Naruse typed on the keyboard and responded to messages in the game.
After communicating with his former friend for a while, the other person went offline to take a rest. He also took his hands off the keyboard and leaned back.
His casual gaze fell unconsciously on the white and tender feet beside him.
No socks on, pajama pants only a little above the ankles.
The two feet were folded together and stepped on the edge of the chair. Due to the cold night, they rubbed against each other from time to time, generating heat.
"There is news." Haixing said suddenly.
"..."
Naruse looked at the game again, clicked on the newly received message, and replied casually, rejecting the other party's invitation to form a team.
"Aren't you going again?" She also saw the content of his reply.
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Because the dungeon they want to download is relatively difficult. Even if the whole process goes smoothly, it will take at least more than an hour."
"More than an hour? It's been this long..."
"It's still early for them."
"What is a copy?"
"Well...it's just a place to challenge monsters and get rewards."
"Oh." Haixing hugged his legs, leaned on the chair, and continued to watch.
"Aren't you sleepy yet?"
"Yeah."
Naruse said nothing and continued with the task.
This is probably the only part that Haixing can understand, but her reading speed needs to be taken care of a little bit.
"If it's so urgent, why can't he send the things there himself?"
"Because as mentioned before, he has to stay and guard the city gate and cannot leave his post without authorization."
"Did you say it?"
"Yeah."
He has almost mastered the speed at which she accepts text messages. He clicks the mouse every few seconds to continue the conversation, and finally clicks to confirm and accepts this most common errand task.
Control the character to run on the land of another world, from one place to another, and then to the next place, and so on. After one task is completed, there is another task.
Unknowingly, time has passed zero, and amidst the constant sound of keyboards, the speed of flow seems to have become faster.
The night is getting deeper and deeper, and Starfish talks less and less.
At a certain moment, Naruse turned around and glanced, only to find that she was leaning on the chair with her legs hugged, and her eyes had been closed.
"..."
He sighed.
"Starfish."
She opened her eyes quickly.
"I'm going to sleep."
"Ah?...Oh...Isn't the task not finished yet?" she said while looking at the screen.
"It will be done soon."
"Then I'll wait until you finish... I want to see what the final result is."
"You haven't even seen the beginning. It's no longer the same mission as before."
"I saw it! I was still awake at that time..."
"This is just an ordinary commissioned task."
Naruse controls the character to accelerate and run forward, trying to complete the last two tasks as soon as possible.
"Many missions are like this. Although the plot is long, it has no connotation. It is just a means to maintain online time..."
The starfish is silent again.
He turned his head, she shook her head and closed her eyes again.
"...starfish."
"Ah!" She was startled, suddenly woke up, and her body tilted to the other side uncontrollably.
"Hello..."
Naruse quickly reached out and grabbed her arm, but she was already unbalanced with both the person and the chair, so she couldn't pull her in and instead suffered the consequences.
Bang!
The chair fell to the ground, and neither of them was spared.
"..."
Starfish closed her eyes tightly and huddled up.
She was more frightened than the pain of falling to the ground.
When she opened her eyes again, Naruse was lying on her chair, covering the area between her chest and abdomen and moaning.
"..."
The chair hit a bone.
No matter how sleepy he was, his sleepiness disappeared at this time, and the starfish quickly got up, feeling a little at a loss.
"I'm sorry..."
She crawled over, not knowing what to do.
Naruse endured the pain, raised his head and waved to her, asking her to go back to sleep.
"I'm sorry, I..."
"——If you don't go back, I'll let you kowtow too."
She looked at him and nodded slowly.
"If it makes you feel better..."
Naruse was speechless.
"...バカ."(ba ka)
The pain was unbearable, and he lay down on the chair again.
"How could there be a fool like you...hiss..."
Starfish said nothing and moved his knees closer.
The strong guilt makes her now hit or scolded without mercy, and she will never talk back, although he will not do anything to her.
She looked outside the room again, wondering if the huge movement of the chair falling down had woken up anyone else.
She was suddenly afraid of the appearance of either Shangzi or Matsu Qianqiu.
Fortunately, they were not woken up.
After lying on the chair for a while, the severe pain in his chest and abdomen finally eased, and Naruse slowly raised his body again.
Haixing knelt down next to him, biting his lip and looking at him.
"...Wouldn't it be fine if you go to bed early?"
"I'm sorry..."
Seeing that there was still some pain on his face, Haixing tentatively stretched out her little hand and touched his chest.
"..."
Although she didn't want to admit it, as her attention shifted, the pain seemed to lessen a lot, and Naruse acquiesced to her actions.
And his silence was nothing less than encouragement to her. Haixing moved her legs again, got closer, and stroked her hand downwards.
"Is this here..."
"That is, the pain is more painful where the ribs hit on both sides..."
Naruse looked down at her slowly moving little hands, "You'd better go back, I'll be fine after I take a rest."
Haixing lowered his head as if he didn't hear anything, and continued to caress his chest and abdomen with his hands through his pajamas.
"Is this here..."
"..."
"Here?"
"...Hmm."
She was careful, and her palms were soft and warm, covering and stroking.
He looked down at her hand. The pain had not disappeared, but it had lost its warning meaning of self-protection.
"Is it the same here?"
"Yeah."
She gently stroked the ribs on both sides of his chest and abdomen, repeating actions that she didn't even know had much practical significance.
In the silence, she moved closer.
"Other places...it doesn't matter."
Realizing that his pain seemed to have gradually subsided, she touched elsewhere.
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He moved his hands up, each on one side, stroking his strong chest, collarbone, and shoulders.
"..."
Seeing the unexplained smile on her lips, Naruse still couldn't hold it back.
"What are you doing."
"...ah."
Starfish woke up instantly, his face flushed, and his hands returned to their original positions.
"I'm fine."
Naruse looked aside, her transgression came from his tacit approval, but this was no longer just comfort.
"Well..."
Starfish let go of his hands with some reluctance.
"Is it really okay?"
"If something happens, it won't be all right if you touch it a few times."
Naruse pressed on the area where the pain was most obvious. Although there was still some pain, it was no longer as obvious as before.
"...I'm sorry." Haixing lowered his head again.
"You go back to sleep."
"Well..."
After sitting on her knees for a long time, her legs were already numb. As soon as she stood up, her legs softened again and she fell directly on top of him.
Naruse was caught off guard and was pushed to the ground, his head hitting the floor with a muffled sound.
"..."
He opened his mouth and looked at the ceiling.
Haixing was so ashamed that she even wanted to die.
"I'm sorry..."
Feeling the coldness on his back, the pain on the back of his head, and the hand she slowly stretched out to place under his head, Naruse closed his eyes.
"That's enough...get out of my room now."
"..."
Starfish didn't dare to stay any longer, stumbled up and fled back to his room.
Looking at the open door, Naruse lay on the cold floor for a while before sitting up.
After touching the back of his head, he subconsciously glanced at his palm.
Fortunately, there was no blood on one hand...
"It hurts so much..."
He got up and sat at the end of the bed for a while, then raised the chair that had fallen down and sat on it.
Pain is the body's warning.
Perhaps it is also a warning to things other than the body, even things that cannot be seen.
For example, the distance has been narrowed again, as well as connivance and acquiescence.
"...Deserved it."
Taking a deep breath, Naruse stood up and moved his limbs a little.
"It hurts, it hurts...it's really bad to get too close to her."
After moving the chair back to the dining room, he returned to his room, turned off the computer, and fell asleep.