Fall in love with Mr. Chi

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Japan, Kyoto.

After accepting Akashi's "short-distance trip" invitation, Eren and Akashi packed up their clothes for a few days, and took the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka within a day the next morning, and then transferred to Kyoto.

The accommodation of the two in Kyoto was temporarily booked yesterday. In order to facilitate future activities, Akashi took Eren to the reserved hotel to drop off his luggage and change into a set of clothes that were wet with sweat due to the long journey. At Akashi's suggestion, he changed into a plain and light dress, and went out with him.

As a person who lived in Kyoto for a long time like Akashi, Eren couldn't help but feel relaxed and nostalgic when walking on the streets of Kyoto.

"I haven't been back to Kyoto for a while, and I haven't made time to visit my parents during the New Year. It's only now that I realize that besides being homesick... I also miss Kyoto a little bit."

Holding hands with Akashi, Eren spoke with a gentle expression, and the melancholy between her brows also dissipated a little.

After all, compared with the densely populated Kanto area with many buildings, the streets in the Kansai area are much wider, and even the buildings are shorter. Here, you can see a large blue sky as long as you look up, and the surroundings are quiet. Yes, the leaves trembled gently in the early summer sun.The passers-by around him spoke in a Kansai accent and walked leisurely, which felt like home to Huilian.

"Ah... I heard someone say Kyoto dialect!" Elian's expression seemed to be melting and satisfied: "I miss you so much."

"Does Eren also speak Kyoto dialect? I don't think I've heard you say it before." What Akashi said here, of course, was that she had never heard her speak in a local dialect in high school.

"Well! I was used to it from elementary school to junior high school, but before I entered high school, I spent a summer vacation to get used to the standard language..." She said with a slight smile: "I haven't heard much of the Kyoto dialect since I arrived in Tokyo. The most impressive Kansai dialect is the Osaka dialect, right? The Kyoto dialect is a bit old-fashioned, but I learned it specially when I was a child? It’s all used to chat with the neighbor’s grandmother.”

"Then tell me something?" Akashi has been using standard language since he was a child. Although he can understand various accents, he is just not used to interpreting them.

"Then..." Eileen was a little shy, but cautiously said beside Akashi: "The rice ball... is delicious (oi-shi-o-su-naa)?"

"...Pfft." Akashi was amused by the way she carefully said the Kyoto dialect, and his brows and eyes frowned: "It's so cute, is there anything else?"

"And 'is that so (sou-desuka)' in the Kyoto dialect is...'is this way (sayo-desuka)'." She said a little shyly, and while performing the Kyoto dialect, she talked with Akashi Chatted about childhood life from kindergarten to elementary school.And when Akashi heard about her chatting and playing with her neighbors in her childhood, she built an impression of Little Erian in her mind, and her eyes became quite soft: "I always feel that I really want to meet you when I was a child."

"I also want to meet you when I was a child! What was your life like when you were a child?" Eileen looked at Akashi curiously. A trace of hesitation flashed across Akashi's face when he heard the words, and then he smiled helplessly: "My family I have been receiving gifted education arranged by my father since I was a few years old, and I studied with different tutors every day. At that time, the only time for me to play games was to play basketball with my mother in the courtyard at home. Compared to you, it’s a very boring past.”

Akashi lowered his eyes and told the story of the past gently, while Eren held his hand and listened quietly, and noticed that when Akashi was talking about the past, his eyes were a little lonely, and even... a little inferior.Is it because you feel you don't fit in with others?After receiving this kind of education, he himself has become better than anyone else, but he doesn't seem satisfied at all.

She remembered that Akashi used to describe her previous life as "boring" in front of her.Erlian understood the self-image in Akashi's mind, and took him by the hand to encourage him: "You are what you are today because of your past experiences. If you feel that your past is boring, then tell me what you want to do." Whatever you try... I will challenge with you no matter what!"

She boasted, and after a while, she seemed to think of something again, and said with a face of embarrassment and despair: "Ah... even if it's sports, I'd like to... accompany you."

"Pfft, do you dislike sports so much?"

"I like it... I just don't have motor nerves and my physical strength is poor, so it's not so much that I don't like it as it is that I don't have confidence..."

She pressed her in a low voice, and Akashi listened, then nodded with a smile, and said meaningfully: "Your physical strength is indeed poor."

"Right...oh no, why do I feel like you're talking pornographically?" She raised her eyebrows and looked at her boyfriend.

"No, it's Huilian, are you thinking wrong?" His smile looks harmless to humans and animals, but Yilian can vaguely see that - although there is no evidence, her boyfriend is now a beast.

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Chatting without saying a word, the two took a bus and got off near Arashiyama.

The time is [-]:[-] in the afternoon, just past the lunch time, the entire area around Arashiyama Station is sparsely populated, and the suburban areas without high-rise buildings can be seen as boundless green leaves and blue sky at a glance.

Eren has not been here for a long time. Arashiyama is a tourist attraction in Kyoto that attracts foreign tourists. There are also many elementary school students and old couples who usually travel here, so it is not particularly popular with high school students.After all, she lives in Kyoto, and her dream location is Tokyo... I don't know if high school students in Tokyo are interested in Arashiyama.

She thought so, then looked sideways at Akashi: "Is our destination here?"

"It's not there yet, it's a short way to go."

Akashi smiled mysteriously at her, and then led her to an old shop near Arashiyama Station to buy a bouquet of yellow daisies. When Erian saw Akashi's behavior, he suddenly remembered that besides sightseeing in Arashiyama, there are also other places in Kyoto. Taking on another important identity - that is a cemetery used as a cemetery in the bamboo forest of Arashiyama.She widened her eyes slightly, remembering the plain dress that Akashi had reminded her to wear before going out, and his refined attire today, and affirmed this idea in her heart.

She didn't ask any questions, but walked quietly with him on the long and winding road, and then through the sparsely populated bamboo forest in Lanshan, to the cemetery area where many stone monuments stood.However, that was not the place Akashi wanted to take her into. He didn't even stop his eyes on those steles. Instead, he skillfully led her across the periphery of the cemetery with a bouquet of flowers, until an inconspicuous path appeared in the In front of the two of them, he said gently: "It's almost here."

"En." She responded to him softly with a nasal voice, and followed him through the winding path of about 50 meters. Soon, they came to another secluded and sacred area.

The surroundings are quiet, the bamboo leaves rustle slightly when the wind blows, and a layer of sunlight like a veil passes through the gaps in the bamboo branches, spreading warmly on the wooden fence near the cemetery.

Thin water vapor floated in the air, and several unknown flying insects whirled and danced in the air, making a buzzing sound.

And as several well-cared-for flower beds appeared in Elian's eyes, looking at the stone tablet standing in the center of the small garden, with the words "Tomb of Akashi Shiori"——slowly, slowly, the surrounding The atmosphere became quiet.

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Surrounded by the green bamboo forest, there is a calming atmosphere in the air.

Eren and Akashi squatted in front of the stele, and washed the stele with wooden buckets and spoons borrowed from the gravekeeper.Having said that, Elian noticed that the cemetery was quite tidy. Even though there were many different kinds of small flowers planted beside Miss Shiori's stone tablet, they didn't attract too many insects. On the ground, there were not too many traces of sand and gravel on it, except for a little wind and sand in the sunken engraving of the tombstone, there was nothing else that required them to clean it specially.

But even so, the two still washed the tombstone with clean water with a solemn heart, making the already smooth and beautiful stone tablet even cleaner.

After about 10 minutes of sweeping the tomb, Erian and Akashi returned the tools, returned to the tombstone, and squatted on the ground in unison.

Eren looked at Akashi carefully, and saw that when he was staring at the name on the tombstone, his eyes were full of nostalgia and nostalgia. All of a sudden, the water chestnuts on his whole body disappeared, as if he had returned to the purity and calmness of a newborn baby.

He knelt on the ground on one knee and stared at the tombstone in front of him again. After recalling some things, he finally lowered his eyebrows and said, "Mother, I brought my girlfriend to visit you. Since I came back to Japan, because I want to take over Akashi I don't have time to come back to Kyoto to see you about the group's affairs, but I suddenly wanted to bring Elian to see you these few days, so I came back specially..."

Akashi leisurely talked about his recent situation to his mother. During the period, he mentioned her name several times in a gentle and gentle manner. Eren was a little nervous when Akashi said this. She looked at Akashi and then at the tombstone. Although Akashi's Her mother was not sitting in front of her, and she still seemed trembling all over.

"Don't be nervous. If my mother is here, she will definitely accept you with a smile. She is a very gentle person. When I was young, my relatives and father all hoped that I could achieve much. Only my mother... tried my best to do my best. I fight for my free time..."

"So basketball is..."

"Yes, it was suggested by my mother," Akashi said, with a warm expression on his face: "She told me that basketball is an activity played by several boys. Wish I could use basketball to make friends at school."

"Then you must have a good relationship with your aunt, right?"

"Yes, I really like the dishes my mother cooks, and I also like the time she spends with me. My mother always comforts me gently, so even if the family education is strict, it is acceptable to me. After all, in Akashi's house, My mother can be the existence that balances me. It’s just that when I was in the fifth grade of elementary school, my mother passed away due to a sudden illness, and my world has lost its warmth since then.”

He suddenly talked to Painter about a past that he had never taken the initiative to mention to others.Erian looked at him, knowing that Akashi's mother was long gone, but she never tried to consciously think about what his past would be like.

Therefore, at this time, she also decided to play the role of listener.

"...At that time, my mother's departure caused me to lose the ability to support myself. Especially after I entered junior high school, my father had more demands on me and I needed to perform well in school. Although I was able to cope with those situations, I became sometimes Weak, sometimes paranoid, because I was afraid of losing something again, so I firmly believed in my father's set... thinking that only victory is absolute."

"It's also because of this idea. When I lost for the first time, all kinds of pressure and intertwined thoughts made me collapse. I once hurt my teammates in junior high school, and I appreciated it until I lost again. companion, I just woke up."

"Actually, I have always... also felt that I was not complete, and I also felt that what I did in the past was not worthy of being forgiven."

"But fortunately, I've always had companions around me who didn't give up on me and gave me the opportunity to learn to be a whole person again."

"But sometimes, I can't tell whether it's me who is gentle with others, or the one who is full of thorns..."

It is rare for him to be able to speak a lot of words, she listened to his voice, as if accompanying him back to the past time, she saw Akashi standing in the crowd with cold eyes and sharp expression, like a lone wolf , Facing everyone with a vigilant attitude.

This life made him tired and lonely.

And at first glance, that Akashi and the gentle and humble him since the reunion looked like two people.

Elian looked at the rare confusion in Akashi's eyes, thought for a while, and replied intuitively: "Should... no matter which one is you, right? Both of them exist, and you are complete. There is no need to separate specially, and you are There is no need to completely merge into one, because there will definitely be someone in this world who accepts all of you."

She answered as if it was a matter of course, not particularly comforting, but her eyes were very sincere.

Akashi looked into her eyes, and after understanding what she said in his heart, Akashi was stunned first, then smiled: "Yes... Actually, I think the same way now, but no one has ever talked to me. I had the same thought, I didn't expect to hear this sentence from Huai Lian's mouth."

Infected by Akashi's relieved smile, Erian felt her heart warm, so she laughed along with him.

And Akashi looked at her, then raised his hand to fondle her sideburn hair, and smiled helplessly: "Pfft, obviously I brought you here to comfort you...but in the end, I was encouraged by you. "

"No... What I said just now is not so much encouragement, but actually my sincere words."

"I know." He nodded with a faint smile, took her right hand after leaving her cheek, and then suddenly turned his gaze back to Akashi Shiori's tombstone: "So... Mother, you also saw that Erian What a wonderful girl, isn't she? I hope to marry Huilian next year, and I hope you can bless us well."

He whispered earnestly, his gentle and sure tone mixed in the fresh air in the bamboo garden, which stirred up ripples in Huilian's heart.

She didn't expect that Akashi would suddenly talk about marriage. Her heart began to pound wildly. Looking at Akashi's mother's tombstone, she was both happy and complicated. After all, not long ago, she had an argument with Akashi's father. Overturned.

That's why she's depressed.

However, Akashi seemed to have seen through all her thoughts, looked at her and smiled: "It's enough for Eileen to stay by my side, and you don't have to worry about other things."

"Father, I will find a way, but even if he can't accept you in a short time...my mother must have agreed with you, and even, if she was here, she must have been admonishing father, right?" He Smiling a little helplessly: "I brought you here just to tell you this - you will definitely be accepted by my family, I hope you will no longer feel unconfident about the previous things, because to me you are My pillar."

He slowly told her every sincere word, and Erian looked directly into Akashi's eyes, only feeling that the anxiety in her heart was gradually dispelled by the warmth called Akashi, her blurred vision became clear again, The originally unsteady heart gradually pieced together into a complete one.

She blushed, but she wasn't shy, but had the urge to cry.

She turned her face away in a hurry, and then stretched out her hand to fan her face, blaming him: "Isn't it a foul for you to say that!"

"No, but..." The movements of her hands gradually became slower, her beating heart gradually returned to calm, and a clearer goal appeared in her heart again.Erian squatted beside Akashi, and suddenly took her hand away from Akashi's palm, and then suddenly folded her hands together, and closed her eyes facing Akashi Shiori's tombstone.

"...I also hope that my aunt can take good care of us. In the next year, I will definitely study hard and be a good girlfriend. I hope that I can take good care of Ah Zheng, protect him and be with him like my aunt. One day It will also reassure Auntie!"

She said her goal loudly and seriously, and her serious and stubborn tone directly caused throbbing in Akashi's heart.

"..." His eyes softened because of this, he looked at Eileen and smiled: "Thank you, but it's the opposite."

His tone was very light, and while pointing out her mistake, he suddenly leaned over to her and planted a gentleman's kiss on her lips.

"It is for my mother to bless me...to make me a man who can take care of you and protect you."

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