【Liai】Horizon

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He didn't know how long he had been standing there, but it must have been there long before he woke up.

Confirmed in this way, Levi moved his shoulders naturally, pretending to wake up, and then saw the boy's shadow tremble, and quickly disappeared.

Tsk, brat.

In the next three years, he used to sleep on his lap, under different trees, with similar figures.One day he just remembered this matter, so he asked casually, and sure enough, he immediately saw the reddened ears.

"Why do you always peek like that?"

"Ah, well, if there must be a reason..."

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"What would you like to drink?"

"No thanks."

Levi ordered black tea for himself, and then sat in a seat by the window.The coffee shop at lunch time does not have a high attendance rate.The girl opposite had fair skin, short hair that didn't reach her shoulders, black eyes, and a very clean temperament.He looked at Mikasha, but she didn't shy away from his gaze.

"what do you want to say?"

"You know."

She is completely different from the limp high school girls in his impression, and of course she found herself to illustrate this point.Naturally beautiful and independent aura, coupled with what he had heard for a long time, she had a strong desire to protect that little devil. Now it seems that she has stabbed him no matter whether it is her eyes or words.

"Oh, so?" Levi continued unhurriedly.

"I just want to confirm something." Mikasha looked at him firmly, "During the summer vacation, Allen was working in a bar and encountered a shooting incident. Is it related to you?"

"Ah."

"During the school trip, Allen fell off the cliff, not just because he had a fever and couldn't stand still for a while."

"Ah."

"Half a month ago, the injury on his head was also related to you?"

"Ah."

"Then I can understand that, because of you, let Allen go from the gate of hell three times?"

"Yes."

It was so straightforward, straight to the point and listed the crimes, Levi agreed to them all.These things have been rolled over in his mind many times in the past few days, and he doesn't care if there is one more person to blame.

Levi caught a glimpse that her face had completely sank, he took a sip of the black tea, then leaned forward slightly, folded his hands and dragged his chin, and asked suddenly:

"you like him?"

As expected, her gaze wavered.

"I've always thought of Ellen as family."

"yes."

There was a short and delicate silence, and no one continued to speak.Until Mikasha met his gaze again, it seemed that the next important speech was brewing:

"You must have checked it out, Alan and everyone around him. I know that your power is far beyond what ordinary students like us can imagine. Although there is still no danger in the end, I think, you must I have noticed that if Alan continues to stay with you, he will only continue to encounter those misfortunes that are neither black nor white, so—”

I know all this.

Even so, being vetoed and scolded by others like this, I feel that Levi, who has already prepared himself mentally, is still a bit tasteful.The man hooked the corners of his mouth in a self-deprecating manner, motioning for her to continue.She could guess what she was going to say next, it was nothing more than please stay away from him, please let him return to his normal life track, please don't interfere in his life and so on.

"—So, please be sure to protect him."

Levi froze for a moment.

Mikasha nodded, "Do you think I'm going to say please stay away from him?"

Tsk.Levi thought he was more than enough to deal with a high school girl who came to ask him for trouble, but this girl was much more difficult to deal with than he imagined.He was now officially interested in what she had to say next.

"I once had a dream." The girl turned her head to look at the busy traffic outside the window, and subconsciously pulled the red scarf around her neck.It's not scarf weather, but that's beside the point.She went on to say, "I don't know if it's a dream, or some other hallucination. I'm not good at finding answers to these illusory things, but..."

"The first time I saw Ellen, I had a strong sense of déjà vu. And the first time I saw you, Mr. Levi, I knew—"

She shifted her gaze back to his face, and Levi heard her say the following quietly and seriously:

"You mean a lot to him."

Extraordinary, unmatched by others, very important.

Of course, afterwards, Mikasha also confirmed this.She looked at him, a strong and proud man with a stern face.She remembered the scene at the door of Stonehaven's small ward: the midday light was bright enough for her to see the man's expression clearly.He sat on the side of the hospital bed, leaned forward towards the young man, and rested his fingers on the tip of his brow.

Eyes can't lie. At that time, his eyes were filled with tenderness that was about to overflow.It is precisely because such eyes appear in the eyes of the man who has always been as cold as ice in the eyes of others, that it is particularly moving.

He meant a lot to him, and she had to admit it.He drove him in a black motorcycle and quickly disappeared around the corner of the street. He changed to a "new job" that was said to be easy and well paid. He began to relish thinking about what kind of dinner to prepare for him tonight on the way home from school. , he was discussing with Armin the wonderful book he had borrowed from him.All this is different from before, and it is different from the comfort when the three of their good friends were together. Alan's eyes have a light that cannot appear when talking about other people.

Levi also does something no one else can match - they live together.Alan has a not deserted house to return to, instead of continuing to stare blankly at the small rental house alone, there is someone who can walk into his heart and live with him, starting from the first good morning every morning, To every corner of this summer, he gave him an irreplaceable sense of security.

Perhaps, there were more feelings than she had imagined.

Levi was silent for a moment.

"I can't guarantee it," he said. "Maybe you should really say keep him away from me. In fact, I'm thinking about it."

"Fifty-eight years."

Mikasha interrupted him.

"It's been 12 years, and you're the first to make him feel that someone is waiting for him to come home."

The shaken look in Levi's eyes was obvious, and Mikasha didn't say any more, but let him slowly digest the words.However, a few seconds later, Levi suddenly remembered something, and a number repeatedly rolled in his mind.

... 12 years? Twelve years ago, in 12, Alan was five years old.

At the age of five, Allen was separated from his parents in the winter of five years old, lost his memory and was adopted by an orphanage.

Erwin's mail, the winter of 12 years ago, the train from Germany to Berlin.

Coincidence?

"Thanks," Levi said to her.

Levi really wants to thank Mikasha, and now he has another choice.

By the time Levi gets home, Ellen has lunch ready.After a little time for eating, the vegetable soup on the table was well covered with a thermal insulation cover.The boy was lying on the dining table, staring at the wall clock on the wall in a daze.And when Levi heard the door open, the boy froze for a moment, then sat up straight in a jerk.

There was a moment of embarrassment when the four eyes met, but it was only a moment.Levi just glanced at him and quickly looked away, then looked at the lunch on the table.He went to the room to take off his coat, and then there was a sporadic sound of water in the bathroom, and finally he returned to the dining table, and Allen was still there motionless.

Levi didn't seem to have the intention to speak, he lifted the insulation covers one by one, then picked up the tableware and started to eat slowly.Everything seems to be the same as before, but it seems to be completely different.Allen said angrily, if he wanted to break the deadlock in the atmosphere, he must speak first.But maybe, this is just his own sentimental, one-sided deadlock.

"Mr. Levi, I thought you weren't coming back for lunch."

"Then you are still waiting?"

Sure enough, this man only needs to use a few words forever to be able to block himself out of a sentence.The teenager bit his lip, then lowered his head and continued to eat quietly.At this time Levi spoke again, and the heart that had just fallen was suspended again.

"Is there a class this afternoon?"

"No, school will officially start tomorrow."

"I'll clean up the tableware after dinner, you go to sleep for a while."

"Ah I--"

I'll clean it up, isn't this my job.

Before he finished speaking, Levi looked up at him, and the sentence he just started was swallowed back again.That look is like saying again, don't go against what he said.

Allen lowered his head, feeling really well in his heart.Why can you say it in such a cold way when you seem to care about it?

Of course, he overlooked one point in the emotional chaos, why did Levi ask him to take a lunch break?

It was also when they just entered the door that they looked at each other, Alan's heart skipped a beat, and Levi was enough to see the other's expression.The green pupils are full of conflicts of joy and tension, and the exhaustion that cannot be hidden under the cautious expression.

Don't think you're the only one staying up all night.

He clearly knew that the teenager returned home around 05:30, and then tiptoed to his room, finishing the long staring and sudden light kiss.He then took a shower, started preparing breakfast at [-]:[-], and left the house at [-]:[-].

Levi mocks himself for playing dead knowing everything is going on, but maybe it's better for both of them.Very subtly, he suddenly remembered the face of the girl he met at noon. She stared at him with dissatisfaction in her eyes, as if a certain sentence was about to be blurted out:

Self-righteous adults.

After the tableware was cleaned and the sound of the boy tossing and turning stopped coming from the room, Levi sat on the bay window.At [-]:[-], the gun body of Wings of Liberty was coated with sunlight again, and it became slightly hot.

The feelings I just awakened are like this gun, which was obviously given to someone, but was taken back.

Levi edited a text message and sent it out, and there was a call after a while.

"You haven't slept yet?"

"Well, it happens to be entertaining."

Levi played with the gun, subconsciously wanting to touch the smoke.Recently, my addiction to smoking has come up again, but I have clearly decided not to smoke at home.He tilted his head back, leaning against the cold marble window wall, not knowing that this was also a normal action for someone.

"Erwin, tell me all you know. Twelve years ago, you knew."

"Even if you know, what are you going to do? It's just an extra layer of evil fate."

"Ah, that sounds bad. What, are they still alive?"

"Father is still alive."

"Wouldn't it be great to help him find his parents, in every sense."

Maybe this is the best compensation he can do, let him find his lost relatives for 12 years, let him regain a home and people waiting for him to return home.Let him return to the comfortable life that an ordinary 17-year-old high school student should have. Maybe he will date the girl who cares about him very much, and then finish the third year of high school with his friends, and get admitted to a university in another city, and then recommend it to him A job he'll love.

That's fine.

In this way, he can justifiably leave himself.

Thinking it was the best direction, Levi waited silently for the person on the phone to continue speaking.

He heard the wind at 02:30 in Los Angeles, and someone sighed faintly: "You know what, Levi. Not everything is as simple as you think."

"I thought we never talked nonsense."

"Levi."

"what do you want to say in the end?"

Levi waited for the so-called truth-it turned out that the fate of the two people had been connected together 12 years ago, with a knot that was neither light nor heavy, and the invisible rope made people breathless.

"There may be something hidden in the matter, but as far as I know."

"Ah."

"Ellen's mother, died at the hand of your father, and died at the gun of Wings of Liberty."

Erwin's voice continued to come from the phone: "Can you tell him such a thing?"

"Are you willing to?"

"last question."

When Erwin said this, the phone was cut off, and there was a beeping sound from the receiver.

"Are you in love with him?" He asked the busy tone.