【Ninji Shinobu】Let's talk about love

U-17.

Standing on the U-17 court with Shinozu, I often feel that either I am mentally deranged or that this group of people are all lunatics.But since he has come this far, he is probably not normal.

What kind of black hole, what kind of Zeus domain, what kind of annihilation of the five senses, this is metaphysics, right?

I couldn't help complaining and looked again, Atobe entered the world of ice.

Tsk, what should I do, I have already reached here, and if I don't work hard, I will not be able to catch up with Atobe.As a junior high school student, Top has a lot of competitions in Atobe, and every game he has evolved a big step compared to the previous one, so he does not want to be left too far behind by him.

On the day he was officially selected for the Japanese team, Atobe was on an expedition to Australia, so he called him to celebrate him, and hung up in a hurry without saying a few words.But just after he returned to China, he came to Renzu dormitory to look for him, looking very happy.

He had been busy preparing for his own competition before, but he was quite familiar with Irie and Sanada, especially when he was stimulated by Tezuka Kazu, and he couldn't see other people in his eyes.But he knew early on that Atobe was like this. If he was shining himself, he would be attracted by the shining things, and the form chasing him would be dimmed.

The two of them walked along the outermost circle of the training base, chatted, and talked about Ice Emperor, wondering if Hiji can lead the team well, and after that, there are a few children in Guoyi who seem to be quite talented, and I don’t know if they can get up ...It seems like a lifetime away.

Atobu is concerned about high school students, who are international opponents, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Spain...

He no longer only looks at the Ice Emperor, and he is not just the king of the Ice Emperor.When he talks about excitement, his eyes still shine, and he keeps gesticulating, saying what’s going on, what’s going on with Nioh, the Australian team, the Swiss team... But Renzu gradually calmed down, thinking, how many opportunities does he have to reconcile with Atobu like this? Talk about tennis?

"Will you stay in Japan?" Shinobu suddenly asked.When Atobe started talking about Tezuka again.

"Since Tezuka has gone to the German team, of course I won't go." Atobe said. "However, the British team seems to be good. If my uncle goes there, he must be the main force, and he will have more chances to play, right?"

He let out an "oh" and didn't speak.

"What's wrong?" Atobe walked for a while before realizing the silent silence.

"I should stay in Japan." Shinobu said. "Will you still stay in the Ice Empress?"

"High school? It's hard to say if you go to the British team." Atobe replied. "But the Japanese team still has many targets that I want to beat. I won't leave until I beat them and make myself stronger."

"Would you join the tennis club if you were in high school?"

"Of course, do you still need to ask?"

"Will it hit the national competition?"

Atobe glanced at him. "What's wrong with you today? Why do you keep asking such strange questions?"

"Actually, I don't like playing tennis very much." Ren Zu didn't know what happened, and this sentence came out without warning.

Jibu was taken aback. "You have just been selected for the Japanese national team."

"Maybe I just want to prove my ability?" Renzu smiled.

"It's not enough to only have such an awareness." Atobe was a little dissatisfied.

"I know, but I really like the ice emperor tennis club, and I really like you as the ice emperor king." Shinozu said.

Atobe stopped in his tracks.

"I don't like losing, that's all. I don't want to be left too far behind by you." Renzu said, and continued to move forward without caring about him.

"If you keep looking at Atobe, you can play without thinking about anything. Atobe is very good, so just follow you with confidence. It must be such blind confidence." He laughed. "But this is not enough, right? As you said, this is not the battlefield of the Ice Empress, but the battlefield of the world."

"Atobe just needs to focus on the path you want to go." Shinozu said, finally feeling bitter. "Don't worry about my nonsense... I will work hard, don't worry."

"It's impossible not to worry!" Atobe raised his voice a little. "You bastard, what are you thinking? An important game is just around the corner!"

"Then why are you worried?" Renzu asked, unable to hold back the sharp edges. "To you, compared to Sanada and Tezuka, I'm just a good teammate, right?...Hey, Atobe, if I stop playing tennis, you will still follow me when you see me on the road. Say hello?" This is almost a willful coquettish.He just... couldn't control his anxiety about Katobe's drifting away.

"Master..." Atobe said, sounding anxious. "This uncle doesn't think of you like that!"

Ninjazu turned his head, and Atobe grabbed his hand. The next moment, his face was enlarged in front of Ninzuzu, Ninzuzu opened his eyes wide, and then felt his soft lips touch his own.

Atobe closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembling, after a while, seeing that he didn't respond, he withdrew back, blushing.

Shinobu didn't know what to say for half a minute.

Atobe quietly let go of his hand.

"That's it." He turned his head, rubbed his lips with the back of his hand, and his ears turned red.

Ren Zu touched his hair, not surprisingly, he blushed so much that his ears and neck were almost burning.

"You're an idiot." Atobe cursed in a low voice, turned around and ran away.

When I returned to the dormitory, my head was still dizzy.The impact was too strong for him to adapt for a while.

He fell on his own bed and covered his head with a pillow, his mind was still the same as when Atobu came forward just now.

To say he didn't feel it at all would be a lie.The endless phone conversations before the Ice Emperor game, sometimes he would fall asleep while talking, and would not put the phone back on the shelf until the next morning.There will always be a place for him beside Atobe, whether it is when riding in the car, taking a break from work, or watching a game, even Yueren tacitly agrees that the two of them will appear together.He also likes to run to Atobe's side, and he likes that when Atobe is around, he will naturally relax and talk about things, and sometimes he thinks that Huadi is in the way and wants to send him away.

He doesn't have a girlfriend.Although both he and Atobe received a lot of love letters and chocolates, Shinozuzu hadn't dated anyone—someone would be unhappy, he vaguely felt.He condoned Atobe's willful behavior, never laughed at his exaggerated ideas, and even practiced them as real, just as Atobe also condoned his laziness in training, changing his music list from opera to lyric music It's like the song is played publicly on the campus radio.

So in the current situation, to a certain extent, he deserves to be blamed.

It's a pity that he can't allow him to think too much, and Atobe will play again soon.And it's a rare singles opportunity.With the competition in front of my eyes, I didn't dare to think about anything. I practiced from morning to night every day, and I didn't even see each other.

Renzu thought for a while, and sent him a message the night before Atobe's departure, which was very simple: Come on, I will wait for your triumphant return.

There was no reply from Atobe, who needed to get up early to catch his flight.

But that game became Keigo Atobe's swan song in the U-17 World Cup.

Can't wait to watch the live broadcast.The opponent is a high school student and a quasi-professional player.Atobe's Tannhauser was blocked, and had to activate the Ice Emperor again and again in order to keep his serve. His shoulders were soon overwhelmed, and he was seen to have an old ankle injury when he was saving the ball, and he was targeted by one of his ankles. Strong attack.The opponent is a powerful and indiscriminate attacking type, and protracted players like Wa Atobe are dedicated to exhausting his body and forcing him to get injured.Atobe was beaten to kneel on the ground several times, and he got up and gritted his teeth to continue. Every time he turned and endured his feet, he could almost see the screaming of muscle pain. He even suspected that Atobe's bones were damaged, but every time The sub-trace department can magically stand up.

Atobe survived to the end and lost 7:5.But it was a very painful game, and after the end, Abube was carried out by the medical team almost on the spot.While Renzu covered his face and sat in front of the TV trembling, Qian also held his shoulder without saying a word.

Three days later, Atobe came back, and at the same time, there was a notice for the Japanese team to retire from injury and replace them.Shinozu was selected into the new group the day before, left the base, and played in doubles with Fuji.

He won.The process of the knockout stage was extremely difficult, but it was won anyway.After the game, Buer and him were too tired to move in the lounge, chatting with each other.

"What's wrong with Atobe?" Fuji asked.

"I don't know, I came here before I had time to talk to him." Shinozu said, his heart still throbbing when he thought of Atobe.

"Let's make a phone call anyway." Fuji said, wiping the sweat off his face with a towel. "He values ​​you very much."

Ninzu wanted to say how did you know?But he felt that it was boring to say it, so he kept his mouth shut.

"Afterwards...will he return to Ice Emperor?" Buer asked. "We will meet again in the national competition in the future, I am looking forward to it."

Ninja suddenly lost his patience.What do you know?This so-called concern...does it help Atobe?He threw the towel on the floor and slammed the door in a way that was too rude for him to leave.

He ended up making that call anyway.

The phone rang five times before being picked up, but Shinozu just said "Atobe" and didn't know how to continue.

"Ah, Shinobu." Atobe sounded normal.

"My uncle watched your game, it's very good, the backhand still needs to be strengthened." Atobe said, calmly talking about things that have nothing to do with him. "In this kind of international competition, a small defect will be discovered and magnified, but if you stay in the backcourt, you will not be able to play to your advantage. You still have to actively go online."

He held his phone silently.

"Is the next match confirmed?" Atobe asked.

"Not yet, still waiting for the coaching staff to inform." Renzu replied.

"Really, let's have a good rest." Atobe said.He was about to hang up the phone.

"Atobe," Shinobu called out to him. "...how are you?"

Atobe was silent for a while. "Slightly fractured tibia, more serious ankle sprain, but mainly shoulder, overtorque muscle strain bonded, needing physical therapy."

He endured an "oh" sound.

"My uncle will go to England for treatment." Atobe said. "A team of experts has been contacted."

"Can you continue to fight?" Ninja asked.

"of course."

"How long will it be?"

"I shouldn't be able to come back before the end of this season." Atobe said. "Maybe he stayed there after healed, just like Tezuka."

Renzu wiped his face. "……sorry."

Atobe paused. "Why?"

"I can't help you." Renzu said.

"It has nothing to do with you, does it?" Atobe seemed to laugh. "It's my uncle who is in a hurry."

"but……"

"Shinzu, let's play your own tennis in the future." Atobe interrupted him. "Stop chasing me."

He stood there stunned, tears streaming down his face.

"You were great today. Those counterattacks were very beautiful. It's the tennis that only belongs to Yushi Ninzu." Atobe said.

"Actually, you never need me to stand in front of you. You were amazing when I met you." He said, paused. "My lord... I said before that I would lead the Ice Emperor to dominate the country, and it was because I saw you that I thought it was possible. Well, although it's too late to say this now..."

"The trace department..."

"If you don't look at me anymore, I am very curious about where you will go."

"Atobe, stop talking..."

Atobe fell silent, crying silently while listening through the distant cable.

"...why are you crying." He finally said.

"Because... Atobe won't cry..." Renzu said, sobbing that he couldn't finish his sentence.

Atobe sighed.

"Don't cry," he whispered. "If you're like this...my uncle will be sad too."

I tried my best to restrain myself and wiped away my tears, but in the end I wiped more and more, and finally buried myself in the pillow and cried bitterly.

Atobe wasn't coming back, he knew it.

Atobe just listened quietly.Until Ren's feet and head began to hurt, and his ears were ringing, he finally calmed down.

"Atobe," he said. "I like you. Very, very much. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner."

Say it anyway.

"My uncle knows." Atobe replied, and paused for another two seconds. "Me too."

"Hey, Yushi..." he said softly, calling Shinobu's name for the first time. "From now on, Ice Emperor will entrust you."