[Black Basket] Star Trail

It was still snowing heavily outside.

It had been half an hour since Kanzawa Norie was taken away by her grandmother.The reason for taking her away was "to try on the dresses for the adult ceremony", but no matter how troublesome the clothes are, it shouldn't take three to ten minutes to change.Akashi Seijuro wanted to urge him, but at this moment, he was the one being urged.

"Hurry up," said the silver-haired old man kneeling opposite the young man, knocking on the small wooden table with a chess piece between his fingers, "Otherwise I won't wait for you."

Although it was still snowing outside, because of the air conditioner in the room, the clothes of both of them were not heavy.The old man himself was wearing a hakama suit, while Akashi Seijuro was wearing a shirt and trousers, with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows—since he entered university, he rarely had the opportunity to wear casual clothes.The old man is not an easy opponent to deal with. The red-haired young man lost his mind just now, and now he has to focus on the chessboard.

If you win, you will be told "how can I lose to you and play another game", if you lose, you will fight again with the excuse of "give you a chance to turn around", and if you draw, you will say "no, no, we have to decide the outcome." , so when it comes to Akashi Oo, he can only play chess with the old man.However, the strength of the opponent is not bad, even Akashi had to fight with all his strength, under the request of the old man to do it again anyway, this is already the sixth set.

Akashi wasn't so naive as to think that the other party changed his attitude today because he liked him.Even though Kanzawa Norie has been working hard to get more contacts between the two parties over the years, the old man's attitude has always been lukewarm.Compared to the other party's sudden kindness towards him, Akashi is more willing to believe that he did it on purpose.

Just thinking like this, a faint shadow was projected on the Japanese-style sliding door. The sudden change in light and darkness distracted Akashi Seijuro slightly, his red eyes moved, and he looked over there inadvertently──

──The piece in my hand almost fell into the wrong place.

Kanzawa Norie is wearing a bellflower-colored furisode, and the waist belt is light orange. From the shoulders to the end of the sleeves, and the part of the kimono from the waist down, there are shades of purple flowers.

Akashi Seijuro didn't have a deep understanding of plants, so he couldn't tell whether it was a purple lily or an iris, but at the moment his attention was not on the pattern.

The girl's chestnut-brown hair was pulled up into a high hairstyle on the back of the head, and the bangs on the forehead just passed the eyebrows.Akashi Seijuro could see the faint pearl on her lips, but she didn't seem to be wearing any other makeup, as if she had noticed his first focus, Kanzawa Norie squinted over with a half-smile, Mei The red eyes were shining brightly, like gems hanging under her earlobes.

Akashi Seijuro heard a "tsk" from the old man on the opposite side, and he didn't know whether he was dissatisfied that he almost made a mistake, or he was dissatisfied that he didn't make a mistake.The silver-haired woman sneaked into the room from behind the girl. She had always been kind to Akashi. Seeing his rare gaffe at this moment, she just pursed her lips and held back a smile, but she said to her wife, "I still feel that after picking it up This suit best matches Ji Hui's complexion."

The old man waved to Kanzawa Jihui, as if calling a child over many years ago, and even his face had the same kindness, as if the little girl in front of him was still the little girl who hadn't grown up.

The brown-haired girl stepped in that direction. When she walked past Akashi Seijuro, the hem of the kimono swept over his exposed arm. The moment the fabric touched the skin, the young man's eyes flashed, and his eyes followed her moving direction.Kanzawa Norie sat between the old man and Akashi with a smile, but he raised his eyebrows and smiled after looking at the chessboard, obviously knowing that this was not the game before she left.

"It's a tight bite... which plate is it?"

The old man slightly raised his sleeves and compared a number, then Shi Shiran glanced at Akashi, his eyes full of deep meaning.Kanzawa Jihui saw everything in his eyes, thought for a while, and then picked up the young man's wrist, "I'm sorry to interrupt your chess game, I have something to ask Ah Zheng, so I will be rude first."

Kanzawa Norie was rarely so eager in front of the old man. Akashi first glanced at the opposite old man, and after getting the other's tacit consent, he stood up and stretched out his arms.The hem of the kimono is not wide enough, it is better when sitting, but it is difficult to stand up without holding something when getting up.Kanzawa Jihui took his hands, felt that the other party scratched her palm with his nails intentionally or unintentionally, and almost couldn't hold back his face.

"Go." Said the old man. "Remember to come back before dinner."

"It's snowing heavily." The two walked down the corridor, Kanzawa Norie holding his hand and never letting go, palms clasped at this moment, sharing each other's body temperature.Because he has been here too many times, Akashi Seijuro already knows the nearby roads like the back of his hand, and can easily determine where they are going at this moment: Kanzawa Norie's room in his hometown.

Sure enough, Kanzawa Norie led him around several corners, and then opened a door.Akashi walked in with her, Kanzawa Norie first asked him to find a place to sit down, and then pointed to the bookshelf, "If Ah Zheng is bored, you can go find a book first, and I'll change this clothes first."

"Don't you need to call someone for help?"

"Probably not." Kanzawa Norie turned to look at the belt knot behind her, "...probably."

She forgot about the Teiko Festival that year, but Akashi hadn't.The young man sighed, walked behind her and put on the belt, "Let me untie it first."

"Ah, thank you." Kanzawa Norie was very calm.Akashi wanted to concentrate on explaining, so he kept silent, and the girl kept silent while playing with her fingers, and then seemed to remember something, "By the way, what did Ah Zheng wear on the coming-of-age ceremony? A suit or a kimono?"

"Let's take the kimono." Before Akashi finished speaking, the belts of his men were already untied.Kanzawa Jihui quickly covered his clothes, and then walked into the toilet.Akashi put down his things, casually took out a book from the bookshelf, and after a little deliberation on his words, he opened his mouth, "Ji Hui."

"Ok?"

"After the coming-of-age ceremony, let's set a wedding date."

It wasn't his illusion, Akashi Seijuro clearly heard the sound of a bottle falling, and the brown-haired girl poked her head out of the half-covered door with a look of surprise, "What did Ah Zheng just say?"

The youth repeated it calmly.

"For example, if I heard you right, this is," the other party had obviously stunned her, and Kanzawa Norie's mind went blank, and she was clearly asking a rhetorical question but said it like a statement, "Marriage proposal...?"

The young man with his back to her turned his head, just in time to see the straps of her underwear that were about to slip off, pointed to remind her from the air, and then threw a straight ball, "Don't you want to go so fast?"

Not to mention that he has automatically eliminated the option of "she doesn't want to". More importantly, she is away from the country for most of the year, so it will take a lot of effort to match the time.

"It's not because of this..." Kanzawa Norie put his head under the sweater with great difficulty, and his voice sounded a bit muffled through a layer of fabric, "It's just that I'm leaving soon after the adult ceremony, so I put Ah Zheng in It feels a bit irresponsible to organize a wedding in Japan..."

Akashi Seijuro put the book back on the shelf, "This is not a problem, I will find someone to take care of it. All you need to do is to choose a wedding dress and not get sick──"

When the girl's hand climbed up the young man's waist, his voice stopped abruptly.Kanzawa Norie tiptoed slightly and put his head on his shoulder. Akashi Seijuro blinked, surprised that he couldn't hear the girl's footsteps.

"Don't move." Kanzawa Norie ordered softly before Akashi turned around, "Let me hug you for a while."

At this moment, all she can do is to find some real feelings for herself.Although she knew that this day would come sooner or later, she was not unwilling to do so, but Akashi's reaction was too calm, and she still had some things to be sure. "Hey... Ah Zheng."

"what happened?"

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Kanzawa Norie asked, "Are you sure you won't regret it?"

The other party answered irrelevantly, "My left trouser pocket."

"what?"

"Help me take out what's inside."

Kanzawa Norie did as he said, and the second he touched the small velvet box, his eye sockets were already hot prematurely.

She took it out slowly, and opened it without Akashi's gesture.

"Have you got it?" Akashi Seijuro turned his head and asked, his tone was always calm, "I really feel it."

Before being able to spit out any meaningful or meaningless syllables, Kanzawa Norie buried her head in his neck.The young man's red hair swept across her face, his breath filled her nostrils, was sucked into her lungs through breathing, and then transported to every part of her body along the blood, like some kind of warming substance, warming Make the whole person feel warm.So warm...so warm.

She took a few deep breaths, trying to hold herself back but couldn't.His voice was trembling, his hands were trembling, his feet were trembling, his body was trembling, there seemed to be no place that was not trembling, and he couldn't use all his strength, so he could only lean on him softly and absorb his strength. Strength to support yourself.

Akashi waited silently for her answer.

The pain that cannot be erased is engraved on the way when I came.

It is both a place of origin and a destination.Every time I go back, I can see the shadow it casts, like an arrow or a dagger, like a bayonet or an hour hand, pointing straight at you.No matter how hard you run, how far you go, it is always a white maggot attached to your bones, and it is futile to escape.

Some things are not destined to disappear.All you can do is not look.Close your eyes, cover your ears, turn around and walk in another direction.It won't make your pain go away completely, but it will at least distract you until you're too tired to run an inch.

──Or you found a shoulder to lean on.

Kanzawa Norie put his lips close to the side of Akashi's head, let him attach his ear to her, and then spit out five syllables.

That four-character incantation, just a few numbers, was her only answer to her future.

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