"Ugh--"

Shuya, who was sitting on a high stool looking at the store, sighed again.Dazai left two days ago and told Shuya to ask for compensation when he came next time, but he couldn't think of anything to give in these two days.

Although it is not difficult to make another dried flower bookmark, I always feel that if I give something similar to Dazai, he will not be very happy.Shu also regards Dazai as the first friend he met, and also the only friend of the same age, so he hopes that the other party knows that he does not put him in a relatively ordinary position.

"What's the matter, Shuya-kun?" It was Oda Sakunosuke who asked this question. Today is the time for him to collect the protection fee for March, and he arrived much earlier than usual today and was shopping in the bookstore.

Knowing that Oda Sakunosuke is a peaceful person, and seeing that he just likes to play with children, Sakuraba Yasuo is also relieved to let Qiuya stay here and continue to look at the store, and let Oda Sakuno continue to choose his own books.

Shuya looked at Sakunosuke Oda who was looking over from the bookshelf, hesitated for a moment and then said, "This is Mr. Oda, I have a friend..."

Oda Sakunosuke immediately showed a hesitant and understanding expression: "Well, I understand, what's your problem?"

"No, it's a real friend!" Qiu Ye retorted, and then expressed his troubles in one sentence as much as possible: "That friend seems to be unable to keep the things I give him, such as food, Then I wanted to give something special."

"That's it," Oda Sakunosuke thought for a while, and said, "How about the bookmark you gave me before? It's pretty nice, and I can keep it. Speaking of which, I've been using the bookmark you gave me when I read novels recently. .”

"Ah, I'm very glad you liked that bookmark." Qiuya thanked him first, and then said, "But I don't really want to give you a bookmark anymore, I want to give you something else."

"That's it," Oda Sakunosuke nodded understandingly, looked at Shuya's obviously troubled expression and thought for a while, then said, "Then you can try to give him something he likes."

"The things I love……?"

"Yes, for example, when the two of you get along, you can give away all the things he often shows or uses in front of you." Oda Sakunosuke explained.

His words caused Qiu Ye to suddenly flash something in his mind. He looked at a certain position on the bookshelf next to Oda, and he had a definite idea in his mind about what to give as a gift.

"I know what to give, thank you, Oda-san!" Qiuya, who had solved all his troubles at once, showed a sweet smile to Odasaku.

"I didn't help you with anything, but there is something I want to trouble you." Odasaku took out a book from the bookshelf, walked to the front desk and handed it to Qiuya: "You know the second volume of this book is in your house Is it available in bookstores?"

"Mr. Natsume Soseki's, "Light and Darkness"?" Looking at the book handed over, Qiu also took it over and thought about it, and said, "I'm very sorry, Mr. Oda, for the next volume of this book, we will contact the publisher who ordered it directly. I can’t even get the words from the company. It seems that the author is not satisfied with the manuscript of the next volume and took it back.”

"That's it, okay then." Oda took the book back and put it back on the shelf.

"I'm very sorry, Oda-san." Shuya said slightly apologetically.

In response, he rubbed Shuya's hair with his big hands, and Oda Sakunosuke said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm just asking casually."

"Well" the hair is going to be messed up.

Oda Sakunosuke stayed here until the evening when the store was about to close before taking away the protection fee of 30.00% of the turnover. Before leaving, he left a candy for Qiuya as usual, and then said to Yasuo Sakuraba: Shops in other streets under the jurisdiction of Hong Kong and Black reported that there were robberies, and the perpetrators were all underage children. Although no similar incidents have occurred in Jiushu Lane now, please be careful and contact us if you have any questions I."

"Understood." The serious-looking old man put his hands in the sleeves of his kimono, responded to Oda Sakunosuke, and sent him away from the bookstore.

And Qiu Ye, who was standing behind Grandpa Yasuo, felt that there should be no children robbing their bookstore.After all, it is full of books and nothing to eat or jewelry. The most important thing is that Grandpa Yasuo looks fierce.

Walking to the shelf where Dazai usually returns to the bookstore, Shuya reached out and pulled out one of the books, took it to the front desk and recorded its title and publisher information, then looked up at Oda and left to return to the bookstore Grandpa Yasuo said: "Grandpa, can I apply for a little... pocket money?"

…………

It should be true that Dazai complained about being busy the last time he came over, because the next time he came over, the cherry blossoms were already in full bloom.However, following the opening of the cherry blossoms, incidents of looting of stores in Yokohama increased again.

The incidents were said to be done by minors, and were not the mafioso-mafia attacks of the past.Generally speaking, gangsters attack at night, as long as the store is closed, the loss will not be too great. The recent robberies happened during the day, which made the store owners feel hard to guard against.

The moment the wind chime rang at the door, Shuya had to admit that his body tensed up, but he relaxed after seeing that the person who came in was Dazai.And Osamu Dazai who walked in didn't seem to feel this change in Shuya, he greeted him as usual and went to his usual bookshelf.

"Wait a minute, Dazai." Hastily called to stop Dazai who was going that way, Shuya jumped off the high stool and squatted down to find one of the books ordered, then picked it up and walked over to Dazai's side.

Dazai, who was stopped, took a look at Qiuya's movements, and walked towards the counter. As he turned around, the windbreaker on his shoulders turned in an arc.

"This windbreaker..." Suddenly noticing this, Shuya held the book in both hands, looked at Dazai's windbreaker and hesitated to speak.

"Huh? What's wrong with this windbreaker?" Dazai, who had already walked in front of Qiuya, suddenly bent down a little, moved very close to Qiuya, and asked with a smile.

Qiu also looked at Dazai who was very close, and blinked: "I suddenly felt that it is so thick, but it is already spring now, isn't it hot for you to wear it like this?"

"...It's okay." Dazai stood straight back, thought for a while and said, "Do you still like this windbreaker? I can give it to you."

Qiu also looked at Dazai's windbreaker, then at his own kimono, and thought for a while: "The styles don't seem to fit well, forget it."

"Hey, I also want to say that it can be the first gift for Qiuya."

"Ah—then..."

"It can't be done," Dazai interrupted him when he realized that Shuya was about to ask again, "If you refuse once, you can't ask for it again, and it's really not suitable for you."

"Okay. By the way, this is what I thought of giving you." He said and passed the book in his hand.

Dazai took the book, on the cover of which was written - "Complete Sex".

"...I really like it."

"Yeah." Qiu Ye nodded and explained: "Because it seems that you read this book the first time you came to the bookstore, and then I saw that the one in the bookstore was too old, so I ordered a new copy from the publisher. Here it is... as long as you like it."

"It's one thing to like it, but Shuya." Dazai held up the book and shook it at Qiuya: "If you give it to me, I won't have a reason to come to the bookstore often in the future, after all, I don't order books. If you come here, you will only look at this."

"Ah, this..." Qiu Ye, who didn't think about it at all, was stunned.He didn't expect that a few minutes ago, his answer made him miss the first gift that his little friend would give him, and a few minutes later, the gift he gave cut off the reason for the bond between the two.

"So you don't want me to leave, Shuya?" Dazai asked, looking at the anxious expression of the young man in front of him.

"Well, I don't want to." Without hesitation.

"...Really, your straight ball is cheating, Xiaoqiu too."

Shuya, who had no idea where the ball was, tilted his head and looked at Dazai suspiciously.

"There is a way for you to deliver the gift, and I can also stay, Qiuya."

"Huh? What is it?"

Dazai handed the book back to Qiuya, watched the other party catch it with both hands, and then continued: "Keep it here with you, but only I can read it every time I come - won't this solve the problem? .”

At first glance, Qiu Ye thought it was a good idea. He thought for a while and continued to ask: "Then what should you do if you want to read it when you are not in the bookstore?"

"Then I can only work quickly, or skip work—" Dazai's tone returned to the usual laziness, and Shuya couldn't help but chuckle softly while holding the book.

"It's still very important to work hard, don't be perfunctory." Qiu Ye said seriously while holding a book.

"Hey hey~" Dazai turned around and waved his hands perfunctorily, walking towards the bookshelf he usually carried.

"Hey, don't you want to read this new book?" Qiu Ye chased after holding the book.

"This book should be treasured carefully." Skillfully pulling out the old book from the bookshelf, Dazai pointed to Qiuya's arms: "To be honest, I just plan to get a similar bookmark."

When Dazai said that he would keep the book he gave as a treasure, Shuya suddenly felt a little hot on his face, although he didn't know what he was warming up.

"Dazai is special..."

"Ok?"

"Dazai is special, so you can't give the same bookmark as others."

"...You really are," Dazai looked up from the book, looking at the blushing young man holding the book: "It will be really terrible in the future."

"Of course I will be great in the future!"

"Hey, now I'm going to read a book."

"go Go."

After Dazai left, Shuya put the "Complete Sex" in the drawer of the counter, thought for a while and ran to the second floor, found the uncovered notebook that was with her three years ago from the futon, and returned to the book. Go to the first floor and put it together with the book for Dazai.

The author has something to say: I speculated about the novel that Oda Tsukuru read before, some speculated about "I Am a Cat", some speculated about "Heart", and some speculated that it was originally written by Wenhao. Here I used "" Heart".

I saw some friends said that "Light and Darkness" is more suitable, so I changed it.

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