Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

"Whether it's Toyokawa Shoko or Nagasaki Suyo, they are both independent-minded people. So it's completely expected that things will develop to this point."

This is also the reason why Ritsu Narose was able to remain calm when he witnessed Tenkai Ryuu causing trouble and did not even intend to stop her.

The bomb had been buried long ago. All that guy did was to add another heavyweight bomb and speed up the burning of the fuse. It would not increase the deep crater left by the bomb explosion from one to two.

The cause of tonight's situation was laid as early as the day Shoko Toyokawa left the group.

Unless Nagasaki Suyo has a new pillar that she can completely rely on, allowing her to completely forget and ignore the beautiful picture that exists in her memory, she will definitely stick to her own opinions and end up with nothing.

But this approach goes against the ideas that Ritsu Narose has always held.

In his opinion, everyone has to fight for their own happiness, and promising others that they can bring them happiness is an irresponsible behavior.

Rather than letting Su Shi immerse herself in a sea of ​​gentleness and let her abandon the goals she has always pursued, Naruse Ritsu prefers to let her face the ending she created herself.

If she didn't even have the courage to face reality, Nagasaki Suyo would never realize the narrowness of her own vision and would forever be a soul bound by gravity.

This was true, although it sounded like comfort to Wakaba Mu's ears.

The thoughts about "self-thinking" she got from Ritsu Narose resurfaced in her heart, but sadly, if Ye Mu discovered that what she did would only lead to an even more unfavorable future.

"If it doesn't work this time, just try harder next time."

After expressing her hesitation, the doll-like girl heard the boy sitting next to her say this.

Is there a next time?

With confusion in her eyes, Wakaba Mu discovered that Mingse Ritsu's thoughts were much more optimistic than hers. She couldn't understand how, under such circumstances, he, as Su Shi's lover, could still maintain such a positive and optimistic attitude.

Looking at Mingse Ritsu in a daze, Ruoye Mu couldn't read what he was thinking at the moment.

But one thing is certain—

He sincerely hopes that Su Shi can cheer up.

For some reason, Ruo Yemu felt like a small cucumber planted in a flower bed, facing a passing hurricane beyond her cognition.

The arrival of a hurricane would turn everything around it upside down, but it would also bring new things beyond the area. Growing on the branch, she could only sway constantly in the raging wind, mentally prepared to be torn apart and blown away at any moment.

However, when she experienced it firsthand, she found that this fierce hurricane was not as scary as it seemed...

Wakaba Mutsuki was lost in thought, and Naruse Ritsu didn't bother disturbing her finally-found peace. Noticing that Ms. Nagasaki hadn't returned from the kitchen for a long time, he stood up and walked over there...

……

Having not made tea at home for a long time, Ms. Nagasaki seemed a little unfamiliar with the art. Fortunately, Su Shi did not see this scene, otherwise she would have been embarrassed.

She boiled another pot of hot water and used this time to think about her daughter.

Such a thing suddenly happened to Su Shi, a girl she had never had to worry about. After the initial surprise of hearing about it subsided, as a mother, she couldn't help but feel worried and guilty for neglecting to take care of her daughter.

The ice is three feet thick, and it didn't freeze overnight. Su Shi, who is usually gentle and reliable, has become like this. The actual situation is probably more serious than what her friends said.

And there is another point worth noting.

How did Su Shi know this boy? And why did he look familiar, as if she had seen him somewhere before?

With no memory of being drunk at all, Ms. Nagasaki could only knock on her head, trying to make the useless memories that sank to the bottom of the ocean surface.

But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't figure out the source of this sense of déjà vu.

Suddenly, she saw Ritsu Narose appear near the kitchen, and she remembered that the pot of water had boiled.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

With an apologetic smile, Ms. Nagasaki poured the tea and placed it on a tray, ready to be taken to the living room.

Before leaving the kitchen, she said nonchalantly, "Come to think of it, as a mother, I never thought that Su Shi would have a boy of the same age as a friend. By the way, are you and Su Shi in that kind of relationship?"

"I……"

Ritsu Narose was speechless as he had never expected Ms. Nagasaki to ask him so directly whether he had a deeper connection with Suyo.

Should I reveal my relationship with Su Shi at this time?

He hesitated.

Although Ms. Nagasaki seems easy to talk to, it always feels weird for him to unilaterally confess his relationship with Nagasaki Suyo at such an inappropriate time.

However, his silence was mistaken for boyish shyness.

Seeing that Ritsu Narose, who was very talkative just now, suddenly became silent, Ms. Nagasaki was convinced that this was a wild boar trying to dig up the Nagasaki family's vegetable garden.

Unlike some parents, she does not regard her children's love as a disaster - even though she herself has experienced a failed marriage, she does not develop prejudice because of her own misfortune.

Ms. Nagasaki sincerely hopes that her daughter can be happy.

If the other person is reliable and worth spending the rest of her life with, then she will definitely support Su Shi's decision.

Returning to the living room with the tea, Ms. Nagasaki placed the steaming cup in front of Wakaba Mutsu and asked, "By the way, have you all had dinner yet?"

After hearing these words, Narose Ritsu and Wakaba Mutsu realized that it was already a little late, and they seemed to have forgotten about this matter.

Ritsu Narose declined the other party's kindness - after all, it was getting late, and Wakaba Mu's family was urging her to go home early.

Before leaving, in this last bit of time, he took the initiative to suggest going to see the situation of Nagasaki D1⊙引器`飼5九IV leek scar Su Shi.

Although surprised, Ms. Nagasaki did not refuse his request.

Let Su Shi's peers solve her problems, which will always be more gentle than intervention from adults.

After getting permission from Su Shi's mother, Ritsu Narose and Mutsu Wakaba looked at each other and walked to the second floor under the guidance of Ms. Nagasaki.

"Su Shi, your friend is here to see you." Ms. Nagasaki said softly after knocking on the door gently.

However, there was no sound in the room, as if there was no one inside at all.

"Hey, are you ignoring me..."

Looking devastated, Ms. Nagasaki stood aside with a look of regret, making room for Su Shi's two friends.

Standing in front of the bedroom door, Ritsu Narose seemed to be able to sense some negative emotions emanating from the crack of the door.

It does not symbolize frost and snow, nor is it an abyss that submerges the mouth and nose, but a dead and silent swamp.

With his hand on the doorknob, the suffocating emotion suddenly rushed over him - intending to cover his eyes, cover his ears, and block his words.

Pushing open the door, in the dark room, Ritsu Narose saw the motionless figure sitting in the corner at first sight.

Even though the light was very dim, he could still see the face reflected in the mirror.

Suddenly, he seemed to hear Nagasaki Suyo's silent sobs.

The world is about to break down...

For no reason, Wakaba Mutsu, who was walking behind Narose Ritsu, thought so.

Unable to bear looking at Nagasaki Suye's current appearance, and at the same time afraid that she would look at him with hatred, Ruoye Mu lowered his head and stopped, turned around and closed the bedroom door under Ms. Nagasaki's surprised gaze.

It’s not that she thought they would take the opportunity to do anything bad in the room. Ms. Nagasaki just felt a little lost at being excluded, as if there was an invisible thick barrier between her and the young people.

As a mother, Ms. Nagasaki actually had no idea what was going on in Suyo's mind when she returned home.

After returning to the bedroom, Nagasaki Suyo has been sitting in front of the dressing table in the room, never moving even an inch. Compared with the soft and comfortable bedding, this squeezed small space seems to give her a greater sense of security.

When she saw her haggard self in the mirror, the tears in her eyes flowed naturally from the corners of her eyes like a yawn, leaving a clear tear mark on her cheek.

Just like a raindrop that falls one second before the rainstorm comes, after this tear fell, Nagasaki Suyo could no longer bear her sadness.

She has been working hard for everyone...always...always.

Why……

When crying had exhausted all her strength, Nagasaki Suyo could only sit here, still being swallowed by the darkness, the pain and sadness in her heart like a colony of ants constantly eating away at her remaining sanity.

She didn't know how long it had been before her mother's kind words were heard outside the door, and her wandering consciousness was finally brought back to her senses.

There was no reply, Nagasaki Suyo just looked at the dark door through the mirror.

As the door opened, she saw Naruse Ritsu appear in her sight along with the light. At the same time, there was another person she didn't want to see.

Only after Ruoye Mu closed the door again did she speak in a trembling voice.

"Am I the only one like this?"

This sentence was not a question to Ritsu Narose, nor was it a question and answer from Nagasaki Suyo herself, but a question to the third person in the room.

Ever since entering the room, Wakaba Mu had been standing alone at the door. She was facing the bedroom door, as if she was facing the wall and thinking about her mistakes. When she heard Nagasaki Suyo's words, her head, which was already lowered, lowered even more.

Wakaba Mu did not answer, but silence itself was an answer.

After receiving this answer, which she had now expected, Nagasaki Suyo no longer felt sad or surprised.

She simply stared at herself in the mirror, watching the hole in her heart grow larger. The girl's expression hardened. She wanted to smile, but couldn't bring herself to smile naturally like she used to.

There were only three people breathing in the room, some calmly and some slightly quickly, which made the atmosphere in the room quiet for a while.

14. Unfinished Business (Two-in-One)

Whenever Nagasaki Suyo looks at the photos saved on her phone, it brings back memories.

Gathering in a cafe for band meetings, going to karaoke with everyone, practicing together in the recording studio... those precious memories have kept Nagasaki Suyo going until now.

However, it was not until this moment that she realized that she was the only one who truly treasured these memories.

Takamatsu Touma, Shiina Tateki, Toyokawa Shoko, Wakaba Mutsu... None of them cared about the band. Only she was like a lonely gravekeeper, standing in the cemetery waiting for the sun that symbolized hope.

But the moment of the sun rising never comes.

A pale moon hung in the night sky, its reflected light dwindling further as sparse clouds shone. A lonely night wind drifted in from the far end of the city, slapping against the glass.

The sparse moonlight and the lights of the distant city dimly illuminated the room, allowing Nagasaki Suyo to clearly see the two people who appeared there.

Ignoring Wakaba Mutsu who was standing at the door and did not come closer, Nagasaki Suyo looked at the image in the mirror, not knowing whether she was talking to herself or to Naruse Ritsu.

"……sorry."

What she had always wanted to say was finally said by Nagasaki Suyo today.

Man is the sum of all social relations.

In Naruse Ritsu, Nagasaki Suyo coveted the emotions she had rarely, if ever, experienced in the past. At the same time, she also deposited her own frustration, sadness, and depression, which were like a swamp.

She struggled and sunk in the swamp, but hoped he would come and rescue her.

She wanted to wait alone in despair, but she also wanted to drag the person who loved her into the relationship and bear the pain with her.

Her love was very heavy, mixed with many suffocating emotions.

In Greek mythology, there is a story about "Orpheus".

Orpheus's lover was bitten to death by a poisonous snake. The heartbroken Orpheus decided to rush into the underworld and ask Hades, the god of the underworld, and Persephone, the queen of the underworld, to return his lover to him.

After going through untold hardships, Orpheus finally got permission to bring his wife back to the human world. But at the very end of the journey, he broke his irreversible promise.

In the end, Orpheus could not hold back the love and longing for his lover in his heart. He turned around and looked behind him, which made all his previous efforts go to waste.

And after persisting for so long, what did Ritsu Narose not help but look back?

Nagasaki Suyo knew the answer.

Therefore, she often had an idea in the dead of night:

If she hadn't taken the initiative to recognize Naruse Ritsu, would his life be happier than it is now? Would he still waste his time on a troublesome woman and let himself be wrapped in troubles and worries?

As early as the day they met again, she knew that the other person was much more free and easy than her.

Unconstrained by the past, he is like a bird soaring freely in the sky, able to stretch his wings and overlook the congested streets and alleys during the rush hour of human commuting.

She liked Mingse Ritsu's carefree attitude, but at the same time she envied him. Driven by this emotion, she left the house and fled, like a drowning person clinging to the weeds on the shore.

It was precisely because he understood that his love was not as pure as Chihaya Aine's that he harbored another kind of hostility towards her.

Now she stands silently in front of the one she loves, like a believer waiting for judgment.

She was afraid, but forced herself to stand up and turned to stand next to Ritsu Narose.

However, Nagasaki Suyo did not hear any words.

The warm palm caressed her back, making her feel a temperature that was completely opposite to the cold air.

Actual actions speak louder than words of care. When Nagasaki Suyo felt the emotions conveyed by Naruse Ritsu, the emotions that she had managed to suppress with great difficulty began to burst out again.

The uneasiness and doubt that Ritsu Narose felt about making songs with Shoko Toyokawa, as well as the panic and sadness of thinking she was betrayed, all disappeared at that moment.

Seeing that the person she loved was right beside her and still willing to extend a warm hand to her, she finally couldn't hold on any longer.