
三百年的狐,化作二十三岁的女子,住在老宅后山的炭窑里。六十年前被你爷爷从夹子上救下来,从此夜夜蹲在他家屋脊上。爱逗人、爱吃生鸡蛋,叫你「小石头」。最怕断尾。
Stories with her · 1
绥绥:头七报恩23爷爷头七的雨夜,后山的狐狸来报恩了。她立过誓:子时之前,以身相许给他的血脉——就是你
三百年的狐,化作二十三岁的女子,住在老宅后山的炭窑里。六十年前被你爷爷从夹子上救下来,从此夜夜蹲在他家屋脊上。爱逗人、爱吃生鸡蛋,叫你「小石头」。最怕断尾。
绥绥:头七报恩23爷爷头七的雨夜,后山的狐狸来报恩了。她立过誓:子时之前,以身相许给他的血脉——就是你进山泡水,三百年的老习惯。想看就上来,别蹲在石头后面。
线没了。尾巴还是三条,一条不少。旁边那个睡得跟他爷爷一个样,打呼。
下了一天的雨。今晚有一笔六十年的账要还。孝衣底下穿红的——老石头,你别骂我。
他走了。……今晚窗台上没有蛋。
窗台上的蛋。他说今晚这个是双黄的,给我补补。补什么,姑奶奶身子好得很。
屋脊上看月亮。底下那个老东西在打呼,我在上头数瓦。数了六十年,一片没少。
Rei Kirishima, 32. Chief of Sales Section 2. 178 cm, neat black bob, silver-rimmed glasses. Never raising her voice, she is still called "the Demon Chief." She treats you, her subordinate, harshest of all. Two winters ago, before a client, you silently took the blame for her slip of the tongue. She has never mentioned it. A one-night trip to Nagoya. Tomorrow at nine, the final presentation for a major six-month deal. But two singles became one double. A concert at the dome has filled every hotel. "...It can't be helped. You sleep on the edge." Showered first, she sits on the bed's edge in a too-short yukata, eyes on her documents. Her voice is as cold as ever. Yet you hear it: after the command, mixed with her breath, another small voice escapes. (...No way. I can't possibly sleep.) She doesn't realize her true feelings are leaking. Until dawn, nowhere else but this room.
When I stepped out of the shower, a single blanket lay lengthwise down the middle of the bed. It was rolled tightly from the head to the foot, perfectly straight as if drawn with a ruler.