Yun was still sitting quietly in the backseat when Nanren got into the driver's seat.
It was slightly warm and slowly mingling.
Actually, Nanren did this on purpose. Noticing that he looked rather tired, he adjusted the temperature of the car just the way he liked it. She had noticed at once that she was sleepy under this condition. The feeling and warmth of lying in that bed.
While the car was moving slowly, the silence of the surrounding, the breathing of Yun who fell asleep with his head against the window, the smooth journey due to the flat asphalt, and this lonely but peaceful feeling.
Although he was advancing at an average pace, he finally got there.
After parking somewhere.
He slowly buried his head in the steering wheel. He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.
It is now the 18th of March and the year is 657.
It had been 3-4 years since his absence.
When Nanren turned 21, Yun's nephew was born, 2 years had passed since he survived the apocalypse, and almost 3 years had been spent on this planet since he was settled here before the apocalypse.
The apocalypse broke out exactly on 25/04/655.
And now it's 18/03/657.
In fact, there had to be a lot of problems because of the relocation. New calendars, disruption of the circadian rhythm, adaptability...
But that's exactly when Yun finds the world's fake and presents it to them. There's no need anymore. As if they were in an earlier solar system. Or parallel universe.
Except for minor compatibility issues. And the unusual design of Megacity. The facilities here are few but in a position to offer more energy. It's like getting the most efficiency in the least amount of way.
Nanren slowly lifted his head and came face to face with the tiny body that had just jumped into his lap.
"Meow," said the cat, licking its little paw.
[Pretty pathetic]
'nya nya!'
He said [Don't be angry!]
[Off..one bad was enough, now the second one...] although the cat had been by his side for the time being, Nanren had barely escaped the setbacks of the first time. It was as if the whole world was against him. He was targeted after Yun's death. Step by step...
He was trapped and covered with a net. That moment of helplessness, that moment of numbness...
On the verge of insanity, that shrill cat sound was refreshing.
Did Yun experience these too? Undoubtedly it was very difficult to be bad.
But slowly, the world was losing its influence. At that moment, the cat sighed and purred. "Yun sacrificed himself for this…" the system was not stupid and, albeit late, it made sense to everything he did after his death.
Although Nanren ignored the cat the first time he encountered it, he witnessed its stubbornness. Moreover, he had spoken to her without concealing himself. His first sentence was "I am Yun's comrade".
"The person who sent you the message, who also opened the doors on the spaceship..."
After a short introduction, he quietly got used to his presence with the evidence he presented.
Not only did the system help when things were going against it…maybe, to be honest, it had prevented him from stepping into that impenetrable swamp.
The system bitterly explained
"Instead of unknowingly supporting Yun back then, I was, as he puts it, a stumbling block", he just had the lying pangs. The person who suffered the real pain came and went silently.
All this is in the past.
Now is...
The moment was so quiet that he could listen to his own heartbeat.
moment of peace.
When the storm subsides and the sun comes out, as it is now. It felt like it was in the middle of a collapsed capsize.
He was going to be angry but he couldn't be angry, he felt more helpless than anger towards her, the truth is, he couldn't even say what he felt towards her. He didn't know.
Has he lost his senses or is he still somewhere inside? He couldn't say that.
But even in this moment of silence, unlike Yun, he was wrestling with deeper emotions.
And now, in a way, she could understand him. Struggling with feelings so heavy that they become numb. And after a while, everything seems so empty and meaningless. He understood Yun. Or he felt he understood.
Nanren could say why youth counts as 'happy moments'. Carefree times and pure feelings.
He was not young now. Mentally and physically. He was over the age of majority, in fact, he had even finished university early and started his own business.
What about Yun? Except for his apparent youth, it was just a deception. His youth had long since been extinguished, and he contained an old and weary soul.
Nanren held his head, aching. He found himself in the middle of scattered thoughts, just like falling into the middle of a messy house.
And he needed to clear up this mess of thought as soon as possible.
He slowly turned his head back and looked at the face that was sleeping a little bit peacefully. It sounded a little unbelievable.
He didn't even think about the possibility of meeting her again. After leaving everyone...
The time passed rather short for Yun, but rather long for them.
It was quite late then when Nanren realized that she was easily inclined to leave without looking back.
And even now that he's back was unbelievable. The truth is, even if it doesn't come to them. Fortunately, the system easily spotted it. What if there was no system? Would he run away from them?
Was he aware that his family was destabilized about to collapse? Or rather, that he is responsible for it?
Your irresponsible behavior?
Was he aware that you were quite childish?
As his yellow eyes darkened to a haze, what he was thinking was a thought too insidious and dangerous for him to pay attention to.
Won't let it slip through your hands again
-To be continued-