Kneeling and begging to live past the age of 18

"So Naranja, what are you going to do?"

Gathering in Naranja's room, Miki Nozomi looked at the other party lying on the ground with half of his body under the bed, approaching and lifting the sheet.

"We can hide under the bed."

As he said that, he directly took out several boxes and put them on the bed, pretending that someone was sleeping on them, and then returned to the bottom of the bed, beckoning to Miki Nozomi eagerly.

"Hurry up, we're well hidden here."

"...Can it only be under the bed?"

Miki Nozomi looked around and felt that other things such as under the table were also possible.

"This is the most hidden place."

Naranja's face was taken for granted.

"Otherwise, what if Santa Claus finds out? If he doesn't give gifts next year, won't it be over?"

"……All right."

For children, it is normal to drill under the bed.

In the end, there was still no rebuttal, Miki came to the bedside, and when Naranja took the initiative to move to the other side, she also entered under the bed.

Because of Christmas, there was not much dust at the bottom of the bed that had been cleaned in advance, but some other things were placed at the bottom of the bed in bits and pieces.

Miki Nozomi took out a ball of paper, opened it casually, and there were crooked characters with various scratches and symbols of unknown meaning inside under the flashlight.

this is not……

Looking inside, it can be said that he is familiar with what he just heard at dinner, and Miki Nozomi realized it in an instant.

I'm afraid it's not Naranja's waste manuscript when he was writing his Christmas composition/poem.

There is a custom in Italy at Christmas time that children will write compositions or poems and put them on the table, and their parents will read them in public after the Christmas dinner.

It can be said that it is a public execution.

Of course, this is a very normal thing for Europeans, and the passionate Italians are never inferior to saying all kinds of romantic words.

But that is limited to the final draft, at least Naranga thinks so.

When seeing Miki Nozomi unfolding the waste paper, Nalanja still felt a little familiar. Just when he leaned over to see the content clearly, the content that caught his eyes instantly opened his eyes wide, and his heart was full of excitement. Full of desire to survive.

Why is my scrap manuscript here!Shouldn't they all be disposed of?

His head was hot for a moment, Nalanja immediately forgot where he was, and directly propped up his body to reach out to grab the paper back, but he hit the bed board unexpectedly.

"Boom-"

"Well--"

"Naranja?"

Miki Nozomi turned his head, and Naranja, who was lying beside him in a regular manner, was already holding the back of his head with tears in his eyes, and his violet-like eyes were glistening with pain.

He bit his lip, trying to hold back his tears.

it hurts--

"Why did you hit your head? Come on, let me look down."

He hurried over to see how the other party was doing, but Naranja shook his head and spoke intermittently.

"That paper...give...give it to me."

Miki Nozomi: "..."

So... do you care more about this than your head?

Probably also understood what was going on, Miki Nozomi simply handed the paper to Naranja, patted him on the shoulder, and signaled him to bow his head.

"Okay, let me see what's going on first. If it's broken, it needs to be treated."

But it feels like there should only be a bag, but I don't know how big it is.

"Then...then you should be lighter."

Hesitantly glanced at Miki Nozomi, and after all he was defeated by what he couldn't see, Nalanja lowered his head, crumpled the paper into a ball quietly in his hand, and stuffed it into his pajamas pocket.

"Do not move."

Miki Nozomi gently stroked the back of Naranja's head with his hand moving between the opponent's black hair, and quickly determined the location.

"Is it here?"

"Stop, stop! Don't press it!"

"Yes, I just want to make sure."

There is indeed a bag, but not big.Knowing the injury to Naranja in his heart, Miki Nozomi crawled out of the bed directly, persuading him.

"In short, come out first, if you don't hurry up, apply ice."

"Ice?"

Carefully touching the bag on the back of his head, Naranja stopped his hands with lingering fear, and obediently crawled out of the bed.

"Let's go, I remember there are ice cubes in the refrigerator downstairs."

"But what about Santa Claus?"

Even at this time, Naranca still thinks about the Santa Claus he wants to "ambush".

"If Santa Claus comes to deliver gifts while we're away, wouldn't it just be a miss?"

"But if you don't deal with it quickly, Naranja's bag will grow bigger and bigger."

"Grow bigger and bigger!!!"

Naranja's eyes widened.

"Will it grow longer!"

"Not only the president, but it might also make Naranja stupid."

Miki Nozomi fooled Xiao Zhengtai with a smile.

"After all, it is such an important place as the head. I heard that many people are just stupid."

"I go!"

Giving up on Santa who was still persistent in an instant, Nalanja, who completely believed in Nozomi Miki's flicker, was serious.

"Santa Claus can wait every year, but I must not be stupid!"

He and Xiaozheng went downstairs, and smoothly began to apply ice to each other.After tossing for a while, I was finally able to go back.

"Santa Claus hasn't come yet, has he?"

Weary and yawned, Naranja was talking as he went upstairs.

"I've been watching the chimney, no one has come in through the chimney yet."

Walking beside Naranga, Miki Nozomi rubbed his eyes wearily.

"It's also possible that instead of going up the chimney he's going out the window."

"Go through the window?!"

Naranja instantly became refreshed.

"There is no such legend, right? A regular Santa Claus should walk down the chimney?"

"After all, there is a lot of dust in the chimney, so it's normal to change it to a window. Santa Claus wants to clean it too."

Patting his cheeks to wake himself up, just when Nozomi wanted to say something more, Nalanga grabbed his hand and ran towards the room.

"Let's go back and have a look! If you really enter through the window, you won't be able to see it!"

"Okay, slow down."

With the sound of footsteps, the two quickly returned to Naranja's room. As Miki Nozomi expected, there was already an exquisitely packaged red gift box in the sock beside the bed.

"You're right, maybe Santa really does give presents through the windows instead."

Naranja took the gift box out of the sock, wrinkled his face and sighed rather melancholy.

"I didn't see Santa Claus giving gifts again."

"There will be opportunities in the future."

Resisting the urge to pinch the other person's face, Nozomi looked at the time and was about to go back to sleep.

"It's so late, it's time for Naranja to go to bed."

"Yes... I just wanted to see Santa Claus."

Putting away his regretful emotions, Naranja put the gift box on the table and looked at Miki Nozomi.

"Then I'll take you back."

Miki Nozomi: "..."

Are you... serious?

"I'm just two doors away from you..."

"But I brought you out, so of course I am responsible for sending you back."

The answer was quite natural, and Nalanga even looked at Miki Nozomi suspiciously, not understanding why she would ask such a question.

"It's dark outside, what should you do if you're scared by yourself?"

The utility room is a utility room, but now it is the second floor with a flashlight, and his parents are sleeping in the room, so he is not afraid at all.

Miki Nozomi: "..."

As expected of Italy...

Sighing in her heart, Nozomi chose to accept Xiao Zhengtai's kindness, and the most important thing was that she was really sleepy.

The corridor was dark, only the light of the flashlight shone on the ground.As Miki Nozomi said, it was indeed quite a short distance, and he reached the door in a short while.

"Then I'll go to sleep."

Opening the door, Miki Nozomi turned around and waved his hands.

"Good night, Naranja."

"Good night……"

Subconsciously said good night, and the next second, Naranja suddenly realized.

"No! I still have something to say!"

"Ok?"

Miki Nozomi tilted her head.

"What did Naranja want to say?"

"It's...that's..."

He paused for a while before he felt awkward, and even deliberately turned his head halfway to show that he "doesn't care". exhaustive.

The whole person is interpreting a sentence.

——I care about it, I really care about it, I care about it very much.

"Will you... come next Christmas?"

Realizing that his words were a bit direct, Naranja hurriedly added.

"I think you are a reliable person, that's why I asked this question, because only you can wait for Santa Claus with me."

"This...it depends on your performance, Naranja."

Miki Nozomi stared at Naranja like a big bad wolf looking at a little white rabbit, and spoke meaningfully.

"Like you call me cousin or something."

"impossible!"

Naranja retorted unwillingly.

"I should be my cousin!"

"Then there's no way."

Miki Nozomi was unmoved.

Naranja: "..."

hateful!I'm just asking!It's not up to you!

He wanted to leave on the spot, but there was still something blocking him in his heart. Nalanja hesitated for a while before speaking emphatically.

"If, if, just say it."

"Huh? Just one sound?"

Miki Nozomi asked with a smile.

"I thought it was from now on."

"how could it be possible!"

Always?Doesn't that mean that he will always be her cousin?

His cheeks puffed up instantly, and Naranja decided not to talk to Miki Nozomi for the rest of the day.

"In short! It has always been impossible!"

After speaking, he turned around and ran to his room.

I must be my cousin!

……

……

The days at Aunt Avelina's house were indeed pleasant, but Miki Nozomi did not forget her little friend Giorno. Finally, not long after Christmas, Miki Nozomi bid farewell to her aunt and little cousin and returned home again.

The home is still the same as when he went out, and Giorno didn't even come back from the looks of it.

Obviously she gave him her spare key when she left.

As if he was paying attention all the time, shortly after Miki Nozomi cleaned up, the doorbell rang at the door. Miki Nozomi went over and saw that it was indeed Giorno.

"Come in quickly."

After opening the door to let the other party in, Miki Nozomi looked at Qiao Luno whose face was flushed from the cold, and spoke helplessly.

"I said, didn't I give you the key?"

"I worry about being found out."

Giorno replied calmly.

"If other people find out, I can't protect it."

Although everyone around knew Ah Xi and treated her very well, there was no guarantee that there would be any local ruffians.

He was worried that with the key, Axi's home would be robbed directly.

"How could things at home be as important as Giorno's?"

He raised his hand and flicked the opponent's forehead. When Giorno subconsciously touched the forehead, Miki Nozomi opened the cabinet in the living room and took out the well-packed red gift box inside.

If Giorno had come to the living room when she was leaving, he would have seen the gift according to the prompt, but obviously, he didn't come.

"Although Christmas has passed, I think you, Giorno, don't mind my belated blessing."

Miki Nozomi handed the box in front of Giorno, and said her belated blessings with a light smile.

"Merry Christmas, Giorno."

With a dazed expression, in the blue eyes reflecting the red gift box, something faintly emerged from the depths.There is a warm feeling in my heart, they are wandering around, dispelling the original cold, and even reaching the peak after the blessing appeared.

This is the first blessing he received.

The first time this year, the first time I drove in Italy, no, maybe the first sentence since I was born.

"Merry Christmas."

Not knowing how to relieve the feeling in his heart, he pursed his lips, holding the red gift box almost reverently, and was speechless for a while.

In the end, he could only repeat in a low voice.

"Merry Christmas, Ash."

Christmas, fine.

He raised his head and wanted to take a sneaky look at Nozomi Miki, but was suddenly caught by the other party. Giorno quickly lowered his head, and in his green eyes, which had always seemed calm and unwavering, was finally the first time since he took these days. times of joy.

It was small, not even obvious, but it gave his eyes a bright feeling, and even the whole face seemed to have dispelled the gloom and had a bright color.

"What you should do at this time is smile."

Rubbing on Giorno's head, Miki Nozomi looked at the obviously happy young lady, and rubbed his hand on the other's face.

"Speaking of which, I found that Giorno has never laughed. Although he didn't feel like forcing you, it would be unbearable at this time."

Facial paralysis is good for a while, but I don't know it, or even have facial paralysis because of experience, then it is not a good thing.

"Smile?"

Giorno was a little dazed.

"Yes, smile."

"Because Giorno is happy now, isn't he?"

Miki Nozomi fiddled with the opponent's cheek with his hand.

"I'm also very happy when I receive presents, and being happy means smiling, like this."

Saying that, Miki Nozomi bent his eyes and gave Giorno a bright smile.

The pupils of her eyes were bent, and the corners of her lips were raised, reflecting the white light, as if there was light rising from the bottom of her eyes, with soft warmth, which made people unconsciously want to get close.

Giorno can often see Miki Nozomi's smile.

Whether it is a relaxed smile when doing housework, a polite and friendly smile when facing acquaintances, or a gentle smile that he cannot refuse when facing him.

She seems to be born ignorant of suffering, and can always show herself a smile.But paradoxically, she did suffer.

Different from yourself, different from everyone else.

Thinking of this, Giorno controlled the muscles of his face, trying to imitate Nozomi Miki's way of raising the corners of his lips.

But obviously, he failed.

The traces of learning are too obvious, but like a puppet, it is only being pulled forcibly.In the next second, Miki Nozomi rubbed back this stiff smile.

"It's not good to just learn."

In other words, she doesn't reject laughing from learning, but this way is not acceptable.

"How should I put it, at least Giorno must have laughed."

"But……"

"No, but just listen to me."

Letting go of the hand rubbing the other's cheek, Miki Nozomi stared at Giorno, guiding him a little bit.

"Don't deliberately control anything, just relax, no matter what happens, relax, don't deliberately control yourself."

Relax...if it's here.

Listening to Miki Nozomi's words, Giorno relaxed his body.

"Then just think about some happy things, so Giorno looks at the gift, don't you want to open it?"

Tapping the edge of the gift box, Nozomi smiled lightly, seductively to Giorno.

"You can open it and have a look."

"Open……"

Looking at Nozomi Miki's body again, Giorno nodded slightly, and carefully removed the yellow strap with some indescribable expectation.

Almost holding his breath, he put his hand on the top lid of the gift box, and moved upward bit by bit, and then moved to the left after feeling the separation.

Finally, the contents of the box appeared in front of Giorno's eyes intact.

It is a scarf.

Green, with some white patterns, and more scattered white stars, it looks a little cute.

"After thinking about it for a long time, Giorno is precocious and low-key. The flashy ones are too eye-catching for you, but I personally think it's better to be lively. When I chose it, I put a little pattern on it."

Said, Miki Nozomi blinked.

"It's about the same color as Giorno's eyes. I hope Giorno will like it. Of course, even if you don't like it, you can't return it."

"……like."

How could there be such a thing as "retirement"?It's too late to put it in my arms.

Hugging the scarf into his arms, Giorno watched Miki Nozomi seriously.

"I love so much."

Having been with Miki Nozomi for such a long time, he has long understood what kind of emotion liking is.

It's not that there is no chance, it's just that there was no chance before.

Now he has a lot, what he has never felt before, what he has never experienced before, has come one after another in such a short period of time, even less than a year.

It's all because of Axi, it's all because of her.

He is obviously not a family member, but he treats him better than his family members.

"Giorno."

Just when he was immersed in his thoughts, Miki Nozomi's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"Next year, let's spend Christmas together."

boom--

Something sounded in my ears, as if I had seen it before, the fireworks blooming in the sky, with colorful lights, blooming beautiful flowers little by little.

There was a bit of trance in his eyes, and even when he didn't notice it, the corners of his originally flat lips curved upward.

Gently, shallowly, mixed with radiant blue eyes, it was the first time in his life that he smiled from the bottom of his heart.

"so cute."

Miki Nozomi rubbed Giorno's head in relief.

"Giorno's smile is so cute."

"I laugh?"

Subconsciously, she raised her hand to touch the corner of her lips, but she was the first to see her reflection in the brown eyes.The shadow is completely visible, so that everything is revealed without a doubt.

Different from the usual stiff and expressionless face, I... was indeed smiling.

Is this... just a smile?

Is this... is it me?

"Because Giorno was originally a lovely child."

As if seeing Giorno's doubts, Nozomi Miki replied as a matter of course.

"This is something that can be easily known as long as you know Giorno."

is that so?understand something.

Lowering his head half understanding, Giorno looked down at the scarf in his arms, and after a long while, he spoke in a low voice.

"But I have no present for Ash."

Gifts...should be exchanged, he really knew it.

"No--"

Miki Nozomi dragged out her voice.

"Then I will specify the gift I want."

"Specify?"

"Yes."

The sound of chuckling seemed to be in the ear, and what was reflected in the blue eyes was a warm and bright smile.

she says--

"In early spring, Giorno will pick the first flower you see and give it to me."

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If I were fluffy, I would be teased to death (lying peacefully)

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