Xiao Xiao didn't show any strange or unusual expression when the boy seemed to ask an obvious question. He smiled slightly.
"Yes."
…
Not an unexpected answer.
The boy couldn't tell whether he breathed a sigh of relief or tightened his grip...
"...Before...when I met it..."
The boy swallowed unconsciously, "...They can't even see it."
…
"Um."
Xiao Xiao nodded.
The casual and natural echo made the boy almost knock over the tea cup in his hand.
The violent turbulence of tea in the tea cup is just like the boy's turbulent mood at this time.
"Do you get me?"
Overly shocked, the boy temporarily forgot his worries, and his words were much more frank and direct.
It was just years of habit that made him consciously lower his voice.
"At that time, when I encountered it, only I could see it."
"No one else can see it..."
He knew this at that time.
It's not that he is smart.
But...
The boy's body shook violently involuntarily.
The boy took a deep breath.
Like a fish out of water.
He suppressed the obscure memories of the past that gradually became clearer in his mind.
He opened his eyes wide.
Looking at Xiao Xiao with great concentration.
This allows you to focus on the matter at hand.
…
"I can see it."
Feeling the boy's emotional ups and downs, Xiao Xiao was very frank.
...
But his frankness obviously shocked the boy even more.
"You...can you see it?"
"Can you see it?"
The boy muttered to himself.
His expression seemed sad or happy.
...
"......other people......"
The boy suddenly raised his voice slightly.
The half words did not hinder Xiao Xiao's understanding.
Xiao Xiao looked at the boy's face and couldn't tell whether he expected to hear a positive answer or a negative answer, and said unhurriedly, "Most people can't see that."
...
The boy opened his mouth wide.
He almost thought...
I had misunderstood in the past...
Then wasn’t my past self like a clown?
Isn't it...?
He didn't misunderstand.
They are invisible.
And his... wish that he once cherished... finally came true today...
He meets someone... who can see just like him...
is this real?
The boy took a deep breath.
"You mean..."
"They can't even see it."
His eyes passed over the old people not far away.
"......you can see?"
...
Xiao Xiao nodded.
...
"I can see that too..."
The boy seemed to be asking and talking to himself.
...
Xiao Xiao raised his eyebrows lightly.
He raised the teapot and refilled the boy's tea.
At some point, the teacup in front of the boy was empty.
...
"ah?"
The boy came back to his senses and said, "Thank you."
He hurriedly thanked me.
Subconsciously holding up the teacup -
After all, he specially brought tea for himself.
...
Take a sip of tea -
Maybe tea really has the effect of calming the mind...
The boy felt a little calmer.
He put his hand on his chest and could feel his heart beating fast.
...
The boy put his hands down.
Otherwise, he felt that he would be affected by the sound of his own heartbeat and become irritable and panicked again...
He hurriedly took a big sip of tea.
Then he took several deep breaths.
"That is to say..."
He looked at his face reflected in the tea.
Just as dull as he remembered.
Those eyes that were always full of panic and uneasiness shone faintly.
"I'm not...an alien?"
The boy almost said the last two words in his mouth.
Maybe even he himself couldn't hear clearly what he said.
...
"no."
...
The boy suddenly raised his eyes and looked over.
The first thing that arose in my heart was panic.
Several big words flashed in my mind: Have you been heard?!
Then he realized the meaning of those two words and was stunned.
There was a bit of confusion on his face.
For a long time......
He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had said such words to anyone...
The person he spoke to for the first time was his mother.
The person he spoke to for the second time was his father.
But......
None of them gave him...the reaction he wanted.
...
no......
Isn't he an alien...?
Yes.
An idea flashed in the boy's mind.
He felt that it was rare for him to react so quickly.
"You can also see..."
If he is said to be an alien, doesn't it mean that the person in front of him is also an alien?
No one wants to admit that they are alien.
He is not an alien.
The people in front of me are not alien either.
...
There was an almost imperceptible smile on the boy's face.
He is not an alien.
It was here that he met someone just like him.
How can we be different when there are people of the same kind?
The boy exhaled slowly.
He touched his neck.
He was a little worried that he would be too emotional when he could speak...
no.
If you are too excited, you will scare others.
This is his experience.
He wants to be calm.
...
The boy's eyes were suppressed with a faint light.
He looked at Xiao Xiao cautiously.
"I'm not an alien?"
...
"no."
Xiao Xiao shook his head.
"There's just something special about you."
...
special?
The boy blinked.
He likes these two words.
He is special.
He had comforted himself in this way before.
But I told myself that I am always a little bit unsure.
When others tell me...he believes it.
...
is special.
The light in a boy's eyes is like a new seedling emerging from the ground, sprouting and growing at an astonishing speed.
The bright light covered the boy's entire face.
He told his biggest secret and was understood again.
The boy just felt that his whole body and mind were relaxed.
...
"Gulu~"
The boy took a big sip of tea.
A breath of fresh air rushed straight to his brain.
His expression perked up.
...
He looked at Feifei and then at Xiao Xiao.
This is someone just like him.
He is not the only one who is special.
This knowledge made him feel at ease.
"......Thanks."
...
"Why thank you?"
Xiao Xiao raised his eyebrows lightly.
...
"......have no idea."
The boy shook his head.
By the time he realized it, the thank you had already blurted out.
perhaps......
He wanted to thank this person for appearing in front of him.
It made him feel that the burden that had been weighing on his heart for so many years was finally relieved.
It's just that he didn't feel very embarrassed to say these words.
I always feel that...these words are so heartfelt...that they make people very embarrassed.
...
Xiao Xiao smiled.
I didn't get angry at the boy's seemingly perfunctory answer, nor did I catch the boy and ask questions.