[Black Basket] Daydream

Beans of sweat slid along the arc of the face to the chin, and then hit the floor heavily.

Every breath seems to affect the heart and lungs, causing severe pain. The blood is rushing all over the body and can't stop. He can only support his knees and wobble to support himself not to fall.

At least in front of this person, he doesn't want to admit defeat!

Even raising his neck took all his strength, Shimabara opened his eyes blurred by sweat, and looked up at the person in front of him.

Qingfeng held the basketball in one hand, his face against the light looked more cloudy and uncertain, he just breathed a little harder, looking relaxed.

"What's the matter, can't this work?" Shimabara's voice sounded indescribably contemptuous and mocking.

Biting his lip, Shimabara's eyes burned with flames: "It's still early, come again!"

"Oh, it's interesting if you're full of energy, otherwise it would be too boring." Aomine was finally aroused a little interest, he threw the basketball to Shimabara and watched him catch it neatly, but his footsteps were slowed down by excessive physical exertion Unsteady, with an arrogant smile on the corner of his mouth, "But I think you can't even stand firmly."

"You don't need to worry about it!"

Kise, who was practicing on another court, couldn't help secretly observing the movement there, but was intercepted by the defensive Midorima, and stopped with a helpless smile: "Ah, I'm sorry, little Midorima, I was distracted gone."

"Even if you don't lose your mind, you still can't break through my defense." Midorima pushed his glasses and snorted coldly.

"Don't say that... Hey Xiaolujian, is it like this when I usually have a one-on-one with Xiaoqingfeng?"

"What's it like?" Midorima asked back puzzledly, only then did he understand Kise's intentions, and after thinking about it for a while, he answered seriously, "If you are one-on-one with you, Aomine's attitude is much more serious than now, but the momentum is unexpected What's the matter, did Aomine and Shimabara have friction before?"

In the previous sleepover, he had already realized that Midorima was unreliable in terms of EQ, and Kise naturally didn't have much hope for him, and dealt with his doubts indiscriminately, Kise turned his attention back to the one-on-one two.

...No, it's not so much a one-on-one, but Aomine's unilateral crushing of Shimabara.

As a highly anticipated newcomer, one can imagine the extent of the blow.

"What's wrong, are you crying?"

After the training, Kise waited until the team members cleaned up and left, and came to the pool behind the gymnasium, and found Shimabara.

Kise yelled from behind, Shimabara wiped his face with his arm in a panic and turned his head away, washing his face vigorously with water from the tap to hide the tears.

What greeted Kise's eyes were his red and swollen eye sockets and unstoppable tears, pitifully like an abandoned puppy.

"Hey, are you crying so badly?" Kise smiled and threw him a towel, watching him wipe it carelessly, "I guess you'll be here."

"Kise-senpai also... came to see the jokes of my overconfident kid?" Shimabara was sobbing and trying to be brave.

"Ah? No, no, no." Kise didn't know what kind of nerve he was, and suddenly he was very confided, and regardless of Shimabara's somewhat wary eyes, he said to himself, "Actually, this place I'm also very familiar, don't look at me being so handsome, I would occasionally come here and cry."

His smile faded slowly: "After being defeated by Xiao Qingfeng, I can only hide here and cry. That's right, it's just like you now."

By the way, why did you come to persuade him so kindly?

Probably...he was too similar to him before.

"Eh? Even Kise-senpai from the era known as a miracle..." Shimabara looked at him in disbelief.

"I can't help it, because Xiaoqingfeng is too strong. But even so, I have never been prepared to give up. The goal of defeating him in basketball... I have never given up."

"Well, although I can persuade you in this way on basketball, I advise you to give up on the issue of Kurin-chan." Kise said here, and changed the subject, "The relationship between Kurin-chan and Xiao Qingfeng Very good, it is also very stressful to pursue a girl with a boyfriend, you should think about it carefully, this is my advice to you as a senior~"

Time passed quietly, the cherry blossoms went from blooming to withering, and the weather gradually became hotter. The girls also changed their woolen socks back to ordinary cotton socks, and their naked/exposed skin had a youthful luster.

Contrary to the climate that is getting brighter and brighter, Jiuli's mood is getting worse and worse as it enters May, and occasionally when he is dazed, his face also has a cold and sad look.

There are still two months before the national competition. As the champion of the previous year's national competition, Diguang can directly participate in the quarter-finals of the regional competition.Seeing that the regional competition is just around the corner, as the undoubted super giant in the middle school basketball world, even if they don't look down on the regional competition, the training of the basketball team is still going on with double the intensity.

Aomine's condition is a little bit bad. He has always paid attention to training, and occasionally he will skip training with the excuse of "accidentally overslept".

"That guy Ada is too lazy recently." Momoi complained to Jiuli like this, "If Jiu-chan has time, he must give him a good lesson, and he must not be soft-hearted!"

"Hmm..." Kuri replied absent-mindedly.

"How long are you going to put on such a bitter expression?!"

When he was packing his schoolbag after school, Jiuli took out his mobile phone to check the time, but found that the mobile phone had automatically shut down because the battery was exhausted.She sighed slightly, but Mizuno patted her on the head with a book rolled into a tube: "Ah, it hurts."

"What's wrong with you recently? Have you suffered from May disease again? It's been like this since the first grade. Your May disease is too serious."

"It will be fine after five months... Qianxue doesn't have to worry about me." Jiuli murmured and complained in a low voice, "It hurts so much from the beating on the head."

"Tsk, I really can't watch it anymore. Now, this is for you." Mizuno said while throwing a movie ticket, "I remember you have been looking forward to the release of this movie for a long time, and finally bought the premiere Tickets, let’s go to the movies together today, don’t think about being sick in May.”

Jiuli took the ticket, looked at Mizuno and smiled, "Qianxue is so considerate, thank you."

"Whispering! This time I finally got ahead of your boyfriend, right? Hurry up and pack your schoolbags and go to the movies. Your time today is mine, and whoever comes to grab it will kill you!" Mizuno shouted, waving his fist. I got up, and then I couldn't help laughing, "As long as it makes you happy..."

Do you want to be ahead of Dahui... Forget it, the two of them are not in a good state recently, and she doesn't have the extra energy to watch his games. The boyfriend who has always been careless... Maybe even she hasn't been in a bad mood recently Notice it.

Jiuli sped up his movements, carried his bag and walked out of the classroom side by side with Mizuno. The dark clouds that weighed heavily on his heart these days were finally gently pushed away by a plain hand, and even his steps became a little easier.

Because there is Mizuno with her, and everyone, so it will be possible...

Jiuli's footsteps suddenly slowed down, she hesitated for a moment, but she still encouraged herself, tilted her head and looked at Mizuno beside her: "Qianxue, actually I don't have May disease, I'm in a bad mood because..."

The sunlight that slanted in from the windows in the corridor scattered all over the place, and the setting sun in the distance was as bright red as the blood of a god.

With the sound of slowly approaching footsteps, Akashi's figure appeared from the corner ahead, his expression was a little serious for some reason, and he happened to see Kurashi and Mizuno standing in the corridor.

"Exactly, Kuli, I have something to tell you." Akashi said in a low voice, "Is your cell phone dead? They can't reach you, so they will find me to help convey it."

"They?" What he wanted to say was interrupted by Akashi's appearance, and Kuri was stunned for a while, "...Is it them? But isn't it next week, why did you contact me today..."

Jiu Li muttered in confusion, and looked at Mizuno apologetically: "Qianxue, wait for me a moment, Zheng-kun has something to tell me."

"Yeah." Mizuno nodded, thought of something again, and grabbed Jiu Li's hand, "But it's agreed, let's go to the movies this afternoon."

"..." Jiuli paused, then nodded slowly, but squeezed out a few words, "If possible, definitely."

After speaking, she pushed Mizuno's hand away and walked towards Akashi.

Mizuno watched Kurashi and Akashi go a little farther away, whispering something, and then Kurashi's face became more and more ugly, and finally she looked at her, with a hint of apology in her water-blue pupils.

She could see Jiuli's surprise when she saw the movie ticket, her happy expression when she was walking in the corridor, and her firm eyes when she was about to tell her something just now.

She knew that Jiu Li also wanted to go to the movies with her, and also wanted to walk arm in arm with her and chat on the street, she knew everything.

But there was still an unbearable anger burning from the heart, scorching her reason.

Jiuli nodded to show that he understood, and looked at Mizuno who was waiting beside him: "Qianxue..."

Mizuno suppressed the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth and said, "I have to say sorry again, I'm sorry, can't you be with me today?"

Seeing her acquiescence, Mizuno suddenly gave up, she sighed deeply, then raised her head and stared straight at Jiuli: "Jiuri, I just want to make you happy."

Kuri felt that she couldn't even say "sorry", and she knew that she had said too many similar things to Mizuno.

But even though she didn't know what to say, she still spoke up, no matter what it was, at least let her know, at least let Qian Renxue know...

"It's really urgent this time, and I can't get out. Qianxue, I'm really sorry."

"Oh, what's the matter? I'm so anxious that I even want to grab the time for a movie. I'm so anxious that I have to do it this afternoon. I'm so anxious that you are the same as before. As long as Akashi-kun says a few words, you can talk to him directly. Go, leave me here."

Jiu Li thought for a while, organized his words, and explained the reason: "...It's my relatives. They came to see me and they will return to their hometown in the countryside soon, so I need to go home to see them immediately."

"I've never heard Jiuli mention her family. Not only her family, but also her own affairs are rarely mentioned." The reason given by Jiuli made Mizuno feel even more uncomfortable, "You don't tell me anything , Kurashi."

"Don't tell me anything, you don't want me to get close to you at all. Not just me, but Momoi, and even Aomine, you have no, no intention of letting anyone get close to you, right? Except for Akashi, you don't even Not going to accept anyone, are you?"

Kuri was so overwhelmed by her aggressive questioning that she turned her head subconsciously and saw Akashi standing not far behind her.He put his arms on the window sill, and looked out the window lightly, as if he didn't notice the dispute between her and Mizuno.

But as long as he stood there, he gave her infinite courage, Jiuli said: "Qianxue, I know my reasons are difficult for you to accept, but please believe that I treat you sincerely, we are friends, aren't we?"

"And I can tell you what you want to know. That relative rarely comes to see me, so I have to go to meet him today. Anyway, give me time, I also want to come to you—— "

"If you think so, don't always obey Akashi-kun like this, how about resisting for me or yourself once in a while?"

Jiuli remembered what Akashi had conveyed just now, and made up his mind: "Today's matter, there is no way to push it away, I need to get over it."

"Okay then." Mizuno waved her hand feebly, she looked at Jiuli with cold eyes, "You will regret it sooner or later."

As she said this, she picked up her backpack and strode past Jiuli, without even looking at Akashi, her slender figure quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Without looking at Mizuno's movements, Akashi withdrew his gaze from the window and looked at Kurashi: "It's getting late."

"Ah, then I'll go down now, is the driver waiting at the door?"

"It's Kurihara driving, on the road opposite the door." Akashi touched the top of Kuri's head, "Go and see them first, and we'll talk about it when we get home at night."

His voice became very gentle, and Jiuli almost wanted to cry for a moment, but he held back.

The private car was parked at the gate of the campus, which was almost empty of personnel, and Jiuli could easily find it.Getting into the back seat, Jiuli greeted the man beside him: "Uncle, long time no see."

"Well, long time no see, Jiuli has grown taller again, she has become a beautiful little girl." Jiuli's uncle nodded and said politely, "Meihui, hurry up and say hello to my sister."

Sitting on her father's lap, Mei Hui blinked her eyes and said crisply, "Hello, sister."

"Mei Hui has also grown a lot taller, time flies so fast."

After these routine greetings, the carriage fell into silence, and the atmosphere was so embarrassing that Kurihara, who was driving, coughed several times uncomfortably.

Jiuli's uncle was the first to speak: "Well... I brought Mie to Tokyo for a physical examination today, and suddenly realized that my sister's death day will be three days later. Although it was a little impolite, it was still a bit troublesome to get from us to Tokyo, so I took the sacrifice without authorization. The time of worship has been brought forward to today, and I haven't had time to discuss it with you in advance, I'm really sorry."

"No, since uncle himself doesn't mind, of course I have no objection."

"Because there are too many people in the hospital, and Meihui just finished her checkup, the time is indeed a little tight." In order to ease the atmosphere, he said "haha" twice as self-deprecating, "I hope I didn't disturb your class. "

"Where, I just got out of class." Jiu Li looked at her with a serious look, answering all questions.

Although because of this matter, she had a dispute with Mizuno, which even deepened the conflict between the two.

But Jiu Li knew that it was his own problem, and the appearance of his uncle was just a fuse.But what she couldn't understand was why Mizuno still couldn't accept it even though she told the reason frankly.

Maybe it was because he was too embarrassed, but after explaining the reason why he was here today, Jiuli's uncle continued to remain silent, staring out the window in a daze.

On the contrary, the little girl Meihui who was sitting in his arms was very excited, lying on the car window watching the passing street scene outside the window, occasionally yelling loudly.

"Dad! Look, look, what a big Ferris wheel, is there a playground? Next time you and mom will bring Meihui to play, okay?"

"Dad! There's Uncle Xiong blowing out balloons on the side of the road, they're so big!"

"Ice cream! There's ice cream!"

After talking about it, he simply hugged Meihui tightly and scolded in a low voice: "Okay Meihui, don't make noise!"

Mei Hui pouted her mouth, her round eyes were clouded with water, seeing that her father really ignored her, she could only choke and stopped talking.

My uncle and my mother didn't have any feelings for each other. The relationship between the two was not good since childhood. Later, my mother, who was an older sister, was admitted to a school in Tokyo, while my uncle, who was a younger brother, inherited his parents' house in the country and married into a family in a neighboring county. of a woman.

Later, my mother married my father, and the two of them worked very hard to buy a house in Tokyo. They had less and less contact with their uncle in the country. Almost every year, they sent postcards and called each other out of courtesy only during Chinese New Year, usually in a hurry. Just hang up the phone.

After her parents passed away, her only relative was this uncle whom she had hardly met.

But they only meet once a year, that is, in May, on the anniversary of the death of their parents, my uncle will bring my aunt and children to Tokyo to visit their graves.

And this year, why not take advantage of the troublesome things that I have to do every year when I bring my children to the hospital in Tokyo?

With an unknown and complicated psychology in mind, Jiuli and his uncle finished offering incense, placed fruit and sake in front of the tomb, and after simply cleaning the tombstone, several people finished sweeping the tomb.

On the way back, Jiu Li looked at the uncle beside him, his expression could be regarded as dull, as if he was executing a procedure that had to be completed.

Not really disappointed, Jiuli felt that she might be going numb too, and she couldn't express any other emotions, so she cast her eyes out of the window.

A small shop passing by, with blue icebergs painted on the white signboard.Jiuli called to stop, got out of the car under the suspicious eyes of her uncle and Meihui, and when she got back into the car, she had an extra big ice cream in her hand.

Several big balls of ice cream of various colors were piled on top of the cone, and the chocolate sauce was slightly melted, exuding air-conditioning in the warmer weather.Under Meihui's shining eyes, Jiuli handed her the ice cream: "Meihui, eat."

"Thank you sister!" Mei Hui cheered, ignoring her father's hesitant expression, she took it and took several bites, showing a happy expression, "It's delicious~"

"...Thank you, Kuli." In the end, Kuli's uncle could only thank you.

"It's okay, it's what it should be." Jiuli didn't show any expression, she rubbed Meihui's hair and sat quietly on the side.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the dim light illuminates the fine dust in the air, and the golden fine dust floats and dances in the air.The car whizzed by, smashing into the clouds of fine dust.

When they came a few years ago, Kuri would take them to the station and take a bus, and then the driver would take them back to Akashi's house.But this time, maybe she was too tired, maybe her uncle's behavior made her feel that it didn't matter if she didn't follow the superficially polite procedures, and Kuri asked Li Yuan to send herself home first, and then let him go to see her uncle off alone. Go to the station with Meihui.

The car stopped in front of Akashi's house, and Kuri got out of the car with her schoolbag. Mie, who had just finished eating ice cream, lay on the car window reluctantly: "Sister, can I play with you next time I come to Tokyo?"

"Okay." Jiuli nodded slightly, and said goodbye to his uncle, "Then uncle, I'll go first, be careful on the way."

The car drove away slowly, and Meihui stuck her head out of the car window and looked back, her big eyes fixed on Jiuli who was standing at the door, she stretched out her delicate little arms and waved: "Next time I will come to play with my sister ~ goodbye sister ~"

Maybe it's better for you not to come again.

Looking at the leaving car shadow, Jiuli thought coldly that she felt spurned by herself.

She turned around and walked into Akashi's house, seeing the familiar furnishings and the butler who came forward to take her schoolbag, she felt that the exhaustion that was about to overwhelm her rushed over her, and even her walking steps faltered.

Staggeringly pushing open the door, the chandelier on the roof has been turned on, reflecting colorful light through the decorated crystals.

Akashi was sitting in front of the desk, looking down at a book, and when he heard the sound of Kuri's return, he turned his gaze: "You're back, Kuri."

"Hmm." With a low reply, Jiuli closed the door and sat down slowly against the wall, "Zheng-kun, I'm so tired..."

Akashi stood up and walked in front of Kurashi, looking down at her, the shadow cast by the chandelier on the roof made him look a bit dark.He reached out a hand, grabbed Yuri's arm, and pulled her up.

"Go take a shower first, don't think about anything." Contrary to his expression, his voice was gentle and soft.

Kurashi nodded, put her schoolbag and the contents of her uniform pockets on the bed, charged her phone, and obediently walked into the bathroom.After a while, the blue frosted glass door was covered with mist.

Akashi continued to sit back at the desk, flipping through Kurashi's reference book.

After a few minutes, Jiuli's mobile phone, which was charging beside the bed, buzzed and vibrated.

Kuri walked out of the bathroom brushing her hair just in time to see Akashi put her phone back beside the bed.

"What's the matter?" After taking a bath, his already tired body became heavier, and Jiuli couldn't help yawning, feeling drowsy, "Is there a call for me?"

"It's Mizuno Chiyuki's call. I answered it for you. It's all right now." Akashi said lightly, "You're too tired, go to sleep for a while."

Jiuli staggered to the side of the bed, plopped down on the bed, rubbed the soft quilt, and the ending sound was drawn out because of exhaustion: "Hey... If you sleep now, you won't be able to sleep at night..."

"It's okay, I'll wake you up." Akashi leaned over and took away the wet towel covering her head, and threw a dry towel over again, "I'll be with you, go to sleep."

After wiping her hair with a towel, Kuri kicked off her slippers, squirmed towards the bed like a caterpillar, and laid her dead body on the bed.

"Zhengjun, what do you think I should do..."

Jiuli was half asleep and half awake, and asked in a daze: "I can explain it to Qianxue... But why doesn't she listen..."

"It's not necessary." Akashi said in a deep voice, the boy deliberately lowered his voice with a bewitching color, "She doesn't understand you, there is no need to explain to her. You have worked very hard, and you can only cross that threshold People who are suitable for you, isn’t Momoi just fine?”

"May?"

"But Mizuno can't." Akashi concluded, "Don't think so much, I'm by your side, Kuri. You don't need her anymore."

"But..." Jiuli closed her eyes, but a few tears wet her eyelashes, she struggled to wake up, "Zheng-kun..."

Akashi brushed away the bangs sticking to her forehead with one hand, and wiped her sweat: "Sleep, Kuri."

At this time, the phone next to the pillow was turned on again, and the contact request from Momoi Itsuki kept beating on the screen.

Akashi took it over, quickly pressed the call, and then edited a text message to reply to her: "Kuri is asleep."

He took a photo of Jiuli's sleeping face, and sent it with a text message.

Momoi responded very quickly with a series of "★v★yoooooooo~~~".

In the photo, Jiu Li has fallen into sleep. Although there are still tears on his face, his expression is very peaceful and peaceful.Akashi stroked her hair, and sure enough, following his movements, Kuri's brows slowly relaxed.

"Let Kuri choose between you and me, what a ridiculous declaration of war, Mizuno Chiyuki."

Kuri once thought about what she would be like if Akashi's father hadn't adopted her at that time, she didn't have such a favorable environment, and she didn't meet Akashi Seijuro.

The first time I saw Akashi was still in the hospital, and Akashi's father brought the little Akashi to the hospital to visit her.

She was lying on the bed half awake at the time, and the police who came to investigate showed her photos with strangers' heads printed on them, allowing her, as a very small number of survivors, to find herself among the huge number of people who were confirmed dead. relatives.

Because the impact was coming from her left side, Jiuli could hardly hear a sound in her left ear, and her eyesight was also slightly affected. The seriously injured left eye was tied with a bandage, and the blue eyeball on the right stared blankly. Looking at the photo, motionless.

"Little girl, is this person your relative?" Seeing that Jiu Li didn't respond, the police changed the photo again, regardless of the nurse's persuasion, "Her memory has not fully recovered, and she can't recognize her. Let her rest for a while." ", continued to ask her, "If it is, nod, if not, shake your head."

Jiuli didn't blink her eyes, her gaze seemed to fall on the photo, or it seemed to pass directly through the photo, staring blankly into the void.

"This is really not allowed, Mr. Police, the child is still so young, please don't ask such irritating questions again!" The nurse was finally annoyed, she stood in front of Jiuli forcefully, and turned the policeman out Pushing, "Until she recovers, please don't come here!"

"If you interfere with official duties, it will be difficult for us here." The policeman also showed a hint of embarrassment, "We don't want to do this, but in order for the children to find their parents as soon as possible, this is the only way. Most of the deceased’s documents were damaged and could not be identified at all... have no other relatives come to visit her?”

"...Not yet, she doesn't speak, she has lost her memory, and we don't know if she has any relatives."

Akashi followed behind his father and walked to the ward just in time to hear their conversation.He knew that his father would take him to see the child who was his right-hand man and friend, and his father had already revealed his willingness to adopt that child. After all, he would live in Akashi's house in the future, and Akashi thought he had to understand it well. Only in the case of that child.

"Is Ogata Kuri in this ward?" Akashi's father asked, and he calmly dealt with the nurses and policemen who suddenly became agitated and hurriedly said something, "I am her father's friend, and the job of identifying the deceased will be left to you." Give it to me. And I need to know her current condition."

Saying this, he signaled Akashi to go into the ward to see Kurashi.

Akashi nodded and pushed open the door. It was the time when the noon sun was brightest, and the red, white and pink geraniums placed on the window sill were surrounded by blooming flowers, exuding a sweet and strong floral fragrance.

The girl lying on the hospital bed was completely covered under the quilt, and her exposed arms and head were wrapped in bandages that were as pale as the same color as the hospital bed, and her face had almost merged with this paleness.Only a water-blue eye with a different color tone was exposed, but it was dull, like a glass ball rolling several times on the ground.

Akashi walked to the hospital bed and looked down at the girl who was about his age.

It was supposed to be a beautiful face, but the hair was shaved and pitted because of the need for surgery. At first glance, it seemed very ridiculous, but then it was sad.

"Her name is Ogata Kuri." The father who was standing behind him whispered at some point, he knelt down and stroked Kuri's hair, which was long and short, and where the scalp was still exposed, and he couldn't help sighing. "Seijuro, she will be a member of the Akashi family from now on."

The author has something to say: After hesitating for a long time, I consolidated the rest of the content and put it all up, as an apology to the girls for asking for leave...

Contradictions have almost appeared, Kuri and Mizuno and Akashi, Aomine and basketball, after the conflict between Kuri and Aomine, Aomine and Akashi appeared in the later stage, and then push the conflict to the highest "bang" outbreak... that is the end of Teiko It's time.

【written request for leave】:

I will ask for leave from today, and I will resume the update when I go home on 7.3, and I will update it during the summer vacation. I hope the girls will not abandon me by then [Erkang hand]