[Black Basket] Star Trail

At the end of the year, Kanazawa Norie's feet finally got better.

The moment the girl confirmed to the doctor that she had "completely recovered", she quickly called her hometown in Kyoto to reassure her grandparents who were still worried about her.No matter how you say it, it is too unreasonable for elders to worry about themselves.After my grandfather heard the news, he asked her if she wanted to go back to Kyoto for the New Year.

Some relationships require extra care after the death of a parent.If it was the Kanazawa Jihui back then, she would definitely dare to act like a baby to the two old people. Now even when she goes home to visit them, she has to consider whether there are cousins ​​present, so as to avoid the suspicion of stirring up trouble in private---wronged?Wronged.It is indeed like walking on thin ice and being cautious, but the girl has to do this.It is already difficult enough for the eldest brother in the company. If he doesn't talk about his problems, it doesn't mean they don't exist. Kanzawa Norie understands this well, so he made up his mind not to cause trouble for him.This is for his own good, and it is also for the good of the "Shenze family" where she lives.

So far, the advantages of this approach outweigh the disadvantages.The grandfather of the Jiuli shopping mall naturally understood her intentions in doing so, and he also admired her attitude a little bit, and did not take her initiative to alienate him as disobedience.After the aunt's family saw Shen Ze Ji Huiyin's undeclared weakness, their attitude towards the elder brother was not so aggressive.

That's enough.

"So that's what happened?" Akashi asked.

"Probably." Kanzawa Norie glanced at the nearby table.She felt more and more that the cafeteria is really a good place, and many interesting details can be seen in this space, as long as you pay attention to it with your eyes. "This is something I can't do anything about. Whether you want to forgive me and what to do with me after you say it are all decisions of Kanzawa Jizheng, and have nothing to do with my wishes."

The black-haired boy mentioned in the words was sitting with Himegi Ayaka at the moment.Because the boy was facing away from her, Kanazawa Norie couldn't see his expression, but Jicheng noticed Kanzawa Norie's gaze, and when he looked back, his gaze was profound and incomprehensible, as if admiring and puzzled at the same time.

The Generations of Miracles stopped eating together a long time ago, but the day the lunch group fell apart was the day after Murasakibara provoked Akashi.There are still some people who maintain the size of two people together, for example, now Kise and Midorima eat together, but after all, they can't go back to the previous grand occasion.Including Momoi Wuyue, the seven members of the basketball team were scattered in every corner of the cafeteria, reintegrating into different groups.The whole process from being scattered all over to grouping together, and then scattered into very small circles, took just over a year.

Although sometimes he needs to be interviewed, and Akashi can't even eat well, but today is one of the few days, and he has nothing to do.So, during the lunch break, the red-haired boy who walked past the girl's seat offered an invitation.

Akashi looked up at the girl.

As the weather got colder, she wore more clothes.Teiko's school uniforms are not divided into summer and winter, the girls' uniforms are just blue shirts and black pleated skirts, and Kanzawa Norie is afraid of the cold, so the only thing she can do is add clothes.

Akashi still remembered her outfit when she went back to school this morning, a light gray long coat, which was rare to keep warm without being bulky, and the girl was thin and tall enough, and the waist line could still be seen after wearing the coat and belt.

After returning to school, Kanzawa Norie took off his coat, but he was still wearing a white sweater underneath.Her hair was tied into a high ponytail, and her rose-red eyes were shining like stars under the bangs on her forehead.Akashi Seijuro watched her pick out the shredded cucumbers from the main dish one by one, and neatly stacked them next to the plate.

"Speaking of... isn't Akashi-kun cold?" Kanzawa Norie followed his gaze to see her sweater.From the end of summer to the beginning of winter, the red-haired boy is still wearing a white suit jacket.The blazer worn by the girl through Ji Zheng is too famous for keeping warm. It can barely block the wind. "It's the end of November and the beginning of December. Wouldn't it be better to add an extra sweater or something?"

"The weather isn't too cold." Akashi replied, eating the last bite of his lunch.

"Really..." The girl blinked thoughtfully.

"So," Akashi Seijuro put down the tableware, "What's the plan for the winter vacation? Kyoto?"

"I don't have a complete plan yet." Kanazawa Norie replied, "But I probably won't be going back to Kyoto. Half a month's vacation doesn't seem to be enough to do anything, so I decided to stay in Tokyo──If I remember correctly, this This is the second time Akashi-kun has asked me, and you are surprisingly concerned about this matter...Captain Akashi?"

The red-haired boy wiped his mouth, because he had finished his meal and didn't have time to go to the basketball team's training. At this time, he happened to be fine and could chat with the girl. "Yeah."

Kanzawa Norie did not continue to expand this topic, the girl is too good at accepting it. "Yeah. So if there's an activity in the class at Christmas, I'll probably be there. As long as I'm free."

"There should be. It's Christmas after all."

The girl smiled gently. "If the training in the basketball club is not too hard, and Akashi-kun is free, how about coming? It might be fun."

Kanzawa Norie could probably guess what Akashi Seijuro wanted to say, but she didn't want to say it out loud.

When you like someone, you can't avoid paying attention to all the little details of him, not to mention that Kanzawa Norie is already quite meticulous.What the girl noticed was not limited to information at the level of "Akashi Seijuro doesn't like to eat kelp and red ginger". One of the things that was naturally remembered was his birthday.

──December, [-]th.

The other party is not a person who will intentionally create doubts for her to guess. The girl infers that Akashi Seijuro has some preparations, and needs to confirm in advance that she was in Tokyo at the time.Maybe he wanted to call out all the people close to him to have a meal together, which made perfect sense, after all, Akashi was very popular in Teiko.

Although Akashi asked her the question "Do you want a better birthday?" on the girl's birthday, the girl politely rejected all material and non-material "gifts". For her, there is only a short congratulations.

But if it's Akashi's birthday, I still want to give him something.

──It doesn't matter if it's considered abrupt, or it doesn't matter if it's considered to have crossed the boundaries of friends without authorization.In this special year, only this day is a good opportunity, and I want him to receive my sincere blessings and thanks.

Every time they look at each other, every sentence of conversation, they want to know more about Akashi Seijuro, and want to get closer to this boy.This feeling sprouted because of the helping hand he extended out, and grew up during the day-to-day getting along with her, and unconsciously occupied a small part of her.

At this time, Kanzawa Ji was passing by with the dinner plate in his hands, and his unwavering attitude did not surprise the girl. It would be too hypocritical to say that the other party's cold treatment was beyond her expectation.Akashi Seijuro glanced at Himegi, who was following behind Kanizawa Norisha, "...What if this has always been like this?"

Kanzawa Norie finally finished eating everything on the plate except the shredded cucumber, "I deserve it, I don't have any rebuttals to say. Although this sentence seems shameless to me, it's just If he is angry, Kanzawa Ji cannot treat me coldly for a long time. Even if we keep fighting like this, there will be an opportunity for him to forgive me, the problem now is..."

Akashi raised an eyebrow.

"His feelings for me now may not be anger."

"Not anger?"

"I can't tell what it is exactly." Kanzawa Norie tilted her head, her cheek rubbed against the collar of the sweater, the fluffy touch was itchy, Akashi wanted to reach out and touch her cheek at that moment. "But I feel that anger only accounts for a very small part. Rather than being angry with me, it may be better to say that he has more complicated emotions towards himself."

Akashi thought he probably understood Kanzawa Norisha's mood.

To put it bluntly, it is probably regret and self-blame for myself.

Even though he is the closest person to the girl—the closest person in every sense—but he doesn't know anything about her changes, even after she confesses everything to herself.Thinking about it this way, the girl's confession was like a slap in the face of the black-haired boy.Obviously I have all kinds of advantages, but because I was too indulged in my grief at that time, I forgot to take a good look at the people around me and be their reliance.What Kanzawa Jizheng was really angry with was not the girl's invisibility, but his own dullness.

If even Akashi himself can figure out the twists and turns, it is impossible for the girl to not understand. The so-called "unexplainable" is just a tactful rhetoric.

"Since that's the case, it's good to explain it clearly."

"It's not such a simple and straightforward matter." Kanzawa Jihui Zhiyi looked at him, his eyes slightly bent because of a smile, "Although he looks carefree, Ji Zheng is surprisingly delicate and sensitive. This kind of thing If you don’t let him figure it out carefully, there will always be a thorn in his heart. I am chasing up to explain everything now, but it is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. The key is to rely on him.”

It may be that everyone has a different way of doing things. If the differences in the basketball team are resolved in the way of Kanzawa Norie, it will probably go in another direction of development.completely different direction.

──But there is no such statement.

The so-called "if" is a word created for those who regret it.Akashi Seijuro did not end everything in that way, just as he still believes that his policy is not wrong. The change of players is just an inevitable trend, and there is no way to change it.

Akashi himself doesn't handle disputes in the way of Kanzawa Norie, but he doesn't hate her way.Comparing the team's quarrel with the family's quarrel, the original starting point is already different.

"Isn't the training of the basketball club important?" Just as he was thinking about it, Akashi heard the girl ask.

The red-haired boy blinked his eyes and came back to his senses. The time had indeed come. He stood up and wanted to leave, but saw the girl pick up the tray.After receiving Akashi's silent inquiry, the girl smiled, "I want to go down too."

Probably because she was really in a good mood, Kanzawa Norie walked down the stairs with a rare small leap.She can have accidents on flat ground, and the risk factor will only be greater if she is on stairs.The red-haired boy following her kept an eye on the girl's movements and was ready to help her up at any time.The girl walked down the stairs in three steps and two steps, and then raised a smile towards the red-haired boy behind, the longer bangs on her cheeks were slightly curved, this slight slovenliness made her look more real, "This If the weather is fine, drinking a cup of warm chocolate will make you feel better. Would you like to try it, Akashi-kun?"