The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

I like you.

Hikaru listened to Taya's message over and over again, and the whole person was stunned.In my mind, there seemed to be countless fireworks crackling and exploding, leaving only one sentence repeating in circles.

Taya said, he likes me?

Taya said, he likes me!

Gradually, the scenery in sight changed slightly.

"Pa-ta--", the transparent connection fell to the ground like a string of beads.

What's wrong with me?

The eyes were stained with the back of the hand, and it was wet.Why just listening to Taya's message makes me cry?

Taya said that he likes me...

This was the first time he heard the guy who was always high above him and spoke sarcasticly to him speak in such a sad tone.It is so humble, as if to be lowered into the dust.

My heart ached as if being pricked by a needle, but it was also melodiously jumping like a Yingge.

——Can I think that I am special to Taya?

But in the next second, he became uncertain again.

The "like" he said, is it what he thinks he "likes"?

So... what about myself?He admits that he has a crush on Taya, admits that he likes Taya, admits that being with Taya is very relaxing, and admits that Taya is a little uncomfortable when she is with the female stream Honinbo.

So, do you like Taya?Does the kind of "like" that surpasses rivals and friendship only belong to lovers?

But Taya, how should I respond to your message?

What answer do you want me to give you?

The phone was turned silently in Guang's hands, just like his mood at the moment, uneasy, hesitant, unable to find the exact landing point.

No matter what, shouldn't I at least give Taya a safe...

The two thoughts are still wrestling back and forth, but the body responds first.

The moment the phone was connected, there was no sound from the other end.

The caller ID had already indicated the identity of the caller, but Liang still asked softly uncertainly: "Shinto, is that you?"

"..." The moment he heard Taya's voice, Hikari felt that his breath was trembling.After a long time, a faint voice finally came out from his throat: "En."

Obviously there are too many things I want to say to him.

I want to tell him that I'm fine;

I wanted to ask him what that sentence meant;

I want him to know that I miss you so much.

But just hearing that person's voice, just hearing that person's voice, but the heart beats so fast that it seems to be about to explode.

Can't think.unable to speak.

"……Are you OK?"

"Ta, Ya..." struggled to squeeze out two words, "I..."

"It's fine," the voice on the other end of the phone was as gentle as water, making the heart return to its homeland after a long journey, "I... wait for you to come back."

After a brief silence, the phone was hung up.

The call time on the screen shows 16 seconds 27.

Liang clenched the phone tightly, with no expression of relief on his face.

Hikari's reaction made it clear enough to him that he had heard his own messages.

Is it too impulsive?

Leaning against the wall, his five fingers were deeply buried in the dark green hair.

A trace of confusion flashed in Liang's heart, but he never regretted it.

He once tried to wrap up all his emotions, thinking that would be the wisest choice for Shinto and himself.At one point he did, and believed he could do well.It wasn't until the natural disaster came that he realized that he was wrong.And he has always thought that he was good for each other, but he almost made a lifelong regret.

After three days, I heard Shinto's voice clearly transmitted from the mobile phone again. He was like a devout believer, thanking fate thousands of times.

Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.

His light, safe and sound.

There is still time for everything that has not been said.

It was clear that he had only left for four days, and returned to Tokyo again, but it seemed that several degrees of cold and heat had passed.

As soon as he walked out of the arrival gate, Hikari saw Mitsuko running towards him excitedly.Before he could stand still, he was completely pushed into her arms by her.

"Ah Guang, you're finally back! I'm really worried about my mother!!"

In the crowd, a 1.7-meter tall man was held tightly by his mother, with a hint of embarrassment flashing across Guang's face,

But he still patted Mitsuko's back lightly in relief: "I'm back, haven't I?"

While speaking, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a figure quickly flashing behind the pillar closest to him.

that figure...

Hikaru let go of his mother's embrace, and just wanted to find out, but was dragged back by Mitsuko: "Ah Hikaru?"

Too.Light then smiled lightly.It must be that I have been thinking about things related to that guy over and over again these days, so

That's why he nervously thought that person was him.

After all, the airport is not a place suitable for reminiscing about old times.After receiving the light, the family drove away.

It wasn't until the three of them walked away that Liang came out from behind the pillar.

Shindo looked quite energetic, so he should be really fine.

On the way back on the subway alone, recalling his almost stalker behavior just now, Liang himself could not look directly.

It seems that since I met Shinto, I have been doing things that are not very "Taya style".Just based on one-sided words, I chased to the door of the Internet cafe; I rushed to the other party’s school without any prior agreement; I was so disappointed that I wished I could just leave; I left those voices without giving any buffer.

The shock, joy, excitement, loss, anger, and fear that I felt after getting to know Jin Teng seem to be more than the sum of the previous ten years...

Before he met Shinto, he never hoped that time would go fast, but now he hopes that he can jump to the appearance of 20 years old.

20 years old means that he has the right to obtain a driver's license.

The age of 20 also means that he is an adult, and all the restrictions on minors in the past are no longer valid for him.

The light that returned to her own room appeared to be unusually silent.

Mitsuko only thinks that her son has not recovered from the earthquake, and has no doubts about his uncharacteristic behavior.

In the room, just leaning against the head of the bed, just staring at the phone in a trance.During the few days waiting for the traffic to resume in the Niigata area, he had already listened to Taya's message to him no less than a hundred times.

He can recite every word that person said backwards.

The person who was eager to see on the plane, but now, he didn't even have the courage to call him.

The past is embarrassing.

I never paid attention to it before, but now that I finally know it, Guang suddenly realizes that there are traces of everything in the past.

I will bring it to myself when I don’t have breakfast, I will encourage myself when I am negative, I will send a message at midnight to wish myself a happy birthday, I will spare my shoulders for myself to rely on, and I will still agree to be with myself after a busy day. Replay the chess game.

I can't understand it any more.

At this moment, he no longer needs to ask for the meaning of Taya's words. His tolerance, concern, and almost meticulous care for him are all real and certain.He should have no more doubts.

That person is really good to himself.

But because of this, he was even more at a loss.His encounter with Taya was concealed from the beginning, even a lie.The person Taya stared at at the beginning was always Sai.He didn't know what Taya would think of him when he knew the truth.But blindly concealing it is unfair to him.

Besides, he said that he would tell him...

The phone vibrated slightly in his hand.

Text message from Taya.Same tone as usual.

--Reached?

—Well, just arrived.Already home.

——Then take a good rest.

"necessary! 』

Thinking of the unconfirmed figure at the airport just now, Guang deleted all the edited text messages.

"By the way, were you at the airport just now? 』

delete.

"I was at the airport just now, and I saw a person whose profile was very similar to yours. Is it you?" 』

delete delete delete.

Quickly deleting all the words and sentences, Guang finally gave up completely, threw the phone aside and lay down on the bed.

That cunning fellow!

Nothing related to the messages was mentioned, as calm as if those messages had never existed.Obviously the culprit is that guy, why is it me who is so troubled now? !

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Guang sat up straight again, grabbed the pillow with his backhand and threw it towards the desk.

As a person who experienced the earthquake, a few days later, when Guang appeared in Qiyuan, he received a lot of greetings.Even He Gu and Yi Jiao, who are big relatives and friends, had to retreat to the second line, and they didn't make appointments with busy people until lunch break.

While waiting for the elevator stall, Guang and the two were chatting and laughing.

The elevator door opened, and the moment the two people inside and outside the door saw each other, the originally flowing air seemed to stagnate and condense.

"..."

"..."

His gaze passed by Shinto, and swept over the two people standing beside him, Ryo stepped out of the elevator, passed by Hikaru, and there was no more intersection.

Guang stood there in a daze, without looking back.

Although hostile towards Taya, the atmosphere was so weird that even Kazuya, who has always been nervous, noticed the abnormality between the two: "What's wrong with you and Taya? Did you quarrel?"

"No." Guang replied perfunctorily, and walked into the elevator.

"But your reaction just now didn't look like 'nothing' at all." He Gu researched with his arms folded as soon as he got into the elevator.

Indeed something happened.But can I tell Kazuya, Taya, Taya that he likes me?

Guang also occupied the corner of the elevator, bowed his head and remained silent.

"I heard that Taya was very worried about you when you were in Niigata."

"Um……"

"Shinto! What do you mean by 'um'? Are you listening to us?! Hey, Shinto!!"

Arriving at the first floor, as soon as the elevator door opened, I couldn't wait to go out.

Following Hikari, Kazuya couldn't help complaining to Ikaku: "What's wrong with Shinto?" He always felt that after returning from Niigata, Shinto's state was very wrong, "The two of them are not so much arguing as they are He said he was having a fight. It felt like, like..." But he didn't say any more.

Shinto and Taya gave him the feeling today, like a young couple who couldn't face each other calmly after learning about each other's concerns.

At night, sit on the bed.

The scene of meeting Taya at the chess academy at noon was like a machine stuck, and I kept pressing the replay button in my mind.

The navy blue suit Taya wore today seemed to be the same in his impression, even the style was exactly the same.The tacit understanding of God?Light quickly shook his head.

Also, he was the one who confessed first, but why did he show such a bewildered expression?And why, when you see yourself, you have to pretend to turn a blind eye?

"Taya, I don't understand..."

Muttering to himself in frustration, the mobile phone seemed to see through the owner's mind and sent the caller of the ringer.

After staring intently for a few seconds, he still disarmed and surrendered: "Taya..."

On the other end of the phone, Taya seemed relieved: "I thought you would never want to answer my calls again."

Guang: "Why, why? You won't do anything to me."

I really scared him...

Taya sighed softly, and finally said: "Shinto, can we chat? Face to face."

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I have something to go out tomorrow.Continue Sunday.