[bright] time

(bright side)

When I woke up, I found that I was still sitting on the heated wooden floor, and there was no sign of being moved.

Sports news came from the TV that was turned on. It was a program he would watch every week. It was broadcasting the results of various ball games at home and abroad, such as baseball, football, golf... and so on.

The announcer's commentary, the exciting background music, and the audience's cheers rang through the speakers of the plasma TV in the living room, making the whole apartment even more deserted.

haven't come back...

After taking the car keys and going out, he never came back.

The reason for the quarrel is really subtle and common, to the point where I can't remember it after a night of sleep.

In fact, there is no need to say such serious things... I can't help but reflect like this after every quarrel.When will my personality of not knowing how to control my anger change when I get angry?Ask yourself this more than once.

Maybe he wanted to wait for my anger to calm down, or maybe he didn't want to be affected by my anger any longer. When the quarrel got out of hand, Shinto always ran out with the car keys.

Obviously this is his home... Even the quarrels are allowed to me.

"It's our home!"After all, it's half cohabitation, so it's also your home! 』

I asked him why before, and he answered me like this.

But this time... Maybe it's not so easy to get it together?

It's late at night... and even the date has changed, don't you plan to come back to sleep?

Damn Shinto...

Made me sleep in the living room for so long….

Kata──

The sound of the door lock being opened came from the entrance. I closed my eyes, held my breath, and listened with ears.

After hearing the automatic locking, he heard the sound of him opening the sliding door of the dressing room. He seemed to have stopped inside for a while, and soon there was the sound of footsteps in socks walking on the floor.

The moment he opened the door of the living room, he faintly heard a sigh,

"Taya, didn't you say you'd catch a cold if you slept here?" He lowered his voice, looking a little annoyed.

With the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer, my heart beat faster and faster unconsciously, but I still closed my eyes stubbornly.It's not because I'm still angry, it's not because I want to be awkward, it's just that it's different from usual... If I wake up at this time, I won't be able to close it.

So never wake up...

When I was a child, I had several experiences of falling asleep in the living room at home.

Waiting to play chess with my father who returned home at night, waiting to hand over the cards I made by myself to my father, waiting for my mother to return home from a delayed flight...No matter what the reason was, he would be woken up and rushed back to his room to sleep.

So when I heard other students say that they were taken back to the room by their father to sleep, I was actually a little envious... because I have no such memory.

Self-management and self-responsibility are the family motto of the Taya family. Acting like a baby and willfulness are of course not allowed.

But after I lived with Shinto's family for a while, I didn't have to envy others anymore.

Whether it is when you accidentally sit on the warm floor and read the chess record and see that you are falling asleep, or when you just don’t want to go back to your room to sleep, you will wake up the next day lying on a soft bed, tightly surrounded by Shinto’s arms .

You don't have to worry about being blamed anymore, you can instantly move to a warm bed without moving; and then..., even if you quarrel, you can use this method to get back together, and you can get back together without saying anything....

But this time,... I forgot one very important thing,

Coming back so late, doesn't it mean that Shinto's anger is more difficult to dispel than mine, is he the one who is really angry?

So it will be different from before.

"Tsk-huh..."

After an impatient sigh, Shinto's breath could no longer be felt beside him.

Was left behind...?

Just when I couldn't believe it..., the footsteps came closer again.

The blanket was on me, pulling and pressing, as if I didn't want the cold air to touch my body... but it was obvious... this was different than usual, not the one I wanted.

After covering the quilt, as if fulfilling an obligation, the footsteps left the distance again, and the sound of bathing water came.

Really... was left behind.

Turning his face to the floor, he buried himself in his arms.

I should have thought about it earlier, I should have apologized to him when he opened the door, and told him that I was talking too hard.But it has become like this, I don't know how to get it together...

Stupid!

Turning around and throwing off the blanket covering her body, she watched with resentment,

what is this?

obligation?pity?

What's the point of doing such superficial things if you don't want to get along well?

That idiot Shinto is as small as a grain of rice!

After only a few words were read——!

After being read a few words──

idiot... it's me...

...the small one...it's me...

Scolding him like that for a little thing...

At this moment, the sound of the sliding door of the dressing room being opened suddenly came again, and I hurriedly leaned back on the table,

I don't even know what the point of such an action is now...?

Is it just trying to get angry...?It's all over now...

A little impatient footsteps, the sound of opening the door, and the sound of Shindo talking to himself.

"Hurry up, hurry up... huh? Didn't you cover it just now? Why is this guy sleeping so badly? Sigh..."

He seemed surprised to see the blanket that I removed, sighed again, and put the blanket on me...

really stupid...

I said no to this kind of thing!I don't want this hypocrisy!

Just when I almost burst out and threw the blanket on the ground again, the scent of shower gel came to my nostrils, the body lying on the table was pulled up, the arms were raised on his shoulders, and the back and knees were stretched in. A pair of familiar arms were picked up together with the blanket...

"Ugh...heavy..." complained, shook me who was about to slide down, readjusted my position, and walked to the room.

In the past, I always let him worry about it without any effort.Because once I use force, it is tantamount to admitting that I am actually awake. This is undoubtedly a big trouble for me who only knows this method of cooperation.

But today...,

The hug that finally arrived, and the full of doubts, made me unable to let go of my hands wrapped around his neck at the moment when I was put on the bed.

"...Taya?" Feeling strange, Shinto pulled his face away and turned to look at me.

Slowly opened the eyes that had been closed tightly, and asked him hesitantly: "...Aren't you angry?"

"Huh?...Why are you angry?" The expression on his face was more puzzled than mine, which made me a little angry.

"I was so angry that I drove the car and ran out. I didn't come back until this time. A blanket wanted to send me away and left me in the living room. What is it if you are not angry?"

"...Ah, that's right. I ran out because I was angry, but isn't it the same as usual? I don't want to quarrel out of control, and I don't want to lose even worse...I only lose more and lose less when I quarrel with you ..., and we can both calm down for a while, right? The anger will subside in two or three hours."

"... You went out for more than two hours this time! It's already midnight, and... you left me in the living room...!"

"How could I! Isn't it just bringing you in?" Shinto quickly denied,

"Anyway, it didn't come to me suddenly..."

"No! It's so late because I was driving halfway, and I received a call from Kazuya, telling me that he had an argument with Nase, and they are both fallen in the world. Of course, we invited him to have a drink.

Who knew that he was more seriously injured than me, he drank whiskey, and what was even more hateful, he vomited on me...!I came back shortly after Nase came to pick him up.

When I came back, I saw you sleeping on the table again... Didn't I say that I would catch a cold! ?Can't you tell me...!I want to hug you back to bed right away, but the smell on my body makes me want to throw up, so──”

"...So you just put the blanket on me and run to take a shower?"

"what."

"Is that so..."

No wonder the speed of bathing is much faster than usual,... so it is.

Thinking about it, she leaned her face against Shinto's neck and shoulders.

"What about you then?"

"Um?"

"...Are you still angry?" A voice like a child who has done something wrong.

"I'm not that small."

"Oh~?"

"What's your dissatisfaction?"

"I don't dare to have it. Hey~ Anyway, it's fine if you don't get angry."

Kneeling on the ground, Shinto lifted off the blanket that covered me, climbed onto the bed and put his arm around my waist and back, kissed my lips as hard as if he wanted to carve it into himself,

"That's it! Now?" He opened his mouth and smiled, seeking my compromise.

Looking at his sincere expression, he nodded.

"Ah, by the way, when did you wake up?"

"..." Suddenly, Shinto asked a question that I absolutely didn't want to answer....

"You said I left you in the living room with a blanket to solve it... so you woke up then?"

"..."

"..., why don't you talk? Taya!" Pulled my shoulders roughly, "Do you know how heavy it is!? I'm as tired as a cow!"

"Didn't you say that I'm too thin! Have you been telling me to eat more!?" Light is what he is saying, but he is also saying!

"No matter how thin you are, it's still the weight of a man! Besides, there's not much difference in height between us! Next time I move you, you should try to hold my neck tightly, right? You don't know how afraid I am of throwing you to the ground." !?"

"...How can someone who is asleep know so much!"

"So you're already awake!?"

"I──...!...Yes! I woke up this time! But I won't know next time!" I said, thinking to myself...although the last time, the last time...innumerable powers of n I was awake every time...

"Oh! You are awake! Why don't you go to bed and sleep by yourself!?"

"I am going to sleep, good night."

"Ah? Sleeping to dodge my questions again? Taya! Listen to me! One day I'm on a business trip, won't you be sleeping in the living room all night!? Hey!"

Although Shinto's nerves are thick, but when he is sharp, he is really sharp. If you continue to ask,

A good method will not work next time.a little worried….

So I broke away from Shinto's arm, climbed onto him, put my arms around his neck, kissed his lips that still wanted to question me,

"thanks."

"Ah?" He looked dumbfounded.

"Is it heavy? Thank you." He lowered his head and kissed Shinto's open lips in surprise.

"ㄟ?" He still looked dumbfounded.

"...I say thank you." This time I kissed his slightly red cheek.

"///No...you're welcome...."

Sometimes I really don't understand Shinto..., I'm so easy to blush at times like this when I'm doing more things that make me more ashamed.It's hard to understand.

"Good night then!"

"Well,...good night....why...there is a feeling of being cheated...?"

In this way, even if I fell asleep in the living room again, Shinto would still silently carry me back to the bed as before, without asking any reason.

Maybe... he has already found out?

Being clumsy and unable to apologize, I only know how to use this method to make peace with him.Because in the future, every time he quarreled, he would come back within two hours without any surprises...

[-] years old / autumn

Diary - Lip Balm

He picked up the lacquered red wooden bowl, turned the lid of the bowl slightly, and the white steam rippled in the cold air.Put the chopsticks into the bowl and stir it two or three times. The miso that settled at the bottom of the bowl spread out like the steam just now, and the chopped green onion, kelp sprouts, and bonito flakes also floated up and down in the soup.

"Be careful, it's hot, Ryo."

"Okay, thank you Mom."

After blowing, he took a sip of the hot miso soup, but Ryo couldn't help frowning the moment the noodles touched his lips──.

Ming Zi hurriedly got a glass of water to give to Liang,

"Is it hot? Really, didn't I tell you to be careful?"

"No, it just hurts." Putting down the bowl, Liang touched his prickly lips, and was a little surprised to find blood on his hands.

"Oh, it's all cracked. It's been too dry lately." Akiko pulled out a piece of tissue for Liang,

"Liang, come to Mom's room after breakfast and help you apply some medicine."

"Oh." After the white tissue was no longer stained with blood, Ryo patiently finished his breakfast.

"Mom, it's me." Standing outside the room, she said to the person inside.

"Please come in."

Opening the paper door, she saw Akiko sitting in front of the dressing table, looking for something in the makeup box on the table, and took out a pink bottle that looked like lipstick.

"Sit here, Ryo."

"Um?"

Akiko stood up, pulling Liang to sit on a chair.

Liang has been in a state of panic ever since he saw that lipstick-shaped object, half pushed and half pushed onto the chair by Ming Zi, looking at himself reflected in the mirror, even himself felt that his face seemed a little pale... .

"Mom..." After struggling for a long time, he finally called out to Akiko.

"Huh?" Responding softly, Akiko opened the cap and turned the lipstick out. The lipstick itself was white.Light finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's the matter?" Smiling, she didn't notice Ryo's troubles just now.

"Nothing." Ryo smiled awkwardly and shook his head.

Holding the lipstick, Akiko bent down and carefully wiped it back and forth on Liang's cracked lips two or three times,

"This is very useful. After rubbing it two or three times, the wound should heal."

"...Hmm." Looking at herself in the mirror with Akiko's lip balm on, she felt very strange.

"The weather is very dry in winter. It doesn't matter if you are a boy or not. If your lips are cracked, you need to take good care of them. They are so rough, the other party must be very painful when you kiss, and it's not good to be rejected. Purse your lips, Liang."

…──Huh?

In Mingzi's series of words, Liang seemed to hear some bad meanings, but he didn't dare to delve into it. After all, these words are very likely to be purely hypothetical questions.

Putting away the lipstick and closing the lid, Akiko looked harmless to humans and animals,

"Let's light this one up? Mom still has it anyway."

"No...no need, I'll just borrow it from Mom when I get back." Liang quickly shook his hand, even if it was just lip balm, this whole action was still very difficult for Liang to accept.I feel embarrassed when I look in the mirror, let alone wipe it in front of others.

"Is that so? That's fine."

Liang insisted, Akiko could only smile and put the lipstick back into the cosmetic box.

***

Walking into the chess academy, Ming Zi's sudden words just now kept revolving in Liang's head.

"Yo!"

As soon as he raised his head, it was Guang who greeted him, presumably, the only one who greeted him in such a casual tone in the whole chess academy was Guang.

"Ah." Since you are just casual, there is no need to waste your tongue saying good morning.Answer any one, and stand beside the light and wait for the elevator.

Light turned his head and glanced at Liang,

"Handout? Look at your suit coat."

"Yeah." A short answer, Liang stopped talking and looked at the dancing lights above the elevator.

In this short 1 minute, Guang took another two or three peeks at Liang,

"You-"

Ding~

If the sound of the elevator arrival signal interrupts the light,

Liang entered the elevator, held down the door open button and looked at Guang standing in front of the elevator with a puzzled expression on his face,

"Doesn't it match?" He asked Hikari with his eyes.

"Ha... let's go." Hikaru let out a sigh of relief and walked into the elevator.

Liang pressed the fourth floor where the handout classroom was located, and then the sixth floor.

"Do you know which floor I'm going to?" Guang asked with a wry smile.

"Don't you have palms?" The game room is on the sixth floor, and Kwang has palms today.

"Yes~, I remember it very clearly."

Guang replied and took a step towards Liang, and pressed the door close button first. Seeing Guang Guang approaching suddenly, he raised his head and realized that he had been surrounded in a small corner without knowing it.

"What's wrong?"

"I-"

"Wait for the elevator!"

Before the door was about to close, someone suddenly yelled outside the door. The voice sounded familiar, and Liang pressed the door open button.

"Oh! Isn't this Shinto? Ryo is here too?"

Standing outside the door were Awara and Ogata.

Ashihara waved his hand with a grin, and Ogata pushed his glasses to reveal an inscrutable smile.

"Good morning, Mr. Ogata, and good morning, Mr. Ashihara." Lightning up his head, he said early.

"Ah, morning. The one ahead. Blocking the way." Ogata replied, ordering Hikari, meaning to get him out of the way.

There was a sound of "going" in my heart, I just touched my nose and retreated to the back,

"Morning, both of you." He said in a sincere voice of reluctance.

The elevator doors closed, and the confined space began to slowly ascend.

More than half of the people coming and going to and from the chess academy are elderly people, so this year the office asked the operator to slow down the speed of the elevator.So much so that now the elevator is crawling at a turtle-like speed.

Hikari standing at the back of the elevator was impatiently tapping his fingers on the newly erected iron handrails to prevent the elderly from falling.

In the silence, Ogata suddenly said emotionally,

"I heard that the chess academy is discussing whether to install a closed-circuit camera in the elevator."

"Really? Why?" Ashihara asked.

"For safety. I'm afraid someone will encounter a pervert."

"Sigh~ It's really hard being a woman these days." Lu Yuan shook his head.

"Who said that only women will encounter it? Men should also pay attention, they don't know when they are about to be attacked. Hmph ~ funny."

Ding~

As soon as the fourth floor arrives, the door opens,

"Mr. Ogata, Mr. Awara, I'm leaving first." Highlighted, exited the elevator

"Oh? Is there a lecture today?" Awara asked.

"Yes."

Following Liang's back foot, Guang pressed the door close button to exit the elevator.

"Oh? Shinto, didn't you go up to the sixth floor?" Ogata asked maliciously.

"The air is not good, I feel dizzy in the elevator." Guangyu replied stingingly, and waved his hand.

Ogata smiled contemptuously.

The door just closed.

Standing in front of the closed elevator door, Liang Liang stared inexplicably,

"Where are your hands?"

"It's still early." Said Guang looked around the next four,

"Let's go." He grabbed Liang's waist and pulled Liang into the stairwell without hesitation.

"Where are you going? Shinto!?──I want to go to class!"

"It's too early to say."

Forcibly holding Liang's hand, he climbed half a floor to the platform between the fourth floor and the fifth floor. Guang pressed Liang against the wall and kissed Liang's lips.

"...Um... what are you doing?" Liang's cheeks were a little flushed, and he turned his face away, pushing the light away.

Grabbing Liang's hand pushing his chest with one hand, clasping Liang's chin with the other, without saying a word, he continued to focus and persistently kiss Liang's lips, as if possessed by a demon.

"...Hmmm...Yah...Jin...Hmm...Hmmm..."

Looking at Liang's half-closed pupils, Guang sticks out his tongue and slits Liang's lips, in order not to taste the sweetness in his mouth, Guang opens his lips to enclose Liang's upper lip,

After sucking the kiss for a few times, the sound of water echoed in the stairwell when the lips parted. The tip of the insatiable tongue stubbornly licked the bright cherry red lips,

"...Um...ha...───"

Liberating the upper lip, Guang continued to kiss and lick every inch of Liang's lower lip, holding the lower lip in his mouth, opened his teeth as if he was going to eat it, gnawed lightly a few times, and sucked hard──

"──Pain..."

"What... what's wrong? Did I push so hard?" Hikaru asked hurriedly.

"No....It cracked in the dry weather."

"Is that so..."

Pushing away his bare hands, he turned sideways and took out the handkerchief in his pocket to touch his lips, there were tiny bloodstains on it.

Guang pulled Liang's hand down, carefully kissed the blood on Liang's lips,

"You, you 'met' once in a long time, and you don't listen to me well."

He stared at the light and asked, "What do you want to say?"

"Ah...the 'you' in front of the elevator."

"Ah...." After Guang's reminder, Liang finally got a clue, when Guang was about to say something, he was interrupted by the elevator.

"Hmmm...'you' what?"

Seeing Liang's sincerity in wanting to know, Guang smiled,

"You, 'Why are your lips so shiny?'" He kissed the place where there was no wound and let out a chirping sound.

"My lips are broken, my mother put on some lip balm for me before going out."

"ㄟ~...." Guang looked at Liang Liang's lips thoughtfully.

"Where was the 'me' before Mr. Ashihara and the others appeared?" Liang asked. At that time, he felt that today's light was always hesitant to speak.

"I, 'I want to kiss you'."

"..."

Pressing his temples, it occurred to him that what Ogata said just now was for his own ears, and he also turned a corner to lose money.That's right, I was really too careless.

"...It's over. I'm going to class."

Pull Liang back,

"Wait a minute. Aren't your lips chapped? Wipe it back for you. I licked it all off, right?" Guang said, taking out a small jar of lip balm from his side bag.Knob opened the lid and wiped a little with the ring finger, lifting the bright chin.

"Is this edible?" Ryo was uneasy about this thing that looked like a misolidum.

"Of course, with your mouth open?"

Slightly separate the lips, light up the lipstick and spread it evenly on the soft lips,

"It's faster to apply thicker."

"...Hmm." Looking at Hikari's fingers dancing on his mouth, this inexplicable embarrassment made Ryo nervous enough to hold his breath.

"You're done." Turning the lid on, Guang smiled with satisfaction.

"...Thank you." Liang pursed his lips naturally like in the morning, wanting to apply the lipstick more evenly,

Then he found that the light in front of his eyes showed a dazed expression again,

Putting his palm on Liang's shoulder again, he lowered his head and pressed his lips against Liang's thin lips.

After touching each other, they immediately separated, and Guang scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"Ah..., I can't help it again..., hey..."

"Usually...is it this bad..." Looking at this light, Ryo asked almost to himself.

"Huh? What?"

"Are you usually rough?... I want to say if you are uncomfortable... Could it be..." I don't like it.

With blushes on both faces, the last three words were almost spoken in his mouth.

"...ㄟ!? Are you worried about this too? Afraid that I'll feel uncomfortable? Hate to kiss you?...Taya is so cute!! Am I dreaming? You're worried about such a thing!?"

Guang hugged Liang happily, pressing him on his shoulders and hugging him tightly.

Sliding her cheeks and rubbing her shiny black hair, she brushed away strands of hair with the tip of her nose, searching for the ears hidden underneath, a faint fragrance wafted between her movements, which was the taste of light.

"Taya, it doesn't matter if you don't stay overnight, come to my house after class?"

"..." Leaning on Hikari's shoulder, smelling Hikari's unique smell, the warmth spread from the chest to every corner of the body, "...I'm going to Kanazawa tomorrow, there's a public match, and my luggage hasn't been packed yet."

It took a lot of effort to keep myself rational.

Hikaru sighed in disappointment, but still did not give up,

"It doesn't matter if you don't do anything, it doesn't matter if it's just an hour or two, come here... just sit together, watch TV and have a cup of coffee, or even play chess together.

Come on...you don't even want to be alone with me? "

Through the coat, Guang's arms shrank vigorously, and finally outlined the slender line of the body under the coat,

"Come here, Taya?" The voice was almost pleading.

Hikaru buried his face in Liang's neck, and kissed the place where Liang had left the wound as if touching.

This made Liang couldn't help but took a deep breath, suppressed his body that was almost trembling, and said slowly word by word, "You...you won't go until you beat me today."

"Really?" Light pulled Liang's shoulders away, confirming with Liang in disbelief.

Seeing Hikari's child-like happy expression, Ryo couldn't help but smile and nodded.

"Okay! Absolutely win! I'll show you the win in the mid game!!" Clenched his palms firmly, declaring his determination.Step up the stairs and rush to the sixth floor.

Sighing, Liang reluctantly walked to the fourth floor.

"Taya!"

For the first time, Guang, who had climbed up to the fifth floor in a while, suddenly called himself,

"then!"

"Huh!?" Just like that, a white unknown object fell on his head like this, Ryo hurriedly caught it, and what fell into his palm was the lipstick he had just used to wipe his lips.

"This is for you, don't use auntie's lipstick anymore. Even your mother and I will be jealous, not 'indirectly', the only one who can kiss you is me!"

Liang really never thought about indirect kissing. Light's jumping thinking often makes Liang feel that he can't keep up.

She blushed, "You...what are you putting on your head!?"

"Isn't it just you and Go? Needless to say? By the way, remember to wipe it a few times before coming to my house to see if it will heal quickly, otherwise I dare not use too much force if you keep screaming in pain. That's it!"

After finishing speaking, there were a few frozen sounds and disappeared in the stairwell.

Covering his mouth and blushing, Liang felt that he had been fooled.

"...And you said 'It's okay if you don't do anything'..."