"Right...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry" The young man who trembled slightly opened his mouth and muttered softly, his whole little face was full of fear and fear, and his blood-stained hands sometimes clenched and sometimes relaxed, as if he was constantly struggling in a nightmare that he couldn't wake up.

Yamato looked at him, his eyes moist. She remembered that this was what the other party said to herself when she left, and it was she who should have apologized, but it was this fool who said it. She reached out and grabbed Jiqi's trembling hand, using her palm to warm the figure that was shivering in the cold. She didn't know if it would give the frightened child some comfort, but at least it would give her a little peace of mind.

"You don't have to say I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's me." Yamato carefully wiped the cold sweat from the corners of the other party's forehead, took off his coat, and gently draped it on Jiqi like a goose feather. She didn't want to wake up such a fragile being, she was just trying to make up for her previous mistakes a little bit. She now finally understood why Atago was tempted by such an admiral, yes, who wouldn't love an admiral who gave everything to her ship's mother? Even if they are deep seas and are not qualified to be a member of his love, they will still look forward to that kind of life, happiness and peace.

And he ruined it all with his own hands, without even giving him a little light. She looked at the young man frowning in his sleep, and her eyes were full of heartache. She reached out and ran her hand across Jiqi's cheek, smiling weakly as she split her mouth.

It's me, not you, fool. Yamato watched him tremble a little bit, hugging his barely weightless body, and sleeping in the moonlight with his eyes closed. If only it could be like this forever, she leaned on Jiqi's chest, listened to his steady heartbeat, and whispered in her heart that for the first time a satisfied smile appeared on her indifferent face.

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early morning

The slightly cool sun rises from the end of the sea, shining a warm light through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Lying on the ground, Jiqi frowned and slowly opened his eyes. He looked down slightly to find the girl in the kimono pressed against his chest, the crystal liquid flowing from the slightly open mouth soaking his clothes, and the cherry lips smelling seductively in the sun.

When did this eldest sister come in? Jiqi moved this body carefully, for fear of waking up the eldest sister's head. But despite all the caution, the action seems to be a bit big.

Yamato who was awakened frowned, her ruddy little mouth smashed lightly, and her eyes under her black forehead opened, revealing ink-colored pupils, which were full of doubts and puzzles, as if she had forgotten how she came here and how she was lying on Jiqi's chest. But she knew that she had slept most peacefully last night, and in her dreams she seemed to see warm clouds around her. She blushed slightly as she looked at Jiqi who was pressed under her, then stood up, put on the unbuttoned kimono, coughed a few times and pretended that nothing had happened. In fact, she planned to just squint her chest for a while last night, but she didn't know why, as if she fell into the warmth of the fire in the night, so she kept saying to herself in her heart, stay a while, just a while. As a result, I slept until the morning, and the embarrassing thing was that the other party woke up first, and looked at myself with surprised eyes.

It's not my fault at all, yours is to blame...... It's too warm in my chest. She grumbled inwardly.

"That...... You? Jiqi stammered, he seemed a little confused, not knowing what had happened last night.

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm afraid you'll catch a cold, so I'm just going to come and take a look." Yamato turned his face sideways and muttered an explanation, but his face flushed in the morning light, as if he was quietly telling Jiqi that I was lying.

Just to come and see? Jiqi twitched the corners of his mouth, and couldn't believe the other party's excuses. Just come and see, what about that wet lump on my own chest? Although he expressed great disbelief, he nodded his head with an expression of "I understand, I believe everything you say". "I know, thank you for your concern." He nodded and stood up, slowly wiping the wetness from his chest with his sleeve. After thinking about it last night, he knew that the existence in front of him, which looked like a human girl, was just a stubborn stone without emotion, even if she would inadvertently reveal her human side, but in the end, it was the deep sea side that prevailed. But even so, he still has to use the love in his own mouth to make the last effort, even if the result is not as good as expected.

"Care...... Nor is it what you say. "Yamato timidly said that in fact, the word concern should appear most in the other person, not in himself." That," she hesitated, but finally decided to speak. "Can you cook for me again?"

"Cooking?" Jiqi raised his eyebrows and stopped the movement of his hand, as soon as he mentioned these two words, he remembered everything that happened last night, and the cold and fierce appearance of the other party has always been engraved in his mind, like a nightmare, lingering. He sighed weakly, lowered his head and asked, "What do you want to eat this time?" I made a note and went to buy it. ”

"Did you ask me what I wanted to eat?" Yamato asked in surprise, she was ready to be rejected, after all, what she did last night pierced the other party's heart like a thorn. But I didn't expect the other party to ask for his opinion as if nothing had happened, and it was really like an indifferent fool. She smiled sideways, her eyes beating with tenderness she had never felt before. "As long as you do it."

Jiqi with his head down was surprised, he didn t know what happened last night, why the other party changed from an iceberg goddess to the sister next door who now makes his heart move, he raised his head and looked at Yamato, frowned and asked. "Are you sure?" He looked at the other party's different eyes and confirmed it again and again.

"What's wrong with that?" Yamato didn't seem to understand why the other party would ask such a question, she just wanted to make up for last night's regret now, and she didn't have any other thoughts. Maybe it's because yesterday's self left too deep an impression on the other party, she said to herself.

"Nothing." Jiqi shook his head, even though he didn't know why the other party had changed so much just one night. But that's fine, at least I don't like the way she looked last night, thinking of this, he exhaled and nodded in agreement. "So you're going to come with me?"

"Of course." Yamato nodded affirmatively and smiled. If he goes out alone, what if he sneaks away. Although she knew that the other party would not do this, she still had such worries in her heart. It's like feeling uneasy in my heart, after all, she's just a girl from the deep sea, not a ship girl who can be coquettish in his arms for granted, just like something that is just temporarily put here, there will always be a day when it will be lost. But before that, you must hold it firmly in your hands and feel the last touch.

Jiqi looked at the girl smiling in the sun, and felt distracted for the first time. In fact, she still looks good when she laughs, he looked at Yamato in a daze and whispered in his heart.