【Nain】Did they start dating today?

Chapter 1

Did they start dating today?

--No.

On the well-known social networking site, the user "A?E" who is followed by 90% of the students in Aldnoah Academy just updated this status. It hit the table with a "boom", and some people looked at the black tea in the cup sadly and almost shed tears.

Everyone had the same thought in their minds: when the fuck will you two be together properly? !

This "you" refers to Kaizuka Inaho and Slein Troyet respectively.

It is a happy thing to be born in a peaceful age. If the history of the Earth Fire War in textbooks was not related to exams, few people would care about it.Now the relationship between the two planets is very good, the tour groups to go to Mars are often full, and the tour groups from Mars to Earth are also actively signing up. The economic, trade and business exchanges have entered a stable state. The war many years ago is already a history book. The yellowed page in the book has already been exposed.

Aldnoah Academy in New Awaron City is a prestigious school with a long history and the first outstanding institution jointly established by the Earth and Mars. As a symbol of commemorating the past and promoting exchanges, it still maintains the regulations of equally accepting students from Mars and Earth.And in accordance with the tradition, the heirs of the Martian Empire will also enter the Aldnoah Academy when they reach the appropriate age.

As a loyal fan of "A?E" and a friend of Inaho Kaizuka, one of the parties involved, Cam Grafeltman, according to his speculation, that fateful encounter must have happened on that day.

On that day, Inaho left home on time as usual and went to the bus station. It was Wednesday, and Inaho used to buy a box of a specific brand of orange juice milk at the convenience store next to the station on the same day every week.Cam is very puzzled by his friend's strange taste. Why do you add orange juice to good milk?Especially this brand, it tastes like a novelty.

Probably the clerk also knows that this product is not popular, so there are always few purchases. Cam suspects that the orange juice and milk in this store are all contracted by Inafan.Some time ago, this store seemed to have given up on this product. Inafan left a whole page of comments in the opinion book because he did not buy orange juice milk on Wednesday.However, the situation has not improved. After he found out, he resolutely carried out repeated complaints and suggestions for half a month, and finally blocked the store manager at the cash register during the peak business hours of the convenience store. The manager and the clerk left satisfied with a broken expression on their faces.

The odd-tasting orange milk has since been reinstated.

Cam once wondered if there was poison in the milk, which made him, the chief student friend of the whole school, so addicted.

On the day that Cam called "Fated Day", Inafan walked to the freezer to pick up the box of orange milk as usual, but someone got it before him, and his hand happened to cover the other's hand.

The first impression is that those hands are really beautiful, with long and white fingers, as nimble and beautiful as a pianist.Then when he looked up, he happened to meet the other party's eyes.

Cam would later swear that if he had a time machine, the first thing he would do would be to go back to the day, have the clerk prepare a love song ahead of time, and rush up and push the two men down together.It doesn't matter if you push Slein into Inafan's arms, or push Inafan on Slain's body, in short, let them get married as soon as possible, so as not to harm the single and non-single dogs in the school in the future.

Slein didn't want to give up this carton of orange milk, it was the last one.When he found this brand of orange juice milk that he had always liked at the convenience store in front of the station, he was very happy, thinking that he would never be able to buy it again after moving.And this morning he got up late and hadn't had breakfast yet, so he was counting on this carton of milk.

But the boy with red eyes who chose the same product as him has no intention of giving up.Slein looked at the other party. The young man of similar age had good facial features and a cool temperament, but he seemed to be a very cold person, with a sense of mystery that was hard to guess. He didn't expect that he would like orange juice and milk as much as himself.

At this point, he has a little intimacy with the other party, because he is always said to like this milk is too weird.

"Uh..." Slein said as tactfully as possible, "Sorry, I took it first."

Inaho also looked at the other party. The boy who was similar to his age was not wearing a student uniform. People who would appear near the station during this time of weekday morning were basically fixed, but he had never seen the other party.Inaho was very sure that he remembered correctly, because a guy with such beautiful eyes with unique colors would never forget them even if he only met them once.

Did you just move here?As he was thinking, Slein spoke again anxiously because he was in a hurry: "Well, milk..."

"If you are just curious and want to try a new flavor, then I suggest you think again." Inafan said seriously, he knew that not everyone can accept the taste of orange juice milk, such as his sister and friends, have always Think it's not milk but some kind of chemical agent.

"Thank you for your suggestion, but I still want to buy this." Somewhat impatiently, Slein's tone became tough.It's rare to meet someone with similar tastes. I was a little happy at first, but I didn't expect the attitude of the other party to be unfriendly.

"Sorry." Inafan said expressionlessly, the other party was right, everything comes first, first come first, he withdrew his hand.

His straightforward apology made Slein a little embarrassed, feeling that he had misunderstood the other party. He took the milk in his hand and nodded to Inafan, "Then...thank you."

Unable to buy milk, Inafan was about to walk out of the convenience store, but out of kindness, he reminded the other party: "Don't regret it." Because most people don't like the taste of orange juice milk.

Slein froze for a moment, the sentence was endless, and he didn't know what it meant.

Cam was waiting for Inaho at the station. Seeing that his hands were empty, he couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to buy milk?" There is no copying of homework.

"Bought by someone else." Inaho replied flatly.

"What?!" Cam screamed exaggeratedly, "Is there anyone else who likes that strange-tasting milk like you?!"

Inafan originally wanted to say that the other party was just trying to make something fresh, but then saw Slein coming out of the convenience store with a straw in his mouth, drinking milk with relish.Inaho was a little surprised. It turned out that the other party liked the taste of this milk as much as he did?No wonder he was so persistent just now.

While drinking milk, Slein studied the station signs in Japan.He just moved back from abroad with his father. Although there is no pressure on language communication, there is still a big difference between here and abroad in terms of daily life. For example, he is a little confused about the station signs now.

"Do you need help?" There was no ups and downs in the voice, but it was the person who grabbed a carton of milk with him in the convenience store.

I noticed that the other party was wearing a student uniform, so he probably went to a nearby school, so he should be familiar with the surrounding area, right?Slein is going to report to Aldnoah Academy, which he transferred to, but he doesn't know the school uniform, so he doesn't know that the boy in front of him is from the same school as him.

Slein reported the name of the station that he had checked in advance. Of course, Inafan knew this station, because he would get off at this station every day when he went to school.But because the other party was not wearing a uniform, Inaho wasn't sure if he was going to Aldnoah Academy or not.

"You can go to No. 9, No. 18, or No. 66, or..." I will take you there by car, Inaho was going to say this, and a bus No. 18 just happened to arrive.

Slein hurriedly said "thank you" and jumped into the car. There were still many procedures on the first day of the transfer report. He didn't want to be late. To make a good deal, first impressions are very important.

Inafan was about to follow Slein into the car, but Cam grabbed him and yelled, "Car No. 18 has been temporarily diverted! Didn't you see the announcement?"

Inaho really didn't see it. In retrospect, since the meeting at the convenience store, his focus was on that strange blond boy.

Inaho looked at the bus going away, that person was reckless and worried for some reason.However, the diversion is only a long detour, as long as you ask the driver, it should not be a big problem.

They got on the bus to school with their classmate Kisuke who came later. Cam chatted with Kisuke, but he didn't notice that there was something wrong with Inaho today. He kept looking out the window in a daze.

Later, when Cam recalled this day, he regretted it at the beginning, and wished he could cut off the hand that held Inaho at that time.

Call you cheap!So what if they just took the wrong car and traveled around half of New Awara City together!If it wasn't for his meddling, it is estimated that the distance between the two intersections would allow them to maximize their friendship with each other!

Call you cheap!

You cheap!

cheap!

cheap!

What everyone doesn't know is that the moment their hands touched in the convenience store, the camera in the store captured the scene and sent the image back to the terminal—the supercomputer that processes various data in the entire New Awara City. artificial intelligence.

Today, when artificial intelligence is widespread, this AI is nothing special. It processes hundreds of billions of trillions of data every day. It can quickly calculate thousands of programs at the same time, and filter and read all information.And on this day, among the received information, the video of the convenience store jumped out.

The calculation of the supercomputer stopped for a moment. This moment was so short that it was completely undetectable and could not affect anything, but a small change occurred——on the well-known social networking site, a new user "A?E" was born.

There is no doubt that this is a machine without emotion.However, a long time ago, someone implanted a program in its core.

For artificial intelligence with a complex and huge structure, the information collected and stored by this program is insignificant data, but also a heavy and precious memory.

The teenager wearing a black blindfold got off the car driven by his friend. It has been almost two years since the end of the Second Earth War. He is no longer a soldier. Although he has retained his meritorious service and military rank, he is now mainly affiliated with military research. Place.

The weather is starting to get cold, and there is light rain. After each rain, the temperature will drop a little, and then winter will come.The secret prison was located in a military restricted zone on the outskirts, hidden in evergreen forests, so the temperature was lower than that in the urban area, and it already made him feel a little chilly in his hands and feet.

But for work, no matter how cold the weather is, he always comes here.

That's right, it's just for work, not to meet that person on purpose.

"Hey, Inaho." The friend in the car stopped him, "Don't you take the things you brought?"

When he was called by his name, he thought for a while, then shook his head, "Let's put it in the car first." He said, and then looked in front of the car's rear-view mirror. He straightened his tie and checked that the blindfold was not on the wrong side.Under the suspicious eyes of his friends, he also knew that his behavior was a bit strange, but he still pretended to be normal and said, "Please, Cam."

The guard at the door saluted him and opened the door respectfully.Inafan walked into the prison, and the well-operated constant temperature system warmed his cold fingertips, he thought, so that this winter he would not be afraid that that person would be cold.

The war criminal Slein Troyet, who had been declared dead in official documents, was secretly held here.The environment of the prison was much improved. Under Inafan's order, most of the unpleasant rusty and cold iron bars were replaced with transparent tempered glass, and some places were simply removed.

Some people questioned whether this would reduce security, but Inafan said that it was because of the Queen of Mars' request, and the attitude of the war criminal was very good all the time, so the voice of doubt gradually disappeared.

Slein was sitting in the closed meeting room, with the leftover chess game on the table. While waiting, he was restoring the last chess move, thinking about how he should play so as not to lose.Not out of nervousness, he told himself, just to pass the time, and chess is fun too.

Chess is fun, but it's only fun when you're playing against that person.

He heard the sound of the door opening, knowing that it was the person coming, but he pretended not to care and lowered his head to study the chessboard until Inaho pulled out a chair and sat down in front of him, picked up a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard. on a grid.

"Looking back on one's failure is very boring. If you lose, you have to keep looking forward, Slein."

"Without self-reflection and self-examination, there will be no progress. I just gain experience from failure, Inaho."

He raised his head, he has been familiar with that face for nearly two years, after all, no one else is willing to come to see him except Inafan.The face that made people feel a little cute also gradually developed neat lines, and the mature and stable temperament that was always dismissed as inappropriate for young people became more and more suitable for him as he grew older.

It's just that every time he sees the black blindfold on that upright face, Slein's mood becomes subtly complicated.After looking at each other briefly, he looked away and saw that the cloth on his shoulders was wet, and asked in a casual manner, "Are you wet? Is it raining outside?"

"You never cared about me like this before."

"I'm concerned about the weather." Slein said impatiently, "Well, if there's anything else you want to show me, hurry up."

Inaho took out a stack of information, "Have you already guessed it?"

He was actually joking, but Slein said with certainty: "If nothing happened, you wouldn't come to see me."

An inexplicable anxiety rose from the bottom of his heart, and Inaho's hand holding the documents tightened.He didn't like what Slein said, but he himself always came to see him for work reasons.In fact, he is no longer a soldier, he is a researcher, and according to the division of duties, he doesn't care about these things.

Inafan tightly squeezed the file bag containing the information, but Slein couldn't move it, so he raised his eyebrows and looked at him suspiciously.Realizing his gaffe, Inaho quickly let go of his hand.Slein didn't take this episode to heart, and flipped through the documents.

Under the light, his slender fingers were so white that they were almost transparent. Because of the lack of sunlight, his skin was abnormally white. Looking at the nails on those fingers that were not even pale pink, Inaho was really worried about his body.

"According to the information from Mars, terrorists from the anti-queen faction are organizing activities again. They have temporarily locked down a few suspects. Do you know them?" You look bad, is it because you are not used to the food?Still didn't sleep well at night?

"Didn't you just annihilate a small group a while ago? Why is there another turmoil?" Slein frowned and glanced at the person opposite who was thinking about something. In fact, he still wanted to ask him, is it okay to get wet in the rain?

"There are more and more reactionary groups like this. I think the situation is a bit strange. The mastermind last time blew up the computer that stored all the files to commit suicide during the arrest operation, preventing the military from further investigation." If I say... I can help If you make some more nutritious food, would you be willing to accept it?

"I don't know these people, ah, this person's surname is somewhat impressive, he was the captain of the combat unit that belonged to Earl Zebring before." Are you going to play chess today?If I don't beat you once, I will not be reconciled, but if I win, I will want to be in the next game even more. Isn't it strange to say that?

"Is that Martian knight who drives a super-strong electric current as a weapon? It seems to be a remnant of the year." Actually... I was very happy when you asked me if I was wet.

They used the tone of work, said words against each other, and used high-sounding excuses as shields to hide their sincerity.

"It looks like someone behind the scenes is funding..."

The two said in unison.

After a brief strange silence, Slein said: "Go and investigate the Martian knights who have not been held accountable after the war. There must be militants hidden deep among them."

"Well, that's exactly what I mean."

The two fell into silence again, but didn't say a word of what they really wanted to say in their hearts. They had already finished talking about work efficiently, and couldn't find a reason to stay. Inaho could only stand up, pack up the materials, and be polite. Say, "Thank you for your cooperation."

Slein also said politely: "No, as a prisoner, I can only make amends like this."

And then, like every time in the past, watching that person walk out of this room, when is the next meeting?Will you still come to me with a job?Even once, if you just came here to see me, then I...

What about yourself?Slein thought blankly, the moment the heavy iron door closed, he stood up abruptly and rushed towards the door, not trying to escape, but just... wanting to keep something.

When he came back to his senses, his hand was on the doorknob, and he tried to turn it around, but it was locked.He pressed his forehead against the door and sighed.

Outside the door, Inafan didn't leave either. He leaned his back against the door, pressed his forehead in frustration, and showed a discouraged look in his only right eye.

After being circled in vain on the bus, Slein learned from the driver that the route was diverted and that he would not go to the station he was going to.He got out of the car in a panic and found himself abandoned in a strange place. In a strong sense of helplessness, Slein took out his wallet, counted the pocket money distressedly, and then prepared to intercept the taxi.

Although he got on the wrong bus, although Slein was very frustrated, he still didn't blame the young man. After all, there are so many routes at the station, maybe the other party didn't know it well, and it wasn't intentional to bully him.Finally, after going around a lot and spending almost half a month's living expenses, Slein finally came to Aldnoah Academy. When he saw the school uniform, he felt familiar, and suddenly remembered the boy he met at the convenience store.

It turned out that he was a student of this school!Then how could he have made a mistake when he asked out of the station!So that's what he meant when he said "don't regret it"? !

Speaking of which, wasn't he the one who took the initiative to come up to help him?Did he deliberately mislead himself to take the wrong car?Buying his milk in revenge?Slein was stunned, angry and sad.I also thought that if we meet again in a convenience store next time, we must strike up a conversation with each other and buy a box of orange juice and milk as a treat, because I have a hunch that they will become very good friends.

Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a bad guy... It's too much!

On the other hand, Inaho returned to school on time, and when he entered the classroom, he heard his classmates whispering.His childhood sweetheart Yunzi who was the class monitor told him that a new transfer student was coming today, and I heard it was a foreigner, so everyone was very curious.

For some reason, Inaho thought of the foreign boy he met in the convenience store, and secretly looked forward to it for no reason.

Could it be him?This is very unusual for Inaho who is not very interested in anything.

But the transfer student who was promised to report before the first class has never been seen.As the head teacher, Mrs. Mark Balletji is a mature beauty, but she is also a little dazed at the moment.

Before the last class in the morning, the transfer student finally arrived. When he stepped onto the podium, Inaho recognized him at a glance.The pale blond hair that was glowing in the morning is now gray and tired, and even those beautiful eyes are a little dull. He has changed into a uniform school uniform, and the suit-style uniform is very suitable for him .

Slein ran away for nothing all day, just finished the formalities, and now he is still dizzy, and he didn't realize that the guy who cheated him was also in this class.He wrote his name on the blackboard, and when he turned around to introduce himself, he met those deep red eyes.

Inaho felt as if he saw a cat whose fur was standing on end and was throwing a tantrum.

Sure enough, he took the wrong car, and Inaho felt a little sorry, but also felt that the other party's undisguised anger seemed a bit too much.Even so, he still intends to apologize. His name is Srain Troyet. Although he also thinks of someone in history, the surname and first name are not unique, and the same name is not too unusual. He He is also called Kaizuka Inaho, and it is said that he really has a very weak blood relationship with "that Kaizuka Inaho".

Teacher Mark Barreji pointed to the vacant seat next to Inafan, and asked Slein to sit there, and he walked over reluctantly.

Inafan didn't know that Slein had misunderstood his sentence "Don't regret it", and under the jaw-dropping eyes of Yunzi, Cam and other people who were familiar with him, he took the initiative to say hello to Slein : "Hello, I'm Kaizuka Inaho, if you have any questions, you can..."

Slein was full of grievances and anger, and before he finished speaking, he interrupted Inafan: "I will never trust you again, liar." His voice was not very loud, but it was enough to make Inafan, who was rarely enthusiastic, Fan instantly cooled down.

They looked at each other and revised their evaluations of each other in their minds.

To Srain Troyet, Inaho Kaizuka is a bad liar.

To Inaho Kaizuka, Srain Troyet was a willful cheapskate.

They all thought at the same time: I can't get along well with this guy!

The supercomputer that manages the entire New Awaron City quickly calculated, and the user "A·E" sent the first message.

Did they start dating today?

--No.