[Black Basket] Star Trail

The red-haired boy sat alone in the corner of the basketball hall, his eyes fell on the crowd in training on the court, but after a closer look, he could find that Akashi Seijuro was not looking at anyone at all, he was just staring at A point in the void, just lost in thought.

The sharp sound of sneakers scraping the ground startled the pensive boy, Akashi squeezed the plastic water bottle in his hand, raised his head and took a sip, the protrusion in his throat slid up and down with the swallowing movement.

Huang Lai, who was watching quietly not far away, stretched out his elbow and poked the boy who was short by a head.

Even if the tone is the same as usual, and the pre-match training is also done with others, but once he is alone, Akashi Seijuro will unconsciously show such an expression.Kise Ryo is too unlikely to fail to see this.

"Hey, little blackie...Little Akashi is often distracted these days."

"Hasn't Huang Lai-kun noticed yet?" Hei Zizhe was also very calm—at least in his mouth.The young man with a weak sense of existence cast a glance at Akashi Seijuro, there were thousands of thoughts in his eyes, so complicated that it was impossible to discern the emotions in them. "Kamizawa-san hasn't been to the basketball club since the summer vacation started."

"It's true..." The blond boy showed a look of sudden realization, "So you are thinking about Shenze's matter? Or is there some kind of quarrel? But I always feel that the two of you are not the type to quarrel."

"I think it's possible to quarrel, because both of them are very strong. But this situation doesn't look like a quarrel." Kuroko bent down and picked up a towel to wipe his sweat, and the boy who was good at observing human beings explained Akashi's abnormality. "It's not so much that I'm in a bad mood because of a fight, it's better to say that I'm planning something."

He asked her if she would take half a step.

Even though the wording is so polite, when Akashi asked this sentence, he obviously did not take a position inferior to Kanzawa Norie—that is, Akashi asked this sentence as an equal.It would be best if she gave an affirmative answer. If Kanzawa Norie denied it, Akashi Seijuro would sooner or later find a way to solve it.

The red-haired boy can be so sure, naturally because Kanzawa Norie gave him such confidence.

Feeling the trembling under his palm, Akashi Seijuro slightly pulled the corners of his lips, as if he was satisfied with the girl's uncontrollable weakness.Kanzawa Norie is the same as him, even if there are turbulent waves in his heart, he can still maintain absolute calm on his face. If he wants to find the opponent's weakness, he can only start from the aspects that cannot be concealed.

The body's reaction can't deceive others, Akashi Seijuro heard her heartbeat beating almost out of control, the girl is not as calm as she appears on the surface.As long as you don't look at her expression, you won't be fooled by her——During several confrontations, Akashi Seijuro has developed the most effective way to deal with Kanizawa Norie, and now it's time to use it in actual combat.

She is afraid, afraid that she will not be able to stick to her original intention.

If you push again at this time...unexpected things may happen.

The young man simply pressed his lips to her already flushed auricles, allowing her body temperature to pass through the skin and flesh, gradually assimilating the temperature of the two into one, and they could no longer tell each other apart.Akashi Seijuro knew which tone the other party was least resistant to, so he cleared his throat and said, "...Answer me, Ji Hui."

When the brown-haired girl heard the sound, her arms went limp, and the hand that was originally around his neck turned and climbed onto his shoulder.The body that has been trained for a long time is a little thin but not weak. The muscles under her jaws are tense and accumulating strength, like a marksman holding the ball in his hand. Everything is ready, and what is owed is only a chance. .

Akashi's stature may not be comparable to that of others, which even he must admit, but this does not mean that he lacks the strength to defeat others.Kanzawa Norie's thumb side covered Akashi's collar, limited by his posture, as long as Kanzawa Norie lowered his head, he could see the protrusion between his throat and a small half of his collarbone exposed.

Compared to the girl, what Akashi saw was more exciting.Because the weather is hot and it is already school time, there is no need to be too cautious. Before entering the basketball hall, the girl has already untied the bow around her neck. At this moment, the sky blue collar is open, and she is still surprised and has not recovered. The girl probably couldn't think of this, but Akashi felt that when she woke up, she would probably regret this decision that she thought was harmless.

Kanzawa Norie recovered much faster than Akashi Seijuro imagined.She moved her head away from Akashi's lips inadvertently, "What exactly does Akashi-kun want me to answer?"

The red-haired boy sneered without malice, and did not follow her rhythm of "answering questions with questions".This is probably the rare state in Akashi's life, both sober and crazy, obviously thinking faster than usual, but the hands around her waist involuntarily increased the strength, as if to make his ten fingers a prisoner, let her You can no longer escape from the circle where you are the center of the circle.Even Akashi Seijuro himself couldn't tell whether it was emotion or rationality that dominated his mind at this moment, or both, to achieve a delicate balance.

"Then let me ask it another way... What will you do if you don't get the admission notice?"

Seeing that she couldn't divert Akashi's attention, Kanzawa Norie sighed inwardly, and could only answer his previous question directly. "...If I don't get the admission notice from this high school, I don't care much about other schools. If it's Akashi-kun, I should have noticed it early in the morning, right? Out of my three volunteers, only one is seriously written , and the other two are just fillings. But nah—there isn't a high school in Tokyo."

"I will not change the things I have already decided." There was a bit of sincere apology in Kanzawa Jihui's voice, and she even opened up a little distance, as if this could soften the fact that she was refusing .

It seemed that some kind of tacit agreement had been reached, neither Kanzawa Norie nor Akashi Seijuro pushed each other out of his arms.In this way, you won't be able to see the other person's expression, so you won't be soft-hearted or reckless because of the other person's expression.Akashi Seijuro moved his finger up about seven or eight centimeters until it touched the belt on her back. The girl tensed again because of his movement, and Akashi Seijuro's palm sank into the center of her back The shallow pit, even the radians are completely consistent, like a lock and key carefully cast by a skilled craftsman.

"The high school in Kansai..." Akashi Seijuro spit out the word "high school" in front of her for the first time. In the past, he avoided talking about it intentionally or unintentionally, but since he has obtained the most important information, Xiao Small persistence also becomes unimportant. "I see."

The girl who was finally freed from Akashi's confinement breathed a sigh of relief.When she saw the red-haired boy's expression again, she knew that her concerns were right—as soon as she saw this expression, she couldn't help but want to entrust everything to him.Kanazawa Norie doesn't know whether it is the sense of security brought by Akashi Seijuro that makes her have this urge, or whether it is because of her own subjective emotions.Just now her answer clearly denied the possibility of further studies in Tokyo, but Akashi Seijuro seemed to see some opportunity from it, and he didn't even have a trace of negative emotions. Just now, his almost ferocious aura was restrained, and he returned to her daily face. The appearance of the red-haired boy.

The answer she gave was not enough to make Akashi Seijuro stop.Rather, because of her answer, Akashi found a new possibility.Kanzawa Norie was a little uneasy, he had never seen him lose before so he couldn't see it at all, but Akashi Seijuro was essentially a person who refused to admit defeat.

He applied his ideas one after another to the girl, taking into account various factors, storing them for future use if feasible, and discarding them without hesitation if not feasible.What makes this person difficult is not that he is smart or calm-headed, but that he is still unwilling to let go even though he has already gained the upper hand.

In this tug-of-war, the person who can't afford to win or lose seems to be Akashi Seijuro, but Kanzawa Norie knows that this is not the case.When two people's weaknesses are each other's, it is much more difficult to reject what you want than to pursue what you want.

Before Kanzawa Norie returned home, Akashi Seijuro had already received her airmail.

When the butler handed him the red, white and blue envelope, the red-haired boy squinted his eyes and didn't pick it up right away, as if what was in front of him was something interesting, not a letter from a friend.

As a servant who has served the Akashi family for many years, the butler naturally saw the expression of the red-haired boy clearly.The gray-haired old man pulled the letter in his hand towards himself, "Do you need me to keep it?"

"No need." Akashi Seijuro said as he took the letter, looking at the butler without any emotion, as if he was dissatisfied with his thoughts being peeped through.

After the red-haired boy took the letter, he turned and walked into the bedroom. The middle-aged man who was sitting on the sofa looking at his notebook looked up. The arc of the wine falling to the bottom of the glass is so beautiful that it is almost artistic. Just after pouring a third of the glass, the butler turned his wrist and put away the wine bottle.

"According to the inscription, it is the child of the Kanzawa family."

While explaining this to Akashi's father, the butler put away the suit jacket that he had casually placed next to the sofa.The very majestic man looked away from the screen, and his indifference when looking at people was even worse than Akashi Seijuro's.

"which one?"

"Kamizawa Norie."

The man tapped the armrest with his index finger. This was a small gesture while he was thinking. The butler didn't dare to disturb him, so he stood by.There were obviously two people in the living room, but even the sound of breathing was unnoticeable, and a needle could almost be heard.The butler waited for a while, and finally heard the voice of the man breaking the silence.

"That Kanzawa Norie, has he been to Akashi's house?" After receiving the affirmative reply from the housekeeper, the red-haired man crossed his fingers and leaned on the back of the sofa with great interest, "Tell me the whole story of that incident. "

Akashi Seijuro opened the envelope.

Just like last time, all the girl sent was a piece of paper and a photo.This seems to have become a new habit for her. Every time she goes to a place, she will take a photo and send it to him to share with him the scenery she has witnessed.Kanzawa Norie's photos are surprisingly good. Compared with words or actions, she seems to be better at using photos to capture amazing moments in life, and then conveying the kind of beauty that makes people want to hold their breath to those who see the photos. people's heart.Just like the one the red-haired boy is holding now──

There are many slightly white arcs drawn in the night sky, like the ripples on the lake water, spreading circles from the inside to the outside.That is the trajectory of the stars. After a certain period of time, they will return to the original point and start again, and the cycle will never stop.It takes a lot of effort to shoot star trails, which is exactly what Kanzawa Norie said "may be very busy".The red-haired boy pulled out the small note inside, and there was only one sentence written on the palm-sized note.

If every encounter is a ring of stars.

The girl used an ink pen and wrote on the small circle of the last period. The ink was obviously much darker than other places. It was the mark that the writer was trying to think about how to write down when the pen tip touched the paper.After this sentence, there was Kanzawa Norie's feelings that could not be expressed in words.Since it cannot be expressed, I have to use

The teenager stroked the "VIAAIRMAIL" sticker on the envelope with his fingertips, and then put the things back inside, together with the plastic painting tube he received earlier.The boy squatted down to look at these two things, endured it for a while, and still smiled.

──Kanazawa Norie wants to become romantic, it is simply overwhelming.

The author has something to say: Edible instructions in this chapter:

There is still a follow-up to the stalk of Star Trail, so don't worry (heart) (.

Akashi's father has a follow-up to this stalk, so don't worry (heart) (mud)

Red, white and blue envelopes and airmail can't be more retro and more romantic (heart) (heart) (this sentence is serious

Chapter Summary Jun has been played to death by me (heart)

Thanks to Rio for the grenades, the mines for the emoticons and the mines for Meow (heart) (you are really enough

2014-03-21 first release