[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

When the golden brilliance of the morning fell, illuminating the entire silent courtyard, the early risers had all washed up and were doing their own training.

Nueno's scheduled departure time is tomorrow, because he asked everyone else to stay here to recuperate, so except for Nueno and Chizuru who packed up a little bit, the others still maintained their own pace of life.

After the morning exercise, Nue Ye picked up the fishing rod and the fishing basket, told Ah Zhen, and walked to a small stream a little far away to fish by himself.

In the past few days, he will come here regularly to report. There is a section of the river bank covered by trees in the middle of the creek, where he can easily catch fat river fish and shrimp, and the natural sound of the woods is refreshing.

Looking at the occasional clouds passing by in the sky, Nue Ye rarely let himself go, staring blankly.

He didn't look away until there was a rustling sound in the woods, and turned to look at the person who had just half-stretched out of the woods.

Seemingly surprised by the presence of the visitor, Nueno blinked before saying, "...Saito?"

The visitor nodded silently, walked out through the bushes, and asked, "Can I sit here?"

"Ah, please sit down." Nueno replied, but he couldn't help but feel confused from the bottom of his heart.

After Saito sat down, there was silence between the two, Nueno stared at his buoy in a daze, Saito also remained silent.

After a long time, Saito said, "I have something to say."

"Well, um."

"So I asked Ah Tuo and the chief executive to let me be alone with you for a while."

"En." Although Nueno replied, he secretly thought about what Saito wanted to say, and he had to get the consent of the two of them.

Saito put his eyes on his palm, his voice became a little weaker and trembling, "That...I...I'm sorry..."

"I was still in the process of fighting, and I drank Changruo water...causing you trouble...obviously..." As he spoke, the voice of the indigo-haired youth became smaller and smaller, until it was almost breathless. "sorry……"

"You don't need to apologize to me." Nue Ye waited for the other party's words to come to an end, and then said: "I already knew that there is a high probability that you will drink the water of transformation. In fact, even if Harada drinks the medicine at the end, I will No surprises."

"I had a premonition after getting to know you and the relationship between Tsunamichi and you." Nueno looked at the buoy calmly, and said in the same tone: "This is your own life choice, isn't it?"

"But..." Hearing Nueno's plain words, Saito felt flustered in his heart. He found that Nueno hadn't looked at him from the beginning to the end, and the eyes of the two didn't meet at all. This was different from before. In the same way, no matter what time it was before, Nueno would always look at the person he was talking to, and at himself with warm eyes... "But..."

This person...would he never look at him again...?

The panic in his heart spread all over his body in an instant, Saito suddenly felt his body start to turn cold, his whole body trembled, he opened his mouth but couldn't speak, he couldn't explain it, because it was indeed his choice... and he He also doesn't have enough eloquence to explain to Nueno... But he doesn't want it, don't just leave it like this.He didn't want to be ignored by Nue Ye.

"Don't..." He managed to control his trembling lips and said weakly, "Don't..."

Grabbing Nueno's sleeves with his fingertips, even the breeze passing through the woods made Saito feel icy cold, he cautiously approached the person he was thinking about day and night, and gently pressed the much-cut hair ends to him The cloth on his side froze at such a distance, not daring to move any closer.

Of course, Nueno didn't ignore the opponent's every move, he turned his head, looked at Saito facing his hair with surprised eyes, and caught the opponent's somewhat humble posture in his eyes.

This is how the same thing?

he asked in his heart.

Why do these children behave beyond their control in this kind of thing?

And not only now, the behavior patterns of Yamazaki and Okita always make Nueno feel vaguely familiar?

Is it because of this that he had to specifically tell Ah Tuo and the chief executive?

No, what is this like?It's not a foregone conclusion, maybe I'm thinking wrong...

"Saito..."

"Don't..." Saito's voice interrupted Nueno's words in a murmur, "I don't want to..." As he spoke, he raised his face that was about to cry, and it was rare to show such emotion on his face Humbleness and sourness, maybe he didn't notice it at all, but it caused Nueno's heart to move, "...I..."

"……I like you……"

A sigh-like confession fell in the air in September, and the fallen leaves that had begun to change color fluttered and lightly fell on the water surface, creating waves of ripples.

The shock in Nue Ye's heart at this time was the same as the previous few times, it was indescribable.

It was like bombs falling continuously, landing and detonating one after another. The heart, which had been calm for a long time, was repeatedly agitated by the words of these young children.

Nue Ye's pupils constricted in surprise, the fishing rod in his hand began to shake, and he pulled it to the bottom of the water, but the man had no intention of doing it, he unconsciously relaxed the strength in his hand under the shock, and the fishing rod began to slide, Along the palm of the hand, it was pulled by the hooked fish in the water, and finally couldn't even hold the tail end, so it could only slide down into the water along the direction of the force.

Even though the fishing rod had fallen into the water, Nue Ye still hadn't recovered. He watched the young man who was still holding his head stiffly with his head down, his mind flashed through the process of getting along with this child, and he began to revisit Reflect once and for all on how many misleading things you have done.

His heart is very old.So in many, many things, he watched these children grow up from the perspective of an elder, gave them encouragement in the way of getting along with the elders, and maybe had some intimate contact, but Nue Ye believed that he did not go beyond.

"...Saito, you just..." Nue Ye swallowed, trying to remind the other party in a gentle way, "Maybe, maybe it's not what you think...?"

One after another, he confessed to someone he regarded as a child, and Nueno couldn't help but realize that things beyond his control seemed a bit excessive.If this continues, it seems that there will be terrible consequences...

"I, I like you!" It seems that I have said it once, and when I reiterated it for the second time, Saito's words were more confident, "So I don't want to let you down on me, but...so... so……"

He stammered what he was not used to saying, Saito never thought that one day he would need to use these loving words, and he said it to others on his own initiative, and he felt a little shy when he thought of it.

"Please don't...hate me..."

Now, Nueno was completely dumbfounded.

He tried to find out whether this was a dream or fantasy or someone else's prank, but after eliminating these guesses one by one, he could only cruelly tell himself that this was reality.The living reality.

At the same time, he found that he wanted to escape more and more often recently.

This is how the same thing!Why did those children suddenly confess to themselves after drinking Chang Ruo Shui! ? ! ?

Changing like water should not have this effect!I shouldn't have leaked the power of the ghost clan and caused their confusion!Could it be that Shannan's potion added some unknown ingredients in the later stage? !its not right!Obviously, I have read the experiment report, so there should be no such inexplicable side effects!So what's going on? ! ? !

Thinking of this, he suddenly stood up, and Saito, whose body was tense for a long time due to tension, almost fell down directly. Nueno had no choice but to quickly support him and let him lean on himself, but the doubts in his heart still did not dissipate.

"Saito, after you drink the potion...is there really no other effect?" Nueno twitched the corner of his mouth, "Why suddenly..." It seems that he must find a chance to check the potion made by Shannan recently...

When Saito heard this, his face suddenly turned pale.

Holding his breath, he uttered the words with difficulty: "You, you think this is..." A side effect of turning into water?

Anger and unwillingness suddenly rushed to his forehead, he threw Nue Ye down to the ground forcefully, then locked his eyes tightly on the man's face, and couldn't help biting his lower lip.

"It hurts." Nueno squinted his eyes in pain, and was overwhelmed before he could react, and he hit the stone on the ground directly.

"This, this is not...!" Saito hoarsely growled, "I didn't fall in love with you because of the effect of turning into water! I, I..." As he spoke, his voice became weak again Get up, "I really like you..."

"Eh!?" Nueno widened his eyes when he sensed the drops of water dripping on his skin, "Wait, Saito? What's wrong with you? Eh? Ah? Wait? Is it my fault? Ah Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't cry, I'm sorry, don't cry."

The man frantically tried to reach out his hand to help the other party wipe away his tears, but his arm was firmly held down. After trying for a while, he found that he couldn't break free. Nue Ye didn't dare to use any strength, so he had no choice but to raise his body and use primitive Method licked the face that suddenly became much younger.

The warm touch made Saito stunned for a moment, and then more tears flowed out as if a fence had been loosened, which became even more uncontrollable.

"Oh, why did it suddenly..." Seeing that there was no sign of stopping his tears, Nueno sighed helplessly, and gently kissed his forehead, "Don't cry..."

Saito lowered his body slowly, and finally he fell on Nueno's chest. After a while, Nueno's lapel was soaked, and it was not until Saito was able to restrain his tears that the smearing stopped.

Nueno could also swing his arms at this time, and he was lying on the ground, holding Saito in his arms with both hands, and whispered with a little helplessness and a smile: "How come the usual stable appearance disappeared in an instant. What? Really..."

The author has something to say:

A little broken... (hides face)

And it’s not just Nueno who is under a lot of pressure, I think myself and Saito are also under a lot of pressure... Orz

Huh, I also accept if you want to smash bricks in the message...