Chapter 60 Chapter 60 Witnessing each other's future
Momozawa Airi felt as if she was being interrogated.
Right now.
Her hands, bound with ribbons, were raised high above her head.
The instigator deliberately rubbed her wrist with the bandage on his finger.
The rough fabric and the faint smell of ointment seemed to remind her inadvertently—
Don't move.
For the first time, she realized that her boyfriend, who always preferred to use actions instead of words, was so good at setting language traps.
Her chin was gently pinched by the other person's other hand, and Momozawa Airi was forced to look straight at him.
A straight look.
Close distance.
His mind and body were occupied by Jinpei Matsuda's methodical and low-pitched questions.
The hot breath gently tickled her neck, and Airi Momozawa was unknowingly tricked into confessing all her little thoughts in a jumbled manner.
"I, I'm just a little scared..."
She half-closed her eyes and was forced to look directly into Matsuda Jinpei's ambiguous gaze. Her voice, affected by alcohol, sounded a little unclear.
"After all, the work of the explosive ordnance disposal team seems a little dangerous..."
"But you like it there, Zhenping, so I will definitely... uh... support you."
While slowly organizing her words, Momozawa Airi used the remaining brain capacity to think about why Matsuda Jinpei suddenly noticed that she was a little depressed recently.
Is she being very, very obvious...
Matsuda Jinpei was just helping her tie the straps of her skirt when he suddenly tied her hands.
Then he pushed her down for no apparent reason and asked her directly, "Are you unhappy lately?" or something like that, leaving her no chance to escape.
...There was a small bell on the rabbit's tail, which hurt her skin a little when she lay down.
“…”
Unable to move her hands, Momozawa Airi raised her head somewhat melancholy, trying to rub the bandaged hand that Matsuda Jinpei was restraining with her with her furry rabbit ears.
"You might... get hurt, and I'd be very sad."
She tried to express her anxiety to Jinpei Matsuda using the simplest example.
"Because... I like it very much."
"I like you very much."
These words had been suppressed in Momozawa Airi's heart for a long time, and now she could finally speak them without any burden. She instinctively wanted to continue explaining, but the rest of her words were sealed in her mouth by Matsuda Jinpei who lowered his head.
The sound of the kiss and the low voice that kept ringing in her head slowly intertwined together. Momozawa Airi's already dizzy mind was gradually invaded by the drunkenness, and she could only vaguely hear one sentence.
[…I will be careful about my safety.]
A faint whimpering sound.
The small bell swung and made a crisp sound.
The rustling of ribbons.
…
Momozawa Airi only remembered that she refused to cry at first, but was eventually made to cry by the other party in a malicious way.
The tears were kissed away fiercely.
When she said something unconsciously, it was as if she had ignited some extremely dangerous fuse.
Finally, it kept exploding irresistibly in her mind.
…
When I woke up, the effects of the alcohol had finally worn off.
Momozawa Airi half-closed her eyes, and after a while, her rationality gradually returned.
My body feels fresh and clean, without any sticky feeling.
...My whole body feels sore and weak, probably because I've been bitten everywhere.
“…”
Memories flooded back.
I never want to drink with them again, it makes me dizzy.
These guys can drink really well... I guess Jinpei Matsuda is pretty good too now.
Momozawa Airi resigned herself to her fate and raised her hand, wanting to pick up the phone on the bedside table to see if there were any new messages, but she accidentally pulled on a piece of fabric with ragged edges.
She squinted her eyes and identified it for a long time, and found that the fabric came from her bunny skirt.
Then the rest of the wreckage was found on the bed on the ground.
For example, the little bell on the rabbit's tail.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She lay there recalling the past for a long time, a bunch of chaotic images flashing through her mind.
For example, being forced to confess (?).
For example, crying when being bullied.
For example, he drank the glass of water that Matsuda Jinpei had placed on the bedside table with a dry mouth.
...and the glass of water on the bedside table is now filled again.
Momozawa Airi: "…………"
…The more I think about it, the angrier I get.
You can’t eat 800 meat dishes in one meal even if you haven’t eaten meat for a long time.
Putting aside other things, how could you tear such cute clothes...!
What's the difference from eating bunny rice balls in the park that day? !
She gulped down the water and lay there angrily for a while, then heard footsteps at the door.
Jinpei Matsuda appeared, casually wearing an apron.
The kind without a shirt on.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
So exciting.
She pursed her lips, glanced around calmly, and saw with satisfaction the various marks on Matsuda Jinpei's body that she had scratched.
Last night, the ribbons that bound her hands were finally loosened.
She didn't dare touch Matsuda Jinpei's bandaged hand, so she could only grab other parts of his body.
...For example, when she felt uncomfortable with her curly hair rubbing against her legs, she would push him away angrily.
"...You completely disregard the beauty of this dress! How could you tear it off!"
Momozawa Airi denounced.
"..." Matsuda Jinpei recalled how he had finally lost the strength to hold back last night. He felt guilty for a moment before answering nonchalantly, "Those ribbons are too troublesome."
"...You tied it yourself! How could you not untie it?"
Momozawa Airi counterattacked with confidence.
"I'll tell everyone from now on that you're not good at it."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
He moved closer calmly and observed Momozawa Airi's performance for a while.
Being able to talk nonsense and argue shouldn’t have been too much of an exaggeration yesterday…?
Seeing Matsuda Jinpei approaching, Momozawa Airi stretched out a leg from under the quilt aggressively, wanting to kick him: "You are too——"
Before she could finish her words, she felt her legs tremble, and the movement of stretching them out stopped abruptly, and they drooped weakly.
At the same time, Momozawa Airi watched helplessly as her legs were quickly grabbed by Matsuda Jinpei.
"Don't kick me like that. I'm sure you don't have the energy." He raised his eyebrows. "Want to get up and have breakfast?"
[…I’m shaking. It seems a bit excessive.]
“…”
Momozawa Airi struggled weakly, trying to continue her kicking.
To no avail.
She stopped in despair and said, "Eat."
…
The two days of the weekend passed slowly.
It had been a long time since the two of them had spent a long time together alone. This was the first time that Momozawa Airi had the experience of staying at home and not going out at all on weekends.
She didn't know how to comment on it. After thinking for a long time, she could only feel that it was very similar to... a honeymoon.
They huddle together to play games, watch movies, cook and eat.
As if to make up for all the physical contact that was missed during this period, the playful behavior would gradually change its nature.
Ever since he tied her hands with a ribbon that day, Jinpei Matsuda seemed to have opened the door to a new world.
Momozawa Airi reviewed it for a while and felt that if it could be considered simple before, now it is... colorful and dazzling with a variety of styles.
“…”
Momozawa Airi stared melancholy at the only remaining rabbit ear headdress in the corner of the closet, and felt that she also had... a little bit of responsibility for the door being able to be opened.
She seldom cries.
However, Jinpei Matsuda always liked to see her crying her heart out at times like this, completely unconcerned about the scratches and bite marks on his body.
For example, the neck and arms.
… Turns out someone might actually care.
After the weekend is over.
During a phone call one time, Momozawa Airi heard that Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu had become regular members of Matsuda Jinpei's fighting training class.
Momozawa Airi: "..."
She thought for a moment and made a simple comment: "Zhen Ping, I think—"
Momozawa Airi: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
*
On an ordinary sunny day on a weekday, Airi Momozawa went to visit her parents' graves with her grandmother.
Grandma kept chattering about what had happened recently, interspersed with a few fantasies like "If you were still at home now, you could even touch the kitten at home."
“…”
Momozawa Airi stood in front of the grave and gently put down the bouquet in her hand.
She has almost no common memories with her parents, and most of her impressions of them come from her grandmother's stories.
Once upon a time, her parents were more like a pair of images to her.
An image that was missing from every moment of her life.
Every time she came to visit the grave, she would cry for a long time and talk incessantly.
She said that her classmates' parents would go out with them, that someone's mother invited her to dinner at her home today, and that she wanted to travel to xxx but the train ride took too long, so she could only fly, so she wasn't going.
Momozawa Airi still doesn't dare to fly.
She will never forget that day.
She was still very young and looked at the unknown plane with lights on in the night sky, expecting her parents whom she had not seen for a long time to bring her a small gift tomorrow.
But she only waited for the news that her parents had left her forever.
…
After crying in front of the grave, she would usually take advantage of her grandmother's inattention and secretly say to the tombstone who's voice she had heard during this period. It was so troublesome and she really didn't like this ability.
After chattering away a lot of bad things, when she was a child she would also struggle to talk about the benefits of having superpowers.
For example, it can help her know the other party's bottom line price when she accompanies her grandmother to purchase goods, and it can help her quickly become a reasonable and popular person in the eyes of others when she enters a new environment... and so on.
...After all, it helped her grow a lot, so it can barely be considered a good ability.
When she was a child, Momozawa Airi bit her fingers and felt that the world was really contradictory.
There is nothing black and white.
In recent years, Momozawa Airi no longer cries when she comes here. Instead, she smiles slowly and tells her parents about the interesting things she has experienced recently.
…
At this moment, grandma finished speaking, turned around and left, going to grandpa's tombstone.
Leave some time alone with Momozawa Airi.
Momozawa Airi stood alone in front of the grave and slowly pursed her lips.
After a while, she smiled foolishly and looked at the photo on the tombstone.
"I've been very happy in the past few years, and I should be very happy in the future."
"Last time, I went on a whitewater rafting trip with Zhenping... I've mentioned it to you guys so many times, right? Zhenping, do you remember?"
“…”
…
When leaving the cemetery, Momozawa Airi held her grandmother's hand and walked slowly on the road.
She lowered her head and felt the touch on her hand.
...a little wrinkled.
Momozawa Airi calmly turned her head and glanced at her grandmother's profile.
Gray hair.
Wrinkles on the face.
A somewhat hunched back.
Even though my grandmother pays great attention to maintenance and does not neglect daily exercise, the years still leave indelible marks on her body.
As Airi Momozawa watched, she suddenly felt like crying.
I haven't cried in a long time.
...No matter how much you don't want to accept the fact, that day will come sooner or later.
That day, grandma also rests here.
Momozawa Airi's eyes felt sore, and she raised her hand to tidy her hair in an attempt to hide her tears, taking the opportunity to wipe away the few tears that had overflowed from the corners of her eyes.
After adjusting her breathing, she pretended to be calm and said, "Grandma, I have decided to continue studying for my next exam."
"The lawyer who works for me at the law firm where I'm currently an assistant is a really great lawyer. She gave me some advice."
"I want to make a lot of money like her and live a life of luxury with grandma..."
Momozawa Airi blinked slowly, trying hard to hold back her tears.
"It will probably take many, many years... Grandma, please wait patiently for me."
These few sentences without a beginning or an end reveal a naive and willful attitude in both content and tone.
But grandma seemed to understand.
She turned her head and looked at Momozawa Airi, whose eyes were red but she was forcing a smile, and smiled slowly.
"OK."
*
Jinpei Matsuda vaguely felt that his girlfriend seemed to be tinkering with something again these days.
When he made the call, his voice faintly revealed a sense of "I'm doing something."
When sending messages, the typing speed is also very slow.
“…”
On the day of the police academy sports meet, he ran a weighted long-distance run and won first place without any suspense.
After the game, Jinpei Matsuda stood by the school railing, unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle, tilted his head back and took a big sip.
Just as the water entered his mouth, he heard a happy voice beside him: "Zhen Ping Zhen Ping!!"
Caught off guard, Jinpei Matsuda almost choked. After drinking the water, he cleared his throat and turned to look outside the railing.
His girlfriend, who shouldn't be here at this time, waved at him.
Matsuda Jinpei: “?”
Seeing that he looked like he was about to climb over the wall, Momozawa Airi quickly waved her hand and said, "Hey, I'm just passing by. I have to rush to another campus to submit documents later. Just talking is enough."
She mysteriously took out several books from her bag and waved them in front of Jinpei Matsuda.
"I've officially decided to take the entrance exams, and I've prepared everything I need! I hope it goes well!"
Matsuda Jinpei gently placed his hands on the railing and looked down at her: "You can definitely do it."
Momozawa Airi nodded: "I think so too."
She blinked and smiled, "So, I have to start studying intensively again, just like my senior year of high school."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
Very familiar words.
Jinpei Matsuda casually tossed the water bottle in the air and caught it, watching Momozawa Airi stuff the books back into her bag.
Behind him, the radio on the playground was still broadcasting news about the sports meet that had won rankings during the same period.
He himself is about to become a policeman sincerely and gradually changes some of his views.
The girl he met several years ago was now standing in front of him, describing her future.
And he can continue to witness her future, just as he witnessed her admission to university before.
…
Jinpei Matsuda raised his eyebrows and suddenly felt as if time was going backwards.
How could I have imagined this day a few years ago?
Momozawa Airi scratched her head, struggling for a moment. "Hmm... that takes too much time and energy, so maybe do it less in the future, or try to improve your efficiency and save time."
Although it is comfortable, efficiency is the most important thing... Every time she would feel dizzy for a long time.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…………”
At this point, Momozawa Airi seemed to suddenly remember something and waved her fist in anger: "I remember now, you still haven't settled the bunny skirt issue with me."
She was busy a few days ago and forgot about it, but now she remembered it.
...We can’t let the innocent bunny skirt die so dull and unwillingly!
Matsuda Jinpei looked at Momozawa Airi who had suddenly become angry, chuckled, and calmly approached the railing, saying in a drawn-out voice, "I'll compensate you."
Momozawa Airi: "?"
Matsuda Jinpei generously suggested, "Ten different styles."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
Sounds normal.
But I always feel something is wrong.
She looked at Matsuda Jinpei's nonchalant expression and hesitated for a moment: "Uh..."
Matsuda Jinpei nodded, and with a rare good-natured air, he said, "It's settled."
Momozawa Airi: "..."
I always feel like I'm at a disadvantage.
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