Ares

"You shouldn't have promised him."

After walking a long distance, Eddie expressed his thoughts on this matter, and Ares was puzzled, "Why? Your performance at that time, I thought, was a very important person."

Eddie nodded, "It's very important, but..." But he couldn't appear in front of everyone like this.

Obviously, he didn't even want to say this question, and Ares still looked at him with that puzzled expression.

"Forget it..." Eddie sighed softly, "Sorry, I won't go." He found a bench and sat down.

If that funeral is really as the little boy said, there will be more people going there, and hesitation is a matter of the neighborhood, and all the people who go there are people he knew before, not to mention whether the other party knows him or not. He didn't want to appear in front of so many people, besides, his parents would definitely go, and Lizzie... maybe he would too.

It is because we spend too much time together that we appear with the feeling that we must see each other off for the last time.

Unfortunately, I can't show up.

"Isn't death a very important thing?" Ares said, "If you don't go tomorrow, won't you never see him again?"

Eddie didn't look at him, denying the idea of ​​going again and again in his heart, but he was still shaken by his words.

The next day, Eddie and Ares went to the funeral together. After arriving, Eddie kept consoling himself, only out of respect for the old lady, and the words that Ares said, would appear.

Eddie took Ares to watch from a distance for a while, as expected, there were quite familiar faces, neighbors, classmates, and... Eddie's mother and father didn't seem to come.

He felt a little difficult to breathe, and lowered his head to relax for a while, Ares gently stroked his back, "Are you all right?"

"It's all right." The answer sounded like a mosquito.

The mother doesn't seem to be in a very good condition, she is much older, not only because of the heavy funeral atmosphere today, it can be seen that this situation has been maintained for a long time.

It must be because of myself.

Eddie wanted very much to rush over and tell his mother that he was alive and not to worry, but he couldn't.

How can I go back in my current state?Obviously, when I was in Steele, I could ignore everything, but why did I keep timid after I came back?

When the choice is not necessary to choose, it can always be left behind.

And now, it seems that the time has come to make a choice.

Eddie and Ares approached the crowd, and Eddie's eyes always stayed on his mother vaguely, so he didn't notice that Ares' eyes stayed on him all the time.

"Are you okay? Auntie." A respectful voice sounded, and Eddie snapped back to his senses and looked at the person coming.

"Don't worry, Mrs. Phil passed away peacefully and didn't suffer." Lizzie handed the water in his hand to Eddie's mother, "I'm too busy with classes during this time, so I'm sorry that I didn't see you."

Eddie felt very uncomfortable after hearing this.

The family members were distracted and sad because of their own affairs, and they were only accompanied by their ex-boyfriends. Besides, he knew that Lizzie's heart must be suffering as much as his family members.

It's all because of myself that made so many people sad.

"Good boy, it's okay, we all know what you think about Eddie, you should come out, don't be caught by the past, we all have to look forward, Eddie must really want you to be happy."

Eddie heard his mother say this to Lizzie.

He lowered his head, hid his sad expression, turned and left, really didn't want to stay and watch the next conversation.

He couldn't take it.

Eddie's departure did not attract many people's attention. Instead, Ares followed Eddie to leave, which aroused Lizzie's sideways glance not far away.

Eddie ran out all the way until he was out of breath and couldn't run anymore. He leaned on the wall and breathed heavily, his lungs were uncomfortable and his eyes were sore. He wanted to say something, wanted to shout, and opened his mouth , but only felt powerless, and finally, leaned against the wall and sat down.

Some people who come and go will look back at him, some will not. There are too many people who experience sad things every day, and this one in front of him is not the only one, so there is nothing to pay attention to.

I don't know how long I sat alone, Eddie felt someone gently touch his hair, he looked up, and saw Ares' face without any surprise, Eddie opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say, He was a bit emotionally broken, and he couldn't communicate normally with others at all.

"Don't be sad." He heard Ares say, "I can help you."

Eddie frowned slightly, still looking up at him.

Ares brought Eddie back to the place where the two lived. Eddie didn't take Ares' words seriously. He guessed that Ares probably didn't even know why he was sad, because he himself was really sad. I don't know, how can Ares understand it.

Ares took some food and put it in front of Eddie. Eddie had no appetite at all. He gave Ares a tired smile and shook his head. In fact, he wasn't sure if he laughed or not.

"Eat some." Ares persuaded him, "It's good."

Eddie didn't want to completely dismiss his offer, so he nodded and symbolically forced himself to eat.

Ares sat opposite, motionless, looking at him with folded arms.

Unexpectedly, Eddie had a good night's sleep. He hadn't slept so well for a long time. After opening his eyes, he felt energetic and his mood improved a lot. Eddie sat up and stretched After a long lazy waist, I realized that Ares was not there.

Eddie glanced at the time, eight o'clock in the morning, usually at this time Ares will not be absent, no, it should be said, generally at any time, Ares will not be absent.

However, even if Ares left without saying a word, Eddie has nothing to worry about or complain about. Ares's life should be his own responsibility, and Eddie shouldn't be around.

However, there may be a little loss in my heart.

Eddie went to the bathroom to wash up, looked up abruptly, felt something was wrong afterward, thought about it for a while, and then froze.

He slowly, slowly shifted his gaze back and fixed it.

It wasn't his face, exactly, not his face now.

The person in the mirror is exactly the same as before.

Eddie suspects that he may be having a sweet dream.

Yes, only this explanation makes sense.

When I woke up, Ares was not there, I was full of energy and happy, and when I saw my face in the mirror, it turned out to be perfect.

This cannot be a reality by any means.

So when will this dream wake up?

"Clap."

The sound of the door being locked.

"you're awake."

Ares' voice.

Eddie turned around and found that Ares seemed to be a little thinner, his brows and eyes were full of fatigue, as if he hadn't rested.

"I..." Eddie didn't know where to start, "You..."

Ares smiled, "Yeah."

He put what he was holding on the table outside, and Eddie followed him out.

"I thought you would sleep for a long time." Ares said, his voice softened unconsciously, "However, the time after you fell asleep is so long, I can't stand it after only five days."

"What?!" Eddie couldn't believe it, "I slept for five days?"

"Yeah." Ares sat down and looked at his face intently, "I regret it, and if there is any accident, I will regret it to death."

Only then did Eddie realize that probably, he was not in a dream now. He pointed to his face, widened his eyes and asked, "You cured?"

Ares was noncommittal, and looked away, "Actually, I don't think you look better than you did before."

Eddie froze for a moment before realizing that the "before appearance" that Ares said should be his disfigured appearance.

Eddie didn't have time to correct Ares's aesthetics. He staggered and ran into the bathroom again, looking carefully at the face of the person in the mirror. Ares leaned against the wall and looked at him.

"How did you do it?" Eddie confirmed that his appearance had been fully restored, and he couldn't believe that anyone could do it.

Even with plastic surgery, it will be different from before, but now he is just restored to his previous appearance, not the same at all.

Ares lowered his head, "The abilities they gave me." His voice was a little low, but when he raised his head again, he had returned to normal, "I have never tried it, and I don't know if it will work, but I see you in so much pain, I feel Should try it."

Eddie was quite startled, and had to turn to look at his face again.

He's all right, all right, ready to see Mom and Dad, ready to... see Lizzie.

He suddenly felt that his heart was beating very fast, and he couldn't stabilize it at all.

Eddie knew that Ares must be able to feel his excitement. This time, it was because he was happy, happy, and wanted to shed tears.

Ares' face was a little pale, and his mental state didn't look very good, but his mood was not bad, "You are very happy."

Eddie nodded sharply, "Yeah." He wanted to hug Ares, so he did so. Ares gently hugged him, and for the first time realized, what is human beings? The "satisfaction" that is talked about, it turned out to be like this.

"Thank you, Ares," Eddie said, choking in his arms.

Ares stroked the back of his head, "You never have to say thank you to me."

Eddie was very moved. Although he didn't know how Ares did it, he could tell that it must have taken a lot of effort from Ares. He had been asleep for five days. Days, within five days, he has not fully recovered his physical and mental strength, so one can imagine how difficult this matter is.

It seemed that Ares didn't plan to tell him the details, but Eddie thought about it more and more seriously, silently remembering everything Ares had done for him this time, and determined to repay it twice when he was able to pay it back.

The author has something to say: Good night.