Abandoned Lover [Future]

—"Eugene really loved that dog. How about you, Shaw? Did he ever say he loved you?

Xiao suddenly remembered Dietrich's words.

If the dog refers to number 6, he seems to finally understand the meaning of this sentence.

…In the period after the death of No. 6, Eugene only typed two types of messages.

The words of begging No. 6 to take him away, and the apology repeated countless times with slightly different content.

"It's my fault" "I shouldn't have made a wish" "I shouldn't have taken you away" "I was wrong" "Let's go back".

From such sentences, Xiao couldn't restore the scene of the accident, but he could feel Eugene's guilt.

At the end of these messages, Eugene wrote:

"It hurts."

"So lonely."

"I don't want to go on like this."

"I want to go back."

"I want to go back with you."

"Take me away."

There was a full year between the subsequent news and this day.

...And the words that Xiao saw afterwards all became the tone that Eugene would use now.

Faint, without any intense emotions, just using the most common vocabulary to record small things every day.

"It rained heavily last night."

"Why does it always dawn so early in summer?"

"Mary changed her hair color again today."

"My favorite dress has a hole in the cuff, but I still don't want to throw it away."

Only very occasionally, Eugene would write "I miss you so much".

Such sentences always appeared in the middle of the night, and Xiao thought it was because Eugene had been drinking.

As time passed, Eugene's typing frequency gradually slowed down, but it never stopped.Xiao thought about it, and with great anxiety, he flipped through the news all the way to the end.

On the day he came to Eugene's apartment, Eugene really left a message that he wanted to say to No. 6.

—— "Someone is coming to live at home for a while. It's only three months, don't worry about it."

This sentence made Xiao realize something he didn't know before.

For example, the place where he is now is actually the home of Eugene and No. 6.

For example, just three months ago, Eugene was still thinking about No. 6.

—“What about you, Shaw? Did he ever say he loved you?”

That's actually a good question, because Xiao thought about it, Eugene never said that.

Didn't even say like.

Eugene just repeated "it's okay" and "no need to apologize" when he said again and again that he would not fall in love with him.

What if it wasn't Eugene's bragging rights, but the truth?

In just three months, is he really confident that Eugene will completely get out of the memories related to No. 6 because of him?

……

Xiao closed his eyes and slowly pulled his consciousness back from the previous memories.

The photo that Eugene took to the arena was quietly lying in Xiao's pocket.Xiao had already made his decision, and if Eugene didn't ask, he would never return this photo to him.

The biochemical man's slender fingers unconsciously slid across the sleeping man's cheeks, all the way down to the neck.There, he could feel Eugene's pulse beating powerfully.

Before he could react, his right hand was lightly on Eugene's throat.

After realizing what he was doing, the cyborg's pupils constricted suddenly, and he quickly withdrew his hand.

He didn't want to hurt Eugene, but he seemed to... really hate Eugene a little bit.

This feeling is extremely weak, and the reason is probably because he once really believed that he was loved by Eugene, but now he finds that he probably has nothing.

Yet Eugene had done so much for him, and given him all the tenderness imaginable.He could no longer imagine life without Eugene, and without this odious identity, he would sometimes want to turn into a dog crawling at this person's feet.

Whether it is a few days or an eternity for the rest of the time, as long as his consciousness lasts, he will never, never leave this person.

vice versa.

……

On July 7, there was a sudden heavy rain in Cornova.

It was supposed to be a brief thunderstorm, but it lasted for several hours in an overwhelming form.The rain clouds covered this usually magnificent and prosperous city into a gray canvas, and at the very center of the canvas, the landmark White Tower was cut in half by the dark clouds, emitting a bleak white light.

Female general Patricia Knowles was sitting in her high-back chair, and a rare paper file was placed on the desk in front of her.

On the cover of the file, the following line was printed.

——Investigation on the relationship between the heritage 'malicious blood' and personal accidents in border mining areas.

The female general took a slow breath and connected the communication device on the table with her black gloved hands.

"Notify the defense outside the center to strengthen the monitoring of the demilitarized zone, Hades star, Acropolis star, and mine star RZ113 to mine star RZ168. The specific movements that need to be observed are as follows——"