Lonely Rock for the Blind

"Well, they are really busy with work after all."

"You are blind."

"So when I first became blind, my mom skipped a very important meeting to take care of me."

Nekoyashiki Haru smiled.

"Too little care."

Ichichi Xingge handed over a box of Goodbaby juice.

"That's enough for me."

Nekoyashiki Haru took the Good Boy juice and put the straw into his mouth.

"Actually, I didn't approach you directly because I thought you might have forgotten me. After all, we were just neighbors back then."

"It's hard to forget, after all, you were a little kid back then, practically living alone, and my mom practically raised you as her own son."

Upon hearing this, Nekayashiki Haru was stunned, pursed his lips, and responded softly after a long time.

"…Um…"

Yidizhi Xingge was also stunned for a moment, and then suddenly lost interest in talking.

The memory of a deceased person can indeed leave one speechless.

The two of them drank the Good Boy Juice in silence, and Yidizhi Xingge suddenly asked.

"Where are you staying tonight? Why don't you go to my..."

"No, I've already bought the house I used to live in."

"…so."

Yidizhi Xingge sighed again, and she felt like she had sighed for the rest of her life today.

“It must be hard not to feel visible.”

“It was at first, but now I’m used to it.”

Nekayashiki Haru smiled once again.

"As long as I don't hit the stairs, it's a piece of cake for me who is so into staff magic!"

"You're still joking with me now. It seems like you're really okay."

Ichichi Hoshige stood up.

"But you actually became a band member... and joined Hiroi's band..."

"I'm not joining, I'm just a mercenary."

“…Well, whatever you want.”

Ichichi Hoshige walked behind the counter.

"You can stay in Fanxing from now on and do odd jobs. Sometimes when the band is short of people you can fill in. Your salary will not be reduced."

"Sister Xingge, you are really casual now."

"How to say?"

Yidizhi Xingge raised his dead fish eyes.

"After all, you were quite irritable when you were in the band, but now you're completely different from before...ah! Not entirely. When you found me the other day, you almost punched me in the face."

"Nonsense! You didn't even tell us you were coming back. I'm sure they wanted to beat you up!"

"Hehe...sorry..."

"…never mind."

Ichichi Hoshige sighed.

"Fanxing will be closed today, you can go back first."

"Hongxia..."

"I'll be more careful. You can talk to her slowly tomorrow."

Ijichi Seika took away Nekoyashiki Haru's blind stick and then stretched out a hand in front of him.

"Hold on, I'll take you back to where you used to live, right?"

"Well, thank you, Sister Xingge."

"You're welcome…"

Holding Nekoyashiki Haru, Ijichi Seika felt the other's overly light weight and sighed.

"Eat well from now on."

"I try my best."

Chapter 4: Singleism

In my memory, I was crying in that small room when I was a child.

I cry in the morning, I cry at noon, and I cry at night.

I cry at home and I cry at school.

Then I didn’t want to go anywhere.

I just want to stay at home, in my own room, where my mother’s past figure is.

I dropped my schoolbag and threw the ribbon on the ground. My father was anxiously trying to dissuade me, and the boy with lavender eyes was watching quietly from the side.

[No, no! I don’t want to go to school!]

I shouted like this willfully, as if this could express my determination, and as long as this was the case I could wait for my mother to come home.

The boy picked up the ribbon on the ground and walked over to hand it to me gently.

I pushed him away.

He still maintained a gentle expression and continued to move forward.

I continued to push him away, his expression seemed to freeze slightly for a moment, then he said.

[I know... Auntie is gone. Hongxia has been holding on for a long, long time. Now I just want to rest for a while. Tomorrow, let's go to school together...]

I interrupted him before he could finish.

[Kitten, you know nothing! It wasn't your mother who died! You know nothing at all! ! !]

“Everything!!!”

Ijichi Hongxia suddenly sat up from the bed, cold sweat soaking her underwear on her back. Her red eyes could clearly see the dark wall in front of her, but that inconspicuous thing brought her thoughts back to reality at this moment.

“…It was a dream…”

Gululu~

My stomach is growling... Anyway, I didn't even have dinner... so I just ran back home and fell asleep...

Ijichi Hongxia got out of bed and suddenly realized something.

"…Isn't my sister hungry by now?"

I picked up my phone and checked the time. It was already 11 o'clock in the evening.

"... "

Cold sweat ran down his forehead.

...

……

.........

"Ah...ah..."

Lying on the sofa, Ijichi Seika's red eyes had begun to lose focus.

"I'm... starving to death..."

"Then go find something to eat! Are you going to continue starving like this if I don't wake up?!"

The voice belonging to Ijichi Hongxia next to her pulled Ijichi Xingge back from the "edge of death", and she sat up suddenly.

"Because I have to wait for you, Hongxia, to eat together..."

"...That's a weird thing coming out of you... Wait a minute, I'm going to cook now, but just eat something for now."

Ichichi Hongxia walked towards the kitchen, but Ichichi Xingge suddenly called her from behind.

"Wait a moment."

"what happened?"

Ichichi Hongxia looked at Ichichi Xingge strangely.

"Qing will work in Fanxing in the future, and home will be where I used to be."

"...What do you mean working at Fanxing in the future...isn't it just a part-time job?"

"He's not going to school anymore."

"... "

Ijichi Hongxia pursed her lips.

"Ah."

Ichichi Hoshige continued.

"I'm pretending to be nonchalant today, mainly because I don't want you to worry."

"I know, but..."

Ijichi Hongxia returned to the sofa and sat down.

"I just kept wondering when he would come back, but when he did, I couldn't see him anymore. It was really hard to accept when he told me this all of a sudden."

“…Well…there are always many meanings in life…”

"Sister, you don't have to preach to me."

"That's good. I'm not good at speaking either."

Ijichi Hongxia smiled.

"Then tomorrow, I'll apologize to him for running away so suddenly."

Ijichi Hongxia said while looking at the ceiling.

"……OK…"

The voice of Ichichi Xingge next to her was so soft that it was almost inaudible, which made Ichichi Hongxia look at Ichichi Xingge strangely. She saw that she was now lying on the sofa as soft as a piece of paper.

"Ah! What's wrong with you, sis?!"

"I'm... starving to death..."

"It's only a few hours. You can't starve to death like a piece of paper! Why are you suddenly deformed like Ichiri?!"

"I have a body type that will die if I don't eat for a while..."

"Hungry Shark?! We've been sisters for 17 years and I've never heard of anything like this!"

Ijichi Hongxia jumped up from the sofa and ran to the kitchen.

"Hold on a little longer! Don't starve to death!"

Then she went into the kitchen and started cooking.

...

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"Good morning~"