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◎Actually a little bit◎

Echizen Ryuya smiled: "It's great to help buy soy sauce."

Mari Nishijima: "What about Longya? What did Longya do when she was in elementary school?"

Echizen Longya recalled it for a while, and replied: "I forgot, I probably haven't run away from home yet."

If you haven't run away from home, you are still playing tennis.Of course, he couldn't tell Mari Nishijima about playing tennis, so he had to vaguely say that he forgot.

The little cat quickly finished eating the canned food and sat on the ground to lick its paws.Echizen Ryuya picked it up from the ground, and stuffed it into his hoodie—the cat is very cute, and he is also very close to Echizen Ryuya. After being stuffed in, a small head popped out, looking around curiously, not knowing Struggling to escape.

Mari Nishijima teased the kitten with her fingers, and the kitten immediately opened its mouth to bite her hand.

Echizen Long Ya quickly pinched the back of the kitten's neck, and the kitten opened its mouth wide and obediently 'fixed' in place.

Nishijima Mari chewed on the rice ball, a little frustrated: "The kitten doesn't like me."

Echizen Longya touched her head: "It's fine if you held it just now, just get along with it for a while longer."

Mari Nishijima: "Then I'm going to buy some cat strips tomorrow?"

Echizen Ryuya: "I bought it, it's in the living room cabinet."

She froze for a moment, then nodded blankly.

The two of them went home with the cat in their arms, originally they were just walking side by side——while walking, Echizen Ryuya suddenly took Nishijima Mari's hand.

Mari Nishijima gave an 'uh' and looked sideways at him.Echizen Ryuya had a natural expression: "Your hands are a little cold."

"...Is it windy at night? Actually, I'm quite hot."

Echizen Ryuya nodded, as he recognized Nishijima Shinri's words.But nodding his head, he didn't let go of Nishijima Mari's hand.

The young man's palm and fingertips have very obvious calluses, which are different from Nishijima's kind of calluses that have been ground in a fixed position by holding a pen all year round; Echizen Ryuya's palms are wide and firm, and the palms are rough. Apart from the calluses, you can touch a little wound Traces of cracking and healing.

Their fingers intertwined, their palms pressed together, like two parallel lines twisted together, two completely different lives.

Because of the late night, there are few people on the street.The two walked quietly like this, Nishidao Mari had a very vague and unreal feeling.

She couldn't help but put her fingers together and pinched the back of Echizen Ryuya's hand.

Echizen Ryuya didn't look down at her, but just tightened his hands slightly.Nishijima's resistance was fruitless, he hesitated, and tentatively said: "I feel that your hand is too tight, and I feel a little pain."

Echizen Long Ya curled up the corners of his mouth, and loosened his fingers a little in a kind manner: "I thought that Truth-chan wanted to wrestle with me."

"..."

She wanted to wrestle with Echizen Ryuya because she was insane.

Nishijima Mari: "What do you think happened to Mr. Hirakawa? Could it be related to the previous serial murderer?"

Echizen Ryuya: "Serial murderer?"

Mari Nishijima took out his phone, showed him the news about the fugitive prisoner before, and told him the content of his chat with Nozaki Umetaro and Mikoshiba on the rooftop.

At that time, I just thought that Mari Nishijima, Maki Hirakawa, and the murdered deceased all had the same short and medium hair and bangs, so everyone brought it up.But now it seems... the crow's mouth has come true?

Echizen Ryuya listened patiently.Before they knew it, they walked back to the Panhai Highway. The repaired streetlights illuminated the road very brightly. The sound of waves surged up, and there was a faint smell of sea water in the air.

Mari Nishijima has finished talking about the school affairs, and now she is muttering about other meaningless things.

She kept her head down as she spoke, not noticing that the sea breeze had completely tousled her hair.Until Echizen Longya held her back, and lowered his head to help her brush away the broken hair blown on her cheeks.

Mari Nishijima looked up and met his dark amber cat eyes.

Echizen Ryuya: "Are you afraid?"

Mari Nishijima blinked, and the hand he was holding tightened unconsciously.

After a long time, she took a step forward and pressed her forehead against the young man's chest; the vigorous and powerful heartbeat of the adult was close at hand, Nishijima Mari closed her eyes and whispered, "I'm sorry, I'm a little scared."

"...I know that I should be more worried about Hirakawa-san now, but I—seem to be more afraid that I will be the next to die."

Her voice was a little trembling, dazed and aggrieved, she leaned against Echizen Ryuya at a loss.

Echizen Ryuya held Mari Nishijima's hand with one hand, and hugged her with the other: "It won't be yours."

Mari Nishijima grabbed the corner of his clothes: "Could it be me?"

Echizen Ryuya repeated his affirmation: "It won't be yours."

"Meow--"

The cat poked its head out from the opening of Echizen Ryuya's clothes, tilted its head and looked at Mari Nishijima suspiciously.

Mari Nishijima raised his head and whispered, "Then say it again."

Echizen Longya held her face in his hands, gently pressed the corners of her eyes and temples with his fingers soothingly, and said softly, "No accident will happen to Zhen-chan, and I will not encounter any misfortunes. I will stay by Zhen-chan's side until the police After arresting the criminal...you will not leave Truth Sauce."

When he spoke, he always looked straight into Nishijima's eyes, as gentle and pious as if he was taking an oath.

The loyalty of a prodigal son is unreservedly dedicated to her under the street lamp.

The sound of the waves was so loud, but Mari Nishijima could clearly hear the heartbeats of herself and Echizen Ryuya.

She became aware of her heart beating fast, a mixture of fear and comforted relaxation.

The cat didn't realize the change in the atmosphere, and licked its paws alone.Mari Nishijima stood on tiptoe, took Echizen Ryuya's hand and pulled him down——

impulsive kiss.

She didn't grasp the strength well when she bumped into it, and felt her mouth numb, and soon her eyes filled with tears because of the pain.

Echizen Longya was also a little dazed by the bump, his cat's eyes widened suddenly; he tasted a bit of fishy sweetness, as if his teeth had broken his lips.

He bumped into her recklessly, hurt her own girl again, backed away with a blushing face, and covered her numb and painful mouth with one hand.Her eyes were wet and slightly red, and her expression was full of bewilderment - she looked more bewildered than Echizen Ryuya, the person who was kissed.

"... Does it hurt?"

"Super painful—"

Mari Nishijima nodded tearfully, feeling that he could already taste some blood in his mouth.

Echizen Ryuya burst out laughing.

Although his mouth was also very painful, but seeing the expression of Nishijima Mari who was about to cry bitterly, Echizen Ryuya suddenly didn't feel the pain, he just thought it was funny.

So cute that you can't help but want to laugh.

Nishijima Mari still covered his mouth, and asked him pitifully, "Do you feel that the inside of your mouth is broken?"

Echizen Ryuya: "It's broken."

Mari Nishijima: "...Sorry, oh, I'm so close in the comics—"

"Truth sauce, first of all—" Echizen Ryuya sighed, "You have to take into account the distance between us and the height difference. If you bump into us like this, if you don't control your strength, it is possible to knock your teeth off."

Nishijima Mari's eyes widened: "Really, really?"

Echizen Longya opened his eyes and said nonsense: "Of course, which one do you think is more reliable, me or romance comics?"

Mari Nishijima thought about it in his heart——Nozaki Umetaro, who draws romance comics, is single with mother and fetus—and he himself, who occasionally draws love lines, is also single with mother and fetus.

But Echizen Ryuya, who has never drawn manga, looks like a man with a rich relationship history!

She said sadly: "If I had known earlier, I would not have read so many reference comics."

Echizen Ryuya suppressed a smile.

He held Nishijima's face in his hands and coaxed her: "Take your hands away, and I'll see if you bumped hard."

Mari Nishijima moved his hand away unpreparedly, and asked nervously, "Isn't it disfigured?"

Echizen Ryuya gently pressed her red and swollen lips with her thumb, and she took a small breath, shrinking back.

It hurts a bit.

The kitten didn't know why, so it meowed twice, and stretched out its paw to hook the drawstring hanging down from the hood of Xidao Zhenzhen's coat.She was pulled by the cat's paw, and she hesitated to back off.

Echizen Longya: "It's not disfigured, is it broken inside?"

Mari Nishijima licked the inside of her mouth with the tip of her tongue, and the more pungent pain from being licked by the tongue was conveyed to the brain.She wrinkled her nose, and a tear was squeezed out, hanging on her lower eyelashes, trembling and reflecting the light of the street lamp.

The corners of her mouth curled up in frustration, her eyebrows and eyes drooped: "Hmm... I knocked my teeth."

Echizen Longya chuckled lightly: "Next time we can't kiss like this again."

Nishijima Mari: "... Got it."

"It should be."

Holding Mari Nishijima's face, he bent down - the light was completely covered by Echizen Ryuya, he turned his face slightly, and gently touched Mari Nishijima's lips with his lips.

The mouth that just touched it was still a little hot, and when it was lightly pressed against it, you could feel the softness of the other's lips, and there was a fishy and sweet taste.

Mari Nishijima was so nervous that she didn't realize that her nails had scratched small teeth-shaped marks on the back of Echizen Ryuya's hand for several months.

Her mind is full of—do I need to close my eyes?He opened his mouth later, should I kiss him back?Ahhh, I'm so nervous and nervous... I knew I wouldn't eat rice balls just now! ! !

The temperature on the lips stayed for a few seconds, and then left.

Mari Nishijima's eyes were still wide open.

Echizen Longya still had a smile on her face, and gently pressed the back of her head with one hand: "Next time...you have to kiss like this so that it won't hurt, understand?"

Mari Nishijima: "...Oh."

Echizen Longya shook the hands they were holding, and said in a narrow tone, "Now that you understand, can you loosen your hand a little? The back of my hand is about to be crushed."

Mari Nishijima was so frightened that she immediately let go of her fingers, and looked down to see three crescent-shaped pinch marks of different sizes on the back of Echizen Ryuya's hand.

She felt guilty, looked left and right with wandering eyes, and whispered, "I'm sorry."

Echizen Ryuya: "Are you still afraid?"

Mari Nishijima: "...Huh?"

Echizen Ryuya held her hand, and patiently asked again: "Are you still so uneasy and scared now?"

"...it's much better."

"That's good."

No matter whether it was pinched on the back of the hand, or the palms of the clasped hands were hot and sticky, Echizen Ryuya never let go of Nishijima Mari's hand.

This reminded Mari Nishijima inexplicably of the time when they went to the amusement park together - when sliding down the water slide, Echizen Ryuya did the same, holding her hand all the time, repeatedly checking with her whether she would be afraid.

It's like caring for one's fragile and fragile treasures, with the utmost care.

But his desire to protect did not say it out loud, but quietly manifested in his daily habits.

It didn't matter when she didn't notice it, but now Mari Nishijima noticed it—she was very confused.

The sudden courtship, the almost fairy-tale love at first sight, and the deep-rooted love...is incomprehensible.

When pressing the elevator door, Mari Nishijima couldn't help but say: "I feel..."

Echizen Ryuya looked down at her, quietly waiting for her to finish speaking, with the handsome smile Nishijima Mari liked still on his face.

Nishijima struggled for a while, but finally said: "I feel that Longya likes me very much—too much."

Echizen Ryuya: "Isn't this bad?"

Nishijima Mari: "...you like me so much, I can't help but like you too. I will be very sad when we break up in the future."

The elevator reached the seventh floor and made a 'ding dong' sound.

Echizen Ryuya took Mari Nishijima's hand and strode out of the elevator.His tone was brisk, without any hesitation: "Then we won't break up."

He is as firm and conceited as ever, and after seeing the target, he chases after it without hesitation, even if it only leaves the back of others, people can't take their eyes off.

-Complete-