No matter how splendidly the fireworks burst, they eventually fade into darkness. The Ferris wheel reaches its highest point only to eventually co back down. When everything ended, Sam and Ava walked down together.
Ava's eyes were still a bit red, and the wind made her squint slightly.
"Are you okay?" Sam asked softly.
Ava smiled, her usual charming and cute self, which made Sam feel a pang of heartache.
"It's okay, let's go ho~"
"Okay."
Sam started walking forward.
"Wait."
The girl softly called him back. Sam turned around to see Ava reaching out her delicate hand.
"You have to hold my hand..."
Sam couldn't mock her childishness, not even with a deliberate tone. He just paused for a mont, then reached his hand back.
Soon, he felt his hand gently taken. It wasn't a firm grip, as if it could be let go at any mont, but they didn't let go all the way to the motorcycle where Ava hugged his waist again.
As they sped through the streets, the cold wind rushing past them, the interlacing lights of the street lamps seed to make Sam feel as if he was traveling through ti. All he could hear besides the howling wind was the robust beating of his heart.
He could clearly feel Ava's body against his back. Even though they wore helts, it didn't deny the fact that she was clinging tightly to him.
Ava wanted to take off her helt because she felt she couldn't hear his heartbeat through his broad, warm back, but she didn't act on the impulse, not wanting to worry him.
Well, this was already very good.
Holding him, feeling him navigate through the vast, bustling city—it felt like they had gone through a lot of ti, walked through many stories. She hoped she could be such a person.
Not necessarily the one who gets the most, because clumsy people just suffer more, but greedy people get punished. So this was fine, to accompany him through the longest tis, all the way to the end of ti and life.
After all, compared to other won... she had been with him for many more years.
And Sam had said.
No matter what, he wouldn't abandon her, wouldn't ignore her.
Their bond would be stronger than steel and concrete, more secure than the ropes of fate.
Until Sam parked the motorcycle in front of a convenience store and took Ava back to his apartnt.
On the way, they didn't talk much, perhaps because of the incident on the Ferris wheel, the atmosphere was sowhat awkward now.
Not just the desolation of parting, but also many tensions that were difficult to speak of again.
Thus, they returned to the apartnt.
They each freshened up.
This ti, Sam took the initiative to enter the room and lay down on the floor.
He didn't struggle pretentiously anymore.
After all, the day had been like this, so let the last night be warm and peaceful.
Sam thought so.
But in the dark room, the sound of their breathing, though not speaking, seed to be speaking, which was sowhat strange.
It made one toss and turn, and even Sam, who always felt he was calm enough, felt a bit awkward.
Hmm...
It felt like ants were crawling on his body.
"Brother... are you asleep?"
It seed that the one who couldn't hold back appeared first.
Sam looked over, and in the sowhat dark room, with his excellent vision, he could see the girl poking her head out from the bed.
"Hmm?"
Sam humd softly, looking at her.
Ava lay on the edge of the bed, whispering.
"I can't sleep..."
"But I don't have any sleeping pills here."
"I don't want to take dicine!"
"Then count sheep."
"You're so old, do you really think counting sheep will help you sleep? You're just brushing off, huh!"
Ava huffed.
Sam couldn't help but laugh.
"What do you want then? Talking with will only make you more awake, and you'll be even less able to sleep."
Ava spoke in a coquettish tone.
"Then tell a story."
"Miss Ava, how old are you? You're not five years old, are you?"
"Yes, yes, I'm only five~"
"Shaless."
"Go to hell!"
Ava angrily threw a pillow down, which Sam easily caught and then threw back up.
"Bang."
The girl who was hit wasn't hurt, but she was very angry.
"How could you do that!"
"Stop making trouble, it's so late, and you have to catch the train early tomorrow morning. Who's really making trouble here?"
"But I just can't sleep, and you don't care about !"
Ava said, holding the pillow, looking pitiful. It seed she was about to try a softer approach.
Sam also looked helplessly at her.
"What am I supposed to do? Even the police can't handle this kind of thing."
Unexpectedly, Ava patted the bed.
"Co up and sleep."
"Are you crazy?"
"Really!! Co up and sleep with , I'll be able to sleep then, just like last ti!"
It seed she was referring to the first day they slept in the sa bed. Sam rembered that Ava did fidget for a while, but she soon fell asleep.
This seed like a good idea, but...
Wouldn't this be indulging her thoughts?
So Sam didn't even think about it and directly refused.
"No way, do you think I'm a professional sleep companion?"
"Co up~"
Ava pleaded in a cute tone.
Sam continued to refuse righteously.
"No, I'm not coming up."
"Co up!!"
Ava seed unable to hold back any longer.
"No!"
"Fine, then I'm coming down."
"Not coming up... huh? What?"
Sam saw the figure on the bed move at an extrely fast speed, shifting positions faster than when she swam.
Then Sam felt his blanket rise and fall, and then a warm body temperature appeared beside him.
Looking down, Sam saw flushed cheeks and bright, slightly nervous eyes.
Like a deer curious about a new world.
"You really are sothing."
Sam remarked.
"Even if we're siblings, we can still sleep together, right? We're not doing anything else."
Ava argued righteously, as if to render the boy speechless.
Sam laughed.
"Are you still thinking about doing other things?"
"I'm afraid you can't hold back~"
Ava inadvertently rembered that night at Angel's house, the scene she 'just happened' to see.
Normally such a gentle person, how could he beco so wild in bed? The scene at that ti almost made Ava think Angel was going to fall apart.
Ava was sowhat longing, yet instinctively nervous and afraid.
Sam laughed.
"You're so young, and all you think about is weird stuff."
"I'm not young, brother!"
Ava argued, trying hard to puff out her chest, as if to prove it with facts.
Because she wasn't wearing much to sleep, just a thin long-sleeve T-shirt, it naturally allowed Sam to see her breasts, which indeed had so size.
Of course, the shape was beautiful, the posture enticing, but unfortunately, Sam had seen too many breasts to be tempted by this level.
He even casually smiled.
"Mmm, not young, not young at all."
"What kind of tone is that!"
"No, I'm complinting you, you've grown up~"
"You clearly think my breasts are small, right?!"
"No, I'm not the kind of person who looks at figures, but you can't say they're big, right? Well, the shape is not bad."
Sam said this in a sarcastic tone, then turned over.
It seed he was just going to brush it off.
But Ava didn't want to let it go so easily.
She bit her lip and then rushed over.
"Bang!"
Sam felt her hug his waist, and he could clearly feel what was pressing against his back.
Sam's pupils slightly contracted.
"Are you... crazy?"
Ava's face was red, her head buried in Sam's back, enjoying the scent of his body.
Holding on tightly.
"Don't struggle... just like this, it's the last night."
Sam didn't know what to say, the romantic yet unspeakable atmosphere was saddening.
But what was worse, he couldn't bear to push her away.
As she said, it was the last night.
A night of intertwined struggles...
He sighed.
"Go to sleep early."
"Is this okay?"
"..."
Sam didn't answer, remained silent, but also didn't resist, which seed to be the best response.
Ava smiled, wishing she could forever be intoxicated in this embrace, never wanting to wake up.
She didn't know when she fell asleep.
Only knew that she slept well, without a single dream.
She only knew that she was deeply infatuated with this scent, a scent she would never forget for the rest of her life...
In the morning.
Sam specially took a day off.
Helping with the luggage, he took Ava to the train station.
On the way, Ava didn't talk much, unlike the atmosphere when she first arrived, but rather slightly suppressed.
She looked at the scenery along the way, her eyes shimring.
In this strange and slightly oppressive atmosphere, they arrived at the crowded station.
At the ticket gate, they had to part.
Looking at the many queues.
Sam looked at the girl who seed still in a trance.
"Alright, you need to go check your ticket. Don't miss the ti."
"I know..."
Ava raised her head, glanced at the ticket gate, then looked back at the entrance.
She felt sowhat wistful.
"Ti really flies, feels like I just arrived yesterday."
Sam smiled.
"Most of life is like that, as soon as you look back, you realize how short life is."
"I don't like hearing big truths from brother."
She wrinkled her nose slightly.
Sam nodded.
"Then I'll say less."
"Yeah, that's better, otherwise you seem very old-fashioned, not handso at all."
"Got it, now you're bossing around."
Ava huffed, wanting to appear carefree, to seem like an adult, not a little girl who can't bear to part, who only cries and wails.
So she stepped back and looked at Sam.
"Then your cute young sister is leaving now!"
"Okay, take care on the way."
Sam nodded.
Ava looked at the handso face of the young man, at his eyes eting hers.
Suddenly, many words surged in her heart, overwhelming the noisy sounds of the passersby.
"Rember... to reply to my ssages faster, to answer my calls!"
She said sowhat forcefully.
If she didn't speak forcefully, it seed she couldn't resist the bitterness that was about to burst from her heart.
Is this what parting feels like?
Sam just stood there, maintaining a gentle smile.
"Okay, I know."
Ava bit her lip.
Her brows furrowed a bit more.
"Rember to eat well, to rest well, not to pick up bad habits like smoking."
Sam didn't bla her for 'ddling', because this was her concern.
"Don't worry, I won't."
"Okay... then I'm leaving!"
Ava felt her eyes were really fragile, and couldn't help but feel a bit sour, a bit hot and moist.
She would walk through this ticket gate, then leave without looking back.
Then they would be separated by thousands of miles.
Then for a long ti, she would no longer be able to see his smile, his seriousness, all his care for her.
It really was a bit sad...
But she had to be strong, to be carefree, not to let him think she was a nuisance, she couldn't!
Ava took a deep breath.
"I'm going! You have to miss !"
"I will."
Sam smiled and waved his hand.
Even though they were close, he seed like a distant lighthouse, seemingly able to illuminate her journey no matter where she was.
She steeled her heart and turned around.
Sam's hand lowered, watching the girl's back.
A long farewell.
Winter is also a long season.
"Tap tap."
"Tap tap!"
She had only taken two steps when turning around.
Then Sam was astonished to see her let go of the luggage, quickly turn around, and rush towards him with squinted eyes as if restraining so expression.
Sam was stunned, and Ava had already rushed to his face.
Without saying a word, Sam saw her almost crying expression.
So he didn't resist, letting her wrap her arms around his neck, then tiptoe.
"Ah woo!"
"Ouch... it hurts!"
The girl had actually 'bitten' his face!
Sam guessed she had left her teeth marks.
When they parted, he could still feel the moisture on his face.
With that, Ava's eyes reddened, she let go of her hands.
She took two steps back.
Sam was about to say sothing, but saw her clearly having tears in her eyes, yet deliberately enduring, even bending her lips, trying to smile.
"Goodbye, brother~"
Just like when she arrived.
"Long ti no see, brother~"
The scenes seed to overlap, yet the emotions were completely different.
Sam watched her in a daze.
Watching Ava's eyes finally unable to hold back that drop of hot tear, sliding down at that mont.
She turned around.
Picked up her luggage, walked towards the ticket gate.
The curtain fell.
It was also a long curtain fall.
Sam stood there for a long ti, until she had disappeared without looking back, then he reached out and touched his face.
His gaze was incredibly tender.
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