Embrace

Elvie 2022-11-17 14:05:20

When I was young, I opened a book, and if it started with "a long, long time ago..." then I would definitely read it, because it was either a fairy tale or a fairy tale, and both, is my favorite. "The prince and the princess lived happily ever after" and "they wandered the world in incognito". These were the most beautiful and appropriate endings of a story that I thought at that time. Those fireworks in the world are trivial, plain and true, and they exist in reality, so why go to the stories to find them? I like monsters and monsters, that's how it started.
Of course, that was only in the past. Later, when I grew up and began to read various stories, I knew all kinds of endings, and I knew that there are still many things in the world, such as separation of love and meeting of hatred and hatred. Not every story has a happy ending.
I fell in love with Midorikawa Yuki, and that was many years ago. At that time, my favorite was not "Forest of Fireflies". At that time, I didn't like all the sad endings. At that time, I stubbornly believed that we couldn't be together. , it's not a good ending. But when it was made into an animation, the picture was so beautiful, I couldn't help but watch it. When I saw the end, I saw a different self.
Tonight, it is raining with the chill of the autumn equinox. It is not too long or too long to go to bed when I lie in bed. I don’t want to read the book, so I just want to choose a short and warm movie to watch, and I choose "Forest of Fireflies". .
The story begins in the verdant green, the shades of green, and every leaf is bright green, shining with charming light. The six-year-old girl, Yingying, lost her way in this charming green. The boy who came out while she was crying, with silver hair and a fox mask. Finally saw the person, the little girl rushed over in surprise, but the boy avoided, saying that he was a demon. The boy said he could take her out of the mountain god forest full of monsters. She jumped at her again when she was happy. This time, the boy knocked on her with a tree stick. The girl lay on the grass and cried. Humans touch, otherwise, they will disappear, disappearing means being eliminated." The boy led the little girl out of the forest with a tree stick. The hopeless ending has been doomed from the very beginning. The length of a tree stick is a distance that the two of them will never be able to cross.
In this way, one person and one demon meet and know each other. It's just two children who have not lost their innocence. They agree to see each other tomorrow. Then, day after day, every summer is so bright and happy, and the whole forest is their playground. Time flows slowly in the gatherings of each summer. Year after year, the youth's appearance does not change, and the little girl gradually grows up. Another summer, when the girl fell from the tree, the boy ran over, stretched out his hands, and withdrew his hands, the girl climbed out of the haystack under the tree, smiled and said seriously to the boy, "No matter what happens, you must not. Touch me, definitely!" When the tears finally stubbornly drowned the smiling eyes, the friendship of the young playmates quietly changed at this moment, and there was a trace of beautiful sweetness, and a trace of helpless bitterness, and finally formed Acacia.
"I think of you all the time in winter, spring too, autumn too"
"Yingying, I can't wait until next summer, every time you leave, even if I have to cross the crowd, I want to see you."
"Time will come one day . Will separate us, but...even so, until that day comes, let's stay together..."
"You don't jump on me now?"
"Of course, it's all by you. I've knocked on the head so many times"
...
"It's just a normal summer festival, I'll protect you"
"If you say that, it'll make me want to pounce"
"It's okay to pounce, I can't ask for it. ..."
That night's bright lights and lively summer festivals gently heralded separation, even if the tree stick was replaced by a soft cloth belt, it could not change the distance between two hands that could never be held together. .
Under the starry sky, the teenager took off the mask and put it on the girl's face, leaned over to kiss through the mask, and the kiss became an eternal painting. They all understood that there was no next summer and it was time to say goodbye. From now on, go back to your own life. If the human child who somehow got in was not there, and if the boy hadn't been afraid that the child might fall, the kiss through the mask would have been the only memory they had for each other in the long years to come. But there is no if, that fateful Yifu changed the ending of the story and ended the endless untouchability between them. The boy who realized that he was starting to disappear smiled and opened his hands to the girl. The girl threw herself into the boy's arms. Finally, they could hug each other. Even if it was only for a second, the warmth of the hug would not disappear, it would stay in Yingying forever. in the memory of the rest of my life.
At the end of the story, the girl hugged the boy's empty clothes and cried, and the boy's last words came from far away in the air full of fragrance of grass and trees: "I like you."
Thought there was only one kiss, but there was an extra hug, a lifetime, a lifetime, only A hug. Can I still say this is a bad ending?
After reading this story tonight, I think this is the best ending, otherwise? Could it be that one keeps his face unchanged while watching the other grow old and die? Or finally one day can't help but touch and disappear? How can Yingying live with a heart full of guilt? Not to mention that there was a bloody turning point that made them live happily ever after, what about after that? In the future, it will be plain, trivial, oil, salt, firewood, and rice. That is life, not a story, let alone a fairy tale with monsters. Such a beautiful and pure story should end in the most beautiful place. Those who stay together for a long time and grow old together are still left to the world of fireworks. mortal.
But... why do I still burst into tears in the hug where the boy disappeared?

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To the Forest of Firefly Lights quotes

  • Takegawa Hotaru: Time might separate us some day. But, even still, until then, let's stay together.