blue fantasy

strength.Hearing the strong self-loathing in her tone, Yohei smiled.

"It will be very hard."

"Compared to how I felt before, I'll get through it."

Ayako smiled childishly, and then left quietly.It is more difficult to fall in love with someone than to forget the relationship you once had.Yohei reflected on himself, he didn't say this to Ayako.Although she likes Ayako, she has to force herself to give up Ayako.After watching her figure for a while, Yohei felt an indescribable emptiness in his heart.

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Time passed imperceptibly.Mitsui looked sideways at the quartz clock hanging high on the crossbeam in front of the museum, and the hour hand pointed to 5 minutes to 8 o'clock.He raised his arm and threw the basketball in his hand lightly. The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell into the basket.

"The school is going to be closed, I think we should practice here first."

Walking to the side rest area, he picked up the scarf and wiped it on his face a few times.Akagi looked up at the clock, and clapped his hands loudly to order the players.

"That's the end of today. Everyone is very tired, but the game we will face in the future will be more brutal than before, so we must be fully prepared. Gather at 6:00 tomorrow morning and disband!"

"What are you putting on airs as a captain?"

Mitsui glanced at Akagi who was solemnly shouting, murmured, shook his head and walked out.

"Mitsui."

Miyagi threw the basketball in his hand at the juniors beside him, and ran forward in two steps in three steps.

"How about walking together?"

"Would you like me to buy you noodles again?"

Mitsui stopped and turned to look at him.

"Uh, was it spotted?"

Miyagi scratched the back of her head with her hands in embarrassment, and smiled with a blushing face.

"No one at home is preparing dinner today, so..."

"Why don't you go with Ayako?"

Mitsui tilted his head towards the girl who was tidying up the sundries not far away.

"After changing the uniform...in the pocket..."

Miyagi looked around in embarrassment and smacked his lips.

"Are you going to invite me or not? It's really long-winded."

"I know Neji has a nice new store."

Mitsui said, and stepped out of the door first.

"Go there."

"Ah, wait for me."

Miyagi, who was originally nervous, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly followed closely.The night was completely laid out, and the eastern moon shone so brightly that the night sky was as crystal clear as ten thousand hectares of glass.Miyagi looked up at the crescent-shaped bright moonlight on the horizon, and turned his face to look at Mitsui.

"I heard everything you said to Yohei this afternoon."

"What did you hear?"

Mitsui lowered his eyes and responded flatly, with a tired look on his face.Miyagi was quite surprised.During training, Mitsui always acted positively and full of energy, and there is almost no impression of being so depressed like now.

"You like that girl?"

Mitsui's face changed slightly, he frowned and remained silent.

"I thought you had a heart of stone that couldn't be shaken."

Miyagi glanced at him playfully and sighed.

"After all, he is still a man of flesh and blood."

"Miyagi."

Ignoring the other party's teasing, Mitsui raised his head, staring quietly at the bustling car lights on the driveway, and said in a low voice.

"What do you like about Ayako?"

"..."

While stunned, Miyagi made a gesture of shaking his fist.

"Why are you asking all this?"

"Is this what it feels like to like?"

Mitsui smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I like her, so when I saw that person dangling in front of her, I felt bored for no reason, and couldn't help but say something that made the other person embarrassed."

"Mitsui..."

Miyagi was dumbfounded.Mitsui sighed softly.

"I'm jealous of Mito."

He said "jealousy" in his mouth, but there was a weak smile on his face

"Before, apart from basketball, there was nothing else in my life that could cause me pain or deep sadness. After leaving the team, I just lived a dull life every day..."

Putting away his smile, his back twitched like a spasm, conveying helpless sadness.Then fell into a long silence.

"Since Shimizu appeared in front of my eyes, everything has been disrupted. I don't know what to do... very confused and restless... I don't know how to face her."

"Tell her if you like it."

Arms folded, advice hit the nail on the head.Miyagi thought of his desperate persistence the day he kicked off the gymnasium, and he would never give in until the end. He was really an extremely stubborn guy.Thinking of this, he looked at Mitsui with more sympathy.

"A girl's heart is very fragile, let alone Shimizu... hurt once, and there will be no second chance in the future."

"Second chance?"

Mitsui squinted at Miyagi, murmured and repeated, and couldn't help chuckling.

"You said the same thing to Ayako? I heard it was a man who was abandoned ten times in a row."

"Mitsui!"

Choking on a breath of air, Miyagi immediately coughed violently, and his ears turned red from embarrassment.

"My situation is different from yours. Ayako is a woman who can only be accepted if she is touched slowly. Besides, I don't have an opponent that I have to defeat. You are different from Shimizu. If you don't hurry up, she will be snatched away by others." indefinite."

Hearing him speak in such a strong tone, Mitsui's face instantly froze, and he stood in silence for a moment, unable to refute Miyagi's words, and was so worried that he couldn't say a word in the end.

to be continued

The fourth time "Stay"

一

In the second game of the high school league preliminaries against Kadono High School and the third game against Takahata High School, Shonhoku won with a score of 118:72 and 103:59 respectively.Shonhoku, who has won three consecutive games with more than [-] points, will face last year's top eight strong team Tsuhisa Takeshi in the fourth round.

"Yohei, follow up quickly."

As soon as the bell rang out for the last class at noon, Sakuragi, together with Yohei, Takamiya and others, appeared in front of Haruko's classroom in class one a year.

"That's not good."

Yohei looked around at the suspicious eyes cast by the people around him, and frowned unnaturally.

"Sakuragi, you are too flamboyant."

"Haruko is there."

Sakuragi's eyes lit up, he had no time to take into account Yohei's complaints, and waved excitedly.

"Sakuragi."

Fujii spotted him in time with sharp eyes.

"Are you looking for Haruko?"

"yes."

Sakuragi smiled happily.

"This afternoon is the game against Tsukutake. I came here specially to ask Haruko-san to watch it... This genius is in excellent form today and will be more active than before. Fujii is also coming."

"This idiot."

Yohei breathed a sigh of relief helplessly, and looked sideways inside.Haruko and Ayako finished tidying up and walked out the door.

"Sakuragi."

Haruko waved her hand.

"what are you doing?"

"Miss Haruko."

Sakuragi hurried forward.

"Come to watch my match today. I have mastered the nirvana to defeat my opponent. I promise not to leave the field again. I must not miss it."

"Sakuragi, you are so energetic."

Haruko smiled sweetly.

"To Tsukutake? Shonhoku is the strongest, I will definitely cheer for you and brother."

"Haruko is so gentle."

Sakuragi narrowed his eyes, grinning triumphantly.

"Could it be that I'm also looking forward to my genius' debut? My Sakuragi Flower Road is really attracting attention."

"Can't stand him."

Fujii glanced at him and muttered softly.

"I don't know where he got his confidence?"

Ayako looked at them and couldn't help smiling.

"Sakuragi, you have to work hard."

"Little San's girlfriend."

Sakuragi looked back with a smile.

"You have to come too. Although Xiaosan's performance is definitely not as good as this genius, but if you cheer for Xiaosan, maybe he will have special motivation. But no matter how hard he tries, it won't work, because I am a genius. ,Ha ha……"

"I……"

Ayako was slightly startled, bit her lower lip lightly, and said nothing.

"Shimizu."

Yang Ping was sensitive to her abnormality and said it casually.

"go together."

"I...have to study at home in the afternoon."

There was a look of embarrassment on Ayako's face.

"Sorry, I can't go."

"Ayako."

Haruko frowned at her.

"Ah, it's getting late, I have to go first."

Ayako lowered her eyes to look at the watch, smiling peacefully.

"Remember to shout out my share of cheers, see you tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, he nodded slightly to everyone, and hurriedly went downstairs.

"Shimizu..."

Yohei cried out unconsciously and followed.The two quickly left the teaching building one after another. The sky was clear and there was no cloud in the sky. The sun sifted through the leaves and the warm wind blew gently, reflecting bits of gold.

"I have something to say."

Yang Ping took a few steps and stopped in front of her.

"Mito-san."

Ayako stopped without raising her head.

"Haven't you recovered yet? After that day..."

"No...not at all."

Ayako glanced at him quickly as if startled, and bowed with a flushed face.

"I'm sorry for letting Mito-san see me like that... I've already forgotten about that."

"yes?"

Yang Ping stared at her thoughtfully, not sure if she was telling the truth, but he decided not to dwell on this annoying topic, took a breath, and said cautiously.

"That's good. Last night when work was over, a friend gave me this... He said that the appointment was canceled temporarily, and if you don't go, it will be wasted. It's a headache to just stuff that thing to me. Because there are only two. , nor with Danan and the others..."

With that said, he took out two tickets from his pocket.

"It's a professional baseball game, it's just this Saturday night, would you like to come with me?"

"Saturday night?"

Ayako repeated in a low voice suspiciously.

"What's wrong?"

Yohei asked a little nervously.

"Watching a football game is better than being alone