[Comprehensive] Kazuya's happy life

"...So brother, you really did it?"

"Hmm →_→"

"Eh……"

"...What kind of expression is that on your face!"

"Hmm... a proud expression?"

"Why are you asking me the other way around?!"

"Because you look like you don't believe me, brother."

"That's because your tone sounds unbelievable?!"

"can you?"

"Ha ha."

——Tatsuya simply didn't want to talk to his brother anymore.

If I knew it earlier, I wouldn’t be so honest, Kazuya asked me what he said, see, I was teased by this guy again ==+

He glared at Kazuya angrily.

He also laughed.

"Don't be angry, brother." He paused the movement of picking up the vegetables in his hand, turned his head to Tatsuya, with a serious face, "I'm really proud that you can take this step on your own initiative!"

"—Even if you didn't clearly say the word 'like' to Xiao Nan until the end."

Tatsuya: "......"

Do you dare call this pride? !Are you sure it's not a patch?

His face was dark.

Yes, he was indeed cowardly at the last moment, the word "like" swirled back and forth in his throat for a long time, but he couldn't say it no matter what.

But before that, didn't he also take a lot of decent actions?

"Brother, did you mean that you took the initiative to reach out and hold Xiao Nan's hand while the lights were out? Or did you mean that when the movie ended, other audiences left their seats and walked out of the auditorium one after another, but the two of you still blushed and the other remained silent? Silly holding hands and sitting in the same position, and then almost being forced to leave by the staff?"

Kazuya simply put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand this time, supported his chin with one hand, and looked at Tatsuya with a face of helplessness or hatred:

"Since brother, you also know that it is rare to create such a good opportunity, so it is so difficult to say 'I like you, go out with me'?"

"Obviously Xiaonan is willing to hold hands with you. What does this imply, don't you understand?"

"I……"

"I know. Brother, you just feel shy, you just feel like 'like', 'association', such words, if you say them to Xiao Nan, it will make people feel weird, as if they are particularly awkward, Right?"

"..." - that's right.

Tatsuya twitched his lips.

Kazuya sighed silently as he looked at his awkward and listless look.

"Brother, you just haven't gotten used to it? These changes are happening."

"……Change?"

"No longer staring at Xiao Nan with the eyes of looking at her childhood sweetheart, no longer being indifferent to her gradually blooming girlish charm, no longer caring about any opposite sex who approaches her, no longer being the same as before Get along with her unscrupulously and without taboos..."

"I'm talking about this change."

"When facing these changes, you will feel both anticipation and a little scary, as if you can see a clear boundary in front of you, just imagine a little bit what will happen after crossing the boundary, somehow All of a sudden it feels really scary."

"Because brother, you must have noticed that once you cross the past, everything may become different from before. It separates the boundary between the past and the present."

"—Or to put it bluntly, it is the boundary between the elder brother who is a boy and Xiao Nan's childhood sweetheart, and the elder brother who is a man and Xiao Nan's possible future lover."

When He Ye said this, his tone was low, "That's the so-called 'responsibility'."

"Brother, you probably aren't ready to take on it yet?"

"..." Da Ye stared blankly at him without replying.

Kazuya looked at him calmly for two seconds, and suddenly burst out laughing:

"I lied to you."

"……what?!"

"Well. Although it seems to make sense, I'm actually lying to you."

"Brother, you can understand that I have been talking nonsense in a serious manner just now."

While talking, Kazuya picked up the bowls and chopsticks that he put down before.

"There is no need to think about things like falling in love, whether there is no change, no qualification, no qualification, no responsibility, no responsibility."

"We are still children. Of course we have the right to do whatever we want."

"It doesn't hurt anyone to hurt anyone when a child falls in love. There is no need to consider such complicated issues."

"Brother, you may indeed care too much about unknown changes, so you subconsciously don't want to break the current situation immediately."

"But that doesn't mean you've done anything wrong."

"Because Xiao Nan looks very happy."

"If you're going to ask my opinion, I think that's enough."

As he said, he stretched out his chopsticks and stuffed a meatball into Tatsuya's slightly opened mouth——

"So eat well now. When Xiao Nan comes back, don't let her see how stupid you are."

"……what?!"

As the last sentence came out of his mouth, Tatsuya immediately became furious.

"What do you mean by being stupid? Stupid!" He chewed the meatball twice and swallowed hard, a huge blue vein appeared on his forehead, "Kazuya-kun, you are very arrogant today! You have been there since just now Talking to myself..."

He also looked innocent when he heard the words:

"Eh? Isn't it because my brother has finished what he should say, so I started to express my feelings as a qualified listener..."

So it's not talking to yourself.

He is smiling.

Tatsuya gritted his teeth angrily.

It's a pity that he didn't have time to refute. At the entrance, the sound of the door opening and closing sounded again, and then accompanied by a burst of brisk footsteps, Xiao Nan's figure appeared in front of the two brothers again——

"I'm coming."

While talking with a smile on her face, she sat down opposite Kazuya and Tatsuya.

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Although interrupted by Xiaonan in the middle, the conversation between the two brothers in the living room that night still had the desired effect. At least after that, the relationship between Tatsuya and Xiaonan was still smooth and natural, and there was no difference because of the relationship. It progresses and becomes stiff and tense.

From Kazuya's point of view, being able to do this at this stage is enough to prove that everything between the two is going smoothly, and there is no need for him to worry about anything, so naturally he doesn't mind his own business, and the few things left after that During the summer vacation, I also try my best to act alone, and leave as much space for the two of them as possible.

The last day of summer vacation.

Kazuya was sitting by the window, looking at Tatsuya and Xiaonan in the yard downstairs holding Baozhi together, trying to bathe it.

The chubby dog ​​howled, waved its limbs and struggled desperately. It looked like a weak girl who was bullied by a bully, and he couldn't help laughing when he saw it.

It was at this time that Kotaro's phone call came suddenly.

It was a bit strange when Kazuya picked it up, because I heard Kotaro said before that in order to reward him for climbing Koshien with the team this time, Matsudaira's parents agreed to use the rest of the summer vacation to take him back to his hometown in Hokkaido to visit him. The grandparents who live there are on vacation by the way.

Kazuya also sent him an email the day before yesterday asking how he was doing, but this guy didn't know whether it was because he had too much fun or the signal in the mountains in his hometown was not good, but he never replied.

It turned out to be a direct phone call now.

Shouldn't he be busy packing his luggage and preparing to return to Tokyo at this time?

Kazuya pressed the answer button while being puzzled.

"Kotaro?"

"Oh! Kazuya!" Kotarou's honest and lively voice came from the receiver, "Long time no see!"

"Long time no see." Kazuya said with a gentle smile, "How are you doing, are you having fun in your hometown?"

"Super happy~" Speaking of this topic, Kotaro's voice raised a lot, and he seemed very excited, "I didn't expect this place to be quite interesting before I came here! More importantly, Kazuya, you would never expect me to be here Who did you meet!"

"Who?"

"The wind is early, the wind is early! The one I met at the National High School Competition last year, the one representing Hokkaido..."

"Huh? But..."

After the match in Quanzhong, because he appreciated the opponent's talent, he felt that he should be a good opponent in the future, so he went to say that he hoped to have a chance to fight against the opponent in this year's Koshien competition, but he was simply rejected. Inform the other party that he is not planning to continue playing baseball after he enters high school.

Kazuya was not disappointed at the time.

Because the opponent is really strong, one of the strongest pitchers he has ever seen.

But in the end, it's someone else's private matter, he can't say anything without authorization, and seeing that the person said it simply, it is obvious that he has made up his mind, so Kazuya just regretted it for a while, and then gradually forgot about it .

Now being suddenly mentioned by Kotaro, I felt a little embarrassed for a while.

Kazuya let out a soft breath, "Really. Kotarou actually met him."

"Hmm! And the catcher who was partnering with him at that time, the one named Sanada!"

"Hey. What a coincidence. It's summer vacation, right? How did Kotaro meet them?"

"I met when my grandfather took me to visit a nearby school. Because I heard that we won the Koshien championship, so I said, 'I must let the boys in the neighborhood meet my good grandson'... something."

When it came to the end, Kotaro's voice dropped completely, obviously Grandpa Matsudaira's strong praise made him feel a little embarrassed.

He also smiled softly on the phone.

"What about Yokotaro's opinion? What is the strength of the school that has both Sanada and Fengzao?"

He thoughtfully skipped the subject of Grandpa Matsudaira.

Kotaro breathed a sigh of relief over there.

"It looks pretty good. It's just that Kazawa is not a member of the club, so he said he just came to Sanada's training to pass the time."

"yes."

"Hmm. It feels a bit wasteful, even Kazuya's talent you recognize..."

But he gave up playing baseball after high school.

Obviously, it is the most likely time for talents to be displayed.

Why did you choose to retreat?

Kotaro couldn't figure it out.

Realizing that his emotions had subconsciously become a little low, he immediately cheered up again:

"By the way! Besides Sanada and the others, I also met someone here, Kazuya, who you would never expect!"

"Eh? And?"

Kazuya sounded even more surprised than before.

Kotaro suddenly smiled smugly.

"Hmm. Do you want to guess who it is?"

he asked with a smile.

However, as expected, he was rejected by his friend over there in a gentle voice:

"Forget it. I'm not very good at guessing that."

——So, just tell me who it is.

Hearing the meaning behind his friend's words, Kotaro smiled even more complacently.

"It's Tsuruga Ren."

He lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that this "big secret" would be heard by someone else.

"It's 'that' Tsuruga Ren."

He repeated mysteriously.

…………

--what? !