[bright] time

(light side)

At [-]:[-] in the morning, there are still [-] minutes before the departure time of the morning tram.

Taya and I sat on the chairs on the platform and waited.

In the winter mornings, the sky is relatively late, and the sky looks like it is late at night, and the fluorescent lamps on the platform are still on.It was just the two of us on the empty platform and it was quiet.The thermometer hanging on the wall shows that the temperature is only [-] degrees Celsius.It was freezing cold.

Yawning, the white mist curled up in the air, and Guang pulled the collar of his coat to prevent the biting cold wind from pouring into his clothes.I looked at Liang who was sitting next to him, his hands in his coat pockets, and he was motionless.

"are you OK?"

"..."

Liang lowered his head and didn't answer.Should he not...

He bent his body and looked at the face wrapped in the light blue scarf.

"Are you asleep?"

"!? Not at all!" The drooping eyelids opened with a "eye" sound, and Liang's face was full of refusal to admit defeat.

Lately, I've found myself enjoying this guy's stern expression.

Obviously tired and sleepy, but he insisted on raising his spirits and straightening his back, as if he was afraid of being underestimated by others.This imbecile behavior makes him look like a child.then i will...

"No? That's great! I'm so sleepy, I don't want to move. If you're not sleepy at all, please help me throw a can of coffee." After speaking, he took out a [-]-yen coin from his pocket and put it in the bright legs,

"Thank you." The whole person hung on the chair showing a tired look for Liang to see.

"why me?"

"Aren't you sleepy? Give me a service. I'm so sleepy." Rubbing his eyes, he yawned deliberately.

"..."

Liang stared at his round eyes and pursed his lips.Suppressing his anger, he picked up the coins and walked towards the vending machine ten steps away.

When he came back, he was holding a can of hot coffee with a little sugar in his hand, which was the brand he often drank.

With change in his left hand and coffee in his right, he stopped in front of Guang and handed it to him, with dissatisfaction still on his face.

"Thanks. But," Dan Guang just took the change and said:

"It's too hot now, I don't want to drink it yet. Take it first."

Taya's preparatory actions when he is angry: squint his eyes, frown, take a breath, pause in the chest for a second, and then explode,

"Don't go too far! I'm too──…"

Light deliberately made Liang angry, so he knew how Liang would react.

With a smile on his face, he asked,

"How is it? Huh? Tell me."

Self-consciousness is a bit too much.

Let go of your teasing attitude, and repeat what Chang said to Liang:

"So didn't I say it? When you're tired, you say you're tired, when you're sleepy, you say you're sleepy, and when you're cold, you say you're cold! There's no winning or losing. You're a real person, not a superman! Patience What's the use? Will it disappear out of thin air? Your personality is very disadvantageous."

This is one of Taya's personalities that I can't stand.He is too patient.

He feels that it is not good to make others worry, and it is not right to express negative emotions outside, so he tries to keep himself in the most perfect and educated state at all times.

The old me would have thought that without a doubt—Taya is a man who needs nothing to worry about, a prince who is impeccable—as he tried to convey to everyone.However, after getting to know each other for a long time and deepening it, I realized that this is not the case at all.

Taya also feels tired, has jobs she doesn't want to take, and things she hates, just like ordinary people.It's just that he chose to hide it so that no one would notice it.If you really want to say that what makes him different from ordinary people is his endurance and perseverance, right?

Seeing it in my eyes, on the one hand, I feel admiration, but on the other hand, I feel... I can't stand it anymore.

"You are the kind of person in the Chess Academy who will always give you some extra work."

"Work is learning."

With a bright look, Guang sighed a long and silent breath.

No, if I continue talking like this, I will get angry again. No matter how many times I tell him, he will always give me the same words.This guy can live as long as he has Go.

"If it's cold, hold that can of hot coffee. If you're sleepy, sit down. I can lend you my shoulder as a pillow."

"No, I'm not sleepy anymore." Taya held the canned coffee in both hands and sat back on the bench.

I knew that with such a strong self-esteem, he wouldn't want to take a nap on anyone unless the sky fell.joke!

Looking at the gray gloves on Liang's hands, Guang remembered that they were gifts for Liang on his birthday last year.It looks very new, Liang should take good care of it,

"Is it warm? Can the wind blow in?"

"...It's okay." Liang thought for a while before realizing that he was talking about gloves.

I speak casually, and say whatever comes to mind.But Taya seems to have gotten used to it, and hasn't corrected me for a while.

But, is it warm or not?

Tsk, forget it, anyway, he seems to like that thing quite a bit, so that's fine.Could this be the first and last tangible birthday gift?This year, Taya was given a whole day of chess with him, and it should be the same in the next few years, as long as this is still the gift he wants most.

Glancing at the clock hanging on the platform, I have to wait another [-] minutes for the bus to arrive.It's been a long time.Waiting for the tram here early in the morning, the first "bad" in the history of life.

All in all, today is not my day, it's so bad.

I thought that after the end of the year-end party, I could pat my ass and leave, but I didn't expect that there would be a "continuation of stalls". I continued five stalls in a row until it ended just now. I was really going crazy.

After singing "faint", although he recovered [-]% of his momentum, he was also watched by Mr. Ogata at the same time.I wanted to see what songs we young people sang, what things we played, and where we went, forcing me, He Gu and Yi Jiao to take him everywhere. KTV, bowling alley, video game field, etc., I played through all of them in one night. This is the first time for me, and my feet are really soft.

Brother Yamu and Brother Luyuan also came, (these two perpetrators...)

"It's our fault. We shouldn't have half-jokingly told Ogata-san that Shinto always carries Ryo with him wherever he goes recently."

What do you mean take him everywhere?At most, go to eat and go to Hegu's seminar! !They are too talkative!

Nase is also here, (the innocent implicated...)

"Shindo!! When is the end of the year-end party?? Didn't you say that Kazuya has something to tell me!!"

I also hope it will end soon!What can the boss Ogata who leads the team not let us disband? ?

Taya also followed, (...)

Why he followed, I still don't know the reason until now.He was the only one who got the amnesty from Mr. Ogata to go back first, but he followed us around the gym.

"By the way, Taya, why did you follow us around? Obviously you can go back first." No matter how you look at it, he feels that he is already very tired.

"If you don't raise your hand I have to go up and sing."

Taya looked down at the coffee in his hand, still looking sleepy.I just said I want to lend you my shoulder!Really like to be brave, and very serious.

Sometimes I feel that this kind of personality is very hateful, I don’t know how to change it at all, and I have quarreled a lot because of it; This personality is also full of cuteness.

"It's none of your business. I was the one who pissed off Ogata-sensei by ordering that horrible song. There's no need for you to suffer with us. You always go to bed early and get up early, don't you? Suddenly you're kept up all night , I should feel like my liver is about to explode right now? To be honest, I haven’t stayed up late for a while, and now I feel a little light on my feet and my head is heavy. I will definitely fall asleep when I go back. Ah, I haven’t taken a shower yet..., Oh, it’s so troublesome, I might as well not wash it, hehe~, anyway, it’s so cold and I’m not sweating at all!”

Strange, usually when it comes to this, the super clean guy will call me dirty,

Why didn't you respond today?what the hell?

Just when Guang was about to turn his head to find out, he suddenly felt a weight on his shoulders.

Phew~, what, actually fell asleep.Who said you're not sleepy anymore?Really hard-spoken.

At this time, a gust of wind blew up on the platform, and the electronic instrument began to display the message that the tram was about to enter the station.

It's over, the car is coming!Shall I wake him up?It's such a pity...──,

pity?What am I thinking?Now is not the time to think about such things, seeing that the car is almost in the stop!This guy must be woken up! !

"Taya! Get up! Hurry up!" Hikaru grabbed Ryo's shoulders with both hands and shook him awake.

After being shaken like this, Liang finally opened his eyes slowly, and replied sleepily: "...Do you want a drink? Here you are." Returning the coffee in his hand.

Oh my god, Taya Ryo, who was so sleepy, always felt a little glaring.

"No! The car is coming! Don't go to sleep, sleep in the car!" He took the coffee and stuffed it into the crossbody bag, only the bright left arm pulled him up from the chair.Walk towards the parked tram, and enter the compartment where there are only two or three passengers and the heating is turned on.

Standing bright, he chose a seat on the far right side of the carriage and sat down.The heating came up from the soft cushions, making the whole body warm and even began to feel hot. The zipper of the feather coat, which has always been afraid of heat, opened the zipper of the feather coat. Taya said:

"Not hot?"

"Hot..." Liang replied in a daze, but still didn't move.

"Really. Let go of the heat!"

Guang only reached out and untied the scarf wrapped around Liang's neck, and put it back in his hand.

Feeling something fluffy in his hand, Ryo looked down in slow motion, moved his fingers lightly, and half-closed his eyes after confirming that the scarf was in his hand and asked:

"...Then can I sleep now?"

I said, Teacher Xiaoliang, are you awake now?

"Sleep. I'll call you when I get off the bus."

Hearing the satisfactory answer, Ryo nodded like a child, and thanked Ryo.

With the regular shaking of the tram and the continuous sound of running in his ears, Liang leaned on the railing at hand and closed his eyes, continuing the interrupted dream just now.

***

Not long after the tram drove, the phone vibrated in my pocket. I opened it and saw it was an email from Hegu.After Ogata-sensei's continuation meeting was dissolved, Kazuya went to fulfill the agreement and confessed to Naase.

The result is---,

"Wan Fu Papa's ramen for a week, I made Y dish Y"

As soon as he saw the first two lines, Guang couldn't help clenching his fist and making a "yes!!" movement.

Oops!The action is too big! !

His body remained still, and he rolled his eyes to look at Liang who was sitting next to him, falling into a deep sleep.Fortunately, Liang didn't wake up because of that action just now, and Guang breathed a sigh of relief.Continue to read the next content,

"Nase actually agreed!She actually said that she actually has feelings for me too! ! !Wow~~~ I will definitely not be able to sleep today! ! !It turned out to be such an exciting thing to date a girl I really like! !The whole body can feel the heart beating!It was so touching! 』

Yes yes yes, I am really happy for you.

"You also hurry up and learn from me, and find a real life!"Don't play anymore! 』

Who is playing?I am serious about every paragraph.

"I said, it's been long enough since you broke up with the last one. This time the window period has dragged on for so long, is it because you plan to eat fast and chant Buddha?"Or is Youmei her own destiny, so the pain lasts longer? ?No matter what, there is no grass anywhere in the world!Go get a girlfriend now!Leave it to us and we can have a foursome date!The location is Disneyland!how? ?Hahahaha~~ Let me tell you, when Nase heard my confession, the whole person was…………………』

There is still half of the content of the email left, but I couldn't bear it any longer. I deleted all the content, typed [-] characters of "Go" and added a sentence of "Refused to show off" and sent it back to He Gu, turned off the phone and closed the screen, and took it back. pocket.Now I urgently need to appease this urge to kill.

Is it my life..., it's not my life, so they are all relatively short-lived?Those love affairs of mine...

In the tea shop, the slap that Youmei gave me seemed to distort a part in my head, which made me realize something.

Whether it's dumping someone or being dumped, I don't seem to have experienced the pain of falling in love.

I'm a little lonely, but it's painful...

Compared with the pain in the heart, the pain on the face is more real; compared with the bitterness in the heart, the bitter taste of black coffee is more obvious.It turns out... I am such a ruthless person.super shock.

Youmei is my favorite type, and it was love at first sight when I saw her at the opening ceremony.She often sneaked a peek at her, who was a senior at the time, in the court meeting, and would deliberately detour through Youmei's classroom to see her.

It's not that I want to chase her or think about something, it's just a kind of longing, just like the feeling of wanting to look at something beautiful.Yes, I am very superficial, okay!Only look at the appearance.

So I'm not going to act.How do you date someone you haven't spoken to or greeted?Just take a look.I have this mentality.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Wei, who sticks to her side all day long, discovered her sneak peek at Tomomi.

He has been urging me to confess, and told me how a bunch of nobles in the Heian era wrote poems and songs to pursue their favorite women.After a few letters, if it feels right (?), you can take a bullock cart to have a tryst at night.After Zuowei's explanation, I realized that the Heian era was really open.

It's a pity that I was really a kid at the time, and I didn't ask Zuo Wei if he had also taken that kind of bullock cart to knock on women's doors.If so, what kind of woman is it?Now I'm still curious to know.

Later, I really wrote a love letter to confess my love. Now that I think about it, I’m really stupid... Not only are I not short, but I also have ugly handwriting.In the end, Tomomi patted my head and rejected me very gently, completely treating me like a child.

A few years later, we met by chance, chatted about past and present, and started dating.Dumped after four months of dating.

Youmei is different from the girls I have dated before. She is very mature and gentle, and she doesn't speak willful words.I thought this love would be different from before.In the end, it still made her feel uneasy.

On the day we broke up, she told me,

"I want to be with the light for a long time, what about the light?"

"Need to say? Of course!"

"Okay, then answer my question. If there is only one hour of light's life left, what would light most want to do?"

"Tomomi, what's the problem?"

"It doesn't matter if you say I'm naive! I'm serious! Answer me!"

"One hour? ... Then, let's play chess."

"Play chess!? Alright, then I'll ask another question. In the last hour of my life, who would I want to be with the most?"

"..."

In fact, the answer has already surfaced in my heart.But I can't say it, because I know that this answer will make the tears that Youmei suppressed in the eye sockets will fall.

After an angry reprimand, what followed was a hot slap in the face.

This is the first time I've seen Youmei's expression of grief and indignation. She just sat in her seat, unable to move.

Some people say that women are meant to be coaxed, and sometimes there is nothing wrong with telling white lies.

I don't believe that at all.How real can a relationship maintained by falsehood be?When it comes to being in a relationship and talking about mutual distrust that needs to be filled with lies, it might as well be over happily, I think so.

The agency said, this is because I don't love her enough, so I don't want to try every means to keep her.

Maybe She was right, Tomomi, who already knew what I was thinking, just wanted me to lie, and hoped that I would lie in order to maintain this relationship, to prove how much I like her.

But I didn't do that.

If the first answer is to play chess, the second answer is of course Taya Ryo.

At the end of my life, I just want to play a game of chess that is worthy of my heart.

You can forget everything with a game of chess,

Once you get a call from Taya, you can drop any date,

Always putting Taya as the top priority means that I still think playing chess is more important than anything else.

Oh, there is no help!

The cancer cells called Go Idiots have spread throughout the body and are in the terminal stage of cancer.

There is no need to save it, and I can't save it, because I don't intend to be saved.

Are you playing?

What Shehe Hegu said was right, I was indeed playing.

A person whose mind is all on Go and who treats love as a change of mood is really not qualified to fall in love.

I thought a lot during the month of the breakup, and came to the conclusion that I am a bad person....

***

It was pitch black outside the car window, and the scenery outside the window could not be seen at all, and everything in the tram was reflected like a mirror.At the far left end of the carriage sat two students wearing uniforms, probably from the club's morning training, carrying two large bags with Adiddas on them.On the chair in the middle sat an office worker wearing a suit and holding a briefcase.There were only five of us in the whole car, it was empty and quiet.

And my mood is the same, a little empty, but very calm.

He just glanced at Liang who was sleeping soundly leaning against the railing.Just wanted to complain about:

Hey, I have become a Go idiot like you, what should I do?

At this time, Liang suddenly moved, and raised his head leaning on the railing.

Shouldn't you hear it?Did I just speak out?

Taya, who half-closed her eyes, was full of displeasure. I was most afraid of this expression.

That meant he was going to give me some trouble again.

"It's hard. It's hard to sleep." Taya said in a nasal voice.

Your Royal Highness, this is a tram, not your home, of course it's hard to sleep!Have you ever dozed off on a tram?

"...So didn't I say to lend you my shoulder?" Ah, even if I agreed, he wouldn't agree, and I forgot again,

"Otherwise, take the scarf—"

Before Guang finished speaking, Liang suddenly interrupted Guang's words and turned his head to stare at Guang.

Hey, what have you been watching for so long!Are you focusing?

"Shinto Hikaru?" Called me by my full name?I highly doubt that this guy must have lost his head.

"How? It's not who I am." Guang felt his heart beating faster.

Don't stare at me with such misty and wet eyes anymore, I'm still used to Taya with stern eyes, it will make me very strange!Where is it strange?heart?Jump super fast now!

"...Then borrow it." After speaking, Liang leaned his forehead gently on Guang's shoulder, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Black straight hair, eyebrows looming under the bangs, closed eyes, slender and long eyelashes, regular and delicate facial features, if you look carefully, you will find that this guy is really good-looking .

──What are you doing! ?

Realizing that he was staring at Liang's sleeping face for a while, he immediately looked away and looked forward.

Didn't he already know that this guy was good-looking?Just look at the group of girls who linger outside the chess academy all day long. Why do you feel like you only realized his appearance today?I am really sick.

Before, there was absolutely no such thing.

I thought Taya was cute, good-looking, etc..., but now I often feel that way.

In addition to the Go stupid disease, I may have another disease, cataract, glaucoma, presbyopia, etc. In short, some diseases related to the eyes should be cleared.

After a "not friends but rivals" quarrel, we finally became friends.Both rivals and friends.For me, everyone in the chess academy has this kind of relationship, they can play together or fight ruthlessly on the chessboard.However, I don't know why or when it started, I feel... my attitude towards Taya is different.It's different from other mochi.

Like now, if it was He Gu who was resting on my shoulder, I would definitely get up and leave immediately, and let him sleep enough by himself.But now...

When I had to wake Taya up on the platform just now, I felt it was a pity.

Is it simply because such Taya Ryo is so rare?still….

People are most defenseless when they are sleeping. I always think that Taya is not the kind of person who will show a defenseless expression in front of others.No matter how sleepy he is, no matter how bad his physical condition is, he will straighten his back and show a very energetic look.It was like this when I was at KTVBOX just now.

I've seen this guy's expression when he's asleep.

That time was when he had a high fever on a typhoon day, and I sat next to him all night, staring at his face.There was no way he wasn't feeling it, but he was still sound asleep.Maybe it was because he was too sick, maybe the high fever of [-] degrees [-] took away his precautions, but I think the biggest reason is that he completely regarded me as Teacher Taya, so he could sleep like that without any worries. last sleep.

I've always thought so.

Because since then, I have never seen Taya with such a defenseless expression.

But today, he called my name and recognized me,

Then leaned on my shoulder and fell asleep.

sleep soundly.

It was still pitch black outside the car, looking at Liang's sleeping face reflected in the opposite car window, Guang slightly curled the corner of his mouth.I am satisfied with myself who can be trusted by Ryo.

***

The car dealer came to ○○ station, which is the place where I should get off.The arrival announcement sounded, and the tram doors opened and closed. Guang just held his breath, staring at the black glass windows, but he didn't know that the tram had already passed the station without a sound.

After passing the station where I should get off, I passed the station where Liang should get off.It took [-] minutes for the Yamanote Line to go around [-] stations and return to the station where Guangliang got on the train.

At this time, the black glass windows began to turn fish belly white, the night gradually receded, and the thin morning sun shone into the compartment, the light found that the sleeping face reflected on the window had disappeared, and the number of passengers in the car increased unknowingly. It was like having a dream.However, Guang really felt that something seemed to be sprouting from the subconscious and slowly growing.

After getting out of the car, the slightly numb shoulders, and the scent coming from the shoulders, which is different from his own, are reminding Guang that something has changed, something... he has been deliberately ignoring thing.