「話說飛顱妖真的解決掉了嗎?」羽明環顧河濱四週,生怕仍有分靈在此徘徊:「總覺得等一下從哪裡飄出來也不奇怪。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAKxMXxfiZzd
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「確定消滅掉了。“飛顱妖”是因為怨念而維持住的異常現象。祂真正想要的,就是自由。」曉諭抬起頭看著黃昏的天空:「不過很矛盾呢,如果祂想要自由,就必須平息怨念;可是祂沒有怨念,就無法保有自己……」446Please respect copyright.PENANA0qcqmdPlcd
而被他人捉弄、被他人侵擾到無法安息(獲得自由),對飛顱妖來說自然是不可原諒。446Please respect copyright.PENANAJ48WtqaoVz
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其後,韓曉諭手忙腳亂地包紮處理王羽明右臂上的穿刺傷口——其實她沒必要這樣做的——這種傷對魔鳥使來說,睡個兩天就好了。446Please respect copyright.PENANA8SLpXLNVZP
少年的右手被布固定住,身上披著常穿的空軍夾克,略顯狼狽地回到遊樂園,但,出乎意料之外的是,其他同學居然待著,等他們。446Please respect copyright.PENANAzjxg85nLGF
「王羽明,你沒事吧……怎麼搞成這樣?」其他同學看到手臂掛彩,坐也坐不住了,紛紛圍住關心他們倆:「是不是因為我們讓你顧包包,你就……」446Please respect copyright.PENANAjAAZhB8ZI6
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第一次被一群人團團包圍,羽明整個人僵住:「呃,就、啊……」446Please respect copyright.PENANACKhsw45e8Y
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「他、他不小心摔跤,手還被石頭刺到了。」曉諭懷著找藉口的罪惡感,馬上向大家道歉:「對不起,本來好好地跟大家出去玩……」446Please respect copyright.PENANA54whywIR3h
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「嗯啊,抱歉……那個,我沒事啦!」羽明也趕緊補充幾句。446Please respect copyright.PENANAbGJycpxD65
「還是去看醫生比較好!」其中一個女同學提醒:「不然破傷風怎麼辦?」446Please respect copyright.PENANAA6Hh3ovjxz
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王羽明一臉不好意思,結果就這樣被大家強制帶到附近的診所檢查傷口,好好消毒、重新做好處置後,也沒什麼大礙。446Please respect copyright.PENANACFter0baLy
之後,大家也硬是帶他一起去吃晚餐——吃完後,各自解散:有人回家、有人去補習班、部分幾位還揪團繼續衝KTV唱歌。446Please respect copyright.PENANAsPl46FYCgI
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「羽明,那要打電話給你家人載嗎?」446Please respect copyright.PENANAda91I86L1H
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少年聽聞,頓了一下,隨後表情有點無奈:「不、不用啦。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAcrr4czG9xD
說到目前唯一的家人(戀人),他現在,到底在忙什麼呢?羽明很想打給夜臣:就像過去因為任務受傷時,他也總是在百忙之中抽身來照顧自己。446Please respect copyright.PENANAFT3PSGSgnF
何止想打電話給他——好想牢牢抱住他、窩在他的身邊、聞他身上的一襲淡香、親吻他柔軟的雙唇——但真的好怕又惹他生氣、又一次將自己推開。446Please respect copyright.PENANARsBDBdJHFD
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「我剛好順路,就送他回家。」曉諭想負責到底:「先這樣,大家掰掰!」446Please respect copyright.PENANAnjdc91HBlE
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「喔,好啦!掰掰!」446Please respect copyright.PENANAYqfVQzywzB
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曉諭幾乎是拉著少年去捷運站。446Please respect copyright.PENANAYE30FUBeOA
羽明尷尬地向曉諭說:「……呃,可以不要嗎?我自己一個人……」446Please respect copyright.PENANAQ65ER1WzLn
「不用客氣!大家都同學嘛!」446Please respect copyright.PENANA6nFPuwXHmk
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已至晚間,兩人走到捷運內。文湖線的車廂狹小、座位也少,但仍有某種魅力,繁華的都會燈火在一窗之內盡收眼底。446Please respect copyright.PENANAv4PTgC4TXP
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「真的不用送你嗎?」446Please respect copyright.PENANAuEnaHYuHEW
「嗯,我住很遠。不用那麼麻煩啦!」446Please respect copyright.PENANAQz1LnOCNMU
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「好吧,既然你那麼堅持……我等等在中間下車好了。」她看向窗外,光華在臉上滑過:「唉,今天亂七八糟的。」446Please respect copyright.PENANASwsEdsXh6l
「是啊。」羽明認為的“亂”,是不太習慣那些同學們非必要且有點過火的關心——不過這種感覺並不壞。446Please respect copyright.PENANA6E4o7PK88R
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「那球……不是,那頭扣得真好,你長那麼高,不去打籃球真的可惜欸。」曉諭轉過頭好奇地問道:「我們高中籃球隊那麼有名,學長居然沒去糾纏你。」446Please respect copyright.PENANABKeBfsygiX
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「那是因為我有其他事要做……」羽明不想說太清楚,想起夜臣曾告誡自己別參加社團活動。甚至在一年級時,他就像個家長一樣,跑去社團教室跟學長們理論(警告)。446Please respect copyright.PENANAjuZVgwUWRg
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「話說,怎麼樣啊,今天有更認識大家嗎?」曉諭也不乏對他讚賞有加:「你也意外地能跟班上同學相處嘛,呵呵。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAzBjQXVgJ9n
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「……我是有人陪的啦、而且也有交往對象!別把我講的很像有什麼社交恐懼症。」446Please respect copyright.PENANA3zSdY02awC
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曉諭語氣帶點神祕與好奇,單刀直入地說:「你說的對象,是指紀先生嗎?」446Please respect copyright.PENANAaLXOMhLDxW
少女知道紀夜臣這個人——並不是組織給的情報才知道的——而是在更早之前,於學校大門前見過。她偶爾會看到他載羽明上下學,以及少年望著他時,那滿是期盼與戀慕的眼神。446Please respect copyright.PENANA9tJGwXBbW4
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「嗯,只不過最、最近好像跟他吵……啊!沒事沒事!」王羽明鬆懈了,不小心說出自己最近一直掛念的心事,實在恨不得咬斷舌頭——坐在旁邊的她,不只是同班同學,另一個身份還是組織的“玉山小飛俠”——是敵人啊!446Please respect copyright.PENANAzZ0IvMuLa9
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「好像吵架?你連是不是真的在吵架也不知道?」曉諭盯著少年故作堅強的樣子,問道:「你就真的那麼喜歡他嗎?」446Please respect copyright.PENANAX9qcVNZj7F
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「哼,不管你說什麼,都不會改變我的想法的。」少年再次強調自己的無可撼動的立場(愛):「我才不會招!」446Please respect copyright.PENANAM1jMBxP9F3
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「我也沒那個意思啦,又不是工作時間。只不過,你難道不累嗎?花那麼多時間在一個人身上,搞到完全沒有朋友圈、連班上的大家都不認識……」446Please respect copyright.PENANAv0AINPg2sv
曉諭只是淡然地說:「都什麼時代了……如果是我的話,早就去找下一個對我好的人。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAqgmLTkj34V
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所謂旁觀者清,當局者迷。王羽明聽了,睜大了眼。446Please respect copyright.PENANAHmPFLp7LRz
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「我……」羽明發覺今天一直在語塞——如果只是愛上外表,那其實長得好看,就誰都可以的吧;愛上個性,事實上做好偽裝,也誰都可以包裝成對象心目中的形象吧?446Please respect copyright.PENANAbFoaocaM78
這一切不就像挑選商品一樣,單看自己會不會使用罷了。446Please respect copyright.PENANAn4tc2R2v6C
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嗶——嗶——446Please respect copyright.PENANAf3oOcps8Og
『內湖。Neihu Station…』捷運的語音迴盪在耳邊。446Please respect copyright.PENANA2WjxL82xIz
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「啊,不好意思,我要下車了。先掰。」曉諭丟下這些問題後,輕快地離開了:「記得回到家要在群組與大家報平安喔。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAb4b9sJ5cR0
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「……嗯。」446Please respect copyright.PENANAD4e0b1lex3
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捷運繼續行駛在失眠的夜中,曉諭下車後,其他乘客也陸續下車了。一節車廂獨留羽明一人。446Please respect copyright.PENANAqGxKuAkVJz
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「哼,說這什麼話!」羽明板著臉地嘀咕道:「我要喜歡誰,是我的自由——」446Please respect copyright.PENANA8AWlmbgoGz
少年話語卡在喉嚨,突然停頓了。想起自交往起發生的事:那人都只是推開再推開、而自己卻得承受那些“為什麼”;他總是走得坦然,反觀還得要懸著一顆心放不下,終將無端地把這些受傷同自己綁縛在一起。446Please respect copyright.PENANAVb6EzqV2yb
大把時間是年輕人的權力,而那人以某種巧妙的方式、控制著自己的人生,青春也隨時間消逝了。446Please respect copyright.PENANA37IwGLrfpw
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——明明都選擇彼此,卻沒有一個“證明”。446Please respect copyright.PENANAhi4pLvcCwL
——我真的自以為能成為他心中獨一無二的人嗎?446Please respect copyright.PENANA1oAZdsrQ5J
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少年無力地低下頭,無法按捺的思念填實了紅寶石般閃爍的瞳孔、將要湧出——不行,出力瞇起雙眼,得把淚水固定在眼眶中——絕對不能哭。446Please respect copyright.PENANADGP9fHqu5h
因為自己僅僅,只能用快哽咽出來的聲音、輕聲說著:446Please respect copyright.PENANAUXvIZhRYkJ
「我、我只能喜歡他……我沒有自由……!」446Please respect copyright.PENANAREA4Vlrk7I