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Late last night, Tayala stretched her neck and gently pressed a kiss on my cheek, hugged my arm and closed her eyes full of sleepiness, and said in a misty and soft voice with the corners of her mouth curled up:

"...Shinto,...tomorrow... let's go buy a pillow together?...Buy my pillow...the next time I come to sleep...a ​​pillow..."

So cute. ...The words are cute, the voice is cute, the facial expressions are cute, and the movements are even cuter..., it's not the same as usual, it's my own Taya Ryo.

so happy...Holding the sleeping Taya in my arms, I firmly believe that I am the happiest person in the world.

…until that moment of waking up to the scorching sun in the morning.

The sun shone on Guang's face at ten o'clock in the morning, making him so hot that he turned around, hugging the person next to the pillow with his arms, and the person lying on the pillow lying on his arm was soft and fragrant... round and cool the... huh?

Closing his eyes, he realized that the touch and temperature in his hands were different from last night, and the taste was also different. He raised his head and squinted his eyes to see... a black cat's claw-shaped pillow.

Guang sat up and crossed his legs, looked at the pillow in his hand and scratched his head,

"... Chunmeng?..." He looked down at the middle of his legs wearing pajama pants, and made sure that there was no reaction or change of color.

Not a dream.If it was a dream, my clone would not be so peaceful.

Furthermore, if it was really a dream, compared to the previous dreams, I would definitely be able to imagine more provocative expressions from that guy, but yesterday, Taya kept hugging my shoulders and didn't let me see his face at all.

There was no face to be seen, but the burning and cramping deep inside Taya's body was still clearly imprinted on my lust, and...we made love.

...I entered Taya's body.

Such a real and vivid sense of closeness cannot be a dream.

Recalling last night's tenderness, Guang's blood began to concentrate at the tip of his body, and his desire, which was in the period of vigorous energy, raised his head eagerly.

"Slap──!" He slapped himself.What's wrong with a person?First catch the lovely person and send it again.That guy Taya actually engaged in such a trick?

When he opened his eyes and couldn't see his lovely lover at first sight, Guang's mood was extremely bad, he threw the pillow aside, and looked around the room for signs of Liang.Finally saw a post-it note on the bathroom mirror:

Suddenly there was a job, so I left first.Don't be late either.

Taya

"Didn't you say you didn't have a job yesterday?... Tsk...he's in good health, right?...He said he didn't have any pain last night, but his endurance is different from ordinary people... Maybe he said it to give me peace of mind..."

Hikari stared at the handwriting on the post-it note while brushing his teeth and muttered,

"...Although I didn't force him too much, but it was the first time after all... I just rubbed the tight place, stuffed it inside and rubbed it for a long time, and pushed it several times..."

The scenes of last night played out again in his mind. Hikaru looked down at the clone that had grown stronger at an astonishing speed, and said sadly to himself: "It's hopeless,...it seems that I can only generate electricity by myself."

***

Wearing nothing but a black suit, a light blue shirt and a sporty backpack, I arrived at a certain hotel venue in the city. Today, a Go conference was held here. In the morning, there was a Go guide for professional chess players, and in the afternoon, there was a public game , the light is scheduled to work in the afternoon.

"Shinto!" Kazuya, who was also in a suit, came from a distance, and waved to Hikari.

"Hey." Guang looked up and put away the phone, and said hello casually.

"What are you doing? You can be so insincere even when you say hello? Why are you so angry?"

"It's nothing." Since I got up in the morning, I have been contacted almost every [-] minutes, and all of them have not turned on.Let Hikari's patience reach its limit, and his bad mood is written all over his face.

Thinking that he would not jump out to show himself such a random anger, so he glanced at He Gu to find other topics, but he didn't look at it, but he found something that made his temple nerves twitch, and took a picture of He Gu. tie,

"Nase tied this tie for you?"

"Hey~ Can you tell?" He Gu gently tugged on his tie with a ostentatious smile.And this made the light feel even more unhappy today.

"Yeah, because the crookedness is very subtle." Why don't you choose today, tsk.

"It can't be helped, you don't know that Asuki is rude. ...No! I like crooked ties! What!? Jealousy?"

"Yeah, I'm dying of jealousy."

so good.Someone to help tie a tie after a sleepover?My family has disappeared without a trace, and you want to send me away after leaving only a few words?ruthless!

"I said Shindo, you say one thing and do the same thing, do you want a girlfriend so much? I heard Kado Waki-san complained, and you won't go when you are invited by the friendship, just like a game of Go Same as my girlfriend."

"It's not like you don't know about the friendship organized by brother Kadowaki. Which girl doesn't like to play? Don't hurt me, I'm not interested in that kind of thing now. Besides, I don't know what I owe him in my previous life. Every time Taya asked me when Ryo was around, I really wish I could kill him."

"...What's the matter with Guan Taya?" He Gu asked after hearing that there was a strange context in Hikari's words, "Why can't you ask in front of Taya?"

ah…! !Sure enough, it is better for me to say a few words less, because I am popular and not afraid of slipping.

"Uh... You know that Taya and I are the biggest rivals, and talking about this kind of thing in front of him seems to make him feel inferior. I don't want him to think that I'm not serious about playing chess."

These words are true. Before I fell in love with Taya, I really didn’t want to mention such things in front of him. Facing him who is wholeheartedly devoted to Go, I often feel helpless and despicable. Why can’t I be as satisfied as him? The brain is full of Go, after all, he is a half-toned chess player.

"Ah, I understand that. Even if we have friendship now, the frequency of gossip has increased, but I still don't dare to mention it in front of Taya. For some reason, I feel sorry for "Go"."

Phew~...Great, Hegu has the same mood as me before, so I can finally hide it.

"Alright then, next time I'll ask Kadowaki-san to pay attention to the surrounding environment before inviting you."

"?"

That, wait.That was not what I meant.Even if he invites me a hundred times, I still can't go!How happy am I now?Don't make trouble for me!

Walking outside the venue, the person in charge of the reception saw Guanghe Hegu approaching, took a step forward,

"Mr. Shindo and Mr. Gu, it's just the break time and the venue won't open until [-] o'clock. Please go inside. The Chess Players Lounge is set up in the third conference room."

"Well, thanks."

According to the instructions of the reception staff, Guanghe Hegu walked inside.

"By the way, I heard that you are explaining today?"

"Yeah, I still suffered from insomnia yesterday, please be merciful. Think about me in front of the audience, don't act like no one else. It's the first public commentary in my life, so don't embarrass me, brother?"

"Don't worry, I simulated it with Mr. Ashihara a few days ago, and I won't embarrass you."

"Really? ... But as far as I know, your opponent today should be replaced. Mr. Ashihara and Mr. Ueda didn't know which restaurant to eat yesterday. They had diarrhea after eating, so they can't come today. Mr. Tanaka told me when I went to the chess academy in the morning. mine."

"Diarrhea?...Then who should I replace today?"

"Of course it's my fellow student Toya, it's always been like this. He's the one who took over from Ueda-san in the morning's instruction game──Hey! Shindo, why are you running away!? Where are you going!?"

Hearing He Gu's words, Hikaru hurried to the lounge to find someone. He looked for Liang's face among the people who were eating bento and gossiping, but he just couldn't see him.At this time Yijiao walked in,

"Oh? Shinto, are you here? Come on today."

"Izuku, have you seen Taya?"

"Yes, just now I was eating bento here with me....Eh?" Yijiao pointed to a certain table in the corner, which was empty and spotlessly clean.

"Ah Fu, didn't Taya just sit there and eat, who?" Ikaku asked Fukui who was sitting at the next table and was quietly eating a bento.

Fukui was startled when Ikaku named him, "...uh...yes...why aren't you here?"

Answered, obviously avoiding the sight of the light.

At this time, the sharp-eyed light found two bento boxes on Fukui's table. The main course of one was fried pork cutlet, which was Fukui's favorite, and the other main course was salmon, which was always chosen by Liang, who was heavy on fish and not heavy on meat. convenient.

"Ah Fu-kun. Excuse me... why did you eat two bentos? Hmm!?" Guangyu questioned angrily.

"Ta... Taya-kun said he has no appetite! I'll help..."

"It must be you who said "this fish looks delicious" first, right!? Didn't you tell him not to help him eat bento!? You will become fat! Fat!! And you want to lose weight? I'm up to you If you are as fat as Mr. Kurata, you will regret it!"

Guangmao got up and read.The most surprising thing for Hikari back in Japan was that Fukui, who had doubled in weight, suddenly got along well with some young chess players, and the resentment that had been suppressed in his heart for nearly half a year broke out at this moment.

"Crack!" A thick stack of Yomiuri Shimbun hit Hikari's forehead like this, and Kurata, who had three bento boxes on the table, put down his chopsticks with a displeased expression.The so-called feng shui turns, one mountain is still taller, and there will always be a senior on the head of the senior, and those who are read afterward will become light.

"Don't speak ill of me to my face, I like it when people speak behind my back!"

"Yes~."

"Get it right, I'm quite proud of my figure! Looking at the entire chess academy, who is more important than me?"

"Yes~."

"I want to find Taya to go to the meeting place. They are already preparing to see if you are still playing here? Let me go, I don't want to stay here!"

"Oh? Yes! As ordered!"

Fortunately, what Cangtian ate today was fried shrimp bento. I was afraid that the crispy batter would not taste good after a long time, otherwise the light would definitely be preached for a longer time.With a grateful heart, he rushed to the backstage of the venue, only Liang's body was concerned.

Even Ueda-san's job is accepted, that is to say, the boy attended early in the morning, and he has been working until now, so it is impossible for him to be healthy....

***

Arriving at the meeting place, the assembly room that was not yet open was quiet. There were two chairs and a chessboard in front of it, and Liang Zheng sat on one of the chairs with a straight back and stared at Tian Yuan in the center of the chessboard quietly. It was Liang Liang's preparatory action before the official match, and it was the method he used to concentrate.

Feeling that the atmosphere around Liang was no different from that of a formal game, Guang hesitated whether he should move forward to talk to him, looked at his watch, and there were still [-] minutes before the opening, and besides, today was only a public match... After thinking about it, Guang decided to forcibly breakthrough.

Please, just let me ask a few words.

Stepped up and sat on another chair, "Yeah."

Liang slowly raised his head to look at the light, the sharp light flashed in his pupils, and he looked at the opponent with the eyes,

"Are you here? Have you started?" The voice was deep and cold.

"There are still [-] points."

"That's really rare. You're so early."

"Of course, who left the message telling me not to be late?"

After hearing Guang's words, Liang lowered his head slightly, with a complicated expression on his face.

"Why can't Mr. Ueda attend? Why don't you ask me to pick you up instead? Anyway, I will come in the afternoon."

"Are you Taya's disciple?" He stared, as if he had said something very unreasonable.

"What's the big deal about taking over a few games of guiding chess? Who stipulated that you can't take over if you are not from the same school?"

"Students in the sect should take care of each other in case of difficulties, so as not to cause trouble to the Kiin and other chess players. This is the rule of the Toya family."

I also heard Mr. Ashihara say about the unwritten discipleship of Taya, but I remember it was not "can't", but "try not to". This guy wants to achieve [-]% as long as he is a father.

Taking the light of the workaholic, the light lowered its head to look at the bright face,

"How much did you eat for lunch?"

"I don't want to answer this." He replied indifferently, and his brows furrowed more obviously.

"Why didn't you answer? Ah Fu said you have no appetite and are not feeling well?"

"I said I don't want to answer!" The voice was not loud, but the tone was so severe that it shook Guang's heart,

"Seventh Dan Shinto, dare you ask your opponent how much he eats for lunch before the battle? Do you care about his body? What are you thinking!?"

The eyes that stared at the light were burning with raging anger and inviolable arrogance, and they were warning the light not to tarnish this sacred battlefield.

"Are you going to be so stubborn in a public match?"

"I will do my best every game I play with you. If you are not in this mood, please don't sit in front of me. I don't want to play chess with you like this. I will ask Mr. Shinohara to find someone to replace you."

With that said, Ryo left his seat and went down the stairs to find Shinohara.

"Taya!"

Light, whose anger had accumulated to its peak, roared and grabbed Ryo's hand to prevent him from going.Then the moment he reached Liang's hand, he suddenly pulled it back, as if he was hiding something.

"...Are you having a fever?" Guang's expression changed,

"No, it's the heat you make me mad."

"What are you talking about—"

When I wanted to approach Liang, the door of the venue opened, and the audience, mainly elderly people, walked into the venue one after another. Seeing the light and light on the stage, there were happy and expectant voices.

"Oh!Teacher Taya followed up with Teacher Fuji and is already on stage!We need to hurry up and sit down! 』

"Oh!Mr. Kobayashi is here too?Let's sit together Let's sit together! 』

"I just saw the notice and found out that Mr. Taya was replaced today. I am so lucky!"To be able to see the public match of double arrows!I don't know what layout to show us today! 』

『Today, I came here for Mr. Shinto, but the two times Mr. Toya taught me just now was really wonderful!The old man has become a fan of the little teacher now!hehe~』

"Mr. Akai, where is our position!go go go go! 』

"Um? ...Is it old age?Why does it seem like a fight is about to start on stage? 』

"Yeah?Let me see! 』

Noticing the voices in the audience, thinking that the current distance would only make Ryo more disgusted, he took a step back to distance himself from Ryo, and lowered his voice, "Go down and rest now."

"I'm fine."

"Don't think that your physical condition today is the same as usual. If you continue to work hard, you will collapse. Do you want to collapse in front of these old grandpas?"

"...Even if you have a fever and pass out, it's none of your business. It's because I didn't manage my body well, so it has nothing to do with you. Besides, I have nothing to do. It's because you think too much. You just need to concentrate on playing your chess and don't let benevolence Appeared on our chessboard." Staring at the light, he dropped these words, sat back on the chair and waited for the game to start.

"It's nothing to do with me... Hey..." Turning his back to Ryo, he repeated Ryo's words with a wry smile, Hikari's heart sank, he didn't expect to hear such cold words.

The person sitting here is no longer the lovely lover from last night, but the strong and stubborn Go demon who never yields or compromises, the biggest opponent in my Go life, Ta Yaliang.

It can only be said that I asked for trouble, and fell in love with this kind of guy who distinguishes between public and private and loves to be brave.So far, there is only one way to force him to rest.

Guang walked back to the lounge, and a few minutes later he returned to the stage with a fan in his hand.

Standing in front of Liang across the chessboard and staring back at Liang, speaking in a low voice different from just now, with the corners of his mouth slightly hooked,

"Since Taya Kyudan insists on treating the public match as a competition, there is no reason for me to put on a show. Taya Ryo, wait for the middle game to surrender."

When I said this, Shi Shi didn't particularly suppress the volume. The audience sitting in the first few rows heard it clearly, and they all took a deep breath.

Hearing Guang's arrogant declaration, Liang also became angry, and wrinkled his brows forcefully.

"I will return this sentence to you as it is!"

The flames of war were ignited, and the unprecedented public game in the history of Japanese Go began.

***

With his bald head resting on a cat's claw pillow, lying on the cool wooden floor, looking at Taya's name on the phone screen, he sighed for the seventh time today.Guang and Liang hadn't met alone since that earth-shattering public match.

After the game ended that day, I was called to a meeting by Mr. Shinohara, and I was scolded.There is no such thing as being a professional chess player to promote the self-consciousness of chess skills, treating public games as a private battlefield, playing a game that is not a model for teaching, and has a killing atmosphere, which is inappropriate and so on.

I think Taya and I were both pissed off at the time.

He only wanted to win the midfield victory from the opponent, so he only used "attack" and didn't defend at all from the beginning.

There is offense and defense, and in the end it depends on who can calculate the result that is beneficial to oneself between offense and defense.But the two of us were impulsive, thinking that defense meant we were afraid of the opponent's offensive and succumbed to the opponent, and neither of us wanted to.

So it evolved into a mutual hacking meeting where he killed me three times and I returned to him four times.

"Defend me, you two idiots! !I have a grudge against me───! ! ! 』

I heard that in the middle of the commentary, Hegu was mad and started cursing, but we couldn't hear his wailing at all when we were in a state of bloodthirsty, and we only thought about how to kill each other more knives.

Looking at the chess game afterward, it was really amazing, it was so dilapidated that there seemed to be some deep hatred between us.And this chess record was passed on to the Korean Chess Academy somehow, and Gao Yongxia even called to congratulate me on breaking up with Taya, so fuck him to gloat.

Even if that kid proposes to break up, I won't agree,...and I won't agree when I'm angry.

"Fever has nothing to do with you..., it has nothing to do with you. 』

I'm furious.That idiot... none of my business?Otherwise, who did he do it with! ?

hateful.Only this time I will never apologize.

He closed the phone and threw it on the sofa, and went to the refrigerator to find something to drink when he was so angry and thirsty.

"Tsk, it's out of stock."

Glancing at the piles of beer cans in the recycling bin, the results of the past few days.Only to buy.I took the wallet and collected the garbage and took it to the resource recycling yard on the first floor to throw it away. I walked to the convenience store at the corner of the alley to buy things in my slippers.

That guy should have arrived home by the time Shinohara-san finished scolding me, and while I was picking up the fan, I called Miss Ichikawa and told him that Taya had a fever and asked her to come and take that idiot home.

At the end of the game, when he saw Miss Shihe standing in the waiting room worriedly waiting for him, he gave me a hard look, not the kind full of vindictiveness, but murderous.

But who cares about him?He didn't listen to what I said, he was so worried that he ignored me, and only respectfully invited Miss Shihe, who he didn't want her to worry about the most, to come.From then on, I asked about the kid's condition from Miss Shihe.I heard that the fever subsided on the second day, and there was no other discomfort. On the third day, I saw that guy come to the chess academy to play as usual.To be honest, I was relieved, but my anger was still hard to dissipate.

"It has nothing to do with you. 』

Almost as soon as I saw his face, the key words that made me angry would jump out, and he should also be angry with me for using Miss Shihe's card, right?The same sullen face.

Just took three cans of the brand he often drinks, two cans of new products, and two bento boxes, and went to the counter to queue up for the checkout.In front of him was a couple, the man in Jinbei and the woman in yukata, and there were two cans of barley tea of ​​the same brand in the basket. You talked to each other and glanced at the customers in the convenience store. More than half of the crowd were couples, and there were an unusually large number of people wearing yukatas.

Having said that, there seems to be a firework festival near here today. I saw the poster on the road a few weeks ago and invited Taya to watch it together. He seemed very happy.

…Unfortunately, that smiling face is now far away in outer space.

When I walked out of the convenience store after paying the bill, I just passed by the festival team with flutes and drums. The brisk rhythm and ancient tunes pierced the gradually dimming orange sky, and I took the night to the shrine [-] minutes away. , kicked off the fireworks display at night.

Watching the team leave, Hikaru sighed.

Wouldn't it be okay if I apologize first?There is no benefit in being angry for so long.Why do you have to be in this predicament after a sweet first night?

After all the fireworks festival, there must be a bunch of vendors. I ate alone and drank alone. I was really sad. ...Forget that I have no backbone, just call and apologize...

"It has nothing to do with you. 』

hateful! !It doesn't matter to me, so who does it matter to! ?It's not who I am who makes love to you! ?

Sorry for what?Do not hit!Absolutely do not fight! !

Struggling repeatedly, he returned to the apartment with the food in the plastic bag hanging, chilled four cans of beer and returned to the living room with the bento and the remaining can.

The work-student student in the convenience store is super cute. In order to take a few more glances, let her help me microwave the bento, and I have to improve my mood after taking care of my eyes.

"I'm gonna start now."

Opened the bento box, took a bite of the hamburger steak, and drank a sip of beer.Inadvertently sighed again.

I don't just like him when he's cute. I also love the Go demon who broke my country, and the iceberg beauty with cold eyes. I also have the consciousness that if I fall in love, I may get frostbite...but the blizzard really blows When I got up, my heart was still so cold that it was about to break. It seems that my practice is not yet at home.

After finishing one bento and trying to open another one, Hikari noticed that the mobile phone left on the sofa was flashing a blue cold light, indicating that there was a missed call.Open it and look, Liang called himself 10 minutes ago.

…This can be a memorable page in the history of communication.This is the first time this guy has called me after the quarrel,...Do you want to apologize?Can I write two pages of commemorative history today?

Or... Want to break up?Contact history so far?

Guang called back the phone tremblingly, and got connected after one ring, but the other party didn't speak.

"Taya?"

"Why didn't you answer the phone. 』

"Going out for a while." It's rare that he didn't give his name first, and asked me this at the beginning, thinking that I didn't answer his call on purpose, right?

"...Where are you going? 』

"Convenience store shopping." It doesn't sound like you want to talk about breaking up with me, so you can rest assured.

"Are you home alone? 』

"Otherwise. What about you?"

"…outside. 』

"Outside?... have a job today?"

Liang suddenly fell silent.At this time, Shiguang noticed that there was a bit of noise around Liang, as if he was in a noisy area.

"Where are you?"

"You want--"

They spoke at almost the same time, Guang fell silent and waited for Liang to speak.

"Are you...going to the festival?Fireworks festival near your home. 』

This is the first time Liang took the initiative to show affection after a quarrel, and the first time he opened his mouth to make appointments besides playing chess. The voice on the phone sounded a little hesitant and nervous, contrary to the usual impression that he always gave a decisive impression, and he could hear it all. I can't bear it.

"Well, let's go. We agreed to go today? Although we didn't make an appointment. By the way, you haven't told me where you are? I'll pick you up by bike?"

"No. ...I will wait for you in front of the steps of the shrine in [-] minutes.see you later. 』

Before Liang hung up the phone, Guang suddenly found that besides the sound of the crowd, there seemed to be the sound of drums and flutes... The tune was the same as that played by the team passing by his side [-] minutes ago.

"...That idiot."

For me, saying "want to go" does not mean "will go". This should be a social convention, right?An agreement without time and place is nothing more than talk.

"oh?There will be a festival near here next week!I really want to see it. 』

"Hmm, it seems interesting.And fireworks. 』

"go together? 』

"Um. 』

The above is the conversation of that day.

If I really want to say,...the time and place are not missing, because it is written on the poster:

Summer Festival and Fireworks Festival, [-]:[-] p.m., ○○ Shrine.

For Taya, this is the agreement established, right?

"Damn──!! I'm an idiot too!!" roared, and immediately rushed to the shrine with his mobile wallet and sneakers on.

I should know that guy's inflexible personality better than anyone else!