[Comprehensive] Kazuya's happy life

The weather was fine that day.

In the hot and humid summer of Kyoto, it is rare to have a clear sky.

Kazuya stepped on the clogs carefully, avoiding the roots and vines along the way.

The tight hem of the kimono greatly affected his gait, but because of this, Kazuya didn't have to worry about moving too much, and accidentally soiling his clothes would make the old man worry about being tired.

He skillfully walked through one after another, obvious or hidden forest paths, and with the sound of rushing water gradually becoming clear in his ears, he finally passed through the last bush, and the branches of the trees that had blocked the sky and the sun in front of him suddenly disappeared. Go, the line of sight suddenly opens up.

It is a rare glade without dense shade of trees.

And in the center of this space, a meandering and clear river is gurgling, reflecting the crystal clear water color in the sunlight.

Kazuya gave a small cheer.

He couldn't wait to run to the small river, carefully lifted the hem of the kimono, took off his shoes and socks, and was about to step into the river...

"……Well!"

Not far away, there was a suppressed groan suddenly.

"Who?!"

And also startled.

In the past few days, because he discovered the existence of this small river, he basically spent his daytime here, playing in the water and catching fish, resolving the loneliness and loneliness that Tatsuya and Xiaonan were not around by himself, and... The fear of "death" coming...

And also don't understand anything.

He knew that the old man he was waiting for every morning and night was getting closer to death every moment than the previous second.

And also feel sad.

But besides being by her side when the old man was awake, he couldn't do anything else, and he didn't know what else he could do.

He couldn't show his bewilderment, loneliness and fear in front of those uncles and aunts who treated him well, because...that would make things difficult for them.

Therefore, Kazuya only dared to show a little fragile emotion when he was tired of playing alone by the small river, sitting on a stone warmed by the sun and resting with his eyes closed.

Because of this place, no one will come except him.

——Kazuya always thought so.

That's why he felt relieved to vent his emotions here.

But now, he heard someone else's voice here.

This made Kazuya subconsciously put up his guard for a moment.

However, when he carefully followed the sound and walked around a stone that was as wide as four or five of him combined, and saw the figure hidden behind the stone, the guard on Kazuya's face turned into surprise——

"……Are you OK?"

He looked at the strange boy who had fallen behind the stone and seemed to be clutching one foot in pain, his tone was full of worry.

The other party suddenly looked up because of his question!

Kazuya was stunned for a moment.

It was a... very, very, very beautiful teenager.

——Forgive him for using the description "beautiful" to a boy.

But in the eyes of the little Kazuya at that time, the appearance of the other party at that moment was really only the word "beautiful" was enough to describe.

Glittering golden hair with dazzling brilliance in the sun, as if tiny diamond particles were embedded in the hair;

Clear and transparent, like the finest emerald gemstones, reflecting the bright sunlight, beautiful green eyes with reddish-brown fluorescence instantly appear;

Extremely delicate facial features, fair to somewhat transparent skin, a forbearance of pain, beautiful collarbone, thin chest, slender waistline, straight long legs...

And never seen such a beautiful person.

However, the amazement is only momentary.

When Kazuya noticed the pain-bearing expression on the other party's face, the surprise before quickly dissipated——

"Is there something wrong with you?" He carefully moved two steps forward under the gaze of the other party's green eyes, which couldn't see clearly, and approached the other party: "Is there any injury? Do you need help?"

Probably because Kanhe Ye was younger than him, and also a girl (x), the slightly wary expression on the blond boy's face gradually eased.

Facing the worried Kazuya, he showed a bright and bright smile:

"Hmm... I think I do need help. I accidentally fell off that rock and sprained my foot."

While talking, he took away his hands covering his ankles, and without any cover, He also easily saw the boy's slender ankles that were obviously red and swollen...

"Ah! What a serious sprain!"

——At this time, I have started to play baseball a little seriously, so I read a lot of sports-related magazines, including the introduction of various common sports injuries, and I immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

However, Kazuya also came out to play. Apart from some banknotes, he only had a handkerchief forced by Aunt Eri (the cousin who had a good relationship with Haruko's mother) and a letter with her contact information written on it. It's just a note just in case, it's useless for the situation at this moment.

Kazuya knelt down and carefully observed the boy's wound——

"It doesn't look like a bone is injured." He "diagnosed" by rote based on the knowledge he had gleaned from magazines before.

Looking at the serious and "professional" expression on the face of the little child in front of him, the young man somehow felt that the pain in his ankle, which had been excruciatingly painful, seemed to have become less painful.

He chuckled lightly.

It caused the child to raise his face, a pair of big black grape-like eyes blinked and blinked for no reason, and the clear eyes that were a little worried and a little dazed, were so soft that one's heart almost melted away...

The boy involuntarily softened his expression.

"Hello. My name is Jiuyuan—Jiuyuan Heasley. I came here for vacation with my father. How about you? What's your name?"

he said softly.

The little guy in front of him had a smile as soft and warm as "her" eyes:

"My name is Kazuya!" "She" raised a bright smile, and replied without any fear, "Uesugi Kazuya!"

"What are you going to...?" A ten-year-old boy with limited Japanese skills is too old to expose his "ignorance" (#少年人的自己心#) in front of a child, so he has to settle for the next best thing:

"He too? Hello, nice to meet you."

"Me too!" The little guy gave him a big smile that had even increased in brilliance.

Then, before he had time to react, he leaned closer to him again, and raised one of his arms, about to put it on his shoulder, and said while moving:

"Jiu Yuan, you can't do this. If you stay here all the time, maybe your foot injury will become more serious. You must find someone to treat it!"

"..." Jiu Yuan was stunned by the other party's actions for a moment.

When he came back to his senses, the other party had already held his arm, and was trying his best to support him up...

Jiu Yuan's face was full of black lines: This kid...couldn't be trying to carry him out of this forest, right?

Not to mention the gender gap between the two, just the physique... Jiu Yuan felt that the three opponents might not be able to support him alone.

However, looking at that little face that was flushed from excessive exertion, but still refused to give up, he couldn't say anything about the dissuasion.

With a sigh, he shifted most of his body weight to his uninjured right foot, and with the strength of the opponent, he stood up with a "hey":

"Kazuya, you want to take me out?"

He confirmed.

The child raised his head and nodded to him with a smile. The soft and shiny black hair, which was originally neatly decorated with a beautiful headgear, also became a bit messy because of the previous actions——

"Of course." He heard the other party's voice answer crisply, "Won't Jiuyuan be very painful and sad if I leave it alone? Don't worry, I know the way out, and I will definitely take Jiuyuan out with me."

"..." For a moment, looking at the bright smiling face of the child in front of him, Jiu Yuan felt a little heartbeat...

——Obviously he is so much weaker than himself, and he is already quite embarrassed just supporting himself to stand up, but what is this child saying innocently and naturally?

Don't... say it as if you want to protect me!

We've only known each other for less than 2 minutes, okay?

Why... can you do this so naturally caring for people!

Various thoughts were churning violently in Jiu Yuan's mind, however, all those thoughts faded cleanly the moment he touched the pure and bright smiling face of the other party.

In the end, what remains in my memory is only the winding and quiet forest path, which seems to be endless, and I have been trying to support myself until my legs began to tremble, but I still stubbornly refused to let go. Open warm little body...

So, as a result of that incident, Kazuya really walked out of the woods all the way with Jiu Yuan, and ran back to the house nearby to ask for help successfully.

And because he returned to the old man's mansion, the uncles and aunts in the house are used to calling Heya "Hejiang", so Jiu Yuan also started to call him that.

At the same time, Jiu Jiu didn't know much about the Japanese naming habits, and he didn't realize at all that the name "Kazuya" is not a female name, but a pure... male name.

It's just that people who heard him mention Kazuya later heard the title "Hejiang", and Kazuya has always been dressed as a girl, so it's good for Jiu Yuan, his father Ku and his that Whether it's helping friends, no one thinks there's anything wrong with Kazuya's gender!

As for Kazuya...

Well, even if he wears a women's kimono and combs a standard girl's hair, Kazuya always knows clearly that he is a boy, and he thinks it is a matter of course that everyone should know, there is no such thing It is necessary to give any explanation to anyone specifically.

... So, that's how the misunderstanding arose.

Once again, he recalled the details of his acquaintance with the other party, and finally had to admit that Tsuruga Ren's last sentence of "accusation" was indeed... It cannot be said that it was completely unreasonable.

But so what?

Tsuruga Ren thinks he is a man or a woman, and has completely lost contact with him since the two separated. Is there any relationship between the two?

Or to put it bluntly, if the two had kept in touch after that as agreed, would it be possible that the other party would not have known that Kazuya was actually a boy until now?

So in the final analysis, it's the other party's fault that they didn't abide by the agreement properly and completely lost contact with Kazuya after parting, right? !

He couldn't explain this clearly, and he didn't think there was any need for the conversation between the two to continue.

and……

As long as I think that I didn't even have a chance to see this person again, and I kept worrying about losing contact with him until I died, and I kept worrying that the other person might fail to fulfill his promise because of some accident, and It also felt very hot.

——It’s as if, I’m the only one who has been thinking about the other party like a fool, cherishing that short encounter and friendship, but looking back, I find that the other party who was regarded as an important part of the precious memory has no love at all. Keep the things you cherish in your heart...

How can you not feel that your heart has been betrayed!

Hardening his heart, he ignored the hesitant expression on the face of the man opposite, and Kazuya lowered his eyes.

"Sorry, there are still people waiting for me."

While saying goodbye in a calm tone, he took a step forward and planned to leave.