Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 219 Pain and Comfort

Da da da, da da da——

Naruse tapped the keyboard, replying to the messages in the game.

After communicating with his former friend for a while, when the other party went offline to rest, he also took his hands off the keyboard and leaned back.

The casual gaze unconsciously landed on the white and tender feet at the side.

No socks, pajama pants just above the ankles.

Two feet crossed together, stepping on the edge of the chair, rubbing against each other from time to time due to the cold night, generating heat.

"There is news." Hai Xing said suddenly.

"..."

Naruse looked into 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.

"Ah."

"why?"

"Because the dungeon they want to download is more difficult, even if the whole process goes smoothly, it will take at least an hour to play."

"More than an hour? It's already this time..."

"It's still early for them."

"What is a copy?"

"Well... it's the place to challenge monsters and get rewards."

"Oh." Hai Xing hugged her legs, leaned on the chair, and continued to watch.

"Aren't you sleepy yet?"

"Ah."

Naruse didn't say anything and continued with the task.

This is probably the only part Hai Xing can understand, just take care of her reading speed a little bit.

"Since it's so urgent, why can't he deliver the things by himself?"

"Because as I said earlier, he has to stay and guard the city gate, and he cannot leave his post without permission."

"Did you say it?"

"Ah."

He has almost mastered the speed at which she accepts text messages, clicks the mouse every few seconds to continue the conversation, and finally clicks OK to accept this most common errand task.

The control character is running on the land of a different world, from one place to another, and then to the next place, repeating this, one task is followed by another.

Unknowingly, the time has passed zero, and amidst the uninterrupted sound of keyboards, the speed of flow seems to have become a little faster.

As the night got deeper and deeper, Starfish spoke less and less.

At a certain moment, Naruse turned his head and took a look, only to find that she was leaning on the chair with her legs hugged, and her eyes were closed.

"..."

He sighed.

"starfish."

She opened her eyes suddenly.

"I'm going to sleep."

"Huh?... Oh... Isn't the task finished yet?" She looked at the screen and said.

"It will be done in no time."

"Then I'll wait until you're done...I want to see what the final result is."

"You haven't even seen the beginning, it's not the previous mission anymore."

"I saw it! I was still awake at that time..."

"This is just an ordinary entrusted task."

Naruse controlled the character to speed up and run forward, trying to complete the last two tasks as soon as possible.

"Many tasks are like this. Although the plot is long, it has no connotation. It is just a means to maintain online time..."

Starfish was silent again.

He turned his head, she shook her head and closed her eyes again.

"……starfish."

"Ah!" She shuddered, and suddenly woke up, her body uncontrollably tilted to the other side.

"Hey……"

Naruse quickly stretched out his hand to grab her arm, but she was out of balance even with the chair, she couldn't pull her, but suffered instead.

Boom!

The chair fell to the ground, and neither of them survived.

"..."

Starfish closed its eyes tightly and curled up into a ball.

She was more frightened than the pain of falling to the ground.

Opening her eyes again, Naruse leaned on her chair, clutching the area between her chest and abdomen and humming endlessly.

"..."

The chair was knocked to the bone.

No amount of sleepiness disappeared at this time, Hai Xing quickly got up, and was a little at a loss.

"Sorry……"

She crawled over, not knowing what to do.

Enduring the pain, Naruse raised his head and waved at her, telling her to go back to sleep quickly.

"Sorry, I……"

"—If you don't go back, I'll let you knock too."

She looked at him, then nodded slowly.

"If it makes you feel better..."

Naruse was dumbfounded.

"...バカ." (ba ka)

The pain was unbearable, and he lay down on the chair again.

"How can there be such a fool as you... hiss..."

Hai Xing didn't speak, and moved his knees a little closer.

The strong guilt made her beat and scold at will, and never retaliate, although he would not do anything to her.

She looked outside the room again, wondering if the huge movement of the chair falling just now woke up other people.

She was suddenly a little afraid of the appearance of either Shangzi or Song Qianqiu.

Fortunately, none of them were woken up.

After lying on the chair for a while, the sharp pain in the chest and abdomen finally eased, and Naruse slowly lifted his body up again.

Hai Xing knelt beside him, biting his lip and looking at him.

"...you'll be fine if you go to bed earlier."

"Sorry……"

Seeing that there was still some pain on his face, Hai Xing tentatively stretched out his little hand slowly, and touched his chest.

"..."

Although he didn't want to admit it, the pain seemed to have eased a lot as he shifted his attention, so Naruse acquiesced in her actions.

But his silence was no different from encouragement to her, Hai Xing moved his legs again, moved closer, and stroked with his palms down.

"is it here……"

"It's more painful where the ribs hit each other..."

Naruse looked down at her slowly moving little hand, "You'd better go back, I'll be fine after a rest."

Hai Xing lowered his head as if he didn't hear it, and kept stroking his chest and abdomen with his palm through the pajamas.

"is it here……"

"..."

"here?"

"……Um."

She was careful, while her palms were soft and warm, covering and stroking.

He looked down at her hand, the pain has not disappeared, but it has lost the warning meaning of self-protection.

"Is it here too?"

"Ah."

She gently stroked his ribs on both sides of his chest and abdomen, repeating actions that she didn't know how much practical meaning she had.

In the silence, she moved closer.

"Other places... don't matter."

Sensing that his pain seemed to have gradually subsided, she moved elsewhere.

With both hands up, each occupying one side, stroking his strong chest, collarbone, and shoulders.

"..."

Seeing an inexplicable smile on the corner of her mouth, Naruse still couldn't help it.

"what are you doing."

"……what."

Hai Xing woke up instantly, her face flushed, and her hands returned to their original positions.

"I'm all right."

Naruse looked aside, her transgression came from his acquiescence, but it was more than comfort.

"Um……"

Starfish reluctantly let go of his hands.

"Is it really all right?"

"If something really happens, it doesn't mean that if you touch it a few times, it will be fine."

Naruse pressed on the place where the pain was the most obvious. Although there was still some pain, it was not as obvious as before.

"...I'm sorry." Hai Xing lowered his head again.

"Go back to sleep."

"Um……"

After sitting on her knees for a long time, her legs were already numb. When she got up, her legs went limp again, and she lay directly on top of him.

Naruse was caught off guard and was pushed to the ground, his head hit the floor with a muffled sound.

"..."

He opened his mouth and looked at the ceiling.

Hai Xing felt so ashamed that she wanted to die.

"Sorry……"

Feeling the coldness on his back, the pain in the back of his head, and the hand she slowly extended under his head, Naruse closed his eyes.

"That's enough... Get out of my room now."

"..."

Starfish didn't dare to stay any longer, got up staggeringly, and fled back to her room.

Looking at the open door, Naruse lay down on the cold floor for a while, and then sat up.

After touching the back of his head, he subconsciously looked at his palm.

Fortunately, there was no such bloody situation...

"It hurts..."

He got up and sat at the end of the bed for a while, then lifted the fallen chair and sat on it.

Pain is the body's warning.

Perhaps also a warning to something other than the body, even the unseen.

For example, the distance has been shortened again, as well as connivance and acquiescence.

"...It deserves it."

Taking a deep breath, Naruse stood up and moved his limbs a little.

"It hurts, it hurts... It really doesn't do any good to get too close to her."

After moving the chair back to the dining room, he returned to the room, turned off the computer, and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)