NGNL: Can't humans do that

A long ray of light finally shone through the dark cave, and Su'er door was opened a crack. Someone was carefully looking at the situation in the cave with the help of a raised light.

"...Su'er? Eat something first." Couronne pushed the door open gently, turned sideways and squeezed in, and temporarily placed the food on the tray in her hand on the wooden table beside her.

Suddenly sitting up from the bed, as if frightened, Su'er pulled off the quilt covering his head, but did not move, just staring blankly at Couronne standing at the opening of the door, his throat moved slightly, but no sound came out.

For a moment, he really wanted to call Couronne name, immediately, just like the big hug Couronne rushed over to give him when he just returned to the village - he needed such comfort, such warmth.

Suddenly, he remembered what Credo said before he set off. The words that the child said while holding his hand tightly even when he was in a state of near-coma due to fever...

Suddenly, Su'er found that he also wanted to say that at this moment, and shouted that sentence to Couronne loudly - "Don't give up on me".

He was the same as Credo. Credo expected him, and he expected...

But in the end, it was silent.

"...I'm not hungry yet, let's put it there first", hesitating, Su'er lowered his eyes and said softly: "Thank you, Couronne."

Thank you for taking care of me like this, from the past to the present.

"Hey? What? Why are you suddenly so polite to me, your sister?" After a moment of Surprise, Couronne hurriedly smiled and said: "You and Riku are like my younger brothers, what are you saying thank you~"

"Pfft, obviously neither Riku nor I have admitted this, right?" Su'er couldn't help but chuckled. Couronne always kept thinking about this, but was always annoyed by the two people who didn't cooperate.

"So you and Riku are both so naughty!" As expected, when she heard Su'er words, Couronne puffed up her face in anger, and her red hair made her look even cuter.

"Haha, there's nothing we can do about it," Su'er pretended to laugh, and then asked casually, "By the way, is Riku back?"

"Riku hasn't come back yet," Couronne frowned worriedly when he mentioned this, "I hope they can be safe and sound, and everything will go smoothly."

"Well, don't worry," Su'er simply nodded and comforted, "Riku is so smart, they will definitely be able to return safely."

Relieved.

Even though he knew that his reaction was very despicable, when he heard Couronne say that Riku hadn't come back yet, Su'er still couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

He can still stay here and Survive for a while.

"Well," without knowing what Su'er was thinking, Couronne just nodded in agreement.

The two sat facing each other and fell into silence for a while.

Awkward.

"...Did anything else happen when we went out this time?" After a long time, as if she could no longer bear such a tormenting silence, Couronne stared at the slightly raised rock on the ground with both eyes and asked in a low voice.

"...", Su'er subconsciously clenched a corner of the quilt on his body, "...No, nothing happened. Lenny and the others have already told us the details, right? There is no difference." Su'er answered as if nothing had happened.

He was resisting telling the story - there was even a faint desire in his Heart, a kind of devilish temptation, constantly calling on him to hide all this matter.

Don't tell Couronne.

Don't tell Riku.

Don't tell everyone.

In this way, he can continue to live in the settlement like everyone else, as if nothing had happened.

A rugged fork road full of thorns.

"...Is that so~", in the end, Couronne just agreed gently and accepted such an answer.

"Well, that's it", Su'er lowered his head and responded.

Unconsciously, the two of them returned to this awkward silence.

"Then I'll leave first. Su'er, you should have a good sleep first~, your face is too gloomy~", taking a deep breath, Couronne face was smiling again, and the red-haired girl stood up and walked out of the door with a brisk pace.

"..."

Without saying anything, Su'er just stared blankly at the wooden door being gradually closed, and the light that Couronne took away also disappeared. The environment that suddenly lost all light made his eyes dark.

The coldness came again.

Crash!

"Ah! That's right!" The wooden door was suddenly pushed open. Couronne held up the ore emitting a dazzling orange-yellow light and looked at Su'er, who was sitting on the bed and trembling because of her actions. "When Riku and the others come back, let's celebrate together that no one died in this expedition!" "When that time comes, Su'er must laugh happily and tell us another joke~" The girl with beautiful red hair smiled gently, and then closed the door again after blinking playfully. "..." Finally, there was no sound in the dark cave. Su'er just sat there, thinking nothing, doing nothing, as if he had completely turned into a stone statue and merged into the darkness. After a long time, he finally moved, but did not turn on the light. Su'er just fumbled along the furnishings in the cave in his memory, and sat down next to the low wooden table with bumps and bumps. Stroking his fingers over the uneven tabletop, Su'er found the small wooden basin that Couronne had left there.

He didn't need light, just by smelling the familiar smell he could imagine what was inside, even the picture was so clear - balls made of powdered plant roots, boiled bean soup, mushrooms boiled with salt extracted according to the method provided by Su'er...

These were the dishes that Couronne was best at, food full of Heart.

The fragrance he was most familiar with.

Even though so much time had passed, the residual warmth of these foods still existed.

Taking out his own knife from his side, Su'er trembled and poked in the wooden basin, repeating it several times before he poked a ball out of the basin with difficulty.

Chewing and stuffing, even though his mouth was already filled with balls, Su'er still didn't know how to satisfy himself and stuffed these foods into his mouth, tasting everything.

Something was falling.

"...What? Don't mention that kind of request that can't be fulfilled..."

"You stupid woman..."