Chapter 6: The Night of the Fireflies
"We can go outside and catch fireflies. Shuster also stood up, the folds of his tuxedo unfurled and hung smoothly down like silky satin.
"Good idea. O'Ao jumped, and there was a reverberating sound on the floor.
It turns out that there are fireflies hiding here at night. Hearing the word firefly always gives rise to a sense of hope. No matter how bitter and depressed the mood is, this fluffy pure white cool little star can also soothe. The psychedelic trails of shadows, the sizzle of summer barbecues, the laughter of people chatting, the sound of glass touching, the temperature of the night breeze on the skin, and the feeling of the skirt of the dress fluttering, all make up a quiet and cool summer, a world without despair.
"Sounds good. I came up with a word. I also interject from time to time, although I listen most of the time, but occasionally I can calm my mind and maintain a dynamic balance.
"Okay, let's go. "Ao was already impatient, and he spun around in place to relieve his inner anxiety.
"I'm going to get a bottle so I can collect the fireflies. Schust turned to get the bottle. His back was clear and graceful, and his fine strands of hair pinned behind his soft ears flowed golden pastel, converging into lazy notes, leisurely and dissipating into ancient times.
After a while, Shuster returned. He took an ice-blue glass bottle, his slender fingers wrapped around the bottle, his fingers blended with the transparent glass, the sweat droplets on his fingertips blurred the lines of his fingers, crystal clear, shining, shining on a galaxy. It was as if I heard the sound of the rapid rotation of the forms that existed in the universe, and the ten thousand years were intertwined, and the floating light of the seal was lost.
"Now let's go. O'Ao said as he leaned sideways.
"Okay. Schust replied. With that, he looked back at me, smiled, and said to me, "Let's go, Loris." ”
His beautiful eyes looked at me like that, and I felt like I was about to be overwhelmed by his tenderness. My blood was flowing smoothly and comfortably, my breathing was steady and open, as if a floodgate had opened somewhere, and my whole body was peaceful and clear, as if it was a little similar to the rejuvenating comfort I had just cried.
"yes, yes. I followed the two of them, silently bowing my head.
The three of us stepped out of the castle gates and stepped outside. The evening breeze with moisture blows on the face, what a cool word.
The wind at night is different from the wind in the morning, although it lacks vitality, but there is a feeling of breaking away from the world, liberated from head to toe, and forgetting the barriers in the heart. The evening breeze sometimes makes people feel that a thousand sails have passed and the sea is in the world. No matter how the world goes up and down, it is difficult to shake the nature of the world. Any change can be grouped into one, but the appearance is different.
"Loris, open your hands. "O'Ao appeared in front of me at some point. I opened my hands as it said, and it put a freshly caught firefly into my hand in a ritualistic way.
The light fluff got into my palm, tickling.
"Didn't he bring a bottle with him? Why didn't he just put it in the bottle?" I remember that he did bring a glass bottle for fireflies.
"Let me feel it first. Ao showed a proud expression, coughed dryly twice, and said, "Put it in the bottle later." If you put it directly in the bottle, you are separated from it by the hard, cold glass, and it is no longer it. ”
I laughed. Ao Ao smiled too.