#4
Startled, he leaned back.
“You were surprised. stellar.”
“Sorry. Even if you approached right next to me, I didn’t notice it at all, so I stopped without realizing it… … ”
I was so focused on looking at the stars that I couldn’t hear a single sound around me. Suddenly, Stella, who was sitting next to me, covered her mouth with her hand. The long, drooping eyelids curved like a half moon.
“You were like the main character in an old fairy tale, you.”
“… … Is that a compliment?”
It seemed kind of joking.
Old fairy tales are only for children, aren’t they?
I don’t know how the image of me looking up at the constellation, drunk with emotion, looked to Stella. Feeling a little embarrassed, he lowered his hand.
“Well?”
“Well, what else? Are you kidding me?”
Stella giggled and laughed.
“It is not. I just wish the timing was right. Coming out of the dorm to see the stars, Ezio saw you. That’s what I thought as soon as I saw it. It’s like a fairy tale. Do I have to say that only the space where you are is like a different world? Anyway, that’s a compliment. yes.”
You’re kidding me, right? Stella smiled playfully and spilled it into her eyes.
Rather, did you decide to do this only when you and I are together? It’s not that it’s bad, but sometimes when I meet Stella on a regular basis, I always shyly talk to her, so there were times when I didn’t get used to it. Of course, from the point of view of knowing Stella’s secret, this seems to be more suitable for her original personality.
“Can I sit next to you?”
“Yes.”
I made space on the bench. After pulling her hips back a little, Stella gently sat down in the empty space remaining.
“… Isn’t it cold?”
“Not at all? why?”
“No, it looks cold. I thought I’d give you mine.”
Stella was wearing a blue dress and a pure white cardigan. White socks and slippers. The bare legs reflected in the moonlight looked very white.
“The weather is cool enough to feel good. not cold at all … And I feel kind of weird. I will listen to you all.”
“… That’s basic manners. like this.”
In the past, they would have taken each other’s clothes at once because it was cold. Then I would have done the ssambal. I never actually went to a fistfight, but uh. It seems that he quarreled often, similar to Alphren. It was a long time ago, so I can’t remember everything.
“I know how to take care of you. You’re all grown up, Ezio.”
“… Think how much time has passed. And it’s not just me who’s grown up, you’ve grown a lot too.”
“I haven’t grown much, have I?”
Stella put her hand on the tip of her head and drew a straight line towards me. Immediately after, the movement stopped near my neck. Stella and I were also quite different in sitting height. In fact, before I became like this, I might have been smaller than Stella. It didn’t seem necessary to mention it.
“It’s not just the body that’s big.”
“Uh… It is not.”
Compared to us in the old days, we have grown a lot now. It is said that people grow even if they go through a lot of trouble for just one day, and 10 years have already passed since then.
… … I guess I’m more degenerate than when I was young. As a result, it has matured. One way or another, I was conscious of becoming an adult.
I got back what Stella said earlier.
“Did I say you came out to see the stars?”
“Ah, yes. I like today.”
but. I could see the stars very well.
He stares blankly in front of him and mumbles.
“I still like you, Star.”
It was Stella who first taught me how to see the constellations. Instead of explaining it with words, he personally showed me the beauty of the night sky by making dots on the sky. Thanks to this, I learned how to see the stars to some extent. Even after I broke up with Stella when I was young, I sometimes looked up related books or something.
“yes.”
Stella answered briefly.
then ask me
“Do you still like it?”
It was a soft question.
“I don’t like it. you’re pretty Seeing it makes me feel at ease. Besides, I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t like it.”
“Yes, yes.”
spring curve. The Great Triangle of Spring. He did not forget the constellations he had found earlier and had them engraved into his eyes. The twinkling stardust vibrates like an afterimage.
The silence with Stella was calm and comfortable. On a late night, I sit on a bench with a beautiful girl and look up at the stars in the distance. There could be no more dreamy situation than this. However, the person next to me right now was not Stella, but Alphren. Cheerful boy with dark hair. I know it’s a girl. A mischievous laugh leaked out.
“… Why are you laughing?”
“No, just. I still can’t believe it. He said that he really believed in a man like Cheol-seok.”
In fact, sometimes it’s a long one.
Stella had a real twin brother, and he heard my story from him. I also came up with a story that was futile without the maltour, but not without possibility at all.
When are you talking about? Stella playfully touched my shoulder. As if a memory of that time had come to mind, a blush mixed with trouble appeared faintly. Look at this. Because I’m not used to it at all. The gap is too big.
“Is it better if you were still a man?”
When Stella asked that question, I had to ponder for a moment and then shook my head.
“Not that. It sounds like it suits you very well now. To the extent that Stella and Alphren are considered to be completely separate entities. Because I keep thinking that you may have a twin brother.”
“… … Is that a compliment?”
“Well?”
Praise is right. But like Stella did, I shrugged. Stella took a deep breath and then smiled shyly.
“… So are you. When we grew up so handsome, we all met by chance here. It’s nice, but I’m still confused. Are you really Ezio?”
“okay. Unfortunately, it is me.”
Actually I don’t believe it either. that I am who I am now.
Is it okay to say that I have grown up to be like this? As a result, it’s my body, so if it’s growth, is it growth?
I got the body I’ve been longing for all my life, but it’s surprisingly uncomfortable in one way or another… … Creeper horn. Except for the dreadful point of being able to get the favor of others as easily as eating rice cake, this body was very useful in almost every way.
“You have changed a lot. Ezio.”
“I know.”
In fact, it wasn’t just a dramatic change in my body, but, as Stella said, I did change a lot. Mainly on the psychological side.
When I first met Alfren, near a villa near the southern coastline of the Empire, I was a more naive and delicate boy than I thought.
It’s only natural because I’m a child. Hagisa At that age, the world hates me, so what should I do? I couldn’t help thinking that a lot had changed. It was only after more time had passed than the time we had lived at that time, that we finally met again.
Stella suddenly opened her mouth.
“Ezio.”
“yes?”
“I don’t know if you will remember… … Next time, I said that I wanted to show you the constellations of seasons other than summer.”
did it It was like they had a conversation like that honestly when they broke up with Alfren when they returned to their hometown. As she nodded her head silently, Stella silently looked up at the dark sky, not me.
“One has been achieved. spring.”
“… … ”
Toward Stella, who seems to be drenched in memories.
“I’ll see you tired of it in no time.”
Spring, summer, fall, and winter.
We will be together with the four seasons that will be repeated five times.
I spoke to the thought that suddenly came to my mind.
“Is this what you wanted to show?”
“yes?”
“Last time, you said you had something to show me. I wondered if he wanted to show me the constellation of spring.”
“Aha… … That’s not right. separate.”
“What?”
“Um, I’ll tell you later. The place and timing are a bit like that. It’s very important and it’s not like that, so don’t expect too much.”
Then I expect more. I’ll tell you later, so I didn’t ask any more.
A moment of silence flows.
“You know, Ezio. I know that?”
“… … ?”
A night you don’t know how deep it was. Stella, who was sitting next to me and slowly shaking her legs, spoke at some point.
“Stars have been a guide for people since ancient times. It became an object of faith and worship, and there are still many people who still believe in the fate of the stars. Among them, I am included.”
“Are you talking about astrology?”
“Hmm, it’s similar, but a little different. By the way, do you know astrology?”
“I had read a book about it.”
“okay? Anyway… … ”
Stella made a face that was difficult to explain.
“Since I was young, I received a lot of help from stars. Like I said, when I get lost in the forest, when I need someone to trust and depend on, when I can’t predict my future at all… … Every time that happened, the star came to me. I used to think I was reaching for the stars, but now I’m not.”
What do you mean?
Stella’s voice, as soft as singing a song, was strangely addictive, and I fell in love with it without realizing it. As I was concentrating on Stella’s words, she suddenly turned her head toward me.
“I can only hear the voice of the stars once every set period. And the stars show me a lot. Sometimes even the fate of a person.”
White silver eyes captured the moonlight.
“I think it’s called future poetry here.”
A short but strong sound penetrated me deeply.
future city. Literally translated, it literally means seeing the future. Destiny and the future lie in a realm that humans cannot reach. Rarely, rumors circulated that a saint, a descendant of the Pope, predicted human affairs through an oracle, but the details are unknown.
I asked blankly in amazement.
“… … Can you see the future?”
“any? It’s really little.”
Stella continued.
“Byul-nim is very shy, so he doesn’t show everything. Sometimes he shows us an odd fate that we don’t need at all. If you want to pick a pin and see the fate of a certain group or individual, you are willing to give it to them, but there are times when they are very capricious. Especially if it’s an important fate, sometimes it gets worse.”
Stella says something great without any hesitation.
It doesn’t seem like he’s lying at all, and above all, because the mysterious atmosphere of the sound of the word “star” seems to fit Stella so well. I asked without a single doubt.
“… … Was that even possible before?”
Or maybe you didn’t tell me.
Stella shakes her head.
“It wasn’t the first time I met you.”
“Then when… … ?”
“Well… … ”
Stella placed her hand on the hem of the dress that covered her thighs. I wiggle my folded hands and look down. Her side face was hard to see because of her silvery white hair, but somehow she seemed to touch her lips with a pretty but quiet voice.
“The first time Byul-nim spoke to me was probably not long after we broke up with you.”
Roughly 10 years ago.
Stella said.
“There was a time when I almost died when I was taken to the front line while running away without knowing anything. Then the star came to me.”
“… … ”
“In the end, I was able to survive, but thanks to God… … So, I was able to save my adoptive father now.”
to the story that follows.
I couldn’t find anything else to say.