[Net King] The end of no fruit

[It takes a minute to have a crush someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone; but, it takes a life time to forget someone].

"It only took me a minute to start paying attention to him." In the misty white mist, the blue-haired woman smiled softly.

"I started to like him, probably during the lunch break that day."

"I often go to the games of his basketball club. Since then, I must have fallen in love with him." Her soft laughter was indistinct.

"However, how can I be worthy of his looking back?"

"Even if they are already together, I am still willing to spend my whole life loving him."

"Sorry, grandma."

"I can't forget it."

The face of the woman in front of her gradually became clear, and the familiar outline made her subconsciously exclaim.

I don't know when it started, Hashimoto Yui began to have the same dream repeatedly.It is said that it is the same dream, but it is not.However, the protagonist in the dream is always the woman with dark blue hair.

She was wearing a maiden costume in red and white trousers, with long hair reaching her waist, and she was gentle and elegant, but her face was covered by layers of white mist, and she could be vaguely seen to be a beautiful woman.

That woman always said some inexplicable words, and asked her to help Shibuichi Hiratani.Although the reason was naive and ridiculous, the woman was undoubtedly serious.

In particular, when Yui Hashimoto found out that what happened in reality was not much different from what the woman said, she began to help the woman.

Help Shibuichi Hiratani to make Hosokawa Sumire fall in love with him.

In the past, with a complicated mood, Hashimoto Yui always wanted to clear the fog in front of him and see the woman's face clearly.But today, her face finally became clear.

She is herself, to be precise, the woman in the dream is her grown-up-Yui Hashimoto.

It turns out—is this what my future will look like?

Unfortunately, the future has changed.

Hashimoto Yui stood in front of the mirror and smiled wryly. The girl's round cheeks in the mirror had lost a lot of weight, and had turned into a small oval face like Ah Cheng.

"In the future, Mr. Pinggu and Ah Cheng will get married!" The woman's voice in the dream was in a trance, bitter like a cup of tea that was too thick.

Hashimoto Yui shook his head in the mirror, and he didn't know who he was talking to, "No, the future you mentioned is wrong. Because Ah Cheng has already..."

Ah Cheng is already in love with Tezuka-san!

In the autumn of the second year of junior high school, in November, Tezuka and Ah Cheng came together under a cherry tree that had long since withered.

Since then, Mr. Pinggu has never been to school again.

I heard that Mr. Pinggu suffered a sudden physical problem and was forced to stay in the hospital by his family.

Now, it is already March of the next year.It's them, the day of the graduation ceremony.

"Good morning, Yui." The black-haired girl who had already reached 1.6 meters tall passed her by, and her soft murmur disappeared instantly like the breeze carried by her hair.

"Good morning." She replied, but she knew that Ah Cheng couldn't hear her.

"Hey, Ah Cheng, I arrived at school at this time today too! The morning of the graduation ceremony was still leisurely, and I really deserve to be the master of ten thousand years, Ah Cheng!" The brown-haired girl rushed to the front from behind her and patted Ah Cheng The shoulders, the bright smile and the joyful voice are the same as myself a year ago.

"After all, you still have to spend high school in Qingxue. So, the graduation ceremony or something..." Ah Cheng smiled lightly, and the icy aura lingering around him instantly dissipated.

"Okay, okay, Ah Cheng, if your grades are good and you are reported to Qingxue High School, just keep it in your heart! Don't provoke a classmate like me who has to deal with various high school entrance exams during the holidays!"

"Ando, ​​if you don't mind, I can help you with tutoring."

"Eh? Is it true!"

……

Just like a year ago, in late spring when the cherry blossoms had not yet bloomed, the road to the campus was full of laughter.It's just that the master of talking and laughing is different.Oh, things are different.

Half a year ago, with a feeling of jealousy and anxiety, I secretly helped Pinggu Sheyi to get closer to Ah Cheng.However, Ah Cheng finally discovered his unconscious dislike for her.

So, Ah Cheng, who became more and more outstanding and mature, just left his sight wisely.

She still remembers the day before the National Second Academy Festival, Ah Cheng questioned her with tears in his eyes——

"Yui, what's wrong with you recently? Are you feeling unwell? Why..."

"Ah Cheng, I'm sorry."

"Yui, if you have any troubles, you can tell me! We are friends, aren't we!"

At that time, I smiled lowly: "Ah Cheng, you don't understand anything. I'm sorry, I don't think we are suitable to be friends. For now, let me be alone for a while."

"……it is good."

At that time, Ah Cheng didn't say anything superfluous, just answered and left.

Why?Why does Ah Cheng not have to endure the troubles of dreams!Why can Ah Cheng ignore Mr. Pinggu's feelings for her!why...

Why, the one who has to bear all this is myself.

Why, it is me who helps the boy I like to pursue another girl.

……

Keeping a distance of about ten meters from Asumi and Ando in front, Hashimoto Yui followed them into the school gate, and saw Tezuka Kunimitsu standing in the cherry tree grove beside the school gate.

Like Ah Cheng, he was escorted to the high school of Youth Academy.

The lips of the blond-haired boy moved slightly. Due to the distance, Tezuka-san's voice was not loud, and Yui Hashimoto couldn't hear what he was saying clearly.All I could see was that he took something out of the pocket of his school uniform and put it in Ah Cheng's palm.

A smile like a cherry blossom bloomed on Ah Cheng's handsome face.The two walked into the teaching building hand in hand.

It's a good match.Hashimoto Yui sighed in his heart.

Now, the future me, look.

No, it should be me in another future, you see——Asumi, she is having a good time with Tezuka.

And as you said, Mr. Pinggu, who was supposed to be with Ah Cheng, fell seriously ill.

Actually, you can't predict the future, can you?

Ah Cheng and Tezuka finished the second graduation ceremony in their lives with the titles of No.1 and No.2 in the ranking of Qinggaku graduation examination.

They, who are looked up to by countless students of the same grade, delivered graduation speeches on the podium as representatives of male and female students.

"During the three years in junior high school, I have experienced many things that I can't even imagine." Ah Cheng stood on the rostrum, his delicate face exuded a dazzling brilliance, "Because of the support of my classmates, I was able to recover from the confusion. Step out of it and face everything around you bravely."

……

"Haha, what Ah Cheng wants to talk about must be Tezuka-san! You really deserve to be a model couple of Qinggaku!"

"No wonder! Ah Cheng must be talking about me! I'm Ah Cheng's best friend!" Ando's jumping voice sounded behind him, very similar to himself back then.

Ah Cheng seemed to have noticed the noise of Ando and other students, turned his head to the direction where they were, and smiled slightly: "Finally, I wish you all the best results in the entrance examination during the holiday. Please don't forget the Youth Academy , this school has carried our countless joys and tears! Thank you everyone!"

Like a dazzling diamond, Ah Cheng is really everyone's focus.Hashimoto Yui watched as Hosokawa went backstage, looked at Tezuka-san who passed by, and smiled with an incomparable tacit understanding.

Ah Cheng, who won the gold medal in the national mathematics competition, and Tezuka, who won the championship in the national tennis competition, are really a good match!

Sitting in her seat, like countless students, she listened to Tezuka-san's stern voice echoing in the auditorium, the floodgate in her heart suddenly opened, and countless tears poured out of her eyes uncontrollably.

Now, the future me, look.

No, it should be me in another future, you see——Asumi, she is having a good time with Tezuka.

"Wipe it, after all, Yui is a girl, you have to pay attention to your own image." The pleasant girl's voice from the side made Hashimoto Yui subconsciously turn around, it was a beautiful and charming face.

Ah, it's Cheng.

She took the tissue and wiped away the tears left on her face.

Ah Cheng didn't speak any more, she just sat quietly by her side.

In this way, it is not bad.

That night, she saw the woman again in her dream.

"The future has changed." Yui Hashimoto said.

"Well, I know." The woman's face remained unchanged, "Can you please visit Mr. Pinggu for me?"

"If you see him, tell him—"

"'Sorry, I still haven't been able to complete your commission.'" Yui Hashimoto looked at the frail young man leaning against the head of the bed, "That's what she said."

The corner of the teenager's mouth was raised, revealing a gentle smile that she hadn't seen for a long time, without any complicated emotions, "Well, please tell her a word for me: 'I see, thank you'."

She looked at the boy sitting on the hospital bed in a daze, as if she had returned to the spring of the second year of junior high school.Under the cherry blossom tree, with a jade-like face, he showed a gentle smile to them: "Hosokawa, Mr. Fujiwara asked you to come to her office after dinner."

For some reason, layers of mist appeared in his eyes again.She pretended to yawn and wiped away the involuntary water stains.

"it is good."

Hashimoto Yui knew that that woman would never appear in her dreams again.However, even so, she still wanted to make Mr. Pinggu smile again from a year ago.

Take it as her own selfishness.

Even though she already understood, that woman had already left forever.

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