【Liai】Horizon

Just when Levi wanted the flight attendant to bring a cup of black tea, he felt his right shoulder sink, and the boy's smooth brown hair brushed against his chin.He paused for a moment, leaned to the right, watched the flight attendant walk by and didn't make a sound.

It takes more than ten hours to fly directly from Berlin to Los Angeles. It is almost ten o'clock in the evening now, and there is still the last hour of the flight.The cabin was very quiet, and most of the passengers leaned back on the reclined seats, resting with their eyes closed.The female voice on the radio softly reported the current temperature and traffic conditions in Los Angeles.Levi looked at the night sky outside the small glass window. The sky above the clouds was very clean, and many stars could be seen, but it was not as good as Stonehaven's sky.

Levi has been to many countries, many places.Han Ji said that he doesn't seem like the kind of person who wanders around, but there is always a factor of instability in his heart.He remembered that he once met an old fortune teller in a town by the Danube River Valley in Ukraine. He inadvertently helped him pick up a basket of accidentally dropped apples. In return, the old man sincerely asked for a fortune teller for him.

There are girls in plaid skirts playing on the stone steps in the town. That's the first time Levi praises Belarusian blood, especially the green eyes of one of the girls.When he and she looked at each other, he was a little dazed, until the old man slowly shook his hand.

The old man's hands were full of calluses from the years, and the old skin touched Levi's palm lightly.The old man touched the mark left by Levi's thumb pad from using the gun, and looked Levi's eyes again.

"You're putting yourself in danger."

"The bloody weather is different from what it was thousands of years ago."

"The person you are looking for is at—"

Simple sentences, but like ancient legends, engraved on my heart with a secret and familiar atmosphere.The old man patted Levi's shoulder before he walked, and sighed again during his staggering steps, and finally the old man looked towards the direction of the river to the south and murmured:

"The water of the Danube changes eight colors in a year, but green is his soul."

When Levi left, the girls in plaid skirts were still singing local nursery rhymes. The catchy melody coupled with the soft Ukrainian pronunciation was unforgettable.It wasn't until much later that Levi came across the lyrics of that song by accident:

"6 days is brown, 55 days is cloudy yellow, 38 days is cloudy green, 49 days is bright green, 47 days is grass green, 24 days is iron blue, 109 days is emerald green, 37 days The sky is dark green."

So I thought of Alan Yeager's green eyes.The boy was beside him, leaning on his shoulder, and couldn't get any closer.

He looks good when he's asleep, whether it's the wings of his nose, lips, or the occasional trembling eyelashes.The bangs on both sides are softly attached to the forehead, revealing the smooth forehead and eyebrows.

Levi hasn't moved, it's the first time he deliberately maintains his posture because of someone else's sleep, and it doesn't feel bad.Just when he felt that his mood had changed subtly, the flight attendant politely handed over a note, and pointed in the direction of Han Ji who was laughing silently across the aisle.

Levi spread out the note and saw that there was only one line of writing on it.

"Are you tempted?"

LAUSA2013.8.23

“目前世界各国装备的手枪的口径有5．45mm、7．62mm、7．63mm。小少爷，你要哪种？”

"..."

Allen obviously hasn't recovered yet, he is lying in front of the glass cabinet with a look of surprise.Germany's gun management laws are reasonable and do not prohibit private ownership of guns, but there are clear age and quantity restrictions.But the United States is different. Not to mention almost everyone has a gun. The commonness of guns is the highest in the world. Of course, various security problems follow.

Putting all these aside, Allen came back to his senses and replied to the man in the counter in English: "Excuse me, what did you just say?"

Levi had already put on black leather gloves, he stepped forward and knocked on the glass cabinet, "Give him Nagant Ml895."

"C3 compartment, I wish you a happy time, Boss." The man nodded towards him.

Allen carefully took the revolver that Levi had chosen for him, and followed Levi into the innermost compartment.Hanji was already eating french fries with her legs crossed on the sofa in the cubicle, she licked the ketchup at the corner of her mouth and said to Levi, "Erwin said he's free tonight."

Levi nodded, and gave Alan a pair of gloves and two earplugs from the shelf.To be honest, Allen's state is not very good now, and the successive gunshots reminded him of bad memories.

The memorable first encounter after a long time is not looking back at the street corner or something, but the gaze in front of the dark bar counter after the hail of bullets.

Han Ji smiled, and she patted Allen on the shoulder in a cheering manner, "Master Captain's personal teaching is unprecedented in history, ahh, I'm afraid no one in CORPS has this kind of treatment~"

Levi slaps her in the eye to signal her to shut up.

Came to this shooting club on the afternoon of the second day after arriving in Los Angeles, and the expenses here are more expensive than any golf club.Allen couldn't help thinking that Levi's sphere of influence was really terrifying, and he had already acquiesced that Levi was the kind of character who cultivated both black and white.Will silently follow to practice guns, it's not that Allen didn't care about his own thoughts.

I don't want to always be the one being protected.

This idea is actually a bit ambiguous.Allen is not the kind of person who can't hold a chicken, but he may not be so lucky when he comes to the bar again.While everything has been going smoothly so far, he's clearly not the victim who got caught up in a gang fight.On the contrary, he was well protected, invisible protection, so good that he felt that he had stepped into another world that was far away from him.The center of the world is Levi, and everything about Levi is mysterious and dangerous.

It also has a fatal attraction for him.

Levi fires three shots in a row, all hitting hearts.Hanji whistled and turned his gaze to Alan again.

"it's your turn."

Petra walked into the C3 compartment with a drink, saw Alan holding the gun and Levi who "hugged" him from behind, and still confiscated it with a soft cry.Han Ji glanced at her thoughtfully, then shrugged at her.

"Considering that you may not be able to withstand the recoil when shooting for the first time, you should do this first."

"Ah."

Allen was on one knee, half kneeling on the ground, holding the gun and steadying himself.Levi stands behind him, leaning against his back, reaching his arms over his shoulders to take his hand.

"Right hand holds the gun flat, left hand bent."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, hold the handle of the gun with the left palm, and press the thumb of the left hand on the middle finger of the right hand. This way of holding the gun is more stable. Looking straight ahead, you should not only see the target in your eyes, but also keep it in your heart."

"Ah."

"Shoot when you're ready."

Allen took a deep breath, the finger on the trigger hesitated for a long time and still didn't pull it down.He is a little nervous.How should I put it, what he smells now is Levi's breath, a mixture of bitter chrysanthemum and tobacco.It made him completely unable to concentrate.What's more inappropriate is that Levi sighed at this moment, and the warm breath rose to his cheeks from behind his ears, and Allen felt that the roots of his ears began to feel hot.

That's when Levi grabs his hand and pulls the trigger.

With a bang, it hit the fourth ring.

Hanji whistled again.Levi let go of him and took two steps back.He took out a gun from another gun belt around his waist, grabbed the muzzle and tapped the boy on the shoulder with the handle.

"You use this."

Allen saw Wings of Liberty.

"180 seconds, if the hit rate is 70.00%, this gun will be given to you."

Allen settled down and kept his eyes on the target.On the black silhouette board with a red circle, Alan's mind recalled the man who hijacked Petra with a gun on that night in July.

Raise your gun and shoot.

"Nice eyes, relax your right wrist."

Press the trigger a second time, and then again.

one more time.

Hanji quietly leaned into Petra's ear, "Hey, I heard you right, Levi said he would give Ellen the Wings of Liberty?"

"Well, yes. But the gun wasn't..."

In 180 seconds, plus the time to change bullets, Allen fired 23 shots and hit 17 shots, just reaching a hit rate of 70.00%.The boy was already sweating profusely, and his ears were a little ringing from the gunfire.Levi seemed quite satisfied, took a can of iced Coke from the table and threw it to him, and pointed at the gun by the way.

"Remember to wipe it every day."

"Ah, Mr. Levi, there is no need to..."

"Hanji, let's go. Petra, take him for a stroll."

Speaking of which, Levi had already left the private room.Han Ji patted Alan on the shoulder, "We're going to meet an old friend tonight, so don't run around, young master."

Allen was speechless, the water mist on the wall of the Coke bottle pressed against the palm of his left hand, and the cool water droplets slid across his wrist.On the other side is holding--

He let go, and the silver wings of freedom reflected the light.Every time I stare at this pattern, it is easy to be distracted. The raised feathers are proud and determined, with a fearless and dark luster.

Sure enough, find a time to return it to Mr. Levi.Twenty shots in a row shocked him so much that his mouth hurt. Allen moved his knee, only to find that Petra, who had been silent since just now, was looking at him.

Her expression was a little strange.

Petra stared at the phone screen and remained silent. Allen packed his things and got into a taxi behind her.

"When cleaning room 1704, please pay special attention to cleanliness. But don't open the locker, there are more important luggage there... Well, it's troublesome. Please also clean up the water stains on the glass in the bathroom, and the towels must not have lint Yes...yes, throw out all the things in the trash can, sorry...it's troublesome, thank you."

1704, that's Mr. Levi's room, right?

Allen waited for her to hang up the phone, and couldn't help asking, "Miss Petra, excuse me, are you treating Mr. Levi..."

"Well, yes."

It wasn't the questionee who was surprised, but the questioner was surprised by the unabashed answer.Allen's mood was a little delicate. He seemed reluctant to hear such an obvious answer. When he looked over, Petra still had a habitual smile, sweet and gentle, but there was a hint of loneliness in her eyes.

After getting out of the car, Allen felt uncomfortable for no reason, and Petra added in a low voice:

"It's a very lonely thing to fall in love with someone like that."

Allen snorted, and asked the question on a whim, and now he doesn't know how to proceed.After a long silence, Allen counted the sound of Petra's high heels hitting the ground, and she continued the topic.

"How did you see it?"

"Uh, it feels like..."

It probably started with the ingredients and cleaning regulations, and every time Petra and Levi appeared at the same time, Petra's eyes would always drift to him involuntarily.

And the lonely look in your eyes when you feel left behind.

For some reason, he understood that feeling very well, and his inexplicable self took Petra's place, and he became lost because of it.

After the silence, Petra spoke softly again: "Allen, you are 17 years old now, right?"

"Ah."

"Levi is 7 years older than you, 24 this year. Is he younger than you think?"

"Hey?!"

"Haha, who told him to keep a straight face all day long. He, Han Ji, and I are all in the same class. His parents passed away when he was 15 years old, and what was left to him were just some black and white photos memories, and a CORPS that was too messy. He completed the reshuffle of the organization when you were your age, and made everyone obedient."

The amount of information in this sentence is too large, and thinking of Levi's back standing alone under the moonlight, Allen felt that his heart was slowly falling into the deep sea.

"Miss Petra..."

"If it were you, I don't think Levi would be mad at me for telling you this."

"...Well, thank you."

"The first firefight between CORPS and the Miller family last winter was actually an accident."

"?"

"For that incident, I have an inescapable responsibility."

"...Well, Miss Petra, I don't understand."

Petra stopped, and Allen looked back at her standing under the streetlight.There are no flying insects under the street lights of Sunset Boulevard, and there are row upon row of trendy clothing stores, restaurants and coffee shops in West Hollywood.In a few hours, various nightclubs and discos will be full of groups of young people again.The doors of coffee shops and ice cream parlors opened and closed, and the cold air poured out of the shops, accompanied by various soothing songs.

The young woman with short blond hair draped over her shoulders, a blue and white striped shirt, black jeans and black high heels is obviously so outstanding.She was standing on the side of the road full of traffic, her eyes were red, and she was still in her own memories until.

"I'm sorry for reminding you of something unpleasant."

"But I think—"

"If it was Miss Petra, I think Mr. Levi would forgive that kind of past."

Petra looked up at Alan Yeager, the encouragement contained in his pair of green pupils was sincere and gentle, and behind him was the last light of dusk.He is always like this, obviously a simple kid who knows nothing, but with an irresistible power, he can shake people's hearts when he himself is not aware of it.

Suddenly understanding something, she smiled through tears.

"So Ellen, do you like Levi?"