Chapter 8: The Beginnings
The noisy sound next to the ear is immersed in the subtle soaking, as if the piano is slowly moving from the high register to the low register until it stops; From high to bottom, from existence to nothing.
A drop of sweat slipped down Wade's cheek, and the moment it broke away from Wade's body and fell to the ground, its wobbly body froze like ice, and the downward trend disappeared, hovering in mid-air.
The wheels of the street spin slower and slower, like a water buffalo struggling in a quagmire, and the more it struggles, the more it cannot break free.
The wheels stopped spinning, the speeding traffic stopped moving, and the closest vehicle to Yukina Ezaki slowly stopped about a centimeter away from her, and stopped moving forward.
The world seemed to press the pause button at this moment, freezing everything in the world and unfolding it in front of Wade's eyes.
βoh shitβ¦β¦β
"Didi-"
Wade, who was still about five meters away from Edazaki Yukina, appeared behind Edazaki Yukina as if she flashed and threw her to the ground, avoiding the car; And just after he rescued Ezaki Yukina, there was a piercing friction sound in his ears, and the unstoppable traffic could be stopped.
Yukina Ezaki's cute little face turned pale, her whole body trembled slightly, and her misty eyes showed that she hadn't reacted to what was going on.
"Alright...... It's all gone, don't be afraid. Wade gently stroked Yukina Ezaki's head with his trembling hands, comforting her frightened heart; At this time, his heart was also beating faster and his limbs were trembling.
He looked back at the black tire marks on the zebra crossing, and then at his legs, which had been worn out by the fall, and his doubts were shattered.
"What just happened, time seems to have stopped, right?" Wade wondered in his mind; Unbeknownst to him, several golden arcs of lightning that resembled thin snakes vanished from the soles of his feet as he thought, as if they had never existed.
Several enthusiastic passers-by hurriedly surrounded them and helped them up; The red lights of the ambulances flickered over the darkening streets, illuminating the faces of every onlooker.
The mirror-like water of the lake reflects the cold moonlight and shoots out large patches of silver white; Colorful tall buildings are reflected in the lake, and the ripples stirred up by a stone begin to distort.
"It's supposed to be Black Sunday, right?" Wade sat on his knees on the fragrant grass, staring embarrassedly at the brightly lit and bustling city in the distance, his golden eyes outlining the outlines of tall buildings to form a world with clear lines.
"Maybe. Thank you today. Esaki Yukina sat cross-legged beside him, her delicate body naturally leaning on Wade's body, without any deliberate defensive movements.
Wade shook his head, apology creeping up on his face: "It's me who is wrong, I shouldn't have made that kind of joke with you." β
"You big idiot, don't do that again." Esaki Yukina's face showed a "hideous" expression, but in this way, it showed her cuteness even more.
"Hmm." Wade agreed to Ezaki's request, then reached into his pocket and took out the ticket so that Ezaki could see it.
"Tickets for two in USJ! When did you buy it? Picking up the ticket from Wade's hand, Edazaki Yukina immediately knew what it was for. She suddenly looked in the direction of the densest concentration of high-rise buildings in the city, as if looking for something.
"I didn't buy it, I bumped into a strange man when I was chasing you, and he fell to the ground." Wade saw that Edazaki Yukina's face was happy, and his mood instantly improved most of the time; Strange to say, although he has a good impression of Ezaki Yukina, but in the end, he and she have only known each other for less than two days, and in such a short period of time, he has actually fallen in love with Ezaki Yukina, and his mood will even change with her mood.
"Have you really known each other for a long time?" Wade asked himself in his mind.
"Ah, the owner should be in a hurry, I remember that this ticket is very expensive." After hearing Wade's explanation, Ezaki Yukina immediately put the ticket in Wade's palm, and seemed to be a little disappointed.
"Uh-huh." Wade re-stuffed the ticket to Yukina Ezaki, and then confidently said, "I've left my phone number there, and I'll send it to him if he needs to get it back." β
The thin finger of the peeling onion poked Wade's forehead lightly and heavily; The original tsundere and abrasive Esaki Yukina seems to be back.
"You're a stupid person, why do you think that a note won't be thrown away as garbage?"
"Hmm......" Wade looked at Edazaki Yukina with an innocent face, as if he was making a silent protest to Ezaki Yukina.
"What can I do then?" Wade asked, somewhat reluctantly.
"Of course I'm going back!" Yukina Ezaki suddenly stood up from the grass, gently patted the dusty skirt a few times, and touched the scattered holes in the skirt, with a heart-wrenching expression on her face.
This dress is the first time she has worn it since she bought it, and it has already become like this.
"Then please, thank you!" After bowing and thanking the owner, Wade and Esaki Yukina exited the store with smiles on their faces; After leaving the store, Wade exhaled a cloudy breath as if he was relieved, and the slightly reluctant smile on his face became much more natural.
"It's finally over, it's such a hassle." Wade grumbled discontentedly; Just in the past half hour, he had been forced by Yukina Ezaki to visit all the nearby stores and leave his number so that the man could contact him later.
Of course, when they went to the hydrant again, they found that the note attached to it was long gone.
"So now go home and rest, and go to USJ tomorrow!" Wade took a deep breath, a flash of light flashed in his golden pupils; He swept away his previous listlessness and regained his former vitality.
"Hmm." Edazaki Yukina looked at Wade with sweat on his face and couldn't help but smile; And Wade laughed uncontrollably after seeing Yukina Ezaki's smile.
After all the twists and turns, they finally got through this not perfect day.
"Whew...... I can't even sleep now, what if I can't open my eyes when I close them? There is no friendly neighbor here to save me. Late at night, Wade lay down on that warm big bed again, looking up at the starry sky outside the window.
He really didn't dare to fall asleep now, and given the previous experiences, he even felt terrified of sleep, after all, it didn't feel good to wake up in bed and something bad happened to him.
The scene of the twilight moment reappeared in front of him, and thinking back to the situation, Wade knew that he would never have saved Ezaki Yukina before the car hit her, but he did it, and he saved his legs.
"Where the hell is it...... That moment! The eyes of the slight fan widened instantly; In Wade's field of vision, a streamer flashed "suddenly" in the brilliant and dazzling galaxy; The streamer was an ordinary small meteorite that rubbed against the atmosphere at high speed to emit light and heat, and then turned into rubble before it hit the ground.
This should be a process that is difficult to capture with the naked eye, but at this moment, it is proceeding slowly and orderly in Wade's eyes, like a video in a slow-motion state.
The golden electric light is dazzling because of the dim environment, and the faint "sizzle" sound is also clearly set off by the quiet.
Wade quickly got up from the bed and looked warily around the room, trying to find the flickering arc.
Then he found it, on his body.
"Call home." Wade, who was surprised by the lightning on his body, suddenly slipped on the soles of his feet, and the quilt on the bed flew out in an instant, hitting the wall at a very fast speed, making a muffled sound.
"Knock ......"
Wade, who was unsteady in his center of gravity, slammed into the empty bed, and the lightning disappeared as he fell to the ground.
Wade lay weakly on the hard bed, looking up at the ceiling above him, and his face was slightly embarrassed with an expression of excitement.