Song of Light and Shadow

"Hey, don't you remember me?" Akashi couldn't believe it when he saw that the ice-blue haired person completely ignored his existence.He still remembers his appearance, how could he not remember him?

Hearing Akashi's voice, the ice-blue-haired child stopped again, held the ball in his hands, looked at Akashi with a little doubt, and asked lightly: "Hi, may I ask... Do you know?"

Although it was not unexpected that there would be such an answer, after all, it was only a one-time relationship, and it was still difficult for people to remember it specially. Besides, why he would remember this person was still a mystery, so how could he be blamed.But Akashi was still a little sad.

"...Nice meeting, my name is Akashi Seijuro, please give me your advice."

"Master, you seem to be in a good mood." Tanaka, who was sitting in front of the car holding the steering wheel, saw Akashi with his mouth turned up from the rearview mirror, dragging his chin with his hands and looking out the window.

"So-so." Akashi said pretending to be calm, but the joy on his face still couldn't be concealed.For the first time in a long time, he was so happy.

After silently repeating the name he had just memorized several times in his heart, Akashi pursed his lips and made mouth shapes quietly.

Kuroko Tetsuya.

Although there is a slightly different feeling from the first time we met, the strong but gentle feeling is still so caring.What kind of life would make him feel that way...

"Tanaka, basketball... buy me one."

"Eh?" Hearing Akashi's words, Tanaka almost lost his composure, "Why does the young master want basketball all of a sudden?"

"I just learned a little bit, and I think it's very interesting." The thumb rubbed against the pulp of the index finger, and the rough feeling of contact with the surface of the basketball when playing basketball just now remained on the surface of the skin. It was so hot that the fingers seemed to burn.

I have long thought that I am not interested in anything at all, even the chess games that I think are interesting at the moment are just for fun, as long as I use my brain a little, I can win steadily.

But when he saw that his shot didn't go into the basket, he felt for the first time that there was something in the world he needed to work on.In addition, Heizi seems to like basketball very much...

Tanaka frowned, as if he was thinking about how to say something.After a few minutes, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Master, although I am very happy that Master has found something he likes, but Master..."

When Akashi heard Tanaka mentioning his father, his smiling face instantly turned cold.

"After all, tomorrow is the young master's coming-of-age ceremony... I have to go back to the capital... Once I let the master know that you are distracted to do other things..."

"Enough." The cold words without any emotion, as if the words were wrapped in the cold air rising from the nine-foot cold pool, made Tanaka tremble violently, "I will tell my father."

However, the latter sentence returned to the usual slightly gentle voice.

"……Yes."

The atmosphere eased down, and the chill just now was like the moon in the mirror, which made Tanaka even have an illusion that he was tired, but the reverberation in his ears and the chill on his body made Tanaka dare not ignore it.

The young master of his family seems to be a little different...

Back home, he took off his coat and threw it to Tanaka. Akashi, who was wearing a silver slim vest, didn't even have time to take off his boots, and went straight to his father's study.At this point, my father had already returned from the company.

Dong dong dong, after knocking on the door three times, wait for three seconds, and the father's voice will be heard inside the door, and this time is no exception.

"Father, it's me." Akashi replied respectfully, pushed the door open and walked in.

In the study room of about 20 square meters, tall mahogany bookcases occupying the entire upper and lower spaces are placed on the left and right sides, and in the bookcases are neatly arranged various books on economics and business, in all languages.A small but delicate crystal chandelier of six lotuses hangs from the ceiling, a whole piece of tiger skin is spread on the floor, and on top of the tiger skin is a small coffee table with a vase of flowers and a Coffee table, tiger skin on both sides is a leather sofa that can be used for three people.

Akashi, who completely ignored this, closed the door and went straight to the middle-aged man sitting behind the mahogany boss's desk. He looked at him, although he looked calm, but his clenched hands and slightly trembling body couldn't cover him up. tension.

"What's the matter?" Even with his own child in front of him, the man didn't take his eyes off the document in front of him.

"Father, I want to learn basketball." Even though he was ready to be reprimanded, after Akashi said this, his heartbeat quickened nervously.

"Basketball?" The man finally raised his head this time, but his face was slightly frowning.After thinking about it for a while, the man lowered his head to look at his documents again, and said casually, "Do as you please."

Hearing the unexpected result, Akashi was stunned for a moment, but he soon became happy. He was so excited that he bowed to his father and said "thank you" loudly, and was about to leave to prepare, but the next day Seconds but was stopped by his father.

"Wait a minute." The man opened his mouth, and continued after seeing Akashi standing still with puzzled eyes, "What is the family motto of the Akashi family?"

Akashi was stunned for a moment, and immediately said the words that had been instilled since birth.

"Better die than lose, everything is unique."

"If you choose basketball, give me the best in basketball. The children of the Akashi family must be the first in everything. If you can't do it, don't touch it."

Akashi lowered his head, and when he raised his head again, his eyes became as cold as ice.

"I see."

"Don't take up most of your energy for things that are just for fun. You know what you should do. Let me prepare for tomorrow's coming-of-age ceremony."

"Yes, then, I'll go first." The attitude was still respectful, but compared to the nervousness and anxiety before, it was obviously changed to indifference and contempt.

It's not that the man who didn't hear the difference didn't react either, but just ignored it as a child's quarrel.

Tanaka, who had been wandering around outside the door, saw Akashi come out and hurried up to greet him. Before he could speak, he heard Akashi say: "Please invite the coach now, my father has already agreed."

"Eh? Now?" Tanaka froze for a moment, shouldn't he be preparing for the coming-of-age ceremony?

"That kind of thing has already been prepared." Akashi said lightly, "The most important thing is the result, isn't it. It's just a group of old men who can't even change their minds."

"Master?" Tanaka wondered if he had heard wrong again.

"Go get ready, I'll go back to my room to rest first." Akashi smiled, still the gentle Akashi.

"Uh, yes... the medicine has already been ordered to be delivered. Please call me directly when the young master wants to change the medicine."

"Well, come over after contacting the teacher." Akashi nodded, took a step, left the study door, and returned to his room.

After closing the door and returning to his own world, Akashi let out a breath. After standing against the door for a long time, he walked to the bed. He took off his vest, unbuttoned it, and took off his shirt, revealing his thin but thin body. Unexpectedly, there is a muscular body, as well as thin scars of different colors all over the body.

"Tsk, aren't you alright..." Seeing the blood seeping out of the gauze wrapped around his ribs, Akashi frowned, probably because he had tore open the wound when he played basketball with Kuroko too much.

Somewhat irritatedly, he picked up the scissors, cut the gauze by himself, and the flesh on both sides of the whipped wound turned up, and blood was bubbling out.

This is the scar from being beaten by his father when he failed to recite a passage from Chapter 3 of Introduction to Economics last time. Akashi, who has long been used to these, is even a little numb to pain.

As a child of the Akashi family, the only way to go is to win forever, and the price to be paid for victory is also necessary.

"Master, here's the medicine." At this moment there was a knock on the door, and then Tanaka walked in.

After seeing Akashi's scars, he didn't react much, but respectfully picked up the alcohol cotton ball, wiped the blood off Akashi, applied medicine, and bandaged it up.

"What time is the flight tomorrow?" After putting on clean clothes, Akashi asked after thinking about it.

"6:[-]."

"Well, let's go to the park we went to today in the morning." Thinking of that person named Tetsuya Kuroko, Akashi felt a little better.