隔日醒來,又回復平常的日子,唯心境上有了一點改變……不過在三天後,傍晚,剛下課學長便帶著我回到原世界。7Please respect copyright.PENANAcIQrXpxC3v
7Please respect copyright.PENANAuO4dEP8kSq
7Please respect copyright.PENANA4nqmgURiI8
7Please respect copyright.PENANAdpFpLuFwt0
從傳送陣出來的景色與預想不同,並不是之前常用地點,家附近較少人經過的暗巷──而是再遠一點的地方,走路要花點時間才能夠回到家。7Please respect copyright.PENANA3SSq6m9oSo
7Please respect copyright.PENANAygXeyuXGjO
因為已很少在原世界活動,就算有也都是開傳送陣直達,沒什麼認路的記憶,所以景色剛入眼時我還有點困惑……7Please respect copyright.PENANAvy3MnHSQot
7Please respect copyright.PENANAzOLQ0IRSbq
於狹窄防火巷中向外望去是熙來人往的陌生街道,然後再遠一點過馬路後則是難得的小片綠地,被擁擠的車龍襯托,顯得乾淨不少。7Please respect copyright.PENANAJodCeUgxyi
7Please respect copyright.PENANAjGZormIBpC
看起來其實也不大的地方,除了一些長者、親子在那活動之外,一些角落縮著幾隻奇怪的大小生物,散布各處小心活動著,偶爾有幼崽攀在電線桿等處不時探頭好奇的觀察人類,但其它都是漠視著,如同匆匆走過什麼也感受不到的人類同樣忽略了他們。7Please respect copyright.PENANAscAwbQuibJ
7Please respect copyright.PENANANaiZ24hIbD
總算更遠一點的天空有看見坐落家附近高聳建築群,稍微灰色的空氣與有點髒汙的市區舊建築,讓我勉強可以猜測這裡大概是什麼方位。7Please respect copyright.PENANAlp3BmiGp0R
7Please respect copyright.PENANARd7Kxgvo38
只是不知道為什麼學長會選在這裡……7Please respect copyright.PENANAfWa4ThDlS5
7Please respect copyright.PENANAPTaTxb68yy
「走了。」7Please respect copyright.PENANAnujRErId8t
7Please respect copyright.PENANAHkeqsWiVyD
「喔……好。」7Please respect copyright.PENANABkOxiT1UDx
7Please respect copyright.PENANAa9iSCuhDt0
沒有解釋,他拉著我走出暗巷,我跟緊他跨過零星堆放的雜物,隨後踏入一整片金黃色的落日餘暉中。7Please respect copyright.PENANAoxrKhYgTKI
7Please respect copyright.PENANAwyIQwVaEKT
低頭瞥見路面可能是前陣子剛重鋪過的,顏色很深還散發出一股濃厚柏油味道,裡面應該是摻了玻璃渣子,在某些角度下閃爍著反射陽光,乍看之下很是漂亮,但事實上過度開發的市區,與大量人工整治的一切,顯得一整個區域的生氣都被削減很多,空氣奄奄一息的只讓勉強能稱作綠地的小公園支撐。7Please respect copyright.PENANAMqB6iUkMP1
7Please respect copyright.PENANAf0I0Py5hdw
這裡的綠色種族,呼吸的非常辛苦。7Please respect copyright.PENANA5x23CAo9OL
7Please respect copyright.PENANAzSXZJMm43t
慢慢走在人行道上,拉低帽沿學長很輕易的就閃過公車過站後迎面湧來的人潮,而方才過去一群穿著制服的女高中生,擦身的同時有著淡淡的香水味繞過鼻尖,她們聊天的聲音很大、清脆笑語不斷,卻在我和學長通過時突然一靜,然後又興奮的竊竊私語起來,還頻頻回頭。7Please respect copyright.PENANAvr1p19MnKE
7Please respect copyright.PENANAP65nTmBGgu
很快查覺到了學長與我緊緊交握的左右手,有點尷尬著後知後覺,但即使臉部有點熱度開始蔓延也沒有掙開,只是加快腳步並行,讓雙手不要離得那麼遙遠、有如炫耀般伸得老長。7Please respect copyright.PENANAAm73E2UeDZ
7Please respect copyright.PENANAtVObmZ5eJ4
……7Please respect copyright.PENANASDuVMIBn6E
7Please respect copyright.PENANA5JGHYCuP9N
話說今日已是逐漸入冬的十一月底,後移的四季、尚未有寒流拜訪時,被暖陽照了一個下午後並不算寒冷,只在偶爾的一陣風刮過,會捎起冷意。7Please respect copyright.PENANA9pzBCRX4DW
7Please respect copyright.PENANA0K9SqZFt0s
我在風大時隻手拉緊了外套,然後突然被學長不知道從哪變出來的圍巾罩住臉,嚇了一跳扯下來,身邊的人已經停下腳步,伸手替我繫好圍巾。7Please respect copyright.PENANAkfYEv12Twj
7Please respect copyright.PENANAprZftKXAiw
……其實真的不冷。7Please respect copyright.PENANA05mFOnQrM9
7Please respect copyright.PENANAVsoOuY68Zg
但點點頭,我摸著那柔軟的布料觸感,讓他拉著又繼續往前走,慢慢也越過了好幾個路口。7Please respect copyright.PENANA7cMrr047AO
7Please respect copyright.PENANAwOIDJyXGJy
下班時段的繁忙交通好久未見,周遭的景色也與十幾年前大不相同,此刻身處在這裡,總有種茫然感,時空推移的滄桑似乎在眼角膜上烙下了一點疼。7Please respect copyright.PENANAwbUC8p7qCh
7Please respect copyright.PENANAbAJnj9izwo
不時提醒著那種陌生,我漸漸不再屬於這裡,過去的熟悉都在時間流逝中慢慢消亡。7Please respect copyright.PENANAniH7Y17jBC
7Please respect copyright.PENANADw1pnRDLX1
連那抹曾經熟悉的藍天,都被染上一層薄薄的灰。7Please respect copyright.PENANALi5iSO86Bq
7Please respect copyright.PENANA0E02fIo1qJ
……7Please respect copyright.PENANAaKMLUK8acB
7Please respect copyright.PENANAV3vdxw3qTR
安靜的又和學長走上一段路,我沒說話,他也好似刻意不開口,兩個並行的人就在人群流動中沉默遊走,咀嚼著說不出的各自思緒。7Please respect copyright.PENANAl2QJJURxAR
7Please respect copyright.PENANAwVQR7UaGoZ
我想起了今日特意回家一趟的目的,來時有點心慌、有點猶疑。7Please respect copyright.PENANASPr0yI6Xst
7Please respect copyright.PENANAYkBQzTT3fW
那時故意忘了用一通電話知會,也許心裡祈禱著到家時,漸漸不再老窩著廚房忙碌的母親會和父親、或許還與老姊同去外食,我們不會碰到他們,也不用說上什麼。7Please respect copyright.PENANAHBD5hwFrFL
7Please respect copyright.PENANAXewSQ8edyT
──不知道什麼時候起,我已經很少回家了。7Please respect copyright.PENANAldLUDn02No
7Please respect copyright.PENANA65p89IP5RL
有時候只隔上一個月,有事後卻是數月未歸,一些信息常常是老姐稍了信使傳過來,終於想起要回去時,也待不到幾天。7Please respect copyright.PENANA641Iqh6xlH
7Please respect copyright.PENANAKlpNdLXStv
二十年,對一些種族是稍縱即逝,但對普通人類來說真的好長好長。7Please respect copyright.PENANAeeFQG1xR7I
7Please respect copyright.PENANAssnBcfEltJ
其實老態已經逐漸出現在年紀增長的父母臉上、身上。7Please respect copyright.PENANAXhrLzNhbOr
7Please respect copyright.PENANA8jxYsF4Uuy
過去總扯著嗓子罵上幾句、還是盼到人終於回家卻一把揪住耳朵碎念的老媽,近幾年看見我就只剩下叨叨細語,關心著在外頭生活的近況了的樣子。7Please respect copyright.PENANAMondqVI8Ij
7Please respect copyright.PENANAHm26TpYjSm
而從小就總是久久離家少歸的父親,前幾年退休回家,說是要多陪陪家人……不過常在家裡的也只剩下兩位長者,老姐還比較頻繁著回去,我總是忙到忘時間。7Please respect copyright.PENANA5TosETuyX6
7Please respect copyright.PENANAah7pDgq4Md
或許該歸罪於被定型的年輕外表,讓我忘了身邊的人時間還在走動……只是自己很清楚,這不是遺忘,該說是刻意忽視,希望沒看見一切就這麼可以維持在從前。7Please respect copyright.PENANA10BnyzhscI
7Please respect copyright.PENANAjjPzxvF1ii
突然,不知道是天色暗下已至於溫度驟降還是怎麼,看著逐漸亮起的路燈,漸暗的天空下交通號誌閃爍得越顯鮮明……遠方悠悠傳了來整點的鐘響,模模糊糊的卻能讓聽的誰數出數字,十八,又是一個整點過去。7Please respect copyright.PENANA52zxAhxOfi
7Please respect copyright.PENANAnXdcmrHn2U
一瞬間強烈意識到時間始終不停在遊走,未曾停過──有股冷意,從我心底漫起,冷得令人不禁打顫。7Please respect copyright.PENANAVUqqUYBQJC
7Please respect copyright.PENANAB5jwNsppT1
原來我從來都沒有準備好要面對現實,下定決心是一回事,實際要承認時又事一回事。7Please respect copyright.PENANAQOCBsic2jj
7Please respect copyright.PENANAWj8x2QKnXj
此時已經離家不遠了,我與學長步行在看似陌生的街道上,依稀從幾個舊招牌可辨識出這裡過去是那個小公園,不過已經被拆除改建成了一排高級住宅。7Please respect copyright.PENANAA4kZjtJDKd
7Please respect copyright.PENANAWi6cxtQVTH
慢慢的我腳步停在人行道上,低頭能看見前方破碎的路磚上映著被路燈拉得老長的兩道影子,學長也跟著停了下來。7Please respect copyright.PENANAjbsYIjDAJo
7Please respect copyright.PENANAqTZ2iyuJHq
「……褚?」7Please respect copyright.PENANAJwumpI5Rxj
7Please respect copyright.PENANAxjAU6ry0PL
「抱歉,學長……請再等我一會……」7Please respect copyright.PENANA8Rh8W6R6M5
7Please respect copyright.PENANAoMe0yC5riu
「……」手被緊握的力道加深了,淡淡暖意傳了過來,「嗯。」7Please respect copyright.PENANASwFNyJYYoA
7Please respect copyright.PENANAIfYVy1POCc
深吸一口氣,我忍住了眼底的熱燙,努力接受那種刺痛的感覺。7Please respect copyright.PENANADeK1xQaMbA
7Please respect copyright.PENANAHOtDUN3zRW
……7Please respect copyright.PENANA7t5OqTVLlb
7Please respect copyright.PENANA0QR7jRuhcE
7Please respect copyright.PENANAc70T3pT0u4
7Please respect copyright.PENANAnd4TQTKPZf
ns216.73.216.207da2 7Please respect copyright.PENANAuO4dEP8kSq
7Please respect copyright.PENANA4nqmgURiI8
7Please respect copyright.PENANAdpFpLuFwt0
從傳送陣出來的景色與預想不同,並不是之前常用地點,家附近較少人經過的暗巷──而是再遠一點的地方,走路要花點時間才能夠回到家。7Please respect copyright.PENANA3SSq6m9oSo
7Please respect copyright.PENANAygXeyuXGjO
因為已很少在原世界活動,就算有也都是開傳送陣直達,沒什麼認路的記憶,所以景色剛入眼時我還有點困惑……7Please respect copyright.PENANAvy3MnHSQot
7Please respect copyright.PENANAzOLQ0IRSbq
於狹窄防火巷中向外望去是熙來人往的陌生街道,然後再遠一點過馬路後則是難得的小片綠地,被擁擠的車龍襯托,顯得乾淨不少。7Please respect copyright.PENANAJodCeUgxyi
7Please respect copyright.PENANAjGZormIBpC
看起來其實也不大的地方,除了一些長者、親子在那活動之外,一些角落縮著幾隻奇怪的大小生物,散布各處小心活動著,偶爾有幼崽攀在電線桿等處不時探頭好奇的觀察人類,但其它都是漠視著,如同匆匆走過什麼也感受不到的人類同樣忽略了他們。7Please respect copyright.PENANAscAwbQuibJ
7Please respect copyright.PENANANaiZ24hIbD
總算更遠一點的天空有看見坐落家附近高聳建築群,稍微灰色的空氣與有點髒汙的市區舊建築,讓我勉強可以猜測這裡大概是什麼方位。7Please respect copyright.PENANAlp3BmiGp0R
7Please respect copyright.PENANARd7Kxgvo38
只是不知道為什麼學長會選在這裡……7Please respect copyright.PENANAfWa4ThDlS5
7Please respect copyright.PENANAPTaTxb68yy
「走了。」7Please respect copyright.PENANAnujRErId8t
7Please respect copyright.PENANAHkeqsWiVyD
「喔……好。」7Please respect copyright.PENANABkOxiT1UDx
7Please respect copyright.PENANAa9iSCuhDt0
沒有解釋,他拉著我走出暗巷,我跟緊他跨過零星堆放的雜物,隨後踏入一整片金黃色的落日餘暉中。7Please respect copyright.PENANAoxrKhYgTKI
7Please respect copyright.PENANAwyIQwVaEKT
低頭瞥見路面可能是前陣子剛重鋪過的,顏色很深還散發出一股濃厚柏油味道,裡面應該是摻了玻璃渣子,在某些角度下閃爍著反射陽光,乍看之下很是漂亮,但事實上過度開發的市區,與大量人工整治的一切,顯得一整個區域的生氣都被削減很多,空氣奄奄一息的只讓勉強能稱作綠地的小公園支撐。7Please respect copyright.PENANAMqB6iUkMP1
7Please respect copyright.PENANAf0I0Py5hdw
這裡的綠色種族,呼吸的非常辛苦。7Please respect copyright.PENANA5x23CAo9OL
7Please respect copyright.PENANAzSXZJMm43t
慢慢走在人行道上,拉低帽沿學長很輕易的就閃過公車過站後迎面湧來的人潮,而方才過去一群穿著制服的女高中生,擦身的同時有著淡淡的香水味繞過鼻尖,她們聊天的聲音很大、清脆笑語不斷,卻在我和學長通過時突然一靜,然後又興奮的竊竊私語起來,還頻頻回頭。7Please respect copyright.PENANAvr1p19MnKE
7Please respect copyright.PENANAP65nTmBGgu
很快查覺到了學長與我緊緊交握的左右手,有點尷尬著後知後覺,但即使臉部有點熱度開始蔓延也沒有掙開,只是加快腳步並行,讓雙手不要離得那麼遙遠、有如炫耀般伸得老長。7Please respect copyright.PENANAAm73E2UeDZ
7Please respect copyright.PENANAtVObmZ5eJ4
……7Please respect copyright.PENANASDuVMIBn6E
7Please respect copyright.PENANA5JGHYCuP9N
話說今日已是逐漸入冬的十一月底,後移的四季、尚未有寒流拜訪時,被暖陽照了一個下午後並不算寒冷,只在偶爾的一陣風刮過,會捎起冷意。7Please respect copyright.PENANA9pzBCRX4DW
7Please respect copyright.PENANA0K9SqZFt0s
我在風大時隻手拉緊了外套,然後突然被學長不知道從哪變出來的圍巾罩住臉,嚇了一跳扯下來,身邊的人已經停下腳步,伸手替我繫好圍巾。7Please respect copyright.PENANAkfYEv12Twj
7Please respect copyright.PENANAprZftKXAiw
……其實真的不冷。7Please respect copyright.PENANA05mFOnQrM9
7Please respect copyright.PENANAVsoOuY68Zg
但點點頭,我摸著那柔軟的布料觸感,讓他拉著又繼續往前走,慢慢也越過了好幾個路口。7Please respect copyright.PENANA7cMrr047AO
7Please respect copyright.PENANAwOIDJyXGJy
下班時段的繁忙交通好久未見,周遭的景色也與十幾年前大不相同,此刻身處在這裡,總有種茫然感,時空推移的滄桑似乎在眼角膜上烙下了一點疼。7Please respect copyright.PENANAwbUC8p7qCh
7Please respect copyright.PENANAbAJnj9izwo
不時提醒著那種陌生,我漸漸不再屬於這裡,過去的熟悉都在時間流逝中慢慢消亡。7Please respect copyright.PENANAniH7Y17jBC
7Please respect copyright.PENANADw1pnRDLX1
連那抹曾經熟悉的藍天,都被染上一層薄薄的灰。7Please respect copyright.PENANALi5iSO86Bq
7Please respect copyright.PENANA0E02fIo1qJ
……7Please respect copyright.PENANAaKMLUK8acB
7Please respect copyright.PENANAV3vdxw3qTR
安靜的又和學長走上一段路,我沒說話,他也好似刻意不開口,兩個並行的人就在人群流動中沉默遊走,咀嚼著說不出的各自思緒。7Please respect copyright.PENANAl2QJJURxAR
7Please respect copyright.PENANAwVQR7UaGoZ
我想起了今日特意回家一趟的目的,來時有點心慌、有點猶疑。7Please respect copyright.PENANASPr0yI6Xst
7Please respect copyright.PENANAYkBQzTT3fW
那時故意忘了用一通電話知會,也許心裡祈禱著到家時,漸漸不再老窩著廚房忙碌的母親會和父親、或許還與老姊同去外食,我們不會碰到他們,也不用說上什麼。7Please respect copyright.PENANAHBD5hwFrFL
7Please respect copyright.PENANAXewSQ8edyT
──不知道什麼時候起,我已經很少回家了。7Please respect copyright.PENANAldLUDn02No
7Please respect copyright.PENANA65p89IP5RL
有時候只隔上一個月,有事後卻是數月未歸,一些信息常常是老姐稍了信使傳過來,終於想起要回去時,也待不到幾天。7Please respect copyright.PENANA641Iqh6xlH
7Please respect copyright.PENANAKlpNdLXStv
二十年,對一些種族是稍縱即逝,但對普通人類來說真的好長好長。7Please respect copyright.PENANAeeFQG1xR7I
7Please respect copyright.PENANAssnBcfEltJ
其實老態已經逐漸出現在年紀增長的父母臉上、身上。7Please respect copyright.PENANAXhrLzNhbOr
7Please respect copyright.PENANA8jxYsF4Uuy
過去總扯著嗓子罵上幾句、還是盼到人終於回家卻一把揪住耳朵碎念的老媽,近幾年看見我就只剩下叨叨細語,關心著在外頭生活的近況了的樣子。7Please respect copyright.PENANAMondqVI8Ij
7Please respect copyright.PENANAHm26TpYjSm
而從小就總是久久離家少歸的父親,前幾年退休回家,說是要多陪陪家人……不過常在家裡的也只剩下兩位長者,老姐還比較頻繁著回去,我總是忙到忘時間。7Please respect copyright.PENANA5TosETuyX6
7Please respect copyright.PENANAah7pDgq4Md
或許該歸罪於被定型的年輕外表,讓我忘了身邊的人時間還在走動……只是自己很清楚,這不是遺忘,該說是刻意忽視,希望沒看見一切就這麼可以維持在從前。7Please respect copyright.PENANA10BnyzhscI
7Please respect copyright.PENANAjjPzxvF1ii
突然,不知道是天色暗下已至於溫度驟降還是怎麼,看著逐漸亮起的路燈,漸暗的天空下交通號誌閃爍得越顯鮮明……遠方悠悠傳了來整點的鐘響,模模糊糊的卻能讓聽的誰數出數字,十八,又是一個整點過去。7Please respect copyright.PENANA52zxAhxOfi
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一瞬間強烈意識到時間始終不停在遊走,未曾停過──有股冷意,從我心底漫起,冷得令人不禁打顫。7Please respect copyright.PENANAVUqqUYBQJC
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原來我從來都沒有準備好要面對現實,下定決心是一回事,實際要承認時又事一回事。7Please respect copyright.PENANAQOCBsic2jj
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此時已經離家不遠了,我與學長步行在看似陌生的街道上,依稀從幾個舊招牌可辨識出這裡過去是那個小公園,不過已經被拆除改建成了一排高級住宅。7Please respect copyright.PENANAA4kZjtJDKd
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慢慢的我腳步停在人行道上,低頭能看見前方破碎的路磚上映著被路燈拉得老長的兩道影子,學長也跟著停了下來。7Please respect copyright.PENANAjbsYIjDAJo
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「……褚?」7Please respect copyright.PENANAJwumpI5Rxj
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「抱歉,學長……請再等我一會……」7Please respect copyright.PENANA8Rh8W6R6M5
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「……」手被緊握的力道加深了,淡淡暖意傳了過來,「嗯。」7Please respect copyright.PENANASwFNyJYYoA
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深吸一口氣,我忍住了眼底的熱燙,努力接受那種刺痛的感覺。7Please respect copyright.PENANADeK1xQaMbA
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