Brother Jack, don't kill me!

The harsh sunlight shines through the gaps in the leaves, casting light spots on the ground.

Xia Youjie stood in front of Lott against the light, his black hair was covered with a bright brilliance by the light, the young man smiled, his lips raised slightly, very pretty.

It is so dazzling that people dare not look too much.

Lott lowered his eyes, but his palm unconsciously clenched the ice cream in his hand. For a moment, he seemed to hear the sound of steaming, and his face seemed to be burned and hot because of the high temperature in summer.

"Why don't you eat, Lott?"

Xia Youjie's voice was as gentle as ever.

Lott said "hmm", he didn't raise his head, but leaned over and licked the strawberry ice cream.

Sweet with a bit of sourness.

Lot liked the taste very much, so he took a bite, his teeth trembling with cold for a moment, but he swallowed the cream anyway.

Gojo Satoru watched from the side, he laughed, and said, "Does this count as an indirect kiss~"

Xia Youjie turned his head and said, "Yes, yes."

Lott froze for a moment, because of his absence, the temperature of his scorching palm seemed to melt the ice cream on top.

There was some powdery liquid on his fingers, which was sticky and didn't feel good to the touch, but Lott didn't feel disgusted.

Xia Youjie lowered his head, he held Luo Te's palm, and approached very intimately.

Eat an ice cream together.

Obviously, this kind of thing happened when I was a child. In the summer, when the cicadas squeaked in the afternoon, Xia Youjie would buy a cone in the store with the pocket money he had saved, and they would share it. At that time, Lott remembered that he I am very happy, but no matter how happy I am, I am not as happy as I am now.

Such ambiguity.

It was as if the boundaries had been evaporated by the summer heat and ceased to exist.

Lotter felt his heart beating too fast.

Lott seemed to be able to hear it pulsating in his chest, making a rapid and dull sound.

Will Xia Youjie hear it, he thought.

"Don't look at me." Xia Youjie said with a smile in his voice, his fingers touched the corner of Lotte's lips affectionately, "The ice cream is going to melt."

Lot raised his head and said, "I see, Jay."

At some point, there was no one in front of the line, and the clerk was yelling for them to go and get some desserts.

Gojo Satoru, who was standing with his back to the side, raised his hand when he heard the voice, and the tall white-haired DK went to take the dessert with a look of joy.

Lotter leaned closer, and he swallowed the ice cream again in small bites.

At this time, he felt that his liking and admiration were like ice cream, too sweet and greasy.

Jay would hate it for this...

Lotte's eyes were erratic, and he would always start thinking wildly when he didn't expect it.

Of course, this thought stopped when Xia Youjie called him to open his mouth.

Lotte listened to his words familiarly, opened his lips, and then, red bean rice cake was fed into his mouth.

Xia Youjie's voice came from the side, and he asked, "Lotte, why are you so dumb?"

Lott blinked. He looked at Xia Youjie's purple eyes and subconsciously thought that it was because Jie was so good-looking.

"is it?"

Xia Youjie came closer.

Lott was stunned, he realized that he had unconsciously said what he was thinking just now.

Afterwards, Lott's chin was lifted, he raised his head slightly, and saw Xia Youjie kissing his lips.

Xia Youjie smiled and said, "Red bean rice cake is delicious."

Lott turned his head and said, "Yes."

……

After dusk, the temperature dropped down.

It was agreed to take a walk by the river, Wujo Wu originally planned to come together, but Xia Youjie said: "Wu, don't you think your head can shine now?"

The big cat-like creature known as the light bulb exploded, and Gojo Satoru said, "Jie, you really have no conscience~"

"Lotte, you must not trust someone like him!"

Xia Youjie showed him a half-hearted smile, and after avoiding an elbow, Gojo Satoru beckoned away.

Lott only wore short sleeves, and when the wind from the river blew, he sneezed, as if he was about to catch a cold.

Xia Youjie's coat was put on for him, Lott was wrapped around his shoulders, and he walked along the riverside with Xia Youjie.

It's like a deliberately created space for two people.

Lott stopped in his tracks. He stood on the bridge, pressed his hands on the railing, looked at the distant river bank, and asked, "Jie, why do you want to become stronger?"

"There are many reasons." Xia Youjie said, "Why do you suddenly want to ask this?"

Lotte said in a muffled voice, "Because I heard something from Wutiao classmate."

Xia Youjie laughed softly, and said, "You don't need to listen to what Wu said."

"Why?" Lot raised his head, he frowned, and said, "Is it something Youjie can't tell me?"

"not like this."

Xia Youjie looked at him and said, "You know, I want to protect you."

He concealed the price to be paid to become stronger, although Xia Youjie can feel the disgusting taste of the curse in his throat and eyes when he thinks about it now, just like the smell of a rag that has wiped vomit in his mouth lingering.

Luo Te thought for a while, such blunt words seemed to make him not know what to say, so he could only stand on tiptoe and hugged Xia Youjie.

"Then, I will also become less of a worry to Jie."

Xia Youjie smiled, lowered his head, looked at the thin white arm on his shoulder, and asked, "So, where do you want to go to university?"

"think……"

Lott wanted to answer, but he never seemed to have considered such a question. After a while, he raised his head and said with a smile, "I will go wherever Jie goes."

The corners of Xia Youjie's mouth curled up, and the end of his eyes rose with a smile.

Xia Youjie said: "The conjurer has been certified as soon as he graduated from the conjuration college, although it is still the same now."

"So Jay isn't going to college?"

Lott's tone suddenly sank, he sighed, and his messy white hair seemed to hang down.

Xia Youjie smiled. He stretched out his hand as he did when he was a child, stroked Lotte's white hair, and said, "Lotte can pass the exam."

"University of Tokyo, that's pretty good."

Lot lowered his head, and said, "I'm too stupid, it may be difficult to do it."

"You are not stupid."

Xia Youjie lowered his eyes, and he said every word.

Lott looked away, he tightened his fingers and said, "I will work hard, Jay!"

"Don't be so nervous, Lotte."

"I see."

Lott turned his head, put his hands on the railing, propped his head, looked at the sun setting in the distance, the afterglow sprinkled on the water surface, and the faint orange light made the rippling water waves sparkle.

Seeing something that shouldn't be here, Lott's eyes widened. He grabbed Xia Youjie's arm and said, "Jie, there are people in the water."

"Ok?"

Xia Youjie stood up and looked down from the bridge, and sure enough, he saw two legs sticking out of the water, or rather, arms.

Two people ran down the bridge and came to the shore, just as that person floated over, Xia Youjie released a spell, trying to uproot the young man.

But the moment it touched the young man, the curse spirit disappeared, as if it had been erased out of thin air.

Then, when those two legs floated to the shore, Xia Youjie reached out and fished out a person from the river.

A young man with black hair and bandages on his hands was wet when he was picked up, and his brown windbreaker was stuck to his body.

Lotte squatted on the grass next to him. He poked the young man's cheek, turned to look at Xia Youjie next to him, and asked, "Is he still alive?"

Before Xia Youjie could answer, the young man rolled over and sat up by himself. He opened his ocher eyes, reached out his hand to wipe off the water stains on the corners of his mouth, and said to himself, "Failed again."

Xia Youjie stood aside, raised his jaw and said, "It seems that he is still alive."

Osamu Dazai dragged out his tone and said, "That's right—"

"I don't thank you at all." Osamu Dazai narrowed his eyes, wrapped the loose bandages on his hands, and said with his head down, "Next time, I'll try the next method in the Complete Suicide Manual."

No matter from Osamu Dazai's expression or the aura surrounding him, people can feel the thick black mud.

The black-haired young man stood up from the ground, and he planned to leave without looking back.

Lotter looked at his back and said, "Is he trying to commit suicide? C always says that too."

Xia Youjie asked, "Do you have a good relationship with him?"

His words came with emphasis.

"How should I put it?" Lott propped his chin and said, "There is a feeling of sympathy. Because C is sometimes rejected by people in school."

"Suicide is not good."

Xia Youjie looked at Luo Te, and he said, "Is this also called sympathy? Luo Te, do you want to die too?"

Although his tone was soft, the words in his words were not as gentle as they appeared on the surface.

Lot raised his eyes, shook his head, and said, "No."

"I want to live and be with Jie for a long, long time."