Night Labyrinth

I refused to stop when I got to the top of the building, and I still refused to stop when I stood opposite the gate. I didn't have to stop until I stepped on the steps and stood at the door of the hall.

This time He Lin reached for the painting again, although I was reluctant, I finally let go.

"Go back." She said again.

I feel that the urge to hug He Lin from the very beginning can no longer be tolerated.

I feel that if I can't hug her today, I won't be able to draw an imperfect but not regretful ending to this farewell.

So the moment she was about to turn around, I held out my hand to her.

The moment my fingertips touched her shoulder, her body visibly shook and she took a small step back.

I looked at the surprise in her eyes, as if I was forcing myself to stop and not to retreat.

At that moment, my heart was filled with a thick sourness, and my self-esteem was trampled into powder.

I stubbornly stretched my arms forward again, and firmly held my fingers on her shoulders.

She didn't hide this time, but I clearly felt her shoulders stiffen.

I tried my best to ignore this feeling, and said to her what she had just dismissed, "You must be happy."

I know it's fake, bloody, and contrived.

But I don't know what else to say.

"I will." She replied with a smile, making a gesture to turn around.

I had to take my hand off her shoulder.

"Let's go back."

I don't know how many times she said this to me.

I don't know if I should say "goodbye".

I watched her back turn into the building, just like every time in the past, I chose to be the one looking at her back.

But this time, she turned her head after taking two steps.

"You have to keep drawing, I'm still waiting to see you surpass me."

There was a smile in her voice, and an obvious reassurance.

"Well, I will, bye!"

I answered firmly and waved to her.

That is, don't say goodbye?Are you still friends?

Will we still say "goodbye"?

Before I could understand what she said, I had already agreed first.

Sure enough, I have never been able to refuse her request.

This time she didn't say anything, and didn't look back, she stepped straight into the sleeping and dining building, and she couldn't see her figure anymore after turning around.

And I turned around suddenly in the next second, and walked quickly to my dormitory.

What was suppressed in my heart could no longer be held back.

I'm going to go back and have a good cry.

In fact, as soon as I took a step, tears came uncontrollably.

In this cold spring night, my face is cold.

It was only later that I discovered that I, who originally planned to be self-willed when saying goodbye, failed to take the initiative in the end.

Before I knew when, He Lin had taken back his dominant position, leading me step by step into the maze in the night.

Even for this last capriciousness, she didn't give me a chance to act recklessly.

As for the scenes I originally envisioned, only I was the last one to cry and was realized.

In the end, I couldn't see her flustered expression because of me. Instead, I trembled, lost my composure, and was at a loss in her icy eyes...

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