Non-Flowering Peduncle

"Classmate, you dropped your exercise book." She bent down to pick it up, her fingertips accidentally brushed the other person's school uniform pants, her tone was as calm as if she had no emotion. The other party raised his head, his eyelashes still stained by the sunshine of the playground, and curled his lips: "Thank you, Xu Zhi." She didn't answer, turned around and left, but heard slow footsteps behind her - "Hey, I heard that you got the first place in your grade in math?" "It's none of your business?" She stopped at the top of the stairs. When she turned around, she saw the smile in the other person's eyes, as if she had rubbed the broken light into it. Later, in the studio, someone deliberately knocked over her paint and said, "It's weird for girls to paint these dark things." She tightened her brush and said nothing, but saw a shadow blocking her body. "Slippery hands?" Eucalyptus protected her behind him, with his school uniform jacket open, and said in a lazy tone, "Do you want me to help you 'slip' back?" She tugged at the corner of Eucalyptus' clothes and said, "Forget it." Her voice was very soft, but it carried a weight that only the two of them could understand. After evening self-study, someone pointed at the bulletin board and said it was "abnormal" for them to always be together. When Eucalyptus heard this, he suddenly stopped and raised the exercise booklet in his hand to those who looked at him: "What? Is it illegal for Xu Zhi to teach me questions?" She turned her head to look at her. The streetlight stretched the shadows of the two of them very long, and the intersection seemed to have roots. "Let's go," she took the first step, her voice softer than usual, "go buy popsicles." Eucalyptus caught up with him, his schoolbag strap dangling: "I want mung beans." "I know." The popsicle stand at the entrance of the alley was lit with warm yellow lights, and they stood side by side without speaking. When Xu Zhi handed over the tissue, Eucalyptus's fingertips rested on the back of her hand for half a second. The evening breeze carried the chirping of cicadas and carried the chatter of discussions, but it could not dissipate the things that had quietly sprouted in the hearts of the two young people. Concept: "Love has nothing to do with gender, sincerity has its own weight": The mutual attraction between Xu Zhi and Eucalyptus has nothing to do with the worldly definition of "normal" - their care is hidden in their vicious tongues, and their protection lies in their subconscious actions. From the beginning, this relationship breaks away from the discipline of "girls should like boys". The story does not deliberately amplify the label of "lesbian", but uses the details of their relationship to make worldly discussions (such as "how do they always stick together") become the background sound, reflecting the purity of the relationship itself: when Xu Zhi ignores the eyes of others and protects Yuyu, when Yuyu sees through the care behind her cold words, these moments all say: love is never a task of "conforming to worldly expectations", but the instinct of two hearts to naturally get closer.