Page 14
Page 14
Why does he live in a place like this?
It was pitch black inside, making it difficult to see anything. Then, it seemed as if Mu Jun had crawled into a strange wallpaper. "Mu, Mu Jun?"
"come in."
"What is this place?"
"It's just a hole, for concealment," it said. Inside was the wallpaper room's four-dimensional space, equally dark. Tohsaka Touka couldn't see clearly, so Mu Xiaoxiao just brushed it off. She hadn't originally wanted to bring anyone else, but with her amnesiac senior, she had no choice.
The room was empty, with no furniture, only some daily necessities placed to the side: cardboard boxes, school bags, blankets, cups, toothbrushes, etc. He rummaged through the room and found a box of instant noodles, tossed it aside, and said, "Here, this is tonight's dinner."
Seeing that she didn't speak, Mu Xiaoxiao found it amusing and teased, "Is it because of your habits, Miss, that you can't get used to this kind of instant noodles? Or have you never eaten it before?"
"I feel like you're mocking me. I'm not that picky, Mu Jun~."
Under the soft moonlight, Touka Tohsaka and Mu Xiaoxiao sat on the steps by the door, a steaming bowl of instant noodles in front of them, emitting the aroma of rich broth. The girl's mouth watered, and she picked up a mouthful with her chopsticks and took a bite without waiting.
I only realized what it was after I finished eating.
"Mu Jun, aren't you going to eat?"
"I'm not hungry, you can eat."
Actually, there was only one bowl left. Touka Tohsaka had simply forgotten her memories; she hadn't become a fool. Under the moonlight, the girl looked at the cup noodles in her hand. "Mu-kun, you haven't eaten anything tonight either. You'll be hungry, and it's not good for your health. Let's split it in half."
Tohsaka Touka smiled gently, moved to the boy's side, leaned her shoulder against him, picked up some noodles with her chopsticks, and held them to his mouth. "Try it, it tastes great. Open your mouth, ah~~."
Mu Xiaoxiao: "..."
His face was blank as he stared at the chopsticks that seemed to be covered in the girl's saliva. "Or, should I do it myself?"
"what--"
"..."
He had no choice but to open his mouth and eat the ramen mixed with the girl's saliva. Tohsaka Touka then smiled, but the next moment, she looked at her chopsticks and realized how ambiguous her actions had been.
The girl's heart skipped a beat; was it an indirect kiss?
She glanced at Mu Xiaoxiao, then blushed and lowered her head, eating in small bites.
Chapter Twenty-Six: Mu Jun, Are We Lovers?
Tohsaka Touka stopped feeding Mu Xiaoxiao. She ate half of the cup noodles and then placed them in the boy's hand. She hugged her knees and remained silent, only occasionally glancing at him as he slurped with the chopsticks that were wet with her saliva.
Words like "indirect kissing" kept swirling in my mind.
I just ate his saliva too!
Tohsaka Touka knew her face must be burning red. She felt shy and a little resentful. Why didn't he react at all? Even if they were sharing a bowl of noodles, or even just sharing a pair of chopsticks, he should have given her some kind of reaction.
He treated it like a very ordinary thing, which made Touka Tohsaka, who was always anxious and uncertain, feel uncomfortable. Why are you so calm?
"Wait, does this mean my relationship with him is unusual? I've never asked myself what my relationship with Mu Jun is before. If we're dating, this kind of thing is nothing to be surprised about."
Tohsaka Touka was now even more anxious and uncertain.
Am I his girlfriend?
Back in the wallpaper room, Mu Xiaoxiao gave her the blanket, but the girl tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. Sleeping with a boy, I didn't feel anything was wrong. She looked at the boy lying not far away, staring at his back with curious eyes.
"Mu Jun, are you asleep?"
"Sleep."
“I can’t sleep, talk to me,” Touka Tohsaka said, sitting up with her long hair cascading down her shoulders. “And there’s something I want to ask you.”
"Speak, what is it?" Mu Xiaoxiao turned over to face her.
"Emmm," Touka Tohsaka smiled sheepishly, "It's just, um, our relationship..."
He knew her name, knew many of her stories and secrets, and his attitude towards her was quite unusual. Would a friend care about her so much? This made Touka Tohsaka very curious about her past with him.
And sometimes, Mu Jun would look at him strangely.
As a normal teenage girl, she inevitably thinks about romantic relationships.
So, are we lovers?
"Lovers?" Under the girl's nervous yet expectant gaze, Mu Xiaoxiao gave her a strange look and sighed, "No, we are enemies."
"what?"
From lovers to enemies, the contrast is just too great!
“Tohsaka-senpai, you hate me and are full of hostility towards me. Once you regain your memories, you will definitely skin me alive,” Mu Xiaoxiao said with a heavy expression. Well, in order to prevent her from seeking revenge later, he could only give her a heads-up beforehand. “I am already prepared to be taught a lesson by you.”
Touka Tohsaka was shocked. "How could this be? If you were my enemy, I should hate you even if I had amnesia, but I don't feel that way at all."
"It's hard to say, who can say for sure about amnesia?"
She still couldn't accept the idea of enemies.
"Could it be that you, Mu Jun, have done something bad?"
Mu Xiaoxiao felt wronged. "Senior Yuanshang, do I look like that kind of person? I'm so kind and gentle, how could you slander me?"
"Yes, he doesn't seem like that kind of person. Otherwise, I wouldn't trust him so much. Even though he has amnesia, he can still tell if someone is a good person or a bad person," Touka Tohsaka suddenly said. "It's okay, Mu-kun. Even if I regain my memories, I won't hate you or cause you any trouble."
Mu Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, "You promise?"
"I promise."
The girl made a solemn promise.
"Thank you, senior. You're a good person. It would be even better if you could record this message on your phone."
Tohsaka Touka was speechless. Although she didn't dislike him, Mu-kun's words sometimes made her grit her teeth. Nevertheless, the girl took out her phone and recorded her promise in front of Mu Xiaoxiao.
Mu Xiaoxiao was relieved and hummed a little tune with her legs crossed, making Touka Tohsaka seriously doubt whether she had been tricked. However, seeing her carefree appearance, a gentle smile appeared on the girl's face.
The atmosphere became more relaxed, the air became much more soothing, and Tohsaka-senpai's spirits also relaxed. In the darkness, her eyes remained fixed on Mu Xiaoxiao without ever looking away. After a while of silence, she suddenly spoke softly.
"Mu Jun, why are there no windows here?"
"Oh, I've sealed it off. Isn't it warmer this way?" The wallpaper room has no windows; it's a four-dimensional space.
"But I still feel a little cold..."
"Should we cover it with some clothes?"
Before she could finish speaking, she heard a rustling sound beside her. It was a beautiful girl moving closer to Mu Xiaoxiao. As the figure drew nearer, Mu Xiaoxiao could feel a warm body lying very close to her.
The girl's body heat kept flowing in, it was very warm.
Then, half of the not-so-thick blanket was placed over Mu Xiaoxiao, while the other half remained on the girl. "That's fine."
She smiled gently.
"Tohsaka-senpai?"
"Shh," she put her finger to her lips, "it's warm, go to sleep."
"..."
Touka Tohsaka could also feel Mu Xiaoxiao's presence and body temperature. The masculine aura kept surging towards her and enveloping her. She wasn't as calm as she appeared; her heart was actually beating very fast.
Thump thump.
Her cheeks were burning hot, so red you could squeeze tomato juice out of them.
In a mysterious space that doesn't belong to this world, in a fourth-dimensional space, a boy and a girl, covered by a blanket, snuggled together and fell asleep peacefully. For Touka Tohsaka, this was the most peaceful night's sleep she had had in a long time.
I don't know if it's because of amnesia, but because of Mu Xiaoxiao by my side.
The next morning, Touka Tohsaka opened her eyes first and found herself leaning on Mu Xiaoxiao's shoulder, completely pressed together with him, their bodies pressed tightly together, and... *sigh*
She quickly separated them, covering her chest with her hand, her cheeks flushing red again. "Phew, thank goodness he's not awake. I really shouldn't have hugged him."
Is it because it's too warm and comfortable?
Sitting beside Mu Xiaoxiao, Touka Tohsaka found it increasingly amusing as she gazed at her sleeping face. She couldn't resist pinching it with her hand, and a question arose in her mind: "Am I really his enemy?"
The girl suddenly frowned. Strange fragments of memory flashed through her mind, making her freeze.
She stood up and left the wallpaper shop, paying little attention to the wallpaper on the walls. Instead, she followed her instincts and entered an unfamiliar room. She then walked to the window and gazed at the huge cherry blossom tree in the courtyard.
The girl was stunned.
She seemed to see another version of herself standing there, talking to the boy next to her.
The version of myself holding the wooden sword had a cold expression on my face, but a faint sadness filled my heart. I was about to do something terrible, but the boy stopped me. "That's me?"
Tohsaka Touka covered her forehead. As for the boy, she knew him.
"Mu Jun..."
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Diary
Tohsaka Touka did not tell Mu Xiaoxiao what happened that morning.
Whether it was some kind of intuition or some strange impulse, she concealed the fact that she had recalled some fragments of memory, silently memorized that strange scene, and then stepped into the teaching building.
Mu Xiaoxiao once said that she had no friends, no best friends, and no familiar faces at school, so there was no need to avoid it. She could just boldly go back to the classroom and attend classes, which might even help her recover her memory.
"So what exactly is our relationship with him helping me like this?"
Such doubts lingered in the girl's heart. As for enemies, she didn't believe it at all. Just then, she heard the voices of passing junior students greeting her, "Hello, Tohsaka-senpai—"
Touka Tohsaka, with her long, flowing hair, nodded. "Good morning."
"Hey?"
The girl who greeted her was clearly surprised that the senior would respond. Her astonishment was evident on her face. She then bowed and said again, "Ah, good morning, senior."
"..."
Not only her, but the students around her also looked over in surprise. You could vaguely hear their whispers, such as "Tohsaka-senpai actually responded," and "Is that really Tohsaka Touka?" and "Tohsaka-senpai has changed..." and so on.
I was just responding normally, what's so strange about that? Isn't it normal to respond when someone greets you? Didn't I always do this? She was completely baffled.
She wasn't like that before. In everyone's eyes, Touka Tohsaka was beautiful, outstanding, and all-around capable. She was good at everything and excellent at everything, except that she had a rather cold and aloof personality. Of course, this was because of the changes in the Tohsaka family, which caused her personality to change drastically.
In short, this is definitely the first time such a response has been received.
Of course, in Japan, even if Touka Tohsaka always has a stern face, her juniors don't dare to complain and still have to greet her respectfully.
"Good morning, Tohsaka-senpai."
Seeing the impact she had caused, and knowing that she might have done something that would overturn her previous impressions, she toned it down a bit. This time, she didn't respond, but simply nodded. Even so, the students around her still looked like they had seen a ghost, which made her quite helpless.
Who was I before?
After looking around, based on Mu Jun's information, Touka Tohsaka entered the classroom of Class 2-A, looked around, found her seat, put down her schoolbag, and then looked up and surveyed the classroom.
Just as he said, she really didn't have any friends at school. Although many people were secretly watching her, none of them came up to say hello. Tohsaka Touka breathed a sigh of relief. If an acquaintance had come to talk to her, she wouldn't know what to do.
An acquaintance
Recalling certain memories in her mind, Touka Tohsaka pursed her lips. Mu Xiaoxiao, this somewhat mysterious junior... The girl leaned back in her chair and stared blankly for a while. With nothing to do, she opened her schoolbag. Come to think of it, she hadn't had a chance to look at her own things. Apart from her phone, there was nothing special in her schoolbag, just some textbooks and books.
After rummaging around for a while, she suddenly took out a notebook from the innermost compartment.
"what is this?"
Curiously flipping through the pages, Touka Tohsaka's delicate body suddenly froze. She sat blankly in her chair, immersed in some peculiar emotion, oblivious to everything around her in the classroom.
My heart was pounding.
"journal?"
Is this my diary? Do I still have the habit of writing a diary? And the moment she saw the contents of the diary, those memories that had been erased by the Forgotten Grass finally began to resurface. Unable to stop her heart from pounding, she carefully flipped through the pages.
I started writing a diary during junior high school.
The above only records some daily trivialities, and it wasn't written every day, but only once every now and then, intermittently. However, from the lines, Touka Tohsaka could feel the emotions contained within, because it was her own voice.
As she continued to flip through the pages, those past memories surfaced one by one. At the same time, Touka Tohsaka turned the pages faster and faster, her eyes growing brighter and brighter, until—her movements suddenly froze, and her pupils dilated.
The date on the page where the girl stopped was the day her father died, and the diary entries filled with despair, sadness, and pain were revealed before her eyes.
20demayo