[Net King + Black Basket] Seijuro, your mother calls you to go home for dinner!

After Xunli got to know her North American friends well, she asked them to call them by their first names in order to get closer.Whenever playing 3on3 with another team, the voices of "Vanessa" that come and go on the court have a very high exposure rate.

After that, she was even more fortunate to meet Alex Garcia, the master of the legendary ice room and Vulcan. Xunli had heard a little about this blond lady who was younger than herself but had swept the WNBA. It is a pity in my heart, if it weren't for the unforeseen circumstances, maybe she might drop her studies and walk on the same path.

The amazing thing is that Xun Li is immune to Alex, who is a lily lover and a hidden kissing maniac. At first, Vulcan was worried that she would be scared away by his wonderful master. It seems that his worries were unnecessary.

Xun Li really wanted to see if Alex was really as powerful as the rumors said, but she never played except to guide and mention the two disciples.

……

Manhattan, New York, February [-].

Xunli held the stuffed brown paper bag in one hand, and wrapped the scarf in the other hand, holding the mobile phone under his neck to talk to the Vulcan who hurriedly called to report.

"Hey, what are you kidding? Someone came here to make trouble?" She shook her head in her heart, guessing who was so overconfident.

"He's a very arrogant brat! He used Japanese provocations, and even said he wanted to shoot with a tennis racket!"

"...It's too messy!" Xun Li smacked his lips and couldn't help speeding up his pace.Cross the next intersection to the street basketball court.

She was really taken aback by what she saw when she walked to the edge of the basketball court.The short oriental boy holds a tennis racket, aims at the basket and easily shoots/into the basket, with smooth and sophisticated swing movements.

"So tennis can be played like this!" This was Xunli's first impression.She must tell Mai this new way of playing later.

"Madamadadane." - Not even close.It's obviously Japanese.

The boy lowered the brim of his hat, and his dark green bangs brushed against his eyes, making it impossible to see his facial expression at this time.

Vulcan and the others froze in place, staring dumbly at the tennis ball that fell into the frame without making a sound.He must have been mad and didn't react yet.

Xun Li shrugged his shoulders. This young man who seemed to have a lot of background had successfully provoked him, but he only hoped that Vulcan and Mike's impulsive gang would control their fists.

She put the cowhide bag in the corner, walked towards the boy, reached out and patted his hat hard.

"Little ghost, has no one taught you the correct way to use a tennis racket?"

The other party avoided her evil claws almost in the next second, and hummed softly with disdain on his face, "I'm not a brat. Besides, it's not your turn to preach."

As soon as this remark came out, she inexplicably felt that this young man and his little nephew Jing Wu were as arrogant as each other (in fact, they had fought against each other a long time ago =v=).Xun Li also saw his appearance clearly, a pair of energetic amber eyes were slightly raised, revealing an unshakable stubbornness.

"Well, even if I don't know anything about tennis... that's not how basketball is played."

"Fuck it tennis, basketball is what real men play!" Vulcan acted as the background voice, pointing at the boy and yelling, "Compete with skills!"

The boy turned his head in disdain, as if he was full of contempt for basketball.

Xunli got a little angry, she told herself to calm down, don't care about like a child. "Hey, basketball is a sport that carries the dreams of many teenagers. Companions who trust each other fight for the same goal in World War II, share the joy of victory and the cheers of the audience, which is something you can't experience."

"...Hmph, you don't understand the charm of tennis either."

She froze for a moment, then raised her head and glanced at the tense-faced teenagers. "What did you say?"

"Huh!?" She actually turned her arm outward!Vulcan glared at her angrily.

"Don't tell me it was you who picked things up first."

The teenagers pushed each other, and no one was willing to stand up, "That, yes, it was Dai Wen who said it first!"

"What, it's obviously Mike, you're laughing at that brat, right?" ("I told you it's not a brat!" The boy sulked.)

Xun Li generally understood the reason of the matter, only then realized that he had spoken too seriously just now, probably Vulcan and the others were rude first.

"Okay, I apologize to them for you." She readily admitted the mistake, "but I will never budge on tennis and basketball."

The boy habitually pressed the brim of his hat and muttered softly.Fortunately, he did not intend to stay any longer, put away his racket and exited the court.

"Little... boy, do you live near here?"

"..." The other party didn't want to talk to her.

"Hey, what's your name?" She asked persistently.

"……none of your business."

"My name is Vanessa." She put her hand directly in front of his eyes and shook it.

"..." With bruised veins on his forehead, he picked up his racket and walked straight ahead, bypassing her obstructive hand. "Echizen Ryoma, my name."

Echizen Ryoma, she seems to have heard the name of this kid from Mai.

"Interesting." She joked as she looked at the boy's back as he walked away.

"Leave him alone!" Vulcan akimbo imposingly, his eyes wide open. "By the way, what did you bring, Vanessa?"

"The eyes are really sharp."

"Could it be food!?"

Xun Li raised his forehead, Vulcan is worthy of being a foodie.She opened the brown paper bag, which contained sweets such as donuts and chocolate.

"Today is Valentine's Day."

"Ah, to hear you say it—it's really Valentine's Day." But they're all bachelors.

The teenagers rushed to grab all the good things in the kraft paper bag, and the last ice room to come over only got a box of 90% black chocolate.

Vulcan stuffed chocolate into his mouth and complained, "It's really dishonest to give these on Valentine's Day... Aww!"

Xun Li tenderly rewarded him with a chestnut, and grinned threateningly, "It's good to have your share, don't be picky! This will be the only piece of chocolate you receive on Valentine's Day this year."

"Wow, this curse is too much!"

**

The muddy campus on the other side of the ocean is unavoidable on Valentine's Day. Even though it is only a junior high school, Diguang is full of pink bubbles and a sweet atmosphere that only couples can notice.

The first-year main force of the basketball club usually eats together, as if they have made an appointment, they arrive in the cafeteria one after another, occupying the most conspicuous and spacious seats.These swarming luminaries don't seem to realize just how big of a butterfly effect they'll be making on Valentine's Day.

"Hey, what did you notice?" Qingfeng changed his usual carefree personality, lowered his head and whispered to his companions.

"...Momoi is not here." Midorima made a serious guess.

"Mayue doesn't usually eat with us!" He curled his lips, "I mean, I feel that someone is watching us since we first started in the cafeteria."

"Stop being nervous!" Haizaki gave him a strange look.

Several people were silent, only Murasakihara didn't take it seriously, and happily ate lunch for five people as usual.They didn't know what to do, they turned their gazes to Seijuro who hadn't spoken all this time——

"What do you think Akashi?"

He stopped holding the chopsticks, Youyou raised his head to meet their gaze, with a clear expression on his face. "Look around."

Qingfeng looked around from the corner of his eye, and finally noticed something was wrong, "Wait—wait, when did our school have so many girls?"

Usually the only boys who come to the cafeteria to eat at noon are restless boys, while the girls like to gather in the open air or in the classroom for lunch.

"Speaking of which, I received a lot of extra chocolates today." Murasakihara vaguely provided an important clue.

Midorima nodded thoughtfully, "I see, today is Valentine's Day."

"...Does it have anything to do with us?" Qingfeng was unexpectedly innocent.

"Haha, it looks like we are very popular! Who told us to belong to the basketball club~"

Only Seijuro does not comment, he is more interested in the book in his hand than gossip.However, the phrase "basketball club" that Haizaki casually mentioned made him dazed for a moment, and Kaoru's words flashed across his mind in vain—

"Playing basketball can not only enhance the team spirit, strengthen the body and grow taller, but most importantly, it can also attract many beautiful girls..."

He frowned, and his smile softened the boy's face, but after only two seconds, he withdrew his smile, and the corners of his mouth were straightened.

Xunli's words always have some truth.Although Seijuro does not reject girls who deliberately approach him, it is difficult to develop a good impression of them.Every time his dry-tongued partner brought up a new topic of ideals, he would always say "appreciate the opposite sex with elegant taste" to perfunctory it.

Sophisticated taste?It's hard to judge whether it has something to do with Xunli... Sometimes Xunli's actions make him think she is more childish than him.

……

At the end of the team activities, even several managers of the basketball team gave chocolates to the members of the first army. Seijuro cleverly avoided their "attack" by going to the coach to discuss the matter.

When he came out of the basketball court, the sky was getting dark and the temperature dropped sharply, but Seijuro didn't feel cold.He still maintains the posture of the book in one hand, and is in his own world.Only his footsteps echoed in the empty campus.

until--

On the way from the basketball court to the school gate, he was intercepted.

Seijuro didn't raise his eyes, the first thing he saw was a pair of women's uniform shoes.He sighed in his heart, knowing that trouble was coming.

"Aka, Akashi-kun." The other party was as timid as a weak little rabbit, calling his name in a girl's soft voice. "Please accept this—"

Her voice reminded him of Oshima who suddenly disappeared from his sight.He always thought that he was the worst at dealing with Aomine, and in fact he didn't even know how to deal with weak people like Oshima.

"Sorry, I can't accept it." He looked at the delicately packaged chocolate in the girl's hand, and shook his head friendly and distant.

The girl had long expected the worst outcome, but she still couldn't help but her eyes were red.She has a sweet face and is one of the most popular girls among the boys in the first grade.Many people have come to her before Valentine's Day, she just smiled and said that she would give the chocolates she made by herself to her only sweetheart.

"Really?" She bit her lower lip.

"Feel sorry."

"I won't force Akashi-kun, but..." She hesitantly brought the things hidden behind him in front of his eyes, "You may have no influence, I... since you gave it to me, I I will always remember you."

If Seijuro was calm one second, the shock in the next second was completely exposed on his face.He stared at the fox mask that carried his childhood memories with a complicated expression, and remembered its origin almost at the same moment.

"You are……"

"At the Cherry Blossom Festival ten years ago, you gave me the mask." The corners of the girl's mouth curled up, with dimples. "I have been looking for you since then, until last year's opening ceremony. Although we are not in the same class, I really want to know you."

The girl noticed his subtle facial changes and thought he was moved by her touching confession.Although her memories of the time are hazy, she learned what happened from her parents and has carefully preserved the mask to this day.

She naively thought that this was not a coincidence, but a destiny.

"Akashi-kun, can you... accept me?"

Gathering up the courage to meet Seijuro's gaze, unexpectedly the other party's attitude became much colder, and he even forgot to disguise his tense face with a calculated smile.

He resisted the urge to dodge the mask and trample it under his feet.Shouting at her that he didn't want to give her the mask at all, it was all because of her self-love... Although he didn't want to admit that this small object affected his emotions.

"So it's you." A sentence of unknown meaning made the girl ecstatic.

In fact, he just wanted to complain, thanks to this girl, he ignited the fuse of his anger at Xunli all afternoon.But also thanks to her for letting him learn indirectly the first important lesson of his life.

"Sorry, I can't promise you. I have to leave first." Seijuro ended this meaningless confession extremely rudely, not even giving her a chance to tell her name.

"Akashi-kun!? Wait—" The girl turned around and chased after him in embarrassment, trying to grab the hem of his clothes, but in vain.

With his back to her, Seijuro had no expression on his face, the cold cover of the book pressed against his chest, and his five fingers were slightly gathered.

He has had enough.Xun Li has returned to God's arms for a long time, but he can control his feelings more easily than before.

It's time to seal her in the bottom of my heart and learn to forget everything related to her.

Masashi warned him more than once that people in the Akashi family don't need weaknesses.If Xun Li was his weakness, he would try to make this dangerous factor disappear—or choose to forget it.

The author has something to say: the abuse point is in the last sentence.Remember Akashi Nanami's famous quote?

Xiaozheng will eventually embark on a path that goes against Xunli's wishes.

Now it’s time to write about Masashi, and how I really worked hard to plan Xunli’s counterattack (I always feel like I can’t do it TAT)

Ask for RP!Wish me a smooth midterm QUQ