killer game

Leon looked up, silently watching her.

Mathilda met this gaze, and at this moment her mood was suddenly very calm, she had never been so calm, as if, if anything happened, she would no longer be afraid.

"Leon, give me a hug." She laughed.The corners of the eyes are slightly upturned, and the beautiful curvature of the lips matches the bright and clear pupils like water, with a long and lingering peace that remains unchanged in the aging time, which makes people feel The heart can miss several beats in an instant.

Leon froze on the spot until she leaned over and stretched out her hand, and then suddenly came back to his senses, and then, his whole body was extremely stiff, he watched her sit on his lap, stretched out her hand to hold his waist tightly, and Burying his head into his chest.

Incomparably calm, incomparably composed, and as it should be, calm and unhurried.

Leon blushed.He forced himself to ignore the soft and slender figure of the girl's body, but with such a close distance and a peaceful and unstressed atmosphere, his senses became clearer, and he didn't even know how to put his hands down.

"You know I'm going for revenge. You want to help me, don't you?" came out Mathilda's muffled voice.

He didn't answer.The dull mind struggled with what could be said, but he couldn't think of it.He also didn't know how he could respond if she continued to ask like this.

Mathilda doesn't mind his silence at all, maybe she is so keen and intelligent, she has long been used to this way of getting along, and even analyzed the thoughts he and she have, so she doesn't mind the unilateral silence of the other party .

"So you did that. But you found out that things didn't turn out the way you expected, and you were worried you'd get me in trouble... Leon, you're scared, aren't you? You're just as scared as I am, aren't you?"

She pressed her face against his chest, her soft hair covered half of her cheeks, her face showed a kind of sickly paleness in the dim light, so fragile yet so tough.

Subconsciously, he stroked her hair.Carefully, awkwardly: "Don't be afraid..."

Mathilda glanced up at him, then turned her head back again: "Will you forgive me Leon? For what I kept from you?"

"It's okay," he said slowly.

"So it's all fine." She let go, grabbed his hand, and held it tight, "We've got to walk on together. Look, Leon, I have nothing left now. Except you. Except you. "

The temperature of those hands was too hot.It was so hot that he felt like his skin was burning.

But he couldn't bear to take it back.

Leon just stared at her with sad and sad eyes, and said in a low voice with a bit of stagnation: "I am a...killer, Mathil...da."

"Now I'm a killer too," said Mathilda firmly. "Stop trying to divide me from your world. We've been bound together by fate, and I'm willing. We'll be fine, always fine...and then, leave This city, wherever we go - but we'll always be together."

Her eyes were too bright, and there was renewed longing in them, and it made his heart hurt even more.

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It was already dark after dinner, Mathilda tidied up the room, laid out the bedding, and when she went out, she saw Leon wiping the leaves of the Silver Queen lightly.

She waited quietly for him to finish all this, and when she looked up, she smiled at him.

"Mathilda," he said.

"I think we can try to change... some of our lifestyles," Mathilda said slowly. "For example, ditch the damn chair and sleep on the bed."

Leon looked at her in astonishment.

She shrugged slightly: "We are safe now, aren't we? We can talk about something else, just as a start to adapt to the future life? The premise is that you have to sleep with me, because there is only one bed. "

Leon compromised.

"Come on, put your legs on the bed. Yes, that's fine...put your head down, okay, relax."

Mathilda leaned shoulder to shoulder with him.

With the lights off, the visibility in the field of vision is not very clear, only a faint, indistinct twilight.

"You've changed... your mind, haven't you?"

Just when Mathilda was thinking hard about how to start, it was Leon who said the first sentence.

Yes, she changed her mind.Just when Leon forcibly joined the ranks of this revenge, all her expectations have been shattered.She was so afraid of hurting him, made so many presuppositions, so much self-deception, and carefully wanted to stay away, but found that fate never gave her a chance to choose.

However, it's okay to be with him.They are always together.This is also very good.

"Give me your hand, Leon," she said.

He paused, remained silent, and stretched out his hand.

She takes his hand.Covered hands, intertwined: "You can feel it, can't you? I don't want to leave you. I owe you so much, so much, I thought I could come back to find you when everything is over, but, Fate destined us to go forward together. You feel my mood, don't you? I like you, Leon, and I never lied to you about that."

His body began to stiffen again.Those words made his heart tremble.

"I like you, no...I love you." The voice that even she felt confused slowly became firm, and Mathilda smiled softly, "Yes, I love you. I can finally say this, cute is What, Leon? You know? I don't know, but it's in my heart now, and I can feel it, so clearly."

"Ma...thilda..." After a long silence, he finally spoke, his voice hoarse and slow, "You shouldn't like me. I'm...not for you. You're young, Mathilda. You're a good girl. You'll change later Be a good wife. Be a good mother. But... it shouldn't be me."

He said in a low voice: "You will meet many people in the future, and then you will know what love is..."

Mathilda turned her head to look at him, then opened his arms, put her head on it, and pressed it against his head: "Don't you believe it?"

Leon didn't speak.

"So, Leon, have you ever loved someone?"

Mathilda waited a moment, then muttered, "Answer me, Leon."

In the darkness, he remained silent for a long while before slowly saying: "A long time... a long time ago I once loved a woman, that was before I came here..."

His voice was very calm, as if he was talking about someone else: "Her father doesn't want her to meet me...she comes from a very prominent family. And my family...you know it's not very good, so every The next time she sneaks out to see me, her father will go crazy."

Mathilda leaned on his arm and said softly: "But she still went to see you desperately, didn't she?"

"That's right." Leon said lowly.

"Is this love, Leon? Desperate?"

He just went on, his voice calm and serene: "Her father killed her. The bullet went through her head—he was released after only two days in the cell. They said it was just an accident. Then I was waiting for him one night, looking through binoculars from 500 feet away...so he had an accident."

Mathilda hooked her lips slightly: "So there are too many dirty corners in this world. Things like the law will always only serve those in power. There are many things that you have to solve in your own way."

"...You're right." Leon was silent for a moment, "I came to this place by boat on the same night to find my father who worked for Tony. I was 19 years old. I haven't left this place since then. city, and I never loved anyone again."

"No, you love me." Mathilda said in a firm tone, "just like I love you."

He was silent for a while, then reached out and touched her head: "This is not something we should think about now, go to sleep Good night."