Chapter XLIV: Claim, Lies, Destiny
"Na...... Xingyu ......"
Xingyu turned her head, Ta Yu was lowering her head, her white and pink fingers gently pulling her sleeves, and said in a low tone that seemed extremely unusual at this time.
The smell of uneasiness and hesitation diffused in his fingertips, and Xingyu naturally sensed Ta Yu's strange mood now, put down the pen in his left hand, turned to her, and deliberately asked in an ordinary voice on weekdays:
"What's wrong?"
Such a sudden change in atmosphere may seem abnormal to other couples or sisters, but in Xingyu's opinion, it is too ordinary.
The two who also have an unknown past don't even know when they lit each other's fuse.
Ta Yu's eyes looked down to the right, changing directions from time to time, but they were always blurred below; The corners of her mouth curved slightly downward revealed a hint of the aroma of coffee that had not been wiped clean just now, and the slightly bitter taste of coffee beans seemed to be trying to depict the fantasy hidden in her heart.
Finally, as if Ta Yu had finally made a decision, she suddenly raised her head and said in a firm and loud voice:
"I have one thing...... It has to be said! ”
Looking at Xingyu's eyes, there was incomparable seriousness.
"That...... Actually, I ......"
"If you don't want to say it, it's okay to talk about it later, right?"
Just as Ta Yu closed her eyes desperately and began to say everything, words that blew into her heart like a breeze suddenly broke into her heart and blew open her tense heart.
Ta Yu opened her eyes, and apparently, she didn't expect Xingyu to say this.
The pupils dilated slightly with the sockets because of the unexpected.
In front of him, Xing Yu stood on the table with one hand, his cheek lightly resting on his bent wrist, and his violet pupils looked so gentle under the soft arc of the eyeliner, faintly exuding a light that seemed to encompass everything. Even if it was just the shallow smile that usually hung on the corner of Xingyu's mouth, it was extremely soothing to her uneasy heart.
"'Gotta say' mean you just had to say it to me, right?"
Xingyu looked at Ta Yu's trembling eyes and asked as if relieved.
Ta Yu stared at Xingyu blankly, and after a few seconds, she suddenly realized that Xingyu seemed to be asking herself, and quickly shook her head.
"Huh? ……”
Xing Yu slowly leaned his face over, his bangs slowly pressed against Ta Yu's forehead, and his eyes looked straight at him, pretending to confirm the answer, but in fact, he had already seen through Ta Yu's little mouth.
Ta Yu looked away in embarrassment, but whenever she began to dodge, Xingyu's gaze always followed her.
It wasn't until the end that she finally had to nod her head honestly.
"Fool." Xingyu smiled and removed his forehead and sat back in his chair.
"Is there anything we have to say between us?"
Ta Yu looked at Xingyu inexplicably, however, Xingyu was serious, and there was not a hint of falsehood or joke in her eyes.
Xingyu noticed Ta Yu's strange gaze at her, and turned his head to look out the window, casting his gaze between the buildings. After a long time, she spoke:
"yes, I know that sounds weird. But isn't that exactly how the two of us have come this far? ”
She looked at the house in the distance, as if telling a story from afar:
"We weren't supposed to meet people, but we sat side by side at the same desk as we do now. In fact, in the beginning, I thought, this was a boring joke played by fate. However, it was a long time before I realized that maybe we were destined to meet. The only thing you see is a sentimental personality that I created on a whim, but you have followed this crumbling ropeway to find the real me. Because, only if you don't have a heart, you won't be deceived by that me. What I couldn't have imagined was that you would work like that, like an idiot, doing what you don't need to do. In the end, all you get is this real me, which is completely inferior to that shell. ”
The side face facing the sun, the lips are slightly pursed, and the faint sweet orange aroma diffuses in the humid air under the lips.
"At that time, you didn't know what kind of person I was actually with, and you poured all your feelings into it so unilaterally. You were the funniest person in the world to me at the time. ”
"Good...... Laugh? ......" Ta Yu muttered to himself, that voice, as if lost, as if unwilling, but like the bard who was alone, resting in the pavilion in the middle of the lake on a snowy night, lost his heart as clear as the blue water under the ice lake.
"yes, that's funny." Xing Yu said lightly, so casually, not caring, and even with a little joking interest.
"But, now that I, you are the most gentle person in the world."
With a sweet smile, Xingyu turned his head to look at Tayu, who had not had time to accept all of this.
She was overwhelmed by what to do, her lips slightly open to reveal the color of a small front tooth, and her trembling green eyes reflected Xingyu's smiling face tilting her head.
The eyes narrowed into a line, and it was an arc of happiness.
"Thank you, Tayu. …… Then ......"
Xingyu raised his head and thought for a moment, then said:
"Thank you, Tayu, I like you."
As soon as Ta Yu heard Xingyu's words, he immediately shyly looked away to the left, raised his hand, covered his lips, and pretended to be calm and said:
"Ah...... Well, Thank you......"
However, no matter how much she tried to hide it, the red on her cheeks could not fade away, or rather, in fact, the clumsy answer had already betrayed the speed of her heart.
"You have brought me a warmth that I have never had, knowing nothing about me. My words...... Although it didn't give you any warmth or love...... But the situation is unexpectedly similar to yours...... Let's just think I'm getting some light! In short, until now, there are countless mysteries between us, but we have been able to get here, our hearts can find each other's fluctuations, and I am sure that you are my 'special', someone I can never find a replacement in this world. ”
Xingyu said and slowly stood up, Ta Yu watched as Xingyu slowly bent down with surprise and expectation...... Stretch out your arms......
Finally, she suddenly reacted, between her arms, on her back, the touch of a hug.
In his ears, a delicate whisper like silk mixed with the warm breath exhaled hit the pinna:
"That's it...... Between us, are there any mysteries that must be solved? ”
Ta Yu squinted her eyes, only to see Xingyu's black hair like a waterfall, covering the back of her neck like a dazzling one.
"I can't help it."
The reflected sunlight shifted upwards and shone on the arm that hugged the back of the white shirt.
"I ...... I like you too......"
In that case, let it always be a secret that you don't want to hear......
For you, won't be my "special" ......