Because he was worried about Ize's health, Kudo took special care of him these days. It is a step closer than the previous care.

It was rare for him to go out to the Olympiad competition, and Ize sneaked out to relax freely. Even if you know that there is a tail behind you, it is much easier than acting under those clear and sincere eyes.

Thinking of this, I can't help but laugh at myself-

It's getting stupider and stupider.

With his hands in his pockets, he walked down an alley to the main road.

Just after the afternoon, people hurried past with handbags and paper bags of food. The shop pù walked over, and the people inside also began to walk out of the door, taking a taxi and making phone calls.

Holding on to the trunk of a tree, Izawa struggled to calm his breath. Raise your head to look at the nearby signboard and try to choose a store to rest.

When I walked to the door of the store, I stopped, and I didn't bring my wallet with me.

Just as he was about to go back, a humanoid doll stood in front of him.

“……”

The other party took off the plush sleeve on his head, revealing a handsome and cold face wet with sweat

-- Shiraishi-ri.

"Is Shiraishi-san, working here?" Seeing that the other party didn't mean to speak first, Izawa had no choice but to say hello helplessly.

For this classmate who always helps him intentionally or unintentionally in the class, there is really no way to ignore it.

Shiraishiri noticed Izawa when he appeared at the corner of the street, and followed him all the way to another street. After looking at the other party for a few seconds, he said lightly: "Follow me." ”

Suspiciously, he followed Shiraishi through an alley and turned two corners, walked into a noodle restaurant and sat down, Izawa looked around, and said with a smile: "Is Shiraishi-san going to invite me to eat noodles? ”

"Well, I please. Shiraishi took off his plush clothes and wiped the beads of sweat from his body. I took the menu from the table and handed it over, "What do you want to eat?" ”

Tilting his head to look at the other party didn't look like a joke, Izawa paused for a moment to collect the look in his eyes and obediently ordered.

Shiraishi is not a person who likes to chat, and Izawa doesn't know him well, so the two of them quietly look away while waiting for the meeting.

There is an extremely thick tree in front of the store, and next to it is a half-human-tall bush of all sizes. One end of the street juts out into the alley, and the other end is blocked by buildings. The area of the shop is not large, the environment is very good, and the customers are not very few.

It seems that Shiraishi is not as indifferent as it seems, at least he is a person who can live.

"Are you still used to it?" a calm question broke the silence between the two and pulled Izawa's thoughts back. Seeing that the other party didn't quite understand, he automatically added, "Life in school." ”

Izawa shrugged, "It's okay, everyone takes good care of me." ”

As for how to take care of it, they know each other.

"Kudo shouldn't take you to senior school, your age and personality are not suitable. ”

Izawa looked up at Shiraishiri, paused for a moment before saying, "Brother Shinichi is just taking care of me for convenience, although the schoolwork is sometimes difficult to understand, but he will help me without much problem." ”

"He knows you're under siege?"

Izawa was slightly stunned, he only regarded those things as common on campus, did it become a difficult thing that needed to be solved by external forces in the eyes of others?

Shouldn't this be the stage where I think it's normal to get along with Shinichi?

In Shiraishi's eyes, Izawa's pause confirmed what he thought. "Don't Kudo care about you?"

Before Izawa could reply, the waiter brought the order.

The fresh ingredients and the fragrant flavor made Izawa's weak stomach feel a little hungry.

Pick up the cutlery next to you, pick up a small pumpkin and put it in your mouth. Since the food hadn't cooled yet, Izawa quickly ate the contents of his mouth while inhaling, and said with a smile, "It tastes really good." ”

Shiraishi only moved a few mouthfuls of the clear soup in front of him before putting down the utensils and silently watching Izawa move.

Although the food was very much in line with Izawa's appetite, he couldn't eat more with his current physical condition. After taking the last bite of the vegetable salad, Izawa wiped his mouth with satisfaction.

Seeing him put down his fork, Shiraishi spoke again: "...... Actually, you know it all. ”

Shiraishi gathered the peace in his eyes, and looked at Izawa inquiringly and curiously, as if waiting for the other party to reveal the answer, and he might have guessed the answer a long time ago.

Izawa looked directly at Shiraishi without evasion, first a little surprised, and then lowered his head in disappointment, "Well, I saw that Shinichi brother did something unrelated to him for me." Even if I have told myself that it doesn't matter, I still feel sorry, feeling that I am a trouble, dragging others down, and I can't help anything. ”

The voice trembled slightly, "There are no other relatives, and if I leave Shinichi, I don't know how to live." But if I pretend to have amnesia to live dependent on others, I can't do it, and I don't ...... I don't have the right to do something that makes others look down on me. ”

Shiraishi looked a little confused, but didn't interrupt Izawa's words.

From an angle that the other party couldn't see, Izawa flashed a kind of sly light.

He lowered his eyelashes in frustration, hiding the different kind of love in his eyes. "If I could restore my memory, I wouldn't hesitate. Every time I want to reminisce, I don't get anything, that feeling...... It's really bad. ”

As he spoke, he slowly looked up at Shiraishi. The bottom of his eyes was still full of sadness and helplessness, and it seemed that the whole person was stuck in a quagmire and could not get out.

"I'm sorry......" Looking at Izawa like this, Shiraishi couldn't help but apologize a little for his aggressiveness. It's just a moment of curiosity, but it makes the other party feel sad, which is not his intention.

Izawa slowly closed his eyes, as if collecting the moisture from the bottom of his eyes. The voice was soft and timid, "For me, Shiraishi is like a shinichi brother, and he takes good care of me in the class. Sometimes I feel lucky to be friends with people like this. If I say I want to be friends with you, is it possible......"

The final coda is almost inaudible.

At that moment, his whole body seemed to tremble, which made Shiraishi mistakenly think that if he rejected Izawa, he would cry on the spot.

And he would not think of refusal.

"You're not just a friend, you're the brother I want to take care of. There was no undulating sound, and there was a hint of subtle gentleness in it. "I apologize for my attitude just now, it may have scared you. ”

Izawa shook his head, seeming a little happy, "I'm glad to hear me say this." ”

Shiraishi couldn't help but feel a little at a loss when he met Izawa's sparkling eyes. No one had ever looked at him so eagerly and dependently, and he looked out the window and explained unnaturally: "Everyone is a classmate, there are not so many things to take care of, just be yourself." ”

Knowing that today is over, Izawa did not hide the pleasure of the past. This feeling seems to be getting stronger after misleading Kudo.

Restraining the feelings in his heart, he came back to his senses, and stood at the table with a lunch box in Baishi.

"Hot porridge to eat at home. ”

In just a few words, it said that he had been paying attention to Izawa's hand on his stomach.

After separating from Shiraishiri, Izawa carried the lunch box and shook it back in the direction of home step by step.

Before he arrived at the door, he found Kudo Shinichi walking anxiously while looking around.

Before Ize could speak, he had already seen it, and his face seemed to relax all of a sudden. Without stopping, run to Izawa's side.

"Where did you go? Why didn't you tell me. ”

When I went home and didn't see that Izawa was not at home, and I didn't find it near the house, the panic in my heart suddenly swept over my rational brain. What reasoning and what logic strikes, there is only one thought in my head - whether there is anything wrong with Ize.

Numbly and mechanically, he began to search along the street, forgetting about the people the police had planted next to Izawa, and also forgetting to think about other possibilities. It seems that all IQs have dropped to negative numbers.

Along the way, he had countless ideas. I didn't find the person I wanted to see, but I scared myself into a cold sweat. Even in the face of the murder scene, the murderer who faces the hideous murderer has never been so wolf.

Seeing that Izawa was safe and sound, all the inquiries and anger that he was going to blurt out were swallowed into his stomach, as long as the person in front of him was fine.

"I wanted to go out for a walk and go home immediately, but I saw Shiraishi-san, and we had dinner together before coming back. Seeing Kudo Shinichi's thoughts, Izawa lifted the lunch box in his hand and explained, "Did Shinichi eat it?" Let's go back and drink porridge together." ”

After taking the lunch box and looking at the smile on Izawa's face, Kudo Shinichi asked, "Did you have fun?" I remember that Shiraishi didn't like to make friends very much. ”

"Shiraishi is a very interesting person. Izawa deepened the smile on his face, as if he was afraid that Kudo Shinichi would not believe it, and added, "We are friends now." ”

"Is that so? I thought he was an ice cube when he didn't speak in class, and I was worried that he would freeze you to death. Kudo Shinichi didn't have a good impression of Shiraishi, and he didn't say much when he saw that Izawa liked it.

"He's nice. "It's as easy to deceive as you, but Izawa didn't say that.

"Is that so?" Kudo Shinichi's smile stiffened for a moment, but he quickly disguised it.

Izawa didn't care too much if he didn't like Shiraishi.

The new Kudo looked at Izawa's side face and raised his hand to rub his hair. The soft strands of hair slid down through the fingers, and I felt those clear eyes looking at me seriously, a look of concentration and trust.

My heart beat violently.

"Izza. ”

"Huh, Shinichi?"

"Are you happy, do you like this kind of life?"

"Loved it...... It's just that I don't have a memory. ”

"Stupid. Kudo Shinichi stopped and smiled at him gently, "Izawa just needs to be himself, just keep it like this." ”

"However, I don't know what I used to do, what kind of identity I have, I'm afraid ......"

"It doesn't matter. Holding Izawa's hand tightened, and after a while, Kudo Shimika smiled, and the smile on the corner of his mouth carried a certain firmness, "It's okay if you don't have memories." ”

The moment he saw Izawa, Shinichi Kudo finally knew what his feelings for this teenager were. Even if Izawa really could only keep the status quo, or if he regained his memory, it didn't matter.

Even if everyone doesn't know his mind......

As long as you can keep the trust at the bottom of your eyes, it is enough.