Lonely Rock for the Blind

"Can you hear the sound of snow falling?"

“…It hasn’t reached that point yet.”

"yes…"

Yamada Ryo took a step closer to Nekoyashiki Haru.

Nekoyashiki Haru subconsciously took a step back.

"What's wrong? You allowed Yudai and Nijigasaki to make you like them, but you won't allow me to try?"

"... "

Nekoyashiki clenched his fists.

"It's not that I can't... Just give me some time to digest it."

Yamada Ryo shook his head.

"Nothing to digest."

Yamada Ryo's golden eyes were fixed on Nekayashiki Haru.

"I like you and want you to like me. It's that simple. No need to think."

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru lowered his head and said nothing.

"You always take things like this too seriously..."

Yamada Ryo's voice gradually became weaker, and she looked to the other side of the bridge, where two people were looking at her quietly.

"I'm going to buy a bottle of drink, what do you want?"

"…coffee."

"it is good."

Nekoyashiki Haru took out his wallet.

Yamada Ryo pressed the wallet back.

"I can still buy you coffee."

"…Thanks."

"Ah."

Yamada Ryo turned and left.

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru took a few steps forward.

when!

Then he banged his fist on the metal railing of the bridge.

"…it hurts…"

He lowered his head and wrapped his other hand around his red fist.

Nekoyashiki Haru actually doesn't want to hurt anyone.

Both physically and mentally.

but now…

The future is becoming increasingly vague and more chaotic.

Nekoyashiki Haru can no longer determine or predict what the future will be like.

Confusion and uneasiness all rushed into my mind.

【Try to let me help you choose your life. 】

"…Ha ha…"

Nekoyashiki Haru couldn't help but laugh twice.

"What?... I think this will make me feel relieved..."

Nekayashiki Haru smiled and kept smiling.

Until the smile froze on his face, until the smile slowly disappeared.

He lowered his head.

"What should I do... Aunt Ijichi..."

...

……

.........

"Aren't you cold? Standing like this?"

Yamada Ryo asked, looking at the two silent people.

"... "

"... "

Both of them remained silent.

Yamada Ryo took a deep breath and walked towards the beverage machine next to the two of them.

"What would you like to drink?"

Yamada Ryo turned around and asked.

Not like her usual self.

"... "

Goto Ichiri shrank back.

Kita Ikuyo looked at Yamada Ryo.

The red corners of the eyes have not disappeared yet.

"... "

Yamada Ryo looked at Kita Ikuyo.

“…Are you crying?”

“…You should have seen it a long time ago…”

Kita Ikuyo said tremblingly.

"…Um."

Yamada Ryo nodded.

"It's like you saw what I did, and I saw you, and the window is transparent."

"Why... don't stop?"

Kita Ikuyo asked.

"Why stop?"

Yamada Ryo asked back.

"Because you saw me? Because you know about it? So I have to stop? I have to run away?"

Yamada Ryo squatted down and took out a hot drink.

"I don't play by your rules, Ikuyo."

"!"

Kita Ikuyo took a step forward.

Yamada Ryo looked at Kita Ikuyo calmly.

"Feeling…angry?"

Yamada Ryo said as he looked at Kita Ikuyo's clenched fists.

"... "

Kita Ikuyo clenched her fists.

"If you're angry, what's the reason?"

"I…"

"Because I don't follow the rules? Or because you unilaterally think I've betrayed you?"

Kita Ikuyo shook her head.

"... "

呲…

The can was opened.

Yamada Ryo raised his head and took a sip.

"Yudai, you too."

"... "

"too slow."

"... "

"Hongxia will wait for you, just like you will wait for Hongxia, and Maojun will wait for you, just like he will wait for Hongxia."

Yamada Ryo put the unopened coffee into his pocket.

"Yudai, I can't... there's always someone who can't."

Yamada Ryo turned around and prepared to leave.

Kita Ikuyo looked down at her trembling hands.

She didn't chase after him, but just watched Yamada Ryo's departing back.

"...Kita..."

Overwhelmed by the sudden events, Goto Ichiri couldn't even get a word in.

“…one mile…”

Kita Ikuyo looked at Goto Ichiri and asked.

"What will the future be like?"

"... "

Goto Ichiri opened his mouth but couldn't answer.

"... "

Kita Ikuyo lowered her head.

Then he stamped his feet lightly.

"Yili, can I escape?"

"... "

"Right now...can you go home alone?"

"Um…"

"…Thanks…"

Kita Ikuyo turned around and walked away.

"... "

Goto Ichiri looked at the bridge in the distance.