fall in love with Echizen

"What are you talking about?" Ryoma frowned, holding the strap of his backpack, the setting sun shrouded him in a hazy red.

I paused: "I'm saying I did something wrong."

"...Oh, you mean the one at noon." He was slightly taken aback, his head turned away in a irritated appearance, his lips were pursed, and his cat eyes were staring at the floor under his feet.

Ryoma paused for a few seconds before awkwardly saying: "...it's nothing. Just don't do this in the future."

I nodded and took out grape-flavored candy from my pocket: "Here you are."

"Hmm." Ryoma frowned, and looked at me with amber eyes.

I smiled at him: "Your favorite flavor, right?"

"..." Ryoma's eyes seemed to froze for a moment, and his eyes slowly moved down to touch the purple candy in my palm.

My open palm moved a little towards him.

Ryoma looked up at me again before reaching out to pick it up.

He may be unintentional, or he may be intentional. The pulps of his flexed fingers scratched lightly while taking the sugar from my palm.

I couldn't help laughing, and curled up my palms.

Long Ma was stunned, Mao Tong looked at me, and was not in a hurry to eat candy: "What's wrong?"

It is indeed a look of "I really don't know" innocence.

Me: "You scratch me."

"I didn't scratch you." Ryoma ate the candy and held it in his mouth without crushing it. Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows and retorted softly.

I clenched my hand, still feeling itchy.

I blinked: "You just scratched me when you took the candy."

"..." Ryoma stopped talking, he stared at me, his slightly puffed cheeks moved, and there was a soft sound of sugar being crushed in his mouth.

His cat-like eyes were fixed on mine.

I was inexplicably frightened, and hurriedly withdrew my hand: "...It's nothing, it must have been careless. Hmm! Careless!"

"Eh—what if it's intentional." As soon as I flinched, Ryoma was uncompromising, and he drew out his tone with a harsh and teasing tone, "It's very itchy."

I paused, his eyes narrowed slightly, his expression was a sign that he was going to scold me.

I looked forward: "It doesn't itch now..."

"Hmm..." Longma put one hand in his pocket and clenched the backpack strap tightly with the other, and turned his head to look at the front, chuckled a few times, and said casually, "Ewha, you always care about strange things."

strangeness--?

I frowned: "Huh? You are still the same."

Ryoma retorted: "Huh? I don't."

I was dissatisfied and said, "You were asking questions just now."

Ryoma glanced at me: "I'm just following what you said."

Me: "...Hmph, then I won't tell you these things in the future."

Ryoma: "..."

Longma turned his head and said dryly, "If you don't say it, you don't say it."

When I got downstairs in my house, I waved my hand casually and went upstairs.

Ryoma: "..."

When I got home, I slammed my schoolbag on the sofa. Dad, who was playing games when he came home early, was startled. He rubbed his head and beeped softly: "What's wrong...ah, you're hungry, I'll cook right away !"

"No." I stopped my dad's movement, paused, and hesitated, "Dad, do you think I always care about strange things? Am I different from others?"

"Ah? What's wrong? Did someone say you're weird?" Hinono pressed the pause button and put down the handle, "No, it should be said absolutely not!"

I asked: "Then what am I paying attention to is strange? Where is it strange?"

"...No more." Dad turned his head away, thinking of something, his eyes lit up, "It should be said that way! It is correct to replace the strange with the cute!"

I was dissatisfied: "...cuteness is a panacea. Just like tenderness, anyone can use it."

"No." Dad paused, and then beeped softly, "Although it's worn out in Two-dimensional..."

I'm speechless:"……"

Huo Yewu continued to beep softly: "Ah, this is to comfort you, right, to comfort the daughter of a junior high school student...!"

I:"……"

Huo Yewu: "That's right! Lihua, you know about Qihai Qianqiu, right?"

I nodded hesitantly: "Isn't it the role of "Danwanronpa 2"..."

He stretched out his finger: "Is she cute?"

I'm cute."

Hino Wu: "That's right! She is a super high school level gamer! It means that girls who can play games are very cute! From this, it turns out that pear blossom sauce is also cute!"

I immediately: "..."

Really unconvincing words.

I got up and went to the bedroom to do my homework, and said perfunctorily, "Okay, I see..."

Huo Yewu yelled: "Ewha! You can always believe in your appearance!"

I:"……"

……

In the evening, after eating and washing, I lie on the bed and play with my mobile phone.

[Nozaki: After all, you just care. ]

[Guo Guo: Hey, I think Echizen-kun said it unintentionally... Isn't he always saying something wrong? ]

[Black Flame Envoy: Hmph, it's time to summon my magic circle!It's nine o'clock sharp! ]

[Nozaki: Oh, that's right.Maybe I just want to say that the things you care about are unexpected but cute. ]

[The Dark Flame Maker: The flame is the reflection of everyone's heart, but for me, it will never be extinguished. ]

[Li Lihuahua: How is it possible...! ! ! ]

[Pear Blossom: Cats Crazy.jpg]

[Nozaki: By the way, do lovers care about these details somehow? ]

[Dark Flame Maker: The dawn of the night is lighting up! ]

[Result: Maomao nods.jpg]

[Guo Guo: Of course!After being together for a long time, only those details are left, of course I will care!After all, small things are the most emotionally draining.It's not good to accumulate. ]

[The Dark Flame Envoy: Let me, the Dark Flame Envoy, unleash the magic power of the Earth's core! ]

[Nozaki: That's it. ]

[Nozaki: Maomao is thinking.jpg]

[Pear Pear Blossom:! !So I won't talk to him about that anymore! ]

[Pear Blossom: Cat Beats Sandbags Violently.jpg]

[Fruit: Hey! ?We can talk about it tomorrow! ]

[Dark Flame Maker: I will wake up at the time of the devil in the middle of the night.The me during the day is not the real me...]

[Nozaki: Is there no game meeting tomorrow? ]

[Pear Pear Blossom: ...!I thought it would be a few more days! ]

[Pear Pear Blossom: The cat was so shocked that it ate its tail.jpg]

[Nozaki: Well, forget it.Couples do not participate in quarrels.Let's leave together, Fukashi.Stop bragging. ]

[The Dark Flame Maker: The Dark Flame Maker will never leave the stage! ]

"System prompt: Nozaki is offline, and the Dark Flame Envoy is offline"

[Guoguo: Lihua will work hard tomorrow! ]

[Pear Pear Blossom: Hmm!Yui, you too! ]

[Pear pear flower: cat hug.jpg]

[Result: Cat kisses.jpg]

[Pear Pear Blossom: Good night! ]

[Guo Guo: Good night! ]

I exit the group chat interface and meditate for a while.

So tomorrow is the ball skills conference? ... Then what should I do if I haven't had time to practice?

... Forget it, it's just an entertainment project.Just play around.

I turned over to go to sleep when my phone vibrated again.

I pick it up.

[Ryoma: Tomorrow's ball skills conference. ]

... This guy, is he going to pretend that nothing happened!

[Ewha: Oh. ]

[Ryoma: ...]

He paused for a few seconds before replying, seemingly hesitating.

[Ryoma: So you won't come to see me. ]

I'm still in a bit of a pissed off state, typing this for granted.

[Ewha: Of course, what's interesting about you. ]

[Ewha: Maomao turned and left.jpg]

[Ewha: Goodbye! ]

[Ryoma: ...good night. ]

I turned off my phone, turned off the lights and closed my eyes.

He was going to sleep, but tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

I closed my eyes for a long time, and opened them without feeling sleepy.

A dark room, silent.

I froze, and picked up the phone hesitantly.

There is an unread message.

After Ryoma finished saying good night, after almost ten minutes, he sent another sentence.

[Ryoma: Let me come and see you. ]

I rubbed my eyes, the light on the screen flickered in the dark, I lowered the brightness, and read Long Ma's words again.

It's been half an hour since he finished his real last sentence.

I hesitated whether to reply, hesitated for a while or typed.

[Ewha: Yes. ]

I waited for a minute, and he replied.

[Ryoma: Yes.Good night. ]

[Ewha: Good night...]

I put down my phone.

Hmm... feels weird.The anger didn't completely subside, but it felt like being interrupted, and I couldn't get back the feeling of being sulking just now, halfway up and down.

I thought about it, and slowly fell asleep.

into a deep sleep.

The next day, the ball skills meeting.

"I, I went to Ewha first!" Yui said nervously, pinching the hem of her clothes tightly.

There was no one in the class, they all went to their respective competition fields, only those who were not in the competition time were sitting here.

I waved: "Come on, I'm almost there."

Yui smiled: "Yeah!"

Looking at Yui's back, I rested my chin and looked downstairs casually.

The sound of whistles, the sound of cheering, the sound of the ball hitting, and the referee's shouts were all mixed together, making it very lively.

Originally, I was going to watch Yui's competition, but I didn't expect the time conflict, so I had to give up.

I waited for a few minutes, packed up the long-lost tennis racket backpack at the bottom of the press box, carried it on my back and walked downstairs.

Go to the badminton court.

The student wearing the sign whistled: "Quiet, quiet! Everyone stand up! Whoever calls their name will come up to the competition!"

I stand in the middle position, doing nothing.

I always feel that someone is looking at me, but when I look back, there is nothing. Those people are talking about themselves.

So turn back again.

I heard that senior Haitang also plays badminton?But the venue is different, he is indoors.

I looked left and right, there was a tennis match next door.

I stared at Nozomi Tanaka, the president of our reading club, and yelled, "Yeah——!!!"

Then swing the tennis racket like a hammer, and hit the tennis ball into the sky.

Everyone looked up: "... where is the ball?"

Tennis referee: "Hey, hey! That girl! You already owe the tennis club three tennis balls!!"

Tanaka scratched his head, and smiled awkwardly: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, can I forget it..."

I silently turned around: "..."

By the way, didn't Ryoma take the initiative to say that he would come to see me...?Well, that's not his style.

After waiting for a while, my name was finally called.

Referee: "Hino Rika—yes——Akima Amano!"

I put the backpack aside, just as I put it on the ground, a strange girl next to me suddenly excitedly said: "Student Huino, let me help you! Come on!"

I reacted slowly: "Ah...well, thank you. I will."

The girl smiled brighter again: "Okay, okay."

I nodded and entered the field with a badminton racket.

Opposite is a boy.

Mixed sex?It's nothing.

With the start of the whistle, I seriously looked at the opposite serve.

The white badminton was thrown into the air by the opponent, and he swung the racket.

I squeeze the racket handle tightly.

pat.

Playing badminton on the net, I didn't even pass the net.

Referee: "Not over the net—"

Amano Akima blushed, "Ah, sorry!"

The boy hurried forward to pick it up in a panic.

I:"…"

Then I stared at him and failed to serve countless times. That Amano looked like a weak boy type, and his nose and eye sockets were red all the time.

I went from being ready to catch the ball to standing and watching him serve it.

The referee whistled: "Hino Rika wins——"

Me: "..." Victory without a fight?

I walked back and stuffed the racket in the racket backpack because it was over so quickly that Ryoma didn't even arrive.

I raised my head and thanked the girl who helped me keep things: "Thank you."

"No, no, no," she waved her hand, hesitatingly said, "That...Hino-san...he seems to be crying..."

I tilted my head: "Huh?"

Looking in the direction she pointed, the boy who exited the opposite side turned his back to us, but his shoulders shrank and he was obviously crying.

me……"

Could it be my reason?Go see it anyway...

I put my backpack on and approached him.

He was indeed crying, and his green eyes were red and swollen from crying. I was taken aback, and my hands that held the braces tightened.

The boy just lowered his head and cried, and didn't even notice that I was coming.

I didn't know what to do, so I looked around, there was no one, only the opposite side lined up to wait for the game, and a new round of competition started on the field.

I hesitated, "Well...don't cry?"

"!" He was frightened and raised his head suddenly, without covering his face, his eyes were dazed.

I looked away: "Well... it's just a game. Don't worry about it."

"Hino-san..." He sobbed.

...Wait, what's his name?

I quickly recalled and barely figured it out.

I looked at him: "Student Amano."

"No, I didn't cry because of the competition..." Amano lowered his head, avoiding my gaze, "I just, I just feel sorry... I wrote a love letter without knowing it... I'm really, really sorry "

He started crying again halfway through.

I subconsciously patted him on the back: "It's okay, it's okay..."

what……

I react.

love letter?

I remembered, that rooftop love letter, but I didn't meet him, but Ryoma met.

Amano was out of breath from crying, so I could only comfort him: "It's okay, I've forgotten about it a long time ago."

Who knew he cried even more when I told him...

I tried to interrupt his crying: "...you see that bird is looking at you."

Amano ignored me.

I thought about it again: "You are done watching the game, you should go back to the classroom."

He cried harder.

……

Me: "I don't have paper, you can't even wipe your snot when you cry, so don't cry."

Amano: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

"..." I said again, "It's almost dinner time, you can go to the cafeteria early to grab a meal!"

Amano: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

"..." It was useless, I stared at him for a while, and said from my heart, "Why are you crying for so long?"

Unexpectedly, the crying stopped abruptly. Amano raised his head weakly, his eyes red and swollen from crying finally looked at me, and sobbed, "...Why did Hino-san date Echizen? Can't it be later? Wait for me—"

"So you're here. Tsk."

A voice changed the topic. I was listening to Amano's speech carefully, and turned my head when I heard the words.

The dark-green-haired boy was wearing a blue and white team uniform, shorts and a white cap, and looked at us not far away—to be precise, at Amano.

Me: "Ah... Ryoma."

Amano: "..."

Echizen Ryoma approached, his indifferent amber eyes glanced at me: "What are you doing? Comforting him?"

"Well... we just finished the game..."

"Oh——" he lengthened the ending, Maotong stared at Amano, and Amano avoided his sight inexplicably.

Ryoma sneered, tilted his head, and said in a complacent and arrogant tone: "I don't know that the winner has an obligation to appease the loser? Ah, so I haven't fulfilled it too many times, no wonder the person who lost to me last time Staring at me from the sidelines all the time."

I:"………"

Amano panicked: "Hold, sorry!"

He immediately turned and fled.

I reached out subconsciously: "Hey...!"

Suddenly, my wrist was held, I turned my head, and Ryoma was staring at me without knowing it: "..."

I wondered: "? What's wrong with you? Wait...!"

I was pulled away before I finished speaking. I knew that Ryoma was very powerful, but he had never used such force on me. I couldn't break free and had to follow.

Me: "Where are you going?"

I was led through the crowd until I walked to the corridor on the floor of the laboratory, and there was no one at this point.

He stopped, and I bumped Ryoma's back because of inertia: "...! What are you doing!"

Ryoma turned his head, lowered his eyes, and drew down his lips, in an unhappy state.

But the cat pupils who stared indifferently were a bit permeable, and I swallowed the questioning words to continue very vigilantly.

Ryoma said: "So what I said yesterday didn't mean that you care about strange things, but should mean cute things."

I was surprised: "Are you sick!?...And why did you say this suddenly, without any transition at all!"

He didn't care: "You can't comfort that Amano. He did it on purpose."

I was a little confused: "Ah, wait, wait, why did you jump to this topic again? What happened yesterday?"

Longma tilted his head, and said in a low voice, "Do you want to kiss?"

I was even more surprised: "...Who are you!??"

Ryoma didn't say a word, just stretched out his hand to press the wall behind me like I did to him yesterday, and locked me in place at once.

But Ryoma's expression is not like a cat, but like a vicious leopard. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he had to get close. The breath was close, and he leaned closer, and gradually felt his warm breath. The collar was loose because of the movement, and the delicate collarbone was exposed. More than half.

His expression didn't look like he was going to kiss me, but that he was going to tear me apart.

Ryoma's eyes were a little scary, I was stared at tightly, my legs were limp in fright, my eyes were wide open, and when he was close enough to almost kiss him, I unconsciously slid down the wall.

"..." Ryoma paused, and Mao Tong, who had a sense of crisis in me, returned to his original awkward look. He frowned, "...Why are you crying?"

I squatted directly to the ground because of the slide, and I could only look up at him, his whole body lost the dangerous aura just now, I paused, and dared to complain: "...Because I was scared by you...! "

I have been frightened by him many times recently... Was it frightened?Anyway, the radar is ringing in my head.I think the longer we date each other, the less Ryoma looks like a cat, but another more ferocious animal... It feels like tearing something apart.

Ryoma: "..."

He let go of the hand supporting the wall, remained silent for a few seconds, then squatted down with me, looking at me at the same level.

I didn't actually cry, but tears rolled in my eyes, and I raised my eyes to meet him.

Ryoma hesitated, and squatted like me. I tucked my knees, and he spread his legs at random.

After a while, I was still bowing my head. He took off the hat, and my eyes were suddenly covered by the brim of the hat. Ryoma put the hat on my head and pressed the brim of the hat, forcing me to lose sight.

I only hear his voice.

Ryoma: "...Sorry."

I:"……"

Although it has become a more ferocious animal, but the feeling is still gentle.

I whispered: "It's okay."

I couldn't see him and pursed my lips.

When the emotion of surprise fades away, it becomes the familiar heartbeat.

Me: "...Then do you still want to kiss?"

Ryoma: "..."