[Black Basket] Star Trail

On December 25th, the day when the Son of God was born, the whole world rejoiced to celebrate His coming to the world.

Of course, in Japan, where there are only a small number of Christians, the religious meaning of Christmas has been greatly reduced, but this does not affect people's enthusiasm for celebration.What they want is not a festival, but a reason to have fun.

Group A of 2 years held a small party on Christmas Eve, and they planned to count down to Christmas.If they had barbecue last time, they all agreed to eat hot pot this time.Because there were too many people in the class, they had to be divided into two groups of equal numbers and sit in connected boxes.There is no absolute grouping criteria, they are just divided into similar numbers as they like.

Kanzawa Norie came with Akashi Seijuro.

If the destination is a hot pot restaurant, Kanzawa's house is a little closer than Akashi's, which is why the girl agreed to let Akashi pick her up in the shop.Because objectively speaking, they were on the way.

Kanzawa Norie supported the dining chair and picked up the boots.

Akashi Seijuro lay on the bed and looked at the basketball hoop above the bookcase.

The dark orange sphere was placed on the steel stand. The red-haired boy stared at the black line on it, and the fingers of his left hand bent unconsciously. It was that hand that hugged the girl's waist that day──Thinking like this, the end of his nose seemed to be stretched again. Came the fragrance of her hair.Her brown hair was smooth and shiny, with a slight bend at the end. The girl probably enhanced the effect with a curling iron, and Akashi could smell the aroma of hair oil.

He didn't mean to deceive himself, nor did he need to.

He really couldn't forget that hug.

The moment the girl wrapped her arms around her neck, the instructions given by sensibility and reason contradicted each other. The red-haired boy hesitated for a moment, and then the girl slipped out of her embrace.Akashi recalled afterwards, what would he have done if he had had enough time to react?Push her away, or hold her tighter?

──Do you approach her according to your heart, or push her away out of grace?

If there is anything he can be sure of after that night, it is probably "the importance of Kanzawa Norie".For example, if the current Akashi returns to the sports field, maybe he will go up to check with Kanzawa Norisha the moment the girl is injured, at least he won't be as calm as he was then.

No one needs to be reminded, Akashi Seijuro also knows the difference between when he faces Kanizawa Norie, and when he faces other people.To judge whether a person likes another person is really the easiest question of right and wrong in the world.

I couldn't help but want to smile at that person, couldn't help but soften my voice, couldn't help but want to treat him well.I want all good things to happen to the other person, and I want all the disasters to stay away from that person.

This is not so much an impulse as it is a kind of giving without expecting anything in return.Akashi Seijuro asked himself, at present, he is still unable to "give without asking for anything in return", and even his feelings for Kanzawa Norie are not as deep as the other party's for him.If it is said that he can give up something for Kanazawa Jihui, it would be too exaggerated, the relationship between the two is far from being so vigorous.

But Akashi was still able to smile at her, and still able to show the girl what little tenderness he had left.

Just like she did to him.

Kanzawa Norie pushed open the wooden door.

The golden retriever was sitting behind the girl with a leash in its mouth, obviously thinking that the girl was going to take it out to play.The red-haired boy in a thick coat put his hands in his pockets, Akashi Seijuro faced the girl, his breath turned into white smoke, the girl frowned, Akashi didn't even wear a scarf in such weather.

She leaned down to rub the golden retriever, took the leash out of its mouth, and put it back in place.The golden retriever looked a little depressed, turned around and went back into the house with his tail down.Although the stove was turned on at home, it still put on clothes, a red and white Santa Claus sweater with a reindeer pattern on it.Kanzawa Norie closed the door with a smile, and walked towards Akashi.The girl put on a beanie, with long hanging strings on both sides of her ears, and two balls of wool tied at the end.The hot pot restaurant needs to kneel down, and the girl specially wore jeans, and the narrow design outlined the lines of her legs.Kanzawa Norie pushed open the small iron gate in the front yard, "Akashi-kun, I've been waiting for a long time."

The girl's attitude is as natural as if the hug that night never happened.The red-haired boy had no intention of mentioning it either, and shook his head to indicate that he wanted to take a step after waiting for a long time, but the girl grabbed his arm.

"Wait a minute." Kanzawa Norie untied the scarf around his neck. The brown plaid pattern is suitable for both men and women. Fortunately, this is the one he is wearing today. "Akashi-kun, please put it on. It's cold outside."

Although she wears a jacket, the girl wears a vest underneath.Akashi Seijuro looked at her chest, although it wouldn't be naked, but just looking at her exposed skin made people feel cold. "……I do not need."

The boy had his hands in his pockets, and there was no way to stuff them into his hands.Kanzawa Jihui simply took a step forward and approached him, and began to wrap the scarf around his neck round and round.

It was probably because the girl's fingertips were warm just after she walked out of the warm room, unlike winter at all.Akashi didn't expect that she would shoot without saying a word, and when she realized it, the girl had already reached the second lap.The red-haired boy stretched out his hand to grab her wrist, which was so thin that Akashi could hold it easily, making one wonder if it would break if a little force was applied.Akashi Seijuro loosened the scarf around his neck, and if he couldn't refuse, just accept the other party's offer.The scarf is really warm. "I'll do it myself."

too close.too close.

Akashi Seijuro could see every eyelash of the girl, and Norie Kanzawa could see every line in the boy's eyes.Akashi Seijuro watched the girl's face turn red, Kanzawa Norie took a step back and opened the distance like before, the other party naturally circled around her for the last time, so far his neck was tightly wrapped by her scarf, the girl The body temperature remained on it, just like the coat that Akashi lent her that time.

The red-haired boy put his hands back into his pockets, "Let's go."

"Here it is!"

When the two entered the box, many people had already arrived.It's not a secret that Akashi and Kanazawa Norie live close together, and they have never concealed it intentionally, so it's not weird to appear together, except for Shimizu's eyes that circled around them a few times, no one had an unexpected reaction.

The girl took off her shoes and followed Seijuro Akashi.The two found a corner and sat down. Akashi took off the scarf and returned it to Kanazawa Norie. He didn't show much expression in front of everyone, "Thank you."

Kanzawa Norie also tacitly showed a calm appearance, and the whole handover process was peaceful as if it was some kind of official business.At this time, someone handed them a drink list, "You're welcome."

"What do you want to drink?" Akashi Seijuro asked the girl with a small piece of paper and a pencil in his hand.There were a lot of things on the paper, and the font was so small that Kanzawa Norie had to lean over to read it.

"...Grape soda." Kamizawa Norie said.Akashi wrote the number one next to it, and then picked the drink he wanted.Shimizu came over to collect the gifts they brought and pasted codes on them. Norie Kanzawa gave her a flat rectangular box, which should have a wider audience as a girl.

The girl handed over the box, "It's troublesome."

"Here. Akashi-kun."

The red-haired boy raised his plate quietly, and when he brought it back, it was already full.Kanzawa Norie straightened up to help him get the food. The boy saw that her cup was too close to the hot pot, and the ice inside had melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, so he helped Kanzawa Norie remove the cup.

The girl was picking something out of the pot at that time, so she didn't pay attention to Akashi's movements.

Many, many years later, when Kanzawa Norie recalled, he felt that the way he and Akashi got along in the years to come basically followed that night.He didn't need to say much, and she didn't need to worry, she just naturally took care of each other, paid attention to each other's needs, and solved the root of the problem before the other party started to trouble.She shared this discovery with Akashi, and the red-haired youth in a suit smiled and listened to his wife, then pushed her glass away from the stove as he had done then.

"It's time to exchange gifts! Everyone, grab your numbers!"

Kanzawa Norie took the straw to pick out the konjac in the cup to eat, "What gift did Akashi-kun bring? It can't be a photo frame or something, look at the shape...is it a coffee cup?"

The red-haired boy nodded. "Is yours a snack?"

"Yes, it's milk chocolate..." In the middle of Kanzawa Norie's words, Akashi Seijuro raised his eyebrows. At this time, Shimizu picked up the girl's gift and handed it to another boy in the class.

"Here, this is what you drew—"

"Chocolate?"

The girl was lowering her eyes to remove the ice cubes, but she couldn't see Akashi's abnormality, "Well, I bought them at the chocolate shop, and they are still the most popular snacks, right? Most people can eat something, and this comes to mind when I think about it." .”

Akashi turned the teacup in his hand, sliding his slender fingertips across the rim.

"Indeed."

In the end, neither of them got the other's gift.Kanzawa Norie got a pair of brown wristbands, and Akashi drew a weekly diary book from [-], with characters from fairy tales drawn on it.The girl thought about it for a while, and it was useless to hold the wristband by herself, and Akashi didn't look like someone who could write a weekly diary, so she suggested, "If you don't mind, why don't we exchange it again, Akashi-kun."

The red-haired boy had no objection and handed out the weekly diary.The girl put the wristband in his hand, and put away the things again. At this time, it was almost the countdown, and the emotions of the others became high. Kanzawa Norie looked at Akashi Seijuro amidst their countdown. The hand resting on the ground has extremely light floating tendons.

Not saying it doesn't mean she doesn't care, when he put his hand on that day, Kanzawa Jihui was actually a little surprised.

The girl has a little secret.She is ticklish, and quite frightened.Not only the deliberate tickling scares her, but even when strangers touch her inadvertently, the girl will shrink back or stiffen unconsciously.

It was because Akashi met her that day that the girl hurriedly let him go.The point wasn't "Akashi Seijuro", changing that name to anyone she was willing to hug would have the same effect.

The girl thought, if Akashi hadn't made this mistake by mistake, how long could she hold him?

The reason why she chose to hug his neck was because the girl couldn't wrap her arms around the other's waist calmly.Her arms were resting on the young man's shoulders, a young man who could not be called tall but rather thin had such broad shoulders.He smelled good, probably washing powder or fabric softener, in short, it was a homely and reassuring smell.The girl's elbow swept across his collarbone, and his arm was close to her side. Even though Kanzawa Norie tried to avoid the sensitive position intentionally or unintentionally, he still crossed a little bit.Akashi Seijuro may never know how much effort she had to maintain a calm attitude, ride in the same car with him, say goodbye to him in the car, and send text messages with him to confirm that each other returned home safely .

If Akashi hadn't stretched out his hand to hug him back.

If I hadn't retreated back then.

Will something like a bomb be detonated early?

"Three! Two! One!"

The girl looked away from Akashi's hand. vvwvv," Merry Christmas, Akashi-kun.