[Kuroko's Basketball] Real Girl

Memories Childhood

"Koi carp, which one do you like?"

The woman squatted by the pond holding a little girl who was only two or three years old, and asked with a smile while pointing at the fish in the water.

The little girl in her arms looked at the fish, then at the shortbread in her hand, and directly lowered her head to take a bite of the meat that didn't speak at all.Seeing her like this, the woman smiled, retracted her hand and rubbed the girl's two short hairs: "That's for the koi... Well, it's not bad, our koi is cuter, so let's give it to you." You!"

But at this moment, the little girl raised her hand and handed the remaining half of the shortbread to the woman: "I like mom, so I give it to you."

The woman was stunned for a moment, but instead of taking the shortbread with only half of it left, she rubbed the little girl into her arms: "Oh my God! Our little koi is so cute! It's indeed my mother's caring little padded jacket !"

The two of them were making a fuss, but they didn't notice the little boy wearing Taoist clothes not far away and holding a bamboo sword in his hand.The child was standing on the corridor, looking at the warm, leisurely and happy look over there, but he didn't move at all, as if he was stunned.

"Aren't you going to the dojo, master?"

It wasn't until the passing housekeeper asked a question that the boy woke up, and ran away with a little red face.

The woman whose back was turned over there didn't know this, but the little girl lying on the woman's shoulder saw the boy who ran away blushing.

After the nurse took care of the woman and fell asleep, the little girl sat cross-legged and looked at the woman. After an unknown amount of time, she heard rustling sounds outside the courtyard, and couldn't hold back her curiosity, so she opened the door of the Japanese room and ran. out.

She saw the little boy she saw at noon before. He was standing by the pond looking at the fish in it, and sprinkled some bread crumbs in his hand, causing the fish to scramble to gather at his feet and let out a puff. The sound of puffing water.

The boy was still wearing a Dao uniform, apparently he came here without changing his clothes after practice.Seems to be amused, he squatted down/body, stretched out his hand tentatively to touch the fish sticking out their heads to snatch food.I don't know if it's because he's too short or because of the armor on his chest. The boy stopped when he bent halfway, and tended to lean forward when he lost his balance.Seeing that he was about to fall, he thought to himself that he had learned a little swimming before, but he was pulled back by his sleeves.

Turning around in shock, the boy saw the little girl with black hair and black eyes. She was staring at him with a pair of eyes with big pupils. He should have felt weird, but he unexpectedly felt warm.

She tilted her head: "Brother? Are you all right?"

"Thank you, I'm fine."

Then there was a long silence.Both sides didn't know what to say, and the two had to stand around each other heavily.They are obviously brothers and sisters, but due to various reasons, the number of times they see each other is pitifully low, sometimes even without speaking a few words for a few months.

Until the sound of "啪!" diverted the attention of the two children.They turned their gazes over and saw a small black koi jumping onto the shore, apparently just snatched it out.

Unfortunately, the fish jumped onto the shore and was swinging desperately, but a pair of small fleshy hands went over and grabbed it, and threw it into the pond regardless of the tender skin pierced by the fins.The fish fell into the water, swung in place, then swam away quickly, never to be seen again.

"what are you doing?"

"Put it back." The girl raised her hand to look at the little wound punctured by the fish fin. She didn't know what to do, but when she was about to lick it, the boy pulled her over and held it down with the sleeve of her clothes to stop the bleeding. .

"Why don't you catch it and keep it in a fish tank, that would be great." In fact, when I wanted to touch the fish just now, I also had the idea of ​​catching one and raising it. The boy removed his clothes after a while and looked at the small hole. The bleeding had already stopped, and a piece of his sleeve was also stained, but the other party didn't seem to care.

The girl kept staring at the dirt on the opponent's sleeve: "The fish tank is too small."

"I think it's just right."

"too small!"

It seemed that he didn't expect the girl to suddenly speak in anger. The boy froze for a moment, lowered his eyes and said in a muffled voice, "Okay."

"There should be goldfish in the fish tank."

The boy's eyes suddenly lit up and looked at each other: "Can you raise it? Won't it be small?"

"It's enough to raise goldfish." She nodded solemnly. "It's not small at all."

"Are there any goldfish here?"

"No, only koi."

"Koi————" the boy looked at the school of fish in the pond and gradually dispersed after grabbing food, and muttered to himself, "Then turn the koi into a goldfish, okay, koi?"

The girl tilted her head and looked at the boy who was asking herself, as if she was thinking: "Can brother do it?"

"It might work."

"Then what if the koi doesn't want to become a goldfish? The fish tank is too small." She wrinkled her nose, looking embarrassed.

Seeing her such a cute little gesture, the boy reached out and rubbed the other's hair in a strange way.

"There's always a way."

"Ok!"

Since then, the two haven't spoken to each other so much.But occasionally when the boy looked at the girl, although he gradually forgot what happened that day, the words he said at that time were deeply ingrained in the boy's mind.It gradually affected his feelings and actions until it became an instinct.

There will always be a day when the koi can willingly become a goldfish and swim into his fish tank.

He has always believed in this.