"Hey, Lux, are you going back to PLANT tomorrow?" Cagalli looked at her in surprise, then at Ed, her eyes wandering back and forth between the two, "It's too sudden, I didn't Be mentally prepared."
"Even if I'm in PLANT, we can still contact you. You are welcome to come to me at any time. You and Mr. Kira can continue to discuss issues with me." Lux smiled and pointed to the food on the table, "But this It's probably the last time you've eaten my cooking."
"I finally made a friend." Cagalli lowered her head in distress, then glared at Eddard angrily, "Dr. Lingos, did you agree to that? It doesn't matter if Lux goes back? Are you such a person?"
"I—" Ed couldn't help but avoid Cagalli's burning gaze, "I respect her choice."
"If it was Kira, I would never have done such a thing!" Cagalli stood up excitedly, then found her gaffe and sat back embarrassedly, "Anyway, I can't accept this result, Dr. Lingos, men need to take the initiative at this time. Your relationship is so good, and Lux definitely doesn't want to be separated from you. Right, Lux?"
Lux glanced at Ed, smiled complicatedly, and did not answer directly.
After Lux made the decision to return to PLANT, she quickly arranged the schedule, so fast that she didn't even have time to think. Although Eddard tried his best to keep his composure these days, whenever he saw that Lux was still as gentle as water to him, he couldn't help being tormented in his heart. Not just malicious, he is also sensitive to kindness.
Today was the day before Lux went back. She asked Cagalli to come to the house for dinner, but Kira couldn't come because she had to work overtime. Yes, overtime. Comrade Kira Yamato has strong work ability, does not take airs with colleagues, has a correct attitude, and bears hardships.
When the orthopaedic couple ran out of Orb, they didn't bring anything of value, and the funds on the books were legally frozen by the black-hearted capital group. Originally, they could only rely on the love subsidy from the Moon Government to survive. But Cagalli refused the monthly subsistence allowance from the Moon Government, and lived on Kira's salary. Now she is counting on him to win an annual outstanding employee award at the end of the year, and rely on the bonus to buy a house and pay the down payment.
Cagalli was in a bad mood during dinner, but it was also because she really regarded Lux as a friend, and no one blamed her. After dinner, Ed usually washes the dishes and cleans the table, and she and Lux continued to talk about themselves.
"You really don't want me to send you off? Tomorrow weekend, I'm free at that time." Cagalli's face was full of confusion.
"It's really not necessary, you can contact me at any time in the future. And," Lux glanced at the direction of the kitchen, "and I want to be alone with Ed in the last time, you must understand."
"You..." Cagalli sighed, "Actually, after talking with Dr. Lingos, Kira seemed to have figured out something and became very nice to me again. I'm an idiot and can't understand why, but I still Thank you very much Doctor. My tone was a bit aggressive just now, and I didn't mean to blame him, I just thought it was not good for you, and there was no need to separate."
"Ed understands, he won't blame you either." Lux held Cagalli's hand sincerely, "Please don't blame him, we all have difficulties."
Cagalli looked at her for a while, and couldn't help sighing again. She has been sighing tonight.
Not long after, Kira, who came home from get off work, stopped by Ed's house to pick up Cagalli, and there were only two people left in the house. The two sat side by side on the sofa tacitly, and Lux leaned her head on his shoulder, and he didn't say anything.
"At the end of the year, you can do something in Anaheim, and you must let Mr. Kira evaluate the outstanding employees of the year. The bonus should also be higher. Cagalli and their family don't have much savings, so they can barely pay. The down payment." The girl said in a very flat tone, "When their family buys a house, they will have a sense of belonging and gain. This is a very shocking experience for people with background and experience like Cagalli. At this time They basically can't get away."
"… understood."
"But you and Cagalli don't get too close, and don't invite me into the house like me without heart. This relationship is inverse to Mr. Kira, you are better than you think, don't Let him have a sense of crisis." The girl continued to talk eloquently, "You just need to treat Mr. Kira like an ordinary person. An ordinary attitude is the greatest recognition of his worldview. In the long run, he will have a strong appreciation for you. Love, even a certain degree of dependence. So you just need to keep the status quo and don’t add more.”
"… I will."
"Aslan, I don't recommend you to keep it. Although his personal ability is very strong, his personality is too weak and embarrassing, and he will lose the chain at a critical time. Moreover, his awkward relationship with Mr. Kira and several conflicts with Asuka are also very important. It affects the harmony of the small groups around you." The girl moved her body, trying to make her head more comfortable, "You can return him to Miss Kahn for something useful, he is Uncle Sarah's son after all. But before you go back, you can instill some new ideas in him, just like what you did to Asuka, and it might work wonders in the future."
"… What I do for truth is education, not brainwashing."
"But the effect is better than brainwashing." The girl raised her brows and glanced at him, smiling softly, "Also, I made some more easy-to-preserve food, put it in the refrigerator, heated it up, and then you can eat it. Although the taste may not be as good as fresh, it is better than takeout."
"… OK."
"Even if you order takeout, try to order some high-end restaurants. Even if it's not as good as your own, it's better than other small restaurants, and there's no shortage of money at home." The girl's voice revealed dissatisfaction, "Don't order pizza. Fast food is not even as good as nutritional supplements. Ed, your work consumes a lot of brain power, so you will be malnourished."
"… Um."
"That's all I've thought about for the time being. I'll send you an email when I think of it later, but it's not that I'll never see you again. I have to get up early tomorrow, so let's rest early." The girl reluctantly left his shoulders and stood up, suddenly He lowered his body and quickly stamped his lips, and then showed a sly smile, "Actually, I've been looking for various reasons to kiss you, Ed, have you noticed?"
Before he could answer, the girl turned and walked towards the bathroom. He couldn't see the expression on the girl's face, and he couldn't see the expression on his own face.
He didn't sleep very well all night, and when he woke up in the morning, he felt groggy. In the morning, the air at Lingos's house was a little depressing. Although Lux tried to look bright, the effect was minimal.
After breakfast, when he was habitually packing up the dishes, Lux had already packed her luggage. He didn't let Uruki come to drive today, he planned to drive her to the Cosmos Port himself. After cleaning up, the two were silent for a while in the living room.
"It's almost time, shall we go?" The girl broke the embarrassment and took the initiative to pick up her luggage and walked towards the door, he followed closely behind.
Lux dragged her suitcase to the porch unhurriedly, stretched out her slender left hand and unscrewed the door, artificial sunlight squeezed in through the crack of the door and spilled into the room. Then she froze in place, turned around dumbly, and saw that her right arm was held by another hand much larger than hers.
"Don't be spoiled now, Ed." She bowed her head to him, her pretty pink hair hanging down to hide her expression, "Don't be like this, this is not your style of doing things."
"Going back may be life-threatening, Haman—"
"Don't use the reasons you have already used." The girl interrupted him quickly, "Ed, you like to talk about logic the most, don't you. Don't say these meaningless words, or you won't be able to catch up with the spaceship."
"I haven't studied and understood about the explosion of seeds. You haven't cooperated with me to do enough sampling. I can't understand this problem. I feel uncomfortable."
"This reason is also very strange, isn't it?" The girl replied in a low voice, "Ed, you are someone who can distinguish priorities. You must understand what is most important to me and the moon now."
"But when you leave, no one will cook. I don't want to order takeout, and I don't want to drink nutritional supplements."
"Are you a child, Ed?" The girl let out a gentle laugh, "This is already a joke, it's not even a reason."
He looked at the girl's hazy side face through the gaps in his hair, something of courage or impulsiveness came to his heart, he tightly grabbed the object of unknown origin and stuffed it into his chest, struggling to say the last sentence .
"The agreement is void, I regret it, and I want you to stay."
The girl trembled as if she had been electrocuted, then raised her head to look at him. He finally saw the expression on the girl's face, it was a big smile that was brighter than the sun.
"Sure enough, it's NewType." The girl said inexplicable lines in a somewhat relieved and somewhat proud tone, and flew into his arms. The impact of the seemingly petite body was so great that he was pushed back one after another until he was able to keep his balance against the living room wall.
The girl bit his mouth fiercely, then gently licked the wound she caused, and finally blocked his right to exercise his lines, asking for something that he didn't have the courage to touch several times. This time, no one counted the seconds. They didn't let go until they were both a little deprived of oxygen. The girl gasped with blurry eyes. The unsatisfied girl looked at him, and in the girl's pupils he saw the burning flame and the burning himself in the flame.
The girl opened her lips and mouthed silently, the word burning through his last hesitation.
"It looks like this is the living room?" This was his last thought before he lost his mind.
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Ed lay on the floor of his kitchen, gasping for breath, while another figure rested weakly on top of him, his pretty pink hair soaked with sweat and sticking together at the ends.
"I said, you must have come up with the plots in your novel." It should be in the time of the sage, and he suddenly remembered something inexplicable, "I think several scenes just now are very familiar. , now that I think about it, could it be that you are recreating the content of your novel?"
"It was written with our names. After writing, replace the names together." Lux put her head against his chin lightly, "Why, disillusioned with me?"
"How come." He stretched out his hand and stroked the girl's smooth back, "The character image is more three-dimensional and vivid, in other words, it is more attractive."
Lux smiled happily, but did not speak. Even with the physical fitness of an adjuster and an adjuster, such a consumption is huge. The two enjoyed a quiet time, and only their breathing could be heard in the room.
"...You know, I don't need to be in such a hurry to go back to PLANT." The girl drew circles on his chest with her index finger, breaking the tranquility, "I did it on purpose, I used every means to hint you, and I deliberately forced you to express your opinion. If you want to bet, you will be impulsive, and if you win the bet, you will be pushed down."
He wrapped the girl's hair around his fingers and played with it, without answering.
"I'm such a scheming woman, so Ed, don't have any burdens in your heart, I'll be the bad guy to the end." Lux stood up and looked down at him, her long hair hanging down from the sides and falling on his face On, "Just leave it all to me, you're just a silly kid who was deceived by a bad woman, I'll—"
He grabbed the girl's cheek like a sudden attack to block the channel for her to speak. The girl made a whimpering protest, but after a while, she gave up her struggle and asked for it instead. However, this position was rather tiring, and the two had to let go after a while.
"I know exactly what I've done, don't be a bad person by yourself in order to comfort me." He lay back, stretched out his arms and hugged the girl's weak body, "It doesn't matter whether it's impulse or not, I'll do it for you Take responsibility for your own actions."
The girl let out a long breath, her tense body finally relaxed and melted on him.
"Then go and explain to His Majesty Diana, I promised her." The girl said coquettishly. "I don't know how to tell her, are you feeling unwell?"
"I'll explain, no problem," he replied with a smile. "It's really unwell, and there's nothing wrong with it."
"By the way, there is one more important thing, very, very important." The girl stood up again and looked at him seriously, "Ed, I like you."
"... Well, you said it just now." He felt warm in his heart, as if filled with intangibles.
The girl lay down on top of him in a relaxed manner, and the two cuddled quietly. The heat emitted by the body after strenuous exercise and the heating in the room made people not feel cold at all.
After a moment of tenderness, he finally remembered something very important: "Did we not close the door?!"
The two got up in a hurry, Lux went straight into the bathroom, Ed was in a hurry, and finally found his clothes under the table in the dining room, and then found his pants on the sofa next to the TV. He put his clothes and trousers on his body, walked quickly to the entrance, and found that the luggage was standing quietly by the door, and the door was fortunately closed.
"This is character." He sighed and carried his luggage back to the living room, picking up Lux's throwing dresses and underwear, which were very expensive.
When he walked to the bathroom door, he heard the sound of water inside, and he shouted to the inside: "The main door is closed, it's okay."
"That's good, it scared me to death." The girl opened the bathroom door a crack, revealing her head and wet half shoulders, she winked at Ed, "You will catch cold after lying on the floor for so long. Yes, hurry up and take a shower."
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"Cagalli, why did you come back so early?" Kira looked at her sister who returned home in surprise, er no, lover, and noticed that she was still holding the things she took with her when she left, "The gift was not delivered. Are you going out? It was obviously after a long struggle last night that I chose it."
"Maybe it won't work." Cagalli turned around and pretended to put things away so that Kira wouldn't see her expression, "Kira, how do you think Lux and Dr. Lingos usually get along? Like them Such a personality must be different from ours.”
Kira thought about it for a while, and then gave the answer seriously: "Although Dr. Lingus sometimes says some strange things, he is generally a very reliable and gentle person, not to mention Miss Lux. They usually You should treat each other with respect, isn't that what Miss Lux said last time you went to their house?"
"Yeah, that's what I've always thought." Cagalli muttered to herself with a flushed face and Kira's inaudible whisper, "You can't look like a person..."