After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

When recovering his eyesight and hearing, Xiao Kaidou was surprised to find that he had returned home.

He was lying on his bed, and Ueno Hikari was beside the bed, looking at him worriedly.

Ueno Hikaru noticed the moment he opened his eyes, looked him up nervously, and asked him if he felt any discomfort.

Xiao Kaito shook his head, his eyes moved down along the angular jaw of the young man, paused for a moment somewhere, and then pretended he didn't see anything, and calmly moved his eyes away.

Hikaru Ueno was wearing the clothes they bought together a few days ago, a clean high-collared white shirt, which Kaito personally picked out for him.

But now, at the neckline of this shirt, there is a little bit more dark red.

That dark red spot is in an extremely hidden place, if it wasn't for his current viewing angle, he probably wouldn't be able to see it.

Kokaito was silent, didn't ask anything, silently grabbed Ueno Hikaru's hand resting on the bedside.

Brother Reaper's hands are always cold, and it often makes people feel that this does not belong to human beings.

He knew that Ueno Hikaru had always cared about this, so he never said it.

Xiao Kaito retracted his fingers and gripped a little tighter.

He told himself softly in his heart that the god of death was like this.

Besides, my brother didn't do anything wrong.

He was just... self-defense.

Hikaru Ueno still felt his strangeness, bent down a little closer, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Kaito shook his head.

The elder brother seems to be more sensitive to the emotions of children.

Therefore, Kaito never tried to put on a "poker face" in front of him.

no need.

What's more, in front of my own family, I don't need this kind of thing at all.

Hikaru Ueno looked at him, pondered for a while, and said hesitantly: "I didn't do anything too much to him, I just sent him back to where he should go."

He paused, and added a little uncomfortably: "By the way, I threatened him."

Kaito was slightly startled, looking at the young man's cautious appearance, he subconsciously rolled his eyes.

The stuffy feeling in my heart caused by this inadvertent discovery suddenly eased a lot.

Kuroba Kaito claims that he is not a great person, but he is more or less an ordinary human being.

When facing something like "death", it is inevitable that we will encounter emotions that all human beings have.

He also hated that god of death.

But punishment can.

If you really take the opponent's life...

He still feels uncomfortable.

Ueno Hikari saw him bend his eyes, and he also relaxed, and his expression was no longer as tense as before.

He continued: "There should be a long period of time in the future, and there will be no more death."

After all, his "killing chickens to warn monkeys" this time should be quite effective.

Kaito nodded, and the corners of his mouth curled up even more.

"And that kid..." Hikaru Ueno pursed his lips, "I cleared his memory and sent him back."

"Oh." Kaito nodded, curious: "Then how did you explain my matter to the teacher?"

Hikaru Ueno skipped all the details, and only focused on the key points: "I am your parent, and I will take you home early."

But Xiao Kaidou didn't quite believe it, looked into his eyes and asked, "Really?"

Their head teacher is not such an easy person to fool.

Hikaru Ueno nodded calmly.

The head teacher of the kid is really too difficult to deal with.

They asked him for various information like checking his household registration, and even regarded him as a daring kidnapper, thinking of taking him to the police station.

If it wasn't for Xiao Kaito who inadvertently grabbed his clothes, mumbled calling him brother, and rubbed him in his arms.

Ueno Hikaru had reason to suspect that he might really be in the police station now.

He has no identity in the world, and being sent to that kind of place is the most difficult thing to deal with.

Kaito stared at him hesitantly for a while, then laughed again, and decided to let him go.

"Okay." He said with a smile, sat up and gently hugged Ye Guang.

The boy's hair brushed against his cheek, and he said with a hoarse smile, "Thank you brother~"

Hikaru Ueno's heart trembled slightly, he responded to the boy's hug with one hand, and rubbed the hair on the back of his head.

Xiao Kaito buried his head in his neck and rubbed against his neck, his stomach suddenly gurgled.

Hikaru Ueno was startled, and let go of him.

Xiao Kaidou touched his stomach, looked at him with a smile in embarrassment, and said, "I'm hungry."

Hikaru Ueno got up immediately: "I'll go prepare dinner for you."

Kaito nodded obediently, watched him leave, and stopped him suddenly when Hikaru Ueno opened the bedroom door.

Hikaru Ueno looked back blankly.

Xiao Kaito raised his hand and pointed to the back of his head, "It's loose, I'll fix it for you later."

Ueno Hikaru bent the corner of his mouth and responded, "Okay."

He stepped over the threshold, then his body suddenly tilted, and he fell down without warning.

Kaito was startled, stunned for a second, then jumped off the bed and rushed to his side.

The young man was lying by the door, his face and lips were abnormally pale.

But he was breathing fairly smoothly, and it seemed that he had only passed out temporarily.

Kaito squatted next to Hikari Ueno and watched for a while, relieved himself, and moved him to his bed as gently as possible.

He stood by the bed, looked down at the "Sleeping Beauty" lying on the bed with slightly frowning brows, put his hands on his hips, and sighed.

I always feel that a little bit of the scene has reappeared.

——and when he picked Ueno Hikaru home on the first day.

……

After all, only a small part of it has been recovered, and today's consumption is extraordinarily large.

Added two additional skills to the necklace, teleported to the child, cracked the membrane that isolates the outside world, taught the god of death a little "lesson", and forcibly sent the other party back to the underworld to achieve the effect of "killing chickens to scare monkeys".

And if the necklace is destroyed, it will also cause harm to himself.

The ability that Hikaru Ueno had managed to accumulate was almost exhausted in just half a day.

Moreover, the negative effects of such "multiple emptying" will be stronger once.

When Hikaru Ueno opened his eyes dimly, the sun was shining outside the window.

He squinted his eyes, barely propped himself up to sit up, and checked the time.

It was noon the next day.

That is Monday.

The day to go to Kaito's school is Tuesday, and the time has not yet passed.

Hikaru Ueno looked at the time and breathed a sigh of relief.

Kaito should be going to school today.

The previous necklace was destroyed, and he didn't have time to get a new one for the kid.

Fortunately, it is relatively safe during this period of time, and there is no rush to make a new necklace.

Moreover, when making new "protective accessories" for people, it is definitely impossible to choose necklaces.

This time it has been confirmed that this accessory is not so reliable.

It is easy to be snatched away, and it will also hurt the wearer's own body.

——For example, yesterday afternoon, that thick red mark on the back of Xiao Kaidou's neck.

It looked startling.

Need something that isn't easy to spot, something that isn't particularly conspicuous.

Hikaru Ueno leaned on the bed and frowned and thought for a while, without any clue, but it suddenly reminded him of another forgotten thing.

——Tomorrow I will give Kaito a surprise.

That piece of "unique chocolate" that ended before it even started.

Hikaru Ueno glanced at the time again.

There are still four hours until Kaito returns.

Plus the time until 10:[-] a.m. tomorrow.

Will be six hours.

Should be in time.

Hikaru Ueno turned over and got off the bed, and then his whole body suddenly sank down again.

Hikari Ueno sighed softly, holding on to the bedside table to avoid the tragedy of lying down directly.

It is the sequelae of "emptying myself" again.

His limbs are weak now, and he is a bit reluctant to support his body.

Hikaru Ueno hesitated for a moment, stood up straight with the support of the wall, and then walked slowly to the door while supporting the wall all the way.

Kind of tricky.

He stared at the kitchen, which seemed to be close at hand but seemed to be far away, and fell silent.

Now, outside of the "will the chocolate be on time" thing...  

There is another more important question.

Can he successfully arrive at Kaito's school like a normal person, and then walk into their class smoothly like a normal person.

Holding the wall all the way is a rather weird behavior.

And compared to supporting the wall all the way, Ueno Hikaru was more worried about... Kneeling in the middle of the road.

The side effect of "emptying yourself" is like a debuff, which is different from being injured or sick. It cannot be concealed and it is impossible to resist.

Just, difficult.

He stood silently facing the kitchen for a while, feeling that he couldn't hold on any longer, and silently moved back to the bed little by little.

Xiao Se's shambling back looked extremely lonely.

When Mr. Nakamori came to visit Hikari Ueno who had suddenly asked for leave after three o'clock, what he saw was the young man in such a state of embarrassment.

The young man supporting the wall with one hand seems to have to expend a lot of strength just to stand.

Mr. Nakamori looked at his frail appearance without saying a word, and felt that he could completely forgive him for making himself wait outside the door for so long just now.

After all, it seems that this person is very powerful if he can come and open the door for him.

He quickly helped Ueno Hikaru to sit down in the living room, and asked about the other party's physical condition with concern.

Hikaru Ueno: "It's okay...it's pretty good, that is, it's a normal physiological phenomenon, and it will be fine in two days."

Mr. Nakamori was full of question marks, feeling that this matter was outrageous.

Which person's "normal physiological phenomenon" can be "normal" like this.

But he could see that Hikaru Ueno didn't want to go into details, so after confirming that it wasn't Kaito's fault, he didn't ask any more questions, and started talking about other topics.

Yes, Mr. Nakamori left work early this time to visit before the students came back, but there was actually another reason.

It's not a big deal.

He is going to visit the school tomorrow, and he hasn't decided what to give Qingzi yet.

The straight father felt that he didn't understand his daughter's preferences at all, and was very sad about it, and asked Ueno Hikaru what to do.

Of course, he still has a small "bad intention", that is, what if he can find some comfort from the other party.

After all, both of them look like the kind of parents who "don't understand children".

But Mr. Nakamori miscalculated.

He unexpectedly discovered that Hikaru Ueno actually knew Kaito's preferences quite well, and had a very good idea for this "little surprise".

It's just a pity that it can't be realized now.

While feeling sorry for him, Mr. Nakamori worried about his own tomorrow.

But compared to Xiao Qingzi not being surprised by his "little surprise" tomorrow, he is more worried that Hikaru Ueno will not even be able to go tomorrow.

After being silent for a while, Ueno Hikaru suddenly said, "Why don't we cooperate."

Mr. Nakamori: "?"

"Let's make chocolate for the two of them together."

Mr. Nakamori thinks this is a very meaningful thing. In addition, the two of them can be said to be "intimate", even if the two children receive similar gifts, they will definitely not feel uncomfortable.

He thought for a while and readily agreed.

It's always faster to work with two than with one - although one of the two doesn't count as a full workforce.

But they still played the effect of 10.5>1.5.

simply speaking.

Neither Hikaru Ueno nor Mr. Nakamori actually expected that they could actually complete these two masterpieces that could not be called "masterpieces" before the two children arrived home.

Although it looks a little shoddy, but overall it is good.

What matters is the heart.

Well, what matters is the heart.

While packing the gift box, Mr. Nakamori comforted himself over and over again.

"By the way," before he left, he suddenly thought of something, held up two small boxes and asked Ueno Hikaru, "What will you do tomorrow."

Hikari Ueno, who was sitting on the sofa, pursed his lips and frowned, looking very embarrassed.

Mr. Nakamori thought for a while while holding the chocolate, and suddenly had an idea.

"I'll ask someone to borrow a wheelchair tomorrow, and I'll push you there."

Hikaru Ueno froze for a moment, hesitating.

Mr. Nakamori glanced at the time and found that it was almost time for the two children to come back, so he directly decided on the arrangement.

"That's it! You wait for me to pick you up tomorrow!" He directly "ordered" Ueno Hikaru, hid the chocolate in his arms, and hurried away like a thief.

Ueno Hikaru looked at his appearance, couldn't hold back, lowered his head and smiled softly.

Then he accidentally pulled the wound on his back and opened it again.

Hikaru Ueno: "..."

The smile disappears.

He straightened up and touched his back.

A wet feeling.

The wound was opened during the chocolate making process.

He had been leaning here just now, not daring to move, because he was afraid of being discovered by a certain police officer.

Then take it away.

Now, Hikari Ueno began to worry about how to explain to Kaito who came back from school.

But he didn't have a chance to worry for long.

Three minutes after Mr. Nakamori left, Kaito opened the door and entered the house.

Then he caught sight of Hikari Ueno who was sitting stiffly on the sofa.

The kid first said in surprise, "You're awake!", then suddenly realized something was wrong, frowning, dropped his schoolbag and ran over, looking directly at his back.

Thanks to Ueno Hikaru, Kuroba Kaito is not as sensitive to the smell of blood as usual.

Hikaru Ueno bent down helplessly, exposing his blood-stained back to the boy's eyes.

Kaito pinched his clothes and said nothing.

After a while, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Can you get up by yourself? Go back to your room and I'll bandage you."

Hikaru Ueno was slightly stunned, he twitched the corner of his mouth bitterly under the boy's gaze, and said apologetically, "Maybe it won't work."

But to Kaito's ears, this apologetic sentence might not be so apologetic.

He gritted his teeth suddenly, turned over and sat on Ueno's bare legs, grabbed his collar and asked him if he could cherish his body.

Hikaru Ueno snorted, blinked innocently, and whispered "Sorry".

He raised his hand with difficulty and lightly touched the top of the boy's hair.

Kaito fell silent again, and gradually loosened his grip on his collar.

After a while, the boy sighed, got off his lap, and carefully laid him flat on the somewhat narrow sofa.

Ueno Hikaru was lying on the sofa, with a pair of long legs that had no place to rest outside, tilting his head to see the child pouring alcohol on his back with a cold face as if he didn't feel any pain.

He even had time to raise his hand and gently stroked the boy's frowning brows.

Kaito just finished pouring a whole bottle of alcohol and threw the empty bottle on the ground.

The bottle rolled twice with the force of the fall, hit the foot of the coffee table, and stopped moving.

Ueno Hikaru and the displeased Kaito looked at each other and blinked.

He nodded on the boy's forehead and said, "I'm fine, don't—"

Kuroba Kaito reprimanded coldly: "Shut up."

Hikaru Ueno was taken aback for a moment, shrank his fingertips, put down his hands angrily, and let out an aggrieved "Oh".

Looks good.

Xiao Kaito looked down at his appearance, and after a while he gave a cold "hum" and unscrewed the second bottle of alcohol.

Hikaru Ueno turned his head to look at him, reached out again quietly, grabbed the hem of the kid's clothes, and whispered what he had just said: "Don't be angry."

Kaito stopped his movements, lowered his head coldly, and stared at Hikaru Ueno's restless hand.

Hikaru Ueno stubbornly clutched the corner of his clothes, was silent for a while under the gaze of the child, and then let go of his hand quietly.