Gawain felt that his eyelids were extremely heavy, as if he weighed a thousand pounds, and he managed to barely lift a gap with all his might, and a faint light could be faintly seen, and he tried to identify the scene around him, but his brain was drowsy, leaving only some fragmented fragments, and he could not piece together a specific and complete picture of the memory. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Here it is...... Hospital? Outside the shutters, a large number of figures could be seen surging, and it seemed that several figures were shaking, but they could not see very clearly, but only a cloud of light and shadow, and a suppressed noise came from the other side of the valley, bustling, but not very real; A figure sat in a chair, draped in a black blazer, awkwardly and painfully asleep, it was Theo; There was also a person crawling on the bed/on the edge of the bed, groggily asleep, revealing a sloppy and messy beard, and a blue color could be faintly seen under his eyes, which was Ian.

The memory in his mind finally groped for some clues, he was on the field, Brett Favre's super long pass, he caught it! He knew he was going to catch it! And then...... And then what?

"Don't make me say it a second time, or I'll make you worse than dead!" The door of the room opened slightly, and the calm and steady voice could be heard, which was hidden in the sound but like the biting cold wind of the North Pole, which made people shudder. Gawain turned his head with difficulty, and then saw a figure walk in, and softly closed the door of the room, and the surging figures at the door became more and more surging, but all the noise calmed down, and the figure turned around, and Gawain met the familiar eyes, it was Lance.

The light source was behind Lance, and Gawain couldn't see Lance's expression clearly, but there was indescribable emotion surging in those eyes, reflecting a shallow light, which made Gawain's uneasy mood slowly calm down, "Do you know how embarrassed and ugly you look now?" It looks like Pinocchio is tied up by his own line of control, a mess. Lance's playful voice rang out softly, mocking with a hint of disgust in it, and attacked mercilessly.

The corners of Gawain's mouth tugged involuntarily, and he couldn't help but want to chuckle, but found that the muscles all over his body were sore, "Do you know how I felt when I saw you lying on the hospital bed?" While Gao Wen bared his teeth, he didn't forget to fight back, "God, to be honest, did the three of you beat me up while I was asleep?" You three bastards, revenge should not choose a sneak attack, if it is a man, when I wake up, we will duel head-on. ”

"You can submit a dueling request to Theo." Lance walked to the end of the bed and looked carefully at Gawain in front of him. This was the Gawain he was familiar with, but it wasn't, his pale face didn't seem to have any vitality at all, and the weakness between his eyebrows couldn't be concealed at all. He was not used to such Gawain, and it seemed that in his memory, he had never seen Gawain like this.

"Don't look at me like this, I'm fine, believe me, when I'm better, I'll crush you." Gawain could see the subtle worry and fragility in Lance's eyes, and the fear between his eyebrows seemed to linger, and he teased with a chuckle.

Lance hurriedly lowered his eyes and hid his emotions, "You'd better be." He tried to squeeze out a smile, but found it not that easy, raised his eyes again, hesitated for a moment, "...... Gawain, I, I'm sorry, I promised you would come and watch the game, but ...... I'm sorry. ”

Looking at Lance in front of him, in a trance, Gawain returned to his childhood, the Lance who could be happy for a day because of a packet of Skittles, standing in place blankly and helplessly, "Oh, God, here you are again." Gawain blinked, as if impatient, "I thought that this time I was injured, and finally it was my turn to be the protagonist, and now you take the matter on yourself again, for God's sake, don't be so self-centered, okay?" It's me lying here today, not you. Gawain's complaining tone made the smile on the corner of Lance's mouth not hold back after all, and he chuckled lightly, but Gawain rolled his eyes, "Very good, now it's my turn to make you laugh again, a circus, a circus for life, right?" ”

Lance raised his middle finger at Gawain in response.

"Remember, you owe me a party." Gawain didn't care, and said in a constant mind, and after getting a nod from Lance, Gawain was still not satisfied, "Whiskey, remember, I want really good whiskey, and ......" But before the words could be finished, he was too excited and involved in the wound, and suddenly bared his teeth and grinned, causing Lance to stand speechless for a while, and rolled his eyes widely.

Gawain wanted to protest two sentences, but he was powerless. Lance knew that Gawain had just woken up from anesthesia and still needed a good rest, so he patted his calf, "Let's rest well, otherwise don't talk about the party, I guess you don't even have the strength to swing your fists." ”

Gawain nodded slightly, "By the way, did you score a touchdown?" Lance was stunned and didn't react, "Didn't I catch the ball before I got injured?" That's the thing, right? After receiving a nod of affirmative from Lance, "So, did I have a touchdown?" ”

Lance smiled dumbly and shook his head slightly, "Yes, you have a touchdown." But the packers ended up losing the game. ”

Gawain showed a smile, full of confidence, "You see, without me, they have also lost the ability to win, it seems that they still need to wait for me to return to the arena......" Before the words were finished, his eyelids drooped heavily again, leaving only a vague murmur, and in a blink of an eye, he fell asleep again.

Lance stood quietly, and there was a quiet atmosphere in the room, as if he could feel the trajectory of the air. He couldn't remember the last time the four brothers had sat down to talk, and when they were on vacation in Napa Valley, they talked more about work. He suddenly began to miss the days in San Francisco, where they were not rich, or more precisely, for a long time, they needed to receive government handouts, they needed to go to the homeless man's shelter to get food, but he still missed that life, everything was so simple. With Theo, Ian, Gawain, and him, life seems to be full of hope.

"Gawain will be fine, he's the most tenacious of us, isn't he?" I don't know when, Theo has come to his senses, still sitting in his chair, taking off his coat, and said in a deep voice.

Lance smiled and nodded, "Can you believe it?" Once Gawain recovers, he'll definitely want to get back into the ring. "Gawain is like that, maybe he is not the smartest of them, maybe he is not the calmest of them, but he is always the most positive of them, even at the lowest point in life, he never gives up hope, let alone struggle.

"Hmm." Theo replied in a low voice, "Although I don't want to." "It's time for Gawain to retire, not only because of this concussion, which may make Gawain miss the whole season this year, but also because of his age, but also because of injuries. Professional sports are so brutal that one day they will need to retire.

"You can convince him." Lance turned to look at Theo, "You know, he's always willing to listen to you. ”

Theo didn't speak, he didn't want to "tell" Gawain what to do, he tried to respect Gawain's choice as if he respected Ian and Lance. "Maybe he can get back into the ring again, but he doesn't have to keep working." Ian's voice was full of exhaustion, and he stood up and stretched, looking at Lance, "He just woke up?" What's the status? ”

"It's still Gawain." Lance shrugged, and Ian smiled.

"I mean, Gawain is a professional athlete and he's given his whole life to rugby and suddenly it's not that easy to give up, even if it's us. So, Gawain will definitely work hard to recover, try to recover, try to get back into the ring, and we will be his most solid backing. Ian looked at Theo and then at Lance and asked for their opinions, "But we all know that the professional arena is so brutal that even if Gawain returns, he may not be able to withstand such a fierce confrontation." So, I mean, Gawain came back to the ring and then chose to retire as a healthy professional athlete. ”

I was not forced to retire because of injury, but I retired with a healthy attitude.

Lance immediately understood what Ian meant, but he still felt it was too cruel. If it were anyone else, maybe Lance would agree with Ian's idea, and even, Lance would have wanted them to retire when they were injured, life is long, and rugby is only a part of it; But the subject is Gawain, and Lance has no way to be so objective. Suddenly, Lance wasn't quite sure, was he getting weak again?

Turning his head, Lance looked at Theo.

Theo thought for a moment, "When Gawain wakes up, I'll talk to him and hear what he thinks." Ian and Lance exchanged glances, and then Ian spoke, "Lance, the burden on your shoulders is heavier, are you sure it's okay?" Lance looked over in bewilderment, and Ian pointed at Theo, Gawain, and finally himself, "Now that the three of us are behind you, everything depends on you." If you can't afford it, we're going back to 20 years ago. ”

Lance knew that Ian was comforting and motivating him in this way, and his shoulders seemed to become heavier, and he couldn't help but straighten his body again, straightening his back. His fate, the fate of the four of them, he has to hold it firmly in his hands, and he won't let go easily, absolutely!

"Knock", there was a knock on the ward door, Lance walked straight away, dropped a sentence of "I'll deal with it", and then opened the door and walked out, the door of the room closed again, Theo and Ian's eyes touched, and a shallow smile flashed in his eyes. (To be continued.) )