[Black Basket] Star Trail

"Recently," Kanzawa Norie looked around thoughtfully, dipping the tempura between the chopsticks into the sauce, "I always feel uncomfortable when eating..."

The girl said it very implicitly, and at first glance, this sentence sounds like a dispensable complaint.The red-haired boy sitting opposite the girl raised his head, and his movements around the surrounding area were slightly larger, obviously not for the girl to see.Kanzawa Norie could feel that the eyes cast on her back were more or less diminished—is it true that she is still inferior to Akashi in terms of momentum among the two of them.

Nori Kanzawa was going to the swimming team's noon training, and there were only two people left at this table, and Norie Kanzawa had no intention of asking Akashi "does the basketball team have no noon training?"

Akashi's actions in the ski resort still attracted some people's attention. Even if the distance between the two of them was extremely close when the accident happened, they should be rescued even for the sake of classmates. However, "how to rescue" is another time. It's over.

Akashi's performance at that time, anyone can see that something is wrong.

If he didn't care about that person, it would be impossible to push himself to the edge of that dangerous cliff.Once he can't catch Kanzawa Jihui, both of them will be injured--the rescue to this point can explain a few things.

In fact, rumors have been circulating for a while.

Ever since the Monday after the ski training ended and the second grade returned to school, there had been whispers behind her back.At the beginning, Kanzawa Jihui didn't care too much, she didn't care much about other people's opinions, especially when the other party and her couldn't even be called friends.However, when the situation began to disturb her daily life, Kanzawa Norie became a little irritable-in any case, disturbing other people's lives has already crossed the bottom line.

Since Akashi Seijuro was involved in the rumors, it seems that the situation has gone in a strange direction.This kind of strangeness is not based on the understanding of Akashi, on the contrary, because he does not know his details, it will become more and more exaggerated.

When Kanzawa Norie shared the rumor with Akashi as if it were a joke, it might be that the girl misunderstood it, but the red-haired boy who was drinking tea choked. "...There is still such a talk."

"That's right, it's really an exaggeration of tradition in a certain sense." Kamizawa Norie looked at Akashi Seijuro with his chin in his hands, and the sleeves of his sweater slipped down, revealing his slender forearms, "Well, go with an unreal mentality. It's a good pastime to listen to. As long as everyone doesn't take it seriously, it won't hurt anyone."

After saying this sentence, Kanazawa Jihui covered her mouth and yawned.

Akashi Seijuro also put down his chopsticks.

What lingers in the red-haired boy's mind at the moment is neither Kanazawa Norie's words nor any particularly interesting thoughts. Akashi doesn't even know if he has to take it too seriously, but today is February [-]th, Wednesday, Valentine's Eve.Kanzawa Norie didn't say a word about this non-statutory holiday, and Akashi didn't even know if she planned to make chocolate.

The red-haired boy is not Murasakihara, and he is not addicted to sweets so much that he wants to eat chocolate, but—

Akashi lowered his eyes.

What will it taste like?

"Hey──" Kanzawa Norie slapped the passing boy on the arm with an empty box of chocolates, the black-haired boy felt the pain in his hand, but he did not forget to put two pieces of chocolate in his mouth, "Don't steal it... the amount is not much It’s so good that you can eat it casually. If you eat it now, it will be gone tomorrow.”

"Isn't there Akashi's share?" Kanzawa Jizheng said indifferently, "Anyway, it's the first time he accepts it, so I'm not sure how much you'll give. If it's less, you won't know."

Kanzawa Norie cast a sideways glance at him, "Very good. Then distribute your share to other people. If you do the calculations in this way, both the elder brother and him can get a lot."

"..."

The girl made brownies, although it was melted with finished chocolate and then reshaped, because of the viscous material, it was easy to mess up.Kanzawa Jizheng picked up the small bag that girls used to use, except for the chocolate slices for other casual acquaintances, the rest of the more important people were packed in bags.

There are only three ribbons: coral red, bay red, and pure black. It is too easy to tell who is for them.

The black-haired boy picked up the maroon one, "Hey—I'm going to be demoted this year."

I probably figured out how to classify her. Akashi's eyes and hair are bright red, so it is the first one; although Kanzawa Norisha's own eyes are also red, but because his hair is not, he is scored as deep red; pure black is very red. Obviously it belonged to the elder brother with black hair and black eyes. "It's all milk chocolate this year too?"

"There are also nuts. Pine nuts and almonds and hazelnuts and macadamia nuts." Kanzawa Norie said as he packed the big brother's portion, and the black ribbon was tied into a beautiful and well-proportioned bow, "Please look forward to it Well, it's Valentine's Day tomorrow. You're sure to get a lot of chocolates too, right?"

"I don't know." Kanzawa Jizheng looked very indifferent, but his leisurely expression changed instantly after hearing a certain word, "Wait... also?"

The atmosphere of the morning practice in the basketball department is a bit tense today.

Originally, the pace of training in the First Army was not slow, and the atmosphere in the team was quite tense. In addition, this is the club that Kise Ryota belongs to. It is human nature to want to lie in wait for him here, and Akashi can understand them. idea.He didn't mind letting them wait outside as long as they didn't disturb the training.

Even though Kise Ryota hadn't come to the morning exercise for a long time, compared to the classroom, it was better to wait here to see him.Akashi guessed that there were people waiting in the classroom, and sure enough, there are still many people here.

The red-haired boy picked up a towel to wipe off his sweat.

Midorima Shintaro seemed very dissatisfied with the noise outside, frowning while sitting on the bench, and the action of pouring water was particularly irritable.Murasakihara next to him was very happy──Similarly, he also knew that if he came to the training this time, he would receive chocolates, so he obediently attended.It's not a strange thing, Ziyuan has always been doing whatever he wants.

Akashi didn't say anything about Murasakihara's actions.

In fact, as long as Murasakibara maintains a tepid attitude towards him, Akashi Seijuro is not a substance with an extremely low ignition point, and it is not easy to make him angry.

Just like at that time, Akashi agreed to Momoi's request of "wanting to go skiing training with everyone" and tried to bring Murasakihara over. As long as it doesn't involve winning or losing or basketball, Akashi can tolerate his willfulness.The training time has come to an end, and there is a large pile of chocolates piled up at Atsushi Murasakihara's feet. There are all kinds of chocolates, but there is one thing in common—dark chocolate without bitterness.

If it was her, she must be able to have such meticulousness.

Thinking of this, Akashi dribbled the ball and easily passed the opponent wearing the logo vest.

Kanzawa Norie didn't go to school in the family car today.

The reason is simple: going to bed late.Last night, she made the chocolate until after eleven o'clock. At that time, she hadn't showered yet, and she still had homework and review to do. It was already two o'clock in the morning when she was busy enough to go to bed.

Kanzawa Jizheng has his own training to go, so naturally he left the house early; it is impossible for the eldest brother to wait for her for so long, even though it is his family's company, he can't be so presumptuous, when the girl washes up and walks down the stairs, He was also ready to leave. "Although I'm a little embarrassed...but I have to go first."

"Wait a minute!" The girl jumped down the stairs in three steps and two steps, and took out the elder brother's share from the small paper bag. She didn't even comb her hair, and just sent the chocolate out in a messy manner, "I know this chocolate It's not the one that my brother is looking forward to the most, even so...Happy Valentine's Day, brother."

The young man who was teased by the girl smiled sweetly, and did not deny her words, expressing his joy without hesitation.He reached out and rubbed her hair even more messily, his father's black eyes were full of smiles.

"Thank you, Ji Hui."

It is also for this reason that Kanzawa Norie met Akashi Seijuro in front of the stairs after his morning exercise.

The girl in a thick sweater walked up the stairs with indoor shoes, her brown hair was tied up, and the delicate balance between "casual" and "neat" was extremely precise.Seeing the red-haired boy who was adjusting the tie knot, the girl was obviously a little surprised, and she paused for a moment before saying hello. "...Good morning, Akashi-kun."

The other party nodded naturally, "Morning."

Now that I have met it, it will be no problem to send it out now, right?Kanzawa Norie picked up the small paper bag in his hand, except for the chocolates distributed to the boys in the class, there was only Akashi's bag left in the bag──Kamizawa Norisha took his share before going out , I heard the elder brother said that he took it away with the reason that "I suddenly want to eat chocolate and it happens to be available here". You can tell it's a lie when you hear it.

Akashi took the chocolate, cleared his throat, and raised the corners of his lips, "Thank you."

The bag was made of golden tulle, and she wrapped the chocolates in cellophane one by one and put them inside.Akashi Seijuro took a look, most of the shapes were square, pentagonal or something, nothing special about them.There was also a small card inside, the boy turned to the back of the bag to see.

Giri Chocolate for Akashi-kun

Happy Valentine's Day/

BY Kamizawa Norie

The red-haired boy narrowed his eyes.Kanzawa Norie smiled shyly at the side, "Because Akashi-kun will probably receive a lot of chocolates, right? So I wanted to write my name so I can tell them apart..."

Akashi's popularity is definitely not surprising. Although it is probably not as exaggerated as Kise, the red-haired boy is definitely at the level of "the shoe cabinet was bursting with the chocolates he received".Although Kanzawa Norie gave him her own chocolate, she was not sure if the other party would remember that she gave him this one.

After receiving the chocolate, Akashi was almost rude in silence.Kanzawa Norie originally thought that he would say something, even nonsense like "it looks delicious", in short, it is enough to prevent the two of them from falling into silent embarrassment, but he didn't do that Do.

Did he not like what she gave, or did it bring back some memories?Kanzawa Norie peeked over with some apprehension, the red-haired boy had no expression on his face, whether it was the joy he should have received from receiving the gift, or the gloomy memories of the past, the girl couldn't see anything.

Even though the other party didn't say a word, Kanzawa Norie's intuition told her that Akashi's silence had something to do with her.But if you can't find the reason, the conditions are still lacking, and this question cannot be solved at all.

Thinking of this, Kanzawa Norie ignored Akashi's reaction, shut up and walked back into the classroom.Akashi Seijuro put the schoolbag on the seat, the originally empty drawer was stuffed with chocolate, but the red-haired boy was not thinking about it at the moment.He picked up the golden gauze bag, rested his chin and stared at it for a moment, with deep meaning in his eyes.Then he cast his eyes on Kanzawa Jihui, she was probably busy with something, holding a foreign language homework and scribbling, and had no time for him.Akashi Seijuro withdrew his gaze, took one last look at the words on the card, and then opened one of the chocolates and put it in his mouth──

Click.The nuts were crushed by him.