[Net King] Pilgrim

After returning from the beach, the two found a restaurant along the street. After dinner, they went to the Enoshima Aquarium together.

Filled with intertwined light and shadow of dark blue and light blue, electric eels, sardines, sharks, and many marine creatures swim leisurely or quickly past the head, as well as elegant and bright jellyfish, criss-crossing in the nighttime water light.

Machida held Echizen Ryoma's hand and walked back and forth in the night aquarium. It wasn't the first time she came, but she still couldn't hide her novelty and excitement. She visited for more than an hour before leaving.

The dark blue night sky is hung with a hazy moon, the moon is bright, and the stars are vying to climb the night sky.

There were very few people on the street at night, and on the way back to the hotel, Machida became a little hungry, so he and Echizen Ryoma went to the street food shop to buy supper.

The horse mackerel is served with Nanban sauce, which is full of fragrance.

There were not many customers in the store at this time, and the owner was an elderly old woman with kind eyes and kind eyes. She was dressed in cotton and linen clothes. The color was plain, but she looked good.

She didn't know the two people in front of her very well. Like tourists, she warmly gave them a small bottle of self-brewed plum wine when they met, and then chatted while preparing food.

When Machida saw that Echizen Ryoma didn't seem to be very good at chatting with outsiders, but just listened carefully, she took the initiative to take on the role of trying not to be cold.

The old lady has been living in Kamakura for decades, and has never traveled far. Some of the juniors work in Yokohama, and some go to school in Kyoto, and they often come back for reunion.

She was always smiling when she spoke, and her words seemed to be full of joy and happiness. Machida smiled and said, "Grandma, you look very happy."

"Yes." The mother-in-law said lightly: "Seeing the children working hard to pursue their dreams and life, they have gone to many places, they have developed very well, and they will often go home for reunion. I feel very happy."

Machida was slightly startled, his heart seemed to be lightly brushed by a feather, and he was easily infected by her mood. He heard Echizen Ryoma, who had never said much, said softly: "I feel happy because my mother-in-law's wish and dream come true."

"Yes."

After supper, the two said goodbye to the old woman and walked back along the approach.

Machida stepped on the edge of the roadside steps, held Echizen Ryoma with one hand, and walked forward finding his balance, "I used to think that the only way to pursue your dreams is to go far and go to various parts of the world...but now I feel , Even if you stay where you are and wait, you still have dreams to pursue, and you are very courageous."

He smiled, "Everyone's definition of dreams is different, and the places they want to reach are also different."

She took a few more steps, lost her balance, and threw herself into his arms with a smile.Echizen Ryoma also smiled, put his arms around her shoulders, and met her smiling eyes.

The phone in his pocket rang at this moment.

Machida coughed lightly, let go of the hand around his waist, touched his nose, and asked him to answer the phone.

Echizen Ryoma took out his mobile phone and looked at it, then stood where he was and picked it up.

Looking up, I saw her trotting forward a few steps, walking onto the shoulder of the road, and jumping off again, enjoying herself so much by herself.

He remembered that when he was a child in the United States, he went to the cinema with his family to watch the rerun of the movie "Pounding Heart", which contained a line——

"Some people are mediocre and superficial, and some people are extravagant and jaded. But one day, you will meet a person who is as beautiful as a rainbow. From then on, other people are just passing clouds."

At that time, he was too lazy to pay much attention to these twists and turns, but now he naturally understands that it is actually quite normal for him to have such an emotional and subtle state of mind as mentioned in the movie.

And the person he met had experienced the dark and monotonous time, but still had a positive heart and a good heart, and in the colorful world, he could also maintain his original intention and not be impetuous.

She is, and so is he.

Echizen Ryoma unconsciously curled the corners of his mouth, and walked towards her after finishing the phone call.

As soon as Machida reached out and took his arm again, he heard him say, "It's my mother calling, saying that sister Nanako's family will come to the house for dinner tomorrow night, and asked if we can go back."

Machida Yishou used the "we" he said, smiled and said, "Okay, let's take a stroll here, let's go back to Tokyo tomorrow-buy some small gifts for Nanako's daughter, and I will always be there when I return to Japan." Busy, I haven't seen her yet."

After planning tomorrow's arrangements, the two checked out first in the morning of the next day, walked around the nearby ancient temples, bought some things, and returned to Tokyo in the afternoon.

Wild flowers of different colors grow along both sides of the road, which are slightly swayed by the moist wind.

Machida wore an orange loose T-shirt and denim short skirt, lying on the side of the car window, feeling lazy under the sunny and warm sun.

The car passed through the neighborhood near the Echizen house without stopping, and drove towards a more secluded approach.

She wondered, "Aren't you going to your house?"

"Well, let's go home and put our luggage first."

"...Go home? To whose house?"

Echizen Ryoma glanced at her, and said in a natural tone, "Who else do you want to go back to?"

Machida was a little puzzled, and the car drove for another 15 minutes, passing through the commercial street in Shinjuku District, the surrounding street scene gradually quieted down, and the towering tree shadows above the head slid across the car glass.

The car slowed down slowly, drove into a villa area, drove along the forest road for a certain distance, and finally stopped in front of one of the buildings.

Echizen Ryoma had already got out of the car, went to the trunk to take out the luggage, then walked around to the co-pilot and opened the door, smiling lightly, "Why don't you get out of the car."

Machida Kazu finally came to his senses, seeing the quiet and warm scene in front of him, the tip of his nose was slightly sour, and he couldn't help but breathe lightly.

When she was about to get out of the car, she was gently held down by him again.

Before she could ask "what's the matter", he leaned in helplessly, passed her, and reached out to help her unbuckle her seat belt.

Machida Kazu: "..."

Regardless of the embarrassment, he got out of the car with his hands in his hands, but felt that the eyes were full of steam, and pushed open the black fence door, and the lawn and green branches in her vision became blurred.

There are two sycamore trees in the courtyard with dense branches and leaves. A wooden fold-shaped porch is supported by the wall, and a few bags of wisteria and rose seeds are scattered on the shelf beside it.

Machida wiped the corners of his eyes calmly, and Ren Echizen Ryoma took her hand, and walked down the cobbled path to the eaves.

There is a semi-open balcony under the corridor. He opened the door with the key and said, "If you want, you can put potted plants here. If you have time, go to the flower market to have a look."

The clouds in the sky stretched slowly, and were quickly blown away by the wind. The sun shone into the clean and tidy house, adding a bit of vividness.

"Ryoma..." Her throat was choked up, and she stood in front of the door, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Echizen Ryoma looked at her sideways, held her hand, "Come in first."

As soon as he stepped into the entrance, he heard a "meow", and Karubin jumped off the cat climbing frame in the living room, and ran over like Machida first saw it.

She smiled, bent down, and stroked its head.

Echizen Ryoma took off his hat, took Machida into the living room, walked around the sofa, and pointed to the open space in front of the French windows, "It can be used to put a piano over there, I think, it's better if you go to the piano store to pick it out, so I didn't buy it." .”

The backyard outside the floor-to-ceiling windows is overgrown with weeds, but after cleaning it up, you can simply pull out a tennis court.

He took her to the study room on the second floor. There were some reading books in the brand new bookcase. There was a bay window to the south, and a few square pillows were thrown on the soft couch.

Machida stunned and walked to the window, looking out, he could just see the two sycamore trees in the courtyard, covered with greenery, the pavilion was like a cover, and it was pleasingly green in summer.

The mist in her eyes rose up layer by layer, and when she turned around, she saw a gentle undertone between his calm and proud brows and eyes, "During the few days we just returned to Japan, you have been..."

"Clean up the room here." He smiled, walked over and opened the window.

The wind blew through the leaves and brought in the fragrance of grass and trees. He turned his head to look at her, and suddenly said, "I have something for you."

Machida was puzzled, and saw him turn around and walk to the bookcase, opened the door, flipped through the books on the bottom shelf, and took out a book.

Echizen Ryoma lowered his head and gently stroked the old pages, then went to the window and handed the book to her.

Machida took the thin-looking book, looked at the few lines on the cover, "...English homework book?"

But after a while, the pages of paper were quickly flipped between her fingers, "Why did you give me your middle school homework book..." Her voice stopped suddenly, and her eyes fell on the last few pages.

The clear and powerful handwriting, in English and Japanese, takes up two full pages - it is the lyrics of an English song, and there is a Japanese translation below each lyrics.

Machida didn't dare to blink a glance, and vaguely felt his heart lighten up.

She recognizes, or remembers this song, the song is called "NotGoingAnywhere", translated as, not going anywhere.

Back then, she asked Echizen Ryoma to listen to it in the corridor of Seigaku because she couldn't understand a word in it.

"...I originally wanted to give it to you at that time." He said in a low voice, paused, and laughed again: "But later, I felt that with your English grades, there should be no need to translate the whole article to you... After that, I couldn’t find an opportunity, and I couldn’t find a reason to give it to you.”

Machida's tears finally broke through the line of defense, his vision was hazy, and his eyes fell on the notebook, slowly moving down line by line, and finally stopped at the sentence - "People come and go and walk away, but I'm not going anywhere. place, and I will stay here and go nowhere)”

Echizen Ryoma looked down at her, as if he saw the traces of time on them.

At that time, even he himself couldn't explain why, so he followed the lyrics to find the song, then took the homework book at hand, and translated it without any difficulty.

Over the years, friends around them have come and gone, but they went around and stayed for each other, and finally came together.

The leaves outside the window were rustling, the spots of light were swaying, Machida's eyelashes were moist like condensed cool dew, and the tips of his hair were stained with a little sunlight.

He clasped the wrist, and moved forward, together with the person and the notebook, into his arms.

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, clean and warm, just like when she first met him when she was 12 years old.

"I'm not going anywhere."

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