I'm so glad I was able to write this fic. Very happy from the satisfaction and flaring of the nose -

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It's the type I want to write. The thoughts analyzed between the two people's relationship can be almost completely put into Shion and Nezumi's thoughts.

Thank you for coming to read. Don't forget to comment and vote :)

And this is for people who haven't read the ending of the novel yet.

http://writer.dek-d.com/katba/writer/view.php?id=815760

If you read this fic first, it will be much more touching ^^

“Have you ever seen the wind blow in reverse? Have you ever seen clouds float backward?

That's what I want to say... Nezumi is like the wind and those clouds...

Once floating, there is no turning back.”

“Is this..a goodbye kiss…”

“It was a sworn kiss.”

“We will definitely meet again..Shion..”

“Mr. Shion?”

A sweet voice pierced through the auditory nerve. Calling out his sweet face, he was startled out of his trance...brown eyes sparkling red widened before he flickered his eyes to the owner of the sweet voice. who now stood humbly in front of his desk.

“Is something wrong? I have called many times. Are you sick?” A young woman in a suit, who was his assistant, said with a worried look on her face. But Shion shook his head and let out a small smile.

“Ah..it's nothing. I was just thinking about something,” he said, scratching his head and quickly changing the subject. "By the way, what's wrong with you, Aki?"

The young woman named Aki smiled sweetly. before handing a clean white envelope in his hand to Chiong

“A letter has arrived for you.”

Brown eyes widened...heart beating fast...a letter to him?...who sent it...?

A slender hand reached out and grabbed the thin envelope in front of him and hurriedly flipped it open... The smell of old paper wafted into his nostrils... Someone hurriedly turned over the white letter paper which had some brown stains on it. Pointed with a feeling of longing within the heart...

This letter...or is it...

The contents of the letter were written in mottled black ink. The writer's handwriting was so scrawled that Chion was almost unreadable... But the contents of the letter were not what he was interested in... Brown eyes swept across the text. Stopped at the sender's name...

Inukashi...

A feeling of disappointment overflowed inside his heart that he couldn't stop...a ​​pair of beautiful eyes shone with sadness...before he narrowed his eyes and casually read the message in front of him...he felt a bit guilty for expressing his disappointment at the letter from An important friend like Inukashi...but...he couldn't restrain himself. Because it wasn't a message from the person he was waiting for...

Nezumi....

Aki tilted his head suspiciously. Seeing his expression change from excited and happy to sad so quickly that she couldn't keep up. “Uh...is there something wrong? I feel like it's probably a letter from Mr. Inukashi like always.”

“Yes…” Shion lowered his eyes. “It's just that... Inukashi normally never sends me envelopes before.”

The girl laughed softly before teasing knowingly... “Do I have to go help bathe the dog again?”

Since working with the man in front of her for three years...she knew that the content of Inukashi's letter couldn't be more about her boss's appointment to help with personal work in the Western District.

Shion just let out a small smile without answering... go help raise a three year old child... he thought secretly in his heart...

How stupid of him... to expect that man to send him a letter in an envelope like this...

“Do you really think I would do something stupid like a kindergartener sending a letter to a friend during school break?” Nezumi would definitely talk to him like this if he knew what he expected. Live...with a teasing smile like a winner all the time...Nezumi's signature smile...only he can draw a smile like that...

And there was probably only that one person... who could draw the most beautiful sneer in Shion's eyes...

Shion let out a long sigh before carefully folding the note in his hand. Then he put it in his desk drawer.. His brown eyes flashed and turned to the scenery outside the window...

Today the sky was exceptionally overcast... If he hadn't rushed to find Inukashi, the rain would have poured down first... He secretly thought to himself as he stood up and walked. leave their office

More than four years have passed since City Wall Number Six was torn down... Traveling in and out between the city and the western region is no longer as difficult as in the past... Even though people on both sides initially... Sometimes they are embarrassed or unable to get along..but as time passes, the conflict decreases gradually.

Until the two sides were finally able to adapt to each other... trading and exchanging including settlements or workplaces within the city.

No.6

It was freely possible from then on...

Chion has been working as a member of the steering committee to maintain the new city for nearly four years... His position is as important as ministers from other countries... both improving the condition of the city that was destroyed in the past. Sacred four years ago...both developed the city's economy and technology to move forward...

He also helps resolve conflicts between various groups within the city.... It can be said that his work is so busy that he hardly has time to rest...

But no matter how busy he is, Shion never forgets his past life and death friends... Inukashi.. and Rikika.

Inukashi still lives in the Western District. He often sends letters inviting Shion to come help bathe dogs and help take care of a baby named Shion...just like Rikika...but Rikika often stops by. Always came to visit him and his mother at home...until Inukashi secretly teased him every time we met...

"Be careful, he might change his status to become your stepfather," Inukashi said.

Shion walked down the street, which was crowded with shops…Many citizens of the city smiled at him as he passed…Shion smiled back before humbly nodding his head…He Still a humble and respectful person who has never changed...

Four years have passed since the holy day that destroyed the territory within the city and killed more than half of the people...

It's been four years since he successfully escaped from the Department of Corrections...

It had been four years since the city wall had been destroyed... and he was able to unify this city without any differences...

And then...

It's been four years...since Nezumi left...

Farewell...without contacting anything back even once...

“We will definitely meet again..Shion..”

Those words still resounded in his mind...it was loud in his ears whether he was asleep or awake...as if he had just heard this sentence only yesterday...

Nezumi...where are you?...

Brown eyes lowered to look at the ground as the face of the person he was thinking about passed through the center of his heart and came into his thoughts... Gray eyes shone like the night sky... A condescending smile as if he looked down on everything inside. The world..a face like a sculpture and a graceful posture that catches people's attention even at first sight...

And the taste of the kiss on the day of farewell...that is still engraved in Chion's heart forever..

“Shion..”

The deep voice that had always used to call his name when the two of them lived together in the basement in the western district... Shion wanted to hear that voice calling his name again... in the basement with... But piles of books...no fancy furniture...no facilities...

Winter is full of coldness that is almost unbearable...

But...he missed the time in that basement the most...

A book that is old but its contents make you want to follow it...a poem that is difficult to read but is pleasing to the ear when the man reads it to him in a voice as sweet as the wind...a small, narrow bed Instead, it made him want to sleep for as long as possible.. because he was snuggling and touching that person...

The cold was too much to bear. But it was warm when there was someone else's tall figure waiting to hug and talk to me to get rid of the cold....

Tears filled her eyes... The image in front of her was blurry from the overflowing water drops that were flowing smoothly over her cheeks... Shion felt a pain in his chest... so much pain that he could hardly hold back the tears.

Nezumi...

I...miss you.....

“What are you doing, you idiot?”

Someone's sweet, harsh voice caused his overly sweet face to lift up to meet... Inukashi stood with his hips crossed in front of him, an annoyed expression on his face.

“Let's take this and wander around and get lost somewhere. It's getting dark in here.”

Chion turned his eyes to the side. before pretending to lift up his sleeve and casually brush away his own tears. "I'm sorry..I've been busy lately...so I'm late.."

"...." Inukashi was silent for a moment.. before examining the figure in front of him who kept turning his eyes in another direction and letting out a long, knowing sigh...

So you're so busy with work that you're late? And what's the reason you're crying? You poop...?

Inukashi shook his head wearily and moved to stop in front of Shion..."Come on...it's only raining like this until you bathe the dog." Today you went back first. Please come again next time.”

“Um..I'm sorry, Inukashi.” Shion bowed his head low.

Inukashi sighed heavily. A face framed by long, messy black hair lifted up to meet the other's. A hand reached up and gently touched Shion's cheek.

“That one will never come back...never come back here again.”

The sentence was spoken in a gentle voice, but it was like a sharp spear that pierced through Shion's heart.

He...won't come back...?

Nezumi...won't she come back again?...

“Have you ever seen the wind blow in reverse? Have you ever seen clouds float backward? That's what I want to say... Nezumi is like the wind and those clouds... that once they float, there's no coming back.” Inukashi said quietly... staring with an anguished glare at Shining clearly on the big round eyes in front of me...

The wind..and the clouds that keep floating...

No one knows where it appeared...no one knows when it disappeared....wandering freely....

“Um...I understand...” Shion lowered his eyes...before turning and slowly walking away...ignoring the concerned eyes of the other party that were casting behind him. ...

He walked forward aimlessly until he reached the house. He also didn't know how he got here... or how long it had taken him...

But what he could perceive was...the sky above that was roaring...a cold wind was blowing strong....and raindrops were pounding down on his body so hard that he felt numb all over. ..

Along with the left side of his chest... that was crying and moaning in pain...

“Shion! Why is it so wet? Didn't you take out an umbrella?..." Karan exclaimed when he saw his son's soaked body standing still in front of the door.

“...I forgot, Mom,” he replied casually. before rushing to walk into the house Passing the bread shelves that lined the room, he walked up the stairs to his own private room, ignoring his mother's worried look...

Shion stepped into his own private room...his eyes swept around the room...many bookshelves lined all four walls...within them were the books he had brought from that basement. ....both Hamlet...Shakespeare..Faust..Macbeth...

The book he read every night...waiting for the owner to come back to him....

Jeez... Jeez...

Tsukiyo, who was curled up and asleep on the bed, screamed, but Shion didn't make a decision... he just walked towards that window...

The wind howled against the window, making a creaking sound...Branches and leaves scraped against the glass and the rain splashed against the clear glass pane...Chion walked closer...and pushed the window in front of him open. ..

Just like eight years ago....

Sa....Sa.....

Cold raindrops splashed down on her sweet face until she felt numb... A gust of wind blew through the window frame causing the curtains to flutter... Papers on the desk flew all over the place... Shion felt so cold that he shivered even at the edges. Both eyes were hot...

Come...Nezumi...

Come to me...just like that night....

But there was only wind and rain blowing past... No matter how long Shion waited to open this window... No matter how many times this situation repeated itself... Nezu I won't come back...he probably won't come back again....

“We will definitely meet again..Shion..”

Were the promises and kisses just a lie?

Nezumi....

I....want to meet you...so much....

Please...come back..Nezumi...come back to me like you promised that day...

And this time...he wouldn't let the other party walk away without saying a word again...

If his hope came true...if he could meet that man even just once...this time he wouldn't hesitate again...wouldn't hesitate to tell Nezumi that...

His feelings for the other person...how many...

The rainstorm has stopped... leaving only the sound of water drops falling from the green leaves hitting the window frame....

A gentle breeze blows through the dark room.... The moonlight shines softly white through the window frame, hitting some bodies curled up on the bed alone...

The stars that shone faintly shone brightly against the pitch-black night sky... Even though they were weak stars... but compared to the pitch-black sky... those stars shone brightly. Stand out amidst the darkness...

Just like the figure curled up on the bed... which shone brightly in the dark heart of the young man who was now sitting motionless on the window frame soaked with raindrops...

His gray eyes stared at the figure sleeping on the bed... before he jumped down from the window frame and stood on the floor of the room... The tall figure walked closer before sitting down on the bed next to him. Next to some body that was lying there, motionless...

A strong hand gently touched the white hair...before moving down to the crimson scar that was on his slender neck and white skin too soft for a man...his sharp lips twitched into a small smile before he shook his head. Come and go in a hurry...

Being careful is zero again....

No matter if four years...eight years...or a hundred years have passed...he still suspects that the person in front of him may not have changed...or heedless..impulsive.. .Trust people easily...sometimes it's so strong that it's scary...and what else...

Nezumi let out a long breath...Really...that person in front of him was so quick to change his mood...He had always thought that... Even if it took him a lifetime..he might not be able to understand Shion's thoughts or actions...and that's one of the reasons why he chose to leave...because Shion is like an equation. that cannot be solved...problems that cannot be solved...

He didn't know how long it would take him to be able to see through the person in front of him...

But...the gray eyes shone softly...

Shion... is Shion...

No matter what kind of person he transformed into...no matter how much he killed people...or did terrible things, it was very different from the image of Shion in his old memories... Shion is always Shion...this fact will never change...

They are like light and shadow...like the sun and the moon...like day and night...everything seems contradictory...they are like substances that cannot be mixed... But it was something that complemented each other...a incompatibility that always filled each other's hearts with warmth.

Nezumi let out a small smile. He took off his jacket and draped it nearby before laying down next to him... on the small bed in the cramped room, just like he had four years ago. before....

Gray eyes looked closely at the sweet face...he noticed wet marks at the corners of the eyes trailing down to the soft cheeks...Chion was crying...crying because of him...even without asking the other person himself. I know very well....

A sharp face leans closer..soft lips gently wipe away the tears on soft cheeks...before a deep voice whispers in the ear of a thin figure who is still asleep.

“I'm back...Shion...”

The light of dawn shone through the window frame and fell on his face... The sound of birds singing loudly welcomed the morning of a new day... His eyelashes fluttered open slowly... He had fallen asleep since. When is it?...

So warm...

That was the first feeling that Shion felt when he regained consciousness... As the scenery in front of him was still blurry, he slowly recalled the memories of last night before he fell asleep... Shion opened the window. He went out despite the raging rainstorm...let the wind and rain beat through his body until it was soaked...he cried..cried until he almost died...

Before falling asleep on the bed with tears streaming down her face...

and....

Suddenly, his light brown eyes widened... seeing a familiar sharp face not even inches away... strong arms encircling his body, close to his smooth, muscular chest... close. Until you can feel the rhythm of the other person's heart and steady breathing...

Nezumi...

Shion blinked hard a few times...the image of the carved face in front of him still hadn't faded...this wasn't a dream...it was real...Nezumi was here... Has Nezumi really returned or...

His brown eyes trembled...the edges of his eyes were filled with hot liquid...his heart was so full that he had to suppress it to prevent it from overflowing through his eyes...Shion swallowed his saliva to hold back his own sobs.. .Some bodies trembled uncontrollably....

He...really came back...as he had promised...

“What are you crying about? Is it a girl?” A deep voice said sarcastically, causing some of her body to flinch. When she looked up, she saw charming gray eyes looking down first… Nezumi twitched with a teasing smile.

“Four years have passed and you're still just as naive as ever, huh?”

"What are you talking about? I'm not crying at all," Chion said in a stuttering voice before turning his eyes away as his face softened. “It's just...I didn't really think you'd come back.”

"Does that mean you're not happy?"

Nezumi's words made Shion's heart flutter...happy?...happy...very happy..but another part of his heart felt very sorry for the other person....

"How many years have you been gone? Do you know?"

“Four years,” Nezumi answered quietly.

“Yes...four years...four years...without contacting anything back at all.” The sweet voice was laced with regret...”A letter...no, a roll of scrap paper. I still don't even have one roll...”

Shion's slender eyebrows furrowed...his sweet face pouted until his cheeks puffed out like a petulant child...Nezumi's shoulders swayed gently...he laughed, almost unable to hold back his laughter.

“Then why...do I have to send you bad news? Are you my father?" A deep voice said in a teasing manner as usual...lips spread out into a triumphant smile..even though he was so amused that he almost burst out laughing.

"Nezumi!" Shion protested..his sweet face curled into a hammer...seeing this, Nezumi burst out laughing until he sent a larger hammer than before...a strong hand reached out. Come up and caress the white hair.

“Okay...I'm sorry, it was my fault, okay? But…” A pair of beautiful lips drew a sneering smile. “It's been four years and you don't seem to have gotten any taller...and you're still as slender as ever.”

“Quiet.” Shion furrowed his brow in annoyance. “For four years now, I haven't been the same. I learned a lot more..I finished reading all of your books too.”

“Oh...so what did you learn?” Nezumi raised an eyebrow. "About women? About sex...have you learned anything from him yet, little one?"

His sweet face instantly became a hot color... Shion was taken aback... tongues were so tangled that he couldn't speak...

Huh...

Nezumi laughed deep in his throat...the sculptured face moved closer until his warm breath hit her sweet face...he smiled victoriously...before whispering softly.

“Do you want me to teach you?”

“N..Nezumi…” Shion was devastated…His sweet face was as red as a tomato…His damn heart was pounding so fast it was almost falling out of his chest. When he met the gray eyes that melted in front of him....

“Just kidding, kid,” Nezumi let out a laugh. He shook his head back and forth...before lightly poking his finger into Shion's red cheek. “Have you seen it yet? How much more of my life experience is than yours?”

Shion softly muttered his blessings to the teasing person...Once again, he had lost to Nezumi...Seriously, there was almost never a time when he wasn't defeated by the attractive eyes. He entered that pair...

Some of them looked at the other's sculpted face... Nezumi's face had changed slightly... His sweet face became more sharp and manly with age... but it was still dignified and beautiful. Nothing has changed...both the eyes...the smile..the flawless appearance of the other party still always attracts the attention of those around them...

“What time is it already? Doesn't His Majesty have morning business? Do you want me to carry you to the bathroom?”

“I'm off work. Today is Sunday.” Shion pouted when he heard the other person's teasing...

"Oh...so today is the day of the child who is attached to his mother..how should he sleep until he's hairy and go help Ma Ma bake bread?"

Shion ignored Nezumi's taunts. He stared into those gray eyes with serious eyes.

“Nezumi”

“Huh?”

"You...will stay here, right?"

“So, am I somewhere else?”

“I mean...stay here forever...never leave again..”

Nezumi loosened his embrace from the thin figure in front of him. He stood up without answering the figure's question... By now, Shion had clearly noticed the other's appearance... He was wearing a black long-sleeved t-shirt... colored leather pants. Black...and..felt like Nezumi could grow a few inches taller...

"Then I'll take a shower first," Nezumi shrugged. Picking up Shion's towel, he placed it on his shoulder and walked towards the bathroom... Tsukiyo jumped up and sat on Nezumi's shoulder... It wasn't long before Hamlet and Cravet rushed over. Out of the tall man's jacket pocket, he ran up to Nezumi's shoulder as well.

Shion stared at the broad back that had disappeared behind the bathroom door... He was very uneasy... Doesn't that mean that he might leave again if he asked and the other person didn't answer? ?

“Have you ever seen the wind blow in reverse? Have you ever seen clouds float backward? That's what I want to say... Nezumi is like the wind and those clouds... that once they float, there's no turning back.”

Inukashi's words echoed in his mind..Yes..Nezumi was like the wind and clouds that were free...It wouldn't be strange if he chose to leave again...until then.. Shion would have to wait aimlessly once again... this goes on endlessly...

Someone got up from the bed and slowly walked to stop in front of the bathroom door...the sound of water splashing from the shower could be heard from the other side of the door...followed by Nezumi's whistling...it was... A voice that he hadn't heard for four years... inside he cried out with longing for memories of the past...

When the two of them were together in that basement...

Chion sighed... A hand reached up and touched the door. before muttering to himself in a low voice that the other party couldn't hear.

“Would I be wrong...if I wanted to keep both the wind and the clouds...to myself..”

Nezumi has been living at his house for a week now...

Every day has become almost routine for Shion...waking up in the morning in his arms...listening to the sound of the water from the shower and his whistling in the shower...come down to eat baked bread. of his mother together with him...before Shion went out to work in the city.

No.6

Karan was very happy that Nezumi was back here...she baked Nezumi's favorite muffins for him every morning. He also expressed his gratitude to Nezumi for saving his son's life countless times...sometimes he came to embrace Nezumi as if he were his own second son amidst Nezumi's expression and expression of embarrassment. The other side...

Nezumi still isn't used to the warmth and care of others like usual... Shion thought secretly, smiling to himself as he prepared his breakfast.

Karan has been baking more bread than usual lately... Nezumi's presence at the shop has caused an alarming increase in customers stopping by to buy snacks... Children tend to adore the three little mice. So knowledgeable as if he had been trained well... The old man was fascinated by the sound of his poetry reading and singing that blew like the wind...

Young people are often mesmerized by the sculptured faces. A unique smile And those charming gray eyes, whether male or female,

“The charm is already strong,” Chion said casually during breakfast...Karan was busy arranging the freshly baked bread.

“Jealous?” The other party's annoyed tone and sneer caused his face to brighten. Before he hurriedly popped a large lump of bread into his mouth and accidentally swallowed it without chewing properly until it got stuck in his throat...some people coughed as they choked. I was in trouble for the provocative person who had to hand me a glass of water and bring it to me.

Nezumi burst out laughing. “You really are... so naive... you're twenty years old and you're still choking on bread?”

Shion swallowed the ice-cold water...this water was so delicious...it reminded him of the time he was seriously ill four years ago...this illness that left scars and snow-white hair. As a reminder... at that time Nezumi always fed him cold water like this.

Some people swallowed the entire cup of water. Taking a deep breath until there was enough oxygen in his lungs... Brown eyes looked up as he looked at the tall figure in front of him who was muttering something to Hamlet and Cravet, who were sitting with their necks tilted back and forth on each other's fingers...

Eight years ago...he still doesn't know anything about the person in front of him like usual...real name...birthday....what's in his heart...what he expects the other party to do. Actions...he really couldn't guess...behind that perfect appearance in front of him, what exactly was inside...Nezumi was still like a deep forest that made him wander around without being able to find a way out. You can always...

“Nezumi”

“Huh?”

“Four years ago Where have you been?”

“It's none of your business.” The deep voice said annoyedly. His gray eyes looked away.

“But I want to know this…” Shion stared at the man in front of him without averting his eyes. “For the past four years, I've told you everything about what happened to me. Why haven't you told me?”

“Here comes another hour of interrogation..” Nezumi shrugged before cursing in frustration.

“Nezumi...is it wrong that I want to know about you?” Shion protested sternly. “I don't even know your real name. Even though you made a promise...I want to know what you've been through...I want you to share your feelings with me...I want to know what you think..you think. What will you do next?

I want to know all about you.”

Gray eyes turned back towards Shion...it was a look that cut like a sharp knife until his entire body was numb...Nezumi stood up before turning and walking towards the door of the house.. He yanked the door open, turned the sculpture's face back to Shion, and spoke in a cold voice.

“I'll tell you something. It seems like I know one thing about you...that even in the last four...no..eight years...you've been a bit of a noob and a stickler for information. Just like before...why don't you learn to look at the person you are now...looking at me who is still alive in front of you with your own eyes?”

Nezumi then walked away....

Shion stared at the slammed door with sad eyes... He lowered his eyes and looked at the ground before muttering to himself...

“It's not like that... Nezumi...”

I just want to break down the wall that separates us...so that you can open up to me like I opened up to you...

Because I want to be...the person closest to you...that's all...

Chion returns home as the sun moves below the horizon... The setting sun stains the sky and turns it a shade of orange. Mixed in with the dull blue of the darkness of the night that was approaching... The hills behind the city walls that were destroyed four years ago stood tall, waiting to receive the sun that was about to set...

The scene in front of him looked beautiful...so beautiful that the edges of both eyes were filled with clear water droplets...

It was the same sky as that day...the day Nezumi left him...

Even though that day it was the color of the sky at dawn..but the many colors that dyed the sky above were so similar that they were indistinguishable...and that made him almost shed tears..

No...it's not the same...Nezumi is back by his side today.

The small figure drew a small smile to himself...no matter how similar the picture in front of him gave off a similar feeling..but today..at Now...Nezumi has returned to him...

And he wouldn't let the other party walk away without another word...

But the memory of his argument with the other party in the morning suddenly flashed into his mind... At that time Nezumi turned and left the house in anger... Where did he go? ...He had nowhere else to go...didn't go anywhere to work..didn't meet anyone...so why did he walk away like that...

Or...Nezumi...left him again...?

Shion shook his head to himself...no way..it wasn't..it wasn't like that...Nezumi was just annoyed or annoyed with him like always and that's all...

He picked up his pace and walked down the street... the merchants along the way were busy clearing up their shops but still turned to wave and smile at Shion, who was half running past the storefront... but Shion Instead, he didn't care... He ran quickly, his mind racing ahead, and he was already at his house.

Chion ran to the front door of the house...the aroma of baked bread wafted into his nose...he twisted the knob and hurriedly pushed the door open...and then hurriedly walked up the stairs to his own private room. Interested in Karan calling in the background.

The door to his room was ajar. A gust of wind blew through the window frame and hit Shion's body, causing his snow-white hair to flutter... Brown eyes scanned the room frantically.

But...there was only emptiness....

“That's not true...” Shion muttered to himself, his big eyes flickering.. before he spun down to the first floor of the house, not being able to close the door.

“Shion...what happened, child...?” Karan raised his eyebrows in confusion. When he saw his son bent over and panting from exhaustion,

“Mom..Nezumi...where is Nezumi..?”

Karan's eyes widened for a moment... her brows furrowed before she answered truthfully. "Nezumi...he also left the house this morning...wha...wait..Shion?!"

Karan shouted after him when he saw his son hurrying out of the house without finishing listening to her explanation...

Shion ran down the road..turned into small, narrow alleys throughout the area...his heart was pounding...

Nezumi....Nezumi....

Where are you...?

A premonition within his heart screamed out a warning until he felt pain..but some part of his heart still couldn't believe what he had experienced...he couldn't believe that the man had walked away from him again...

The sun dipped below the horizon...the surrounding atmosphere became darker and darker...the cold biting at Shion's skin until it hurt...but he didn't stop running...he continued to search. Those gray eyes...the sneering smile that adorned that man's sculptured face....that man's laughter and irritating words that he listened to until he was familiar....

Even though I know it's probably meaningless...

Chion ran to the gate connecting the city.

No.6

As for the Western District... right now he could only think of one place... the place that person might be... so he didn't hesitate and ran through the gate and out onto the gravel-strewn road. Dilapidated garbage...

Go to that basement....the place of their memories...

Shion finally arrived in the basement...he walked down the stairwell to the door below...his hands were trembling and sweaty...his heart was trembling with hope...

But...the door in front of them was firmly locked from the outside...just like it was four years ago....

Brown eyes examined the door lock that was locked from the outside... thick cobwebs and dust all over it... indicating that this door lock had not been opened in a very long time....

Shion collapsed to the ground... Inside the left side of his chest, a large hole was left that was both empty and painful....

Nezumi...didn't come here....

He...gone again....

Chion felt heat at the edges of both of his eyes... Tears flowed from his beautiful eyes, smoothing over his soft cheeks and dripping onto the sand below... He couldn't stop himself from sobbing...

Brown eyes filled with tears looked up at the sky above...the stars shone softly in a sky full of clouds...the night wind blew the clouds to drift away, blocking the light from the soft moon.. ..

The wind...blows the clouds away....

Just like Nezumi....

He left again...left without knowing when he would come back...or if he would never come back again....

Even though he made a vow to himself four years ago, swore that this time he would never let the other person walk away without saying anything again... but he did. No.... Nezumi left without him being able to hold the other back any longer...

Even though my feelings...haven't been told yet....

“This world...is meaningless without you...Nezumi.”

He mumbled to himself with sobs...Four years ago he had said this sentence to the other party once...but now...he probably couldn't say it to Nezumi again. ..so I could only speak to the wind and the clouds floating freely above....

Time passed...one hour...three hours..five hours....

The night was quiet... the cold wind cut his skin like a sharp knife... but Shion didn't move... he just sat hugging his knees in front of this basement.... with his heart. that is broken...with wandering eyes...

Shion's consciousness began to blur from the cold...his heartbeat slowed down as if it was about to stop...is he going to die?..is he going to freeze to death here...but never mind. ...Continuing to live without Nezumi has no meaning...Even if he dies...it'll probably be okay....

He could hear the crunching of dry leaves and footsteps coming from above...someone was probably on their way to this area....but never mind who it was...if it wasn't Nezumi then... ...it has no meaning...

“Chion”

A deep, familiar voice called his name...brown eyes widened...

A tall figure stood at the end of the stairs above... A shawl woven from a special fiber fluttered in the howling wind, as did the sapphire colored hair that was casually tied back... colored eyes. Tao looked at him with concern in his eyes... His slender eyebrows furrowed....

“Ne...zumi...” Shion muttered as if he couldn't believe his eyes... The image of the man in front of him was blurry... I don't know if it was because of the curtain of tears that was covering it... or because the person in front of him was just... Definitely an illusion...

“What the hell are you doing here? Your mother is very worried, do you know that?” He hurriedly walked down the stairs and approached Chion before sitting down in front of the thin figure who was still hugging his knees.

“Then why are you sitting around like this?” Nezumi reached out and touched Shion's cold, white cheek. “Your body is as cold as ice... Damn, this guy is nothing but stupid. And you still like to cause problems for me, you know...Come here quickly and I'll take you there..."

The tall figure's words were interrupted... because the small figure in front of him suddenly rushed forward and hugged him tightly...

“Shion..” His gray eyes widened...before he looked down at the thin figure in his arms, whose shoulders were now trembling...as tears fell, staining his jacket until it was wet....

Chion said with a sob. "Nezumi...you're really still here...you didn't leave me, right..."

“Shion...what did you say...?”

“I'm sorry for asking about you..I'm sorry for acting like I was nosy...I'm sorry for being an idiot and causing trouble for you..I won't do it again from now on...I just...just ask you.... Please don't leave me like you did four years ago again, Nezumi..."

Nezumi was stunned for a moment... It wasn't long before he was able to piece everything together... Thinking like that, a pair of beautiful lips spread into a smile... before bursting out in untimely laughter. place...

Chion pouted his lips...before pulling away from the wide chest in front of him...brown eyes flickering up to look at the other person even though tears were welling up in his eyes.

“What are you laughing at?”

"What are you laughing at? It's funny." Nezumi tried to hold back her laughter before reaching up and gently tugging on Shion's smooth cheek. “I think you've been reading too much of my novels. To be able to piece together a dirty story like this... Who said I would leave you, huh?”

“Well...you left the house this morning...and you still haven't returned...I asked Mom...Mom doesn't know...” Shion said honestly...Tears flowing from his nose... sweet But it looks cute and adorable in the eyes of the other party...

Nezumi smiled... He took off his own shawl and covered the thin body in front of him to keep him cool. He picked up the end of the veil and gently wiped away Shion's tears. “Wipe it up..look…crying like a girl again…how old are you, huh?”

“And where have you been all day?”

"So...Have you forgotten what day it is today?" Nezumi turned his eyes in another direction... The sculpture's face was tinged with a faint red...

“Today...eh...” Shion tried to think...and his big eyes widened...

September 7th...

His birthday..and the day they both met for the first time...

Nezumi sighed heavily before reaching out and pulling something out of his pocket and handing it to Shion...

Purple flowers....

The meaning matches Chion's name....

“Happy birthday,” Nezumi said in such a low voice that the wind nearly wiped out his voice. He still averted his eyes and looked away with a pale color on his face. “I actually didn't want to do this...but your mother asked for it...she said you'd be very happy if you got purple flowers.”

Shion reached out and took the flower in front of him into his hand... It was a reddish-purple verbina with snow-white stamens just like Shion's hair... This flower. Likes lots of sunlight... which is hard to find in the city.

No.6...

This was why Nezumi had to leave early in the morning to find this flower from far away...

His thin lips let out a small smile... His brown eyes stared at the flower in his hand with his heart swelling... He raised his head to meet the other person's face before letting out a bright smile.

“Thank you..Nezumi.”

“Shit..this guy changes his mood so quickly...just now he was crying with his nose bulging. Now he's smiling like he's been happy for ten lifetimes like that..." Nezumi said sarcastically as usual..but that made Shion feel so happy that he let out a soft laugh.

This is Nezumi....this is everything he is...

He was happy...and he liked...that Nezumi was his Nezumi like this...

“It's midnight already...your mother must be crazy worried about you by now. Nezumi said, clicking her tongue in irritation. "Before you come out, you should listen to your mother and tell her where I'm going... running around and bursting out on my own like this is dangerous, you know?"

“Nezumi”

“Huh?”

"You...won't leave me again, right?"

Everything was silent for a moment... the only sounds were the howling wind and the distant sounds of dogs barking...

His gray eyes turned back to meet Shion's... His eyes that were once as sharp as knives now shone softly like the faint stars in the night sky.

“Who knows?” Nezumi said with his usual mischievous smile.

“Nezumi...I'm really asking...” Shionmon raised his eyebrows...the gaze that looked ahead radiated determination...

Then Nezumi's lips crashed onto his....

Nezumi's lips were as cold as snow....but the touch was soft...warm...and sweet....at first just a gentle touch. Before they pressed closer together until Chiong could hardly breathe...a warm, moist tongue gently glided over her slender lips and slowly invaded the sweetness within...

There was no feeling of panic...it wasn't done for the purpose of being aroused...but it was filled with a warm, close feeling that permeated through the heart...permeating through the souls that were so close to each other. Never parting from...

I don't know how long it took for Nezumi's lips to move away from the other's... A blush rose to her cheeks... The coldness within her body disappeared completely... Her brown eyes looked towards the man. In front of me

“Kiss this…”

Nezumi let out a smile. “It was a promise kiss.”

“I promise...the past four years will be my last goodbye.”

“Nezumi...” Shion was stunned...brown eyes widened...before shaking with overflowing emotions inside...both happiness...both joy...both feelings. that was always full to the man in front of us since the first time we met...

Nezumi caressed Shion's hair affectionately...his gray eyes narrowed slightly. “We are so different, Shion...I used to think that I would never understand you...To this day, I still don't understand you...or maybe I don't trust you completely... but...."

Nezumi thought about it...

But that's Shion....

Weak...strong...brutal...ruthless...resolute...emotions that change too quickly for him to understand, all of this is Shion...is who Shion is. ..

Just like Nezumi's identity is as difficult to reach as a deep forest...but that's all Nezumi is...

Even though the two are as different as heaven and earth..like light and darkness...like the moon and the sun...yet they are differences that are perfect and complement each other...

Even though Nezumi didn't understand Shion...didn't completely trust him...but the one truth he had to accept was that....he couldn't lose Shion....

These two souls that are closely intertwined...are too deep for ordinary lovers' reason to separate them....

“But..?” Shion repeated..An answer that Nezumi still hadn't finished saying..

“But..that's it,” Nezumi shrugged. "Because you're too dishonest...I have to stay here with you...I have to teach you a lot of life experiences."

“Jeez...I don't need you to teach me to learn it myself.” Shion muttered under his breath...but it looked ridiculous in Nezumi's eyes.

"Um..all I know is that your sex with women will probably be as boring as ever."

"Nezumi!" Shion protested, his face turning red...

"Okay, damn, you're so easy to tease," Nezumi said laughing. Before pushing himself up to stand...and sending his hand to the thin figure who was still sitting in the same place.

“It's very late today..we're sleeping here.”

Chion raised his head to meet the other person's face... His gray eyes were filled with concern... The smile that had been used to taunting had changed into a gentle smile... He Reaching out to find a larger hand in front of him, the two of them walked hand in hand into this basement at the same time....

A place of memories....of them....

A small bed in a narrow room showed two bodies lying close to each other...some in the embrace of a tall figure....both hands intertwined tightly...even though the weather outside was cold... That just having each other close...it's so warm...so warm...

Shion stared at Nezumi's sleeping face... His sculpted face, which was still elegant, looked much younger as he fell asleep....

Qiong Li smiled slightly...

Yes...he may not understand Nezumi yet...and Nezumi himself may not understand him...all the things they went through together in...

No.6

It was probably terrible and had been eating away at the hearts of the two of them for the past eight years.

But it doesn't matter...

Because from now on...both he and Nezumi will build a new future together with his own hands...

They will start counting again...

Count one...two...three...four.....ten...hundred...thousand...ten thousand...slowly understanding each other with a bond that goes beyond words. love...

The word love...for them... probably doesn't need to be said out loud...

Because their souls can communicate better than words can...

Is it true...Nezumi?

-Fin-