Unsaid tenderness / 不說出的溫柔

又到了告別的時刻，他把車停在清大旁等待國光號的車站，在黑夜裡，你們安安靜靜地下車，妳走到他身旁，明知他害羞到無法給妳道再見的擁抱，心裡還是暗暗地期待著。果然，你們談話或互相凝望，卻沒有伸出手，儘管感情那樣地澎湃。你們說了再見，他在你身後目送你上車，車開了好一段距離，妳還是可以看到他傻傻的微笑。

妳說，還好再三個月就不用獨自開車回台北了，天空裡又圓又大的月亮也默默祝福妳。

即使在黑夜裡，語言之外的溫柔處處可見，在我心上留下久久不能自已的感動。

It's time to say goodbye again. He parks the car at the coach bus station next to Ching-hua University. At ink-dark night, both of you get off quietly. You walk to his side. Though you know well he's too shy to give you a goodbye hug, you still wish for it secretly. As you expect, you talk or gaze at each other. Neither of you hold out your hand, even though the feeling is so overwhelming. You say goodbye. His eyes follow you when you get into the driver's seat. You can still see his loving smile after you drive away.

You say, fortunately, you won't have to drive home alone in another three months. The big and fat moon in the sky wishes you good luck.

Even at ink-dark nights, the traces of unsaid tenderness are more than tangible. And his tenderness so moves me, when I don't think I believe in love anymore...

我偶爾會想和大家分析圖畫背後的創作歷程，剛好我自己很喜歡這則故事，便想說說相關的靈感和軼事。我目睹及參與了真實的鏡頭，一開始的想法也包括了我的角色，後來突然覺得第三者很多餘，我其實就是敘述者。雖然我的人物畫得不是很像、車子也畫得不是很好，我要感謝很有耐心的家人，兩組人馬陪我到地下停車場，聽我的指示擺出很引人注目的姿勢。還有，如果你是10月8日在路上被我偷拍到的車輛，請勿介意，我只是取材而已，不是狗仔隊。

Sometimes I feel like sharing with you the anedotes behind my pictures. I have a lot to say regarding this comic strip. I was there to witness the story. In the beginning I planned three characters, me included, but then it occurred to me that my part was unnecessary. After all, I was already the narrator. Even though the characters and car are not well-drawn, I'd like to thank my extremely patient family for going down to the parking lot with me, following my instructions in posing. If you are the car owners whose cars were photographed by me on October, 8, don't take it too seriously. I am not paparazzi. I am just a very hard-working illustrator-to-be:-).