually calmed down, he finally said with a faint smile:

"Of course it's because I like you."

The wise mind went blank for a moment, and his face suddenly burned up.

"Huh?? What nonsense are you talking about?!"

"I mean, the kind of liking for friends." Niwa said emphatically the word "friend", Akechi breathed a sigh of relief immediately, but his chest felt a little stuffy for no reason.

"What's the matter? What do you want me to answer?"

This guy is still pushing his feet!Wisely decided not to fall into his tricks again, turned over and covered his head with the quilt. "nothing."

It was rare for Niwa to understand the atmosphere and didn't ask any more questions, and the room regained its calm.Amidst the rising and falling breathing, Zhizhi's low voice seemed to come from far away.

"Niwa...you have no plans for my past, do you? Can I really trust you?"

Maybe he was really sleepy, but in any case, at this time, Akechi Goro dropped all his defenses for the first time, nakedly exposing his anxiety and pain of the past, like an onion that has been peeled off layer by layer in front of that person's eyes.

And the other party's voice was as quiet and gentle as the deep sea, he said, no.Please trust me.

He seemed to hear a shallow response, and after that, there was only the sound of steady and long breathing in the room.

are you asleep.Niwa smiled wryly, sat up, gently pushed aside the thin quilt, stood up and looked down at Akechi who had fallen into a deep sleep.He sat beside the young man silently, as if accompanying the unique and cherished person, but stared deeply, deeply at his sleeping face, the light outside the window flashed dimly through his black pupils, and his eyes were clearly There is endless pity and endless pain.He wanted to reach out to touch his cheek, but the moment he touched his hair, he withdrew his hand as if burned.

"Of course not, fool."

What I want is not your tragic past.

What I want to seize is your present and future.

Those that I kept missing before, now I want to hold them one by one in my hands, and I will not allow any failure.

Early in the morning, Zhizhi suddenly woke up from his sleep and found that there was no trace of the boy on the ground.The bedding and pajamas were well folded and piled up in the corner, but the things that belonged to that person disappeared.He turned over and got out of bed, hurriedly opened the door and ran towards the entrance, just happened to see the black-haired boy putting on his shoes with his head bowed, and when he heard the footsteps, he looked back at Zhizhi and smiled.

"Morning, are you awake?"

"You...you should tell someone if you want to leave!" Akechi said with a bit of annoyance, and Niwa rubbed his head, as if he was embarrassed.

"Sorry, I just thought that if your family finds me, it seems to cause you trouble, so leave as soon as possible."

When will this person realize that he has brought trouble to himself?Wise stared at him incredulously.

"Then at least tell me."

"Would it bother you if I wasn't around?"

Zhizhi was stunned for a moment, and his sleepy face slowly took on a different color. "Stop putting gold on your face."

The morning sun poured in through the open door, illuminating Niwa's warm smile.

"I'm leaving."

"Wait, your umbrella——" Zhizhi suddenly remembered the umbrella that he had forced to give himself when they first met, and kept wanting to return it but forgot.But Niwa stopped him, "No need, you can keep that."

"Eh?"

"I'll feel more at ease that way."

He said something he didn't understand again.Zhizhi looked at him with a puzzled face, he didn't say anything, and got up to pick up his satchel.Before leaving, he turned to Zhizhi again:

"Can I come to you again?"

"……Um."

"Then, see you next time."

His figure disappeared into the morning light, coming like a dream, and leaving quietly like a dream.Zhizhi narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling a sense of loss in his heart, not sure if he was still living in a dream.

He had a vague dream last night, but he vaguely remembered that it was a palpitating dream.In the dream, I am in a strange world that I have never seen before, my heart is desolate and lonely, and I am just blindly heading towards disillusionment.On the edge of the precipitous cliff, someone is calling out his name heartbreakingly.

Who is that?

-tbc-