I went through the afternoon class with a restless heart. Immediately after school in the afternoon, I took the bus to the hospital, and after consulting with the nurse, I finally came to the door of Aoko Natsumiya's hospital room and pushed the door open......

A young man and woman sat next to Aoko and talked to Aoko, who showed an extremely happy expression.

"Hello, uncle, auntie," I greeted politely, and they looked at each other.

"It's the son of Chio (Kirikawa's father's name), our family..."

"Yes, Chio Kiyono is my father, and I'm coming to visit Sister Natsumiya."

"That's the case, if you have a heart, then you and Qingzi can talk for a while, and my uncle and I will go to the exit to go through some procedures."

"Well, excuse me."

"Kiyono-kun, why are you here, come and sit next to me" Aoko greeted with a smile and motioned for me to sit next to her.

I put my bag down and saw that Aoko's forehead was wrapped in gauze and there were several wounds on her arms that had been treated.

Was it really bullied......

"How do you feel?"

"Well, it should be fine, the doctor said it's just some skin trauma, just a few days of rest."

"Sister Summer Palace......

"Huh? What?"

"I don't know what happened, but I'm really worried about you, and I'm really upset that you suddenly got injured and went to the hospital......

Aoko listened to me, her eyes were unexpectedly more gentle, and she replied in a soft tone

"Hmm... I'm sorry to worry Kiyono-kun..."

That's not true...

"Sister Summer Palace, I think you can tell me anything about anything! I'd love to hear from you and want to know more..."

"I also want to share Sister Xiagong's troubles, I don't want to be like this time, you are injured and in the hospital, I just know that you are being bullied and threatened...... Suddenly... Suddenly, I felt that Sister Xia Gong didn't want to talk to me about some things... 」

I had a worried look on my face, Aoko has been very abnormal lately...... Something feels like it's going to break away......

"If I didn't know about it from anyone else... Sister Natsumiya... You're going to hide it from me, too..."

「……」

She showed the expression that should have been like this, and after a brief silence, she spoke slowly

"Kiyono ......"

Suddenly, she hugged me, rested my head on her shoulder, and whispered

"Kiyono is still young, I should be happy every day, I don't think about anything, grow up happily, if I make you unhappy and troubled because of my troubles, I will feel guilty...... So, you don't have to worry about me...... I'll take care of everything."

Her hand caressed my head, and I could smell the faint smell of candy on her body, and for a moment I felt a kind of peace in the depths of the sea. Aoko's well-proportioned breathing could be heard, and her clear words could be heard.

"Sister Natsumiya, I want to grow up quickly, I can protect you, and I can do more!"

"Then you'll have to do it."

She let go of her embrace, but I was a little reluctant and took the initiative to hug her tightly.

"I like Aoko, I like the kind I like very much."

Although I was very young at the time, I was vague about relationships, but I had already read a lot of books at that time, and my feelings were more complicated than those of my peers. I distinctly remember that when she called Aoko's name, Aoko's soft body trembled, and for the first time, she officially called her name 'Aoko' instead of Sister Natsumiya. As for liking, whether it is the kind of liking between men and women or the kind of liking like family affection, or just the liking between partners, I didn't know at the time, I just knew that it was very important, I liked it very much, I liked it very much......

Then she had a look of something to say, but it was only for a moment, and I noticed it. I just didn't know what was hidden, so I didn't ask.

……

Three days later, Aoko resumed classes.

'Knock Knock Knock' 'Knock Knock'

The school bell rang, I was eager to see Qingzi, but I had the task of cleaning, after cleaning everything, there were not many people in the school, I saw Qingzi at the school gate through the window, thinking how Qingzi was at the school gate today, I was going to walk directly to her, but a black car drove at the school gate and picked her up directly.

That's right, usually after school, either I go to her to go home with her, or she comes to the classroom to find me to go home with me, there may be something wrong today......

So I had to go home alone, and I walked very slowly, thinking about how to get the bad girl named 'Yamamachi Muka' to apologize to Aoko. Fight, she definitely can't fight now, maybe she knows a bunch of bad people from other men, but what should she do? Let Qingzi be wronged like this, but I can't do anything, and my heart is panicked......

The usual half-hour road was forced by me to walk for more than an hour, and it passed diagonally through the maple forest, and the evening glowed slightly red......

A gust of wind blew, the sunset that was only reddish just now was like a white skirt sprinkled with red wine under the scattering of the slanting sun, and the maple forest at this moment, the green leaves were reflected red, like a thin piece of jade injected with blood, as if changing the season, as if returning to the autumn when I first met Qingzi.

This place......

Filled with my happiest memories.

Stepping on the dead leaves, walking forward step by step, a figure suddenly appeared in front of me, which made me feel like a scene in a dream, the dark blue sky bordered by the red flowing glow, the red dress fluttering, the girl was facing me sideways, she looked at the clouds in the distance, I looked at her beautiful side face, but it seemed to be flowing with pain...... She turned to me...... Sparkling ......

She burst into tears

Tears flowed from her poignant eyes at this moment, like a boat on an outlying island, floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, so fragile and fluttering......

'Tick'

Tears scattered on a broken and rotten maple leaf on the ground

This moment.

As if it had alarmed this maple forest, I no longer heard the sound of cicadas and rustling leaves, only her voice in my ears......

"Kirikawa-kun..."

"I'm going to... Out of here...... I'm so ...... I can't bear to ......."

"Woo~hoo" A gust of wind swept through the treetops, making a 'rustle' sound, she said, she is the elf who came here, the elf shed poignant tears at the moment, there is full of sorrow and helplessness, and I stood in place and gradually lost the sound of breathing......

「…… Granny She ...... Car Accident ...... Go...... Generation...... ......"

When Aoko said this, I really suspected that I was having auditory hallucinations in my ears.

Grandma Yun Yao...... Car Accident ..... Pass away... Finish...

His head was as heavy as lead paste, his eyes suddenly widened, his nose ached, and the corners of his eyes were full of fluorescent...... Collapse...... Two lines of tears formed a column and flowed down the face... The temporary stagnation of thinking cannot stop the instinctive secretion of the tear gland...... It's painful...... It's painful......

"How, how...... Will ......."

She cried, stepped on my feet and rushed towards me and hugged me tightly, choked out a mournful cry, and the undulating breathing made my emotions burst out irrepressibly, "Wow" and cried, opened her hands and hugged her tightly, and wrapped her arms around. In front of us, there are black mountains and terrifying mountains with green ink, which isolate and divide the whole world, and we are all immersed in this sorrow, taking each other as a spiritual support, and bearing the cruel reality together, and the impact of this unpredictable disaster on our hearts......

……