作者：枕边夜话
What does summer look like? Summer has gentle winds and romantic dusks, cold beer and hot lobsters, summer bears witness to people's separation and tears, but also belongs to reunion and reunion, in the summer and some people say goodbye, and in the summer and some people say hello.
It's also a story that takes place in the summer.
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6-year-old Takekawa came to his grandfather's house in the countryside for a long summer vacation, where there are noisy insect songs, ice-chilled watermelons, clear streams, and forests inhabited by mountain gods and yokai.
Everything seemed to be destined, although the grandfather's thousands of instructions still echoed in his ears, And Hotaru ran to the forest, lost in the forest, surrounded by fear and uneasiness, Firefly sat on the ground and cried helplessly.
The mountain wind blew the leaves, the sunlight passed through the gaps in the leaves, and time seemed to be so mottled, at this time, a masked teenager appeared in front of the firefly. As soon as he saw someone there, Hotaru couldn't help but want to pounce on him and hug him, but the nimble teenager would always cleverly dodge it.
"My name is Takekawa Hotaru, are you a youkai?"
"My name is Silver!" Are you afraid of monsters? ”
"Afraid! But I'm not afraid of you. ”
One branch, one handsome teenager, the other a lost girl, he forgot that he could not touch humans, she forgot that this was the forbidden land of mountain gods and monsters, and they had the right to think that it was just a date.
Silver is a baby who was once abandoned by his parents on the mountain, and the mountain god pitied him and used magic to maintain his life.
The next day, Hotaru comes looking for Silver again, and Silver is already waiting for her.
They spent the whole summer together, playing around as if they were never tired. Once, while Silver was asleep, Hotaru quietly took off Silver's mask, and under the mask was a handsome teenage face. At that time, Silver was just pretending to be asleep.
Every summer after that, Silver would wait for the fireflies in the same place, and the fireflies would come to this forest of legendary mountain gods and monsters as promised.
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As Hotaru grew up, she slowly realized that she was in love with this monster teenager with a mask, and one day, Hotaru took off the silver mask again, and looking at the beautiful face, Hotaru couldn't help but want to kiss it. Just as Hotaru leaned down, Silver suddenly opened her eyes.
"If you touch me I'll disappear because I'm not human."
Hotaru, who was so afraid of Silver's disappearance, said to Silver solemnly, "No matter what happens, don't touch me. Hotaru then burst into tears.
The days of not being able to touch each other were so illusory, in Hotaru's own words: "You give me a brilliant secret, sleeping in the beautiful dreams of midsummer nights." ”
But despite everything so illusory, Hotaru couldn't help but go to see Silver. At that time, Hotaru was already a high school student, so beautiful, she deliberately wore a school uniform.
Maybe it was just a walk in the forest, maybe it was just a glimpse of the falling leaves together, so close, but so far away, Hotaru carefully kissed Silver through the mask.
Looking at the emotional firefly, Silver said sadly, "It doesn't matter if you forget me, this body maintained by magic is too fragile, if it touches the real human skin, I will also dissipate, it is such a fictional person, you will not come again." ”
But Hotaru smiled bitterly and said, "It will disappear as soon as you touch it, it's like snow." Ah Yin, I, even in the winter, I am thinking about Ah Yin, autumn... And spring is also... Ah Yin... Don't forget me, don't forget. One day, time will separate us, but even so, until that day comes, we will be together..."
But that moment actually came so quickly.
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Silver invites Hotaru to participate in the yokai's summer festival.
Silver had always wanted to go to a summer festival with Hotaru, and that was a real date.
At the celebration, the yokai try their best to transform into human form, and humans can also effortlessly mix in the sacrifice.
Fireworks are romantic, a few stars move, fireflies roaming the mountains, undulating light flows in the air, and the time at this moment is eternal and happy. That must be the most appropriate atmosphere.
Silver: "I like you. “
Hotaru: "Well, me too." ”
Silver put the mask on Hotaru's face, and through the mask, Silver gave Firefly a deep kiss.
--Hotaru, every time you leave, I want to get out of the sea of people to meet you. Spring also wants to see you, autumn also wants to see you, winter also wants to see you. One day, I will die somewhere you don't know, with the memories of a summer that goes back and forth but ends so fast. ——
——Ah Yin, I, even in winter, I am thinking about Ah Yin, autumn... And spring is also... Ah Yin... I want to be with you all the time, even if I can't touch you, even if you give me a brilliant secret, sleeping in the beautiful dreams of the midsummer night. ——
I don't know at what moment, whether they realized that the moment of the end had come so suddenly.
Time will one day separate us, but until that day comes, let's be together.
A little boy ran past Silver, and when he was about to fall, Silver subconsciously pulled the boy aside.
Unexpectedly, it was a human boy!
Silver's body began to disappear,
At Silver's last moment, Silver smiled and opened his arms and said to Hotaru:
"Come here, Firefly. I can finally touch you. ”
Firefly ran and jumped into Silver's arms, and when they were about to hug each other tightly, Silver had already disappeared into the night sky like a fluorescent sprinkle, and Firefly hugged Silver's clothes tightly, which might be only half a hug.
At this moment, the voice of the mountain god came from the depths of the woods: "Firefly, thank you." Although we want to live with Ah Yin all the time, Ah Yin finally has someone he wants to touch, and he can finally be hugged by others. ”
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On a summer night, with long streams of fireflies, we touched the glowing stars.
Carefully, hold your breath, afraid that the next second this fiery dream will disappear.
Untouchable lovers disappear in the summer, there will be a period of time, can no longer look forward to the summer, the heart is like a knife, tears come out of the eyes.
I had smelled the fragrance of her hair in the air, I had stared into her tender eyes, I had never touched her gentle hand, I would rather have a brief embrace than an eternal life without these loneliness.