Early summer is a sleepy day, and I fell asleep within a short while of lying on the bed.

He vaguely heard the chirping of cicadas outside the window, his eyelashes as long as crow feathers fluttered a few times, and when he opened his eyes in confusion, Sasashima Ritsu realized that he seemed to have slept until dark.

The hotel room is close to the street and you can hear the noise from outside.

Ritsu Sasashima stood in front of the window wearing hotel slippers, looking out at the scenery outside. The room on the lower floor was quite nice, and it felt more like a city.

He turned around and walked into the bathroom, arranging his hair and wrinkled shirt that were messed up by his sleep.

Wearing a white T-shirt with a washed denim jacket, the lower body is casual jeans of the same color as the jacket. Wearing a pair of clean white sneakers on his feet, it can be seen that he cherishes them very much.

I didn’t even carry a school bag, so I stuffed my room card into my wallet and headed out to prepare for a night trip to Shibuya.

Wandering aimlessly, I bought a snack from a food stall when I got hungry. After eating almost all the salty food, I naturally wanted something sweet. Ritsu Sasashima held up the freshly made Taiyaki, which was piping hot.

Instead of the traditional red bean filling, I ordered the custard filling. Sasashima Ritsu bit the tail part, just like a greedy kitten who also likes to start from the tail.

The hot custard sauce is generous, and you can taste a lot even when you bite into the fish tail. It is rich in milk, delicate and smooth. There should be a small amount of fine salt, salt and sugar added to the surface of the Taiyaki.

The collision can bring out the sweetness of the fillings.

In less than thirty seconds, Ritsu Sasashima finished the palm-sized taiyaki.

After drinking enough, we walked all the way from Udagawa Town to Aipido Town. We passed by Acupido Central Bridge and felt a little tired. Sasashima Ritsu walked alone by the lakeside under the bridge, feeling quite comfortable with the warm evening breeze.

The commercial streets on the other side of the lake are brightly lit with neon lights, and the residential area behind them looks particularly peaceful.

He propped up his butt with both hands and sat on the railing. He turned his head and looked at the calm lake. The breeze blew the bangs on his forehead. In this silent atmosphere, he was inexplicably reminded of his thoughts.

He stopped studying for a year, and he had no idea what he should do during this year...

He simply planned to leave Honsei's family and settle in Tokyo, but he didn't plan what to do after that. He felt confused as to whether his future would be the same as this lake.

It was so calm that there were no waves, just like a pool of stagnant water.

"..."

Ritsu Sasashima supported his body and turned over to face the lake. He closed his eyes and tried to feel the night breeze. At the same time, he cleared his mind and thought about whether to study hard or delve into something else during this year's break.

Before I could think of anything useful, there was a rush of footsteps behind me.

He only felt someone grabbed the hem of his clothes. Sasashima Ritsu subconsciously used his knuckles to tightly grasp the railing, and his body was pressed against the railing to prevent himself from accidentally falling into the lake.

The man behind him who was pulling his clothes saw Sasashima's appearance and thought he had made up his mind, so he shouted quickly.

"No...don't kill yourself!"

"?"

Sasashima Ritsu turned around and found that the person pulling on his clothes was a black-haired boy who was half a head taller than him. He looked very panicked.

Suicide? Do you look like someone who committed suicide?

"Let go."

Upon hearing this, the black-haired boy quickly dropped the plastic bag he was holding in his left hand, holding on to the shaky coat with both hands, and shouted loudly: "If you have any troubles, tell me, don't commit suicide! There are still many things in this world..."

"Can you please pause for a moment?"

"Why?"

Ritsu Sasashima pointed at the coat that was about to be torn off with one hand, and said expressionlessly: "You almost tore my clothes, and..."

He jumped off the railing and looked at the black-haired boy who was half a head taller than him, and said word by word: "I don't want to commit suicide."

"But...but you clearly leaned half of your body out just now."

"I'm just thinking about things. Are you thinking too much?" Ritsu Sasashima leaned against the railing and looked at the boy in front of him. Under the dim light of the street lights, his skin color was darker than mine, but not as dark as wheat.

color.

Her hairstyle looks like that of a good student in the class. The phoenix eyes at the end of her eyes are very beautiful, and her face is kind-hearted, which is completely different from her dull face.

There is still a childlike look on his face, and he looks like he is not much older than me, is he a high school student?

But now the childish high school student lowered his head and covered his cheeks shyly. He seemed to feel shy.

Kageguang Morofushi, who had finished shopping at the convenience store a few minutes ago and was about to go home, was walking home along the sidewalk above the lake. When he looked at the busy commercial street on the other side, he suddenly noticed something standing by the lake.

After taking a closer look, I found that it was a man who didn't look very tall. When I saw him leaning forward with his hands on the railing, I realized that this man might be trying to commit suicide by throwing himself into the lake, so I ran in front of him.

, grabbed the hem of the coat.

Oh my god, what are you doing... so embarrassing!

"If I really want to commit suicide, will you save me?"

Zhufu Jingguang put down his hands and raised his head to look at Sasashima. His cheeks were still slightly red, but his expression was very firm. He said seriously: "Of course."

"But we don't know each other at all. Is this necessary?"

"You don't need a reason to help people."

Ritsu Sasashima frowned slightly. The person in front of him seemed to be kinder than he thought. Thinking of what happened in the past ten years, no matter what happened, he never reached out to him for help.

He stretched out his hand to put on his half-torn coat, and his pale blue pupils looked like the black lake behind him in the backlight.

Zhu Fu Jingguang saw him staring at him without saying a word, blinking his eyes and thinking about what to say to break the awkward atmosphere. In fact, he himself is also the type who is not good at communicating with strangers. He even got into trouble because of something in the past.

Aphasia.

"My name is Zhu Fu Jingguang and I am 17 years old. Now we know each other, right?"

He really said what he thought of. Zhu Fu Jingguang felt that his back was sweating. He introduced himself as he introduced himself. Why did he extend his hand? Wouldn't it be more embarrassing if he didn't hold it?

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There was no response from the other side. When Zhu Fu Jingguang was about to retract his hand, he didn't expect a cold hand to wrap his right hand. In such a warm environment in early summer, it was quite comfortable.

"Sasashima Ritsu, 14 years old..."

Ritsu Sasashima obviously did not expect that he would do this, let alone that he would want to shake hands with him. The unprecedented treatment made him not know how to react for a while.

Sensing that he wanted to retract his hand, he held it directly without thinking about what to do or say next.

"ささじまりつ, what a nice name." Zhufu Jingguang asked curiously: "What are you doing here alone? It's already very late and you don't want to go home?"

Home.

He no longer has a home.

Sasajima Ritsu glanced at the plastic bag that was thrown on the ground. Two cans of beer and shredded squid as a side dish came out of it. It was obviously not something Morofushi had eaten.

He bent down, packed the things into a bag and handed them back to him, then changed the subject and said, "Is it okay if you don't go back? I'm running errands for my family."

"Ah! It's what my uncle asked me to buy! I have to go back!"

I thought Zhu Fu Jingguang would leave directly, but I didn't expect that he would fumble for an old-fashioned mobile phone from his pocket, smile at him and say: "What is your email address? Can you give it to me?"

"…Can."

After exchanging email addresses, Zhufu Jingguang ran forward, not forgetting to turn around and say: "Sasashima-kun, please pay attention to safety on the way home! Remember to report that you are safe when you get home."

Is he so gentle to everyone? Inexplicably, he thinks of his mother, whose memory has been blurred.

Putting away his thoughts, Sasashima Ritsu walked toward the commercial street on the other side of the lake, and amidst the bustle, he hailed a taxi back to the hotel.

After returning home and handing the beer and squid shreds to his uncle, Zhu Fu Jingguang lay on the bed holding his cell phone and staring at the ceiling in a daze... After hearing the email notification tone, he immediately got up and checked his mailbox.

[Sasashima: This is Sasashima Ritsu, I’m home safely.]

"This kid's speech is really old-fashioned." Zhu Fu Jingguang scratched his cheek, pressed the button and edited an email to reply.

Ritsu Sasashima, who was about to wash up and go to bed, looked helpless when he saw the reply.

[Zhufu: You are still a junior high school student, why do you talk like a little old man? Young people should use emojis more! Good night, Sasashima-kun~]
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