【Nain】Did they start dating today?

Chapter 12

Did they start dating today?

--No.

Inaho took a small piece of confetti off the head of the childhood sweetheart girl, then backed away, and the two overlapping shadows on the ground also separated.Yunzi's cheeks were bright red, although there were times when she was more intimate than this when she was a child, but the little boy back then has grown into a good-looking boy now, at that moment just now, his clean and slightly cold breath approached, so intimate, let her My heart beat faster and my face was hot.

Yunzi felt that her current appearance must be embarrassing, but fortunately, she should not be very conspicuous in the bright afterglow of the evening.But after thinking about it, even if her cheeks turned red like a light bulb in the darkness, Inafan probably wouldn't feel anything wrong, he was unscientifically slow in matters of love.

"Yunzi go back first, I still have something to do." Inafan said.

"Eh? But... ah, that... just to thank you for helping me sort out the class manual, I can treat you on the way back! I heard that the newly opened crepe shop next to the station is delicious!" Yunzi panicked Zhang said.

Inaho didn't notice the girl's shyness at all, and replied sternly: "No, I don't like sweets."

There are also salty crepes, otherwise there are other things to choose from, and, and today is... The more anxious Yunzi was, the more unable to speak out.

"Then, be careful on the road." After the incomprehensible guy finished speaking, he walked up the stairs.

Yunzi, who couldn't keep up with Inaho's rhythm, had to wave goodbye. While changing shoes in front of the shoe cabinet, she wondered what Inaho was doing?Today is a very special day. When Inafan promised her to stay after school, Yunzi secretly thought that this is really a rare good opportunity, wondering if he could feel her heart to some extent?In the end, he was really just doing business.

She put her index finger on her chin and thought about it. Above their classroom is the senior classroom, and there is the office of the student union... Yunzi pouted her cheeks sullenly, but she still couldn't figure out what Inaho was doing. .

Inafan has already noticed that after returning from the aquarium, the relationship between him and Slein has become awkward. Although it is not to the point of not talking, the distance that had been so close before suddenly became far away.He stopped because of the unspeakable desire in his heart, but the desire to go further did not subside because of this, so when Esther said that Slein seemed to be a little too hard on himself recently, he felt that he had to do something .

"I can only ask Inaho, I always feel that only Inaho can do it." That's what Esther said.

Before Inafan came to the student union office, he seldom hesitated, but now he was entangled, not knowing what to say to Slein when he saw Slein, and I used Esther as the topic Maybe it's best to start at the beginning... he thought as he pushed the door open.

The person inside raised his head from the information and met Inaho's eyes.

The gorgeous sunset in the evening always paints things with warm and soft tones. The window screens flutter slightly due to the rotation of the airflow, and the flowers placed on the low table waft with fresh fragrance. The quiet and soothing atmosphere is mixed with the arrival of Inaho Tension.

The person sorting out the materials said, "Please don't look at the senior with such an obvious disgusted expression, Jiezuka."

Inafan said calmly: "Everyone says that I don't show emotions, so it's just your illusion, Senior Hakulet."

"No no, the words 'Why are you, tsk' are clearly written on your face now."

"Too many, at most one 'tsk'."

"Didn't you admit it?!" Hakulet almost slapped the table, looking at this junior was not pleasing to the eye. Before Slein transferred to another school, he had an instinctive rejection of Inafan, but they were not. There is no intersection.Hakulet cleared his throat and said, "If you're looking for Slein, he just came back, and then left... Hey! Don't close the door, listen to someone finish talking!"

"Then senior?" Inafan asked insincerely. The door was half closed. He looked at Hakulet from the crack of the door and asked. He could close the door and leave immediately after he finished speaking. No second is wasted.

"He came back and read this and then ran out." Hakulet shook a document and said angrily, "I also forgot my schoolbag. If you are on the way, you..."

Before Hakulet finished speaking, he found that Inafan, who was too lazy to come in just now, was already standing in front of him, took Slein's schoolbag, and picked up the document unceremoniously to read.Before Hakulet had time to say anything, he had already put down his things, and in the blink of an eye the door of the office was closed in front of Hakulet.

Hakulet continued to complete his work. In fact, this was all undertaken by Slein before, but he was absent-minded after taking over the task. He was in a daze while looking at the document, resulting in slow progress.Everyone knew that Slein came to the student union so diligently during this time, just to divert attention, but judging from the results, he failed to divert.

Hakulet took out the information that Inafan showed just now. It was the student files of the first grade. They will be promoted to the second grade at the end of this semester. Many things need to be updated accordingly, so this file records the students according to different classes. basic information.

This page happens to be the class of Inafan and the others, and there are basic information of the students on it, such as contact information, home address, and... date of birth.

——Kaizuka Inaho, February 2.

Hakulet looked at the calendar next to him, today is February 2th.

He is not reconciled, he is also a student from Mars, his parents had followed Slein's father, Dr. Troyet, to work on Mars, and he even knew Slein earlier than the Martian princess, let alone Inafan.

But there are some things, not whoever comes early wins.

He is a third-year student, and Slein's promotion to the second grade means that he will leave this school, so while I can still help, at least... I hope you can get happiness as soon as possible, Lord Slein.

Inafan didn't know where Slein had gone, he must be in a hurry without even taking his schoolbag, right?But he couldn't be found in the classroom. The campus is so big and it's really hard to find him. He suddenly felt a little puzzled. He didn't know why they always seemed to be looking for each other in circles. There was no direction at all, only knowing that they must find each other.

"Inaho?" Someone stopped him, it was Lai, probably because the tennis club's club activities had just ended, she was walking with the president Mazruka.

"Who are you looking for?" asked Mazrouka, a friendly fellow.

"Slein just ran out of the school like a [-]-meter sprint." Lai said indifferently.

And Mazluka had a surprised expression of "how do you know who he is looking for".

Inafan thought about it for a while, and felt that he probably knew what Slein was doing. He was usually so smart, but he often did clumsy behaviors that made people laugh and cry.

Inaho nodded to Lai, and when he was about to turn around, Lai stopped him again.

"This is for you." Lai threw a shiny thing, "Mazluka's bicycle key, he bought a new one, sports grade, ultra-light carbon frame, very fast, if you want to catch up with someone, this is it Best."

"Huh? What? That's mine? When did you get it, Lai?" Mazluka looked bewildered.

"Thank you." Inafan thanked very solemnly this time.

"You're welcome." Lai said indifferently.

In contrast, only Mazruka asked anxiously: "That seems to be my thing? Has anyone asked for my opinion?"

"Don't be so stingy, Martian senior, please eat ice as compensation." Lai said.

"Ah, thank you... No, it's winter now!" Mazluka wanted to cry, but he found out that every time he got involved with those two people, it would be bad. Last time he helped Slein sneak to the aquarium He was a stepping stone when Slein climbed over the wall, but he was left behind to accept Remulina's raging anger because he couldn't run fast enough, and now he didn't even buy his beloved bicycle for a few days. It's... woo... He really wants to cry.

and so……

Hurry up and be together!

The research and development of artificial intelligence is very smooth, and the new intelligent program upgraded and adjusted on the basis of AnalyticalEngine has been implanted in the central controller and entered the final step of operation test.

The original computing carrier in Inaho Kaizuka’s office is useless. From now on, AnalyticalEngine will be a virtual existence without entity. It will be active in the entire New Awara City, serving daily life and work such as traffic dispatching, electronic information, and financial circulation. all aspects.

The research and development team headed by Kaizuka Inaho has gone through several years and finally achieved the effect they wanted.The artificial intelligence under this computing template is so powerful that it not only created a sensation in Japan, but even foreign governments expressed their interest in this new technology.

"It's really not easy. It took several years." A researcher sighed.

"It's normal for this new technology to take ten years or decades, and we've been incredibly successful," countered another.

"Because there is Kaizuka-kun in our team!" Someone put Inaho's shoulder familiarly, and joked, "More than half of the programs are written by you, and the most basic part of personality is also set by you. Same as 'father'."

"Thank you." Inaho said flatly. People who are not familiar with him will definitely think he is arrogant, but everyone here is very familiar, so it is just a booing. "To celebrate, let Kaizuka-kun treat everyone to barbecue tonight !"

"Yes." Inafan nodded, "Anyway, it's research funding."

The team members, who had been tired for a long time, cheered and walked out. Only Inaho was left in the huge round room, looking up at the large cylindrical computer in front of him.

Artificial intelligence has no specific form, it is composed of countless wires and mechanical parts, but Inafan feels that it is also looking back at him at this moment.

"You gave birth to your own personality, which was not set by me." Inafan said to himself, "If I am your 'father', is your personality model determined by your 'mother'?"

The silence of the machine may have been the answer.

In the later stage of the test, it always liked to fight against Inafan. When it was naughty, it would adjust his alarm clock in the middle of the night and quarrel him to play a game of chess.In tests with no standard answers, such as setting rescue plans, planning the shortest route, and adjusting values ​​for launch programs, it always had to refute Inafan’s proposals, like a rebellious child.

These places are exactly the same as that person.

But he has never entered Slein's data, is it the influence left over from being the "left eye"?

At this time, the communicator rang, and the electronic female voice asked, "Dr. Jiezhong, there is a request for your meeting, do you want to access it?"

However, after adjustments, it would no longer call him "Kaizuka Inaho" unceremoniously for such an indirect conversation, and he was briefly disappointed by it.

"I'll go back now." Inafan was talking, someone had already come uninvited, he looked at the visitor, and was stunned, "Lai?"

The girl who was as valiant as a teenager back then has grown her long hair, is wearing a close-fitting suit, and put on delicate light makeup. Her bumpy figure is full of the charm of a mature woman, and she does not look like she used to fight on the battlefield.She is now working in the intelligence department, a Martian, who has entered the top secret intelligence system, and sometimes Inafan doesn't quite understand what she is thinking.

"You asked for a meeting?"

"Almost." She stroked the hair on her shoulders, Inafan was about to ask her what this meant, and she explained consciously, "There are other people who will meet you later, and they will only talk about things, because The Queen of Mars promised not to reveal too much to you."

Inafan didn't speak, but his eyes obviously became darker.

"Is this a great scientific progress?" Lai looked at the complex machinery in front of him, "It means that the gap between the earth and Mars is further narrowed, and human beings are always making progress. So it's not just people with good intentions who pay attention to 'it'. You Remember the rebel group that hijacked the Queen on their way to the lunar base? You must."

How could he forget, just as he could never forget the two bullets that pierced Slein's body.

"According to the reliable information I have obtained, they seem to intend to destroy this artificial intelligence and may attack this place. The rebels do not want the earth's technology to be improved, and they intend to use this to provoke the relationship between the two stars. But the Queen thinks this will hook I have a lot of bad memories for you, so I told you not to tell you. But you haven’t been happy since that day, so I don’t think it’s a problem.”

Inafan asked slowly: "Why did you tell me this?"

"I just think you should know that you are not a child who needs protection." Lai said, she smiled self-deprecatingly, "You have not been for a long time, you have been protecting us a long time ago. To protect , I have to give up something, it’s too annoying, isn’t it? Why can’t you be more arbitrary? Why... can’t you be willful for the person you like?”

"It's too late." He said, until now, he finally said it, and then he frowned, and asked, "What are you talking about..."

"This is an opportunity to change back to the former Inaho." For a moment, Inaho saw her showing a very sad expression, but soon she brushed her hair behind her ears and smiled, "Okay, Let's go to the meeting room."

Inafan followed her silently. He was very familiar with Lai's expression. He had seen it on his sister's face, on the faces of Yunzi, Cam, Nina and other friends, and on the face of Queen Essailam. read on.

He'd seen it on Slaine's face.

I also saw it on my own face.

When he passed the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the research institute, he saw his figure above.His youthful and immature face has long faded away. He has cut his hair short, and the lines of his face are much stiffer. He is a calm mature man, but the indifference is still stubbornly retained. He laments that Lai has changed. A lot, but in fact his appearance has also changed a lot.

He has grown up, but the boy in his heart has never grown up again.

He is still young, and he will pretend to be indifferent in front of him, but there are emotions in the corners of his eyes and brows.What would he look like now if he was still alive and they grew up together?

Maybe the pale blond hair grew long, and when it was too hot, it was tied with a rubber band, revealing the bare back of the neck.The eyes must be as fierce and arrogant as ever. As the age grows, the green color of the eyes will become deeper and deeper. When looking at yourself, you will still show that contemptuous and provocative smile?

He felt that he couldn't think about it any more, and if he continued to think about it, his heart would be too painful to walk.

Inaho clenched his right fist tightly, and the ring on his ring finger seemed to tighten instantly.The ring wasn't just on his finger, it was on his heart too.

Slein ran on the road with a cardboard box in his arms. Inafan had to take this road after school. Although he wasted a lot of time, he still hoped to catch up with him.

It turns out that today is Inaho's birthday, but today is almost over, and he, an idiot, knows it.

Birthday is a very important thing, because he always spends his birthday alone, so he thinks so.He was really shocked when he saw Inaho being intimate with Yunzi, but when he returned to the student union office, the senior Hakulet who came to help suddenly gave him a document, and he saw that it was Inaho's birthday today.

And counting, it has been more than two months since Christmas.

After more than two months of ambiguous relationship, I was always unable to take that step. I finally mustered up the courage but I was about to give up. If this is the case, there will be no progress at all?Slein felt that this could not be done. Even if he couldn't express his feelings, he still had a lot to say to Inafan.

I want to say "thank you", "happy new year", and "happy birthday" to him.

If you can't be a lover, then be content with being a friend. Even if it is painful and sad, it is better than nothing.

"Slein!"

Um?He seemed to hear Inaho calling him, but why did the voice come from behind?He hallucinated?

"Slein!"

I heard it again, isn't it an auditory hallucination?Slein turned his head while running, and saw Inafan struggling to catch up on the uphill road with his bicycle.Huh?Shouldn't he go back?Why is it behind him instead?Slein was wondering when he heard Inafan shout again: "Be careful!"

"Ah!" Because he didn't look at the road, he tripped over an ice cream cone on the side of the road and fell directly.

The box he was holding also flew out and fell to the ground with a crackling sound. The lid of the carton was flipped open, revealing the messy cream cake.

Inaifan caught up on his bicycle. He got off and ran towards Slein, asking nervously, "Is there any injury?"

Wearing thick winter clothes, although it was scratched, it was not injured, but a little bit of flesh was inevitably scraped when the cheek touched the ground.Inafan wiped it for him with a paper towel, and he glanced at the cake that died in battle, feeling that Slein was sometimes strangely easy to understand.

"Can you stand up?" Inafan asked, and Slein nodded sluggishly, still in a state of shock.Inafan helped him stand up, seeing that his eyes were still glued to the cake box, he still couldn't let go.Inafan held Slein's hand, he didn't resist, he took off his gloves, carefully checked whether his hand was injured, he kneaded and kneaded his long white fingers, and he let him ravage , very well behaved.

After making sure that his fingers were not injured, Inafan walked over to help up the bicycle that was thrown on the ground, and pushed it to Slain's side: "Come on."

"Huh?" Slein finally came back to his senses. He looked at the cake and then at Inafan, not knowing what to say.

"My birthday cake? Thank you, but it's okay." Inafan said, in the rich sunset, he found that Slein's face turned red quickly, reminding him of the apple candy in the summer festival.

Slein stood on the back of the bicycle dazedly, and put his hands on Inaho's shoulders.The wheels turned, and the oncoming cold wind blew away his forehead hair. Slein gradually came to his senses, and then he panicked: "W-Where is this going?"

"Beach." Inaho said.

"Ah, the seaside... huh? The seaside?!" Slein was about to say something when Inavan stopped him a little forcefully.

"Don't move around, the car will overturn."

Slein couldn't see his face, but felt that Inafan's ears seemed to be glowing red.If it wasn't for stability, he would have reached out and rubbed his red earlobe.

The coast is actually not far away, but it is not a real beach, it can only be regarded as a dam.Inafan stopped the car, and Slein asked mutteringly, "Why did you come here?"

Inaho replied: "I don't know, but I think we must come here."

They sat down on the concrete guardrail. The seaside was cold, but the sunset without any hindrance was magnificent and brilliant, as if the entire sea level was burning. Slein suddenly understood why he came here.

Inafan took out fried noodles bread and fruit sandwiches from his schoolbag, and then, under Slein's dumbfounded gaze, took out the candles that should have been placed on the birthday cake.

"Oops." Inafan became annoyed, "There is no lighter."

"Here, I have matches." Slein said quickly, he asked for a box when he bought cakes just now.He asked: "What is this for?"

"Birthday celebration." Inaho said solemnly, he lit a match, but the strong wind on the coast blew it out.Unconvinced, he struck another one, and it went out again immediately. He continued to persevere, and then heard Slein laugh.

"Haha, are you an idiot?"

The movements of Inaifan's hands paused, for some reason, his heart constricted suddenly, his eyes became hot, but there was a kind of sour joy.It's as if what I've been waiting for has finally come my way.

Poof, the moment Inaho was stunned, the match was struck.This time it was not blown out by the wind, because Slein stretched out his hand and held the small flame for him.Slein's expression was a little excited, his cheeks were pink because he had laughed, and the candlelight fell deep in his eyes, like an emerald lamp was lit.

Candles were lit on chow mein bread and fruit sandwiches.

"Your birthday is January 1th." Inafan said, "Although it's late, I wish you a happy birthday, Slein."

"What, what... today is your birthday..." Slein felt his nose sour, and his heart was suddenly hit hard, so sweet that he was dizzy.

"It's okay, we can spend it together." Inafan reached out and rubbed the red eyes of the person opposite, "I want to spend my birthday with you."

Slein felt that he must not speak at this moment, otherwise he would no longer be able to hide the churning emotions in his heart.But when Inaho was about to withdraw his hand, he subconsciously held Inaho's hand, and then he felt that hand holding the back of his head, pushing him forward a little.

Inaho's face was so close that the tip of her nose was about to touch, more intimate than in the aquarium.

He unconsciously opened his lips slightly, and he could already feel the breath exhaled by the other party.

Baba!The ear-piercing sound of the horn startled the two of them, and they quickly separated.It turned out that a car was passing by, trying to pass the previous car and honking its horn.This embankment is actually on the side of the road, and there are occasional vehicles passing by.

"Oh..." Slein made a regretful voice. It turned out that when they were making a fuss, the candle was blown out by the sea breeze.

Inaho also retracted his hand, most of the sun sank to the sea level, and the sky was getting darker.In such a dark environment, Inafan could see that Slein's eyes seemed to be glowing with water. He pressed the corners of his eyes with his thumb and asked, "Why? I'm so moved that I want to cry?"

"Shut up! No!"

Yes, I was really about to cry, I was so happy that I wanted to cry.

But this makes it even more unsatisfactory to be just a "friend" relationship.

"It's time to go back." Inaho said.

"But the bread..." Slein was reluctant to part.

"The real birthday cake is at home, Sister Xue is waiting for us." Inafan said, he put the bread and sandwich back in his schoolbag, which were just props before the official celebration, and he originally planned to use "today is my birthday" as an excuse , Forcibly take Slein back.

"Home, home, home?" Slein stammered, "Your home?"

"Yes, you can stay here tonight." Inafan said, "I'm sorry for missing your birthday, let's celebrate your birthday together today, can't you?"

"No way...but..."

Although Slein said so, his body has already stepped on the bicycle obediently, waiting for Inafan to take him home.

Bicycles travel easily on the street, and street lamps light up one by one in front of them.The boy in the backseat said awkwardly: "It's still not good, just drop me off at the station..."

"Today is my birthday, I have the final say."

"Didn't you say you lived with me?"

"I told you not to move..."

The two were noisy, but their course was unswervingly heading for the warm, lighted house.

When passing a convenience store, a few sleazy guys smoking cigarettes in the open space stared at Slein.One said, "Hey, that's him, right? That meddling brat."

"Yes, I recognize that school uniform."

"Last time he was lucky enough to escape, this time I have to teach him a lesson!" The little gangster laughed viciously.

Did they start dating today?

--No.