[net king] dead leaves

After being promoted to the third grade, Kirihara Chi was not only once thankful that he was not the only one staying.

Even if that person doesn't play tennis.

After practice, Kirihara came to the sidelines to wait for water and towels as usual. Just when he remembered the recent personnel changes and wanted to stop, a junior handed them over for him.

"Ah, thanks." He scratched his head and accepted it a little embarrassedly.

"No! Minister, you are too polite!" said the first-year student who joined the tennis club because of his longing for Kirihara.

Recalling that half a year ago, Kirihara, who had just entered the third grade, had a terrible headache facing a bunch of freshmen's applications for admission to the department. At the same time, he was also troubled by the training of each department and the selection of the main candidates.

... For the last item, he even wanted all the members to fight him.

At that time, Jiang Caoyao couldn't see it, so he grabbed the application form in front of him and took over the job for him, and put on his glasses seriously to read it.

Kirihara looked up and saw that it was an acquaintance, and immediately snatched the application form back, shouting: "Return it to me quickly! This is the application for the tennis club, you, an outsider, don't touch it casually."

Jiang Cao easily dodged, "I came to help you because I saw that you were about to pluck out your hair, so forget it."

Kirihara weighed the pros and cons, but after thinking for a long time he couldn't come up with an answer.

Should I leave it to her, leave it to her, or leave it all to her.

"If the seniors are not here, it will be terrible for you to be the only one to deal with it. Yukimura-senpai knew it would turn out like this, so he asked me to take care of you more."

"Eh?"

"I mean I'm going to support you as the tennis manager, stupid Kelp."

"Who is kelp!"

"That's an idiot, right?"

At that time, Kirihara had no idea when Minister Yukimura had approached her to say this, and he didn't know why the minister would specifically seek her out.They knew each other because of themselves, and the number of conversations should be very few... He couldn't understand the reason why Minister Yukimura would ask Eso.

Also, why Jiang Cao, who has been reluctant to join the club for two years, is willing to come to the tennis club.

He couldn't guess what Minister Yukimura was thinking, but Egusa's words──

Is it because Director Yukimura is so charming...

He suddenly had the feeling that he was underestimated... Well, in fact, it is indeed a bit difficult for him to manage the entire tennis club by himself.Although I don't know how far Jiang Cao can help, at least it would be nice to have more odd jobs.

However, the opponent's strength was completely above his expectations.

In addition to the basic cleaning of the club room, preparation supplies, scoring, etc., Jiang Cao also surprisingly knows how to analyze the game, so as to find out where the club members need to improve, arrange various exercises, and is also very good at controlling The gang is full of personality.

Kirihara was stunned when he saw Ekusa who reported the results of sparring practice to him in a clear and logical manner.

"Minister, are you listening?" Jiang Cao raised his head and asked Kirihara halfway through the report.

"No." He replied bluntly, "Do you know tennis from Jiangyuan? Why don't I know anything about it?"

Seeing Kirihara, who was stupid and not conscious at all, Jiang Cao couldn't stand it any longer. He picked up the report and hit him on the head. Although the effect was not as good as Sanada's iron fist, it should still have some effect.

It's really like she spent the past two years in vain.

... He shouldn't think that seeing him practice is really just passing the time.

Kirihara immediately protested, "You violent woman!"

"Minister, are you looking for death?" Jiang Cao said through gritted teeth, and pushed the push report in front of him with one hand, "Forget it, I won't read it, you can read it yourself, I have marked the key points with a highlighter. After reading it yourself Let's figure it out, I'll go to the student union."

Kirihara originally wanted to catch her disrespecting the minister and educate her, but he gave up after hearing the curiosity in the end.

He asked instead, "Go to the student union?"

Jiang Caoben had already turned around to leave, but turned around when he heard Kirihara's stupid question, "Application for funding. If you want to continue using the holed net and crumbling lockers, then pretend I didn't say it."

Kirihara shook his head desperately.

Sorry to interrupt his manager's work, Kirihara scratched his head and left the department to continue practicing.

At this time, he thought he had understood the reason why Minister Yukimura asked her to come to the tennis club.

I don't know if the position of head of the tennis department is more popular. In the third grade, Kirihara found that many girls came to watch him practice, cheer him up, and some came to deliver sports drinks.Just like the former Minister Yukimura.

Just now Kirihara received a wristband from a girl.

He smiled and walked to the tennis court with a gift in his arms. Jiang Cao tapped his head with the scoreboard after seeing it.

"Stop smirking, hurry up and change your clothes and go to the field, the game is tomorrow, how can the minister not feel nervous at all."

Inexplicably disturbed, Kirihara said "cut" and planned to ignore his manager and go to the locker room to change clothes, but Jiang Cao suddenly turned his head and looked at him without speaking.

"What?" He stopped and asked her, his tone not very nice.

She slowly withdrew her gaze, "No, it's okay."

Perhaps it was the tacit understanding that he had known for many years, but Kirihara felt as if he could hear the loss from what she just said.

It was obviously the same tone as usual.

It's because of...the expression.

──Just now, she seemed very lethargic.

But Kirihara never thinks too much, especially this kind of question that has no answer, even if she asks herself, she will not tell him.

As soon as he was sweating all over the game, he put all the guilt behind him, and he was in a good mood after getting the new wristband, so he put it on right away, even the little episode with Jiang Cao before the game. Forget about it all, and fight with her as usual.

The other members felt that such a minister was too cruel.

"Our minister is such a person, so he can keep going forward." Jiang Cao said with a soft smile.

The others couldn't understand why she could still laugh at such a time.

After the training, Kirihara helped Eso tidy up the club room and went home together.

Originally, they lived in the same direction and occasionally met and walked together, but now they are both in the tennis club, leaving school at the same time, and they are together almost every day.

"I'm in good shape today, and I'm in a good mood. Is it because of the new wristbands?" Jiang Cao asked Kirihara who was walking in front.

Kirihara turned around when he heard that, and stretched out his hand with a smile on his face, "Did you find it? I got it from a girl from the younger generation today. She said she hoped I could use it in the competition!" He even changed back to his school uniform after practice. He didn't take off his wristband after that.

"It's not just me, everyone has discovered it." Jiang Cao smiled, "Because you are too excited today, the whole person is as sunny as a sunflower, and you can't hide your emotions too much."

Thinking back to the scene when he was working in the part, Kirihara still didn't feel that he was overly excited.

So he immediately retorted, "I'm not sunny! What kind of nonsense did you use as a top student... But Jiang Cao, how do you know that I'm happy because I got a new wristband?"

"Because you didn't take it off after practice, so it's hard not to see it, right?" Jiang Cao said with a beating expression that his IQ needs to be charged.

As expected, this remark made Kirihara furious again.

That's good, so that he won't think about it and expose her lies.

Jiang Cao had actually discovered it earlier, when he changed into his tracksuit.

Because the old wristband was a gift she gave him when he was first elected.There are English initials of his name on the wristband, which she sewed on stitch by stitch.

At that time, he was no less happy to receive that gift than he is now.

"I will wear this wristband to sleep tonight, and I will never take it off!" After speaking, Kirihara started to giggle again as if thinking of something.

"What's the use of telling me about this kind of thing..." She complained angrily, "Then you plan to keep taking it off in the shower?"

Kirihara's expression told Jiang Cao that he hadn't thought about this situation at all.

"Just take it off in the shower...but I will definitely wear it at other times!" Kirihara emphasized again, then looked up and saw that he had arrived at his home, so he said to Jiang Cao, "Then see you at the meeting place tomorrow!"

"Well, see you tomorrow." Jiang Cao waved to him.

After Kirihara entered the house and closed the door, she suddenly lost her strength and sat down on the ground, and exhaled.

She thought she could bear it until she got home.

Looking up at the curtains in Kirihara's room, she realized that she hadn't seen it opened for a long time, and she hadn't seen the seaweed head sticking out to tell her "go home carefully".

Akira Kirihara, who has always been like a child, has grown up after all, although he has not yet noticed it.

She waited for so long but only waited for this result.

Then what is she?

Fortunately, it's not too long, just a few years, so give it to him.At first she thought he would not understand until at least high school.

It seems that whether it is Yukimura-senpai or her, they are all wrong, completely wrong.

You can't believe what the top students say...

Since then, Jiang Cao found that the junior would come to the tennis club to watch Kirihara practice from time to time, and occasionally he would wave his hand to her.

She would know that junior because he was the type who couldn't hide any thoughts at all, and it didn't take long for him to confess everything to her, including that he liked that junior.

At that time, Jiang Cao told him that if he asked her, he could help him find a way to chase girls.

Fortunately, Kirihara didn't really ask her for help, otherwise it would have turned into a bloody plot like a TV series.

He said: "Now is the most important period for the tennis club, so there is no time to think about other things. Even if you want to... then at least wait until the national competition is over!"

Hearing what he said, she just smiled, "You really have the self-consciousness of a minister. Then next time, don't just focus on being handsome and even fail to catch an ordinary chop."

Recalling the old incident made him blush, "Jiang Cao, don't mention it again!"

It was agreed to put the tennis club first, and Kirihara really followed suit, but the news about the two of them almost spread throughout the tennis club.

In the words of the members, it is──

"The minister has been flirting with her for so long, how could he not know?"

Because of this, Jiang Cao submitted an application to Kirihara to retire after the national competition.

"Jiangcao! Are you going to retire? Why?" Kirihara grabbed her shoulder excitedly.

"I was just here to help you for the sake of friendship with you. Now that the national competition is over, I will retire. You are about to prepare for the exam. Leave the tennis club to the younger generation." She patted Pat him on the shoulder.

He was still dissatisfied, "But... why don't you finish the last few months? Anyway, you don't have to come back often."

Faced with Kirihara's persuasion, Jiang Cao was a little shaken.

She lowered her head to take a deep breath, then raised her head, "Minister, I'm giving you a chance to be with that lovely junior, if you stay with me all the time, you will make him run away."

Thinking of the person he likes, Kirihara also hesitated a little.

This moment of hesitation hurts.

Jiang Cao took the opportunity to gently push him away, "Then go ahead."

Although it was only half a year, the departure of the manager always made the staff a little sad, especially when everyone was spoiled by her.

Although Jiangcao is very strict with everyone in practice and training, she takes good care of other aspects. Basically, she has prepared what they need without their asking, and she is also very concerned about their health.

But when they thought that Jiang Cao was already a third grader and would leave sooner or later, and it was an important time to prepare for the exam, they didn't make any further attempts to keep him.

Their manager is a top student, unlike their own minister who only has the strongest athlete.

Maybe next year she will appear in the auditorium of the Higher Ministry as a student representative.

During Jiang Cao's absence, Kirihara was able to get along with the younger generation smoothly, and it was almost time for him to leave after the election of a new minister.

So in fact, Jiang Cao's absence doesn't have much impact on him, and all the gaps will be filled by someone.

By the time he found out, Jiangcao had almost disappeared from his life.

"Perhaps you are busy studying? After all, there is not much time left before the exam, and Akaya-senpai is going to work hard to get into Lihai! Yukimura-senpai and the others are waiting for you in the tennis club of the high school."

"That's right. But it's hard to see Koyuki after entering high school."

"I'll do my best in the coming year too! Don't worry, Akaya-senpai!"

Kirihara patted her head lovingly.

Maybe he and Jiang Cao can be in the same class in high school, so they can go back to how they were before.

The friendship of almost ten years, he didn't believe it would be broken like this.

It's a pity that he didn't know that she would not be promoted to Lihai's senior department.

Even with her grades, it is not difficult to pass the exam.

In fact, Okamoto Yuki had gone to Jiang Cao when Kirihara confessed to her. At that time, she learned that she would be admitted to a foreign school.

Lihai is the best school in this area and even in Kanagawa.

In terms of her grades, it's a pity.

"It's not a pity at all." Jiang Cao said to her at the time, "I study so hard to help him with tutoring. If I don't master the knowledge in the classroom, I can't teach others. Gradually, I became a student in the grade. Several former."

Eso's understated tone made Okamoto excited, "But schools other than Lihai... Seniors don't need to do this!"

Jiang Cao just shook her head, "Listen well, everything I do is for myself. It won't do any good for me to study like that now, why don't I relax a little bit?"

Okamoto was speechless, and what the people in front of her seemed to say didn't matter to her.

Except for one person.

"Then... what about Senior Kirihara? Are you leaving him? Aren't you very good friends?"

Jiang Cao's smile faltered.

"My position will naturally be filled by other people, not just you, but also the seniors in the tennis department of the senior department... He won't feel lonely." She smiled again, "And if I stay by his side again, it's hard to protect him. He won't find that I like him. For the sake of friendship for many years, he will be very troubled... Why should I do this kind of thing that makes me unhappy and makes him unhappy?"

Such a natural excuse...

Okamoto Xue didn't ask any further, it was exposing other people's scars.

She didn't have such a big hatred with her.

Regardless of whether it was Jiang Cao's sincere words, or Okamoto Yuki's reasons perfunctory, until Kirihara did not find her name on the whiteboard of the class half a year later, it was proved that it was wrong.

Everything that Jiang Cao brought to Kirihara was made up by others.

Okamoto Snow went shopping with him and watched him play video games; seniors helped him with tutoring and taught him homework; everyone in the tennis club went forward and retreated with him and shared the joy of victory...

But there is still a corner in his heart, which only needs to be filled by Jiang Caoyao.

Not for any reason.

The author has something to say:

I love childhood sweethearts who can’t get together so much -_-‖

Originally I wanted to write about Ryoma and Sakura, because some settings were not written... Even though I changed it to seaweed, I still didn't write it