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明明是才說過幾句話的前輩,但感覺卻又很熟悉,讓怕生的山下很快鬆懈了言語上的防線。這份來自每週一到週四下午五點的帶狀兒童節目的熟悉感,很容易被誤判為天生的契合──13歲未滿的他就是這麼誤判的,因此也並不懷疑,跟著自己回到新生寢室、旁觀他布置用具的生田君,其實僅是下午沒有更有趣的事情可做而已。40Please respect copyright.PENANAbhkyIpAPEk
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稀鬆的對話,如吉他調音前的試彈,有一搭沒一搭地。40Please respect copyright.PENANA6F124TBFZq
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「山下是左撇子啊。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAxXrBoNBIGJ
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「嗯。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAjehrYYfxPm
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「可以當左投呢。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAfPzUTyhi3o
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「我對棒球還好而已。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAb62iCKrIXV
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「其實我也是。這個學校的棒球風氣倒不錯,聽說是創辦人的愛好。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAxdasorSuZs
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「喔。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAscFCjurPSg
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山下智久把英文字典放進空盪盪的書架,又退了兩步看,端詳新上牆的畫框似的。40Please respect copyright.PENANAwovcbG6HGH
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改坐在書桌前的生田伸了個懶腰,好像歷經一番勞動的人是他。「大功告成了?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAinQEPHdxGz
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山下點頭。他的東西不多,「新家」的房間那樣大,總不能把雜物都帶來宿舍放,再說,有什麼忘了收拾的,打通電話回去,讓媽媽叫秘書送來就行了。40Please respect copyright.PENANA2POBZAkiMu
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生田斗真趴在掛著新生外套的椅背上,伸出右手,對他搖搖食指。「你再檢查一遍,是不是少了什麼重要的東西?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAunJRPht7kw
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山下看看他,顯然沒有想檢查的意思,聳了聳肩。40Please respect copyright.PENANAYAoMOAIGgi
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生田面無表情地眨了眨眼。他好像要生氣了,山下想。以前媽媽到了忍耐的極限的時候,也會那樣像機器人似地眨眼睛。40Please respect copyright.PENANAwv1Spbe4lV
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他就裝作四下察看的樣子,在房間裡轉了一圈,打開衣櫃,檢視過皮鞋和運動鞋,拿出裝有牙刷牙膏的漱口杯,又放回去,自覺已經完成了檢查工作。「沒有少什麼東西。」40Please respect copyright.PENANADgVvXHbgXE
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生田斗真嘆了口氣,又用他不曾在電視上看過的樣子說:「沒、有、檯、燈!」40Please respect copyright.PENANAmthY6BraKA
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山下偏著頭看向書桌。「檯燈?」還沒有開學,他不懂桌上缺了盞檯燈有什麼要緊,反正一時還用不著呢。「上課前再請家裡送來就好了。」40Please respect copyright.PENANASjldjih1eA
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「哼。」生田先從鼻子裡發出蔑視意味的發語詞,隨即又換上那副混合了討喜與狡黠的微笑。「晚上你就知道了。」40Please respect copyright.PENANACaRdj2Kvv4
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「咦?」40Please respect copyright.PENANASe0huUqBol
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「說到晚上啊,有些事還是先跟你說比較好。」化身為人的柴郡貓說,「樓下的舍監清水小姐九點半就會回去,初中宿舍樓沒有夜間舍監,只有住在高中宿舍樓崗亭的工友和夜班警衛在而已。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAanaMC4ytOq
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山下還不明所以。40Please respect copyright.PENANAdaQQoIMPNB
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「可是,說也奇怪,大家都說,有時候晚上在新生住的二樓,可以聽到有人從上了鎖的一樓樓梯,一步、一步地走上來……」說到這裡,生田斗真尚且舉起手,反壓手掌,做出模仿幽靈的樣子。40Please respect copyright.PENANAnvw3gSXvJO
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「那個腳步聲走上樓,會在每間寢室門口停住,好像在等誰起來上廁所一樣……麻煩的是,腳步聲有時候就這麼無聲無息地消失了,但你再打開門之前又不能確定,他是走了呢?還是繼續貼在門口等你?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAbSCCQq2Fe8
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發覺這是個鬼故事的時候,山下已經來不及捂上耳朵,鑽進棉被裡去。40Please respect copyright.PENANAg5du1OQlbR
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「我看這間寢室離樓梯口挺近的,嗯,從浴室、212號房過來,就是這裡了嘛!」40Please respect copyright.PENANAC6GMJ2IZIO
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獨自搬進214號寢室的山下從喉嚨底部發出奇怪的聲音,然後用哭過了一樣的鼻音說:「別講了……拜託。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAV4AcF8laBJ
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「哈哈哈哈哈!只是前輩編來嚇人的故事而已嘛,我去年也聽過好幾次,這還不是最嚇人的。」生田似乎滿意了,站起來。「不如上樓來我房間玩吧!」40Please respect copyright.PENANAztp6LTj1Zq
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話雖如此,當他們走上通往三樓的樓梯,暮色從樓梯間的圓形玻璃窗裡照進來,生田斗真忽然回過頭,背著光說:「但是,今年我還是選了離樓梯最遠的那間寢室。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA0YbWDhWUKi
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山下希望這傢伙別再提起會爬樓梯的幽靈。幸好,進入「頭等艙」之後,生田便慷慨地拿出漫畫和零食來招待他,氣氛隨即恢復了融洽。「偶爾不去學生餐廳吃晚餐也沒關係的。」生田斗真說著,打開汽水遞給他。40Please respect copyright.PENANA2Y4b4L8o0y
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「啊,山下,你該回去準備洗澡了,熱水就要關了。」洗完澡,回到寢室的二年級生如此宣布。40Please respect copyright.PENANAcKz4XwvsAu
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「可是我還沒有看完……」山下智久從漫畫書裡抬起頭。40Please respect copyright.PENANARxIulue3fd
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「你可以儘管拿去,過幾天再還回來都行。快下去了,舍監回去之前會檢查大家是不是在寢室裡的。」40Please respect copyright.PENANAttptRSp0gr
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他乖乖地抱著漫畫回去,洗澡,刷牙,準備就寢。可是,沒等來舍監女士,卻等來了──無預警降臨的黑暗。40Please respect copyright.PENANAflnm7MlC6M
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「咦……」山下瞪著暗下來的陌生的空間,能看出,房門外的走廊是亮的。「不是吧……」他努力在床邊找到拖鞋踩進去,奪門而出。40Please respect copyright.PENANA58vaSLj14p
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然而,走廊上的燈,也啪地一下子全熄了。只有朝往樓梯的方向,避難指示燈發出青綠色的幽冥之光。40Please respect copyright.PENANA5HyJEgnUgF
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彷彿被黑暗追趕,他一口氣跑到三樓走廊的最末端。幸虧門沒鎖,打開門,生田斗真桌上的那盞檯燈開著,像燈塔一樣耀眼。40Please respect copyright.PENANARYMr4br95b
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「我……我今天晚上可以先睡在這裡嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANALPvEyX4F7B
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面朝牆壁側臥的人,這時候才翻身坐起來,看著穿著灰藍色睡衣的山下智久,十分體貼地點頭。40Please respect copyright.PENANA2XWFT4wbK4
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可是……40Please respect copyright.PENANAR8OuY2uZ7R
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山下看著他對床。就像他今天搬進來的時候一樣,床位上只有光禿禿的床墊。40Please respect copyright.PENANAl82OG0x2GY
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「過來吧。」像招呼小狗那樣,生田拍了拍自己的床鋪。40Please respect copyright.PENANAViz6Kaftuu
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「可以嗎?」40Please respect copyright.PENANATacek6IMph
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「沒關係的。」生田往裡面又讓了讓。40Please respect copyright.PENANAQt6Lt2ygu6
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山下躺進溫暖的被窩裡,被窩有種生田斗真的味道,很明確。40Please respect copyright.PENANAy4wfH7mCsc
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「現在無所謂。」睡在裡側的人說,「反正沒人在,舍監也不巡房。」40Please respect copyright.PENANARqgjwNlKrk
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山下智久猛地掀開他身上的棉被。「什麼?!」剛才是誰說舍監要點名,藉此趕他下樓的?40Please respect copyright.PENANAuTDumr7z2N
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「噓!」生田的聲音笑嘻嘻的,連這聲「噓」都像帶著飛揚的音符。「別吵醒學長了。嚴格來說這是違反校規的,被發現的話……」40Please respect copyright.PENANAwptif3F6Z3
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「什麼違反校規?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAJSsiDws63D
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「跑到別人床鋪上睡覺啊。」40Please respect copyright.PENANACqqSXBZMJU
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「欸?!」雖然吃驚。比起違反校規,山下更不願意回到二樓寢室去。「這都要管?」說完,他忽然領悟過來。40Please respect copyright.PENANAL7CdkWoDfc
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畢竟是對這類話題敏感起來的年紀。40Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1Paikue2L
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「為了防止……」生田漏了關鍵詞沒說完,他們同時竊笑起來。40Please respect copyright.PENANAOIPQYLTJdA
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同性戀。難道真的會有嗎?40Please respect copyright.PENANAJP7JzISk0I
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「聽說以前真有人被抓到過,因此退學的,高中部和這邊都有過。」前輩說。40Please respect copyright.PENANAjYZjIU4ha3
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「什麼叫被抓到……」山下想了一下,「肯定不是像現在這樣吧……」躺在一張床上避難兼聊天。40Please respect copyright.PENANA9NFFgvQcvy
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「肯定不是嘛。」40Please respect copyright.PENANA1A5sBvr6uW
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山下智久想,生田君答得真果斷,但也許是在裝懂呢。其實可能跟他一樣一知半解。再繼續想下去,兩個人都像吃了過期變味的糖果般,露出怪表情來。40Please respect copyright.PENANAfjo3bh7PIL
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「欸,你喜歡什麼樣的女生?」生田斗真適時地問,盤旋在屋裡的空氣豁然開朗。40Please respect copyright.PENANAFd24xDcMed
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「漂亮的。」山下即答。40Please respect copyright.PENANATNGnSyNC5P
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聽了答案的人從鼻子裡笑,感覺在嫌棄他幼稚。40Please respect copyright.PENANAHdKCw5cq8E
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山下智久一時想不出反擊的方法。「那……生田君呢?喜歡什麼樣的女生?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAnMY5mIgb2O
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「秘密。」生田即答。40Please respect copyright.PENANAQ208CzvZlB
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什麼嘛。山下噘起嘴,「你不是喜歡咪嚕可嗎?」節目裡那個能馴服獨角獸的少女,穿著彩虹色的澎澎裙,手中揮舞能發出音樂的魔杖。40Please respect copyright.PENANAFnU62kwsTF
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「哈哈哈。」生田乾笑。「才不喜歡,那種最討厭了。」40Please respect copyright.PENANArlAnoA15HV
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「該不會……啊,其實你是喜歡波啾君的吧?」40Please respect copyright.PENANAkIIGYKWomM
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「胡說!波啾君是男生好不好──」察覺不對的時候,話已經脫口而出了。40Please respect copyright.PENANAATwpsZOzFc
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「噢……」山下趴在枕頭上,轉過頭看他。「原來如此……波啾啾星球的王子原來是男生啊!」40Please respect copyright.PENANANd5kwhr8gw
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