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練習室裡傳來吉野的歌聲。ソテツ背靠著牆,閉眼聽著。129Please respect copyright.PENANAnHuu9uC5XL
已經不知道多久沒在舞台上聽見吉野的歌了,怪想念的。129Please respect copyright.PENANAhrOnZnge24
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「ソテツ在睡覺嗎?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAolDLwlJqIv
身邊傳來了某人打呵欠的聲音,是メノウ。129Please respect copyright.PENANAvlb2MtK3y0
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「我可不想被メノウ你問這種問題。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAq3QxngNpKi
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「是嗎,我還以為ソテツ也打算在走廊上睡覺呢。ソテツ如果在這裡睡著的話,大家都會過不了路的吧。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAFTurR5eryn
「論擋路的話メノウ也一樣不是嗎?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAlUugyPFEmb
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我有好好睡到旁邊喔。メノウ一邊說一邊坐在地上伸懶腰,接著將本來當作被單的外套穿上。129Please respect copyright.PENANA7L9cWfNCyQ
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「ソテツ跟吉野做過了嗎?」129Please respect copyright.PENANA4QN852xXo7
原以為メノウ會就睡覺的話題再多說些甚麼,但沒想到接著的會是這句。129Please respect copyright.PENANAvFQHOBC3J6
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「話題也跳太多了吧。」ソテツ撇了一眼練習室裡頭,沾了污漬的玻璃後是正忙著做發聲練習,無暇顧及門外的吉野。「你那邊才是,之前說要跟リンドウ變得要好,現在怎樣了?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAY6nMsqf9iG
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「嗯……還有點困難,リンドウ雖然看起來很好說話,但卻很固執呢。」メノウ抱著抱枕,身體輕輕搖晃著,不知道是因為睡的不夠還是真的因為リンドウ的事而感到棘手,眉頭深鎖著。129Please respect copyright.PENANAmvokf6uIlP
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「吉野也是這樣對吧?」メノウ問。129Please respect copyright.PENANA6E8D5GSK5V
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是啊,吉野雖然看起來很怯弱,但一旦決定了方向就絕對不會迷惘,脾氣硬得讓人困擾……129Please respect copyright.PENANAide7mlC4pl
但是這種話可不能對別人說。129Please respect copyright.PENANAWxAf4ILcge
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「跟リンドウ比起來,吉野好多了。他知道自己想要甚麼。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAYoRs7eEqP9
「嗯~比如甚麼?ソテツ的示好總是帶著捉弄之類的事情嗎?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAVwJbM9te7A
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所以吉野對你總是很警戒呢。メノウ一臉笑意地說。129Please respect copyright.PENANA97xaiduTug
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「這話聽得耳朵真痛。要來比一場嗎?」129Please respect copyright.PENANA3hjbyakzy8
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メノウ仰起頭看著ソテツ說:「但是我不想跟ソテツ在舞台以外的地方打架。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAhEhhUTayfH
「蛤?跟現在的你打架感覺像在欺負小孩一樣,找ミズキ還比較有趣。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAfuEhkOMqcW
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要比的是誰率先攻陷各自的「目標」。129Please respect copyright.PENANAp0lLAEiHNI
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「判斷標準是甚麼?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAiBQQmFdmd4
「在下個假日跟對方一起去約會,如何?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAdwbrXiIg1S
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「從ソテツ口中聽到『約會』而不是『做愛』,總覺得純情到可疑。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAHJt7KJKivO
「約會之後不做愛反而比較奇怪不是嗎?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAqIaJRUpY9k
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「呼啊……ソテツ還真有信心呢。」メノウ打了個呵欠,瞇著眼睛,用含糊的聲音說:「但是約會的話我也不會輸。畢竟リンドウ他總會給我回應。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAah4ks53x0S
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「雖然會給出回應,但總會在緊要關頭巧妙地繞開不是嗎?我可不打沒有勝算的架。」129Please respect copyright.PENANA2wZn6iweSo
說完話之後,メノウ那邊卻沒有任何反應。129Please respect copyright.PENANAtjeAmenTnm
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ソテツ低頭一看,只見メノウ下巴撐在抱枕上,腦袋一點一點的,像是隨時會連人帶抱枕一起往前趴倒在地上的樣子。129Please respect copyright.PENANAPgv99jMBOi
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「你該不會睡著了吧?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAMUwML51lgM
「……抱歉,因為話題太無聊了。」129Please respect copyright.PENANACViTOmNYqR
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先開口挑釁的不是你嗎?ソテツ頓時感到好氣又好笑。129Please respect copyright.PENANAqpCkYm2K5V
「那我贏了的話你要做甚麼?把リンドウ給我?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAgyhjdzagfC
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「明明都有吉野了,ソテツ真的很差勁呢。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAvnbQSnsyLN
「跟リンドウ一起的時候也很有趣。メノウ你也知道的吧?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAhZrDTgLz0N
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「真是惡趣味呢。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAswbpZG7wQk
「這是剛才的回敬。」129Please respect copyright.PENANA1McM5cKCb3
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就這樣,帶著對情感的褻瀆開始了他和メノウ的賭局。129Please respect copyright.PENANAdtFmL0gU2N
雖然很粗暴,但他本來就不是跟純潔沾得上邊的人,在這間店裡,再怎麼純粹的東西都會變的混濁,而他跟吉野之間更是如此。129Please respect copyright.PENANAwW3stQhTtN
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「這個假日有沒有安排?是沒有,不過ソテツ為甚麼要問這個問題?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAoGBjsM0Q61
吉野拿著拖把往後退了幾步,雖然常常在走路時「忽視」階梯的存在,但對ソテツ的意圖卻特別敏感。129Please respect copyright.PENANAWpwaFzsTiE
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「嘛,只是想去個需要有伴才能去的地方,吉野如果不願意的話也無所謂。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAmXQkyq7Vo8
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「ソテツ的話應該不缺伴不是嗎?不找我也無所謂吧。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAX9rSWT66Gu
但不是吉野的話就沒有意義了。129Please respect copyright.PENANA1en7W0xpwN
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——會輸了賭局。129Please respect copyright.PENANAgvxUQBBs1U
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跟吉野相比,リンドウ確實比較好說話,但他跟吉野之間的關係和メノウ跟リンドウ間的關係不一樣。129Please respect copyright.PENANACQzVdoCzAv
他有著メノウ所沒有的東西。129Please respect copyright.PENANAvxkxhLRsGK
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「嗯,リンドウ應該會很樂意跟我一起去的。」129Please respect copyright.PENANA4p3FnENZ8J
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在メノウ對周遭不感興趣的同時,ソテツ積累了許多能做為籌碼的過去。ソテツ看著吉野五味雜陳的表情想。129Please respect copyright.PENANAFGtez7b4oH
他可不找沒有勝算的架。129Please respect copyright.PENANAcw2zGBYVr6
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「ソテツ到底想去哪裡?」吉野重重的嘆了口氣,放棄掙扎。129Please respect copyright.PENANApjFqWEWGOm
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「我跟リンドウ一起的話,會去那裡你應該很清楚的吧?」ソテツ走近吉野,將他困在牆邊,呼吸貼著吉野的頭髮,而吉野則拿著拖把站著,表情一點變化也沒有。129Please respect copyright.PENANAAhzjIYRxnF
不管和那雙眼對上幾次都是一樣的結果。吉野和他已經熟悉到不會因為這點接觸而動搖,視線不會錯開,臉頰也不會染上一點紅暈。129Please respect copyright.PENANAHrAxQfmd7h
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已經熟稔到說不出喜惡,只是習慣。129Please respect copyright.PENANAVe8OBlD5gf
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「……甜點店的話你自己也能去不是嗎?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAFbpVYhplb5
「我這張臉去那種店會嚇壞其他人的。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAKagoyhORIf
曖昧的口吻只是捉弄吉野的把戲,而吉野也早在多次的惡作劇中找到ソテツ的偏好,毫不留情地戳破他。129Please respect copyright.PENANAvJ6Iw5VTIp
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「幾點?」129Please respect copyright.PENANA3bHl2BLkXY
「下午四點,街上新開的甜點店。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAeRbIU7Qwwv
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「就只有這些?」129Please respect copyright.PENANARpRBRZEqGb
當然,不只。129Please respect copyright.PENANA5mh9oIJCiD
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吉野嘆了口氣,回了一句我知道了。129Please respect copyright.PENANA6Q3GT1WOvU
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考慮到吉野拒絕他的情況,他還準備了別的說詞,但這些說詞在說出口之前吉野大概也知道了。129Please respect copyright.PENANARfLLTtRKRV
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因為對彼此的反應太過熟悉,反而難以分辨對方到底是因為有意而答應了邀約,還是單純看透了後面的籌碼而做的答覆。129Please respect copyright.PENANAfYwGCVbYcV
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他的思考是吉野棋盤上被看穿計策,即將被困死的白方,吉野總能看出他話語中的意圖——近乎本能的。129Please respect copyright.PENANA6ruvsUv8wM
不過他並不是會禮貌地坐在桌前等著吉野將死他的人,所以不管吉野多麼了解他,對ソテツ在棋盤外的行動依然束手無策。129Please respect copyright.PENANAOgjtJysdHe
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「紅酒跟烤牛肉,還有甚麼?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAmpM9gh21aI
「甜點店是不會有這些東西的吧?」吉野有些無奈地笑了笑。129Please respect copyright.PENANAUYYsvYUZpO
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「這是晚上的事情。還是說吉野想直接開始?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAajs7n4kJz3
「別說得像約會一樣,我們又不是這種關係。你對リンドウ也不會這樣不是嗎?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAwV0yLXkG99
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「吃醋了?還是說約リンドウ一起會比較好?」129Please respect copyright.PENANA37pAb62usu
「ソテツ真的很差勁呢。」129Please respect copyright.PENANA8gZtkILo2P
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「我是怎樣的人,吉野你不是最清楚的嗎?」129Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZNY0aNP0Z
挑選對方覺得親近的人下手,把那些純粹的友誼和依賴變成扭曲的忌妒和愧疚感,染上混亂的色彩,他並不是吉野的同伴,但吉野除了他以外也沒有其他選擇,在所有人眼裡,他跟吉野無關情感的鎖在一塊。129Please respect copyright.PENANAR3ZfqpSMof
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「沒有其他事情的話,我要先離開了,等會還要去幫運営的忙。」129Please respect copyright.PENANA3Q5JhU7gUN
ソテツ往後退了幾步,給吉野讓出路。129Please respect copyright.PENANAsRbkpag48d
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「別忘記假日的事。」ソテツ看著吉野的背影說道。129Please respect copyright.PENANAP7pL9SD3e0
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遠遠的,他看到吉野轉頭看他。帶著一點不滿,也或許還有一點妥協。129Please respect copyright.PENANA67aYW5i9qd
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他跟吉野都已經放棄了那些乾淨漂亮的事物,不變的只有從初次見面至今吉野的面孔,其他部分早已隨著時間流逝而成熟,步向腐敗。129Please respect copyright.PENANAgWh8kEzHly
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「吉野,看這邊。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAdNUx9X8sge
趁著吉野抬起頭的瞬間,按下手機拍攝鍵,把吉野嘴角沾著蛋糕奶油的模樣保存下來。129Please respect copyright.PENANACIG7VTDtXw
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「把照片刪掉」,一般人應該會這麼回應吧,但吉野只是面不改色地將嘴角的奶油擦掉,問ソテツ叫他要做甚麼。129Please respect copyright.PENANAfvRi6iu4k6
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ソテツ沒有回應,而是用手指了指左邊的臉頰,示意吉野臉上還沾著奶油。129Please respect copyright.PENANAmvMl3oqaz3
而吉野也順著ソテツ手指的方向伸手擦臉,卻甚麼都沒摸著。129Please respect copyright.PENANAYTtVcP3PY2
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「啊,抱歉抱歉,是另一邊才對。」ソテツ毫無歉意地說著,伸手將吉野臉上的奶油抹開,在他頰上劃出一抹白,沾在拇指上的部分則被ソテツ舔去。129Please respect copyright.PENANAaGQkF8lDWk
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對於ソテツ的捉弄,吉野嘆了口氣,拿起紙巾將臉上打理乾淨,但臉上殘存的觸感似乎讓他很是介意,對ソテツ說了一聲之後便去了洗手間。129Please respect copyright.PENANAnG9k48Egjy
離開之前將桌上的紅茶挪了挪位置,有些警惕地看著ソテツ。129Please respect copyright.PENANAtAdINxgr4j
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「我甚麼都不會做的。」ソテツ朝吉野攤開手,手中空無一物,除了ソテツ自己之外,沒有其他能夠威脅吉野的事物。129Please respect copyright.PENANAr4ptnqsphg
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只要靠ソテツ自己就足夠了。129Please respect copyright.PENANAVrTT7uAfj5
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吉野不太放心地轉過身。而就如同吉野所擔心的那樣,ソテツ在吉野一走進洗手間後便對紅茶動了手腳。129Please respect copyright.PENANAwTJlNZw0gF
雖然只靠自己就夠了,但這並不妨礙他為接下來的夜晚增加些變化和樂趣。129Please respect copyright.PENANAfAVQoERtgF
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ソテツ跟吉野現在所在的地方是在餐廳往車站的路上新開的甜點店,之前曾聽客人談論過這個地方,說是氛圍很適合吉野。129Please respect copyright.PENANA4Od3vHrIlj
適合客人所認識的吉野的地方,換句話說就是不適合ソテツ進入的場合,妝點和吉野髮色相襯的花朵,粉嫩的果實和毛茸茸的布偶,就像從前的吉野那樣,帶著花朵初綻的光采和純真。129Please respect copyright.PENANACoPRoCrAbY
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實際進入店裡時,吉野和ソテツ兩人也確實受到不少注目,像是他對吉野做了甚麼似的,店裡的客人對ソテツ投以質疑的眼光。129Please respect copyright.PENANAIoTKNUk6oC
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如果這時點了滿桌的甜點的話,或許還能當作帶著可愛嗜好的壯漢吧,但可惜的是,在兩人桌上出現的只有兩杯飲料,和吉野點的千層蛋糕而已。加上直到現在ソテツ所表現出來的行為,對吉野的戲弄,趁著吉野不在時對吉野留下的茶杯做的事,全都可疑的讓旁人朝吉野露出擔憂的表情。129Please respect copyright.PENANAUy25Cf5cG3
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換作是店裡,氣氛就不同了,不管他做出甚麼樣的事情,大家還是會將他視為吉野的同伴——除了吉野本人以外。129Please respect copyright.PENANAfJ3cZVeSVY
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「歡迎回來,吉野。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAipIsfT7fue
「嗯。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAIH6n6pefPt
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吉野看著桌上的茶杯,杯子明顯的被移動過位置,本該朝向吉野的杯耳,在吉野回到座位後轉向了ソテツ,變化鮮明的讓人可疑。129Please respect copyright.PENANAyFISEuXd2N
而始作俑者的ソテツ則坐在對面,看著吉野豎起警戒心的緊張樣子。129Please respect copyright.PENANAyP93xSjCwg
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「我甚麼都沒做喔。」他挑了挑眉。129Please respect copyright.PENANA1q8xL2iHem
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來賭賭看吧,你對我有多麼了解。129Please respect copyright.PENANAyHQM12xlZB
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「ソテツ確實甚麼都沒做,你只是喜歡捉弄人,看人緊張的樣子而已。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAXuL38l4cqb
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吉野站在桌邊,盯著杯中僅存的紅茶。129Please respect copyright.PENANAWzKIpQbMyp
因為ソテツ可能的作怪而退縮,或是乾脆地將紅茶喝下表示自己的強硬,他會選擇哪邊呢?129Please respect copyright.PENANA5F2G9DDLoZ
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吉野沒有伸手去碰茶杯,而是抬手喚來了服務生準備結帳。129Please respect copyright.PENANABC9hj1mt6r
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「吉野不相信我嗎?真叫人傷心。」129Please respect copyright.PENANAy6AMfZdV2g
「我為甚麼不相信ソテツ,你自己應該是最清楚的。」129Please respect copyright.PENANANI1d6oWB01
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「也才發生過一次而已,吉野你後來也很開心不是嗎?」129Please respect copyright.PENANAgOH4cZSi86
只要一次就夠了。吉野撇開視線回道。129Please respect copyright.PENANAT59L14WZ26
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「那差不多該走了吧。」ソテツ從服務生手上接下帳單:「今天的算我吧。」129Please respect copyright.PENANARnk14DZL0N
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「嗯。」吉野看著他,對ソテツ的招待沒有任何意見。畢竟彼此都知道這世上沒有白吃的午餐,ソテツ必定會在別的地方拿回他的損失,他們之間步連謝意都不存在。129Please respect copyright.PENANAaivKe9KZAT
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在走向櫃檯時,ソテツ聽見身後傳來杯盤碰撞的聲音。129Please respect copyright.PENANAqb4yxXTrE8
結果還是喝了呢。ソテツ勾起嘴角。129Please respect copyright.PENANAuvDabFwRF5