Summer of Fireflies

Yes, before we parted, the Murata couple told us to be careful of avalanches on the mountain, but we didn't expect an avalanche to happen.

It may be that we are used to living in the city. Even though we knew that there was a snowstorm coming, neither my youth nor I thought that avalanches were also one of the serious disasters brought about by snowstorms.

The icy cold wind whizzed past my face, and even my hat was blown away by the strong wind. The avalanche was behind me, and of course I couldn't go back to pick it up.

"Sorry, senior, you ran too slowly."

The weight of my body suddenly suspended in the air, I screamed, and found that I was embraced by the young man. In order to prevent falling from his arms, I could only hug his neck tightly.

I was not as fast as the young man, so I naturally became his burden. Without even thinking about it, the young man hugged me like a princess and ran to another hillside.

During an avalanche, you must run to high places, and you must not run down the mountain. This is common sense.

The young man wearing gloves not only ignited orange flames on his hands, but also had a pinch on his forehead, as if his whole body was on fire.

The young man's pupils turned a beautiful golden red, and his voice was calmer and calmer than before. It is said that this is the expression of his state of entering the death mode.

The billowing flame burns the cold air, the very warm flame does not burn people.

The cold wind whizzed by, and my teeth shuddered in time. I felt like I was flying, and in fact, I was flying at a similar speed.

After the hat was blown away, my ears were also red from the cold, as if I had lost consciousness. I buried my head deeply in his neck, close to the young man's body temperature, and kept my ears from being exposed.

The roar of the avalanche is getting louder and louder, and the collapsing snow is like a beast with its bloody mouth wide open, and its tide-like sharp claws follow our footsteps like a shadow.

No matter how fast the pace of youth is, it cannot be as fast as the power of nature.Because I am not familiar with the terrain, it is not easy to find a higher hillside. After finally finding a slightly higher hillside, the avalanche that was chasing after me was already on the verge of engulfing everything. The young man put me down. Then he pushed me hard, and I staggered and almost fell.

"You run first, let me deal with it here!" The serious eyebrows almost twisted, and finally seeing that I hadn't left, the young man roared out: "Run!" The worry and anxiety on his face showed It was heavier than before. I listened to his words and ran towards the hillside as if I was desperate. Now staying with the young man is only his burden. I don't want to be a burden to the young man at all.

As I ran forward mechanically, I was panting desperately, my feet were sore and painful, and I felt that my feet were not my own. Then he immediately got up and ran forward, and there were several violent explosions behind him from time to time.

I didn't dare to look back, but I couldn't help but look back. I saw the young man in the distance almost floating in the air. He opened his hands, and the strong flames formed a semicircle in his palms and spread in the distance: "XBURNER---"

A clear voice came through the air through the sound of wind and snow, and the two semicircular orange and golden flames in the young man's palms suddenly erupted together, and with a bang, the menacing avalanche was instantly blown up by the intense flames It was about to explode, like the sky and the earth were splitting apart, the deafening Yu ** and me running far away, I squatted down and covered my ears.

An explosion was not enough to stop the snow from rolling down. The young man floating in the air showed an unusual calmness. His steady and straight back was wrapped by the flames on his palm and forehead. Looking from a distance, he looked like a standing man. A red warrior in a white world.

"XBURNERAIR——" the young man's voice was getting farther and farther away. I ran mechanically and couldn't help turning my head back frequently. I knew that I shouldn't look back at the young man at this time. Time is life. In order to live up to him, he used the procrastination policy The escape time left for me, as long as I can run to the top of the hillside before the avalanche, is my victory, but even if I save my life in the end, how will the young man escape after delaying the time?

When I climbed to the top of the mountain out of breath, my lead-filled feet were too tired to run anymore. The altitude from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain was quite high, which was barely within the safe range. I stood on the mountain and looked down the mountain , From a distance, I can see the white waterfall coming from the opposite side of me.

The youth's obstruction was only a temporary measure. No matter how powerful his supernatural ability was, it could not stop the avalanche that was coming from the raging storm.

I waited on the top of the mountain and waited until the shadow of the young man went up the mountain. Seeing the white waterfall rolling down the opposite side aggressively, I gritted my teeth, and my worry overwhelmed everything, and I didn't care about the consequences of running back. , I hastily stepped forward and ran back along the original road. It was not until I saw a young man who was physically and mentally exhausted at the foot of the mountain that my hanging heart finally settled down.

If the young man just wants to delay me, then he will definitely follow my footsteps after delaying the time, but I have not seen the slightest shadow of the young man so far.

In other words, in order to give me enough time to escape, the young man didn't take his own safety into consideration at the beginning.

Seeing that I ran down the mountain desperately, the young man's expression was not enough to be described as shocked. I ran over to pull him, but found that I couldn't pull him at all. Plug-in does not require any physical strength?

The eyebrows that were tightened seemed to have something to say to me, but I decided in time: "Don't say it now, wait until you have escaped this catastrophe!"

I took his hand and ran up the mountain, and the young man cooperated with me and stopped talking. After running for a while, I realized that we had no energy to run anymore. My physical strength was exhausted in the escape just now, and so did the young man. , in order to delay the time of the avalanche, his three-dimensional strength collapsed more seriously than mine, his cheeks and forehead were covered with sweat, but his complexion was extremely pale.

The two ran to the middle of the mountain in one go. I held on to the tree trunk and breathed in desperately, but what I inhaled was almost the cold air of winter snow. It looks like a truck is being dragged behind, and there is no sweat after exercise at all.

Since we can't run anymore, then we don't run at all. It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that we can't avoid.

I turned my head to look at the young man, his moist brown bangs were close to his warm eyebrows and eyes, his facial features were still soft, but his lips were a little pale: "Senior sister, why... are you coming back?" The young man raised his eyebrows, There was a bit of sternness in the trembling voice. The young man who usually smiles lightly has always been mild-tempered. This is the first time I have seen his angry expression towards me.

why come back...

"Of course it's because... I'm worried about Tsunayoshi-kun!"

While roaring back vigorously, tears also flowed down my face, no matter how much I wiped, I couldn't wipe them away.

I remember this sentence written in a book: Don’t let the person who always promises to live and die with you be a lover, because he will drag you to die together; just find someone who is willing to silently accompany you to do stupid things because he will leave all hope of life to you.

You don't hesitate to expend a lot of physical strength to buy time for me to escape. You leave me the hope of life, how can I leave you to live alone?

Hearing my words, the young man's eyes trembled slightly, and suddenly he pulled me into his arms, pressed the back of my head with one hand, and hugged me tightly with the other hand, the strong force seemed to take my whole body It's all tucked into his shirt.

I raised my hand and hugged him back vigorously, my red and swollen eye sockets were still full of tears.

"Little idiot..." I heard his clear ending with a slight trill, which entered my ears like a lover's whisper.

I turned my face and buried my head deep into his neck, the corners of my lips slightly curved: "If I am a little idiot, then Gang Ji-jun is a big idiot!" How can I just want to leave the hope of life to others? !That's not what a big idiot is!I couldn't help but burst into tears and laughed.

"Senior sister." He put his lips on my shoulder slightly raised: "There is one thing I haven't told you."

The hair from the back of the young man's ear was attached to the tip of my nose, and I couldn't help but bend my eyebrows: "It just so happens that I also have one thing that I haven't told you."

"I like you."

I froze for a second, then smiled:

"Well, me too."

The corners of my lips were raised, and I nestled in his arms and inhaled fiercely. Only you and me were left in the pure white world, and I couldn't hear anything.

Immediately afterwards, the collapsed snowballs rolled down, and I hugged the young man tightly, without the fear and anxiety of death.

The heartbeat at this moment is unusually calm,

――If the world ended in the next minute, what would you choose to do?

Some people cry with their heads in their arms, some plan to run away in a car, some regret the past, some choose to kiss their dear lover, some will commit suicide because they cannot stand the pressure, and some choose to make the last phone call with their family members, or simply do nothing...

The 1-minute farewell time is too short, and the right to choose is really limited.

And we both chose to confess to each other and hugged each other tightly.

――I like you, Tsunayoshi-kun.

——I like you very much, and, I'm sorry, I chose to tell you this matter now, I wonder if it's too late?

For a long time, there has been an insurmountable barrier between me and the youth. In a limited position, I choose to keep a distance from you.

In order not to break the barrier of balance, I timidly chose to escape.

Even knowing that you might like me too, I still don’t want to face this feeling, and I’m even afraid of you