After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

In a blink of an eye, Ueno Hikari stayed with Hibari Kyouya for half a month.

The deadline for Kyoya boy to be "responsible" to him has passed halfway.

In the past half month of life, although there were a little harmless small conflicts between the two of them, basically everything went smoothly.

Of course, this "everything goes well" has become "limited to daytime" for the current Hikari Ueno.

In fact, until yesterday, everything was going well throughout the day.

But in the middle of the night last night, something really didn't go well.

It was the first time for Hikaru Ueno to actually meet someone who was sleepwalking in the middle of the night.

Before that, the other three children were at most tossing a few times on the bed and muttering a few words in sleep.

It will definitely not be so out of the ordinary like Hibari Kyoya.

What kind of outrageous method?

That is to say, he opened the door of his room in a normal way, walked around most of the yard, broke into Hikari Ueno's room without a sound, and then gave him a kidnapper without saying a word.

That kidnapper was extremely vicious, not at all what a sleeping person should look like.

But after repeated confirmation by Ueno Hikaru.

He was indeed sleeping.

Although Ueno Hikaru does not need to sleep, but after getting along with the three children for a long time, he gradually developed the habit of closing his eyes and meditating late at night.

Last night, when Hibari Kyouya touched it in his sleepwalking, he happened to lean against the window and close his eyes to rest.

Ueno just raised his mind, and suddenly felt a short gust of wind blowing in front of him.

He raised his hand reflexively to block it, and grabbed a familiar object.

It's cold, hard, and lined with small grooves.

He grasped this thing and looked up blankly, and saw the kid Gongmi with his eyes closed and his brows slightly furrowed, wearing loose silk pajamas.

Kyouya Hibari lowered her head and closed her eyes, as if she was sleeping.

But the duckweed crutch was indeed thrown towards Hikaru Ueno's face just now.

Hikaru Ueno held the duckweed crutch that he had snatched and looked it over several times, making sure that there was indeed nothing unclean from the underworld attached to it.

Then he cast a puzzled look at the boy again.

At this time, he has not recalled that human beings have the phenomenon of "sleepwalking".

And this phenomenon is especially common in juvenile humans.

The young Gongmi who fell asleep seemed to have opened his eyes. He lowered his head and didn't look at him. He leaned forward, grasped the duckweed crutch firmly with his right hand, and pulled it into his arms.

This is trying to take back what is yours.

Ueno Hikaru hesitated for a while, and let go.

Kyoumi didn't have time to retract his strength, and staggered backwards. Before he could fall down, Ueno Hikaru grabbed his wrist and pulled him back.

Hikaru Ueno looked down at him, and asked uncertainly, "Are you... all right?"

Hibari Kyouya ignored him, stubbornly grabbed the duckweed crutch, fell silent for two seconds, and then swung another crutch towards him.

This time Ueno Hikaru had been prepared for a long time, without hesitation he raised his hand to stop the duckweed crutch, pulled the child backwards, and held the child in his arms.

Hibari Kyouya was controlled, but only struggled for a moment, then suddenly quieted down, maintaining the current posture, trapped in his arms upright, motionless.

The room fell silent again.

The youthful breath in his arms gradually became lingering.

After a while, Ueno Hikaru slowly let go of his hand.

He lowered his head to observe the situation of Hibari Kyouya carefully, and clasped his wrist during the process to prevent the other party from suddenly violently violent again.

But this time, he seemed to really fall asleep obediently.

Hikaru Ueno felt relieved a little, and carried the child back to his own room.

As a result, just halfway there, the sleepwalking version of Kyouya started to toss again.

Thumping to get down from his arms, waving his limbs with teeth and claws.

Hikaru Ueno was holding him in his arms, but before he could hide, he was punched on the chin and kicked in the waist.

Hikaru Ueno snorted.

There is one thing to say, this is the first time that Mr. Reaper has been beaten since he started his career.

Still so close, so heavy twice.

Kid Gongmi knew how to hold back his strength when he was awake, but he completely ignored it when he fell asleep.

No matter how fierce it came, it seemed that he wanted to toss all the strength that was useless during the day on Hikaru Ueno.

Ueno Hikaru had no choice but to squat down in the yard, holding the boy in his arms like a kitten struggling and scratching, and commanded in a cold voice "don't make trouble".

Such commands are of course useless to a sleeping person.

The boy Kyouya couldn't receive any signal, and he even tossed harder because he was "choked by the throat of fate".

The moonlight casts shadows of two people entangled together, like some hardworking people get up late at night to practice weird martial arts.

Gongya practiced in her dream until the second half of the night.

Even though his hands and legs were bound, he still stubbornly twisted his body, looking for a chance to escape.

But Ueno Hikaru is of course impossible to give him this opportunity.

After confirming that it was impossible for the boy to escape, Hikaru Ueno lifted Kyouya up by his limbs, and put him back in his room with brisk steps.

Hibari Kyoya's bed seemed to have some special magical power, the moment the child touched the bed, the child stopped struggling.

Hikaru Ueno stood by and waited for a while.

It didn't take long for the boy's breath to become lingering again.

He rolled over and rolled himself up a little bit.

Hikaru Ueno carefully covered him with the quilt, for fear that he would punch him hard if he didn't pay attention.

Fortunately, the boy really slept soundly this time.

Only then did Ueno Hikari feel relieved, and went back to his window, closing his eyes to rest in the moonlight.

Start thinking about what the hell is going on here.

There is still a little pain in the jaw and waist.

He pulled back his collar and touched the wound on his chin.

There was a slight "hiss".

It wasn't until the sun was about to rise that Ueno Hikaru suddenly remembered that Ranpo once mentioned a human confusion behavior to him while chatting.

That behavior is called sleepwalking.

Hikaru Ueno compared it, and felt that Hibari Kyoya was sleepwalking.

Because he has been vigilant about the surrounding environment, he came here after falling asleep and wanted to attack him?

Hikaru Ueno felt that this speculation was reasonable, but it was only half a month behind his check-in time.

This is normal.

There is always a process of "trying to adapt - and not being able to adapt".

He stood up, picked up the duckweed crutch that Gong Mi had left in the room, and planned to explain this to the children clearly during breakfast.

Hikaru Ueno firmly believes that as long as it is made clear, this kind of thing will not happen again.

After all, Hibari Kyoya's self-control is quite guaranteed.

When Ueno Hikaru arrived at the restaurant, Hibari Kyoya had just set up breakfast.

Simple slices of bread and fried eggs, next to the dinner plate is a glass of milk.

After all, he is living alone, and the life skills of Gong Mi's children are still full.

Ueno Hikaru sat down opposite Kyouya, calmly picked up a slice of bread and took a bite.

Mr. Reaper doesn't eat human fireworks, and he can't taste the taste of food, so there is no need to eat.

But I couldn't bear a child who loved health preservation at a young age staring at him and letting him eat.

Hikaru Ueno also resisted a little.

But after all, he depends on others, and he always depends on the children's face to do things.

What's more, when he was forced to eat for the first time, Hibari Kyouya had already poked his chopsticks to his mouth.

Da has a posture of feeding raw if he refuses to eat.

Since then, he has eaten three meals a day for less than half a month, and Hikari Ueno has gotten used to it.

He ate slowly at the frequency of Hibari Kyouya, and three times he wanted to speak but was held back by a look.

Yes.

There is also a rule in this family that "you don't talk when you eat".

Hikaru Ueno lowered his head and took a sip of fresh milk with just the right temperature in his cup, and took the paper towel handed over by the boy very naturally.

For the past half month, he often had a subtle feeling that he was the younger brother who needed to be taken care of.

Just, subtle, but also quite fresh and interesting.

The feeling of being taken care of by a child who is much, much younger than me.

After the meal, Hikaru Ueno raised his eyes, and before the young man left with the plate, he said, "Kyoya."

Hibari Kyouya put down the dinner plate, looked at him puzzledly, and asked with a hint of expectation: "Is there anything you want to eat at noon?"

"..." Hikari Ueno didn't really understand why Kyoya was so persistent about this matter, but he still answered truthfully, "No."

Kid Gong Mi was visibly disappointed.

Hikaru Ueno: "It's about the night."

Gong Mi raised her eyes and asked, "Is there anything you want to eat tonight?"

The child is probably committed to cultivating his interest in food.

Hikaru Ueno couldn't bear to see him lose again, but he shook his head honestly and asked at the same time, "Did you sleep well last night?"

Kyouya glanced at him inexplicably.

"Very good." He nodded slightly and asked, "Why?"

"Well."

Hikaru Ueno considered for a moment: "You are sleepwalking."

Hibari Kyouya was strangely silent for a while, and then said a little surprised: "I have never had this kind of experience before."

Hikaru Ueno silently took out a duckweed crutch and put it on the table, explaining, "You left it in my room last night."

Kyoya: "..."

His expression moved, as if he was a little bit convinced.

Ueno Hikaru: "You beat me last night."

His tone was as flat as ever, but there was an inexplicable feeling of grievance.

Kyouya remained silent.

Seeing this, Ueno Hikaru opened his collar, revealing the bluish-purple mark on his jaw.

His skin is fair, and a little scar is particularly obvious.

A small bluish-purple patch was printed on the chin, which looked extremely glaring.

Gong Mi's pupils shrank.

Obviously, this time he really believed most of it.

The boy was silent for a while, and asked in a muffled voice, "Does it hurt?"

Hikaru Ueno lightly touched the wound and said, "It's okay."

He said, lowered his head and poked his waist, and looked at Gongya.

"It hurts a little more here."

The two looked at each other in silence across a dining table.

The boy Gongmi still struggled a bit: "You are the god of death."

The implication is that I didn't touch you so hard before, how could I beat you so badly after falling asleep.

Ueno Hikaru answered truthfully: "You can't hold it down."

He said, stood up and simulated the scene last night for the children.

Kyouya looked down at Hikari Ueno who was squatting on the ground, and turned his head in silence, and after a while, he whispered "Sorry" awkwardly.

"It's okay." Ueno Hikaru looked up at him, feeling that this angle was a bit strange.

The juvenile's clear jaw line became more obvious from the perspective of looking up, adding a bit of sharpness to the juvenile.

It was even more contrasted with his awkward and shy expression now.

cute.

But after a while, Kyouya broke away from the cute state, raised his chin, and said calmly: "I will pay attention."

Hikaru Ueno nodded slightly.

Of course he believed in Hibari Kyouya.

This indifferent kid always keeps his word.

Even if he himself is confused about this now, he will definitely deal with this matter.

Hikaru Ueno believed so.

However, that night, his trust in a certain child came to an end.

The little friend who had just promised him during the day stepped into his room again at night.

One of the amazing things about Kyoya's sleepwalking child is that he can even open the door lock by himself.

And it's the lock of the two doors.

After all, Kyoya-chan had the keys to all the doors, so it would be useless for Hikaru Ueno to lock the doors.

With a "click", the door lock opened.

Hikaru Ueno opened his eyes and looked at the door that opened slowly.

A little bit unexpected, but also a little bit expected.

After all, things don't always go as smoothly as expected.

Hikaru Ueno leaned against the window, watching every move of the arrogant intruder.

Gong Mi was holding a duckweed crutch, walking steadily around the tables and chairs and walking towards him.

Then stop in front of him.

This time the children's sleepwalking routes were different from last time, and they started fighting without meeting each other.

The two of them sat and stood without moving, as if they had become two frozen shadows under the moonlight.

Then all of a sudden, the duckweed crutch hit the ground with a "clang".

Hikaru Ueno was stunned for a moment, and then the child in front of him fell straight down, knocking his forehead on his chin.

Hikaru Ueno raised his head and dodged backwards, quickly caught the boy who kept sliding in his arms, hugged his waist and pulled him back into his arms.

The young man snorted twice in dissatisfaction, and rubbed his head on his shoulder.

Hikaru Ueno picked him up by the waist and sent him back to his room.

Gong Mi nestled in his arms, clutching the clothes on his chest, looking very obedient.

Today's return journey was exceptionally smooth, the child curled up in his arms very well, and fell asleep again on the way.

When she got to the yard, she was still clutching his clothes and crawling into his arms because of the cold.

It was completely different from last night, like a cute little animal.

It's like, last night was the "vicious bad boy" mode, but today is the "good and cute kid" mode.

Hikaru Ueno put Kyoya on the bed, leaned down and pinched the tip of his nose, which was a bit cold, and decided to give this good boy another chance tonight.

After all, from the changes from last night to tonight, Ueno Hikaru can already see his efforts.

Overcoming a habit always takes a process.

Not to mention something that is more subconscious.

If it's this kind of cute sleepwalking, Hikaru Ueno doesn't really mind doing it a few more times.

After all, after living with three children for a long time, he always felt that he liked cute and cute human cubs more and more.

Will make people feel happy.

Gong Mi snorted softly, slapped his hand away as an instinctive reaction, turned around and fell asleep inward.

Hikaru Ueno stood by the bed with his hands raised and stared blankly for a while, the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously.

Although he was cold and fierce during the day, he was unexpectedly gentle and well-behaved when he fell asleep.

It was completely different from the three children who started fighting on the bed within half an hour of falling asleep.

It was as if, in his sleep, he quietly shed a disguised cold and hard shell, revealing the lovely soft inside.

As expected, he is a very gentle child in essence.

Hikaru Ueno bent down to help him tuck the quilt, and walked away lightly.

……

Early the next morning, Ueno Hikaru came to the living room early to wait for Hibari Kyoya.

Although it has been decided to give people another chance, some small reminders are still necessary.

Hikaru Ueno knew about Kyoya's schedule.

After waiting in the living room for a while, he saw little Gongya appearing at the door of the living room with his head up and yawning.

Little Kyousya was wearing a loose black silk pajamas, her hair was a little messy, and there were still sleepy eyes and tears at the corners of her eyes.

The whole person looks much gentler than usual.

It is also rare to reveal some lasting, youthful cuteness.

He lowered his head and rubbed his eyes, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Ueno Hikari who was sitting on the sofa.

In the next second, the child froze for a moment, and his hazy eyes immediately became clear after blinking.

"Good morning." Hikaru Ueno nodded, with the duckweed crutches left in his room last night still on his lap.

Gong Mi was silent for two seconds, before dryly replying "Morning".

There was a deep hoarseness in the voice.

Hikaru Ueno skillfully handed out the prepared warm water, patted the empty seat beside him gently, and invited gently: "Come and sit?"

Gong Mi stood there in silence for a moment, then walked over as if accepting her fate, and sat down beside him softly.

Then he quietly moved to the other end.

It seems a little guilty.

After all, I realized that "sleepwalking" is real.

Ueno Hikaru thought while handing the water, Kyoya's reaction might be because he felt that he hurt himself again last night.

But not at all.

He's just cute enough to be Hikari Ueno.

Gong Mi took the water in silence, took a sip with his head down, cleared his throat, and spoke first: "I was last night."

Hikaru Ueno stared at him.

Little Gongmi's cold eyes hid his embarrassment that he had only exposed for a moment just now.

He licked his lips and asked bluntly, "What did you do?"

Hikaru Ueno thought for a moment and replied, "Sleepwalking."

Gong Mi's eyes became a little strange: "... What exactly did you do?"

Hikaru Ueno hesitated: "Actually, I didn't do anything."

Kyoya's eyes became even more strange.

He pursed his lips tightly, pinching the glass.

"I really didn't do anything." Hikaru Ueno said, "You were very good last night."

"It fits me well."

Kyoya showed a slightly puzzled expression.

Ueno spread his hands and blinked innocently.

"It's really good."

Gong Mi was worried: "Didn't it hurt you?"

In fact, except for the special situation last night, under other normal circumstances, it is almost impossible for Mr. Reaper to be injured by humans.

Hikaru Ueno shook his head and said bluntly, "It's so cute to me."

The boy was stunned for a moment, and the tips of his ears hidden in his black hair turned red silently.

He stood up abruptly, without looking at Ye Guang, he turned his head and walked directly to the kitchen.

Ueno Hikaru didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said, and asked very normally: "Do more."

He thought for a while, then asked, "Do you need help?"

Little Gongya replied "No" without thinking, speaking faster than ever.

Ueno Hikaru reacted half a beat later.

So it can't be praised as cute?

But Ranpo and Shuji quite like it.

There was the sound of "ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping" from pots and pans in the kitchen.

The voice, which was much louder than before, seemed to be covering up something.

Hikaru Ueno stepped forward and poked his head in.

Kyouya noticed him almost immediately, and froze for a moment, then continued to prepare breakfast as if nothing had happened.

Hikaru Ueno thoughtfully corrected what he said just now: "He's handsome, not cute."

In the background sound of "ton, ton, ton" pouring milk, Xiao Gongya calmly said, which sounded the same as before: "Help me take out the bento box over there."

If you ignore his still red ears.

Hikaru Ueno obediently complied.

It happened to be the weekend, and Gangji's mother asked them to have a picnic together a few days ago.

It is said that it is to punish Tsunayoshi's father who went to Antarctica and never returned, and will return today.

Kokichi didn't feel much about seeing his father.

But he really likes his brother Skylark.

So the moment he heard the news, the kid jumped up with joy and hugged Hibari Kyouya.

At that time, there was still a nest of bad high school students who had just been beaten to the ground in front of Hibari Kyouya.

But Xiao Gangji was completely unconvinced.

"Ding dong~"

The doorbell was rang, and Xiao Gangji's soft "Brother Gongmi!~" came in at the same time.