Chapter nine 3
"If there is a next time, I will do it again," he said.
"You..." I glared at him angrily.
"If you are hurt, I would rather be hurt." He gently scratched my nose with his uninjured hand and looked at me seriously. This was the first time I saw Tsurugahara so serious. He was always so gentle and elegant before, as if there was only one expression in his world, smile. But unconsciously, he seemed to have changed, becoming cheerful, real, and kind.
"My dear, from now on I am your perfect honey. I will not allow anything to hurt you, ever."
"The most beautiful promise is to the one you love the most." This is what I saw in a magazine a long time ago. If there is someone willing to make a promise to you, and this person happens to be the one you like, what kind of happiness would that be?
I went to school that day, and the weather was good as usual. I received three text messages in the morning, one of which was Tsurugahara's daily greetings - Dear, today's lunch box for you is tuna sushi, remember not to eat your tongue!
I was so happy looking at the text messages for a long time, and then I opened the other two text messages from Xiaoyi. One of them told me that Xin Xin was punished by the school for stabbing someone. This text message made me sigh, but when I saw the other text message, I was stunned-Yaya, go to the airport quickly, Ruiqing is leaving!
What? Ruiqing is leaving? Seeing this message, I quickly called Xiaoyi. Xiaoyi's voice was very anxious: "Ruya, I have asked for leave from the teacher. You should go to the airport as soon as possible. Ruiqing's flight is at 10:30. You can still go now."
"Xiaoyi..." As soon as I said this, I realized that my voice was filled with tears, "Why did Ruiqing..."
"Why else? Because of love!" Xiaoyi's tone was also a little sad, and then she began to urge me, "Hey, don't think so much, just go!"
"Yeah." After hanging up the phone, I rushed to the airport.
Ruiqing is the boy I grew up with. Although I have always disliked him and often quarreled with him, it is undeniable that I really regard him as the best friend in my life. Thinking of the last time Ruiqing told me that he wanted to depend on me, my heart suddenly hurt. I'm sorry, Ruiqing, I can't depend on you and be your only support after you lose warmth.
I cried and urged the driver to drive faster, which made the driver look at me strangely.
As soon as I arrived at the airport, I ran inside quickly, calling Ruiqing while searching for him. Finally...
A black baseball cap and sportswear.
"Ruiqing!" I waved and shouted loudly as I ran towards him. By the time I reached him, I was so tired that I was out of breath.
"Ruiqing..." When I adjusted my breathing and prepared to pour out my heart to him, I found that the person standing in front of me was not Ruiqing.
"Idiot." A voice came from behind me, and a pair of strong hands grabbed my shoulders and asked me to turn around. "You can find fault with anyone. Is your brain made of paste?"
"Ruiqing..." Looking at the familiar face in front of me, still with those smiling eyes, still with that naughty smile, I couldn't help crying, and reached out to hug Ruiqing, "Why did you leave? Wuuwuwu..."
Now I realize how much I can't bear to part with him, no matter how we quarreled or made a fuss in the past, no matter how many times I had the urge to beat him up, but at this moment and in this place, I realized clearly that Ruiqing, my best friend in this life, my buddy, the big boy who said he would depend on me, is about to leave, and I am really sad.
"Because I have to leave." Ruiqing's voice was filled with helplessness. He looked into my eyes and said, "The girl I like has found her happiness. I don't have to stay by her side anymore, so I'm leaving."
"Wuwu..." I cried so hard that I couldn't speak. I could only look at him with an apologetic look.
Ruiqing suddenly laughed, touched my head and said, "Actually, I wanted to leave. My mother went to the United States, where I could study architecture, which I like. I don't want to live alone anymore."
"You, you still have me..." I said this with a sob.
Hearing what I said, Ruiqing smiled brightly: "Silly boy, you can't be with me forever, you still have Tsurugahara."
Speaking of Tsurugahara, my heart suddenly warmed up. I wiped my eyes and smiled at him shyly: "That's right, I still have Tsurugahara, I can't stay with you forever."
"You are such a heartless girl." Ruiqing looked at me and gave me a wry smile, then looked at his watch. "I'm going in now, Ruya, bye."
I looked at him without saying anything, Ruiqing also looked at me, after a while, he turned around and prepared to leave. I couldn't stop crying, and the days when I was with Ruiqing were playing in front of my eyes like a movie. Although we had more quarrels than peaceful times, those days were really happy. My heart felt like it was being grabbed, I covered my mouth and cried quietly, and suddenly I remembered something.
"Ruiqing!" I called the boy who was about to leave, took out the lunch box I prepared in the morning from my schoolbag, and ran to him. "This is the lunch box I prepared for you today. I didn't know you were leaving, so I thought..."
"Silly." My words were interrupted by Ruiqing's slightly crying voice. I looked up at him in surprise. Ruiqing took the lunch box and whispered, "I knew you would make me cry, Ruya, you are such a fool! You should smile and bless me at this time. What's the point of crying? It's so embarrassing!"
I was stunned by Ruiqing's words, and then when I saw Ruiqing's tear-stained cheeks, tears welled up in my eyes.
The next day when we got to the classroom, Xiaoyi poked my forehead with her finger at my red and swollen eyes. "You are so stupid. You cried so hard at the airport that the police came. I have never seen anyone dumber than you."
I held my forehead, sat down and said, "I don't want to, but I really can't bear to leave."
"Alas!" Xiaoyi took out a letter from her schoolbag and handed it to me, saying sadly, "This is a letter from Ruiqing. Actually, I can't bear to part with him either."
I took the envelope, took out the letter from it and slowly unfolded it. Ruiqing's familiar regular script appeared in front of me -
Dear Ruya,
Please allow me to call you dear, just once, just once. Dear, I am leaving and going to live with my mother in the United States. In fact, I have wanted to tell you for a long time, but every time I see you, I can't say it, or I just can't bear to say it every time.
Honey, do you know? I am so glad that you have been by my side during the best days of my life. On those days when I can see you, the classes become so beautiful. For a long time, I hated the holidays because I couldn't see you. Honey, I like you, although I always quarrel with you, ask you to bring me lunch, and threaten to reveal your secrets, it's just because I want to be close to you, so that I can accompany you and not let you be sad alone.
Seeing you fall in love with someone so recklessly, I feel heartbroken, not because the person you fall in love with is not me, but because I know that it is easy to get hurt when you love someone deeply. I always feel that you, who are so stupid, should not go through this. When I knew that you fell in love with him, my heart was filled with deep regret. I was thinking, if I had been braver, if I could have told you earlier that I like you and kept you by my side, then you would not have shed so many tears and suffered so much hurt later. Fortunately, he can now protect you wholeheartedly, and fortunately, your life has become happy because of him.
My dear, I like you. Even though I am leaving, I still want to tell you once again that I like you. You have to take good care of yourself. I can't depend on you anymore.
Dear, please be happy.
Ruiqing
Drops of tears wet the letter in my hand, but I didn't notice it at all. Ruiqing's face was all in my blurred vision. The words "Dear, please be happy" seemed to have exhausted all his strength, so that deep marks were drawn on the letter paper. What was his mood when he wrote this letter? Ruiqing, thank you, thank you for your love, thank you for your care, thank you for teaching me to grow and be grateful.
Tears were still flowing, but I didn't know why I was crying. I looked up at the sky, and it seemed as if the plane he was on was flying over there.
I will be happy, so please don't worry.
