[Black Basket] Shooting a Lover

At least that little girl still has this balloon as a memory, unlike her, who can only recall her mother's appearance through photos.

The howling wind shuttled around his body, and Chiaki Sugawara, who estimated that he was about to fall to the ground, closed his eyes again, ready to accept the painful result of climbing the tree at any time.

But she didn't expect that at the moment when her body was about to hit the ground, there were hands supporting her, and the back of the person who was holding her body could barely stop another hundred-year-old tree from moving backwards strong momentum.

The familiar feeling made her subconsciously open her eyes, and the handsome profile of the red-haired boy bumped into her eyes.

"...Chi... Si..."

Her voice was weak and powerless, and she looked at Akashi with guilt and guilt. If it was someone else, she might have yelled at her long ago, but Akashi, who was stared at by such eyes, just turned his head slightly , his tone is still usual flat, without the slightest hint of joy or anger: "Yeah."

--Um.

It was too simple, too plain, but made Chiaki Sugawara feel uneasy.

If Akashi accused her of impulsive behavior without considering the consequences with extremely cold eyes and tone, maybe Chiaki Sugawara would not have such a feeling.However, Akashi's reaction was Taikoi Wubo, knowing that such an attitude of Furui Wubo must express a certain mood of Akashi now, Chiaki Sugawara, who knew Akashi quite well, smiled wryly in his heart.

——He was really angry, Akashi, and it wasn't something that she could just apologize to him.

However, now she has more important things to do, not to mention that once she decides to do something, she will definitely do it in the end.

Chiaki Sugawara, struggling from Akashi's arms, ignored Akashi's indifferent gaze under the red bangs, and walked towards the little girl who was frightened by her landing just now with the balloon in her hand.

"Here, your balloon."

"...I don't want it anymore." Without taking the balloon handed over by Sugawara Chiaki, the little girl cried and raised her head to refuse: "If the big sister hadn't helped me get this balloon, I wouldn't have encountered what happened just now! This is the balloon my mother gave me, and I don't want it anymore!"

This development was completely beyond her expectations. Chiaki Sugawara, who was at a loss for a while, was stunned for a moment before speaking again: "I decided what happened just now, so I should bear the consequences. And , This is the balloon I got at the risk of almost breaking my leg, if you don't take it, wouldn't the danger I encountered be ridiculous?"

She seldom said these slightly threatening words with a strong tone, because she felt that most of the things in this world could be solved through soft words.However, if you want the little girl in front of you to accept this balloon now, such a gentle tone is absolutely not feasible.

A child is no better at being stubborn than a withdrawn old man.

——She completely messed up this matter, not only made such a young girl worry about herself, but also made Akashi, who has always been kind-tempered, angry.Thinking about it this way, she felt that her life was terrible.

Although she thought so in her heart, although she really thought so, she still didn't show the slightest emotion on her face.Keeping the movement of handing out the balloon with his right hand, Chiaki Sugawara patiently waited for the little girl to calm down.

As for Akashi who was standing behind her and witnessing all this, well, sorry, let her ignore it for a while.

"Woo..." The little girl who reacted as she expected this time took the balloon with a face of aggrieved unwillingness, her big eyes filled with accusations against her: "I didn't expect you, big sister, to be such a person! If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have asked you to hold the balloon for me! Woohoo, Yuanxiang has been tricked!”

Originally thought that she met a beautiful angel who came to help her today, the happy little girl thought about thanking the angel sister.How did you know that sister Angel is not as powerful as the book says, even if she can't fly, she almost fell to the ground and broke her leg. Although the little girl who felt her heart was broken was a little depressed, she still wanted to be serious and sincere. thank.

The result—being so threatened, it turns out that this is not an angel, but a witch who vainly wants to be an angel.

The girl named "Yuanxiang" took the balloon and ran away crying.

Reading the embarrassment from the little girl's eyes and movements, Chiaki Sugawara lowered his head and sighed, then raised his head to watch the little girl's back going away.

Just looking at the back of the little girl for a long time, until she was sure that she left here safely, Sugawara Chiaki withdrew the smile on her face, and turned to look back at Akashi who had been ignored by her for a while.

What is she going to say?

——Akashi, thank you so much for today, otherwise I really don’t know what I should do.

—Well, you know, I'm not the type to act recklessly, I'm just...

——You, can you say something...

……

She thought about countless words, but no matter how she thought, she didn't think any of them were suitable for exporting at this moment. Not only were they not suitable for exporting, but these words were full of sophistry and refusal to admit mistakes.

As long as things were related to Akashi, she didn't know what to do.

She didn't speak, and Akashi didn't speak, and a strange silence spread between the two of them. Just when she thought the silence would continue, Akashi's grandfather suddenly appeared and broke the silence.

"What are you two doing standing here?"

At the beginning, the old man who came out to look for Akashi who left suddenly did not come back. He never thought that these two people were standing here making sculptures. Grandpa Akashi, who has experienced countless winds and rains in his life, doesn't need to think too much, just close his eyes. It is possible to guess what happened to these two people just now.

"Seijuro, Qianqiu, you two should go back today, don't you have something to do today?" Without giving the juniors time to think about it, Grandpa Akashi turned around and left, his handsome figure indicated that he would close the door and reject them determination outside the door.

Instead of persuading them earnestly, it is better to let these two people solve it by themselves.Besides, there are indeed important things that need them today.

"..."

"..."

"Let's go." Akashi, who was petite and slender compared to his peers, spoke first, his fine red hair fell on his fair neck, and the white kimono complemented this scene, making the young man look even more graceful.

"Okay." At this time, it was Akashi who said what, and she responded.Sugawara Chiaki, who simply followed Akashi's footsteps for a long time, suddenly remembered one thing: where are they going?

——Seijuro, Qianqiu, you two should go back today, don’t you have something to do today?

What are they doing today?

Desperately searching for the memories in his mind, Sugawara Chiaki did not find any memories related to today.Looking at Akashi with blank eyes and confusion, she finally spoke: "Sorry, Akashi, can I ask what we have today?"

She didn't expect that such a simple sentence would make the pupils of the red-haired boy constrict suddenly: "What did you say?"

Akashi's reaction was a bit unusual, and Chiaki Sugawara, who noticed this unusualness, lowered his head and repeated what he said just now: "Do we have anything to do today?"

"..."

It's not that she said it wrong, nor that he heard it wrong, then it's only possible that the other party is refusing to go to that place.

The red-haired boy was silent for a while, and was about to say something when a rush of footsteps came from far to near, accompanied by the childish cry of the girl: "That, please wait!"

It's that girl.

Holding a bunch of bluebells in both hands, the girl staggered towards them and ran toward them, with sweat dripping from her forehead that glistened under the sunlight.

"This is the bellflower cultivated by my family in a special way, and I give it to you, big sister." With a bright smile, the girl showed a dazzling smile comparable to the sun in the sun: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry After I got home, I told my father about this matter, and my father said that the eldest sister is a good person, not what Yuanxiang thought. So, I'm sorry, I will give this to you as an apology!"

The flower language of bellflower: tender love

"Father said that bluebells are very suitable for big sister and that beautiful brother over there." After explaining the flower language of bluebells, Yuan Xiang turned around with her lips pursed, and ran towards the direction she came from.

The little hands were still swaying enthusiastically from side to side: "Goodbye."

"...Thank you." She knew that this "thank you" could no longer be heard by the girl who was going away, but Sugawara Chiaki still said it.Looking at a large bunch of bluebells in his hand, Chiaki Sugawara smiled slightly.

Akashi who was standing next to her caught this smile, and for a moment, Akashi withdrew the complicated gaze in his eyes.

——Well, tomorrow is the death day of that child's mother, I don't want her to stand silently in front of her mother's grave for a day and a night, so please...

Akashi's grandfather didn't call last night, on the contrary, it was Chiaki's father who called.The man who had competed with his father all his life begged him in a low, weary tone.

Even if he didn't say it, Akashi knew that Sugawara Chiaki had never given up the idea of ​​guilt for so many years. For her indirect killing of her mother, she deeply despised herself and regarded herself as a murderer.

That's why she worked so hard to get close to Koji Shimizu.