fall in love with Echizen

It's getting colder and colder, and some of the leaves are turning yellow and falling with the wind.

In the empty classroom, I propped my chin up to watch the leaves fall outside the window, and twirled in the air.

Outside are the noisy sounds of students after school.

I looked down at the tennis court, Ryoma and the others seemed to be training.

A few minutes later, the door of the classroom was pushed open, and a fat male teacher wearing glasses came in, pushing his glasses: "Hino, have you solved the problem you left yesterday?"

I handed him the paper on the table: "It's done, Mr. Lin Ye."

"Hmm." His eyes narrowed behind the thick glasses, he picked up the paper to browse, "Not bad, it's a good idea."

"It's only a few days, Huino, even if you can't win, at least you have to be bright enough, and your thinking in solving problems is innovative enough. I believe you have this ability."

Me: "...Okay, teacher."

Mr. Lin Ye sat down and opened the materials he brought: "Okay, let's talk about the last question type today. This question type is very troublesome, but the method is rigid and requires guesswork. Bring in their common denominators one by one..."

……

After the lecture was over, he stood up, and the stool scratched the floor: "Let's go up here today."

I just finished writing the last number and put away my things: "Good teacher."

Mr. Lin Ye and I were leaving to go to the office. He turned around and called me, with a smile on his fleshy face: "By the way, let's fight hard."

Me: "OK."

I saw that the teacher went downstairs after entering the office. The setting sun elongated the shadow, and the stairs distorted the shadow.The only sound in the empty corridor was his own footsteps.

Walking downstairs, there is no one outside the teaching building.

Ryoma is also very busy recently, and the capital meeting is coming soon.

I took a look at the tennis club from a distance, where the balls were constantly being hit.

Because it was agreed that he would let me go back if he didn't come after I made up the missed lessons, so I didn't go there and left.

There were also a lot fewer people on the street, and everyone went home to eat.

I walked, and after a while, I slowly took out a candy from my pocket and stuffed it into my mouth. The sweetness of strawberry burst on the tip of my tongue.

When I got home, it was dark, my father didn't come back, and my mother had to stay at school for a while.

Turning on the light, I suddenly felt so sleepy that I didn't even want to eat.

Take out your phone.

[Ewha: Dad, I’m too sleepy so I’ll go to bed first, you can eat by yourself when you come back. ]

Dad came back quickly, as if he was fishing.

[Dad: Got it, good night, good night! ]

[Ewha: Good night. ]

Turn off the phone, wash up briefly, and when I came out, the sky outside the window had already darkened.

Ryoma should have returned home.I thought.

Turning off the light in the living room and entering the room, I threw myself on the bed, a piece of the soft mattress sank.

Really sleepy.I turned off the light, pulled the quilt over my body hastily, and closed my eyes, trying to fall asleep.

Close to deep sleep, thoughts drifting.

Inexplicably, he started to replay the transformation clip of the guardian sweetheart anime he saw yesterday, and after a few seconds, he played back the transformation clip of Dagu transforming into Tiga, which was very confusing.

From the grotesque scenes, I can barely think of something realistic.

Weird from the start...

They seem to be comforting me in advance.

——It doesn’t matter if you don’t win, the important thing is to use your shining point to attract others’ attention.

Seems right, but no one thinks I'm going to win.

……

"Pear blossom, pear blossom?"

I had a splitting headache and woke up, but I didn't even want to open my eyes, and there was a buzzing in my ears.

"Pear Blossom, Pear Blossom! We're going to be late."

"..." I opened my eyes slightly, and my father's big face was in front of me, and his hand was touching my forehead.

Huo Yewu explored for a while: "Hmm... bad, it seems to have a fever! Oh, by the way, dad rushed in when he was going to work and found your shoes were still there."

I looked at the suit on Dad and the briefcase on the floor.

Sitting up, my head was really dizzy.

I wiped my forehead, with slight cold sweat: "It's okay... Dad, you go to work first, I'll get up..."

"Why are you getting out of bed? I'll get you medicine." Just do what you said, Huo Yewu went to the living room to fetch water, and rummaged through the cold medicine in the drawer.

Dad entered the room and handed it to me: "Drink it quickly, I will ask you for leave, Lihua, you will go to bed after drinking, and I will be back at noon. Just sleep."

I was going to refuse, but I agreed under Dad's stare.

I took the medicine and the water glass: "..."

Dad saw that I finished drinking the medicine before leaving, the door was closed, and the room was quiet.

I paused and picked up my phone.

Hmm... looking at the phone now feels like vomiting...

Take a quick look at the news.

Maybe I went to bed early last night and forgot to text Ryoma.

[Ryoma: Are you home? ]

After half an hour:

[Ryoma: Pear Blossom? ]

[Ryoma: Why are you ignoring me? ]

After another two hours:

[Ryoma: Good night.Did you go to bed early? ]

As expected of you... your guess is really accurate.

Although he may have been to school, I replied anyway.

[Ewha: Yes, go to bed early! ]

[Ewha: I asked for leave today, if you finish school activities early, go back first. ]

I waited for a while, but there was no reply, so he probably won't see it with his phone until noon.

I was about to put down the phone, but stopped, hesitating for a while.

I remember...it seems to be called...

I type into the search box.

——Akashi Seijuro.

When the search items came out, the first one was his father's name.

Then it was his, the son of Akashi Seishomi... the young master of the Akashi family, one of the Japanese chaebols.

There are no photos, and the pre-protection is very good.

But what followed was a report from a basketball-related magazine, which exposed the appearance photos of Akashi Seijuro and his teammates.

I took a quick glance, and I only remembered that Akashi was a good basketball player, a good student, and a good person in every aspect...

...That's why I think I can't win.

Well...a team of six...

In the group photo in the magazine photo, the boy in it looks frighteningly tall.On the contrary, Akashi is the one who is much shorter inside.

Although he insisted on holding it up with momentum.

Go to sleep...wait.

I squinted and realized something was wrong, and even started counting with my fingers in a clumsy way.

One, two, three, four, five... huh?

I counted again, still five.

Where did the team of six come from?

I was puzzled, thinking carefully about the coldness of my arms.

Forget it, let's go to sleep.

After taking the medicine, my drowsiness became more intense, it was like a tornado sweeping through me, making my head dizzy.

Fall asleep as soon as your head touches the pillow.

"The silver dragon girl was poisoned by the magician's potion on the way to slaughter the demon king, so she is now in a coma!" Yuta Fukuoka said seriously with his chin resting on his hands.

The seat in front of him that belonged to the dark-haired girl was empty at the moment.

Aoi Yui still remembered the name Yuta gave her as the orange-clothed magician, and pointed to herself with a confused face: "...huh?"

"I'm sick and asked for leave." Nozaki Umetaro said blankly, and then thought of something, "I feel like Ewha was also sick before graduating from elementary school."

Yui has never heard of these news: "Eh? Do you always get sick before the exam?"

Umetaro Nozaki: "No, it should be because of the high pressure... right? But I remember that she was sluggish all day long, so it shouldn't be like this."

Yui blinked: "...What did pear blossoms look like before? Is it different from the ones now?"

Umetaro Nozaki said with a wooden face: "In the past, I was just a guy who skipped classes every day and did strange things. I don't know how it changed, maybe she has matured. When she was going to be admitted to Qinggaku, no one thought she would pass the exam. Even Ewha Later results improved, but not enough.”

"Who knew that she passed the exam, her grades soared to the sky, and she hasn't been down since then... It must be accumulated over time?"

"Strange thing?" Fukui Yuta caught the words, one hand was tied with a bandage to cover half of his face, "What's the matter? Snatching treasures?"

Umetaro Nozaki recalled: "...Probably because the rabbit in the school gave birth, and she wanted to go to see it, this kind of thing...or picked up a wallet on the road, and really waited in place from morning to afternoon..."

... And every time I asked the teacher for leave in a serious manner, I almost made the class teacher very angry.

Yui's eyes widened: "This, is it like this?"

Yuta: "As expected of a silver dragon!"

Yui: "..."

Classes continue in the morning.

The tennis team is still training.

At noon, Echizen Ryoma put away his racket and put his backpack on his back.

He walked out of the tennis court, and Takeshi Momoshiro called him: "Hey! Echizen!"

Echizen Ryoma stopped, turned sideways, and the cold amber pupils were vaguely under the brim of the hat: "What's wrong, senior?"

Takeshi Momoshiro scratched his head and smiled brightly: "It's nothing, the captain asked us to come early in the afternoon."

"Well, I see. Thank you." Ryoma nodded slightly and turned around.

Just as Takeshi Momoshiro was about to wave goodbye, something fell from the pocket of Echizen's junior in front of him, probably because Echizen's hand was pulled out of his pocket, and the thing fell along with it.

"Eh……"

Ryoma walked very fast.

Takeshi Momoshiro scratched his head, so he had no choice but to go forward and pick it up: "What, Echizen went too far...!!! Everyone!!!"

Bu Er Zhou Zhu came over with a smile: "What's the matter? You look surprised."

He turned his head closer and saw something in Takeshi Momoshiro's hand, and his smile deepened: "Isn't this quite normal?"

Takeshi Momoshiro said stiffly, "But, it's that Echizen..."

"What, what, let me take a look." Oishi Shuichiro leaned his head over and opened his eyes wide, "Who is this...?"

Takeshi Momoshiro: "Look! Oishi-senpai doesn't think it looks like Echizen anymore!"

Fujisuke stroked his chin, his expression unchanged: "For couples, it's normal. But..."

He took the photo of the photo in Taocheng's hand, the boy who closed his eyes and kissed him looked natural, only the color of his ears showed a little boyishness.

No, maybe it's involuntary...?So there was no time for the expression to change.Fujisuke thought for a while, twirling the photo with his fingers: "I'll keep it first, and return it to him in the afternoon."

Eiji Kikumaru walked over slowly while spinning the racket: "What are you doing around?"

Fuji Zhouzhu preemptively said softly: "It's nothing, let's all go back."

Eiji Kikumaru: "?"

Afterwards, Hai Tangxun rushed to go out but was blocked: "..."

Tezuka Kunimitsu, who has insight into everything but stands still and remains aloof: "..."

Kawamura, who was disconnected the whole time: "...huh?"

I went to the rooftop and waited for a while, but no one came.

The tennis ball going up and down in mid-air was held by one hand, and Echizen Ryoma's amber eyes lowered.

did not come.

There was no reply last night.

Are you angry? ...though not sure why.

So did you not come to school, sick?

Echizen Ryoma put away his backpack while thinking about it, and went downstairs again, with the faint expression on his face unchanged.

Yui was used to sleeping in the classroom, and Nozaki Umetaro was also scribbling and drawing on paper.

And Fu 樫樫太 suddenly covered his bandaged hand after eating, with a painful expression on his face: "The seal...! The seal is about to be undone! Damn it! I have to go to the devil to get new materials for the magic horn!"

As he said that, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he squatted down, rolled over in the classroom, wary of some air, crawled forward, and left the classroom.

Others in the classroom: "..."

Yui: "..."

Umetaro: "...not bad."

Then just be quiet.

Xinai was drawing her eyebrows in a small mirror, when she caught a glimpse of a person at the door from the corner of her eye, she was startled: "Yue, Yueqian Ryoma?"

The boy at the door was still wearing a white baseball cap, and his amber cat eyes felt a little oppressive. His upper body was the blue and white jacket chosen by the tennis club, but he was wearing shorts. The muscles on his legs were extremely smooth.

He looked around the class for a week, saw a little yellow duck water glass on the table, paused, and asked, "Where did Huo Yelihua go?"

Eh?Why are you looking for pear blossoms?

After quickly tidying up his beloved, the smile on his face froze.

Yui replied: "Ewha is sick and asked for leave."

Echizen Ryoma paused, nodded: "Thank you."

Turn away.

The rest of the people just boiled up.

A girl said: "Okay, so cool! Did you see, he looks so handsome in his pocket!"

"I see, I see! She looks like a cat!"

"That's the first grade in the tennis club?"

"What are you looking for for pear blossoms?"

"I heard that he has a girlfriend... no way?"

"……Guess so."

"...I don't know who to envy for a while."

"...Do you still have thoughts about Pear Blossom?"

"Cute doll type girl."

Yui: "...I don't know what happened to the pear blossoms?"

Umetaro Nozaki: "It'll be fine, I'll probably see her tomorrow."

Umetaro Nozaki looked around, and the extremely excited students who speculated about the gossip about the relationship between Rika and Ryoma were having a heated discussion.

Roughly divided into the "they can't be boyfriend and girlfriend! Echizen definitely doesn't have a girlfriend!" camp.

"It's boyfriend and girlfriend! I hit it!" camp.

And the "not boyfriend and girlfriend! Ewha sauce is for everyone!" camp.

It is said that Lihua has captured so many people inadvertently... Is it an appearance-oriented snipe?

It seems that when I was in elementary school, I also attracted a bunch of people inexplicably.

Nozaki rubbed his chin in thought.

I don't know the school situation.

At noon, my father came back to cook, brought the meal in, and woke me up: "Lihua Lihua, is it better? It's time to eat."

I struggled to open my eyes, because I was covered with a thick quilt, and a thin layer of sweat broke out all over my body.

Woke up by my dad, I woke up with my hair sticking to the side of my face.

"Dad..."

Dad put the small table on the bed, and put the porridge on it: "Eat quickly, don't starve the pear blossoms into flat flowers."

I:"………"

I picked up the spoon: "I started."

After dinner, my father washed the dishes and went to work again. Before leaving, he said, "Sleep a little longer, and remember to take medicine after an hour."

I said weakly: "Got it..."

Dad laughed a few times and closed the door.

I set the alarm clock on my mobile phone, pulled the quilt and fell asleep again.

After an hour, I was woken up by the alarm clock to drink medicine.

Just found the new message on the phone.

[Ryoma: Where are you? ]

After a few minutes:

[Ryoma: Sick?at home? ]

And I fell asleep without replying.

I type slowly.

[Ewha: Well, sleep at home. ]

But it was already the time for class in the afternoon, and he should have gone to the tennis club to train again, so he didn't reply in time.

It seems that time has been staggered since yesterday.

It seems that when I went back to elementary school and chatted with Longma Internet, the time in the United States and Japan was different, and the replies were basically not timely.

One sentence from you, and one sentence from me after a while.

I drank the medicine and was sleepy again.

This day may just fall asleep like this... Thinking, I lay down on the pillow and fell asleep again.

……

It's like having a dream about the past.

I often ask for leave in elementary school... Although they all said that it was skipping classes, I clearly explained the reason to the teacher in advance.

I finally went to the United States and went abroad to play. I didn’t play anything except a tennis match.

Oh, and getting a new friend?

Because I am transnational, I use webmail chat, or web chat software or something.

At first I just asked English questions, after all, there are very few opportunities to ask someone who is proficient in English in the United States.

As a result, we gradually became familiar with each other later, and we were chatting about other things.

[Ewha: I want to enter Qingxue, but everyone doesn't believe it, and I don't dare to say it. ]

[Ryoma: It doesn't matter, just don't care about yourself. ]

[Ewha: What if I fail the exam? ]

[Ryoma: I won't lose.It seems that you are still far behind in terms of self-confidence. ]

[Ewha: ...]

[Pear Blossom: Cats and cats are circled together sadly.jpg]

[Ryoma: ... ]

[Ryoma: Anyway, just go all out, and do nothing else. ]

[Ewha: Have you ever lost in tennis?what does it feel like ]

[Ryoma: I feel like I will definitely win next time. ]

... This person, to some extent, is pulling, but this kind of attitude is pretty cool.

[Ewha: Got it, thank you. ]

[Ryoma: Thank you?Why say thank you, you haven't won yet. ]

[Ewha: ...]

... Then, I passed the exam and won.

Didn't say thank you.

Confess directly.

After all, I don't know when I fell in love with Ryoma, obviously I only met once.

Chatting all the time, even with the time difference, it never stopped.

Judging from his words, he seemed to be glowing with confidence.

It seems natural to be attracted.

[Ewha: Let's date. ]

[Ryoma: Okay. ]

[Pear Blossom: Maomao Sahuahua.jpg]

I thought he would send texts as usual, Ryoma never used those emoticons.

But this time he used it.

[Ryoma: Maomao nods.jpg]

I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

I feel so out of place with him, but he's also quite cute.

……

When I woke up again, it was dusk, and the afterglow of the setting sun jumped in through the window and onto my bed, bright red everywhere.

I was covered in thin sweat, and so was my forehead.

I got up in a daze, and it would take a long time for my dad to get off work.

I didn't want to get out of the bed, so I turned over in the bed again, planning to continue sleeping.

boom.

soft voice.I didn't even catch it and thought I heard it wrong.

until the next second.

boom.

I opened my eyes and found that it was the sound from the window.

I sat up and looked carefully at the window.

Not long after, a small yellow ball appeared again, touched the window glass lightly, and fell down.

The grip is just right.

I:"……???"

I realized something, lifted the quilt, put on plush slippers, walked to the window, and opened the window.

The cool air poured in instantly, and I lowered my head, because my room is at the back of the house, so the window is in a small alley, not a street.

The man below is holding a racket, and the yellow tennis ball is bouncing up and down on his racket in a rhythmic way.

The amber cat's pupils slightly lifted as if feeling something, and met my surprised gaze.

Me: "How do you know this is my room?"

The floor is not high, so he can hear it without making too much noise.

When the tennis ball was thrown into the air again, Echizen Ryoma removed the racket and caught it with the palm of his hand. Hearing this, he raised his head with a smile on his lips: "Which window sill is full of little yellow duck dolls except you?"

"..." I silently glanced at the dolls piled up on the small window sills beside me.

I skipped the topic and shouted at him: "You came to see me? Why don't you go through the main entrance?"

The boy below looked up and said, "Because I don't know if I can enter, I sent you a text message and didn't reply."

me?"

It's true that I tend to ignore my phone when I sleep, and I didn't check the new news on my phone when I woke up just now.

"Okay... so you want to come in?" I asked.

"...Is your family not here?" Echizen Ryoma tilted his head, not rushing to agree.

Me: "No! Come up!"

He paused for a moment, hummed.

I close the window.

The wind is blowing so cold.

I walked out of the bedroom and went to the porch to open the door for him.

As soon as the door was opened, it was Echizen Ryoma's face under his hat, and he said, "Excuse me."

I bent down and took a shoe cover from the shoe cabinet and gave it to him: "Here, wear the shoe cover."

Ryoma took off the backpack and looked at it: "Can I put it on the shoe cabinet?"

"Wait a minute, put it in my bedroom, it's all for shoes."

Ryoma froze for a moment: "... bedroom?"

I didn't notice it, and because I was sweating a little, my skin was hot but my inside was cold, so I just wanted to get under the covers.

Seeing that he was not moving, I pushed him from behind: "Hurry up, hurry up."

Echizen Ryoma let me push, "Hey..."

Entering the house, I close the bedroom door.

My bedroom has always been tidy, and I don't care about other people coming in.

"..." Echizen Ryoma pushed down the brim of his hat, and walked around the doll sofa at the door.

Maotong didn't squint and didn't look too much, but he didn't know where to look, so he stared at me.

I got into the bed against his gaze, wrapped myself in the quilt, and sat on the bed with only one head exposed: "...you can sit on the desk and chair."

Echizen Ryoma glanced at the desk: "...No need."

He paused, put his backpack on the doll sofa, and the pink cat-shaped sofa sank.

"Is the fever better?"

I stayed under the warm blanket and nodded: "It will be much better after drinking the medicine."

Echizen Ryoma obviously didn't believe my words, so he walked a few steps to my bedside, lowered his head, and lowered his cat eyes.

I felt his hand on my forehead, warm.

Ryoma tilted his head: "...It seems that I don't have a fever anymore."

"Of course." I looked up at him, the broken hair on my forehead was lifted by his hand, except for the place covered by his palm, the other places were cool.

Facing Ryoma's amber eyes, knowing that he didn't have a fever, his hand didn't let go for a while, but a moment later, it slid down my face, holding my ear hair that was wet on the side of my face.

Ryoma stated, "Hair is all wet."

I muttered: "Because you have to sweat to be comfortable..."

He brushed the hair from my cheek, but he rubbed his thumb under my eye, forcing me to close one eye.

Me: "... what are you doing?"

"Sweat." Ryoma said calmly.

Putting his hands away, he continued to ask as if nothing happened, "Did you drink the medicine?"

"Drink it early. Shouldn't you come up to deliver homework from school?"

Ryoma: "What? No."

I wonder.

I thought the teacher would ask someone to bring me homework.

After a few casual chats, I asked him about the tennis club.

"When will Fuji-senpai open his eyes besides playing ball?"

"No."

"Then did you drink that nasty juice today?"

"...Drink it. But I won't drink it next time, I will definitely win."

"Eh……"

……

While chatting, suddenly there was the sound of unlocking the door, and my father said outside the door: "I came back early, Lihua, are you feeling better?"

I:"!"

Ryoma: "!"

I hurriedly got out of bed: "You, you, you, hide here first!"

Ryoma, who wasn't too flustered at first, was also made nervous by me, and even hid in the place I pointed.

It's hiding in my closet.

It was full of dresses and short-sleeved pants and stuff, and no underwear, so I let him hide in it.

Fortunately, wearing shoe covers, not dirty.

I pressed down on the closet door, looked down at Ryoma, who was staring at me with wide cat pupils in a daze, and was kneeling down, sinking into his clothes.

Me: "Come out later!"

Slam the cabinet door shut.

As soon as I got into bed again, my father knocked on the door: "Lihua Lihua, are you awake?"

"Wake up, come in."

The door was opened, "Come on, the teacher asked me... um? Your bag?"

Huino Wu looked at the tennis backpack on the small sofa.

I said awkwardly, "Yes..."

……etc!Why did I let Ryoma hide!Wouldn't it be nice to just show up here?Although it might be embarrassing...

But since he is hiding, he can only hide to the end.

Huo Yewu picked it up: "Are you still playing tennis?" He thought of something, and his expression was not good, "It can't be that your boyfriend thinks you can't play tennis, so let you learn it?"

I hastily denied: "No, no, yes... I'm interested, just type a few times, he lent me this."

"Oh, it's that brat's." Huo Yewu snorted and put it down.

boom.

There was a soft knocking sound in the closet.

I was taken aback.

Dad turned around suspiciously, and was about to walk over to have a look.

I said, "I'm much better. By the way, Dad, I'm so hungry, can I cook?"

Dad immediately put the soft sound behind him: "Of course, let's see Dad show you a trick!"

After talking, he went out to cook happily.

sorry dad...

I deliberately mentioned a dish that was not in the refrigerator: "I want to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes."

Dad opened the refrigerator in the living room, no.

Dad: "Okay, I'm going to buy vegetables! Wait, Lihua."

I opened the door to see my dad put on his shoes, and whispered, "Well, have a good trip."

The door closed again.

I went back to the room and opened the cabinet door. Ryoma was rubbing his head in the pile of clothes.

Me: "Crash?"

Ryoma was silent for a moment, didn't know why he didn't look at me, lowered his head and said in a sullen voice, "It's okay..."

I was worried that he had smashed his head, so I asked, "How does it feel?"

Long Ma hesitated for a moment, then said slowly: "It's so fragrant..."

Me: "...Huh?"

"..." Ryoma realized what he said, lowered the brim of his hat, tilted his head and stopped talking, looking very awkward.

I didn't have time to ask more questions, so I pulled him out again: "You go back first, it's getting late. See you tomorrow."

Ryoma rubbed his nose and straightened his crooked hat: "...See you tomorrow."

He goes out.

I breathe a sigh of relief.

It's finally okay...wait, so he just came to see if I still have a fever?

I pull out my phone.

There is a message from a few 10 minutes ago.

[Ryoma: Are you at home?If your parents are not here, I can come. ]

It probably means that you can come and take care of me...?

I lay down on the bed.

[Ewha: See you tomorrow. ]

[Ewha: Cats Chasing Their Tails.jpg]

After living the same life for a few days, it's time for the math competition.

Because he still needed special tennis training on the day of my competition, and it was also a school day, so it was just me, the teacher, and two seniors.

The senior of the second grade competition said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I also went to the competition in the first grade, and I'll finish writing it."

The senior sister in the third grade was endorsing the book, saying: "It's best to review it again, mathematics also needs to review the question types."

Me: "OK."

We go by bus.

I followed the teacher all the way, and when I entered a classroom, the teacher stopped: "Go in, Lihua. Come on."

I nodded: "OK..."

Open the door and enter, there are only two desks and chairs in the empty classroom.

A red-haired boy looked at me sideways, his rose-colored eyes were warm, and the corners of his mouth showed a perfect and comfortable arc: "Hello, I'm Akashi Seijuro."

I was stunned: "Hello, I'm Huino Lihua..."

I feel like I've seen him somewhere... an illusion?

Another invigilating teacher came in, "Okay, sit down."

I sit down.

"The exam time is two hours, and after that, the papers will be collected and corrected on the spot. Come on."

After briefly stating some rules, the teacher looked at the watch and handed out papers on the hour.

I put aside the rest of my thoughts and focused on the questions on the paper.

... so difficult, very obscure knowledge points.

The only sound in the classroom is the sound of the pointer moving and the slight rubbing of the pen tip on the paper.

Two hours passed quickly.

I waited for the teacher to say: "It's time, stop writing." I started to check.

Did not have time.

When handing in the paper, I subconsciously turned my head to look at Akashi. He was calm and calm, and his rose eyes that didn't look at anyone seemed a little cold.

When he turned his head to look at me, he politely melted the ice. He was a very polite peer.

The teacher took the papers to the podium and began to correct the grades on the spot.

I lowered my head, I didn't know when the ink was on my finger, and the refill leaked ink.

But there is no test paper.

"Remember to stay calm later." Akashi said suddenly.

I was taken aback: "What?"

Akashi Seijuro turned his head and smiled politely, "There are cameras in the classroom, but now the footage is in the correcting teacher's pen, not with us. He will directly announce who wins and who loses later. All the footage will be shown to other schools in the hall people see."

I:"……"

He turned his head and met my eyes: "That is to say, not only the winners, but also the expressions of the losers will be photographed."

I clapped my hands: "...they probably won't care."

Akashi Seijuro smiled warmly: "I know. But, I always care about it."

"Just a reminder."

Me: "...Thank you."

I don't know what happened next, I just know that the teacher announced that Akashi's score was higher.

I didn't feel anything for some reason, so I stood up and shook hands with him.

Maybe with a smile on his face.

The moment I stretched out my hand, I remembered the ink on my hand and paused.

But Akashi Seijuro saw it, and he still held it, smiling with the same expression: "Nice to meet you, Hino."

"Me too……"

Separated, his hands were also stained with ink.

What a...a man of manners.

When I went out, my teacher greeted me: "It's okay, it's only three points away."

Me: "...um."

But he got full marks.Possibly more than that.

I followed the teacher to the hall, and on the screen was the appearance of the red-haired boy being interviewed, with ease.

The reporter asked a few questions about the game symbolically, and asked him all about the Akashi family in a swarm.

Akashi Seijuro played Tai Chi calmly and avoided them.

I watched him, and I couldn't help feeling that he was really powerful... Or rather, he looked like someone from another world.

The teacher took a few glances and patted my head: "Normal, he has been studying since the birth of the Akashi family. The kind of child raised by the family with exhausted resources must not be comparable in the early stage, let alone the Akashi himself. Still working very hard.”

I looked up, the teacher smiled and said, "You are also very good, Hino."

As a result, I went back to school, just in time for the last class.

This game is fast like a dream.

The seniors won, and the second graders of Teiko School seemed to be unwell in the examination room, so they automatically lost.

So with two wins in three rounds, Qingxue narrowly won.

I heard that in the past two schools, you won and I won, and you came and went.

During class, the sound of pattering rain suddenly sounded outside the window, and small raindrops hit the glass window.

But the rain is no longer as heavy as in summer, it is a small misty drizzle.

Yui was going to meet her boyfriend, so she left first.

Tomikao Nozaki and I waved: "See you tomorrow."

Nozaki: "Goodbye."

Fu 樫: "I went to sleep underground."

I:"……"

It took me a long time to pack up before I went downstairs, and everyone was almost gone.

...Ah, I forgot to bring an umbrella.

I stopped in my tracks, hesitating.

It's okay to get wet in such a light rain... right?

I hesitated.

Forget it, just run!

I breathed out, and was about to step into the rain, when the back collar was pulled by a force again, and I was pulled back abruptly.

Me: "???" This familiar feeling?

"What are you doing, didn't you just get sick a few days ago?" Echizen Ryoma's voice.

I turned my head: "Aren't you in special training!?"

"It's raining. Let's let the game go right away." Long Ma said lightly.

He held up the umbrella, walked out, turned around, and the color of the umbrella was reflected in the amber pupils: "Aren't you coming?"

I regained my senses and quickly hid under his umbrella: "I want it."

Walking side by side, there was the sound of standing water under their feet.

In the patter, Longma calmly said: "Losing?"

I paused and didn't look at him: "Well... But it's nothing, right...?"

Before I could finish my sentence, my cheek was suddenly pinched by a hand, and I was forced to pout my mouth and couldn't speak.

Ryoma easily turned my face away, lowered his eyes to look at it, and said, "Your expression looks like a dog that can't grab a bone."

I:"???"

What kind of wonderful metaphor is this? ?

We were walking on the street, because of the rain, there were not many pedestrians on the road.

Hitting the same umbrella, we were very close, arm to arm.

I paused, opened my mouth and didn't know what to say. After a long while, I said, "...Before I went to the competition, my mind felt completely blank."

Inexplicably, I began to describe the feeling of today's scene.

Echizen Ryoma didn't make a sound either.

I just kept talking.

"The senior and senior sister are also very nice, and the teacher is also very good. After the past, we took the exam in an empty classroom. It was just me, Seijuro Akashi, and an invigilator."

"I didn't dare to look at him in the exam, guessing the progress, because it was so difficult, I thought about it for a long time, but he seemed very relaxed."

"Akashi-kun is very...polite? I feel comfortable getting along but there is a distance."

"And, moreover, there is actually a surveillance camera inside that is projected directly to the screen outside."

I paused: "...so everyone can see that I lost?"

Ryoma tilted his head: "Is it important to lose?"

I thought about it: "I just don't want to be seen by everyone."

"And seniors and sisters