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那天早上,她像是什麼都沒發生。41Please respect copyright.PENANAMfuIYRSfWB
她拍完照、換完衣服,還照樣和攝影師寒暄,化妝師說她氣色比想像中好,她點點頭說:「昨晚睡滿八小時。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAmqtQ6uA2uG
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午休時,她坐在保母車裡,看著窗外融得一半的雪。她不是不想問他回來的事。只是她突然意識到:41Please respect copyright.PENANA93glD9scRk
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如果他想讓她知道,他會說的。41Please respect copyright.PENANANGtGAyvrkU
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他沒有說,那就代表——不需要她知道。41Please respect copyright.PENANA4J4MvPOHSv
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她不是那麼天真了。41Please respect copyright.PENANAa1lkY89uxL
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當晚收工太晚,她拒絕了經紀人要開車送她回家。她把定位打開,好讓對方知道自己有平安到家。41Please respect copyright.PENANAKzYQwrP7kM
她拉起羽絨外套帽子,沿著熟悉的路一個人走。雪正靜靜地下著。41Please respect copyright.PENANAViRuZsuoVi
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她沒有特別要去哪裡,只是腳自然而然地走向那座練習場。41Please respect copyright.PENANA1QTBrckxsh
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那是從前他們放學後最常去的地方——通常這個時候,還是會有一個人在那裡練球。41Please respect copyright.PENANA6sm6faPHF3
這四年她沒有特別去靠近這裡,因為她不知道要用什麼理由,而且她不想打擾被留下的弟弟。41Please respect copyright.PENANAcFsBMPCrdM
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只是今天,她好想過去問——小凜,你知道你哥哥要回來嗎?41Please respect copyright.PENANAqIe57OWWTh
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有回來就好。真的只要這樣嗎⋯⋯41Please respect copyright.PENANART7tfnbGTs
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咻——41Please respect copyright.PENANAFcCejnNa80
一記完美的射門劃破空氣,靜夜裡格外清晰。41Please respect copyright.PENANAz5EcthTrFd
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「⋯⋯剛才射門的路線,會不會太溫柔了?」41Please respect copyright.PENANAoiLcyHzbYm
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遠遠的,她看到熟悉的身影——兩個。41Please respect copyright.PENANAJc2TjSt9gj
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她原本只是往那裡走,沒有其他預期。41Please respect copyright.PENANAqymePtE95K
可當那記射門劃破空氣、落地聲清脆響起時——她看到他了。41Please respect copyright.PENANAxne6syQbBH
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不是新聞裡的畫面、不是社群上的截圖。41Please respect copyright.PENANAgotPEhzaym
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是糸師冴,是他本人,就站在那裡。41Please respect copyright.PENANAr4SXZ0iln4
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她的心跳重重地停了一拍,然後猛地往上一撞,像是被什麼狠狠敲了一下。41Please respect copyright.PENANAdiZckK4Gjk
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她曾在心裡排演過無數次的重逢,在這一刻突然全都消失了。什麼話都說不出來,只能睜大眼睛看著他和那個已經長高不少的弟弟——41Please respect copyright.PENANAjdOKOzeZqd
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看著兩個熟悉得不能再熟悉的身影。41Please respect copyright.PENANAi9P9y9N1tn
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踢球的人看到來者,與其說是震驚,不如說是驚喜。41Please respect copyright.PENANAA87ekXGrL5
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「啊、哥⋯⋯」41Please respect copyright.PENANARPiChQor74
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糸師凜叫出口的瞬間,胸口有點發脹。41Please respect copyright.PENANApmZXECCEAj
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他笑著開口,語氣聽起來像平常一樣自然。但其實,他的手指在發熱,指尖在抖。眼前,是他從小最想追上的背影,是夢裡會出現的人——41Please respect copyright.PENANASBibYDwcNd
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糸師凜露出笑容,但糸師冴沒有。41Please respect copyright.PENANAHjOOGb07Am
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哥哥常常沒有表情,但糸師凜還是分得出哥哥是沒反應還是不爽。41Please respect copyright.PENANAjpnRy0FMsW
可現在哥哥的表情⋯⋯有些奇怪。41Please respect copyright.PENANAICBYsyZ0BB
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「歡迎回來。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAoFnYdyaEDl
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糸師凜刻意用開朗的語氣說話。41Please respect copyright.PENANANE3NjoafwM
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不知道是不是四年沒見的關係,他對哥哥感到幾分生疏,不過他還是很開心——哥哥回來了,真的站在自己面前了。41Please respect copyright.PENANAMvkeg7Neqm
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「嗯,我回來了⋯⋯」41Please respect copyright.PENANAU906H08pnE
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相比之下,哥哥看見他好像一點開心的感覺都沒有。41Please respect copyright.PENANAFQpkkJTJsk
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「哥,你是不是瘦了呀⋯⋯」41Please respect copyright.PENANAk2ihGgGVmf
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這個人好像變了——不只是變瘦,也不只是表情冷淡。他看著哥哥,忽然覺得有點看不清楚。41Please respect copyright.PENANAaG3lgeZQyn
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「或許吧⋯⋯」哥哥轉頭看向散落一地的足球。41Please respect copyright.PENANAgIsEhXeW67
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「四年沒見了⋯⋯話說,你不是預計明天才回來嗎?」41Please respect copyright.PENANAol7AjREwgZ
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「嗯,我提前了。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAOuAKpE0xTp
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總覺得哥哥跟自己,有點距離。41Please respect copyright.PENANALwwqntXRff
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「是嗎⋯⋯我經常在新聞裡看到你。你在RE·AL的青訓營比賽也有得分。哥,你好厲害⋯⋯」看著哥哥身上那股說不上的詭異感,糸師凜說起話來也小心翼翼。41Please respect copyright.PENANA0FPGiKUZyF
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回應他的,只有無聲落下的雪。41Please respect copyright.PENANAgkECHw9XCt
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「喂,凜⋯⋯」41Please respect copyright.PENANA1mKOuoct8H
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哥哥終於回話,糸師凜豎起耳朵,仔細聆聽。41Please respect copyright.PENANAorZi7Zttkc
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「世界很大,還有比我更厲害的人⋯⋯」41Please respect copyright.PENANArHPFPOPqdH
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「是嗎——哈、怎麼突然這樣說⋯⋯」糸師凜笑著回問,捉摸不透身為天才的哥哥想表達什麼。41Please respect copyright.PENANArYzvJtwRRb
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「所以我重新規劃了夢想。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAVG2KttcziM
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他看到哥哥緊緊握住手,那隻四年前他們一起擊掌的手。41Please respect copyright.PENANAPds95rUSWq
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「——成為世界第一的中場。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAgtWt6gDEjX
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糸師凜滿臉困惑。41Please respect copyright.PENANAaDUUyL0J4G
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「⋯⋯哥,你在說什麼⋯⋯?是前鋒才對吧?」41Please respect copyright.PENANA2hgsgacnci
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街燈昏黃,雪片靜靜地飄。41Please respect copyright.PENANA7QVeorBecR
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四年。 從那天機場分開,到現在,已經過了整整四年。41Please respect copyright.PENANAsVGmFx5COi
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她沒想到,會是這樣的場景。41Please respect copyright.PENANAWWaFkfdSYy
兄弟沒人發現她。她就像臨時多出來的角色,被劇情忘記的配角,靜靜地站在外圈,無足輕重。41Please respect copyright.PENANAaXgsTiyqLv
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她站得太久,腳指頭早就沒有知覺了,羽絨外套的口袋裡,手早已冰涼——她以為自己能忍住情緒,但那種被遺落的感覺,比雪更冷。41Please respect copyright.PENANAF3qUGqzw1E
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這場她等了很久的重逢,她卻不在任何人的預設之中。41Please respect copyright.PENANApqmpNnTSGx
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「哥哥你不是前鋒嗎?當世界第一中場根本就毫無意義。」41Please respect copyright.PENANApqeD5ji5A2
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「少囉唆。那是沒有見識過世界水準的傢伙,才會說的話。」糸師冴的語調輕得幾乎像雪,卻冷得像霜。41Please respect copyright.PENANA9XLgUXo8ln
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「什麼啊?」面對糸師冴的不容置喙,糸師凜當然不會接受,「你不是說要一起並肩作戰嗎?還說要讓我成為僅次於你的厲害球員?」41Please respect copyright.PENANA0dSN42eIrG
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「是啊,所以我作為中場,你以前鋒的身份,邁向世界第一——」41Please respect copyright.PENANAb67k2dgBTn
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「——我是世界第一前鋒的弟弟!」41Please respect copyright.PENANAgSyJ65K5Bl
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糸師凜大吼。41Please respect copyright.PENANA2b3qBp12mT
哥哥的表情變了——他來不及分辨那是受傷、驚訝,還是無法接受。41Please respect copyright.PENANAtVTbpivp89
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「你是為了說這些喪志話才回來的嗎?」41Please respect copyright.PENANAH9TR1ziYbs
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糸師凜握緊拳頭。他們約定好走向世界第一的擊掌,那掌的力度,一直留在他的手心。41Please respect copyright.PENANAcHThr83X3v
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「我不想看到這樣的哥哥——和我一起追夢的哥哥,才不是這樣的!」41Please respect copyright.PENANAj1OjZ7FPJt
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她聽見糸師凜的語氣,底下藏著的是快要撐不住的質問。41Please respect copyright.PENANAoXYnTortDG
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糸師冴,表情動也沒動。41Please respect copyright.PENANADbwUQ2HGH6
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她曾想過很多種重逢的畫面。擁抱、爭吵、沉默的眼神交會、再一次的三人彩蛋派對。41Please respect copyright.PENANAkKvY6ap77U
而現在,兩個人立在雪中,一個撐著快崩潰的情緒大喊,一個冷靜得像事不關己。41Please respect copyright.PENANAz4a9DADFNi
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而她,只是站在界外。41Please respect copyright.PENANAqbmjaKykqI
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她盯著糸師冴,想從那變寬的肩膀和站姿裡找回曾熟悉的他。41Please respect copyright.PENANArp2gtBBZSr
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可她發現,他真的變了。不是身形變了,不是衣服變了,不是語氣變了——是整個人裡面,有什麼地方,不一樣了。41Please respect copyright.PENANABzl4Nc5eYU
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「我們之前說的都是騙人嗎?我一直握著啊!哥哥!我們的約定我一直握在手中啊!」41Please respect copyright.PENANA6wMtxN2yKV
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他的聲音幾乎要破音,像是拼命想要抓住什麼正在遠去的東西。41Please respect copyright.PENANAt1BqI2vV5W
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那一刻,她心頭猛地一抽。41Please respect copyright.PENANA1MoSNm4ryr
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那些話,她也說過——她記得那年夏天,等了一整個暑假,卻沒有任何回音的那句「對吧」;也記得分離前一晚,自己哭天搶地;她無數次點開對話框,看著那個名字停在頂端,一句話都沒有——她告訴自己,誰都不能代替那個名字。41Please respect copyright.PENANAuyn9oZERtu
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她以為只有她一個人是這樣的。41Please respect copyright.PENANAuoEUQoyUQj
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「我回來,是因為——」41Please respect copyright.PENANAFXQ1T3jOls
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糸師冴停了一下,眼神掠過糸師凜的肩膀,看向她這邊——不,是看向更遠的地方。41Please respect copyright.PENANAYkwStVLHCe
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「——你根本不在乎!我們明明就說好了——不做攻擊球員有什麼用⋯⋯」41Please respect copyright.PENANAXOZLrb8H82
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「⋯⋯我只想贏。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAQEuRGejlgp
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那一瞬間,她忽然覺得比雪更冷的,是他說話的方式。乾淨、決絕,語句裡沒有他們的位置。41Please respect copyright.PENANAARw6eNcbh6
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「你不要隨便放棄我們的夢想啊!」糸師凜握緊拳頭,聲音哽著。41Please respect copyright.PENANAHyfDLzjgBz
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雪花繼續落著。糸師冴沒有馬上回應。他只是沉默地看著弟弟,像是在回應,又像什麼都沒聽見。41Please respect copyright.PENANAP7CPpEAIrk
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風靜了一瞬,連空氣都不敢插嘴,所有聲音都被壓進了雪裡。他垂下視線,低聲——像在對弟弟說,也像在對某個更深的自己說:41Please respect copyright.PENANAmUKn8Xt5Tf
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「我現在懂了⋯⋯」41Please respect copyright.PENANAgeDFaVkQeU
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糸師冴低聲,如自語般低喃,「不論是你,還是我⋯⋯都太溫吞了。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAhat7BCOref
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「什麼意思?」糸師凜看著哥哥。41Please respect copyright.PENANA81ULIKyS6w
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「⋯⋯球場如戰場。凜,你還沒弄懂這一點。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAldMKTwfR3Q
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糸師冴站在燈光之下,和弟弟一樣綠色的瞳孔中,沒有光。41Please respect copyright.PENANAw40eQvcKe1
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「一對一,一球決勝負。如果你能在這次贏過我,我就再陪你追一次夢。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAa52Z8HjmPX
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他抬腳,一球順勢滾到身前——糸師冴的神情已經接近陰狠。41Please respect copyright.PENANAd541jRyZdf
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「——但如果我贏了,我們的夢想就到此結束。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAhF1C8PJdHP
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那是他沒見過的表情⋯⋯糸師凜冒著冷汗,臉色發白,嘴唇微顫。41Please respect copyright.PENANA0lIgdTu01E
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「我不要,哥哥,你不要擅自作主⋯⋯」41Please respect copyright.PENANA7CxuwpXpOE
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「所以我不是說,只要你贏了我,就再相信一次這個夢想嗎?」41Please respect copyright.PENANAx46VEd0nho
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糸師凜微微向後退,他強迫自己站穩腳步,視線卻模糊得不像話。他一再提醒自己,這個人是他崇拜一輩子的哥哥——可是此刻卻陌生得令人害怕。41Please respect copyright.PENANAcqVpxsPRg7
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「哥哥、我不想跟你比。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8DFpN4foB
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一直以來他夢想的,始終都是跟哥哥並肩馳騁,從未想過要站在跟哥哥對立那面。41Please respect copyright.PENANAIEYJj7hnGU
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「要開始了。」41Please respect copyright.PENANAQJ3JhxPCi0
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糸師冴話音一落,腳一挑,球飛起。
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