"Yes."

Lucy answered without any psychological burden.

"Humph……"

David made an unintelligible response, and after realizing that Lucy hadn't answered, the air quickly became so quiet that he felt unnatural.

Pouting, frowning, at least maintain a look that doesn't look too idiotic.

"Haha~...what's that expression?"

But Lucy couldn't help laughing, and the corners of her eyes couldn't help showing a playful and funny color.

The voice also became provocative.

"Aren't you nervous~?"

"……No."

David categorically denied, his lips pouted even higher.

"Is this your first time~~?

Lucy was about to burst out laughing, and David didn't even dare to look her straight in the eye, but he denied it again with a more "hard-faced" voice.

"certainly not……"

However, the air is not very full.

"Hey~~~hey~"

Seeing his embarrassed appearance, Lucy couldn't help laughing mischievously.

But for David, the meaning of this laughter is more like a molestation of a rookie, which makes him a little uncomfortable.

"I'm not nervous!"

However, after putting down this "ruthless remark", it seems that the current situation has not changed in any way.

Lucy just opened the door, then walked in front, naturally put the bag of medicine on the chair, and turned to get something from the refrigerator.

"Sit anywhere."

She seemed to be in a good mood, with her back turned to David in front of the refrigerator, her head shaking slightly.

Oh--

On the contrary, David, who came in timidly from the door, felt unfamiliar with all this, but was also full of curiosity.

This is her house, a girl's house.

Something is running around in my heart, since I stepped into this door, the smell of the air seems to have changed.

No.

It just changed.

The smell here is very clean, not comparable to the corridors that have been left unattended for a long time, and it exudes a faint, subtle smell that makes his heart beat faster.

so good.

Looking at this small apartment that was kept clean and orderly, David couldn't get enough of both eyes.

A newer model of holographic TV, a spotless floor, a hacker chair with medicine bags on it, and a small vest on it, the fan above the coffee table is spinning smoothly and silently, and there is a bathtub full of ice cubes next to it, I don’t know What is it for.

Especially the window facing Coronado Bay, at least four meters wide, with a small pillow placed on it, facing the night view of Watson District and the city center.

And from here you can almost see Morro Rock in Night City directly.

That is, it has been expanded into an orbital aerospace center, a military technology military port, and an international logistics center.

There, every day has its own rocket that can be seen rising.

Sometimes it goes to a space station in low-Earth orbit, sometimes it goes to a space immigration satellite near the Lagrangian point, and sometimes it goes to a space colony base on the moon and Mars.

When he was a child, David occasionally fantasized about traveling in space, but as he grew older, he realized that a family like his was not destined for that kind of life.

Unlike Lucy, the apartment they rented was almost unbelievably dilapidated.

"All I have is beer, is that okay?"

When David was staring at the scenery outside the window in a daze, Lucy's voice interrupted his reverie.

"Uh... um."

David hesitated for a moment, then agreed.

However, it doesn't seem that simple.

"I almost forgot, your two hands..."

Lucy took out two bottles of cold beer from the refrigerator, and seeing David's arms in splints and casts, he had a headache on his hips.

"How are you going to drink like this?"

"Ah, then don't do it."

David was a little frustrated, but he was still a little relieved.

As for alcohol or something, it is better to drink less.

"Do not."

Lucy didn't obey his wishes, but went to get a cup, used the bottle opener thrown on the table, turned the lid off, poured him a big cup, and then inserted a straw .

"Although it's a bit unsatisfactory, just drink like this."

She lightly touched the glass bottle and the glass placed in front of David, and then, like a cat, she sprinted up the window sill deftly without taking off her boots.

"Cheers~"

"Uh, okay."

David looked at his awkward posture, bent down hard, hugged his two arms, and bit the straw as hard as he could.

Ah, the feeling of beer, so weird...

Having said that, he still didn't want to act like a brat in front of Lucy.

Although it is obvious enough.

Watching David struggling to drink the unaccustomed beer, Lucy put the bottle aside and lit a cigarette for herself.

It's really hard work. I endured it for a long time in the clinic just now, and I only smoked one on the way.

Back home, I can finally relax.

The "click" sound of the lighter was very clear in the room. David, who was trying to "cuckoo", felt a cold on the back of his neck, and then it became hot again, and a strange smell of smoke filled his ears. the air in front of me.

"Huh~..."

"Huh?! Cough cough cough cough cough——!!!"

The smell of beer mixed with the smell of cigarettes that he was caught off guard made him unbearable and he coughed violently.

Even the half-drinked beer was sprayed all over the table.

"No way? Is this your first time drinking alcohol~?"

Lucy asked in disbelief as if she saw some big baby.

"what……"

David almost choked himself to death, wiped the corner of his mouth hard, and said with some complaints.

"I'm fine with alcohol, it's just..."

"Huh~? Just what?"

Lucy held the cigarette between her scallion-white fingers, while drinking with her head up, looking extremely familiar.

"Just don't like the smell of fizzy drinks and smoke."

Although it is a bit embarrassing to say so, David does not accept these two irritating feelings.

"Huh~? There are still such people now?"

Lucy looked at her with a very relaxed expression, a sense of comfort after a busy day, to let her head go and rest quietly.

In Night City, does anyone still feel uncomfortable with alcohol and cigarettes?

"I did not lie to you."

David turned his head, and saw Lucy's hair hanging down the window sill, gently resting on his shoulders.

She just leaned half-reclined lazily, looking at herself with a gaze that people couldn't look directly at.

!! ?

His heartbeat suddenly missed half a beat, and then he turned his head back hastily, his heartbeat was frighteningly fast.So he bent down fiercely and drank the beer in the glass.

It just uses a straw, so not only does it look unimpressive, but it is a bit funny like a child sipping a drink.

Maybe it's coming home, maybe it's the beer.

Lucy's tone and demeanor seemed more natural, no longer the restrained and tense that existed all the time before.

Maybe, this is the real her?

"Oh~ it's too bad, and your clothes are also bad~"

Lucy expressed surprise at David, a guy who never sleeps at all, then thought about it, put the beer and cigarettes aside, slid down from the window sill, and landed right next to David's shoulder.

"Eh?"

David blinked, his expression a little bewildered.

"Take it off."

Lucy looked at him, her eyes almost touching.

At some point, his left hand had already wrapped around his neck, and then touched the coat that was knotted with a sleeve on his chest.

"You, what are you going to do?"

David made a stiff sound.

Both hands were splinted, so the coat was naturally impossible to put on, so when he walked out of Lao Wei's place, the coat was put on in this awkward way.

Just a simple knot, and Lucy's fingers brushed against his neck.

"Listen to me, take off quickly."

Lucy didn't explain, but just pulled the knot, and with David's cooperation, pulled the whole EMT jacket off his body.

"Hey--!"

Those are mother's clothes.

David shouted nervously when he saw Lucy took his coat away with his backhand and put it on.

"Ah... wait... you..."

But the words were not as quick as Lucy's.

Before he could finish his words, the jacket that could almost be used as a coat on Lucy began to display strange holographic text on the back.

"Don't scribble on it."

David was a little weak, but he still let Lucy go.

But seeing the complete content popping up on it, his attention was still diverted.

"EDGE RUNNER?"

Words made up of ten different styles of fonts appeared on the back of the jacket, with flashes of garbled characters, which looked quite stylish.

"Another name for cyberpunk."

Lucy held her PDA, turned her head, and looked at him with meaningful eyes, "You want to be such a person, don't you?"

"Humph."

Speaking of this, David is not sleepy.

"Actually, I'm a fan of JK's "Marginal Man" series."

"hey-hey……"

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