[Hakuouki Doujin] The Tide of Fallen Leaves

"Blade---!"

Hearing the call from the lobby, Nueno raised his head intuitively to greet Hisuke who had just finished patrolling the neighborhood.

To his surprise, Ryunosuke also ran over at the same time.

Stopping the rubbing of the clothes in his hands, Nueno wiped his hands with the rough cloth beside him, stood up, "What's wrong?"

"Did you know? It's something new." Seeing Nueno still sitting on the usual sundries, Hirasuke asked worriedly.

──Nishinjin, one of the people who often follow Serizawa.

Nue Ye knew that that person was cleared out by the Hijikata a few days ago on the grounds of violating the law in the game.

"Well, I know." Nodding calmly, Nueno looked at the two people in front of him, "What's wrong?"

"Why do you look like you're okay!?" With a strange expression on his face, Ryunosuke said nervously, "Shouldn't you be doing something at a time like this?"

"...I should finish the laundry..." After thinking for a while, Nueno said silently.

"No no!! Not this!!" Ryunosuke was angry on the spot, "Shouldn't you go to Serizawa and say something like 'It's dangerous now', 'What should we do?'?" Hirasuke beside him Also nodded at the same time.

"Yeah, why are you such an old god?"

Even after confirming Nueno's feelings for him, the way of getting along between the two has not changed much, at most... the chances of Hirasuke watching Nueno blushing in a daze have increased, and the two of them spend more time together.

This is not a relationship that can be disclosed casually - both of them have this kind of cognition, and they only maintain each other's warmth in the ordinary daily life.

"...Serizawa and I, heck, it's actually not related to Shinsengumi." After a wry smile, Nueno pointed out this fact.

As soon as these words came out, the two suddenly realized.Because this person has been living too close to them, if he is not careful, he will forget that he never joined the Shinsengumi.

"Okay, you two just came back, go change your clothes, don't run around." Waved the two of them to leave, Nueno stood in place and watched the two of them leave before continuing to squat down to wash clothes.

After he put all the clothes in his hand to dry on the bamboo pole, a steady voice sounded, "Neiye."

Turning around, he casually hung the coarse cloth aside, Nueno easily judged the identity of the person based on the person's breath. "Saito? What's the matter?"

"Today's shift..." Saito said silently, as if thinking of something, then changed his words, "No, it's okay."

"?" Nueno looked at the other party with doubts.

"It's okay." Saito repeated again, as if to emphasize.

Nueno saw the other party's expression and knew that the other party did not let go so easily, but it seemed that something was wrong.So he looked up at the sky, and then made an invitation: "Now it's not far from dinner time, can you go to the market with me? There is plenty of time today."

Saito was stunned for a moment before replying, "Ah."

Seeing this, Nue frowned, "Then I will trouble you to prepare the basket and money."

Before leaving, he told Ryunosuke, and after Nue asked Ryunosuke what he wanted to eat, he took the knife and tied it before going out.

It's not that he wants to intimidate others, but because the world is chaotic now, even though most people can still recognize the identity of the Shinsengumi, there are still boring rogue swordsmen looking for trouble.

Taking the things from Saito's hands, Nueno turned his head and asked the man beside him, "Speaking of which... Saito, how old are you this year?"

"This year just turns [-]." Although Saito wondered why the other party asked this question suddenly, he still answered.

"Really..." Nueno tilted his head, "I thought you were older than the chief executive, after all, you look much calmer than him."

"The boss told you his age?"

"Hmm... I thought he just came of age not long ago..." Nueno said with a somewhat annoyed expression, "It turns out he's older than you, and he really can't be judged by his appearance."

Not so exaggerated?Looking at Nueno's expression, Saito couldn't help but say, "The people in the Shinsengumi are all young."

"...That's your opinion." Nueno retorted with a dry smile, "It is because the Shinsengumi just gathered so many young swordsmen, and because of this, there are so many young people who can stand out." There are also so many young people who will Will fight to the death.

"Neye, you don't want to be famous?" Saito asked the man in front of him as if he had nothing to do with him.

"Get ahead..." Unexpectedly being asked such a serious question, Nueno felt a little troubled, "The life I yearn for is very ordinary, and I just need to live a stable life with the people I like." Said Here, Nueno evoked a nostalgic smile.

Seeing such a smile, Saito just watched quietly without saying anything.

Everyone has their own blueprint for happiness. Even if they gather together, people with the same ideals and ambitions will have different expectations for the future. This is not difficult to understand.

"One more thing." On the way to buy, Nueno suddenly mentioned, "You just wanted to tell me something new?" Nueno turned his head to look like Saito, and guessed by looking at the other's expression, "Ah , isn't it?"

"...Not really..." After a moment of silence, Saito adjusted the scarf around his neck.

"Really, it's good that I didn't cause you any trouble because of random guesses. Then, I want to thank you." Nueno smiled lightly, "Although I didn't join the Shinsengumi, I was taken care of by everyone , I'm really sorry."

"In this case, why not join us directly?" Seeing Nueno's smile, Saito asked directly.When he came back to his senses, he realized that his question was a little too straightforward.

Nueno didn't think that the other party was rude because of this, but went on to the next step of purchasing. At the same time, he didn't make it clear what his answer was.

Because, I am a bad person.

As always, he reserved room for himself to retreat, and as always, drew a clear line.

Therefore, he will definitely not join the Shinsengumi.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help evoking a mocking smile, and whispered: "Really..."

After Nue Ye sighed, he caught sight of a familiar figure in the corner of his eyes for a moment, and Nue Ye lowered his head, pretending to be indifferent to pick the vegetables in front of him, but actually focused his attention on the other party.

Yukimura Tsunamichi and...another ghost?

His keen intuition made it easy for him to judge the identity of the other person. Nueno finished picking out the items without making a sound, raised the dish, grabbed Saito's hand with an inconspicuous arc, and said in a low voice: "Sorry, don't Ask, come with me." Then he seemed to be leisurely, but in fact he turned to the corner next to him in a hurry.

Saito was confused by his sudden behavior, but the next second he saw Nueno's serious expression, he also entered the state, narrowed his eyes, followed Nueno's footsteps, and disappeared in the shadow of the dark alley together.

After the two of them walked a little distance, Nueno breathed a sigh of relief, let go of Saito's hand, and apologized guiltily to him: "I just met someone I don't want to meet... I'm sorry to trouble you to cooperate with me." .Thank you."

"Someone I don't want to see?" Saito always feels that the person in front of him doesn't seem to have "someone I don't want to see".

"Well, someone I don't want to see." Nueno scratched his face in embarrassment, but Nueno couldn't explain, "We'll go back later, anyway, there's only one dish left."

"Really." Without refusing, Saito just stood there silently, but felt the heat left in his hands was amazing.

Around this person, things always happen that don't usually happen.

The self who doesn't feel disgusted by this, what is going on?

The author has something to say:

A lovely gentleman who is silent and dazed in his heart~~(flutter)

What's the matter with these two people staying at home like this? orz

If it is a modern article, the background must not go out of the kitchen, supermarket, street... (Is there a difference?)

Why is there a wonderful sensual scene when you sigh? (=A=)

I suddenly wanted to write meat, and I will write this when I come back.

Why is Mao Yijun’s meat so interesting ─── (spray) (beaten)

Also, I want to come back and see the comments! ! (Tears ran)

Didn't you reward me for my previous hard work?