Abandoned Lover [Future]

The sun had already set, and the evening wind began to cool the air.

Eugene leaned against the wall, his hands in his pockets, looking up at the distant skyline.Xiao stood beside him at a distance of more than one person, lowered his head slightly, and did not speak.

…When Eugene left just now, Xiao was actually very afraid that he would run to Joshua again in a fit of anger.There were three days before the next gladiatorial fight, and in the remaining 72 hours, he didn't want Eugene to leave his side at all.

But obviously thinking so, he still forced Eugene away.The black emotions burning in his chest before had gradually dissipated, Xiao thought about it repeatedly, and felt that he was really disgusting.

——Even if it is proved that Eugene can project the feelings of the past on him, so what?After satisfying his selfish desires, all he could give back to Eugene was a paltry guilt.

It is reasonable to base self-satisfaction on harming others. This kind of evil behavior is hardly like the behavior of a lover model biochemical person.It can only be said that he may be a defective product by nature, and it is no wonder that Dietrich abandoned him.

"...how long do you want to stand like this?"

When Xiao's self-loathing reached its peak, Eugene suddenly spoke.

Xiao hurriedly looked at Eugene to apologize, but he was afraid of angering him again.In the end, I could only lower my head even more, feeling extraordinarily useless and contemptible.

Eugene knew Xiao's expression at this moment without looking.

The successive trivialities of the past few days made him feel burned out. His anger towards Xiao had burned to the top, and he had no energy to continue.And in the end, besides forgiving Xiao, does he have any other choice?

What's more, he knew that Xiao might not have any malicious intentions, but just wanted to give it a try naively.

But it was this feeling that the other party couldn't get close to him no matter how hard he tried, which made Eugene feel that his situation was more and more pathetic.

--forget it.It's almost over anyway.

Thinking of this, Eugene shook his head lightly, and said with a sigh: "Don't do it again."

Standing next to him, Xiao could distinguish the helplessness of appointment in these words, and felt his throat was choked by something, which was sore and bitter.

Taking a deep breath, Eugene straightened up from the wall against which his back was leaning.He didn't want to let this matter continue to linger in his mind. After all, there were still guests coming tomorrow, so he had to cheer up and prepare for the reception.

"Come on, go shopping with me."

……

After that, Xiao came out of the store holding two paper bags of wine, followed Eugene, and walked towards home step by step.Eugene, who hadn't spoken all the way, finally spoke at this moment: "I didn't have time to tell you before that someone is going to have a party tomorrow."

He walked ahead and didn't look back as he spoke.Xiao was startled, not knowing what he meant.

Whoever was coming, Eugene had no need to consult him.Telling him this now is to make him avoid it?

He didn't have anywhere else to go, but if Eugene asked, he would stay out.

As long as Eugene let him come back later.

"If you want, please invite your former colleagues over."

Then he heard Eugene say that.

Xiao's processor seemed to be down for a second, and then he realized belatedly that he did have so-called "colleagues" and "friends".

After Eugene handled the fake/fake human identity for Xiao, Xiao found a job in an amusement park in the land of no night by accident, helping manage the amusement equipment.Although he only worked for two months, Xiao met a few human friends who liked him very much.Two weeks before the gladiatorial match, Xiao quietly resigned, not wanting to cause any trouble to the people at the amusement park.Now the news about Eugene and him has been published in the newspaper, but the former colleagues have never contacted him through the terminal again.

Eugene would take care of his details all the time, which made him feel even more sad.

—What did you do to this man?

"Okay, I will try to contact them, although they may not come." Xiao's voice was hoarse.

... After that, the silence between the two continued until they returned downstairs to the apartment again.

Unanimously, they turned their heads and looked in the direction of the street.

There, a row of monitors facing the main road was subtly angled.

Eugene always subconsciously looked around because of his past habits. Now he can only confirm that the monitor has changed during the time they went out, and he is not sure about the scope of the monitor's field of view.Now that Xiao and he looked at the same place, it was this incident that surprised him even more.

And Xiao looked in that direction because he suddenly got an extremely strong intuition.

——These monitors are watching him.

Several pictures from different angles even appeared in his mind - one was facing the door of the apartment, and the other three were aimed at the balcony and window of Eugene's house at different angles.In the picture facing the door of the apartment, the shadows of him and Eugene are reflected.

This feeling of being spied on seemed to trigger a will in his body that didn't belong to him.Under Eugene's slightly surprised gaze, he continued to walk forward unconsciously, walked out of the monitor image in his mind, and came directly under the monitor across the street.

He put his hand on the rail the monitor was attached to.

Small electric sparks exploded silently behind the monitor screen, and several visions in Xiao's mind suddenly dimmed.

He just woke up like a dream at this moment, frowning and looking at his hands.

—Is it a hallucination?

With confusion, he walked back to Eugene's direction step by step.The current monitor does not have a warning light to show the running status, and Eugene never thought that the monitor was cut off.

"what happened?"

"fine."

... At the other end of the city, someone watched the scene in front of him plunge into darkness, and his back was covered with deep cold sweat.

……

Eugene didn't take the episode of the monitor this night to heart, because he didn't think it would have anything to do with him.

No matter how great the impact of gladiatorial fighting is, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is just a romantic love story in the market.From the government's point of view, what he's fighting for is only the rights/interests of a biochemical human being, and he's not trying to fight for collective interests for bionic machines.Not to mention that the current cyborg chips all have their own restrictions, and if you ask them to resist/resist, they will not listen.

He didn't threaten anyone's interests, so why bother to stare at him.

——The next night, the party for Eugene was held as scheduled.

To Xiao's surprise, several of his former colleagues showed up one after another.Even the manager who hired him showed up and explained to him embarrassingly that he didn't contact him before because he was afraid that Xiao's forged identity to work before would be exposed, which would cause trouble for him and Eugene.

A hidden knot in his heart was easily untied, which made Xiao look at Eugene from a distance across the laughing crowd.

The other party was in the very center surrounded by the crowd, holding a champagne glass in one hand, and put/in the pocket of his trousers with the other.The sleeves of the shirt were rolled up to the elbows, revealing strong and slender wheat-colored arms.

He was chatting with a few colleagues in front of him, and when he laughed, his eyes seemed to be filled with molten gold, dazzling and warm.

Xiao was almost stung by that smile.

…the Party Queen Mary has a great way to liven up the atmosphere, and the guests who come to the party are drunk in a short time.At this moment, under Mary's instigation, Eugene was coaxed to say something to the crowd.

Eugene smiled, shook his head helplessly, and finally made a gesture of surrender.

The audience fell silent, watching Eugene lower his head and clear his throat, and then opened his mouth.

"I'm grateful to Earl for letting me come to the workshop six years ago. I was able to go through a very difficult time for me personally because of the work and you."

"Among them, I would like to especially thank Sasol who has been helping me check in, William who was not angry when I borrowed several pairs of gloves and didn't return them, and Noah who helped me fool clients and even my apprentice."

"And Mary, who never gave up on me and forced me to go out and socialize with everyone."

Eugene specially gestured in Mary's direction, and the tall and thin drag queen's eyes turned red instantly.

"I have no way to guarantee the outcome of the gladiatorial fight. But participating in this competition is the decision I have least regretted in the past few years."

"If I can't meet you again in the future, I hope you can understand that I am very happy to meet you."

Eugene slowly raised the wine glass in his hand, and looked around everyone in the room from left to right.

In the end, his eyes fell on Xiao.Everyone followed his gaze, making Xiao the focus of the dozens of people.

"... respect for freedom."

Saying so, Eugene smiled at Xiao.

……

Xiao stood there almost exhausted, his mind blank.

Many people were moved by Eugene's speech, and they surrounded Eugene, crying and laughing, asking him to take back his ominous speech.Men slapped him hard on the back and tried to mess with his hair, while women sobbed softly and made him promise he would come back.

Eugene himself didn't look sad, he smiled and said please forgive me, and then was pulled by Mary and hugged him tightly.

Seeing Mary crying out of breath, Eugene lowered his eyes, didn't try to say anything funny, just patted Mary on the back lightly.

As Xiao looked at him, he had long forgotten everything around him.

Maybe someone also hugged him and said all kinds of words of encouragement

"I wish you and Eugene all the best", "I support you", "I hope you will be happy forever".

But Xiao couldn't freely respond to any of these words.

All he could see was Eugene.

……

I love this man.

Even if my heart will never beat for him.

Even if my body can never give him the comfort he needs.

Even if my prohibition prevents me from having such feelings.

At this moment, I still think that I am in love with this human being.