【Qing Ai】A man with a dog and a man with a cat

The TV was tuned to the news station, and the host read the latest government news one after another in a calm tone. Qingren, who was eating in the small restaurant, listened attentively, and his eating movements became slower and slower, almost stagnant.Al Elf, who was sitting opposite, was very calm, slowly peeling the whitewater prawns in his hands. Al stared at the shrimps he piled on the plate, and Haru, who had just wolfed down his dinner, was lying on the side, staring blankly. Waiting patiently for Haruto to finish his dinner so he can take him out for a walk.

"Qingren." Glancing at his lost lover, Al Elfer finally spoke.

"Ok?"

"It will pass."

"Eh?"

Before Qingren finished speaking, the host's voice came from the TV——

"The fourth revision of the regulations is over, and the scope of application of the current marriage system will be extended to..."

Qingren's hands trembled slightly, and he almost lost his grip on the chopsticks. He collected himself and went out to watch TV—the scene was cut in a timely manner on the screen.

"It's passed..." He sighed with emotion in a low voice, walked back to the dining table and sat down.Al Elfer hummed, and threw a few shrimps into his bowl. Haruto quickly swallowed a few mouthfuls of rice, and raised his head: "Al Elfer."

His expression was very serious; "tomorrow... let's go get married."

"No." Al Elf said bluntly.

"..."

"The law was passed today, but the official registration will start on September [-]st." Al Elfer said, "Remember to get up early when the time comes."

"Congratulations, Qingren."

"Thank you, senior!"

Inuzuka Hisama patted Haruto's shoulder vigorously, with a very pleased expression.Whether or not same-sex marriage should be legalized has been debated domestically for nearly ten years, and this time is the most powerful one, and the final approval is the result of concerted efforts.He didn't need this regulation himself, but because of Haruto, he helped a little in the past—for free.Now that their dreams have come true, Inuzuka Hisama is also in a good mood.

"To get the certificate on September [-]st?" He thought for a while, and then a narrow smile appeared on his face, "I forgot to ask before, did you kneel when you proposed? What did you say?"

"This..." Qingren scratched his face, "Actually, Al Elfer said it first."

marry.

Before falling in love with Al Elfer, Haruto didn't think about this word.

At that time, his life seemed to have just begun, let alone getting married, he never even thought about falling in love.When he was a good student, his main concern was his academic performance, and most of the rest of his energy, apart from part-time jobs, would be shared with his clueless father.

After meeting Al Elfer, Haruto couldn't even think about the word.The country they live in does not yet recognize same-sex marriage, Haruto has no yearning for the wedding, and does not feel that his relationship with Al Elf needs a certificate to maintain it.But occasionally—such as attending a colleague’s wedding and hearing him say with a smile, “From now on, she’s mine”—he would also feel slightly envious.

This state lasted until last year, when he came home from get off work one day and found that Al Elfer was researching materials related to same-sex marriage.

"The time is fine," Al Elf raised his head, shifting his gaze from the material to his lover, "Let's get married."

"..."

"He said it first?" Inuzuka Hisama was very surprised, "I can't tell..."

Had to choose between the Sisters and Al Elfry who were more like wanting to have a serious family, at least nine out of ten people would have chosen the Sisters.Just as Inuzuka Hisama felt that the image of Al Elfer in his mind had changed, he heard Haruto's weak voice: "Because he thinks...it's more cost-effective."

Among other things, at Mitsusaki Mori University, the benefits of married employees are better than those of unmarried employees, with half a month more holidays every year.There are also those fragmentary preferential policies that can only be enjoyed after marriage. Al Elf carefully calculated with him for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that the cost of marriage is extremely low, but it can increase income. Expenditure has many benefits, not to be missed.

After listening to the whole story, Inuzuka Hisama couldn't help grinning. He really didn't expect that Al Elfer's views on this issue would be highly consistent with his own.But this kind of reason is neither romantic nor warm, so he could only pat Shi Qingren's shoulder sympathetically to show his comfort.

The news that the two were going to get married spread quickly in the social circle. Qingren replied to the congratulatory text messages all morning, and also received two photos from Al Elfer: Professor Kahn, who got the news from nowhere, showed Out of extraordinary mobility, before noon, someone from the apartment building has delivered a huge flower basket, red and white roses in the flower basket spelled "L-Elf&Haruto" in white letters on a red background, and the names of the two people More eye-catching "FromCain".

This flower basket can't be moved into the room at all, and now it is placed as a decoration in the lobby on the first floor of the apartment building, and everyone passing by is looking sideways.

Compared with the pair of friends, master and apprentice, Qingren's parents reacted more normally.After hearing the news that his son was going to get married, Shi Zongyi felt very sad. Although his son moved out to live with his lover a long time ago, leaving his lonely father alone in the vacant room, living together and getting married... have different feelings.

He sighed for two days, and finally called his son back and threw him two big paper bags.

"Wear this to go that day." Still a little melancholy Shi Yanzong said listlessly, "Remember to take a photo for me."

Inside the paper bag were two suits, one black and one white, everything from jacket to shirt tie and even shoes and socks.

Qingren was holding the paper bag, not knowing what to say for a while, his lips moved, and he said in a low voice: "Father..."

"Don't forget to tell him," Shi Zongyi remembered the point when he reminded him, and suddenly became serious, "you will call me 'Father', 'Father' from now on!"

My old friend Kahn has been teaching students for so many years, but now the most proud student refuses to even call him "teacher", and at most calls "Professor Kahn" in a business-like manner.On the other hand, even when my son was the most rebellious, he obediently called "Father" when he saw him...

Thinking of this, the melancholy professor finally felt relieved.

It's still a good idea to raise a son. My son will never run away. If I'm lucky, I can abduct another one.

He happily thought about how to casually show off this matter to Kahn, whether to invite him to dinner or to bring him to Sakimori for teaching exchanges.The forgotten Haruto looked at his enthusiastic father speechlessly, thought for a while, and couldn't help laughing again.

Although the way is a bit weird, they are still blessed by their relatives... right?

Standing in front of the full-length mirror, Qingren carefully buttoned the last button of his shirt, and then put on his coat.

He swayed in front of the mirror, and felt that his image was roughly manageable, so he took two steps back and turned to look at Al Elfer.

If it is said that Qingren still wears formal clothes every year when the freshmen enroll or when the school holds some activities to fill the scene, Al Elfer, who basically stays at home in his daily life, changes into formal clothes the number of times. number.But even so, the white windbreaker sponsored by Shi Xing's father is still suitable and handsome on him.He glanced up and down at Haruhito, and picked up the tie that had been put aside.

Qingren stood there obediently and asked him to help tie and adjust the tie.He turned his neck uncomfortably—even he felt that he was [-]% more handsome than usual after this outfit, but being handsome has a price, the weather at the end of August is so tightly covered, even if the air conditioner is turned on in the room, he still I sweated a lot.

Seeing Al Elfer nodding, Haruto finally breathed a sigh of relief, quickly took off his coat, and folded it carefully.

The waiting time passed faster than expected, it seemed that in the blink of an eye, September [-]st was already around the corner.

During the recent period, Qingren felt that he had become a primary school student before the spring outing, looking forward to and apprehensive. This symptom was especially severe on the last night of August. After walking around the house a few times, he simply squatted in the doghouse Before, I played a game with my pet dog.

Haru had no objection to this approach, but it aroused Al's dissatisfaction.At this time every day, it had to prepare for bed, but Haruto forcibly called away its bed partner and mattress.As a result, the dog happily sat down, sat down, shook hands and jumped up and down under the command of the owner, but the cat was staring at it. Al Elf passed by a few times and felt that this kind of development would not work, so he simply said: "Everything that will be used tomorrow is ready Are you ready?"

"Eh?"

This question successfully attracted Haruto's attention, he let go of the hand holding Haru's paw, the brown-haired dog retreated to the den, Al regained the sovereignty, and lay down contentedly in the old place.

"It should be... everything is ready." Haruto said after counting the materials to be prepared again in his mind.

There are not many things to prepare, and the identity certificate and medical examination report are enough. The two of them just had a physical examination together the day before yesterday-in order to avoid embarrassment, there are still a few days left before they can make out.The prepared materials are now lying in transparent folders and placed on the coffee table in the middle of the hall to avoid any possibility of being forgotten.

Al Elfer hummed and didn't say anything else, but Qingren sensitively realized that something was wrong - after being together for so long, his ability to interpret "Al Elfer Language" has already reached the professional eighth level , the reaction just now was definitely not "very good, everything is ready to be OK", but rather like "I know what you overlooked, but I'm not going to say it".

... What has he overlooked?

Qingren frowned and thought, the room fell silent for a moment, Al Elfer went into the bathroom to wash up, a cat and a dog grouped together in their dens, the late-night shopping ads were playing on the TV that he forgot to turn off, the host recommended, the latest Hearts and Arrows diamond ring in style, interpreting your romantic love...

……ring?

ring!

It dawned on him in an instant.

"Al Elfer, I..."

I forgot my wedding ring.

I was really embarrassed to say this, Qingren was dejectedly thinking about which gold shop was the nearest, the white-haired young man who came out of the bathroom gave him a sideways look, took out a small brocade box from his pocket, and threw it over.

There are two platinum rings lying in the brocade box, the style is extremely simple, almost two circles.

"It's more convenient," said Al Elver, "and out of the way."

It fits Al Elf's style very well.

Qingren finally breathed a sigh of relief, and pressed the brocade box on the folder.

The night of "the last day" is always very difficult. Qingren can't remember when he fell asleep. When the alarm clock rang, he quickly opened his eyes, but the sleepy god still refused to give up and insisted on continuing his consciousness. Drag it into dreamland.

It was Al Elver's voice that ended the tug-of-war: "The nearest check-in location is ten kilometers away, starting at nine o'clock in the morning, if you get up now and leave the house within 10 minutes, we have 70.00% Probability to get a marriage certificate numbered '001'."

"……I see."

Qingren struggled to get up from the bed, rushed to the bathroom and washed his face.When he came out, Al Elf was fully armed and had time to bake two slices of bread for breakfast.

He always seems so calm...

As she hurriedly put on her clothes, a strange thought flashed into Qingren's mind.

It was going to be their wedding anniversary, but Al Elfer acted like it was just one of the countless normal days they had spent together.

Agitated and disturbed...seems like he's the only one.

This thought only stayed in his mind for a short moment before being thrown aside by Qingren.

They managed to get out the door within 10 minutes and arrived at their destination unimpeded all the way.The staff in charge of registration seemed to have been prepared for a long time. Although they were a little nervous when they saw the two coming in, they still smiled at them.

"Please fill in the registration form——" There were two stacks of registration forms, one blue and one pink, on the desk. The staff skillfully drew one on the left and one on the right. I put the pink one back and took another light blue one.

Qingren smiled at her, and the staff blushed even more: "I'm sorry, this is the first time I've gone through procedures for a man..."

"It's okay," Qingren said understandingly, "It's also the first time I've brought a man here to go through the formalities."

This time even Al Elfer laughed. He took his registration form from Haruto and glanced at it.The content to be written is nothing more than the old-fashioned ones. People who have lived in modern society for more than 20 years can almost write well with their eyes closed.

Al Elfer lowered his head and filled out stroke by stroke.The dark handwriting fell on the light blue paper, which looked extraordinarily clear.

He signed his name at the bottom of the registration form and handed it out.Haruto was a little slower than him. After the two forms were placed on the staff's desk, they looked at each other in unison. Haruto was obviously nervous, but Al Elf looked calm.

The staff finished typing on the keyboard, stamped the two registration forms, and signaled the two to go to the back to take pictures.

The person in charge of taking the wedding photos was a middle-aged man who looked very artistic. He admired the outfits of the two before getting behind the camera.Haruto and Al Elf stood up according to the instructions drawn on the ground and looked at the camera, but they never heard the sound of pressing the shutter.

They were wondering, the photographer's head stuck out from behind the camera, and said to Al Elver, "That gray-haired gentleman, smile!"

Al Elf was taken aback.

"Laughing——" the photographer showed a toothless smile while talking, and Al Elf froze and didn't respond. After a while, he slowly showed a smile.

While looking at him, Qingren silently turned his face away, the photographer shook his head in dissatisfaction, and criticized Al Elfer's perfunctory attitude - this is a wedding photo, and he will be with them for the rest of his life, the smile in the wedding photo is not good How to do it? According to his experience, the better the smile on the wedding photo, the better life will be after that...

The more he talked about Al Elfer's face became stiffer, Haruto couldn't help laughing, the photographer looked at him, and immediately said: "Look, your wife—er, I mean your husband, you have a good smile .”

Al Elf frowned and looked at Haruto's expression for a while, then smiled again.

Haruto commented honestly: "You look like you're saying 'Come hit me'."

Al Elf tried to adjust: "What now?"

"Now it's 'I'm going to hit you.'"

"..."

Laughing is not difficult for Al Elfer, although Haruto thought he was expressionless when we first met, but soon he discovered that Al Elfer is actually very expressive.

He's just used to controlling himself and not letting his emotions show up too much.The more serious the occasion, the more seriously he needs to face the things he encounters, the better his emotions will be controlled.

...It's even so good that I can't let it show casually.

There was a floor-to-ceiling mirror in the room where the photo was taken, and Al Elf stood in front of the mirror, frowning and thinking about how to make himself smile naturally.Haruto glanced at the photographer who was fiddling with the camera over there, and tiptoed over to Al Elfer.

"What?" His movements couldn't escape Al Elfer's attention. Qingren stood behind him and stretched out his hand naturally—at the same time, he praised his father's eyes in his heart, Al El The waistline of Fu's windbreaker is just right, and it is very easy to hold.

Al Elfer turned his face slightly, Haruto leaned against him, and whispered.

"It doesn't matter if you don't smile," he said, "Al Elfer is always pretty."

The tone of his words was extremely serious, and Al Elf's eyebrows jumped, and he spoke in a low voice: "Shi Qingqing——"

Qingren looked at him confidently, but it didn't take long for him to hold back, and his face burned up little by little.Al Elf walked back to the camera expressionlessly, paused, and raised the corner of his mouth.

"Perfect!" The photographer waved his hand excitedly, "Mr. over there, come here, your wife—er, your husband is ready!"

"The gentleman over there" hurried over and finished taking their wedding photos.The photos were digitally printed, and they were available immediately. The photographer took the printed photos and looked left and right. It was very fulfilling, and he printed three extra photos for them as souvenirs.Qingren couldn't help laughing while holding the photo, Al Elf glanced at him, and decided to seal everything that happened just now to the deepest part of his memory.

After taking photos, the whole process is almost gone.They quickly got the freshly released marriage certificate, the staff smiled and wished them a happy marriage for a hundred years, Qingren said thank you in a hurry, and almost floated all the way to the taxi home.

That's it... it's over?

Qingren stared at the marriage certificate in his hand, as if to confirm that this was not his dream.The whole thing went so smoothly that he felt a weird sense of unreality.

"hand."

Al Elf patted him on the shoulder, interrupting his wild thoughts.

"Oh yes... the ring."

The brocade box containing the ring was kept by Al Elfer, and it has now been opened by him.Al Elfer took out a ring, and lightly stroked the inside of the ring with his fingertips, as if confirming something, then he pulled Haruhito's left hand over who was still thinking about "when should I wear the ring" , Putting the ring on neatly, the movement was accurate and quick, Qingren only blinked once, and found that there was a shiny ring on his hand.

The cold metal against the warm skin feels fresh.Haruto tried to move his fingers, and then quickly took Al Elf's hand to prevent him from putting on his own ring.

Al Elf turned his head to the side, and looked at the Shi Qingren who was putting the ring on him. He lowered his head, and he could only see a head of brown hair. He deliberately combed it neatly when he went out in the morning, and he looked a little dull ——Fortunately, it can't be seen in the photo.

A mischievous heart popped up on a rare occasion, Al Elf reached out and rubbed his head, Haruhito groaned, shook his head to avoid his sudden attack, and quickly put the ring on.

"Al Elfer!" Haruto protested.

Al Elf pretended not to hear, turned his face out of the window, but quickly glanced at his left hand. He didn't look back until he was sure that a ring had settled down there, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Congratulations, after living together illegally for so many years, I finally completed the legal procedures."

"Happy together."

Hanoin's profile picture popped up on the screen, and the sour smell could almost be transmitted along the radio waves.Al Elf responded calmly, and even threw a stone into the well: "So, when do you plan to become regular?"

Hanoin sent a long string of ellipses, and after a long time, two words appeared: "Next year."

And the addition much later: "January Ninth."

For the sake of their classmates, Al Elfer decided not to continue to gloat, he changed the subject: "Has Kahn expressed anything?"

"Same as you, flower basket."

However, the most rebellious student and the most obedient student obviously cannot be treated in the same way. The flower basket received by Yixi Ain is moderate in size and beautifully made. The flowers used are all specially treated never-withering flowers, which can be placed in the room Watch for a long time.Yixieyin, who had received a rare gift from his mentor, now placed it in the most eye-catching position on the decorative cabinet in their room. To paraphrase Hanoin, he could not wait to burn incense every morning and evening, and directly use a shrine as an offering.

"What flowers did you use?" Al Elf knocked casually.

Hanoin didn't answer, and sent a photo directly.

The basket was filled with blue forget-me-nots, and a few golden marigolds were dotted among them, which was particularly eye-catching.

Al Elfer: "..."

When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven.

Putting this in the time's house, even if Qingren gets married, all the dogs he raises will be rewarded.

On the way back, Qingren deliberately went to the pet store, bought a pair of new collars with similar styles, and went back to change them for the cat and dog at home.Haru was very excited about this and licked his master's hand enthusiastically to express his gratitude.Haruto tapped it on the head and went to the toilet to wash the drool off his hands.

His hands were slippery after soaking in soap, and the ring, which was originally the right size, was a little loose.Haruto took it off carefully and put it aside.

His gaze unconsciously glanced over the inside of the ring, and he couldn't help but pause.

There are extremely fine handwriting engraved there, and it is almost impossible to see it if the light is not right now.

L-Elf.

He read the secret hidden in the ring with his fingertips, the anxiety and apprehension that had been stuffed in his heart flew away without a trace, but there was another kind of soft emotion that swelled in his chest.

This emotion made him want to do something impatiently, but he felt that it was inappropriate to check the time, so he had to walk around the room.Just at this moment, his cell phone rang - the caller was Inuzuka Hisama.

One of the purposes of Inuzuka Hisama's phone call was to congratulate the newlyweds, and the second was to gossip about how the two men registered.Haruto thought about it for a while and thought it was nothing special, Inuzuka Hisama sighed, and said: "Why are you married when you like men, but I still don't have a girlfriend if you like women?"

"...Maybe because there are more men than women now." Qingren said honestly.

This answer is really not consolation, Inuzuka Hisama continued to sigh, but Haruto thought of a question, and said hesitantly: "By the way...Senior, do you know..."

He blushed a bit, but fortunately, Inuzuka Hisama couldn't see through the radio waves: "Is there anything... that can only be done after marriage?"

"...to do?" Not being married does not hinder Inuzuka Hisama's "experience" in certain aspects, his brows twitched, and he felt that he seemed to be ruthlessly hurt by his junior again, "You mean..."

"It's just...we basically have everything...and now...so..."

Haruto stumbled and stumbled, Inuzuka Hisama filled in the blanks silently by selecting words in his mind, and said, "You mean that you have basically tried everything, and you are just married now, so you want to come up with something suitable for a newlywed, right?"

"Yeah!" Qingren replied quickly.

"You can only try it after you get married. I really know that kind of..."

"What is it?"

"Divorce." Inuzuka Hisama said blankly.

Shi Qingren: "..."

In the end, they still used the one they were most used to.

Haruto sighed contentedly, and rubbed against Al Elf's back. Al Elf was itched by him, and moved to one side, but Haruto intensified and simply hugged him.

"Al Elf..."

"Ok?"

"Actually..." Qingren whispered, "Actually, you're also very happy, right?"

A sentence was spoken without beginning or end, and Al Elf didn't make a sound, but Haruto seemed to have already got the answer.

He lowered his head and kissed along the knuckles on Al Elf's back.The delicate kiss was warm and slightly tingly, and Al Elfer made a low sound, and relaxed his body as if in response.

As a result, neither of them got up early on the first day after their marriage.

Al Elfer's biological clock made him wake up on time, but his body was not very obedient, and he craved the bed lazily.

It was rare for him to have the idea of ​​staying in bed, he didn't even want to open his eyes completely, but squinted slightly, his eyes scanned the dim room, and found that the curtains were not drawn tightly, leaving a gap.

A ray of sunlight slipped in from here, falling not far from his eyes, shining brightly.

……shining?

He opened his eyes slightly, only to realize that it was Shi Qingren's hand - one of his arms stretched out and landed on him, and the palm fell right in front of his eyes.On the root of the ring finger, the ring worn by Al Elf is reflecting the ray of sunlight that sneaked into the room.

He should have said that it is best to take off the ring when you sleep, right?

With meaningless thoughts in his mind, Al Elf's eyes flicked past the ring, and then drifted to the sleeping person beside him.

He thought for a while, lowered his head, and slowly approached Qingren's hand with the slightest movement.

Carefully, kiss the light shining in front of your eyes.

End.