[Hunter Doujin] Journey

【30】

"—Well, my head hurts a bit." Xiaojie got up from the bed, clutching his head.

When he opened his eyes and looked around, he found that he was in his own room on Whale Island. "!!!" This surprised him.

But then he thought about it, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong... although he always felt that he had forgotten something.

"Hello!" A familiar voice came from outside the window. Xiaojie opened the window and looked around. There was a silver-haired boy standing downstairs. His face should be the one he was most familiar with——Qi Ya. "Xiaojie, it's time for school, come down quickly."

"Okay!" Subconsciously replied, but Xiaojie felt as if he had forgotten something.

Picking up the backpack on the desk, Xiaojie rushed to get the bread handed by Aunt Mitt. When he passed by, he also felt that the other party's face was very nostalgic. He was puzzled for a moment, and then went out.

"Why is it so slow today?" Qi Ya was already carrying his bag, and stood outside looking at him with some displeasure.

"Ah, I don't know how I fell asleep until now." Xiaojie scratched his head.

What did he do yesterday?Some do not remember.

"Anyway, let's go to school quickly." Qi Ya walked in front without asking any questions, while Xiaojie walked behind with a low profile.

"Hey, Xiaojie, are you free after school today?" Qi Ya suddenly said in front.

"Huh? Today? Are you free?"

"Then let's go to the beach to play together after school." Qi Ya looked sideways at Xiao Jie, with a faint smile on his lips.

"Okay!" Xiaojie nodded.

Afterwards, the two went to the Hunter School on Whale Island. Xiaojie didn't remember exactly what classes they took there, but he only knew that he seemed to have had a very tiring day and suffered from headaches from being tossed about by different subjects.

When school was about to end, Nengzi, who was sitting in front of her seat, turned around and asked Xiaojie, "Xiaojie, you know Qi Ya so well, so... do you know..." Nengzi looked around and saw the classroom. No one noticed his side, so he leaned closer to Xiaojie and asked in a low voice, "Qi Ya, does he have a girlfriend?"

Nengzi is Xiaojie's childhood sweetheart, with orange double ponytails, she looks very cute and has a cheerful personality. (PS: Noko existed in the original manga. She was a childhood sweetheart of the same age as Xiaojie. It was mentioned twice in the manga, and it appeared in the first episode of the new version of TV.)

Xiaojie recalled it for a while, but found that he couldn't remember yesterday's events in his mind, and could only think of some things. This made him a little puzzled, but he quickly answered Neng Zi: "Is it Qi Ya? Probably not, he has been They're all with me."

"Is that so..." Nengzi lowered her head, blushing all over her face. "Then...this..." Canko embarrassedly took out a pink letter from her backpack.Xiaojie immediately understood what Nengzi meant, and she seemed to want to deliver the letter to Qiya herself.

"Okay, I—" Just as Xiaojie nodded and was about to finish the envelope, a voice came loudly.

"Little Jay!"

Both of them were taken aback, and then looked towards the front door of the classroom, only to see Qi Ya standing there expressionlessly, holding the door and urging Xiao Jie, "Hurry up, let's go."

"Ah, this—" Xiaojie turned his head and wanted to get Nengzi's letter back, but found that the other party had stuffed the letter back into his schoolbag, his face was completely red, as if he was embarrassed.

"You go with Qiya first, I... I will talk about my business next time." Nengzi seemed embarrassed to take out the new book in front of Qiya. Seeing this, Xiaojie didn't say anything more, packed his schoolbag and followed Qiya. Ya left.

Before leaving, he glanced back at Nengzi, gave her a thumbs up, and signaled her to cheer.Nengzi nodded.

Seeing this, Qi Ya, who had been paying attention to the movement, couldn't help turning his head and whispering softly: "...cut."

In the green jungle, the sound of cicadas and birds is overflowing, all of which are crisp and moving; when the wind blows, it can also bring the fragrance of plants, and even faintly smell of the sea.

The two came to the side of Whale Island, a corner of the beach, without much delay.

"You and Nengzi look very familiar." Qi Ya said while taking off his clothes, looking at Xiaojie who was about to go into the sea.

"Well, after all, we grew up together." Xiaojie didn't think much about the meaning of this sentence.

"..." Then Qi Ya also swam into the sea.

The two dived into the sea together, catching fish and picking up shells on the bottom of the sea. After a while, the ingredients for the afternoon were ready on the coast.

Sparks gradually exploded on the match, and the two people who landed picked up branches and started to make a fire.Looking at Xiaojie who was concentrating on the matches, Qi Ya retracted his gaze and said, "Xiaojie, what do you think of your life now?" Are you happy with him?

"Huh? It's pretty good." Looking at the faint smoke gradually rising from Mars, Xiaojie quickened his movements. "Every day is a joy."

"That's right, that's good." Pursing his lips, Qi Ya silently picked up one side of the fish and inserted it into a branch, then set up the bracket and the two grilled the fish.It was rare that the two of them didn't talk to each other before they finished eating the fish. The former didn't know what he was thinking, while the latter seemed to be so empty that he couldn't think of anything to say.

In the end, it was Qi Ya who broke the silence: "I've been a little worried recently." He wiped his mouth and threw the branch aside.

"worry about what?"

"...We are 14 years old this year, and we will be 15 soon, and when we are 16, we will leave Whale Island and go to the world outside the island." Looking up at the moon that had already begun to appear, Qi Ya paused , and continued: "When that time comes, will we still... be together?"

"Will Qiya separate from me?" Xiaojie said subconsciously.Immediately, there was a strange feeling in my heart, as if they had already separated.

"...I don't know." The moonlight was printed on Qi Ya's fair face, and the white moon was reflected in those blue eyes. "If we went to different schools, we might be separated. We would meet different people and walk on different paths; Xiaojie and I might not be so close together like we are now." Qi Ya lowered his head and thought After thinking about it, he turned to look at Xiaojie.

"The so-called friends will break up sooner or later. No matter how good our relationship is, we are still just friends; Xiaojie, you want to be a hunter of rare animals, but I haven't figured out what kind of hunter I want to be."

"..." Xiaojie looked at Qi Ya, then lowered his head and said, "Then...we will still be together until you make up your mind." Xiaojie looked down at the creaking flames on the burning ground.In this case, it seems that he has said it before.

And Qi Ya stared at Xiaojie on one side, then lowered his eyes halfway, with a flash of sadness in his eyes, but he quickly adjusted his mood. "By the way, does Noko like you? I saw her give you a pink letter today."

"Nengzi? No, that's what she asked me to hand over to you."

"Give it to me?" Qi Ya was a little surprised, and then said with a faint smile, "Then I won't accept it. Next time she asks you to hand it over to me, you can tell her that I can't accept it."

"Why?" Xiaojie felt a little strange, "It's just that it doesn't matter if you accept it."

"Sure enough, you don't know anything—do you know what that pink letter means? It's a love letter!" Qi Ya looked at Xiaojie speechlessly.

"Love letter? You mean the kind used for confession?" Only then did Xiaojie vaguely understand that his childhood sweetheart fell in love with Qi Ya. "What do you think about Qiya? I think Noko is pretty good." Since childhood sweetheart likes Qiya, Xiaojie will naturally say something nice, after all, he and Noko grew up together.

"...Hey, let me say." Qi Ya put away his smile, and said a little unhappy, "Haven't you ever thought that if I get a girlfriend, the two of us can't be together?"

"Why? I've dated other people before, but now I'm still with Kiya."

"Your date is not a date. A date in love has other meanings. You don't even understand these. How can I tell you..." Qi Ya originally wanted to talk about dating in love, but when he thought of Xiaojie and Pam The teacher was also in love and dating (although the latter forced it), and then he opened his mouth.

"The one who can really be with someone forever is his lover, so the real date should be with his lover." Qi Ya pointed to Xiaojie and said, "To be together forever, the one who can be together forever is the lover, is the lover." Your partner. The so-called date is supposed to be with that person."

"Then I didn't—" before Xiaojie finished speaking, Qi Ya interrupted impatiently.

"You're just pretending to be a kid!" Qi Ya curled his lips, looked at Xiaojie with his chin in his hands and asked, "Have you ever kissed any of them?"

"Kiss? Is it a kiss? Yes."

"Wh-what?!" Qi Ya slipped his hand in shock, and suddenly hit his face with his hand, and his face turned red, but he didn't care, instead he grabbed Xiaojie's collar and asked, "With whom?"

"... Aunt Mitt and those women who came to Whale Island, they have kissed my face." Xiaojie didn't understand what Qi Ya was doing with such an excited move.

After swallowing his saliva, Qi Ya continued to ask, "Yes, have you ever kissed the mouth?"

"It doesn't."

"——huh, that's good. Then yours is not a date, it's just someone else joking with you." Qi Ya loosened Xiaojie's collar, "In short, really don't make this kind of joke in the future, neither of us baby."

"But I learned a lot from dating them?"

"Like?"

"Girls like to be praised by others, how to do it is very romantic, and what they say will be liked by the other party." Xiaojie carefully recalled what those women taught him.

"That's right...then tell me what I like to hear." Qi Ya said helplessly when he saw Xiaojie who was counting the things he had learned.

"I'll bring you chocolate balls tomorrow, Qi Ya." Xiaojie laughed immediately, and looked up at Qi Ya, who immediately blushed.

"Hmph! What's the matter, I have a lot in my house." Qi Ya turned his head away from looking at Xiaojie.

"I, like Qi Ya very much." Xiaojie looked at the back of Qi Ya's head, then thought for a while and continued, "Although we are just friends, I also want to be with Qi Ya forever."

"..."

"Even if we all have girlfriends in the future, I still like Chi Ya."

"Idiot." Qi Ya said softly.

"Ok?"

"The latter sentence is redundant... I won't have a girlfriend." Qi Ya clenched his fists.

"Why?" Xiaojie felt a little strange, how did Qi Ya decide not to have a girlfriend in the future?

"..." Qi Ya slowly turned his head to look at Xiaojie, "Because we have a girlfriend, we can't be together forever."

"How could it be, this—"

"There will be conflicts. We each have our own families, our own children, shouldn't we be responsible for them? Or do you want to be like your father, throwing away the children... sorry." Qi Ya reacted After looking at Xiaojie, the latter didn't seem to show a sad expression, which made him feel a little relieved.

"...Is that so." Xiaojie thought carefully about Qi Ya's words just now. If this is the case, he really shouldn't leave his wife and children alone.Xiaojie, who grew up with Aunt Mitt, can best understand the hard work of Aunt Mitt and her mother-in-law; if he had a wife, he would never let her take care of the children alone. "If that's the case, we really can't see each other often unless we live close together."

"...I don't want to do this." Qi Ya looked at the gradually weakening flames. "I want to be with you all the time, Xiaojie."

Xiaojie looked at Qi Ya again, this time he somewhat understood what Qi Ya meant. "Qi Ya wants to be with me forever?" Xiaojie asked seriously, and the latter nodded slowly.

"But we will get married sooner or later." In Xiaojie's view, what Aunt Mitt told him is that a boy will marry a girl sooner or later. .

"I don't need to get married." Qi Ya looked up at Xiaojie.

"..." In fact, Xiaojie has no concept of getting married now, but he still asked the reason: "Why? Why did Qiya do this." Xiaojie just simply didn't understand why Qiya gave up marrying a wife and having children be with yourself.

The bright moon fell behind the man, and the sky was dotted with stars, and the stars were dotted.The breeze blew by, bringing what the person in front of me said:

"because I like you."

Qi Ya closely watched Xiaojie's expression, fearing that the other party would show disgust.He wanted to say this sentence for a long time, but now he had the courage to say it.

"..." Xiaojie was a little surprised, "It's the kind of friend, do you like it?" He asked tentatively.

"Not only that, I want to be not only your friend, I also want to be your lover." Qi Ya moved a little closer to Xiaojie, he pursed his lips, and then said seriously: "If we are together, we will not Separated." His clenched fists were sweating, "Xiaojie...are you willing to be lovers with me?"

"Qi Ya, although I really want to be with you forever, but... I'd better think about it." Xiaojie felt the pressure, he was really surprised that Qi Ya would say that, in his impression Qi Ya was not Like someone who can say those words.Wait——what did Qi Ya look like in his impression?It seemed that he couldn't even recall what happened yesterday.

"It's okay, there's still plenty of time." Qi Ya also stood up.

After that, Xiaojie and Qiya left here one after the other. On the way, they stopped talking about what happened just now. Instead, Qiya changed the topic to talk about things in school, and the two went home separately.

Back home and lying down on the bed, Xiaojie really felt that something was wrong.Why did Qi Ya suddenly and inexplicably say that he wanted to become a lover with himself?And shouldn't lovers be a man and a woman? I and him are two men.

Although what Qiya said is correct, if they get married, they will not be able to see each other often... He wanted to be with Qiya, but Xiaojie never thought of being together in the form of lovers.

What will happen if you and Chi Ya become lovers?Is it the same way of getting along with friends?It seems that this is not the case. Qi Ya mentioned kissing before, and lovers should be closer.

"—Wow, it's so troublesome." Xiaojie took one side of the pillow and covered his face.

He doesn't reject having intimate actions with Qi Ya, but mouth to mouth is too much, and it is seen by others... especially Aunt Mitt or mother-in-law, what will they think when they see it?After all, Xiaojie has never heard of two men falling in love.

In short, this night, Xiaojie rarely suffered from insomnia, although the time seemed to blink in the blink of an eye.

After washing, brushing teeth, sitting in the living room eating bread, chatting with Aunt Mitt and mother-in-law, opening the door, there was Qi Ya waiting for him outside the door.

"Did you not sleep well yesterday?" Qi Ya saw Xiaojie with dark circles under his eyes as soon as he opened the door.

"...Yes." Xiaojie didn't want to recall what happened yesterday.

"Here, take it." Qi Ya handed Xiaojie a lunch box. "Our housekeeper gave it to me and said it was delicious omelet rice."

"Ah, thank you." Xiaojie accepted it without thinking too much.

Then in the blink of an eye, it was noon when I went to school.

He took out the lunch box given by Qi Ya, and when he opened it, he found that there were pictures of himself and Qi Ya on it, and there was a small heart on it.

"The chef of Qiya's family is really good at cooking." Because the image of the two villains is indeed very similar to the two in reality.

Taking a bite out of it with a spoon, Xiaojie immediately felt the deliciousness, so he started to eat it.

"Well, Xiaojie... Qiya didn't misunderstand anything yesterday, right?" the childhood sweetheart Nengzi suddenly came over and asked.

"—Hmm, cough cough!" This made Xiaojie, who wanted to try his best to forget about it, choke.

"Are you okay? Xiaojie!" Seeing the other party cough violently, Nengzi anxiously patted Xiaojie on the back.

"It's okay." Xiaojie waved his hand, and changed the subject, "I'll just take a rest." This also made Nengzi stop asking.

"Xiaojie, shall we go outside to bask in the sun together?" But at this moment, Qi Ya came in from the back of the classroom.

Xiaojie glanced at Qi Ya, then at Neng Zi who was blushing and said, "I won't go, you and Neng Zi can go."

"Okay, I just want to bask in the sun too." Hearing this, Nengzi shyly looked at Qi Ya, whose face turned dark immediately, but soon turned into a smiling face.

"Okay, then let's go." Qi Ya went out with Noko like this.

After finishing his meal, Xiaojie set up the lunch box and leaned against the window; at this moment, he could still see the backs of the two of them from a distance, as if they were talking while walking.

[Isn’t that good too? ]

Qi Ya and Neng Zi are together, so that the relationship between a man and a woman will not seem strange to others.If you stand with Qi Ya, no matter what you think, others will think that they are a pair of good friends, so it is not good to just be friends?

Just when Xiaojie was thinking that, Nengzi in the distance suddenly ran away crying alone, which made Xiaojie very puzzled.Looking at the direction in which Nengzi ran away, and then at Qi Ya's position, Xiaojie decided to go to Qi Ya to ask what happened.

He ran downstairs, and Qi Ya hadn't gone far, still under the shade of the tree where he and Noko were before.

"Qi Ya, what did you say to Noko? Why did she run away crying?"

"I'll just tell her I like you and let her stop thinking about it."

"What!?" Xiaojie was taken aback, how did Qiya tell Nengzi about this.

"Why, is this something shady?" Xiaojie's reaction made Qi Ya a little unhappy.

"..." Xiaojie frowned a little, because he knew Qi Ya was lying.

Seeing Xiaojie's reaction, Qi Ya was also very uncomfortable. He turned his face and said, "...I'm lying to you. I just scolded her for her many shortcomings and told her not to be delusional."

"..." This time Xiaojie felt that Qi Ya was not lying, "How can you say that about Nokko, you can't blame her for being so sad." Xiaojie turned to look for Nokko, but Qi Ya grabbed his wrist. "Don't look for her." Qi Ya's voice was a little muffled, "I'm not happy right now."

The wind of "哗啦啦" swept the branches, occasionally blowing a few leaves on the ground.

The toes were about to be raised, then lowered, and finally Xiaojie sat beside Qi Ya.

"I have a very weird feeling that something is wrong." Xiaojie looked at the shadows of the two on the ground.

"What's wrong? Could it be because I said something like that to you."

Xiaojie raised his head and looked at Qi Ya.

"Don't you think there is something missing between us?" Xiaojie asked Qiya seriously, "There is one person missing between me and you. Qiya, you said you want to be with me forever, but I always It doesn't feel right, there should be something else you can do."

Qi Ya frowned, a little puzzled why Xiaojie said that. "What else can I do?"

"I always feel that Qi Ya should have found what he wants to do." Although Xiaojie hesitated, he said it out: "The Qi Ya I know should have found someone to protect." He vaguely I vividly remember a scene, that is, Qi Ya told him that he wanted to protect someone for the rest of his life.But he wasn't sure if it was true, after all, he hadn't seen this person in reality.

"Isn't that you? Xiaojie." Qi Ya also felt very puzzled. "When did you say such inexplicable things?"

"No, no, I really think so." Xiaojie's brows became tighter and tighter, while Qi Ya looked around.

"She seems to have run away, Noko." He changed the subject, which made Xiaojie also raise his head to look in the direction where Noko ran away, and then at the classroom.At this time, the classroom was strangely empty, and there was no trace of anyone around. The strange feeling in his heart reappeared, but then there was a warm touch on Xiaojie's face.

"!" His cheek was kissed.

Xiaojie turned his head to look at Qi Ya, but the other party stood up.

"I'm serious, Xiaojie, I'm not joking." Qi Ya turned his back to Xiaojie, and then said in a listless voice, "I'm going back to the classroom."

That day, for the first time ever, the two did not leave school together.Qi Ya seemed to have returned home early.

And the next day when Xiaojie came down from the stairs, Qi Ya was sitting in his home in formal attire.

"...Qi Ya, what's going on today?" After pausing, Xiaojie looked at his clothes with some doubts.

"Xiaojie, sit next to me." Aunt Mit looked at Qiya with a serious expression, and then asked Xiaojie to sit down, and the latter walked over inexplicably.

"I thought about it a lot, and decided to tell Aunt Mitt." Qi Ya said, "Because, if we want to have a formal relationship, we still need to ask Aunt Mitt for permission first."

At this time, the mother-in-law also came out of the kitchen and poured tea for the three people on the table.

"Acquaintance?" Xiaojie called out in surprise, and quickly glanced at Mitt's expression by the way: "But I didn't agree!"

He didn't expect Chiya to come and tell Aunt Mitt about it.

"I know, but I want to tell Aunt Mitt first that I want to pursue you." Chiya nodded.

"Huh?" Xiaojie was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.Pursue?How can he pursue himself, and he is not a girl... Wait, girl? ? ?

The vague feeling of weirdness rose again.

"Xiaojie, just tell me what you think." Aunt Mitt pushed aside the stunned Xiaojie.

"I, I don't know... Qi Ya and I have always been friends." What is the difference between being a friend and being a boyfriend? How does he know?Is it possible that Qiya wants to use the same method he did to girls on himself?

"It's just a holiday today. If possible, let's go on a date in the afternoon."

"This..." Xiaojie looked at Aunt Mitt, "It doesn't seem very—"

"Just go and have a look." Mitt turned to look at Xiaojie. "Since he came here to tell me so solemnly, Qi Ya must have become enlightened and determined, so you can go on a date with him." Aunt Mitt meant to give Qi Ya a chance?

Xiaojie: "???"

"Thank you, Aunt Mitt." Qi Ya stood up, then bowed to Aunt Mitt and her mother-in-law, then walked to Xiaojie's side and held his hand. "let's go."

Without waiting for Xiaojie to say anything, Qi Ya pulled him out of the room.

Xiaojie again: "???"

[What is going on here? ? ? ]