Sea King's Self-cultivation

After that, Xingxing saw Dazai every now and then, sometimes he came to the coffee shop with a notebook to deal with work, and sometimes he just came to sit and sit.Occasionally, he would bring her some small gifts, folded paper cranes and bunnies, sweet and sour candies, and flowers that he plucked...all of them are not expensive, but very thoughtful Xingxing will not feel burdened to accept the small gift.

"Hey, does Dazai-san like you? Dazai-san definitely likes you!"

After a long time, the friends who worked together seemed to see some signs, and joked with Xingxing.

"Impossible." Xingxing subconsciously denied, "Mr. Dazai, he might just be..."

...I just want to thank her for jumping down to save him at that time, right?

"How is it impossible? If he doesn't like you, why does he often send you home?"

"Just drop in." Xingxing explained, "Mr. Dazai and I live in the same direction."

"That's enough to just trust you, but what about the gift? How do you explain the gift? Why does Mr. Dazai only give you candy and flowers, but not us?"

Xingxing was at a loss for words for a moment, and she found that she couldn't answer this question.

Mr. Dazai seems to have... only prepared a small gift for her.

Realizing this fact, Xingxing's first reaction was astonishment, followed by a sour-sweet emotion, which she didn't even realize, quietly invaded her heart.

For the first time, she discovered that she was favored.

She is the one who is favored.

Could she also... be favored?

After late autumn, winter comes quietly, and Christmas is coming soon.In order to celebrate the arrival of Christmas, the manager of the coffee shop has put on Christmas-themed decorations in advance, beautiful Christmas trees and the music of "Jingle Bells" can be seen everywhere on the street.

The friends who worked together in the coffee shop were very active on duty recently. Xingxing didn’t understand why they were so excited all of a sudden. One of the friends answered her confusion in a timely manner: “Because I have to go out on a date at Christmas, So I had to work harder these two days."

It was so.

Xingxing was thoughtful, she felt a little novel, before that, every festival was actually the same to her.Christmas is even a good day to work part-time. Many people will choose to rest on this day. Last Christmas, Xingxing put on a HelloKitty doll suit and sold roses to young couples in a commercial street with a lot of traffic. She earned more than working part-time. triple the money.

As for going out for Christmas, she hadn't thought about it at all.

She also doesn't have anyone she can hang out with at Christmas.

"Eh? Didn't Mr. Dazai ask you out? It's Christmas!"

The friends were a little surprised.

Xingxing shook her head: "Maybe Mr. Dazai still has work to deal with, and..."

Also, I'm used to spending Christmas alone.

That's the way it is said, but where did the slight loss in my heart come from?

On the second day after talking about it with her friends, Xingxing received an invitation from Osamu Dazai.

"Miss Shimizu, do you have any arrangements for Christmas?"

"I'll be on duty at the coffee shop for Christmas."

Xingxing said honestly.

He raised his eyebrows slightly: "Really. That's a pity. I heard that there will be a new movie released for Christmas. I bought two tickets. I wanted to go with Miss Shimizu."

Xingxing has also heard of the movie that Osamu Dazai mentioned.The film is a collaboration between two of Japan's hottest stars recently, and it's scheduled for Christmas Eve. Before that, the overwhelming publicity started three months in advance. It's hard for Xing Xing not to know.

It is said that it is adapted from real people and events, and it seems to be a young and sincere love story of young girls.

love story...

Xing Xing stared blankly at the movie posters she searched on her phone.

"Xing Xing, can I discuss something with you?" The sister of the store manager came to her side, folded her hands together and said, "My boyfriend is coming to see me during the Christmas holiday, so it may not be convenient... I won't be there for those two days I'm planning to open a store, so you don't have to come to work during the two days on Christmas Eve."

"Eh?" Xing Xing was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "Okay, okay, I know."

The good news came a little later.

Xingxing fell down on the table, looking sideways at the phone, her cheeks bulging.

Although she has a two-day vacation, she has already rejected Mr. Dazai's invitation...

If Xingxing were a little goldfish, she might have spit out a series of bubbles in frustration by now.

The phone suddenly prompts that there is a new message.

[Mr. Dazai: Although I have already been rejected, I really want to try again.Ms. Shimizu, would you like to lend me some time to watch a movie together? 】

It ends with a smiley emoji.

Xingxing sat up straight in an instant.

[Xingxing: Alright! 】

This counts as a date, right?

It's a date!

For the first date, Xingxing was afraid that she might not do well enough, so she spent a lot of time preparing for it. She searched the Internet for various dating guides and Christmas date matching for reference.In the past, most of the clothes Xingxing bought were practical and convenient for the sake of practicality and warmth.Looking at the clothes in the closet, Xing Xing felt that wearing them on a date was too perfunctory and casual.

She visited a lot of shopping malls and tried a lot of clothes before choosing a dress that was mainly red and decorated with white, which was especially suitable for the festive atmosphere of Christmas.

"I want this one."

"Okay, please wait a moment, I will pack it for you."

In the process of wrapping the goods, the salesperson smiled and talked to her: "You look so beautiful in this dress, are you planning to go on a date with your boyfriend for Christmas?"

Hearing her say this, Xing Xing was startled. For some reason, the temperature on her face rose instantly. She quickly shook her head and denied, "No, no, no...not a boyfriend."

"That's dating someone you like." The salesman understood.

"Why, why do you say that?"

"You are always smiling when you are picking out clothes and looking in the mirror, and you have stars in your eyes when you send messages on your mobile phone." The saleswoman blinked at her a little nervously, "It's obvious that you like the other party to act like this. "

Xingxing put her hand on her cheek, um, it seemed a little hot indeed.

Her eyes fell on herself in the mirror.

The black-haired girl had bright eyes and flushed cheeks. Although she didn't realize it, there was a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth.

...So she was really smiling.

【"That's dating someone you like."】

【"Obviously it's because I like the other party that I behave like this."】

What the salesperson said echoed in her ears.

Only then did Xingxing belatedly realize that...

She seems to like Mr. Dazai.

... She likes Mr. Dazai.

She likes him.

It turns out that this is the feeling of liking someone, wishing that the way home would be longer, being happy all day because of the small gift he gave, feeling depressed after having to reject his invitation, and happily preparing for the date Dressing myself up, even if I just choose clothes, I can't help laughing, my eyes are bright like stars.

but……

but.

However, would a person like Mr. Dazai like an ordinary girl like her?

Unlike other girls, she has her parents who love her as a solid backing, and she doesn't have any admirable education and skills. Although she has a beautiful face, but... But Mr. Dazai also has very Eye-catching appearance ah.

A handsome and handsome man like him probably never lacks girls to pursue him.

Xingxing finds out to her dismay that she actually has nothing special about her that can make others like her.

So, how could Mr. Dazai, who has so many choices, like her.

Thinking about it, Xingxing was so sad that even the dull hair on her head fell off.

This depressed mood lasted until the night of Christmas Eve. Xingxing put on the clothes she carefully selected to go to the appointment. Osamu Dazai had already arrived ahead of schedule. He was still wearing the black windbreaker, and his slender figure quietly attracted a lot of attention. But he obviously didn't care, just lowered his eyes slightly, snow flakes fell on his black eyelashes, stained his temperature, and melted quickly.

They walked into the theater side by side like every pair of men and women who are in an ambiguous period or in a passionate love period. Xingxing was a little worried. Mr. Dazai is obviously much more casual than her. Will he see her so carefully dressed? , Will he guess that he actually likes him?

Little worries scratched Xingxing's heart like a kitten's paw, making it difficult for her to calm down.

But soon, with the screening of the movie, Xingxing didn't have the mood to think about those things anymore.

The movie tells a very simple story.

The heroine was an obedient and good boy since she was a child, ordinary and not outstanding, but she happened to meet the male protagonist who was a "bad boy".He is handsome, mysterious, and complicated, and she is almost completely opposite to her, but she can't help being attracted to him, and falls in love like moths flying to a flame.

He would kiss her forcefully in a corner of the library that no one could see, he would use a shower to make her a small rainbow to make her happy when she was upset, he would take her around the coastline by bicycle to see the blue sky The rising and falling wings of birds on the sea.

He took her to experience everything she had never experienced before, and together they overcame countless difficulties and tests. I thought they would be happy like this forever, but fate finally gave them the ending of eternal separation...

When the ending song sounded, the theater was already full of weeping.

Xingxing finally left the theater crying.

The tips of her eyes and nose were red from crying, and her eyes were hazy with tears. If Osamu Dazai hadn't held her by his side, she might have crashed into the Christmas tree.

"Mr. Dazai..."

After crying for too long, Xingxing choked up as soon as she opened her mouth.

Osamu Dazai was amused by her, and then sighed imperceptibly: "I shouldn't have brought you to watch this movie."

Xingxing was still immersed in sad emotions, when he saw that he laughed because of her crying, and regretted going out to watch a movie with her, she suddenly became even sadder, tears fell down: "Mr. Tai, Mr. Dazai Like, if later, if you regret it...then, don't..."

Xingxing couldn't control this physical sobbing at all, she kept talking intermittently, but the more anxious she was, the more tears she shed and the more she choked.

Then I felt the tears being wiped from my face.

He lowered his head slightly, with a voice she had never heard before: "It's not that I regret going out to the movies with you, I regret that I shouldn't choose this movie. Not only did it not make Miss Shimizu happy, but it made you cry. "

"Then, then you still, still laugh, laugh at me...?"

Xingxing looked up at him sobbing.

Seeing her red eyes crying like a bunny, the young man in black smiled again: "I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. It's not that I wanted to laugh, it's really...Miss Shimizu is so cute."

Being, being praised as cute?

Xingxing was a little at a loss, but also a little ashamed.

"I heard that the two leading actors in the movie are together in reality."

Osamu Dazai said suddenly.

This topic jumped up really suddenly, Xingxing didn't quite understand why he suddenly brought it up: "Mr. Dazai, why did you suddenly tell me, me?"

"Although there are regrets in the movie, the fulfillment outside the movie can barely be seen as a side story." Osamu Dazai shrugged slightly, "I thought telling you this would make Ms. Shimizu happier."

The tone of his last sentence was so gentle that Xingxing even forgot to cry for a moment.

"Since the two leading actors in the movie are together—" Dazai pondered for a few seconds, then smiled slightly, "Then... Miss Shimizu, would you like to be with me?"