[Quick New] Choice
Chapter 59: Chasing the Light
Kuroda stood stiffly on the spot for a while, gritted his teeth, and slowly walked towards Kaito.
Kaito looked at her expressionlessly, she was flustered by Kaito's look, and unconsciously lowered her head.
"You..." She asked nervously, "When did you come?"
Kaito was silent for a moment, then replied, "While you were talking to Shinichi."
Kuroda suddenly raised his head, "Did you hear it? I didn't mean to quarrel with him, I just couldn't get angry. How could he..."
She bit her lower lip, "I know I was wrong, I shouldn't have said that about him, don't be angry, okay?"
As strong as she is in front of Shinichi, she is as humble in front of Kaito.
That was the person she was looking for, and when she finally saw a little hope, she didn't want to be judged out before getting the result.
She subdues because she knows how important Shinichi is to Kaito.
That is the person he puts on top of his heart, he is not willing to hurt even the slightest bit, and he is even willing to endure pain for himself.How could such a person allow others to hurt him?
She explained anxiously, hoping he could forgive her.Kaito only felt helpless and tired.
"Yazhi."
He called her name with a sigh in his voice.
His expression was no longer as cold as it was at the beginning, but it made Kuroda more terrified than his expressionless expression.
Her intuition was correct, because the next moment, Kaito sighed and said, "Let's call it a day."
A huge panic seized her heart, and the heartache at that moment was incomprehensible to outsiders.Her eyes became moist, and she said with great restraint: "I know I was wrong, and I will never target him again in the future. Can you give me another chance? Just once."
Kaito just shook his head.
Kuroda's heart sank.
"Saori." Kaito said, his voice still gentle, "Actually, I didn't hear what you were talking about."
Kuroda looked at him in astonishment.
Kaito smiled helplessly, "It's so far away, and I don't have good ears, how could I hear it?"
Although he can guess the content of the two people's chat just by looking at the changes in their expressions.
"I just discovered..." There is helplessness, compromise, and deep doting in his eyes, "No matter what decision I make, no matter how he treats me, he will always be my back, isn't it? An existence that allows anyone to touch it."
"I can't accept that anyone hurt him in my name. Not myself, nor anyone else."
This was actually said very clearly, but Kuroda acted as if she didn't hear it, she gritted her teeth, "I know you still think that what I said hurt him, I can tell you, the two of us talk I can tell you everything about it. We..."
Kaito shook his head, "There's no need. No matter what you talked about, the result is the same."
"I don't blame you, do you understand? I know that everything you do is out of love, so I won't blame you."
"only……"
"I just understand that no one can surpass him in my heart. Even if I have been trying to make myself like you for more than a month, I can't do it. His position in my heart can't even be shaken by myself."
"I know." Kuroda said: "I know everything, I don't mind these things, I believe we still have a long time, I guarantee that we will never..."
"Saori." Kaito interrupted her, "Saori, you are a smart person, you shouldn't deceive yourself like me."
There are some things he doesn't want to say, but he has to say at this point.
"You can see my intentions, and I don't want to hide anything. Saori..."
Kuroda interrupted him abruptly, "Kaito!"
Kaito continued on his own, "That's right, I like Shinichi, I've always liked him."
Kuroda took half a step back uncontrollably, as if he had been relieved, "Why do you insist on saying it. Just like before, can't we make it clear?"
Kaito sighed softly, "I have no other way. In fact, you understand, don't you, I still have him in my heart, as long as I can't forget him for a day, we can't really forget him."
He remembered the scene where he saw Kuroda talking with Shinichi just now, at that moment he suddenly felt very boring, extremely boring.
The person he likes, he can't be with him, but drags innocent people who have nothing to do with this matter into the water.
"This is wrong." He said: "We should start falling in love when we have nothing to worry about in each other's hearts, instead of using one person to forget the other."
"It's my fault. From the very beginning, I shouldn't have accepted your opinion, and I shouldn't have used your likes to heal my hurt heart."
"I'm sorry for you." He said apologetically, "But..."
"Let's stop here."
Kuroda tried his best to hold back the tears, and his whole body began to tremble.
Kaidou looks at her distressedly, this girl is all for him, but he can't give her what she wants, so he can only let go early, so as not to bring her more harm.
"You are a good girl and should not be dragged down by me. You should be with a better boy, someone who likes you."
Kuroda laughed, his laughter choked up, "Are you sending me a good card?"
Kaito laughed, "No way, what I said was sincere."
Kuroda sniffed, "Really, is it impossible?"
Kaito said nothing, just looked at her.
Kuroda looked at him for a while, and finally lowered his head, "Okay, I understand."
Kaito didn't want her to be too sad, so he said, "Actually, you are very nice, and I appreciate you very much, but I like men."
Kuroda blinked, "Is it because I didn't become a man?"
Kaito laughed, "Saori..."
"Okay, I get it." Kuroda said, "I was joking."
In an instant, she seemed to have regained her previous confident demeanor, but her red eyes betrayed her.
She looked at Kaito with a haughty expression, "You stinky men, you want to like men even though girls don't like them."
"You missed me today, it must be your loss!"
Kuai Douyan smiled, "Yes, it's my loss."
"It's boring!" She curled her lips, "It's okay to like a man, but you should like someone else, Kudo is unreliable."
Kaito reached out to rub her head, but Kuroda ducked, "Don't rub me casually! My new hairstyle!"
Kuaido was helpless, and finally patted her shoulder with his outstretched hand, "Okay, don't worry about it. It would be too embarrassing for you to help me find a boyfriend."
Kuroda nodded and said in a muffled voice, "I see."
She took a deep breath, looked up at Kaito, and said softly, "Then, I'm leaving?"
Kaito nodded, and he smiled softly, "Goodbye."
Kuroda whispered back, "Goodbye."
She turned around, tears bursting out at that moment, she didn't dare to let Kaito find out, so she could only hold back not to make a sound.
She is Kuroda Saori, the proud and confident Kuroda Saori, she will not show her vulnerability in front of anyone.
only……
After walking for a while, she turned her head and saw Kaito who was still standing there.
She has been chasing the light for half her life, and now she is going to chase the light that belongs to him.
She has gone through hardships, but still hopes that he can get what he wants.
The boy she loves, she only wishes that he can live a life free from worries.
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The change in the attitudes of the two people is actually very obvious, and everyone discovered it within a day.
Someone came to ask Kaito, hoping to hear some gossip.Kaito actually thinks that as long as Kuroda is happy, it doesn't matter if he says he was dumped by her, but Kuroda is not that kind of vain girl, and he doesn't mind if he tells the truth.Of course it is impossible for him to say that.
So when someone came to ask him, he always answered: "After getting along for a while, I found that it was not suitable, so I didn't continue."
There are new gossips on campus every day. If it weren't for the two of them, a school girl and a school girl, this matter would not have attracted so much attention.But even so, it didn't take long for the matter to fade away from everyone's hearts.The days have returned to the way they were before, flat but orderly.
The sun and the moon rotate, the first snow flutters down, and winter in Tokyo has officially arrived.
Xinyi and Xiaolan walked side by side on the road, Xiaolan's hand was in Xinyi's coat pocket, she leaned on Xinyi intimately, and the two chatted without saying a word.
"Did Hattori look for you yesterday?" she asked.
Shinichi replied without thinking, "No."
"That's it." Xiaolan said: "He Ye came to me and wanted to ask us out to play. I have already told Yuanzi, let's talk to Qingzi some time, the eight of us will go out to play together again."
Xin paused, "Eight people?"
"That's right." Xiaolan was puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Xinyi said, "I just think that Kaito and Qingzi are not together yet. Would it be a little awkward to always ask them to go out with us, after all we are a couple."
Xiaolan smiled and said, "That's why I called them together. I thought that Heiyu already had a girlfriend, and I was sad for Qingzi for a long time, but since it was a false alarm, I should hurry up, lest Any more surprises?"
"Hey." She shook Shinichi, "You can help me spy and see what Kuroba thinks, I can't really let Qingzi take the initiative."
Shinichi frowned, "I..."
"Eh?" Xiaolan stared straight ahead, waved her hand, and shouted in surprise, "Qingzi, Heiyu!"
Not far away, the two heard her shout and came over, it was the protagonist they were talking about just now.
Xiaolan smiled and said, "I said just now that I would see you when I was free, but now it's a coincidence."
She rolled her eyes and smiled playfully, "Are you two dating? Am I bothering you?"
Qingzi smiled shyly, "Xiaolan, what are you talking about, Kaito and I met by chance, we just had a meal together at lunch time."
"I understand, I understand." Xiao Lan said with a meaningful smile, "It's all a coincidence."
"Then we're going to eat too, do you want to go together?"
"of course."
Qingzi complied, and the formation of several people became two girls in front and two boys behind.
The girls whispered in the front, while the boys walked bored behind.
Shinichi watched Kaito carefully from the corner of his eye, but Kaito remained calm.Thinking of Kaito's casual greeting when they first met, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Not wanting to spread the awkward atmosphere, he asked, "How are you doing recently?"
As soon as he asked this question, he felt a little silly. After all, the two of them went to class together every day, and logically speaking, they couldn't understand what happened to each other.
But the fact is, apart from the classroom, the two of them have no contact with each other.Not to mention walking side by side like now, ready to go to dinner together.
He suddenly felt a little sad.
"Very good." Kaito answered casually, "It's just that I've been a little busy preparing for the final exam recently."
He tilted his head slightly, smiling very naturally, without any ambiguity, "It seems like I haven't seen you for a long time."
Shinichi pursed his lips, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"You..." he asked, "How are you and Kuroda doing?"
Naturally, he had heard about it, but he still wanted to ask the person involved.
"You said Saori." Kaito said casually.
He yelled intimately, and Shinichi unconsciously clenched his hand.
"It's okay." Kaito said, "After talking for a while, it still didn't feel right, so I didn't continue."
Xin Yi relaxed, but said: "She likes you so much, how could it be inappropriate."
Kaito sneered, "Who said that if you like it, there will be results?"
The new one is slightly stagnant.
Kaito didn't want to talk to him about these things, so he said "I'm hungry" and strode forward.
The new one froze for a moment, then hurried up.
Because he met Kaito and the others suddenly, Shinichi forgot something very important, and he didn't realize it until he walked to the restaurant where he and Xiaolan wanted to eat.
He tugged at Xiaolan, and said in a low voice, "Let's change to another one."
Xiaolan was confused, didn't hear what he said, and was about to ask again, when Qingzi looked at her apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xiaolan, can you change to another one, Kuaidou doesn't eat fish."
"Ah?" Xiaolan looked at the grilled fish shop in front of her, then at Kaito, and said, "I'm sorry, Kuroba, I don't know..."
Kaito smiled indifferently, "It's okay, you don't know, so you don't need to apologize to me."
He is the best if he doesn't care about it, so Xiaolan is going to take everyone to another hot pot restaurant for dinner.
But when he left, he couldn't help complaining softly, "Xinyi, why didn't you tell me that Kuroba doesn't eat fish earlier."
Xinyi was slightly taken aback, could he say that he was the only one left in Kuai Dou's mind when he saw Kuai Dou, and he had already forgotten everything else?cannot.
He thought of a reason, and when he was about to explain, Qingzi said, "Kudou is a boy, so it's normal not to remember some details, Xiaolan, don't look outside."
Xiaolan smiled, "That's right."
Kaito also smiled, but there was a bit of self-mockery in his smile.
Shinichi's heart tightened when he heard that, did Kaito really think he didn't remember?Kaito remembers his likes and dislikes clearly, but he doesn't remember... It goes without saying which one is more attentive.
However, it was clearly not the case, but he couldn't explain it.
Shinichi's mood instantly changed.
Several people had their own concerns, but fortunately the hot pot restaurant was very close, and they arrived within a short distance.
Xiaolan sat on the seat waiting for the meal, and finally said what she had always wanted to say.
"Qingzi, Heiyu, and Ye Yue asked us to go skiing on Christmas, do you want to go together?"
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I finished another class today and have an exam next week.
Ugh……
Kaito looked at her expressionlessly, she was flustered by Kaito's look, and unconsciously lowered her head.
"You..." She asked nervously, "When did you come?"
Kaito was silent for a moment, then replied, "While you were talking to Shinichi."
Kuroda suddenly raised his head, "Did you hear it? I didn't mean to quarrel with him, I just couldn't get angry. How could he..."
She bit her lower lip, "I know I was wrong, I shouldn't have said that about him, don't be angry, okay?"
As strong as she is in front of Shinichi, she is as humble in front of Kaito.
That was the person she was looking for, and when she finally saw a little hope, she didn't want to be judged out before getting the result.
She subdues because she knows how important Shinichi is to Kaito.
That is the person he puts on top of his heart, he is not willing to hurt even the slightest bit, and he is even willing to endure pain for himself.How could such a person allow others to hurt him?
She explained anxiously, hoping he could forgive her.Kaito only felt helpless and tired.
"Yazhi."
He called her name with a sigh in his voice.
His expression was no longer as cold as it was at the beginning, but it made Kuroda more terrified than his expressionless expression.
Her intuition was correct, because the next moment, Kaito sighed and said, "Let's call it a day."
A huge panic seized her heart, and the heartache at that moment was incomprehensible to outsiders.Her eyes became moist, and she said with great restraint: "I know I was wrong, and I will never target him again in the future. Can you give me another chance? Just once."
Kaito just shook his head.
Kuroda's heart sank.
"Saori." Kaito said, his voice still gentle, "Actually, I didn't hear what you were talking about."
Kuroda looked at him in astonishment.
Kaito smiled helplessly, "It's so far away, and I don't have good ears, how could I hear it?"
Although he can guess the content of the two people's chat just by looking at the changes in their expressions.
"I just discovered..." There is helplessness, compromise, and deep doting in his eyes, "No matter what decision I make, no matter how he treats me, he will always be my back, isn't it? An existence that allows anyone to touch it."
"I can't accept that anyone hurt him in my name. Not myself, nor anyone else."
This was actually said very clearly, but Kuroda acted as if she didn't hear it, she gritted her teeth, "I know you still think that what I said hurt him, I can tell you, the two of us talk I can tell you everything about it. We..."
Kaito shook his head, "There's no need. No matter what you talked about, the result is the same."
"I don't blame you, do you understand? I know that everything you do is out of love, so I won't blame you."
"only……"
"I just understand that no one can surpass him in my heart. Even if I have been trying to make myself like you for more than a month, I can't do it. His position in my heart can't even be shaken by myself."
"I know." Kuroda said: "I know everything, I don't mind these things, I believe we still have a long time, I guarantee that we will never..."
"Saori." Kaito interrupted her, "Saori, you are a smart person, you shouldn't deceive yourself like me."
There are some things he doesn't want to say, but he has to say at this point.
"You can see my intentions, and I don't want to hide anything. Saori..."
Kuroda interrupted him abruptly, "Kaito!"
Kaito continued on his own, "That's right, I like Shinichi, I've always liked him."
Kuroda took half a step back uncontrollably, as if he had been relieved, "Why do you insist on saying it. Just like before, can't we make it clear?"
Kaito sighed softly, "I have no other way. In fact, you understand, don't you, I still have him in my heart, as long as I can't forget him for a day, we can't really forget him."
He remembered the scene where he saw Kuroda talking with Shinichi just now, at that moment he suddenly felt very boring, extremely boring.
The person he likes, he can't be with him, but drags innocent people who have nothing to do with this matter into the water.
"This is wrong." He said: "We should start falling in love when we have nothing to worry about in each other's hearts, instead of using one person to forget the other."
"It's my fault. From the very beginning, I shouldn't have accepted your opinion, and I shouldn't have used your likes to heal my hurt heart."
"I'm sorry for you." He said apologetically, "But..."
"Let's stop here."
Kuroda tried his best to hold back the tears, and his whole body began to tremble.
Kaidou looks at her distressedly, this girl is all for him, but he can't give her what she wants, so he can only let go early, so as not to bring her more harm.
"You are a good girl and should not be dragged down by me. You should be with a better boy, someone who likes you."
Kuroda laughed, his laughter choked up, "Are you sending me a good card?"
Kaito laughed, "No way, what I said was sincere."
Kuroda sniffed, "Really, is it impossible?"
Kaito said nothing, just looked at her.
Kuroda looked at him for a while, and finally lowered his head, "Okay, I understand."
Kaito didn't want her to be too sad, so he said, "Actually, you are very nice, and I appreciate you very much, but I like men."
Kuroda blinked, "Is it because I didn't become a man?"
Kaito laughed, "Saori..."
"Okay, I get it." Kuroda said, "I was joking."
In an instant, she seemed to have regained her previous confident demeanor, but her red eyes betrayed her.
She looked at Kaito with a haughty expression, "You stinky men, you want to like men even though girls don't like them."
"You missed me today, it must be your loss!"
Kuai Douyan smiled, "Yes, it's my loss."
"It's boring!" She curled her lips, "It's okay to like a man, but you should like someone else, Kudo is unreliable."
Kaito reached out to rub her head, but Kuroda ducked, "Don't rub me casually! My new hairstyle!"
Kuaido was helpless, and finally patted her shoulder with his outstretched hand, "Okay, don't worry about it. It would be too embarrassing for you to help me find a boyfriend."
Kuroda nodded and said in a muffled voice, "I see."
She took a deep breath, looked up at Kaito, and said softly, "Then, I'm leaving?"
Kaito nodded, and he smiled softly, "Goodbye."
Kuroda whispered back, "Goodbye."
She turned around, tears bursting out at that moment, she didn't dare to let Kaito find out, so she could only hold back not to make a sound.
She is Kuroda Saori, the proud and confident Kuroda Saori, she will not show her vulnerability in front of anyone.
only……
After walking for a while, she turned her head and saw Kaito who was still standing there.
She has been chasing the light for half her life, and now she is going to chase the light that belongs to him.
She has gone through hardships, but still hopes that he can get what he wants.
The boy she loves, she only wishes that he can live a life free from worries.
-
The change in the attitudes of the two people is actually very obvious, and everyone discovered it within a day.
Someone came to ask Kaito, hoping to hear some gossip.Kaito actually thinks that as long as Kuroda is happy, it doesn't matter if he says he was dumped by her, but Kuroda is not that kind of vain girl, and he doesn't mind if he tells the truth.Of course it is impossible for him to say that.
So when someone came to ask him, he always answered: "After getting along for a while, I found that it was not suitable, so I didn't continue."
There are new gossips on campus every day. If it weren't for the two of them, a school girl and a school girl, this matter would not have attracted so much attention.But even so, it didn't take long for the matter to fade away from everyone's hearts.The days have returned to the way they were before, flat but orderly.
The sun and the moon rotate, the first snow flutters down, and winter in Tokyo has officially arrived.
Xinyi and Xiaolan walked side by side on the road, Xiaolan's hand was in Xinyi's coat pocket, she leaned on Xinyi intimately, and the two chatted without saying a word.
"Did Hattori look for you yesterday?" she asked.
Shinichi replied without thinking, "No."
"That's it." Xiaolan said: "He Ye came to me and wanted to ask us out to play. I have already told Yuanzi, let's talk to Qingzi some time, the eight of us will go out to play together again."
Xin paused, "Eight people?"
"That's right." Xiaolan was puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Xinyi said, "I just think that Kaito and Qingzi are not together yet. Would it be a little awkward to always ask them to go out with us, after all we are a couple."
Xiaolan smiled and said, "That's why I called them together. I thought that Heiyu already had a girlfriend, and I was sad for Qingzi for a long time, but since it was a false alarm, I should hurry up, lest Any more surprises?"
"Hey." She shook Shinichi, "You can help me spy and see what Kuroba thinks, I can't really let Qingzi take the initiative."
Shinichi frowned, "I..."
"Eh?" Xiaolan stared straight ahead, waved her hand, and shouted in surprise, "Qingzi, Heiyu!"
Not far away, the two heard her shout and came over, it was the protagonist they were talking about just now.
Xiaolan smiled and said, "I said just now that I would see you when I was free, but now it's a coincidence."
She rolled her eyes and smiled playfully, "Are you two dating? Am I bothering you?"
Qingzi smiled shyly, "Xiaolan, what are you talking about, Kaito and I met by chance, we just had a meal together at lunch time."
"I understand, I understand." Xiao Lan said with a meaningful smile, "It's all a coincidence."
"Then we're going to eat too, do you want to go together?"
"of course."
Qingzi complied, and the formation of several people became two girls in front and two boys behind.
The girls whispered in the front, while the boys walked bored behind.
Shinichi watched Kaito carefully from the corner of his eye, but Kaito remained calm.Thinking of Kaito's casual greeting when they first met, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Not wanting to spread the awkward atmosphere, he asked, "How are you doing recently?"
As soon as he asked this question, he felt a little silly. After all, the two of them went to class together every day, and logically speaking, they couldn't understand what happened to each other.
But the fact is, apart from the classroom, the two of them have no contact with each other.Not to mention walking side by side like now, ready to go to dinner together.
He suddenly felt a little sad.
"Very good." Kaito answered casually, "It's just that I've been a little busy preparing for the final exam recently."
He tilted his head slightly, smiling very naturally, without any ambiguity, "It seems like I haven't seen you for a long time."
Shinichi pursed his lips, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"You..." he asked, "How are you and Kuroda doing?"
Naturally, he had heard about it, but he still wanted to ask the person involved.
"You said Saori." Kaito said casually.
He yelled intimately, and Shinichi unconsciously clenched his hand.
"It's okay." Kaito said, "After talking for a while, it still didn't feel right, so I didn't continue."
Xin Yi relaxed, but said: "She likes you so much, how could it be inappropriate."
Kaito sneered, "Who said that if you like it, there will be results?"
The new one is slightly stagnant.
Kaito didn't want to talk to him about these things, so he said "I'm hungry" and strode forward.
The new one froze for a moment, then hurried up.
Because he met Kaito and the others suddenly, Shinichi forgot something very important, and he didn't realize it until he walked to the restaurant where he and Xiaolan wanted to eat.
He tugged at Xiaolan, and said in a low voice, "Let's change to another one."
Xiaolan was confused, didn't hear what he said, and was about to ask again, when Qingzi looked at her apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xiaolan, can you change to another one, Kuaidou doesn't eat fish."
"Ah?" Xiaolan looked at the grilled fish shop in front of her, then at Kaito, and said, "I'm sorry, Kuroba, I don't know..."
Kaito smiled indifferently, "It's okay, you don't know, so you don't need to apologize to me."
He is the best if he doesn't care about it, so Xiaolan is going to take everyone to another hot pot restaurant for dinner.
But when he left, he couldn't help complaining softly, "Xinyi, why didn't you tell me that Kuroba doesn't eat fish earlier."
Xinyi was slightly taken aback, could he say that he was the only one left in Kuai Dou's mind when he saw Kuai Dou, and he had already forgotten everything else?cannot.
He thought of a reason, and when he was about to explain, Qingzi said, "Kudou is a boy, so it's normal not to remember some details, Xiaolan, don't look outside."
Xiaolan smiled, "That's right."
Kaito also smiled, but there was a bit of self-mockery in his smile.
Shinichi's heart tightened when he heard that, did Kaito really think he didn't remember?Kaito remembers his likes and dislikes clearly, but he doesn't remember... It goes without saying which one is more attentive.
However, it was clearly not the case, but he couldn't explain it.
Shinichi's mood instantly changed.
Several people had their own concerns, but fortunately the hot pot restaurant was very close, and they arrived within a short distance.
Xiaolan sat on the seat waiting for the meal, and finally said what she had always wanted to say.
"Qingzi, Heiyu, and Ye Yue asked us to go skiing on Christmas, do you want to go together?"
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I finished another class today and have an exam next week.
Ugh……
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