[Black Basket] Star Trail

"Give-"

Kanzawa Jizheng spitting out the girl fluently while moving the plate forward, "I said you, at least eat a little cucumber, okay? Every time I eat double the amount, this is also very troublesome... Wait Wait until you get all the corn here!"

The girl picked the corn back again, "It's the first time we meet, please give me your advice, Kanzawa Jizheng-kun... I have never eaten cucumber since I was a child, if I can really eat it, you won't have to eat double servings for so many years .”

At this moment, the boy's cell phone vibrated, Kanzawa Jizheng took it out to have a look, and reported to the brown-haired girl on the opposite side, "Ah... the preliminaries for next year's high school are won, so there is no need to go to the preliminaries."

The boy closed the phone, when someone passed by, he casually looked up.

"Hey... here we go again."

Kanzawa Norie was putting the phone back into his sweater pocket, when he heard this sentence, he also cast a glance there.It's only halfway through lunch and the cafeteria is getting packed - but someone obviously has to get done and get going.

The visitor walked to the basketball team's table and called the two of them.

"Akashi-kun, Midorima-kun, the coach told you to go to the reception room, a reporter wants to interview you."

Akashi Seijuro nodded and put down his chopsticks to wipe his mouth.After winning the second consecutive championship, the number of interviews of the Diguang basketball team has almost doubled. As the captain and vice-captain, the two have not had a good lunch for several days.The green room over there is also ready, the generation of miracles has become accustomed to two people missing after eating halfway, and at this moment, they just waved their hands lazily and didn't even say a word.

Akashi Seijuro saw that he picked up the tray, walked to the plate rack next to him and sorted it, and left with that person after he was done.Maybe Kanzawa Norie thought too much, Akashi seemed to take an extra look at her when he passed by her.The girl didn't care too much, thinking too much would be of no benefit to anyone, not to mention she had already made up her mind to stay in the circle called "friends" before the other party expressed her opinion.

"You look very busy." The girl said, and then continued to eat.

"Hello, are you Akashi Seijurou-kun and Midorima Shintaro-kun?"

"I'm Akashi." The red-haired boy reached out to shake hands with the speaker, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

The reporter was a little surprised by this business-like attitude, and after exchanging glances with the photographer, he sat down with a smile, "How should I put it—"You really deserve to be the captain of Teikoku"—feeling?"

Akashi smiled back, but didn't say a word.The reporter turned on the recording pen and notebook, cleared his throat and started to enter the question, "First of all, congratulations to Diguang for winning the second consecutive championship in the middle school..."

The red-haired boy leaned forward slightly, in a posture of listening, with his elbows on his knees and his fingers crossed into fists.

Speaking of which, the graffiti drawn by Norie Kanzawa really captures the essence of Seijuro Akashi, which even he himself has to admit.However, what kind of mood and posture did the girl use to draw him?Even though the atmosphere in their relationship has always been subtle - even other people have noticed it, but the girl's words and deeds are not consistent.If Akashi hadn't seen that painting, he still couldn't be sure that the other party had a good impression of him. When the girl faced Akashi, her attitude was even a little alienated and indifferent.

"The second consecutive championship is not due to me alone. Basketball is a matter of five people." Almost at the moment when the reporter asked a question, Akashi Seijuro gave the answer. He knew what others needed to hear, which is what he once accepted. "Coach and supervisor, captain and teammates, the four aspects must work together to achieve the ideal state."

The other party paused when he was about to record, but Akashi Seijuro answered too quickly. If the other party's performance was not too perfect, he would have thought it was a rehearsed dialogue. "Yeah, I got it."

So when did it start...that time he broke her seizure?That time he said "you can trust me" to her?That time he reached out to support her?The red-haired boy suddenly came to his senses. If the answer started from that attack, does it mean that Kanzawa Norie's feelings for him were transformed from gratitude?

"The goal for the coming year is of course three consecutive championships." Akashi said very naturally, "Then——as a member of the basketball team, as the captain, and as the starting player, my mission can be fulfilled."

That's why the girl is unwilling to take another step forward, even if she has already identified the direction of her heart?Duties have to be kept in the circle of friends almost inactively, and it seems to be satisfied like this.But that's not the case, is it?

Liking and affection are the feelings of wanting to get closer to each other.

The girl's behavior went against her instincts.

──Are you not confident?

──Are you afraid of being rejected?

"Thank you very much for accepting the interview, Akashi-kun." The reporter turned off the recorder and turned to the coach who was watching. "Next, we are going to ask the coach and supervisor some questions. If possible, let us in the practice after class Do you want to take some pictures?"

The coach nodded.Akashi and Midorima stood up and reached out to shake hands with the reporter again.

So, where is Kanzawa Norie's lack of confidence?

Why is there a lack of self-confidence?

Family Factors?Have a pair of exemplary parents?Have two equally good brothers?

Can't get along with people outside the family, so you have a cold and inferior character when you are outside?

"This is where I want to thank." Akashi's tone was still very polite, he could focus on several things at the same time, just now while talking with others while thinking about his own affairs, it was as natural as breathing for him.

The moment he touched the opponent's fingertips, Akashi Seijuro suddenly found the reason for the girl's abnormality.

what.

Everything becomes understandable.

What she is afraid of is not being "Kanazawa Norie", but "Kamizawa Norie in Akashi's eyes".

Even though she could still communicate with Akashi as usual and hand him her notebook with a smile, but in the memory of Norie Kanzawa, the fact that she was treated coldly by Akashi the night she returned to China cannot be ignored. Was changed.

The girl felt that Akashi had made a clear statement, so she stuck to the circle she had drawn, unwilling to take a step—even if it was just a step.This statement is not a final decision, Kanzawa Norie is only temporarily intimidated, and she is still holding a wait-and-see attitude.But to let her get out of her comfort zone and explore the unknown, he must give her a lot of confidence, a very clear gesture.

Thinking this way, the red-haired boy turned the ballpoint pen in his hand in a circle.

Hei Zizhe also patted the ball and glanced at the basket.

The morning practice will not officially start until tomorrow, and he is the only one in the basketball gymnasium at the moment.Although it is true that he is in school, and the touch of the basketball under his palm is real for a second, Heizi still has a sense of uncertainty walking on the clouds.

To Heizi, winning the second consecutive championship has no sense at all.

Dream?

Heizi pinched his cheek.

"Kuroko."

A voice came from behind, and the boy with light blue hair turned around and saw Seijuro Akashi looking at him from behind.Akashi asked in a flat tone, "Shouldn't you need to do morning exercises today."

"Akashi-kun." Heizi said, "No, I just happened to get up early today."

"Really..." the red-haired boy said thoughtfully, "By the way, what were you doing just now?"

"……Did you see that……"

Heizi lowered his head and smiled.

"How should I put it?" His soft voice could not even echo in the basketball hall, just like his role on the court, if you don't pay attention carefully, you will often miss it, "I still don't have any real feeling."

"At this time last year, I was still in the third army, and no matter how hard I practiced, there was no result... let alone promotion, I even thought about whether to retire. But now I play with everyone in the first army, and I have experienced the feeling of winning the championship. Feeling. I feel happy, but more of a dreamlike unbelievable."

"While I was thinking this way, the person who gave me the first opportunity appeared... Please allow me to take this opportunity to say it." Kuroko raised his head and looked at Akashi, who seemed a little surprised by his sudden confession, "All of this Thanks to Akashi-kun. Thank you very much."

"Until now, I've been moving forward desperately, so I missed the opportunity to say it." Akashi could hear the sincere gratitude in the light blue-haired boy's voice: he wanted to thank him sincerely To myself, "But I am able to stand here today, all thanks to Akashi-kun reaching out to me that day."

Akashi closed his eyes lightly, the corners of his lips tugged slightly.

In a sense, Kanzawa Norie and Kuroko Tetsu are similar.

Standing up from failure with help from others, but not forgetting that I should be grateful.

Talented but not arrogant, working desperately in their way──If Kuroko hadn't mentioned it today, Akashi would not have known that the kindness at that time would be so deeply remembered by the other party.

"I didn't do anything."

"At that time, I did feel the possibility from you, so I approached you, Heizi. But it is your own strength that allows you to climb from the third army to the first army."

"And we were able to win this year's championship precisely because of this strength."

"So it's me who should say thank you."

Akashi Seijuro seemed to have remembered something, and reminded Kuroko, "But don't relax too much. We still have one year, and we must work hard to prepare for next year's competition. All of this is for the three consecutive championships."

Kuroko Tetsu also looked at the red-haired boy, and with their eyes met, Akashi noticed that compared to when he first met, the worry on the other's face was gone, and there was a fortitude in his eyes that had been honed over time. "……yes."

It is not only the generation of miracles that has transformed.

"By the way, why did Akashi-kun come so early today?"

Akashi pulled out his phone to check the time. "The coach called me last night. I went to the staff room just now, but it seems that I went too early. Now I am going to go again..."

"Found it! Akashi-kun!!"

The pink-haired girl hurried in, panting as she spoke.

"Momoi, are you too?"

The other party pressed his hands on his knees, still panting heavily.Akashi raised his eyebrows, and it must have been no small matter to make Teiko's manager so angry, the red-haired boy had a bad premonition.

"What's wrong? Have you talked to the coach yet?"

"That..." Momoi said, "He said Director Shirokane passed out suddenly..."

Akashi Seijuro has always been able to predict the end of the generation of miracles.

However, he did not expect that the tear would kick off in the most tragic way.The way he thought did not include anyone's misfortune, but things backfired. Before Akashi had time to figure out how to soften the conflict between them to the point where it was impossible to affect the team's cooperation, drastic changes took place.

Did you hear it?The sound of crumbling gears.