Sweet daily life of Little Tanuki and Qin Che in Love and Deep Space

"Here...and then, from the elbow to the palm." Your palm moves downwards, the skin of your hand pressed against his. It's a little warm because of the heat, and with you two so close together, he's even slightly sweaty. "And here, have you done that too?"

“I don’t have a penchant for showing people my trauma.” Even as he said this, he didn’t grab your hand to continue exploring.

"Understanding a person's past allows you to understand their present." You looked up and met his bright red pupils. His raven-feather-like eyelashes trembled slightly, as if he were carefully considering your words.

"Always hiding your wounds too well isn't necessarily a good thing, is it?"

A ray of moonlight fell, landing squarely on his right eye, where a tiny scar lay, almost invisible unless one looked closely. It must hold a deeper secret.

"But perhaps not everyone needs to be understood..."

Before he had even finished speaking, you were still propped up, under his slightly surprised gaze.

The kiss landed gently on the small scar above his right eye.

He closed his eyes reflexively, and you could still feel his eyelids trembling beneath his lips.

A light kiss, and when you looked up, he opened his eyes too.

His eyes held a complexity you couldn't comprehend. He didn't say anything, just quietly looked at you.

But it's as if you've already picked up a fragment, reflecting a corner of his past.

"I want... I said I want to understand you, understand your past, understand everything about you..."

Qin Che remained silent, offering no answer as you had hoped.

It's impossible not to feel disappointed, but you've grown up a bit now. If he really doesn't want to talk about it, there's not much you can do.

"If you don't want to talk about it, then forget it..." You shrugged, turned over, and lay back down against his chest.

You calmed yourself down and took a deep breath discreetly from an angle where he couldn't see you.

He then asked, "What's the next plan?"

"To the depths of the desert." He tightened his grip on your arms, his voice coming from above your head, "Want to come along?"

"Yes! Together!"

The rich spices exude a spicy aroma, which intertwines with the sweet scent unique to palm trees, forming a soft and warm veil that quietly envelops the entire world.

Gradually, everything seemed to fall into a deep sleep, and the surroundings were peaceful and serene.

Perhaps the long flight kept you from sleeping well, and after a busy day, waves of intense drowsiness washed over you, making it hard to resist.

You instinctively wrap the blanket around yourself tighter, trying to fight off the weariness.

Your gaze falls on Qin Che's large hands in front of you, feeling the warmth emanating from him.

You shifted your body slightly, trying to get closer to him, hoping to absorb his warmth more thoroughly.

However, even though you are so close at this moment, you know clearly in your heart that you cannot truly enter the depths of his heart to glimpse the world that belongs only to him. Nor can you personally touch those deep wounds hidden in his heart that no one else knows about.

They are like an invisible barrier, standing between you.