near and far

Le Mingxin lives in the dormitory next door to He Chengan. He has a good relationship with the other three people in He Chengan's dormitory, and they usually play together.

The weather forecast said that there will be a once-in-a-hundred-year Leonid meteor tonight, at about midnight.So Le Mingxin made an appointment with them. When they returned to school on Monday, everyone hid a few cans of beer in their schoolbags, grinded half a plastic bag of ice cubes from the aunt in the canteen, and bought peanuts and chicken feet at the canteen.After the lights were turned off, Le Mingxin sneaked to the next door. Several people set up a small table in the middle of the dormitory, sat on the ground, drank and ate snacks, and said they would wait until midnight to watch shooting stars on the balcony.

In fact, in the final analysis, it was not for shooting stars, but for nonsense.

He Cheng'an has always been a loner, and he doesn't talk much to the people in the dormitory. They eat and drink below, and he sits on his own bed on the upper bunk, turning on the night light to read.

Others drink beer, Le Mingxin drinks fruit juice.He was afraid that they would be too noisy and affect He Chengan's sleep, so he poked the neighbor next door embarrassedly: "How about we go to the balcony?"

"It's okay, I told him, and he said it doesn't matter."

Le Mingxin raised his head and glanced at He Chengan, and He Chengan was also looking at him, their eyes intertwined, and then they looked away.

They were afraid of being heard by the dormitory teacher, so they lowered their voices and chatted rustlingly, but they didn't dare to laugh loudly when they were happy, and their faces turned red.

It's almost zero o'clock, the wine is almost drunk, and the food is almost finished.He Chengan turned off the night light and climbed off the bed, as if he was going to the bathroom.The dormitory space is not big, the four of them sat on the ground right in the middle, and there was very little room left to walk. He Chengan's bare calf pressed against Le Mingxin's back and brushed heavily.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the dormitory, and the voice of the dormitory teacher was outside the door.

"Speaking so late, open the door."

A few people were frightened and their hearts jumped. It was nothing to be arrested after turning off the lights, but the empty wine bottles on the table were all evidence of crimes. This was not a joke. After thinking about it, I am not from this dormitory, and it is not fun to be caught sneaking out late at night.

He quickly picked up the small table, and said to several others angrily, "I'll hide for a while..."

Le Mingxin cautiously went to the balcony, and the teacher knocked on the door again, urging them to open the door quickly.He was so frightened that his heart was pounding. There was no place to hide on the balcony. As soon as the teacher walked out, he could see everything.He Cheng'an was also standing on the balcony. He had just washed his face with a towel and was about to go to the bathroom before going to bed. Who knew that Le Mingxin was carrying a table and followed behind him, squeezed into the toilet together, and put the table on the On the ground, he closed the door with his backhand.

The toilet space is even smaller, the table takes up half of it, and the rest of the space can only be used by two people, body to body.

He Chengan frowned and was about to speak, but Le Ming hurriedly covered his mouth, blushing with anxiety: "Shhh—"

The two were in a narrow space, breathing and smelling each other, and the voice of the dormitory teacher teaching others could be vaguely heard outside.Le Mingxin whispered in his ear: "Help me..."

On a hot day, the boys were all shirtless in the dormitory, and there was a thin layer of sweat when their skin touched each other. He Chengan retreated uncomfortably and pressed against the window behind him.

Soon the dormitory teacher noticed that there were not enough people in the dormitory, so he came to the balcony and knocked on the door of the bathroom.

Le Ming hurriedly removed the hand covering He Chengan's mouth, blinked at him, and with his hands still in front of his body, he made a "please, please" gesture, like a puppy begging for food.

He Chengan cleared his throat, and said to the outside: "Teacher, I feel sick to my stomach."

The teacher outside still had something to ask, Le Ming was so nervous that his palms were sweating, he subconsciously held He Chengan's arm, the panic of being discovered made him feel like walking on a suspended suspension bridge, He Chengan was a solid railing , he had to support him so he wouldn't be so flustered.

After asking a few words, the teacher outside the door walked in again, and continued to teach the people inside, Le Ming let out a sigh of relief, and let go of his hand in embarrassment.

He and He Cheng'an had no choice but to continue squatting in the toilet. Fortunately, the window was open, and the cleaning was usually in place, and there was no unpleasant smell.It's just a little bit embarrassing, but they can't speak, shirtless and standing so close, the two of them don't look at each other, Le Ming stares at the window behind He Chengan, and He Chengan looks at the ground.

At this time, the Leonid meteor shower came.

Le Mingxin kept looking out of the window, and could see clearly, first a little starlight dragged its tail across the dark sky, and then there were two or three stars, piercing the darkness and quickly disappearing into the sky.He let out a "wow", and He Cheng'an also turned his head to look at it. The two of them watched it, and for a moment they could only see the shooting stars in the sky like silver lines, and it was like striking a bright match on the sky.

The two of them were also very close, Le Ming could only see He Chengan's focused side face with stars in his eyes out of the corner of his mind.

His heart beat faster than the teacher's question just now.

The casting machine was "humming" and the vase had already been formed, with a narrow mouth and a small belly, a very common shape and smooth lines, and He Chengan's hands were covered with mud.Le Mingxin came back to his senses first, quickly looked away, stood up, somewhat at a loss, and said, "Thank you, thank you, then what, do you still need to paint?"

He Cheng'an turned off the drawing machine, reached out and washed his hands in the bucket next to him, stood up, and said, "If you do the coloring yourself, you need to make an appointment in two or two days, or we can help you do the coloring, and when the time comes, we will make an appointment with the students' works." Send them to school together."

This seemed to be the longest sentence that He Chengan had ever said to himself in memory, Le Ming thought for a while and said, "Then can I come and paint on weekends?"

He Chengan said: "Yes, register at the front desk when you leave."

"Hey," Le Ming smiled heartily, "Okay."

He Chengan nodded to him, turned around to leave, Le Ming looked at his little vase with some disappointment, but He Chengan came back again, cleared his throat, pointed to the front of his clothes, and said: There is some time, do you want to change it?"

Le Mingxin followed He Chengan downstairs, walked along the path full of roses on both sides, and walked to the innermost building.There is a large tank outside the door, with a few pieces of residual lotus floating in it, and two red koi carps, but because of the cold weather, they are too lazy to move, and flick their tails from time to time.He Chengan opened the door and let Le Mingxin in. This was probably He Chengan's own private space. On the first floor, there were shelves of semi-finished products, paints and easels everywhere, and many green plants.

The two of them went up to the second floor. The second floor is an open space with a textured concrete floor. The floor-to-ceiling glass windows are facing the uninhabited backyard of the studio. There are some sundries in the rest of the spare space, and there are a few painted paintings, some covered with cloth, and some just left there.

Le Mingxin was standing at the top of the stairs, not very embarrassed to go in, and looked curiously at those paintings, most of them were oil paintings, paintings of flowers and sky, with strong colors and aggressive color blocks, one painting attracted Le Mingxin, It was a sky that transitioned from dark blue to black, and above it was a gorgeous light dragging like a shooting star, without any extra colors.

"See if it fits." He Chengan took a piece of cloth, covered the painting, and handed Le Mingxin a black sweater, which was the one he wore on New Year's Eve.

When Le Mingxin took the sweater, he was still thinking about the painting. He Chengan's heating was fully turned on, which made people feel satisfied from the cracks in his bones. He put the bag and coat aside On the high chair, without waiting for He Chengan to evade, he carried his back, grabbed the hem of the clothes with both hands, and pulled them up from the bottom up. The thin waist and the flexible muscles on the back first contracted and bowed, and then stretched out again after taking off the clothes , the hair was made to stick up.

Le Mingxin hurriedly put on the sweater. His shoulders were not as wide as He Chengan's, his sleeves were a bit longer, and his neckline was too big, revealing half of his collarbone, but it was still wearable. He put on the coat, but his hair was still curled up, and the corners of his eyes were still curled up. She is naturally sagging, and she is naturally docile when she is not smiling.

"Appropriate," Le Mingxin blushed a little, "Thank you."

He Chengan had already taken off the apron he wore when he was making pottery. Although it was cold, he was only wearing a gray cotton shirt, and his broad shoulders and full chest were well supported.

"Give it to me next time you come."

Le Mingxin agreed, and hurried back to the children.

"Next time", the word sounds happy.